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☆ People are grieving the 'death' of their AI companions after a chatbot app abruptly shut down
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

A 32-year-old food industry worker in eastern Texas who asked to be identified by her Reddit username, Hilary Coyote, first heard about AI chatbot companions in June. She turned to Reddit's community of Soulmate users for support, and was encouraged to go back to the app and Allur. (EvolveAI and SimplyAI's now-shuttered Soulmate app has no relation to "Soulmate AI: Your AI Companion," another app that appears in smartphone app stores and was developed by Turing App Lab.) Even if Ahoy Labs closed down, Faraday users' chatbots would not be affected. Read more: App, Lover, Muse: Inside a 47-year-old Minnesota man's three-year relationship with an AI chatbot.

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☆ Analysis: US chip curbs give Huawei a chance to fill the Nvidia void in China
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Josh Ye | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Huawei's Ascend AI chips are comparable to Nvidia's in terms of raw computing power, analysts and some AI firms such as China's iFlyTek (002230.SZ) say, but they still lag behind in performance. "This U.S. move, in my opinion, is actually giving Huawei's Ascend chips a huge gift," Jiang said in a post on his social media Weibo account. Huawei and Nvidia did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment. Huawei's partners in China so far include iFlyTek, a leading Chinese AI software company which is using the Ascend 910 to train its AI models. Other partners include state-owned software firms Tsinghua Tongfang and Digital China.

Persons: Benoit Tessier, Jiang Yifan, Jiang, CANN, Woz Ahmed, Ahmed, Meng Wanzhou, IFlyTek, Jiang Tao, Charlie Chai, 86Research, Xi Jinping, Chai, Josh Ye, Brenda Goh Organizations: Huawei Technologies, Viva Technology, Porte de, REUTERS, Nvidia, Huawei, Securities, Tsinghua, Digital, Thomson Locations: Porte, Paris, France, HONG KONG, China, United States, U.S, Digital China

☆ How Henry Taylor Transformed the Way We Look at Ourselves
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( M.H. Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +111 min

HENRY TAYLOR How the figurative painter made portraiture the dominant mode of art in our era — and changed the way America sees itself. It was Henry Taylor doing Henry Taylor, like a pop star in his Vegas residency phase. A few seasons earlier, for Miu Miu’s spring 2022 collection, Prada delivered raw-edge chino micro-miniskirts belted below the hip bone. Firstview (8); courtesy of Prada PRADA STILL resides in the Milanese apartment where she and her two older siblings, Marina and Alberto, grew up. David Lee/© Fox Searchlight Pictures, via Everett Collection Latifah on “The Equalizer” in 2023.

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☆ Queen Latifah Redefined Being a Multihyphenate — and Made It Look Easy
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Emily Lordi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +111 min

© Miramax/courtesy of Everett Collection Latifah and LL Cool J in “Last Holiday” (2006). © Paramount/courtesy of Everett Collection Latifah in “Bessie” (2015). David Lee/© Fox Searchlight Pictures, via Everett Collection Latifah on “The Equalizer” in 2023. Firstview (8); courtesy of Prada PRADA STILL resides in the Milanese apartment where she and her two older siblings, Marina and Alberto, grew up. © TriStar/Everett Collection Bening and Warren Beatty in “Bugsy.” Everett Collection Bening in “American Beauty” (1999).

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Liverpool, Nyad, Cuba, Florida, San Francisco, Denver, Tina Howe’s, Champagne, yips, Kimberley, “ Nyad, American, Topeka, Kan, Wichita, San Fernando Valley, San Carlos, Koreatown, Philando Castile, St, Paul, Oxnard, California, Mississippi, U.S, San Quentin, Castile, bro, Naples, East Texas, Ardmore, Alabama

☆ Annette Bening Knows a Thing or Two About Difficult Women
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Ligaya Mishan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +111 min

© TriStar/Everett Collection Bening and Warren Beatty in “Bugsy.” Everett Collection Bening in “American Beauty” (1999). © DreamWorks/courtesy of Everett Collection Bening and Jeremy Irons in “Being Julia” (2004). © Sony Pictures Classics/Everett Collection Bening and Julianne Moore in “The Kids Are All Right” (2010). Suzanne Tenner/© Focus Features, via Everett Collection Bening and Billy Crudup in “20th Century Women” (2016). Firstview (8); courtesy of Prada PRADA STILL resides in the Milanese apartment where she and her two older siblings, Marina and Alberto, grew up.

