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☆ Krasota: This fine-dining restaurant is bringing artificial intelligence to the dinner table
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

But at Krasota, a fine-dining restaurant in Dubai, nothing is what it seems. This dish, from the recipe to the wall projection to the deep fake video of Bocuse, was designed by artificial intelligence (AI). It’s one of eight courses in “Imaginary Futures,” a multisensory dining experience at Krasota. For its AI scenario, Krasota’s co-founders — digital artist Anton Nenashev, chef Vladimir Mukhin, and entrepreneur Boris Zarkov — ceded control to technology. “Any technology that interferes with the social aspects of dining will not succeed,” such as headsets or goggles, says Spence.

Persons: Paul Bocuse, Bocuse, he’s, —, Anton Nenashev, Vladimir Mukhin, Boris Zarkov —, ”, it’s, Zarkov, Rebecca Cairns, “, Boris Zarkov, Krasota, Heston Blumenthal, Charles Spence, He’s, Spence, Zenon, ” Zarkov, “ Alice Organizations: CNN, Dubai CNN —, CNN Krasota Dubai, University of Oxford, “ Locations: Dubai, Krasota, Moscow, Tokyo, Hong Kong, California, Wonderland

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☆ Billie Eilish's 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' is a thrilling return to form for pop's leading weirdo
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Read previewBillie Eilish's entrancing new album, "Hit Me Hard and Soft," arrived on Friday after much anticipation, cementing the 22-year-old singer as a true auteur. Eilish's new sonic direction largely remained a mystery leading up to the album's release. "I really don't like when things are out of context," Eilish told Rolling Stone. and its 2021 follow-up "Happier Than Ever," Eilish's third studio album was cowritten and produced by her older brother, Finneas O'Connell. AdvertisementO'Connell characterized "Hit Me Hard and Soft" as a return to form after the fantasy and illusion of Eilish's blonde era.

Persons: —, Billie Eilish's, Eilish, Finneas O'Connell, O'Connell, Stone Organizations: Service, Business

☆ 32-year-old attorney quit her 9-to-5 to launch an electric flossing startup—it brought in nearly $1 million in 12 months
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Samantha Coxe's business idea came from a relatable experience: lying to her dentist about flossing regularly. Coxe sought $250,000 for 5% of her company, which brought in "about $900,000 in sales" over the 12 months prior to filming, she said. The show's investor judges tried out the Flaus flosser, calling it "cool" and complimenting its peppermint flavor — but they wanted to learn more about the numbers. It costs us about $10 to make," Coxe told them. Right now, it's built for adults — but Coxe said a version for kids is "the next product we're coming out with."

Persons: Samantha Coxe's, flossing, Coxe, Flaus, it's, —

☆ Here are Friday's biggest analyst calls: Nvidia, Microsoft, Alphabet, Apple, Snap, Intel, Western Digital and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Michael Bloom | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Here are Friday's biggest calls on Wall Street: Bank of America reiterates Alphabet as buy Bank of America said it is sticking with its buy rating on Alphabet following earnings Thursday. Deutsche Bank reiterates Snap as buy Deutsche Bank said it is sticking with its buy rating on the stock following earnings on Thursday. " Goldman Sachs reiterates Intel as sell Goldman Sachs said it is standing by its sell rating on Intel shares following earnings Thursday. Benchmark upgrades Western Digital to buy from hold Benchmark upgrades Western Digital following the company's "major upside" earnings report. Bank of America reiterates Nvidia as buy Bank of America said Nvidia remains a top idea at the firm.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, prioritization, Maxim, Bank of America downgrades Hertz, Raymond James, Knight, Morgan Stanley downgrades Mobileye, Morgan Stanley, Piper Sandler, Wells, Dow Organizations: Bank of America, Deutsche, Deutsche Bank, Microsoft, Intel, TAM, Apple, Barclays, Enphase Energy, Digital, " Bank of America, Sonic Automotive, underperform Bank of America, Underperform, of America, Nvidia, AMD, MU, Caterpillar, Air Defense, Swift Transportation, EPAM, IT Services, Materials, Compass Minerals, JPMorgan, Dow, Teledyne, HSBC Locations: China, underperform, Israel

☆ ‘Knuckles’ review: Idris Elba reprises his ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’ warrior in a Paramount+ series that goes nowhere fast
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The “Sonic the Hedgehog” movies weren’t particularly good, but they had Jim Carrey and made a lot of money, so inevitably, there’s more. Lacking Carrey to help carry the load, “Knuckles,” spun out of that game-to-screen universe, isn’t just bad, but a next-level degree of bad, starting with the puzzling question of for whom this six-episode Paramount+ series was made. Despite only six half-hour episodes to complete the trek from points A to B, “Knuckles” goes nowhere fast and doesn’t seem to be in much of a hurry to get anywhere. “I do not make jokes,” Knuckles tells Wade. “Knuckles” premieres April 26 on Paramount+.

