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Rick Cardenas, the CEO of Darden Restaurants, said Chili's and Applebee's seem to be having some success competing with fast-food chains.
  • Darden Restaurants CEO Rick Cardenas said there's been a small shift from fast food to casual dining.
  • American fast-food consumers have expressed frustration with rising prices.
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CVS will soon turn to AI to assist its pharmacy customers.
  • Companies are increasingly turning to AI to see if it can improve the customer service experience.
  • CVS plans to use AI so that pharmacy customers don't have to go through a menu option, per The Wall Street Journal.
  • They'll be able to talk to the AI before being directed to a live agent, CVS Health CTO



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Samsung rolled out a new update for its news app that will now showcase all the political happenings in the country ahead of the elections, along with something fun for hardcore soccer enthusiasts.



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Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un after a signing ceremony following their bilateral talks at Kumsusan state residence in Pyongyang, on June 19, 2024.
  • Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un signed a partnership agreement on Wednesday.
  • The two allied countries — and global pariahs — have several overlapping interests.
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The author wrote short memories in a book for her two kids
  • My kids are 15 months apart and I was very sleep deprived when they were little. 
  • I started writing snippets of our days together to remember all the memories. 
  • It's not anything fancy, but the memories are priceless. 

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After a bit of a false start, Ubisoft has released a trailer for its remake of the cult classic game Beyond Good and Evil. The video first appeared in a tweet from the game studio that was later deleted. But the new announcement seems to be sticking around, and that means we really will be getting the Beyond Good and Evil - 20th Anniversary Edition on June 25. It will be available on PC



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Sony has announced that it will be ending its rewards program at the end of this year. No, it’s not PlayStation Stars, the loyalty program that rewards you digital collectibles for completing certain gameplay tasks. Nor is it the defunct PlayStation Rewards program, which offered PSN bonuses for the most voracious PlayStation gamers. It’s terminating the Sony Rewards program offered through the



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You know those little plastic air bags in your more fragile Amazon purchases that make perfect popping noise makers when you crush them? Amazon says it's reduced its usage of them and plans to completely eliminate using them by the end of the year.

The ecommerce behemoth announced on its news blog that it has reduced the use of plastic air pillows by 95 percent and switched to crumbled paper



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TikTok says that the government didn’t adequately consider viable alternative options before charging ahead with a law that could ban the platform in the US. TikTok, whose parent company ByteDance is based in China, claims that it provided the US government with an extensive and detailed plan to mitigate



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A test of a Neptune missile in April 2020.
  • Ukraine faces restrictions on using US-made, long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russia.
  • To work around this, Kyiv has modified its Neptune anti-ship missile for land attack.
  • Ukraine has used this weapon to strike energy facilities inside Russia in recent weeks.

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Former NBA veteran JJ Redick has agreed to lead the Los Angeles Lakers as head coach, according to multiple reports.
  • The Los Angeles Lakers were on the hunt for a coach after firing Darvin Ham in May.
  • JJ Redick, an NBA veteran, was a top contender for the Lakers coaching job, per ESPN.
  • Sources told The Athletic that Redick impressed Lakers owners and key stakeholders in a

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