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The software company leverages artificial intelligence tools to help boutique fitness owners achieve profitability rather than just “track operations,” its CEO says The fitness industry’s AI revolution just got another boost, as software company Walla secured a $5 million strategic investment to expand its platform that offers profitability solutions for boutique fitness studios. The investment was led by Social Leverage and Ankona Capital, earmarked to drive development of Walla’s artificial intelligence-powered software. The new capital comes soon after the provider launched WallaPredict, a new AI tool to support studios’ retention tactics. “Studio software shouldn’t just track operations; it should actively…

Amazon plans to eliminate approximately 14,000 corporate positions in the coming months, as CEO Andy Jassy turns to AI to streamline the company’s workforce and reduce expenses. Jassy worked the company’s employees that AI-driven job reductions would be coming soon. Bloomberg reports that in a major restructuring move, Amazon.com has announced plans to cut roughly 14,000 corporate jobs across various departments, including logistics, payments, video games, and cloud computing. Initial reports put the job cuts at 30,000, which may include future waves of layoffs beyond the initial job cuts. The decision comes just months after CEO Andy Jassy warned that…

Not for the first time this year, Google has been forced to reassure its users that it has not suffered a large-scale data breach that could affect their Gmail accounts. A few months ago the company released an unusual statement intended to put to bed allegations that its email service had been hit with a serious security issue. And it did so again this week, after numerous news outlets published stories suggesting that 183 million passwords may have been compromised in a new breach.Google has since claimed that this isn’t true in posts on X. It says the listed accounts…

In a recent memo, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has pushed back against what he calls a “doomsday outlook” on climate change, signaling a shift in his views on the risks posed by a warming planet. Despite the move, he remains an extremist on a variety of issues, including his belief that we need a new “god” for humans to worship in the age of AI. Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder who reinvented himself as a creepy advocate for climate alarmism and other leftist causes, has appeared to shift his stance on the issue. In a lengthy memo released Tuesday, Gates…

The transition to the more-secure HTTPS web protocol has plateaued, according to Google. As of 2020, 95 to 99 percent of navigations in Chrome use HTTPS. To help make it safer for users to click on links, Chrome will enable a setting called Always Use Secure Connections for public sites for all users by default. This will happen in October 2026 with the release of Chrome 154.The change will happen earlier for those who have switched on Enhanced Safe Browsing protections in Chrome. Google will enable Always Use Secure Connections by default in April when Chrome 147 drops. When this…

(Photo by Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesBy mid-2026, nearly half the Swiss population (over 4 million people) will be active users of cryptocurrency (Statista, 2025). That level of adoption doesn’t happen in a vacuum; it’s actually the result of a government that has treated crypto not as a risk to manage, but as an opportunity to structure. The Swiss model proves that structure and innovation aren’t at odds: they’re interdependent. When rules are clear, businesses build. When protections are credible, adoption follows.Two Roads Diverged: Regulated Giants vs. Blockchain-Native ChallengersSwitzerland’s digital banking landscape is split…

(Photo by Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)Universal Images Group via Getty ImagesBy mid-2026, nearly half the Swiss population (over 4 million people) will be active users of cryptocurrency (Statista, 2025). That level of adoption doesn’t happen in a vacuum; it’s actually the result of a government that has treated crypto not as a risk to manage, but as an opportunity to structure. The Swiss model proves that structure and innovation aren’t at odds: they’re interdependent. When rules are clear, businesses build. When protections are credible, adoption follows.Two Roads Diverged: Regulated Giants vs. Blockchain-Native ChallengersSwitzerland’s digital banking landscape is split…

EGYM Wellpass is growing its U.S. footprint, partnering with a slate of Denver-based fitness brands, including some big names EGYM Wellpass, the corporate wellness arm of the German-founded fit tech giant, is capitalizing on the push for employee well-being in the U.S., adding a diverse array of gyms and studios to its network. Wellpass has added new Denver-based partners, including Colorado Athletic Club, CorePower Yoga, Elite Performance Center, The Athletic Club and Traverse. A Wellpass membership, offered as an employer-subsidized and HSA/FSA eligible benefit through companies that partner with EGYM, connects employees to a nationwide network of over 3,500 gyms…

Pakistan spinners Mohammad Nawaz and Saim Ayub were impressive on a batting-friendly surface at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium to restrict South Africa to 194-9 in the first Twenty20 International on Tuesday. Nawaz (3-26) and Saim (2-31) kept the hosts from posting a 200-plus score despite Reeza Hendricks’ half century. South Africa, put into bat first after Pakistan won the toss, rode on Hendricks’ anchoring 60 and a late flourish from George Linde in front of a capacity crowd. The Proteas got off to a blazing start, with Quinton de Kock and Hendricks plundering 44 in the powerplay. De Kock, returning…

A widely shared seasonality snapshot is making the rounds ahead of month-end: a Coinglass heat map of Bitcoin’s monthly returns, reposted by trader Daan Crypto Trades. The table spans 2013–2025 and shows November as the statistical outlier in Bitcoin’s calendar—both for eye-popping gains and for sharp drawdowns in certain years. Bitcoin November Preview “November is Bitcoin’s best month based on historical performance. By far,” Daan wrote on X, pointing to an average November change of +46.02% across the dataset. That figure is visibly distorted by November 2013’s +449.35% surge, the single largest monthly move on the board. He added: “The…