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BRANTFORD, Ontario (AP) — Wearing protective gloves and earplugs, a worker feeds lengths of wood into a machine that makes an earsplitting whine as it automatically cuts a groove into the end of each piece. Nearby, stacks of wooden wedges wait to be slotted into those grooves to form the beginnings of a hockey stick. Further down the Roustan Hockey production line, other workers are busy shaping, trimming, sanding, painting and screen printing as they turn lumber into a Canadian national symbol. It’s a typical day on the job for the 15 workers at Canada’s last major hockey stick factory,…

Two weeks after a 32-year-old man died on the Stardust Racers ride at Epic Universe, Universal Orlando is planning on reopening the ride, while also updating signs to reinforce the existing warnings and eligibility requirements. The dual-launch coaster reaches speeds up to 62 mph.Karen Irwin, President of Universal Orlando, wrote a letter to staff members Friday saying, “our comprehensive technical and operational review confirmed the ride systems functioned properly throughout the boarding process, the duration of the ride, and upon the ride vehicle’s return to the station, and our Team Members followed procedures throughout.” Irwin that the company’s extensive review…

Context windows of AI models, which indicate the ability of a model to “remember” information, have increased over time. However, researchers have suggested new ways to increase long-term memory of AI models, as they often can’t hold context over several sessions. 19-year-old founder Dhravya Shah is attempting to solve problems in this area by building a memory solution, called Supermemory, for AI apps. Originally from Mumbai in India, Shah started building consumer-facing bots and apps a few years ago. He even sold his bot that formatted tweets into good-looking screenshots to the social media tool Hypefury. The founder, who was…

PARIS (AP) — As France’s government unraveled in another episode of political instability Monday, the cogs of the luxury industry kept turning. At the Iéna Palace in Paris’ 16th arrondissement, Miuccia Prada’s Miu Miu offered its own brand of reassurance: business as usual, chic as ever at Paris Fashion Week.The opener was sober — a deep blue warehouse apron dress, all covered up and precise. It set the tone for a collection that was gamine yet grounded, playful but edged with pragmatism. Prada, a pioneering CEO as well as designer, made it clear: Miu Miu wasn’t just flirtatious this season,…

NEW YORK (AP) — It’s the life of a saleswoman. Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album, “The Life of a Showgirl,” sold 2.7 million copies in traditional album sales — which include physical and digital formats — in its first day in the U.S. That’s according to Luminate, an industry data and analytics company. The album was released Friday.The sales are impressive for a number of reasons. Swift has broken her record for most first week sales… in one day. Her last album, 2024’s “The Tortured Poets Department,” amassed 2.61 million equivalent album units in the U.S. in its first week.“The…

Nike’s turnaround plan is showing early signs of progress, but it will “take a while” for the company to return to profitable growth, CEO Elliott Hill said in an interview with CNBC’s Sara Eisen aired Monday.”When we come to work we think about three brands, and then multiple sports under each brand and then 190 countries that roll up to our four geographies,” Hill said in a sit-down interview from the company’s headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. “Each brand times sport, and each [geography] times country, they’re at different stages of the evolution.” When asked when investors can expect Nike to get…

Spirit Airlines is attempting to reduce its fleet by 40 percent as part of the carriers Chapter 11 Bankruptcy case. The airline is also looking to leave more than a dozen U.S. airports, including Hartford, Connecticut, and Minneapolis.Spirit, which has 214 aircraft, asked the court to reject 87 of its aircraft leases. During a virtual meeting with creditors this past week, CFO Fred Cromer said, “hundreds of millions of dollars” will be saved, resulting in the ability to “support a much smaller and stronger Spirit Airlines.” “The motion is subject to court approval, and we continue to engage with key…

OpenAI is gearing up to host its third annual developer conference, DevDay 2025, on Monday. The company says more than 1,500 people are scheduled to convene at Fort Mason in San Francisco for OpenAI’s “biggest event yet,” which features announcements, keynotes from OpenAI executives, and a fireside chat between CEO Sam Altman and longtime Apple designer Jony Ive. From the sound of it, DevDay 2025 is shaping up to be a grand display of OpenAI’s rising dominance in Silicon Valley against giants like Apple, Google, and Meta. OpenAI is currently building an AI device, a social media app, and an…

Dr. Mark Harper recalls his first cold-water swim in the south of England 20 years ago. It was August, but the initial jolt from the plunge took his breath away. The shock to his system lasted a minute or two until he was “recombobulated and able to think about something other than the cold,” Harper says. A surprise sensation soon replaced his discomfort. “I remember getting out of the water the first time and feeling so good,” Harper, an anesthesiologist who has since researched the potential risks and rewards of taking a nippy dunk. “I wasn’t expecting that.”Claims about the…

With all due respect to seasonal classics like Hocus Pocus and Beetlejuice, this is a list dedicated to the truly nerve-wracking Halloween flicks.Travelers looking to embrace the spooky season can’t go wrong visiting these iconic horror movie locales.The Myers House, South Pasadena, California – Halloween (1978)Few films capture the vibe of spooky season quite like John Carpenter’s Halloween and the 1978 masterpiece owes much of its spine-tingling atmosphere to the Myers House, which can be found today at 1000 Mission Street in South Pasadena, California. “Luckily for Halloween fans, South Pasadena identified the historical significance of ‘The Century House’ and…