Persons: Jim Carrey, Carrey, “ Knuckles, ”, Idris Elba, Knuckles, –, Wade Whipple, Adam Pally, Wade, Rory McCann, Knuckles ”, Stockard Channing, “ Knuckles ”, “ Organizations: CNN, Paramount Locations: Reno , Nevada, Wade, detours

☆ I judged Taylor Swift’s album immediately after it came out. Here’s why I was wrong
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

While some reviews did laud Swift’s latest offering, the album failed to dazzle a healthy branch of critics. Had Swift’s run as a brilliant pop star finally run its course? It was with those reviews in mind that I hit play last Friday afternoon and visited “The Tortured Poets Department” for myself. Initially, “Tortured Poets” failed to resonate with me. That is because it takes more than a day to get one’s arms around a 31-track album like “Tortured Poets.” Swift’s album demands time to be fully appreciated.

Persons: Taylor Swift, ”, Swift, Jack Antonoff, Stone, Swift’s, “, laud Swift’s, Department ” Organizations: CNN, Poets Department, New York Times, Yorker, Department

☆ Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' is the messiest, horniest, and funniest album she's ever made
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Final Grade: 8.4/10"The Tortured Poets Department" includes 16 standard-edition tracks. We don't listen to Swift's music because it necessarily is true. Corny as some moments may be, this is a marvelously deranged pop album. On "Poets," Swift doesn't exactly break with her well-established, commercial-friendly conventions — but she does toy with her audience in interesting ways. "The Tortured Poets Department" won't be everyone's cup of tea.

Persons: Beth Garrabrant, I'm, Swift, she's, we've, hecklers, Clara, Post Malone Organizations: Department, Press Locations: It's, London, Florida, Florence

☆ Health VC firm SpringTide Ventures just closed its second $65 million fund. Here's what a startup needs to get its backing.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Rebecca Torrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewAustin Walters started SpringTide Ventures in 2018 to disrupt healthcare by democratizing access to health innovations. The firm just closed its second $65 million fund to make more of those bets. A tough fundraising environmentAfter closing on its first $20 million fund, which the firm began investing out of in 2019, SpringTide originally set a $100 million target in 2021 for its second fund, Walters said. SpringTide picks a different focus area each time — most recently, home health, where the firm has invested in companies like family primary care startup Nest Health. By solving significant problems with advanced technologies, these companies have natural competitive advantages that allow them to drive outsize returns for the firm, Walters said.

Persons: —, Austin Walters, Walters, Henry Ford, We're, SpringTide, Justin Hackworth Photgraphy SpringTide, OpenLoop, outsize, SpringTidew hasn't, " Walters Organizations: Service, SpringTide Ventures, Tiger Global, Sonic Healthcare, Business, Health, Ally Bank, Troomi Wireless Locations: Boston, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, New York

☆ Taylor Swift's new album rollout strategy shows she's too big to fail
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Taylor Swift's new album "The Tortured Poets Department" will arrive on Friday, April 19. The quiet rollout strategy says a lot about Swift's stature in the pop-music landscape. Die-hard fans say it's a masterpiece, destined to win Swift her fifth Grammy Award for album of the year. The aforementioned fans who insist "Poets" will dominate charts and break records have no idea what the album sounds like. The particulars of each rollout strategy are rendered irrelevant, dwarfed by the all-consuming enormity of her own personal news cycle.