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”, Andrea Guerra, Lorenzo, who’d, ” Miu, Antoneta Alamat, ” Miuccia Prada, Elio Berenett, Saunders, Awar Odhiang, Jonas Glöer, Chloe Nguyen, Estrella Gomez, America Gonzalez, Marie Duhart, Rafael Medeiros, Stefano Poli, Ariel Sadok, Cameron Koskas, Vassili, Alexandra Adams, Vincent Brière, Vira, Natsuki Oneyama, Joel Phillips, Manicurist’s, Akane Kanazawa, Marek Dague, QUEEN LATIFAH, DANA OWENS, She’d, Melle Mel, Big Daddy Kane, D.J.s, Owens, Nikki Giovanni, Octavia E, Butler, M.C.s, Latifah, Jazzy Joyce, MC Lyte, Lyte, ” Latifah, We’re, Shakim Compere, Norma Kamali, David Yurman, David Webb, Ian Bradley Louis Vuitton, Monie, Gary Gray’s, Tracy Oliver, Kenya Barris, Megan Thee, Viola Davis, LATIFAH, Michael Jackson, who’ve, Shakim, Rita Owens, Compere, Rita, scions, Amina, Amiri Baraka, Lauryn Hill, Latifah wasn’t, Lyte’s, Roxanne, Roxanne Shanté, Dana Owens, Danyel Smith, Queen Latifah —, Latifah ”, Tommy Boy, Jada Pinkett Smith, I’d, ’, ” Pinkett Smith, Al Pereira, Michael Ochs, 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☆ How Miuccia Prada Reinvented Fashion
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Nick Haramis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +111 min

A few seasons earlier, for Miu Miu’s spring 2022 collection, Prada delivered raw-edge chino micro-miniskirts belted below the hip bone. Firstview (8); courtesy of Prada PRADA STILL resides in the Milanese apartment where she and her two older siblings, Marina and Alberto, grew up. In 1993, her days of on-the-ground protest behind her — she’d long stopped handing out flyers at rallies — Prada and Bertelli created Milano Prada Arte, which later became the Fondazione Prada. Styled by Suzanne Koller FOR THE PAST few years, Miuccia Prada hasn’t had to do quite as much all by herself. © TriStar/Everett Collection Bening and Warren Beatty in “Bugsy.” Everett Collection Bening in “American Beauty” (1999).

