Starbucks hatches new plan to cut customers’ waiting times
The Seattle-based company is going to test the new time-saving technology at hundreds of stores
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Growing BRICS group shows internal rifts as ministers fall short of joint statement – Reuters
Growing BRICS group shows internal rifts as ministers fall short of joint statement ReutersMeeting in Brazil, Brics foreign ministers fail to issue joint statement South China Morning PostBRICS Rift Emerges in Rio as New Members B…
Tests appear to show Instagram blocking minors from accessing AI Studio, its user-generated chatbot character platform, after recent reports on safety issues (Samantha Cole/404 Media)
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Tests appear to show Instagram blocking minors from accessing AI Studio, its user-generated chatbot character platform, after recent reports on safety issues — Following Wall Street Journal investigations …
India and Pakistan Are Perilously Close to the Brink – Foreign Affairs
India and Pakistan Are Perilously Close to the Brink Foreign AffairsPakistan’s 4-Point Plan Over Indus Waters Treaty, And Why It Won’t Work NDTVPakistan minister warns of possible Indian military strike in 24-36 hours A…
Pentagon-funded research is boosting the Chinese military
American researchers funded by the Pentagon have helped Chinese military companies despite U.S. sanctions and other legal restrictions on such use, according to a think tank report.
Trump’s first 100 days: ‘A path toward authoritarianism’
In American history, these actions are unprecedented. It is not about objecting to conservative policies, but rather to the lawlessness of Trump’s actions.
In breakneck 2nd term, Trump turns to falsehoods to justify his agenda
The president’s dizzying efforts to reconfigure the global economy, reshape the government and more have been undergirded by a nonstop distortion of facts.
In praise of a pope who embraced humility and technology
Pope Francis’ humble character and advocacy for justice earned him many admirers, including those who fight for safe and responsible technology development.
Vietnam War: some families of Vietnamese MIAs are calling on the U.S. to help
Fifty years after the end of the war, Hanoi says nearly 200,000 Vietnamese soldiers are still missing. Some of their families are now calling on the U.S. to help find them.
Container lines warn of congestion threat when Asia imports rebound
US ports and support infrastructure like warehouses and rail connections aren’t better equipped to handle import surges than they were during the pandemic when record volumes drove congestion to historic highs, carrier executives said this week.