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NEW YORK — Booking a table for two at Tao Downtown, I hesitated when I got to the box asking whether I had a special request. I did, but I wasn’t sure how it would go down. Would I be the first customer in history to ask for a noisy table? This is not a normal ask, but I had my reasons.

With holiday shopping as easy as a click or two on a smartphone, some of Denver’s top retail areas are vying for consumers’ attention with seasonal markets, scores of lights, specialized gift baskets and, of course, Santa. Although online shopping remains the dominant force in retail, 47% of shoppers plan to shop in physical stores this holiday season, according to a 2024 holiday report by Experian, a global data and technology company that surveyed 1,000 U.

When Mary Starkey sold her Cap Hill mansion last week, she said “Thank you.” “When I said goodbye to the mansion, I thanked it for its service to Starkey International. It’s been an amazing building, and I’m actually quite happy that it will continue to serve,” she said. Starkey’s business, the Starkey International Institute for Household Management, trained butlers and maids to serve in the homes of high-class families for decades.

With the worldwide launch of Civilization VII fast zooming into view we are starting to get very excited about what the early days of Spring hold for our gaming time.. While Firaxis has just unveiled the opening cinematic and orchestral theme tune for Civ VII we have been digging into the leaders the game will shop with trying to decide who we will play as first. Even with all the leaders not yet announced we know of 13 that will land on launch and there is a fair old spread of philosophical geniuses to homicidal despots, depending on who takes your fancy really.

Baller League — a new six-a-side football league that has attracted support from legends like Ronaldinho, Gary Lineker, and Luis Figo — has raised $25mn from EQT Ventures as it looks to initiate a “new era” for the beautiful game.  German entrepreneur Felix Starck co-founded the Baller League last year alongside former players Mats Hummels and Lukas Podolski.

Boston Dynamics’ robot dog “Spot” has become somewhat of an internet sensation, no doubt thanks to its (perhaps disturbingly) killer dance moves or displays of super-strength.    But Spot is far from the only robodog on the block. One of its competitors is ANYmal, an autonomous quadruped that’s impressively good at everything from parkour to climbing ladders.    Apart from doing tricks, ANYmal also has a real job.