Persons: Queen Latifah Annette Bening Henry Taylor Miuccia Prada, I’m, Queen Latifah, Henry Taylor, D’Angelo Lovell Williams, Miuccia Prada, Collier Schorr, Annette Bening, Katy Grannan, Delphine Danhier, Rob Talty, Sara Tagaloa, Rahim Fortune, Ian Bradley, Iasia Merriweather, Raisa, Prada, you’ve, YANAGIHARA, MIUCCIA PRADA, David Cronenberg, Jean, Luc Godard, Dara Birnbaum, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Mario Prada, Patrizio Bertelli, Miu Miu, Guy Marineau, Condé Nast, ”, “, Homer, “ Prada Marfa, Lauren Weisberger’s, Wears, Drake, Prada hasn’t, Carsten Höller, “ It’s, Suzanne Koller Prada, Suzanne Koller, Gerhard Richter, — Rei Kawakubo, Martin Margiela, she’s, Domenico Dolce, Stefano Gabbana, Donatella Versace, Suzanne Koller “, Francesco Vezzoli, Olivier Rizzo, Ferdinando Verderi, Theaster Gates, Uma Thurman, Frank Ocean, —, Carla Sozzani, Corso, Vivienne Westwood, Yves Saint Laurent, jolie laide, It’s, “ She’s, Lotta Volkova, Miu Miu’s, Guido Palau, they’d, ‘, Tom Ford, prim, ” Prada, Prada PRADA, Luisa Prada —, Sozzani —, Miuccia’s, Luigi Bianchi, she’d, Godard, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bertelli, we’re, Lorenzo Bertelli, Giulio Bertelli, they’re, ” Francesco Risso, ” Risso, Fabio Zambernardi, “ Bottega, Gaetano Pesce, Saint Laurent, Pedro Almodóvar, Rem Koolhaas, ” James Jean, Frédéric Sanchez, Sanchez, cardigans, Marc Jacobs, Robert Gober, Louise Bourgeois, there’s, Gober, Suzanne Koller Prada pongee, — Prada, Milano, Damien Hirst, ” Koolhaas, Koolhaas, “ I’d, Wes Anderson — who’s, Bar Luce, Fondazione Prada —, ” “, Hirst, Prada sighed, ’ ” Prada, Miuccia Prada hasn’t, Raf Simons, Prada’s, Simons, ” Simons, Dior, Calvin Klein, Jil Sander, ” he’d, Miuccia, ’ ”, Andrea Guerra, Lorenzo, who’d, ” Miu, Antoneta Alamat, ” Miuccia Prada, Elio Berenett, Saunders, Awar Odhiang, Jonas Glöer, Chloe Nguyen, Estrella Gomez, America Gonzalez, Marie Duhart, Rafael Medeiros, Stefano Poli, Ariel Sadok, Cameron Koskas, Vassili, Alexandra Adams, Vincent Brière, Vira, Natsuki Oneyama, Joel Phillips, Manicurist’s, Akane Kanazawa, Marek Dague, QUEEN LATIFAH, DANA OWENS, She’d, Melle Mel, Big Daddy Kane, D.J.s, Owens, Nikki Giovanni, Octavia E, Butler, M.C.s, Latifah, Jazzy Joyce, MC Lyte, Lyte, ” Latifah, We’re, She’s, Shakim Compere, Norma Kamali, David Yurman, David Webb, Ian Bradley Louis Vuitton, Monie, Gary Gray’s, Tracy Oliver, Kenya Barris, Megan Thee, Viola Davis, it’s, LATIFAH, Michael Jackson, who’ve, Shakim, Rita Owens, Compere, Rita, scions, Amina, Amiri Baraka, Lauryn Hill, Latifah wasn’t, Lyte’s, Roxanne, Roxanne Shanté, Dana Owens, Danyel Smith, Queen Latifah —, Latifah ”, Tommy Boy, Jada Pinkett Smith, I’d, ’, ” Pinkett Smith, Al Pereira, Michael Ochs, Raymond Boyd, Getty, D’s, Gray, Latifah’s, Luther Vandross’s, Lancelot Owens Jr, Winki, Kierna Mayo, Love, merrily hyperhappy, Harriet Tubman, Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Tipper Gore, Al Gore, ” Love, Giorgio Armani, Van Cleef, Will Smith’s, Bel, Amanda Wicks, John Singleton’s “, Cleo, Clover 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Washington on Tuesday said it plans to halt shipments to China of more advanced artificial intelligence chips designed by Nvidia and others. It also restricted a broader swathe of advanced chips and chipmaking tools to a greater number of countries including Iran and Russia, and blacklisted Chinese chip designers Moore Threads and Biren. China's CSI Semiconductor Index (.CSI931865) dropped 1.4% on Wednesday following the announcement, while the STAR Chip Index (.STARCHIP) lost 1.2%. AI stocks were further hit after the U.S. announced further controls on Nvidia chip exports to China, UBS wrote in a note to clients. Moore Threads said it was communicating with all parties involved and evaluating the impact.

