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Chris Rondeau sees the potential for explosive growth similar to Planet Fitness for Panobianco Academia, Brazil’s largest gym franchisor Former Planet Fitness CEO Chris Rondeau is looking to bring his low-price fitness philosophy to Latin America. Rondeau is now an investor-partner and strategic advisor to Panobianco Academia, Brazil’s largest gym franchisor, with expansion planned across Brazil, Mexico and broader Latin America. Rondeau’s foray into the new market follows the 30 years he spent at Planet Fitness, before being ousted in 2023 following allegations of fostering a toxic work environment (Rondeau has denied the allegations, saying he was “blindsided” by his…
Actors Mark Wahlberg and Mario Lopez, and No Doubt frontwoman Gwen Stefani encouraged their fans to pray this Christmas season, urging them to download the Catholic prayer app Hallow. “Happy Sunday, everybody, God bless you,” Wahlberg said standing next to Lopez in front of a wooden cross in a video posted to social media. Watch Below: “God bless, and stay prayed up, God bless,” Lopez added in the video. The video, shared on by Lopez on X, also included a caption in which the Saved by the Bell star tagged Hallow. In a separate video, Gwen Stefani encouraged her fans to pray during…
You can add the Switch 2 to the (long) list of platforms where you can play The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. The bad news: It costs $60 to play the 2011 game optimized for Nintendo’s 2025 hardware. The good news: It costs less (or nothing) if you own one of the versions for the original Switch.The (digital-only) Switch 2 port is the Anniversary Edition of Skyrim, released in 2021. That includes the base game and three expansions (Dawnguard, Dragonborn and Hearthfire). You’ll also find hundreds of Creation Club items, like quests, weapons, armor, spells and dungeons. The Anniversary Edition’s Zelda…
Hardik Pandya struck an unbeaten 59 and took a key wicket as India thrashed South Africa by 101 runs in the first T20 international on Tuesday. Pandya’s 28-ball blitz, laced with six fours and four sixes, powered reigning world champions India to 175-6 after being invited to bat first in Cuttack. The Indian bowlers then combined to skittle South Africa for their lowest T20 total of 74 in 12.3 overs to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series as part of their build-up for the T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka in February-March. India’s Test and ODI…
Somewhere along its never-ending quest to increase engagement, Meta realized that giving Facebook users more of what they want would make it more likely that they’ll stick around. The company has announced a bunch of updates designed to help improve the feed and the broader Facebook experience by making it easier to find, create and share interesting things. (Because primarily showing updates from your friends with the occasional ad or meme post is maybe just too complicated.)Simplification is a big focus of this overhaul. First, the Facebook feed will be a bit more streamlined. Whenever you post multiple photos, Facebook…
The European Commission has launched an investigation into whether Google has breached EU competition rules by using web publishers’ content for AI purposes without appropriate compensation. CNBC reports that the EU has launched an antitrust investigation into Google’s use of online publishers’ content for AI purposes. The probe, announced by the European Commission on Tuesday, aims to determine whether the search giant has distorted competition by imposing unfair terms and conditions on publishers and content creators or by granting itself privileged access to their content while placing developers of rival AI models at a disadvantage. According to the Commission, the…
Shiba Inu has recorded a notable surge in spot trading activity on several exchanges over the last seven days. This provides a bullish outlook for the second-largest meme coin by market cap, which has been one of the underperformers in this market cycle. Shiba Inu Sees Surge In Spot Trading Activity CoinGlass data show a 154% surge in Shiba Inu USD spot trading volume on Kraken over the last seven days. There has also been a significant surge on other major exchanges, such as Binance, Bybit, OKX, and Gemini, during the same period. This indicates that spot buyers may be…
Mohamed Salah reported for Liverpool training on Tuesday as doubts grow about the star’s future at the Premier League champions with Saudi clubs intent on making a move for the striker in the winter transfer window. The 33-year-old Egypt forward was left out of Liverpool’s squad for their Champions League tie at Inter Milan on Tuesday following his extraordinary public criticism of Reds manager Arne Slot after he was left on the bench for the third consecutive game. Salah said after the 3-3 draw with Leeds United on Sunday that he felt like he had been “thrown under the bus”…
The XRP price is currently more than 45% below its all-time high and continues to decline amid broader market uncertainty. Despite the slow price action and weak momentum, a crypto analyst has projected that XRP could explode to $50 soon, providing reasons for his ambitious forecast. He boldly stated that the cryptocurrency will not experience a gradual climb to $5 or $10 first, but will instead jump straight to $50. XRP To Hit $50 With A Ripple Bank Charter Crypto analyst Pumpius has outlined a compelling scenario that could dramatically transform XRP’s market outlook. The market expert claims that a…
Pebble just announced the Index 01, a smart ring for recording thoughts. It’s a little ring with a built-in microphone and that’s about it. The Index 01 is almost anti-tech in its simplicity. There’s no needless AI component shoehorned in, aside from speech-to-text. It’s a ring with a microphone that you whisper ideas into and I want one.Here’s how it works. You get an idea while walking down the street, so you quietly whisper it into the ring. The ring sends the idea to a notes app or saves it for later review. Pebble founder Eric Migicovsky calls this an…