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Starbucks isn’t just launching another drink. With its latest Refreshers debut, announced Monday, the coffee giant is expanding one of its fastest-growing businesses as it races to win customers long after the morning coffee rush ends.Beginning July 14, Starbucks customers will be able to order any Refresher drink blended, the latest move in the company’s effort to expand what executives describe as a $2 billion beverage platform.The launch follows April’s rollout of customizable Energy Refreshers, which Starbucks executives said recently exceeded expectations and helped drive new customer occasions.Refreshers, which are iced juice and tea drinks often mixed with fruit pieces,…
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images NewsOpenAI (OPENAI) has confidentially filed its draft initial public offering to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the creator of the world’s most popular chatbot, ChatGPT, announced today. However, the Microsoft-backed (MSFT) OpenAI did not provide a timeline for
Three and a half years since OpenAI ushered artificial intelligence into the mainstream with the release of ChatGPT, its CEO and cofounder says the company is entering its third phase — making AI abundant, accessible, and safe.Sam Altman and Jakub Pachocki, OpenAI’s chief scientist, published a blog post on Monday outlining their plan for the company. They said the first phase of OpenAI was about research toward artificial general intelligence, while the second was about offering their products to the world and learning how people actually use them.”Now we are entering the third phase,” Altman and Pachocki wrote. “The economy…
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OpenAI has filed its confidential S-1, the first official step toward a blockbuster IPO.The ChatGPT-maker announced the filing on Monday in a short, blunt blog post. The confidential S-1 draft gives the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission time to review OpenAI’s plans for an eventual public listing — though the post made it sound like that could be a ways out.”We expect it to leak so we’re just announcing it,” OpenAI’s post said. “We have not decided on timing yet; it may be a while because there are things we want to do that are likely easier as a private…
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When Gabby Zappia started experiencing blood in her stool for the first time, her obstetrician quickly reassured her. She was six months into her third pregnancy and was told the symptom was likely caused by pregnancy-related hemorrhoids.So, Zappia returned to her busy life. Caring for her two kids, ages 4 and 5 at the time, involved nonstop carpools, lunches, laundry, and dishes.”I still have a little bit of a hard time slowing down,” Zappia, 37, told Business Insider.The day before her due date in June 2024, Zappia, who’s based in Mission Viejo, California, saw significantly more blood in the toilet,…
Author Ahmed Barakat Author Ahmed Barakat Part of the Team Since Aug 2025 About Author Ahmed Balaha is a journalist and copywriter based in Georgia with a growing focus on blockchain technology, DeFi, AI, privacy, digital assets, and fintech innovation. Share Last updated: June 8, 2026 Ripple CTO Emeritus David Schwartz used a June 5 video segment to lay out what the XRP Ledger is becoming: a settlement and issuance layer for tokenized stocks, money market funds, repos, and on-chain loans, not just a faster payments rail. This is bullish news for XRP.The roadmap is specific, the infrastructure timeline is…
After my first cruise in 2022, I didn’t think the vacation style was for me.My inaugural sailing aboard Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas felt like Kid Central. From the waterslides and splash pads to the carousel and escape room, many of the ship’s activities and amenities were geared toward children.While more experienced cruisers might be able to tune them out, I found it tough to relax with kids running around screaming on the pool deck. By the end of the trip, I was ready to give up cruising altogether.Then, I heard about Virgin Voyages, a luxury, adults-only cruise line that…
Author Ahmed Barakat Author Ahmed Barakat Part of the Team Since Aug 2025 About Author Ahmed Balaha is a journalist and copywriter based in Georgia with a growing focus on blockchain technology, DeFi, AI, privacy, digital assets, and fintech innovation. Share Fact Checked by CryptoNews Editorial Team Author CryptoNews Editorial Team Part of the Team Since Sep 2018 About Author The CryptoNews editorial team is composed of seasoned writers specializing in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. Their expertise ensures comprehensive, accurate, and insightful content for… Last updated: June 8, 2026 Bitcoin price clawed back ground, barely trading above $63,000 after a…