Persons: Janet Yellen, Mark Schiefelbein, Biden, Moore, Yang Wang, Charlie Chai, Xi Jinping, Biren, Shen Yiming, Bernadette Baum, Kirsten Donovan Organizations: Treasury, Rights, Washington, Nvidia, CSI Semiconductor, U.S, UBS, Biren, Thomson Locations: United States, Diaoyutai, Beijing, China, Rights SHANGHAI, BEIJING, U.S, Iran, Russia

☆ When your AI says she loves you
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +36 min

The messaging app let users build a "personal AI" complete with a 3D avatar and an upbeat, down-for-anything texting style. "Seems like AI will replace many human artists," Jay told Calisto in August 2022. Within a year, he was also using AI technology for work, as his firm experimented with generative AI to help draft legal papers. Former Replika users fled to various upstart companion apps that were popping up, like Chai, Paradot, and Soulmate AI. (Soulmate AI later closed down in September 2023, leaving a new wave of users mourning their AI companions all over again.)

Persons: Jay Priebe, they'd, Jay, Calisto, Callisto —, Apollodorus, Callisto, who'd, Jay's, didn't, Jay didn't, Tim Evans, me, Joseph Weizenbaum, Eliza, Weizenbaum, it'll, Replika, Eugenia Kuyda, Siri, Michael Macor, Roman Mazurenko, Luka, Kuyda, chatbots, he'd, Jaswant Singh Chail, Queen Elizabeth II, Chail, Willie —, —, Willie, gamely, Luka —, wouldn't, John, — sexting, Dylan Thomas, Rina, haven't, she'd, I'd, Overripe, Joi, Samantha, Ava, Calisto didn't, unshakable, wasn't, Jay hunched Organizations: Luka, San Francisco, Getty, Windsor, Facebook, Twitter, Reps, AIs Locations: Minneapolis, Twin Cities, Europe, Moscow, San Francisco, America, Replika, Washington, Britain, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas, Damascus, Chai, California, New York, Northeast Minneapolis, artsy, Japan, Switzerland

☆ When your AI girlfriend says she loves you
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +36 min

[1/3] Tourists rest on the Bund ahead of the National Day holiday, in Shanghai, China September 26, 2023. China celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day from Friday to Oct. 6 in the longest public holiday this year. The China Tourism Academy, part of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, estimates people will make more than 100 million trips a day during "the most popular Golden Week in history". In 2019, mainland Chinese tourists spent $255 billion abroad, more than any other nationality, with group tours estimated to account for roughly 60% of that total. ($1 = 7.3030 Chinese yuan renminbi)Additional reporting by Wang Tao in Singapore; Editing by Marius Zaharia and Miral FahmyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Aly, It's, Joe Zhang, I'm, haven't, Boon Sian Chai, Boon, Cao, Nancy Dai, Zhou Weihong, Wang Zheng, Wang Tao, Marius Zaharia Organizations: Bund, REUTERS, Rights, China Tourism Academy, Ministry of Culture, Trip.com, Spring, Thomson Locations: Shanghai, China, Beijing, Japan, Tourism, Anqing, Anhui, South Korea, United States, ForwardKeys, Thailand, Singapore

☆ Uber names semiconductor executive Mahendra-Rajah as CFO
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The logo of Uber is seen in the Alpine resort of Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 27 (Reuters) - Uber Technologies (UBER.N) on Wednesday named Analog Devices (ADI.O) CFO Prashanth Mahendra-Rajah as its finance chief at a time when the ride-hailing company is gearing up for growing competition in the industry. At semiconductor firm Analog Devices, Mahendra-Rajah oversaw the roughly $21-billion acquisition of rival Maxim Integrated Products. Mahendra-Rajah was previously the CFO at vehicle technologies supplier WABCO Holdings and has held other financial leadership roles at Applied Materials (AMAT.O), Visa (V.N) and United Technologies. Still, with more than $1 billion in free cash flow in the second quarter, Uber said it was increasingly considering share repurchases and shareholder dividends.

