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Unionized Starbucks workers are threatening to expand a US strike against the world’s biggest coffee chain into “the largest and longest” in the company’s history – and urging customers to steer clear.Starbucks has said the vast majority of its cafes remain open, and expressed disappointment that Starbucks Workers United launched the strike.Negotiations over the ever first union contract for Starbucks workers in the US broke down in recent months. Both sides have blamed the other.Prominent politicians including Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor-elect, have backed the striking workers.Why are Starbucks workers striking?Since 13 November, more than 1,000 Starbucks workers…

While everyone’s chasing the next AI infrastructure play in San Francisco, some of the most defensible AI companies are being built by founders with deep expertise in legacy industries — and they’re not getting funded. January Ventures aims to fill that gap, writing pre-seed checks for underrepresented founders transforming healthcare, manufacturing, and supply chain with AI. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, Dominic-Madori Davis sat down with Jennifer Neundorfer, Co-Founder and General Partner at January Ventures, for a live episode of Equity. The pair dug into how early-stage investing is changing in the age of AI and why building different networks matters.

An iceberg in Ilulissat, Greenland. Ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica are melting rapidly, and that melt will accelerate as the Earth heats up. Ryan Kellman/NPR hide caption toggle caption Ryan Kellman/NPR World leaders are heading into the final days of COP30, the United Nations climate meeting in Brazil. They are trying to agree on how to curb global warming and pay for the costs of an increasingly hotter planet. For the past eight years, one of the primary objectives of the annual negotiations has been to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to the temperatures in the late 1800s.…

The cast of “Everybody Loves Raymond” is back in the Barone living room for the reunion special celebrating the 30th anniversary of the CBS sitcom. Hosted by star Ray Romano and series creator Phil Rosenthal, the special airs Nov. 24 on CBS at 8 p.m. It will also stream on Paramount+. The anniversary special will feature appearances from cast members Brad Garrett, Patricia Heaton, Monica Horan, Madylin Sweeten, Sullivan Sweeten and more. And it will include a tribute to late cast members Doris Roberts and Peter Boyle, who played Ray’s parents Marie and Frank Barone. “Everybody Loves Raymond” stars Romano…

Major League Soccer announced on Wednesday that it is re-opening its investigation into Philadelphia Union sporting director Ernst Tanner. The Union said in a statement to the Guardian that they have placed Tanner on administrative leave. The move comes a day after the Guardian published an investigation into Tanner’s conduct.Tanner had previously been under investigation by MLS after the league received a complaint from the MLS Players Association in late January. In it, the MLSPA outlined a wide range of alleged issues surrounding Tanner, which included the use of racist, sexist and homophobic language and instances of inappropriate physical contact…

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. It might not seem so obvious when walking past rows of vacuum-sealed Butterball turkeys at the supermarket, but the world is on the brink of a protein shortage. Global demand for animal-based protein is expected to double by 2050 and while plant-based alternatives exist, enthusiasm around them has wavered in recent years. One possible solution to the brewing protein problem:gene-edited fungus. Using CRISPR gene editing technology, researchers from Jiangnan University in China took a fungus that is already used as a meat alternative (Fusarium venenatum) and…

A new coffee-table book takes you inside The Connaught, a luxury hotel in London's famous Mayfair district.

November 19 is World Toilet Day — officially declared by the United Nations to bring attention to the the 3.4 billion people who live without “safely managed sanitation.”(Image credit: Aly Hazzaa)

LAS VEGAS, NV – NOVEMBER 23: Max Verstappen (1) of the Netherlands, Oracle Red Bull Racing, Honda RBPT races by the MSG Sphere with ‘Welcome to Las Vegas’ sign graphics during the Formula 1 Heineken Silver Las Vegas Grand Prix on the Las Vegas Strip Circuit on November 23, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Speer/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesFormula 1 heads to Nevada this weekend for the Las Vegas Grand Prix, with only three rounds remaining to decide the 2025 drivers’ championship.Lando Norris has been on a remarkable run of form lately, scoring…

After years of staring down the world’s biggest tech companies and setting the bar for tough regulation worldwide, Europe has blinked. Under intense pressure from industry and the US government, Brussels is stripping protections from its flagship General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) — including simplifying its infamous cookie permission pop-ups — and relaxing or delaying landmark AI rules in an effort to cut red tape and revive sluggish economic growth.The proposed overhaul won’t land quietly in Brussels, and if the development of the GDPR and AI Act are anything to go by, a political and lobbying firestorm is on its…