Of all celebrity deaths — Robert Redford, Gene Hackman — just one has hit us like a depth charge. A week ago, Diane Keaton, beloved actress and many other things, left us at 79 years old. She was an absolute delight. For a celebrity never to have a bad word said about them is a rarity. But Keaton lit up …
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California restaurant owner says tariffs, inflation leave him “barely breaking even”
Inglewood, California — One family’s legacy, an Italian restaurant called Sunday Gravy that’s been operating for decades, is now “barely breaking even,” owner Sol Bashirian says, as tariffs and inflation are eating into its profits. “It’s just the reality of where the food industry is at,” Bashirian told CBS News, noting he’s spending thousands of dollars more each month on …
Read More »Ron Conway skewers Marc Benioff in board resignation after 25 years: ‘I now barely recognize the person I have so long admired’
Ron Conway, a prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist who was an early investor in Google, Facebook, and several other notable tech giants, resigned Thursday from the board of the Salesforce Foundation after the company’s chief executive, Marc Benioff, said last week that he fully supported President Trump and wanted the National Guard to come to San Francisco. The Salesforce Foundation, …
Read More »Goldman Sachs & JPMorgan are barely hiring & Goldman is cutting, again
If you thought banks would open the hiring floodgates in the final quarter of 2025 in anticipation of a fine 2026, then yesterday’s results from Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Citi are a revelation. It’s not happening. Get Morning Coffee ☕ in your inbox. Sign up here. Instead of hiring, Goldman Sachs – which cut vice president (VP) jobs earlier this year and …
Read More »European businesses barely use AI. Brussels wants to fix that. – POLITICO
Most are small steps. For example, the EU plans to support a farmer-focused app store to allow farmers to browse and discover AI-powered apps, according to the draft. For robotics and manufacturing, it plans so-called “acceleration pipelines” to speed up AI-powered robotics and manufacturing solutions. For the creative industries, it would support studios specializing in AI-enhanced production and develop a …
Read More »Most People Barely Buy Two Video Games A Year, New Report Finds
More games are coming out than ever before. Over 18,000 separate store listings were added to Steam in 2024 alone. Our list of notable October releases hit 55, and there were dozens more games we could have included. It’s a good thing that with the market so flooded, the average gamer is also buying tons of games. Oh wait, they …
Read More »Pixel 10 series can barely handle Genshin Impact anymore
Google’s Pixel 10 series just effectively lost access to the popular game Genshin Impact, as a loss of support for Tensor G5’s GPU has led to the game being largely unplayable on the new phones. Update 10/7: Google, in a statement to 9to5Google, says that Genshin Impact has in fact not removed GPU support for the Pixel 10, and that …
Read More »Pixel 10 series can barely handle Genshin Impact anymore
Google’s Pixel 10 series just effectively lost access to the popular game Genshin Impact, as a loss of support for Tensor G5’s GPU has led to the game being largely unplayable on the new phones. Genshin Impact is a hugely popular mobile game, but also a very demanding one in terms of its graphics. The game has over 100 million …
Read More »US job openings barely budged in August at 7.2 million
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. jobs openings were essentially unchanged million last month amid economic uncertainty arising from President Donald Trump’s trade policies and an impending government shutdown. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that job openings blipped up to 7.23 million from 7.21 million in July. Economists had forecast a drop to 7.1 million. The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey …
Read More »The new Fi Mini pet tracker has GPS, and it’s barely bigger than an AirTag
Fi, the pet tech company known for its smart dog collar, has launched a clip-on GPS tracker that it says is the perfect size for your feline friend or small dog. The Fi Mini weighs just 0.56 ounces (16 grams), allowing you to keep tabs on your pet with real-time escape alerts and live tracking from the accompanying app. As …
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