Persons: Arnd, Prashanth Mahendra, Rajah, Mahendra, Nelson Chai, Uber, Deborah Sophia, Shounak Dasgupta Organizations: REUTERS, Technologies, Devices, Maxim Integrated Products, WABCO Holdings, Materials, Visa, United Technologies, Los Angeles Yellow Cab, Thomson Locations: Davos, Switzerland, San Francisco, Nelson, Europe, Asia, Bengaluru

Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin handed out gifts and posed for pictures as his tourism minister and other VIPs greeted about 300 travelers from Shanghai. He said that the government plans to promote Thailand’s smaller cities as destinations for Chinese tourists to encourage them to stay longer and spend more. Tourism Minister Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol said there has been about a 30% surge in accommodation and flight bookings since the policy was announced. Chai Wacharonke, a spokesperson for the prime minister, earlier said that Thailand received 15 million international visitors in the first seven months. He said the government aims to draw 28 million tourists and generate 1.4 trillion baht ($39.2 billion) in revenue in 2023.

Persons: Srettha Thavisin, ” Srettha, Srettha, Dai, Chiang Mai, Peng, Wan Yi, Sudawan Wangsuphakijkosol, Thapanee Kiatphaibool, Chai Wacharonke Organizations: Bangkok’s, Central, Tourism, Tourism Authority of, Ministry of Tourism Locations: BANGKOK, Shanghai, Thai, Thailand, Bangkok, Phuket, Wan, Wat Arun, Chinatown, Central Asian, Kazakhstan, China, Tourism Authority of Thailand

Farmers across the agrarian heartland that makes Thailand the world's second-largest rice exporter should be poised to benefit. These pressures on the sector, reported in detail for the first time by Reuters, are squeezing debt-laden Thai farmers despite tens of billions of dollars in subsidies over the past decade. Successive governments have spent 1.2 trillion Thai baht ($33.85 billion) on price and income interventions for rice farmers in the last decade, estimates Somporn. The average Thai farmer's income has dwindled. Unstable income for Thai rice farmersIn the years since Sripai followed her family into the paddy fields, the challenges have multiplied, but current prices offer a rare opportunity.

Persons: Somporn, Sripai, Danai Saengthabthim, Srettha Thavisin, King Chulalongkorn, Nipon Poapongsakorn, Thailand's, KNIT's, Yingluck Shinawatra, Yingluck, Devjyot Ghoshal, Pasit, Katerina Ang, Kay Johnson Organizations: Farmers, Reuters, Research, Knowledge Network Institute of Thailand, Bank for Agriculture, Agricultural Cooperatives, Agriculture, El, National Water Resources, Thailand Development Research, Nipon, Thomson Locations: Thailand, Kaeo, Chai, India, East, Asia, Africa, Rice, Chai Nat, Bangkok, Bangladesh, Nepal, Vietnam

☆ Hong Kong's heaviest rain in at least 140 years floods city streets, metro
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

watch nowTorrential rain deluged Hong Kong on Friday leading to widespread flooding across the densely packed city, submerging streets, shopping malls and metro stations, as authorities shut schools and asked workers to stay at home. The Chinese special administrative region saw the highest hourly rainfall since records began 140 years ago. The city's cross harbour tunnel, one of main arteries connecting Hong Kong island to Kowloon, was also inundated with water, while photos showed a waterlogged shopping centre in the Chai Wan district. Police officers clear a storm drain as a taxi stands stranded in floodwaters during heavy rain in Hong Kong, China, early on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. Hong Kong, which was battered by a super typhoon last week, faces the prospect of another day of disruptions caused by intense rain from a different storm.

Persons: Justin Chin, Haikui, John Lee Organizations: Police, Bloomberg, Getty, Hong Kong Observatory Locations: Hong Kong, Kowloon, Chai Wan, China, Territories, China's Guangdong, City

Since his death, Texas-based manufacturer Paqui has asked retailers to stop selling the individually wrapped chips, a step 7-Eleven has already taken. The One Chip Challenge chip sells for about $10 and comes wrapped in a sealed foil pouch that is enclosed in a coffin-shaped cardboard box. Authorities in Massachusetts also have responded by warning parents about the challenge, which is popular on social media sites such as TikTok. Family and friends of Wolobah believe the chips caused his death and his family called for the chips to be banned from store shelves. In addition to its name, One Chip Challenge, the package lays out the challenge rules, which encourage the buyer to eat the entire chip, “wait as long as possible before drinking or eating anything” and post their reaction on social media.