Persons: Taylor, —, Taylor Swift, Swift, — Maja, Carole King, Fleetwood Mac, Swiftmania, wouldn't Swift, Swifties, Beyoncé, Cowboy Carter Organizations: Department, Service, Spotify Locations: Chicago, Los Angeles, Texas

☆ Why Taylor Swift's new album will be a hit — no matter what it sounds like
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Taylor Swift's new album "The Tortured Poets Department" will arrive on Friday, April 19. AdvertisementIf you spend enough time in Taylor Swift-devoted territories of social media, as I have, you'll find posts that proclaim "The Tortured Poets Department" is her best album yet. Die-hard fans say it's a masterpiece, destined to win Swift her fifth Grammy Award for album of the year. But the fact that no fan has heard even one second of "Poets" — the album isn't out until Friday — seems to be a moot point. The aforementioned fans who insist "Poets" will dominate charts and break records have no idea what the album sounds like.

☆ Grimes apologizes for disastrous Coachella set
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Canadian singer Grimes apologized to fans on Saturday after her Coachella set earlier that evening was beset by technical issues that caused her to scream into the microphone in frustration. “I want to apologize for the technical issues with the show tonight,” she wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. Eventually, the set was cut short early and Grimes left the stage partway through her popular song “Genesis,” according to media outlets such as Variety. She later described it in her apology as “sonic chaos on my end trying to guess how stuff was sounding for u guys.”Grimes was performing at Coachella. “I’ve spent months on this show, making music and visuals, and admittedly am not in the best mood atm.

Persons: Grimes, “, ”, Claire Boucher, ” Grimes, Matt Winkelmeyer, ” “, “ I’ve, yeh Organizations: CNN, Variety, Coachella

☆ In the Nigeria Pavilion, Criticism Meets Optimism
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Siddhartha Mitter | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The artist was collecting material for a sonic and sculptural installation that will be presented in the Nigeria Pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale. The event, one of the art world’s most important, opens for previews next week and to the public on April 20. Okoyomon’s steel-framed structure, erected in a courtyard, imagines a kind of radio tower, decked with bells and colonized by creeping vines. Motion sensors on the tower activate a soundtrack: It will play in the courtyard and also online, for anyone to tune in. It mixes poems by Okoyomon with music and passages from those interviews, whose respondents range from fellow artists to “strangers, someone’s cook, someone’s auntie,” Okoyomon said.

Persons: Precious Okoyomon, ” —, Okoyomon, someone’s, ” Okoyomon Locations: Lagos, Nigeria’s, boisterousness, Brooklyn, Nigeria, Venice

☆ Buffalo Wild Wings leans into Go takeout format as a third of sales move off premises
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The 100th location of Buffalo Wild Wings Go opened Wednesday on the Upper East Side in Manhattan. Buffalo Wild Wings opened its 100th Go location on Wednesday in New York City, four years after unveiling the quick-service offshoot of its sports bar chain. Since 2018, Buffalo Wild Wings has been a part of Inspire Brands, which is backed by private equity firm Roark Capital. Buffalo Wild Wings' revenue fell 1% in 2023 to $2.32 billion, according to franchise disclosure documents. Opening a traditional Buffalo Wild Wings location requires anywhere from $2.44 million to $4.83 million in initial investment, depending on the restaurant's location and other factors, according to franchise disclosure documents.

Persons: Jimmy John's, Dunkin, Robbins, Red Robin, Jack Litman Organizations: Buffalo Wild Wings, Manhattan . Buffalo Wild Wings, Inspire Brands, Roark Capital, Baskin, Inspire, Barclays, Munson Group Locations: Side, Manhattan, New York City, BWW

☆ 'Fallout' ending explained: The finale hints at who started the apocalypse and teases a return to a fan-favorite location
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Amazon's '"Fallout" takes place after a nuclear war has ravaged the world. The end of "Fallout" also teases a return to a fan-favorite game in the series. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementFrances Turner as Barb Howard in "Fallout." Regardless of what lies ahead for Hank in the "Fallout" series, seeing the futuristic version of Sin City is a tantalizing possibility.

Persons: —, Jonathan Nolan, Lucy MacLean, Ella Purnell, he's, Cooper Howard, Walton, Barb Howard, Frances Turner, Lee Moldaver, Sarita Choudhury, Cooper, Barb, Hank MacLean, Kyle MacLachlan, Rafi Silver, Hank Organizations: Service, Bethesda SoftWorks, Interplay, Tec, RobCo Industries Locations: postapocalyptic America, Vegas . New Vegas, Amazon's, Vegas, Sin

☆ Millions of people are traveling to see the total eclipse. Hotels, motels, and skydiving operators are making bank on it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementAs millions of Americans get ready to watch the total solar eclipse on Monday — an event NASA has described as rare and "spectacular" — the phenomenon stands to lift local economies. According to NASA, this year's eclipse is set to last three to four minutes, longer than the last solar eclipse, in 2017. Former President Donald Trump looked up at the solar eclipse without glasses during the last eclipse. The glasses sold for $1.50 to $2 apiece. "We've shipped already about 70 million glasses, and I suspect I'm going to approach right at 75 million by the time next week comes," Jerit said.

