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In at least the third Planet Fitness franchisee expansion move in just the past week, Grand Fitness Partners expands its reach in California Grand Fitness Partners has acquired 10 new Planet Fitness locations across California, expanding its reach to 90 clubs nationwide. The new additions include two clubs in southern California (Ontario and San Bernardino) from franchisee Ontario Fitness, and eight clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area (Fremont, East Oakland, Oakland, Oakland MacArthur, Richmond, San Pablo, Vallejo and Walnut Creek) bought from the corporate club portfolio. “Our members are at the center of everything we do,” said Wayne Orvis,…
Apple isn’t the only big tech company that’s launching hardware this month. Amazon is having its fall hardware event on Tuesday, September 30 at 10AM ET in New York City, and — as it does most years — the company is expected to debut new devices across its myriad product categories. While the event will not be livestreamed, Engadget staff will be in attendance and liveblogging it in real-time. Our pre-show coverage will begin around 8AM ET.So what will Amazon be sharing? Using the images in the invitation that went out to members of the press as a jumping-off point,…
Meta is expanding its use of facial recognition in Europe, the UK and South Korea to crack down on accounts that impersonate public figures. The new facial recognition-powered safety features are now live on Facebook in the regions and will expand to Instagram in the coming months.The technology was initially put to use last year starting in the US, helping to identify ads that fraudulently use a celebrity’s likeness as well as to help people regain access to hacked accounts. Public figures opt in to this program in Europe, which is also being rolled out in South Korea alongside the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration said Monday it will open 13 million acres of federal lands for coal mining and provide $625 million to recommission or modernize coal-fired power plants as President Donald Trump continues his efforts to reverse the year-long decline in the U.S. coal industry.Actions by the Energy and Interior departments and the Environmental Protection Agency follow executive orders Trump issued in April to revive coal, a reliable but polluting energy source that’s long been shrinking amid environmental regulations and competition from cheaper natural gas. Environmental groups denounced announcement, which come as the Trump administration has clamped…
A man analyzes financial data on his phone and laptop in Athens, Greece, on September 12, 2025. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWhen businesses operate in transparent, predictable environments and have new markets to tap or efficiencies to extract, investment and game-changing innovations are sure to follow. That, in a nutshell, explains why we have witnessed a broad, mainstream embrace of cryptocurrencies and other blockchain technologies in 2025. Innovation is essential to economic growth; investment is the lifeblood of innovation; and policy clarity is crucial to identifying and estimating the value of the risks and rewards…
A man analyzes financial data on his phone and laptop in Athens, Greece, on September 12, 2025. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWhen businesses operate in transparent, predictable environments and have new markets to tap or efficiencies to extract, investment and game-changing innovations are sure to follow. That, in a nutshell, explains why we have witnessed a broad, mainstream embrace of cryptocurrencies and other blockchain technologies in 2025. Innovation is essential to economic growth; investment is the lifeblood of innovation; and policy clarity is crucial to identifying and estimating the value of the risks and rewards…
A man analyzes financial data on his phone and laptop in Athens, Greece, on September 12, 2025. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWhen businesses operate in transparent, predictable environments and have new markets to tap or efficiencies to extract, investment and game-changing innovations are sure to follow. That, in a nutshell, explains why we have witnessed a broad, mainstream embrace of cryptocurrencies and other blockchain technologies in 2025. Innovation is essential to economic growth; investment is the lifeblood of innovation; and policy clarity is crucial to identifying and estimating the value of the risks and rewards…
A man analyzes financial data on his phone and laptop in Athens, Greece, on September 12, 2025. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWhen businesses operate in transparent, predictable environments and have new markets to tap or efficiencies to extract, investment and game-changing innovations are sure to follow. That, in a nutshell, explains why we have witnessed a broad, mainstream embrace of cryptocurrencies and other blockchain technologies in 2025. Innovation is essential to economic growth; investment is the lifeblood of innovation; and policy clarity is crucial to identifying and estimating the value of the risks and rewards…
A man analyzes financial data on his phone and laptop in Athens, Greece, on September 12, 2025. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWhen businesses operate in transparent, predictable environments and have new markets to tap or efficiencies to extract, investment and game-changing innovations are sure to follow. That, in a nutshell, explains why we have witnessed a broad, mainstream embrace of cryptocurrencies and other blockchain technologies in 2025. Innovation is essential to economic growth; investment is the lifeblood of innovation; and policy clarity is crucial to identifying and estimating the value of the risks and rewards…
A man analyzes financial data on his phone and laptop in Athens, Greece, on September 12, 2025. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)NurPhoto via Getty ImagesWhen businesses operate in transparent, predictable environments and have new markets to tap or efficiencies to extract, investment and game-changing innovations are sure to follow. That, in a nutshell, explains why we have witnessed a broad, mainstream embrace of cryptocurrencies and other blockchain technologies in 2025. Innovation is essential to economic growth; investment is the lifeblood of innovation; and policy clarity is crucial to identifying and estimating the value of the risks and rewards…