Tuesday, August 13

What you missed today

Author

Max
August 13, 2024

Good evening!

Turns out, the things you say in a live X Space can come back to bite you…

Here are the 7 things you missed today:

1.  ✨ Google Held Its Latest Announcement Event

Made by Google 2024 happened today with major announcements, including new Pixel hardware additions and updates to Gemini AI, including Gemini Live – Google’s competitor to ChatGPT’s Voice functionality.

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3. 🏛️ UAW Filed Charges Against Trump & Musk

Last night, Elon Musk interviewed Donald Trump on X’s Spaces, where Trump praised Musk for his anti-union stances. As a result, the United Auto Workers Union filed federal labor charges against both parties for threatening to intimidate workers who go on strike.

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5. ☕️ Starbucks Welcomed Its New CEO

Starbucks’ CEO Laxman Narasimhan resigned to make way for a new leader. Brian Niccol, to be more specific – Chipotle’s former CEO. You may know Niccol for his recent defense of Chipotle’s portion sizes, after the internet went after the fast-food chain for increasingly smaller meals.

6.  🏚️ Big Lots is Closing 4% Of Stores

Discount retailer Big Lots is closing over 300 locations across the U.S. – roughly 4% of its stores – after warning it could go out of business during its most recent earnings report in June.

7.  💷 King Charles Banknotes Are a Hot Commodity

New banknotes featuring King Charles entered circulation in the United Kingdom on June 5 – the first time the Bank of England has ever changed the monarch on its notes. Data now shows that first versions of the banknotes sold for 11.7x their face value in an auction by Spink & Sons, raising £914,127 ($1.2 million) for 10 UK charities.

Bonus. CEO Tip Of The Day

Want to understand the state of the economy? Look at buyer habits. According to Home Depot, consumers are spending less on major home renovation projects, signaling pessimism toward the future of the economy.

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