Persons: —, Donald Trump, John Jerit, We've, Jerit, Jason Berger Organizations: Service, NASA, Perryman Group, New York Times, Marriott, The Washington, Getty, Optics, NPR, Fox News Locations: Texas, New York, Texas , Ohio, Grayville , Illinois, Dallas

☆ Where to get your free solar eclipse glasses: Warby Parker, the public library and more
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Here's where to get your free glasses before Monday's eclipse. Your local public libraryLibraries across the nation are distributing glasses for free. Warby Parker is distributing glasses free of charge at all of its retail locations. Sonic and Smoothie KingChain restaurants Sonic and Smoothie King are offering free eclipse glasses with a purchase. Make your ownIf there's nowhere near you to get free glasses, it's simple enough to make your own.

Persons: Warby Parker Organizations: American Astronomical Society, Star, New York, Empire, Welcome Centers, NASA, CNBC Locations: Texas , Ohio, New York

☆ Amazon resumes construction on office tower in Seattle suburb after yearslong hiatus
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Amazon is resuming construction on a 42-story office tower in the Seattle suburb of Bellevue, the company said Thursday, after 22 floors of the building sat unfinished since 2022. In December, Amazon opened the first half of the 42-story office tower in Bellevue, dubbed "Sonic," and moved about 1,000 employees into the building. Amazon has continued to secure office space outside of Seattle, where it's headquartered. The tower, its largest, will have about 1 million square feet of office space. The second phase, referred to as PenPlace, includes three 22-story office buildings, retail space and a 350-foot-tall tower called "The Helix."

Persons: Andy Jassy, Amazon, HQ2 Organizations: Amazon, Sonic, Dynamo Locations: Seattle, Bellevue, Virginia, Nashville

☆ A startup wants to fly passengers in its supersonic plane by 2029, but high costs and unproven technology have some experts raising their eyebrows
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewColorado aerospace company Boom Supersonic is building the world's latest faster-than-sound passenger plane, called the Overture. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Related storiesBragg said a supersonic plane would be much more effective if it could be used on cross-country flights rather than just transoceanic. Boom told Business Insider it has seen a market appeal for the Overture as a corporate plane for sports teams. According to Boom, Overture will be able to fly Mach 0.94 over land, which is "20% faster than subsonic flight."

Persons: —, Boom, Michael Bragg, I'm, Bragg, There's, Henry Hardevelt Organizations: Service, Concorde, Business, Boom's, American Airlines, Japan Airlines, United Airlines, University of Illinois, Air, British Airways, Royce, Pratt & Whitney, Aviation Locations: Colorado, Air France

☆ The unwritten rules of superyachting
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. That means that, aside from basic safety guidelines, most of the rules of superyachting are unwritten. Superyachts are expensive to build and expensive to maintain. For a $100 million yacht, that's at least $10 million yearly going to crew, regular maintenance, insurance, fuel, and dockage. So, the most important unspoken rule of superyachting is actually that the only thing better than owning a superyacht is knowing someone else who does.

Persons: —, centimillionaires, they're, Rich, Fraser, he's, Jeff Bezos Organizations: Service, Business, SuperYacht, Palm, Breed Media, Fraser Yachts Locations: superyachts, Aiden

☆ Drake Bell believes his abuser Brian Peck 'fooled' stars including James Marden into defending him, and isn't angry at them
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Drake Bell said he believes Brian Peck fooled stars into defending him after he was accused of abuse. During the trial, actors including James Marsden wrote letters of support for Peck. AdvertisementDrake Bell said he believes ex-dialogue coach Brian Peck "fooled" stars into writing him letters of support after he was charged with sexually abusing the former Nickelodeon child actor in 2003. On the third and fourth episodes of Investigation Discovery's documentary "Quiet on Set," Bell spoke publicly for the first time about being sexually abused by Peck when he was 15. Some 41 people who knew Peck, including friends and family, wrote letters of support for the dialogue coach before he was sentenced.

