I've visited every US national park alone. Here are 8 mistakes I see first-time travelers make.

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Over the past 10 years, I've traveled to all 63 US national parks.

Emily Hart

  • Over the past 10 years, I've traveled alone to all 63 major US national parks.
  • First-time travelers often don't realize they sometimes have to secure reservations ahead of time. 
  • It's also important for visitors to respect the land, the wildlife, and their own physical limits. 

Nearly a decade ago, I woke up in the middle of

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Google will stop serving political ads in the EU, including on YouTube

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Google will stop serving political advertisements in the European Union. The decision, announced in The Keyword blog, is in response to an upcoming new rule for the bloc that "introduces significant new operational challenges and legal uncertainties for political advertisers and platforms." The company says the Regulation on Transparency and Targeting of Political Advertising has an overly broad

Trump tapped Elon Musk to oversee government efficiency. Here's how he's cut costs at his own companies.

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  • Elon Musk will co-lead the Trump White House's Department of Government Efficiency.
  • Musk is known for his intense work ethic and willingness to make drastic cuts to save costs.
  • Musk has slept on Tesla's factory floor and told SpaceX workers to walk out of unnecessary meetings.

President-elect Donald Trump tapped Elon Musk to co-lead a new Department of Government

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TikTok plugs Getty Images into its AI-generated ads and avatars

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TikTok will let advertisers pull in content from Getty Images when using the platform’s AI ad creation tool. With the integration, advertisers can use Getty’s licensed images and videos to make ads containing AI-generated content, including AI avatars that look like real people.

The integration will be available through TikTok’s Symphony Creative Studio —

ADL report finds Steam is 'rife' with racist posts and images

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Valve’s Steam store is more than just a place to buy computer games online. It’s an active community of gamers. Unfortunately, a sizable portion of those gamers are posting an “unprecedented” amount of hateful, racist and anti-Semetic content on the gaming site’s cyber social gathering place Steam Community, according to a report from the Anti-Defamation League.

The organization found 1.83 million

You can save up to $270 on the Garmin Fenix 7S Pro and other Garmin watches

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Garmin makes some of the best traditional multisport fitness watches, and one of its top models still commands a spot on our list of the best fitness trackers: the Garmin Fenix 7S Pro. Now through Cyber Monday, you can get that