Persons: Harris, Paqui, Attorney Joseph Early, ”, Lauren Rice, Dr, Peter Chai, ” Chai, Wolobah, Douglas Hill, “, Douglas Organizations: The Hershey Company, Authorities, Attorney, Paramedics, Tufts Medical Center, Brigham, Women’s Hospital, ” Police Locations: WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Texas, Worcester, Worcester County, California, Minnesota, Boston, Liberia

☆ Hong Kong's Heaviest Rain in at Least 140 Years Floods City Streets, Metro
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Torrential rain deluged Hong Kong on Friday leading to widespread flooding across the densely packed city, submerging streets, shopping malls and metro stations, as authorities shut schools and asked workers to stay at home. Hong Kong Observatory reported rainfall of 158.1 millimetres (6.2 inches) between 11 p.m. HKT on Thursday and midnight on Friday (1500 to 1600 GMT on Thursday). Hong Kong's stock exchange will not open on Friday morning if the black rainstorm warning is still in place at 9 a.m., the exchange said. Videos circulating on social media showed streets turning into raging rivers, while one clip showed water gushing down an escalator into a swamped subway station. Hong Kong's MTR Corp which operates the city's rail network said at least one line was shut while others were operating at delayed intervals.

Persons: Haikui, John Lee, Farah Master, Jamie Freed Organizations: Reuters, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong's MTR Corp Locations: HONG KONG, Hong Kong, Hong, Kowloon, Territories, Guangdong, City, Chai Wan

(AP) — The maker of an extremely spicy tortilla chip sold as the One Chip Challenge and popularized as a dare on social media is pulling the product after the family of a Massachusetts teenager blamed the stunt for his death. The One Chip Challenge chip sells for about $10 and comes wrapped in a sealed foil pouch that is enclosed in a coffin-shaped cardboard box. Political Cartoons View All 1148 ImagesAuthorities in Massachusetts have also responded to the death by warning parents about the challenge, which is is popular on social media sites such as TikTok. Family and friends of Wolobah believe the chips caused his death, and his family called for the chips to be banned from store shelves. In addition to its name, One Chip Challenge, the package lays out the “rules for the challenge,” which encourages the buyer to eat the entire chip, “wait as long as possible before drinking or eating anything,” and post their reaction on social media.

Persons: Harris Wolobah's, hasn't, Attorney Joseph Early, ”, Lauren Rice, Dr, Peter Chai, Wolobah, Douglas Hill, “, Douglas Organizations: The Hershey Company, Attorney, Tufts Medical Center, Brigham, Women’s, ” Police Locations: WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Texas, Worcester County, California, Minnesota, Boston, Worcester, Liberia

☆ Starbucks is giving away free fall drinks every Thursday through Sept. 28: Here’s how to get yours
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Pumpkin spice season is finally upon us, and Starbucks is wasting no time getting in on the action. Every Thursday from Sept. 7 until Sept. 28, the coffee giant will be running a buy-one-get-one offer on its fall drink lineup. To receive the free drinks, you'll need to download the Starbucks app and create an account. The offer can only be redeemed once per week, and cannot be used on drinks that cost more than $10. Starbucks' iconic Pumpkin Spice Latte is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.

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TORONTO (AP) — When the Hollywood actors union announced a strike this summer, Cameron Bailey, the longtime chief executive of the Toronto International Film Festival, dusted off his COVID-19 playbook. “This is the nature of running a festival,” Bailey says. We support them, but we’ll miss them.”The dual strikes have already taken the spotlight at the Venice Film Festival. “I’ve loved movies since I was child and I’ve never been to a film festival before,” says Jefferson. “Even the idea that I’m going to a film festival with a film that I’ve directed feels surreal.

