REUTERS/Thomas Peter Domino’s is closing its last location in Italy after seven years of business in the country, Bloomberg reports. The pizza company once had plans to open as many as 880 stores in Italy by 2030. The reason cited for the closure was increased competition in food delivery. Domino’s tried to sell American-style pizza…
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Former National Security adviser John Bolton (R) speaks on stage during a public discussion at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina on February 17, 2020. Logan Cyrus / AFP via Getty Images A member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard has been charged in an alleged plot to assassinate John Bolton, the Department of Justice announced…
Jeremy Grantham. Fairfax Media via Getty Images via Getty Images Jeremy Grantham expects stocks to fall much lower before the market reaches a bottom. The GMO cofounder warned the the multiasset bubble in the US is extremely dangerous. Grantham panned bitcoin, slammed the Fed, and said Tesla stock hit a “silly price” in January. Jeremy…
The late Toni Morrison was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Barack Obama in 2012 when she was 81. Alex Wong/Getty Images Founders in their 20s get a lot of media attention, but research suggests most founders are older. Insider rounded up successful people who did not get recognition until their 30s, 40s…
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks about President Joe Biden’s positive COVID-19 test during a briefing at the White House, Thursday, July 21, 2022, in Washington. Evan Vucci/Associated Press Biden previously said he would announce student-loan relief before August 31. Press Sec. Karine Jean Pierre said he is not yet “ready” to announce those…
Serena Williams told Insider tennis taught her the power of hard work and discipline, and that she wants other girls to have the same opportunities she had in sports. Florian Eisele/Pool Photo via AP Serena Williams announced plans to retire from tennis on Tuesday. The tennis legend leaves behind an important legacy: encouraging girls to…
Artist Lana Del Rey became a Tumblr icon after releasing her 2012 album “Born To Die.” Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Tumblr remains one of the most defining internet platforms of the new millennium. But it notoriously struggled to be profitable after it stood up in 2007 and was bought and sold twice. Tumblr was valued at $800…
Former President Donald Trump. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Donald Trump says he invoked the Fifth Amendment in a New York civil case. He once questioned why an innocent person would invoke the right against self incrimination. “You see, the mob takes the Fifth,” he said in 2018. Former President Donald Trump’s decision on Wednesday to invoke…
NVIDIA is no stranger to making realistic AI avatars, but now it’s making them more practical. The GPU maker has introduced a toolkit, the Omniverse Avatar Cloud Engine (ACE), that makes it easier for companies to put digital humans into chatbots, games and other apps. The combination of AI models and services helps developers quickly…
Is there much more space for innovation in desks, I hear you ask? After all, now that we’ve made them go up and down, there are no new worlds worth conquering. Not so, says Lumina, makers of its eponymous AI webcam that’s been described as the equal of a DSLR in some corners. Now, the…