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Efforts to remove Chinese-owned GNC from U.S. military bases gained momentum this week as Sen. Ted Budd, R-N.C., introduced companion legislation to a House-led bill targeting the nutrition retailer. Some 85 GNC stores currently operate on American military installations. Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., first introduced a bill to ban the company from doing business on…
Apple airshipped 600 tons of iPhones to the US from India before new US tariffs were scheduled to take effect, as reported by Reuters and The Times of India. Meanwhile, Nikkei Asia reports Apple, Dell, Microsoft, and Lenovo were pressing to ship as many “premium” devices as possible, like high-priced computers above $3,000 that would…
As Sonos continues a company-wide effort to redeem itself after last year’s app snafu, it’s adding a well-known industry name to its board of directors. This morning, Sonos announced that Hugo Barra is joining the board to replace Mike Volpi, who is stepping down after 15 years — the longest tenure of any board member….
Canva is launching its latest smorgasbord of generative AI-powered workspace tools in its attempt to cram everything that Microsoft, Google, and Adobe can do into a single platform. Canva’s Visual Suite is being redesigned to combine its design and productivity tools into a single interface, alongside adding new coding, photo editing, spreadsheet, and AI chatbot…
Jelly Roll is breezing through his weight-loss goals and celebrating his latest milestone. During the “Big Night Aht” live show Wednesday, he told host Pat McAfee and the gathered audience that he’s lost nearly 200 pounds. “I started at 540 pounds and I was 357 pounds this morning,” the 40-year-old said, adding, “I’m gonna lose…
A restaurant in Thailand is squeezing the savings out of its customers by offering discounts to diners if they can fit their bodies through metal bars of varying widths. Some tourists stumbled upon the skinny discount at Chiang Mai Breakfast World and decided to try it, as shown in a pair of Instagram videos that…
The White House slammed Democrats for playing “partisan games” and calling for an investigation into alleged insider trading after President Donald Trump paused customized reciprocal tariffs for 90 days on Wednesday. “It is the responsibility of the President of the United States to reassure the markets and Americans about their economic security in the face…
‘SIGNATURE DISH’ – A Reddit user who revealed a co-worker’s use of the office microwave for cooking meat — which got the colleague banned — was accused of being a snitch. An etiquette expert offered insight. FORGOTTEN FINDS – The new Uber Lost & Found Index report lists the many items forgotten in the last…
OpenAI is getting ready to unveil a number of new AI models, sources familiar with the companyâs plans tell The Verge. Among the new AI models will be a release of what Iâm expecting will be branded GPT-4.1, which one source describes as a revamped version of OpenAIâs GPT-4o multimodal model. GPT-4o was originally introduced…
Microsoft’s 50th anniversary stage. I wasnât really sure what to expect from Microsoftâs 50th birthday party. Sure, cofounder Bill Gates and former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer would be there, but I was keen to see how Microsoft would create a party atmosphere while also launching new Copilot features. As it happens, having three CEOs onstage,…