A Portable PlayStation 5, Sort of

With all the handheld gaming devices popping up, like the Steam Deck OLED, Lenovo Legion Go, Ayaneo Slide, and the ROG Ally, I wouldn’t blame you if you first saw the PlayStation Portable and thought, “Whoa, did Sony just make a new PSP?” If you were expecting a spiritual successor to the PlayStation Portable, I … Read more

Starbucks unveils expansion plans, cost cutting

Starbucks cups are pictured on a counter in Manhattan, New York, on Feb. 16, 2022. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Starbucks on Thursday presented the latest stage in its plan to drive growth for the company, which involves accelerating its global footprint and saving $3 billion in costs over the next three years. The company said … Read more

Alex Rodriguez wishes he’d bought Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks in ’90s

Alex Rodriguez has a few regrets — including not thinking more about the stock market as a young baseball player in Seattle during the 1990s dot-com boom. “When I was in Seattle — I started in 1993 — I wish I would have just bought a bunch of the locals,” the former Major League Baseball … Read more

Now you can order Starbucks together with your Goal Drive Up order pickup

Nationwide retailer Goal is encouraging extra shoppers to make use of the comfort of its curbside order pick-up service with the addition of a brand new perk: Starbucks espresso. The corporate introduced right now that clients will be capable to add a Starbucks beverage or meals merchandise to their Drive Up order — a function … Read more

Starbucks union says employees will strike over Pleasure decor

Marchers with Starbucks move by way of the landmark intersection of Hollywood and Highland throughout the annual Pleasure Parade in Los Angeles, June 12, 2022. David Mcnew | Getty Photographs Strikes at some organized U.S. Starbucks shops began Friday in Seattle, after the espresso big and the union representing baristas publicly clashed over claims that … Read more

China gross sales assist Starbucks, Yum, MGM, Disney, Tapestry

Pedestrians stroll previous Yum! Manufacturers Inc. Pizza Hut and KFC eating places in Shanghai, China. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Pictures China is abandoning pandemic lockdowns, and U.S. firms like Procter & Gamble, Starbucks and MGM Resorts Worldwide say the nation’s restoration is boosting their total gross sales as shoppers of their dwelling markets … Read more

io9 Studies From the Picket Line

The scene at thirty third and tenth was anticipatory; everybody was prepared for this. Earlier this week, in “the canyon” between the HBO workplaces and Amazon headquarters in New York Metropolis’s Hell’s Kitchen, an enormous group of marchers picketed for almost 4 hours in assist of the Writers Guild of America. io9 was there speaking … Read more