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When Taylor Capuano and her twin sister Casey Salai each took $5,000 of their personal savings to start a side hustle in 2022, they never imagined it would quickly become a full-time job.”I didn’t expect this to actually lead to anything,” says Capuano, 33. “All I knew was, ‘This is a simple solution that will help us. Maybe others can help too?'”Salai and Capuano are co-founders of Cakes Body, which makes silicone nipple covers that customers can wear under their clothes. This is intended to prevent chafing and avoid visible bra lines. Capuano said both sisters knew the embarrassment of…
People Inc., one of the largest media publishers in the United States, has signed an AI licensing agreement with Microsoft. The media giant (formerly Dotdash Meredith) made the announcement Tuesday as part of parent company IAC’s third-quarter earnings call. Under the agreement, People Inc. will become a launch partner for Microsoft’s Publisher Content Marketplace. This is the company’s second AI contract, following a previous deal with OpenAI last year. Neil Vogel, CEO of People Inc., described the new marketplace as “essentially a pay-as-you-go marketplace where AI players can directly compensate publishers for the use of their content on an ‘a…
OpenAI on Tuesday released its AI-generated video Sora app for Android devices.The artificial intelligence company first released Sora for Apple devices in September. Tuesday’s announcement will bring the popular AI app to the Google Play app store for users in the United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.Sora reportedly reached 1 million downloads in less than five days after its debut and held the top spot on Apple’s App Store for nearly three weeks. Sora is currently No. 5 on Apple’s list of top free apps Google Gemini is No. 4 and ChatGP, also created by OpenAI,…
The UN chief warned on Tuesday that Sudan’s civil war is “spiraling out of control” after militias seized control of the Darfur city of El Fasher. Speaking at a United Nations summit in Qatar, Antonio Guterres issued a stark warning about El Fasher and called for an immediate ceasefire in the two-year conflict, which has become one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. “Hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped in this siege,” Guterres said. “People are dying from malnutrition, disease and violence, and reports of violations of international humanitarian law and human rights continue.” He added: “There are also…
When Jerry Turner visited his wife Teresa Nist in New Jersey, he slept on the couch.Once Jerry and Teresa got married, she showed no signs of wanting to be together as a couple in any fantasy suite. When he visited her in New Jersey a week after taking his vows, he admitted that he felt “like an intruder in her home, like I didn’t belong.” The feeling was even greater when she asked him to sleep on the couch since she had a busy day in the morning. “The words that came out of my mouth were, ‘Yeah, no problem,'”…
starbucks announced on Monday that it will form a joint venture with Boyu Capital to operate the company’s locations in China.Under the terms of the $4 billion deal, alternative asset management firm Boyu will own up to a 60% interest in the joint venture. Starbucks will retain a 40% stake and maintain the ability to license its brand and intellectual property to the joint venture.The announcement comes after the coffee giant spent months considering options, including strategic partnerships. Starbucks values its China operations at more than $13 billion, the company said. The valuation includes the value of both the sale…
Amazon has instructed Perplexity to remove Agent Browser from its online store, the companies publicly confirmed on Tuesday. After warning Perplexity multiple times that its AI-powered shopping assistant Comet was violating Amazon’s terms of service by not disclosing its agent status, the e-commerce giant sent the AI search engine startup a sharply worded cease and desist letter, Perplexity wrote in a blog post titled “Bullying Is Not Innovation.” “This week, Perplexity received an aggressive legal threat from Amazon demanding that Comet users be banned from using its AI assistant on Amazon. This is Amazon’s first legal salvo against an AI…
Sam Bankman Fried, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, appears in a New York court on August 11, 2023, as his lawyers try to persuade the judge overseeing his fraud case not to send him to jail ahead of trial.Eduardo Muñoz | ReutersOn Tuesday, judges on a federal appeals court in New York were skeptical of a lawyer’s argument that Sam Bankman Fried’s conviction for multibillion-dollar fraud related to cryptocurrency exchange FTX and affiliated hedge funds should be thrown out.When Bankman Fried attorney Alexandra Shapiro tried to argue that SBF deserved a new trial because the first trial was…
Brussels Reuters — Belgium’s Brussels and Liège airports were closed on Tuesday night following drone sightings, causing many incoming planes to be diverted and other airports to be prevented from taking off. Kurt Verwilligen, a spokesman for the Belgian Air Traffic Control Authority, said the drone was spotted near Brussels airport just before 8pm local time (2pm ET) and was subsequently closed as a security measure. Belgium’s busiest airport briefly reopened after two hours of chaos, but was shut down again after more drone sightings. It is unclear when flights will resume. National airline Brussels Airlines announced that 15 outbound…
Gone are the days of form-fitting activewear. We say goodbye to perfectly formed workout jackets and tight leggings, and welcome oversized hoodies and wide-leg pants to our closets and fitness routines. No more feeling uncomfortable during your workout because your top is a little too small. Instead, these oversized fits will make you feel comfortable and feel like you can actually move (including at the gym or at home). If you’re a girly girl who used to wear loungewear for your at-home (and gym) workouts, this trend is perfect for you too. More and more activewear brands are releasing oversized…