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After my first long-distance relationship failed, I vowed never to do it again. Then I met another foreign guy online.

After my first long-distance relationship failed, I vowed never to do it again. Then I met another foreign guy online.

In the middle of the pandemic, my phone pinged with an email from InterNations, an expat group I had joined after spending time in Switzerland.My first thought was, "Oh great, here we go again, another man old enough to be my dad is contacting me." I opened it anyway and was happy to find this wasn't the case. However, this guy reaching out was from Switzerland, a country I swore I would never set foot in again.On assignment as a travel journalist, I met a man while covering a story in Switzerland in 2017. What I thought would be a…
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Biden says the fight for democracy is bigger than him, so he decided to ‘pass the torch’ to Harris

Biden says the fight for democracy is bigger than him, so he decided to ‘pass the torch’ to Harris

President Joe Biden on Wednesday expressed pride in his record of accomplishments but conceded he is no longer the best person to wage what he views as a fundamental contest over the nation's future."I revere this office. But I love my country more," Biden said in an Oval Office address, his first since abruptly ending his reelection campaign on Sunday.As the oldest president in the nation's history, Biden's call for "new voices" was all the more remarkable given that he has been one of the faces of the US' so-called "gerontocracy.""I've decided that the best way forward is to pass…
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CrowdStrike sent its partners $10 Uber Eats gift cards as an apology for mass IT outage

CrowdStrike sent its partners $10 Uber Eats gift cards as an apology for mass IT outage

CrowdStrike, the cyber security firm responsible for last week's global tech outage, is thanking its partners for their extra work in the aftermath of the crash with $10 Uber Eats gift cards.Social media users began posting screenshots of the gift cards and an accompanying CrowdStrike email online on Tuesday, with some complaining that the credit didn't work when they tried to redeem it.A spokesperson for CrowdStrike confirmed to Business Insider that the company sent the vouchers to its partners who are part of the Accelerate Program, meaning they sell and manage CrowdStrike for customers."CrowdStrike did not send gift cards to…
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10 boy bands and singers who were discovered by Lou Pearlman, the disgraced music manager who inspired the new docuseries ‘Dirty Pop’

10 boy bands and singers who were discovered by Lou Pearlman, the disgraced music manager who inspired the new docuseries ‘Dirty Pop’

*NSYNC *NSYNC performing at Madison Square Garden in 2000. KMazur/WireImage "Dirty Pop" includes an excerpt from Pearlman's memoir "Bands, Brands and Billions," which reveals his rationale for launching *NSYNC while still mentoring the Backstreet Boys."If Backstreet ends up being a dominant brand like Coke, someone is going to come along and create a Pepsi," Pearlman wrote. "We might as well beat them to it."Chris Kirkpatrick is actually credited with forming *NSYNC by recruiting his four bandmates: Timberlake, Joey Fatone, Lance Bass, and JC Chasez. They signed a record deal with Pearlman in the '90s."It doesn't matter if the contract is…
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That Chipotle portion-size social media drama might mean more ‘generous’ meals for some customers

That Chipotle portion-size social media drama might mean more ‘generous’ meals for some customers

Maybe you can keep your phone tucked away next time you place an order at Chipotle.Customer complaints about Chipotle's portion sizes have prompted the chain to make sure its bowls and burritos are "more consistent" at its 3,500 locations, CEO Brian Niccol said on an earnings call Wednesday."We have focused in on those with outlier portion scores based on consumer surveys, and we are reemphasizing training and coaching around ensuring we are consistently making bowls and burritos correctly," Niccol said during the call.Niccol said that "there was never a directive to provide less to our customers.""Generous portions is a core…
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