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The massage franchise is placing Aescape’s AI-powered robotic massage beds in select locations as operators explore staff-light models Hands-on care is getting a hands-free counterpart. Massage Envy is adding a few robotic hands to select franchise locations, giving clients the option to book Aescape, an AI-powered, self-guided massage service that lets users personalize pressure, music, muscle targets and recovery goals through a touchscreen. The experience varies from a traditional human-performed, hands-on massage, with users staying fully clothed, although several elements feel familiar. The system adapts to body contours and preferred pressure levels, much like a human massage therapist, and offers…
Apple is refusing comply with the Indian government’s mandate to preload smartphones with a state-owned cyber safety app called Sanchar Saathi, citing concerns over potential surveillance and privacy issues. Reuters reports that the Indian government has ordered major smartphone manufacturers, including Apple, Samsung, and Xiaomi, to preload a state-run cyber safety app called “Sanchar Saathi” on their devices within 90 days. The app, which is intended to track stolen phones, block them, and prevent misuse, has raised alarms among privacy advocates and opposition politicians who view it as a potential surveillance tool. Sources familiar with the matter have revealed that Apple…
If you’ve ever wanted to hear the drummer coughing on your favorite songs or the actors chewing in your favorite shows, Cyber Monday is the time to upgrade your audio. Some of the best speakers our audiophiles have ever tested are down to as low as we’ve seen them all year, or ever, in the case of some older models.The deals on this list range across brands, with offerings from Ultimate Ears, Bose, Beats and more, plus Sonos and Amazon Echo smart speakers and soundbars from Sony and JBL. We’ve been curating it all month and this is the final…
HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION HOA concept with residential homes models connected to each othergettyGovernance failures rarely announce themselves. They don’t begin with arguments, fines, or hearings. I didn’t expect to see these patterns in a small lakeside community governed by a Home Owners Association (HOA). Yet the familiar signs emerged. They start in the quiet corners where authority meets procedure and where small choices carry more weight than anyone expects. You see the same pattern in public companies when a board stops following its own rules. You see it in local bodies when a process yields convenience. You can also observe this…
A recent XRP price analysis from a prominent supporter has placed the cryptocurrency’s long-term value in the four-figure range. Although XRP is currently trading around $2, the analyst believes a rise to $1,000 is necessary for the altcoin. His outlook stems from the cryptocurrency’s underlying utility rather than speculation, emphasizing how global liquidity systems could drive prices upward through massive settlement volumes. Why The XRP Price Needs To Climb To $1,000 Crypto analyst @unkownDLT has shared a rather ambitious price forecast for XRP this week. The analyst claims that the cryptocurrency must reach thousands of dollars to operate as a…
Cyber Monday has ended; The deals party is over. But like any party, there are still a few stragglers not ready to go home just yet. This list once housed over 75 stellar Black Friday deals under $50 each. Today, we’ve found around 30 or so that are still within a couple bucks of their sales event low. You can get wall chargers, Roku streaming sticks, stocking-stuffer Lego sets, Bluetooth trackers and a couple of small speakers at a discount. This is still stuff Engadget has tested and recommend in our guides — yes, these are late-stage deals but the…
CEO Bruce Bond will walk away with the largest share of Innovator Capital’s $2 billion payday, seven years after he cofounded the firm.Nate Ryan for ForbesWith investors getting increasingly anxious about the nosebleed valuations of public stocks, Goldman Sachs announced Monday morning that it’s spending $2 billion to buy Innovator Capital Management, a firm that will cushion its clients from a crash.Wheaton, Illinois-based Innovator manages $28 billion in assets, mostly in defined-outcome ETFs which use options contracts to shield investors from the stock market’s losses up to a defined buffer, in exchange for a cap that limits the funds’ upside.…
It’s that time of the month again. Xbox just announced some new games that are heading to Game Pass in December. Let’s take a look.The most renowned of the bunch is absolutely Mortal Kombat 1, which drops on December 10 for Ultimate and Premium subscribers. This is the latest game in the long-running fighting franchise that cut its teeth in darkened arcades throughout the 1990s.Mortal Kombat 1 boasts an updated fighting system and plenty of new game modes. However, it’s still basically the same gorefest we grew up with. Players can still access bloodsoaked fatalities and turn their opponents into…
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell together pledged $6.25 billion Tuesday to fund investment accounts for some 25 million American children. The couple’s unprecedented donation will be the largest ever devoted to the nation’s youth, according to Invest America, a nonprofit advocacy group partnered with the Dells. Dell, the founder, chairman, and CEO of Dell Technologies, one of the world’s largest technology infrastructure companies, told CNBC in an interview just what sparked the act of philanthropy: We know that when children have accounts like this, they’re much more likely to graduate from high school, from college, buy a home, start a business and…
On December 1, 2025, Ripple announced a major regulatory upgrade in Singapore, reinforcing its ambition to make XRP a central instrument for global payments. The expanded license allows the company to streamline cross-border money transfers, expand its payments infrastructure, and provide faster, more transparent settlements to financial institutions worldwide. Ripple Intensifies Its Global Payments Playbook The Singapore regulatory upgrade extends the scope of Ripple’s Major Payment Institution (MPI) license, giving its subsidiary, Ripple Markets APAC Pte. Ltd., authority to operate a fully regulated, end-to-end payments platform. The license enables Ripple to handle fund collection, secure custody, token conversion, and final…