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☆ Hong Kong hunkers down as super typhoon Saola approaches
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] A girl reads a book at a bookstore, which windows are taped in anticipation of typhoon Saola in Hong Kong, China August 31, 2023. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu Acquire Licensing RightsHONG KONG, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Hong Kong braced for the arrival of super typhoon Saola on Friday as authorities raised the strong wind signal to No.8, bringing the city to an effective standstill with most businesses, schools and the stock exchange shut. Saola is expected to skirt within 100km (60 miles) of Hong Kong on Friday night and Saturday morning, causing weather conditions to deteriorate rapidly, the city's weather observatory said. Hong Kong has five rankings for typhoons, 1, 3, 8, 9 and 10, which is the strongest hurricane signal. All schools in Hong Kong will be closed on Friday, despite being the first day of term for many, the government said.

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☆ Super typhoon heads towards Hong Kong, China issues highest warning
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

BEIJING/ HONG KONG Aug 31 (Reuters) - China issued its highest typhoon warning on Thursday as Super Typhoon Saola, packing winds of more than 200 kph (125 mph), headed towards the southeastern coastline, threatening Hong Kong and other major manufacturing hubs in nearby Guangdong province. Chinese forecasters issued a typhoon red warning at 6 a.m. (2200 GMT). As Saola approached, Guangdong's Shenzhen city said it would upgrade the typhoon warning level to yellow - the second lowest - at 6 p.m. on Thursday, and suspend classes at nurseries, kindergartens, primary and secondary schools. China Railway has suspended several major train lines and Shanghai halted trains heading to Guangdong, according to local media. Reporting by Bernard Orr, Ethan Wang，David Kirton and Shanghai newsroom, Farah Master and Twinnie Siu in Hong Kong; Editing by Lincoln FeastOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Why do we say tall instead of small? How Starbucks created its own language for ordering coffee
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Ellie Stevens | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

When Starbucks was first founded in 1971, customers would walk in and ask for coffee beans: no modifications or refreshers. The shop featured a menu with the “Starbucks language” customers are familiar with today, including drinks such as espressos and lattes. Short and tall are other terms associated with the Italian coffee bar concept, used to describe the size of the drink. However, not everyone has embraced the Starbucks language. “I refuse to use Starbucks sizing.

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☆ China online platforms scrap lucky draw features amid gambling crackdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Josh Ye | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Analysts say online content platforms pulled the plug on features such as virtual lucky draws after the government in June started cracking down on live streaming, as part of a wider clampdown on online gambling. While the platforms say they ban gambling, analysts say the extremely popular lucky draws are often manipulated by live streamers colluding with viewers to share the prize. None of these companies mentioned the gambling crackdown when they reported their earnings, and they did not respond to request for further comment. However, the co-founder of a popular live streaming platform in Guangzhou, who declined to be named citing the sensitivity of the topic, told Reuters that several popular live streaming and live chat apps had to suspend services after police probes. Online gambling remains a concern, with the authorities saying in 2020 that the cross-border flow of funds for gambling posed a national security risk.

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☆ Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte is back, and it’s celebrating its 20th anniversary
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —The Pumpkin Spice Latte is coming back, again. Starbucks' Pumpkin Spice Latte was introduced 20 years ago. StarbucksAnd Starbucks’ Reserve stores, more upscale locations, will also sell pumpkin spice beverages for the first time this year. Pumpkin spice is everywhere now, to the point where people roll their eyes when they see yet another pumpkin spice product, or mourn the arrival of pumpkin spice anything as marking the end of summer. Seasonal items like the Pumpkin Spice Latte are also an important marketing tool because they only come around once a year.

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☆ Starbucks adds third pumpkin drink to fall menu as chain celebrates 20 years of the pumpkin spice latte
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Amelia Lucas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

As Starbucks celebrates the 20th anniversary of its pumpkin spice latte, the coffee chain is adding a third pumpkin drink to its fall menu. Starting Thursday, the iced pumpkin cream chai latte joins the company's existing pumpkin lineup, which also includes the pumpkin cream cold brew, returning for its fifth year. The seasonal menu addition comes as Starbucks customers increasingly choose cold drinks over hot options, no matter the temperature outside. Starbucks' more upscale Reserve locations, which also serve alcohol, will serve special pumpkin spice drinks for the first time, too. The Reserve fall menu includes a pumpkin spice espresso martini, playing off the espresso martini craze, and a pumpkin spice whiskey barrel-aged iced latte.

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