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• Starbucks' comparable sales in China are slumping, with a 14% drop in the most recent quarter.
• Its then-CEO put it down to weak consumer spending and a coffee store "price war" in a July investor call.
• China is Starbucks' second-biggest market but analysts question how well its format works

• Saudi Arabia's Neom ordered eight electric shuttles from Sweden-based Candela.
• The Candela P-12 shuttles are high-speed electric foil ships that sit above the water.
• Candela says the shuttle design allows it to use 80% less energy than conventional ships.

Saudi Arabia's "city of the future" is set to get its

• Kamala Harris' proposal to stop price gouging has sparked cheers and warnings from commentators.
• The Democratic presidential candidate plans to pursue a federal ban, make rules, and punish defiers.
• Dave Ramsey and Kevin O'Leary slammed her plan while Paul Krugman said it might not be a bad idea.

Vice President Kamala Harris' p

• Josie Weaver, 28, works in the Co-Op Employee Recreation Program at Yellowstone National Park.
• As an assistant program manager, Weaver gets free housing and meals and enjoys three-day weekends.
• In her free time, she goes to employee events, stargazes in the park with her friends, and hikes.

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• Ryanair's CEO criticized Wizz Air's unlimited flights pass as a "marketing scam."
• He said the flights could sell out before pass holders had a chance to book them.
• A Wizz executive described his comments as "provocative" and "inaccurate."

Tensions are growing between two of Europe's top budget airlines

• Generative AI is becoming increasingly omnipresent  — and is a growing hot topic.
• Chatbots such as OpenAI's ChatGPT are changing the way we find information, generate images, and more.
• Here are the people, companies, and words you need to know to understand AI. 

It's becoming increasingly impossible

• Lucy Guo cofounded the data labeling startup Scale AI, valued at $13.8 billion.
• She also founded the venture firm Backend Capital and startup incubator HF0.
• Guo is now the CEO and founder of Passes, a startup helping creators monetize their audiences.

Many tech founders prefer to enjoy their success out of the public eye after building a

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has fined Lingo Telecom $1 million over January's fake Joe Biden AI robocalls, which used deepfake audio of the president's voice to spread election disinformation in New Hampshire. The telecommunications company initially faced a penalty of $2 million, however this week's settlement agreement cut that figure in half.

While Lingo Telecom wasn't directly

AI audio startup ElevenLabs has now made its text-to-speech Reader app available across the world, adding support for 32 different languages — including Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Mandarin, and Hindi.

The app, which is available on both iOS and Android, was first released in June in the US, UK, and Canada. It allows users to listen to PDFs

• Amber Atherton launched her startup in London but moved to the US in 2017.
• While building her business, she lived in the UK, San Francisco, and New York.
• Silicon Valley is an unparalleled destination for focusing on building a business, she said.

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