Fun Spot owner John Arie Jr. is enthused about his huge, new roller coaster coming to Atlanta park.

Mine Blower roller coaster making rail upgrades with RMC at Fun Spot park in Kissimmee.

Spotify Technology SA (SPOT) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Highlights: Record Growth in Users and Revenue  Yahoo Finance

Google has launched its new router – Google Wifi – in Ireland, with the promise of ending the dreaded reception blackspots found in some people’s homes.

Read more: Google’s new Wi-Fi router promises to end reception ‘blackspots’

The Owens Corning booth at IRE highlights roofing products that fuse high-performance with beauty and style.

The North American industry trade associations' amalgamated Quarterly Market Index Survey for Reroofing in Q3 2023 showed improved prospects compared to the same period a year earlier, with eight out of 10 respondents identifying as roofing contractors.

Enhanced experiences for Latino roofing contractors at IRE 2024 in Las Vegas include a spot on the show floor for the industry’s first nonprofit association for Latino roofers. 

RC editors highlight some of the roofing companies surging toward success on this year’s Top 100 List.

We're highlighting just a few of the outstanding roofing contractors who made the 2024 Top 100 list.

Some of the best innovations in the roofing industry have come from contractors themselves. Case in point: SumoQuote, which gives contractors the ability to easily create sleek, customized quotes.

Learn more about how Carlisle’s WIP GRIP from Phil Long, Northeast Regional Manager for Carlisle’s WIP Products Division, and how it can keep workers safe on the job.

In this edition of RC's Editor's Choice Spotlight, we speak with Adrian Robledo, ICP Group’s director of sales for steep slope roofing products, to learn more about Advanced Polyset RTA-1.

RC highlights Duro-Last and how the company's innovative Roof Pavers are not just functional, but aesthetically pleasing and eco-friendly.

RC Editor Art Aisner chats with Amos Kauffman, vice president sales and marketing of Equipter, about the company's industry-changing machines.

Texas-based AVCO Roofing's Catch-All is an innovative way to help crews stay efficient on the jobsite while meeting the demands of homeowners to keep their property clean.

In early 2021, OMG introduced the latest innovation, RhinoBond with OptiWeld, with an eye on curbing the industry’s workforce problem with a unique tool that makes contractors more efficient on the rooftop.

Learn about TAMKO’s new laminated asphalt shingles that are designed for easier installation and higher performance in extreme weather conditions.

The Roofing Alliance announced the 10 university teams that will vie for one of the spots to compete in the 11th annual Roofing Alliance Construction Management Student Competition at IRE 2025 next February in Texas.

Fans of Taylor Swift on Spotify, Google Play Music et al haven’t been able to listen to the superstar through these platforms, but now that’s all changed.

Read more: Shake it off, Taylor Swift: Superstar ends bad blood with Spotify

Public-sector entities can improve customer service, delivery of benefits and services, efficiency, transparency, and more.

Rise in voice banking requires a rise in voice-based support, verification, and AI.

Interoperability's been the biggest challenge, but standards are emerging.

Our roundup of the speech innovation taking place in eight important industry verticals.

Manhattan Associates has announced the findings of its 2024 ‘State of Warehouse Operations’ research in association with Vanson Bourne, highlighting the current challenges and key opportunities ahead for the sector. 

It has recently emerged that consumer habits amongst Gen Z are changing, with many now turning to social media for retail therapy. Weighing in on this growing phenomenon of social media shopping, Nick Drewe, founder of the online discount platform Wethrift, offers his insights:

If you have a simple exit strategy that provides the best deal for you in retirement, there is a good chance it may be wrong. Or at least not very simple.

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Spotify, Snapchat and Google Cloud report outages

A quick look at what’s new in Apple’s tiny tablet.

Artificial neural networks mimic human brains, but the technology has its roots in physics.

Listen to this tour of the stars and planets that you’ll see overhead during June. Learn how to spot three planets before dawn, and to track down a snake-handler in the early summer sky. Grab your curiosity, and come along on this month’s Sky Tour.

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Grab your curiosity, and come along on this month’s Sky Tour. This month offers a chance to watch a dramatic coverup of the bright star Spica by the first-quarter Moon. You can also glimpse Mercury just after sunset — and Saturn very late in the evening.

The post July Podcast: Spotlight on Spica appeared first on Sky & Telescope.

A survey shows that most Americans have seen a deepfake in recent months, and most worry about AI-generated misinformation influencing elections.

Spotify reported double-digit growth across monthly active users, subscribers, profits, and revenues for the quarter ending September 30, 2024.

The post Spotify Revenues Up 19 Percent to €3.99 Billion appeared first on Thurrott.com.

While there are technically six major cannabinoids, not all are collectively understood, or even paid attention to…

Fishtrap, Washington…

Whether you're a cross-town commuter, a parent chauffeuring kids or checking off a list of errands around town, stopping to get your favorite beverage can add a bit of happiness to a busy day…

On the eve of polling day Dave Woodhall issues a plea to get involved.

Childrens Society chief executive Mark Russell writes about their Look Closer campaign.

Highlighting the brand’s expansion trajectory in terms of physical retail presence, Sanjay Sharma, Country Head of Shiseido India said that since launching with 15 touchpoints last year, NARS has already doubled its reach to 30 points in India and plans to double again in the next two years.

America’s mayors have taken center stage in 2020. Big city mayors feuded with state and federal officials over COVID-19 protections and resources, and have been praised — and condemned — for their handling of protests sparked by the death of George Floyd. These crises may be unfolding on a national scale, but affect lives in every American city and town. With Atlanta officials already in the national spotlight, On Second Thought turned to local leaders in Savannah — Georgia’s first city and the state’s largest coastal municipality — to see how they are responding. We begin with Savannah Mayor Van Johnson , who took office in January of this tumultuous year. He shed light on his decision-making processes and vision for the city’s future.

Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Distance learning in the pandemic highlights a problem that experts have warned about for years - some students have good access to the Internet, and others do not. It's called the digital divide. Many districts are about to start the school year with more distance learning, so how can they narrow that divide? Rachel Martin spoke with Nicol Turner Lee, who studies it. RACHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: When you look back at those two, sometimes three, months that students in this country were doing distance learning, what worked and what didn't? NICOL TURNER LEE: You know, I think, generally, I am in agreement with some of the folks that have looked at this short period time as somewhat of an abject failure for our children. What worked was that, you know, schools had the attention of their households to figure out what to do during a time of crisis. What didn't work was that schools were not necessarily ready to move to an online

The lineup is intended to spotlight party moderates while underlining a central theme of the Republican gathering: President Bush's response to the Sept. 11 attacks.

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We've sung the praises of Cleopatra Records and their spinoff label Purple Pyramid in this column a couple of times before and they just keep on releasing some of the tastiest music that comes across our desk

A kangaroo gave three Durango police officers a late-night workout after taking an evening hop through the southern Colorado city's streets, according to a video shared by police Wednesday.

These cities are rich with ghost sightings and scary stories grounded in truth.

[Updated with video] Scientists from Nekton undertaking the XL Catlin Deep Ocean Survey, have discovered a new “biological hotspot” on Argus Seamount, some 30 miles south west of Bermuda. Diving in cutting-edge manned submersibles adapted with the latest scientific and filming equipment, the scientists are the first to biologically document and sample the previously unexplored seamount. […]