Give Venice a break — this nearby Italian town has the canals and fairy-tale charm without the crowds

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Treponti Bridge
Treponti Bridge

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  • Comacchio offers Venice-like canals and charm without the crowds or overtourism issues.
  • The town features tranquil lagoons, pink flamingos, and eel cuisine.
  • This article is part of "Undiscovered Europe," a series exploring overlooked travel gems.

Roughly 20 million tourists visit Venice, Italy, each year, shuffling shoulder to shoulder over tired bridges, crowding

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What is Aluminium OS? What we know about Googles Android for PC plans.

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A logo at the entrance to the Google Inc. Android stand on the opening day of the MWC Barcelona

Despite Android's presence in nearly every corner of the tech industry, it has yet to truly establish a foothold on PC platforms. Google has had ChromeOS for years, but the ubiquity of Android — paired with its lack of a meaningful foothold in traditional computing — made it clear something had to give.

Now, Google is moving to unify ChromeOS and Android into a single desktop platform, currently

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This bride-to-be doesn't wear a lot of jewelry. Her mom and fiancé picked a massive, cocktail engagement ring for her anyway.

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Abby Bucco's engagement ring.
Abby Bucco's engagement ring.

Abby Bucco

  • Abby Bucco, a 27-year-old fashion merchandiser, got engaged in November.
  • Her fiancé proposed with a vintage, floral engagement ring.
  • Some people online say the ring is too bold. Bucco told Business Insider that it's perfect for her.

Abby Bucco doesn't really like to wear jewelry.

The 27-year-old fashion merchandiser is known among her friends and family for

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A Campbell Soup VP is on leave after secret recording appears to show him mocking 'poor' customers, '3D-printed chicken'

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Campbell Company denied claims apparently made by an executive that its chicken is 3D-printed.

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  • Campbell placed an executive on leave after a lawsuit alleged he badmouthed the company privately.
  • An audio recording shows an apparent Campbell VP saying its products are for "poor people."
  • Campbell denied the person's claims that its meat is 3D-printed.

Campbell Soup Company put an

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The new iPad Pro M5 gets a major Black Friday price cut — score all-time lows at Amazon

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SAVE UP TO $100: Both the M5 iPad Pro 13-inch and the M5 iPad Pro 11-inch are on sale at Amazon for about $100 off for Black Friday. The 13-inch M5 iPad Pro is on sale for $1,399.99, down from the normal price of $1,499, and the 11-inch is on sale for $899, down from the list price of $999. Both match the previous record-low prices at Amazon.

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