Persons: Drake Bell, Brian Peck, James Marsden, Peck, —, Bell, Drake, Josh, Zoey, Taran Killam, Brian, Amanda Kirsch, it's, I've, Maxine, Peck haven't, Marsden, Sarah Fraser, hasn't, Killam Organizations: Bell, Service, Nickelodeon, Maxine Productions, Sony Pictures, Business Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Supersonic planes will replace conventional jets in our lifetime, says aviation CEO
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

It’s a milestone moment in the highly anticipated new era of supersonic travel. Now, 10 years after the Boom Supersonic project began in 2014, CEO Blake Scholl tells CNN Travel over video call, there are an exciting few months ahead. “The advent of digital engineering is a huge enabler for why supersonic flight’s coming back,” explains Scholl. Courtesy Boom Supersonic‘If we have faster airplanes, we don’t need as many’He also argues the case for other efficiencies offered by faster flight. Scholl says, “2024 is going to be one of the biggest years yet for supersonic flight.

Persons: Blake Scholl, ”, Scholl, “, Lockheed Martin’s, We’ve, “ There’s, it’s, we’ll Organizations: CNN, Mojave Air, Space, CNN Travel, ”, French Concorde, NASA, Lockheed, “, Concorde, SAF, American Airlines, United Airlines, Japan Airlines Locations: Colorado, California, Soviet, British, French, Atlanta, Concorde, Mojave , California, London, New York, Greensboro , North Carolina

☆ On 'Cowboy Carter,' Beyoncé beats country radio's gatekeepers at their own game
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Beyoncé's new album "Cowboy Carter" is framed as songs playing on a fictional country radio station. With KNTRY Radio Texas, she ingeniously beats the gatekeepers at their own game. AdvertisementSix songs into "Cowboy Carter," Beyoncé disappears. Willie Nelson's familiar, worn-in voice introduces the album's central conceit: "Welcome to 'The Smoke Hour' on KNTRY Radio Texas. AdvertisementHowever, the "Cowboy Carter" prologue illuminates the allusive layers at work in KNTRY Radio Texas.

Persons: Carter, —, Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Chuck Berry, Roy Hamilton, Willie Nelson's, Nelson, Dolly Parton, Linda Martell, Jon Batiste, TikTok, Queen Bey, Breland, Shaboozey, Tanner Adell, Tiera Kennedy, Kennedy, Parton, Martell, twangy, Jolene Organizations: KNTRY Radio Texas, Service, KNTRY Radio, KNTRY, YouTube, Spotify, Southern, BI Locations: KNTRY Radio Texas, Nashville, KNTRY Radio, Texas, Adell

☆ Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter': What Critics Are Saying About the Album
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The sonic palette of "Cowboy Carter" is more diverse than its title may suggest. "Unwieldy as it is, it displays its author's ability to bend musical styles to her will, be they country, hip-hop or the baroque post-psychedelic easy listening that seems to lurk beneath the vocal gymnastics of My Rose. If the results don't quite hold together, 'Cowboy Carter' still proves Beyoncé is impressively capable of doing whatever she wants." — Helen Brown, The Independent"'Cowboy Carter,' however, is more than a genre-trapping production. It's a deep stylistic smorgasbord that gets scattershot in the final third of the album's 27 tracks (several of them interludes) with trap beats and fiddles vying for the front row."

Persons: Carter, Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé, Alexis Petridis, — Helen Brown, Melissa Ruggieri, — Shane O'Neill Organizations: The Washington Locations: USA

☆ Will Country Welcome Beyoncé? That’s the Wrong Question.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Jon Caramanica | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

With the release of “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé’s eighth solo album and the one that finds her exploring — and testing — the boundaries of country music, much of the early conversation has centered on whether the country music industry would rally around her. Rather than being feted with a welcome party, Beyoncé has been met largely with shrugs. Beyoncé is Black, and a woman, two groups that contemporary Nashville has consistently marginalized and shortchanged. Contemporary mainstream country music often feels like a closed loop of white male storytelling. Which is why whether or not Beyoncé and Nashville can find common cause is, in every way, a red herring.

Persons: Cowboy Carter, ”, hurrahs, Beyoncé Locations: Texas, Nashville

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