For gluten-free, citrus-free, and tomato-free Kerry Clayton, shopping and cooking is a challenge.
As well as her own food requirements, her 10-year-old son is dairy and wheat-free.
The family shops at multiple stores each week to get the best free-from options, cooks adaptable meals like jacket potatoes and pasta and makes cakes and cookies from scratch.
She spends about an hour a week baking, on top of running two online jewelry businesses and parenting another child.
TikTok will live on for at least another three months in the United States, as President Donald Trump is poised to extend a sale or ban deadline for the third time since taking office this year.
“President Trump will sign an additional Executive Order this week to keep TikTok up and running,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday.
The popular video-sharing app was supposed to be banned in the US after its Chinese owner, ByteDance, refused to sell it to a US buyer by a January deadline.
TikTok and ByteDance did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the BBC.
Threads, Meta’s microblogging platform, is testing spoiler text, according to a post from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Spoiler text refers to words (or images) that are grayed out in a post and only become readable if you manually click to see them. As the name suggests, spoiler text is often used on platforms like Discord or Reddit to help people communicate about new movies, TV shows, or books without accidentally revealing plot points and twists for people who aren’t caught up.
Indian car-sharing marketplace Zoomcar has revealed that a hacker accessed the personal data of at least 8.4 million customers, including their names, phone numbers, and car registration numbers.
The Bengaluru-headquartered company identified the incident involving unauthorized access to its information systems on June 9, per its filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The company stated that it became aware of the incident after some of its employees received external communications from a threat actor who claimed to have gained access to the company’s data.
“Upon discovery, the company promptly activated its incident response plan,” said Zoomcar in its filing.
Instagram users have for weeks complained about a significant increase in accounts being mistakenly banned or suspended. Many suspect, without direct evidence, that the issues may have to do with the use of AI automation.
Reached for comment, Meta has so far not offered an on-record statement.
According to a growing number of social media posts, including on sites like Reddit and X, Instagram users report that their accounts were banned even though they had not violated the company’s terms of service or other policies. In addition, when they submitted an appeal to have their account reviewed, some claimed they received no response.
You can’t mount a cinema camera on a Formula One race car. These nimble vehicles are built to precise specs, and capturing racing footage from the driver’s point of view isn’t as simple as slapping a GoPro on and calling it a day. That’s the challenge Apple faced after Joseph Kosinski and Claudio Miranda, the director and cinematographer of the upcoming F1 Apple Original, wanted to use real POV racing footage in the film.
If you’ve watched a Formula One race lately, you’ve probably seen clips that show an angle from just behind the cockpit, with the top or side of the driver’s helmet in the frame. Captured by onboard cameras embedded in the car, the resulting footage is designed for broadcast, using specific color spaces and codecs. Converting it to match the look of the rest of the F1 film would be too challenging to be feasible. Instead, Apple’s engineering team replaced the broadcast module with a camera composed of iPhone parts.
Google Cloud and Spotify are down for tens of thousands of users, according to Downdetector.com. Early reports suggest a massive Cloudflare outage is to blame.
Is Google Down?
The Google Workspace Dashboard noted that the company was “investigating reports of an issue” with a slew of Google services, including Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Chat, Google Cloud Search, Google Docs, Google Drive, Google Meet, Google Tasks, and Google Voice.
“We will provide more information shortly,” the post says. “Our engineers are currently investigating the issue. We apologize to all who are affected by the disruption.”
There are more than 3,800 franchise systems and they are not all created equal.
I’m not talking about the fact that there are different concepts, services, or products they offer. I’m speaking about the quality of the system and the support that they offer their franchisees. This is the most important reason to invest in a franchise in the first place. Franchise candidates buy into a system to take advantage of a proven model of success and unmatched support, so they don’t have to take on all of the risks of building their own business.
However, just because a brand may have name recognition, a friendly corporate team and a product you’re sure will be a hit, doesn’t mean that it’s the right franchise for you to buy. Beyond the considerations of how well your life goals and skills match up with a given franchise, candidates need to make sure that the franchisor meets a high standard in several key areas. Choose correctly, and your road to profitability becomes much clearer. Choose poorly, and you might have been better off launching a startup business.
In her January 13, 2016 article in HBR, Carol Dweck clarifies that a growth mindset isn’t just about praising effort or claiming optimism—it’s a dynamic way of viewing challenges, effort, and feedback as powerful agents for development.
Key Insights from Dweck
Mindset is fluid—not fixed. Most people hold a mixture of growth and fixed mindsets that shift depending on context. No one is 100% growth-oriented at all times. Awareness of this mix is the first step toward personal development. Effort alone isn’t enough. Efforts must be targeted and informed.
In her Entrepreneur article, Julie Thomas reveals a five-step framework that helps founders, freelancers, and small business owners negotiate assertively—not combatively—with difficult clients. Her approach transforms high-stakes talks into constructive, value-driven conversations.
Impact:
1. Timing is everything: Hold off on negotiation until your prospect truly understands the value you bring. Premature haggling can signal uncertainty, eroding trust and weakening your position.
Dispatches From The Front 