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Is Stallone opening anti-woke coffee shops to counter Starbucks?!

Claim : Stallone is opening anti-woke coffee shops to counter Starbucks!

Some websites are claiming that Sylvester Stallone is opening a chain of anti-woke coffee shops called Knockout Brews to counter Starbucks!

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Here is an excerpt from those articles, which is extremely long and (intentionally?) confusing. So feel free to skip to the next section for the facts!

In a bold move that melds celebrity entrepreneurship with cultural commentary, Sylvester Stallone has announced his plans to open a chain of coffee shops, envisioned as a direct counter to Starbucks, focusing on a ‘no-nonsense’, traditional coffee experience. This new venture, dubbed “Knockout Brews,” aims to offer an alternative to what Stallone describes as the “overly politicized atmosphere” of mainstream coffee chains.

The idea came to Stallone after a visit to a local Starbucks, where he felt the environment had become too infused with corporate advocacy and cultural statements, which he believes detracts from the simple pleasure of enjoying a good cup of coffee. “Coffee should be about comfort, about a moment of peace in your day,” Stallone remarked during the announcement of his new business venture. “Knockout Brews is about bringing that back, focusing solely on quality and service, leaving politics out the door.

Stallone’s vision for Knockout Brews is clear: to provide a coffee shop experience that prioritizes the product and the customer without venturing into social or political discussions. The decor of each location will feature a blend of rustic and modern aesthetics, with memorabilia from Stallone’s films subtly incorporated to enhance the brand’s identity without overpowering the core focus on coffee.

Knockout Brews plans to source beans from non-conflict zones, emphasizing quality and sustainability. The menu will be straightforward, eschewing the often complex and exotic offerings of larger chains for classic coffee drinks done right. “We’re going back to basics, but we’re going to nail those basics,” Stallone asserted.

In addition to coffee, Knockout Brews will offer a selection of pastries and simple, hearty breakfast items, all sourced from local suppliers whenever possible. Stallone is keen on supporting local economies, stating, “It’s about community, about sitting down and enjoying a moment of your day without any agenda.”

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Truth : Stallone is not opening anti-woke coffee shops to counter Starbucks!

This is yet another example of fake news created to generate page views / ad revenue, and here are the reasons why…

Fact #1 : Slyvester Stallone is not opening any coffee shop

Let me start by pointing out Sylvester Stallone is not opening any coffee shop, much less a chain of them to compete with Starbucks.

We know that for sure because he never mentioned opening a coffee shop even once in his official website, or official social media accounts on Instagram, Facebook, or X (formerly Twitter), where he shares personal photos and highlights, as well as his latest ventures and projects.

In addition, such a major venture would have been covered widely, not just by celebrity websites and blogs, but also the mainstream media across the world. Why would such a momentous decision only be covered by some unknown websites???

Simple answer is – it was all made up! Sylvester Stallone isn’t opening up any coffee shop, much less a whole chain of them to compete with Starbucks, which has over 38,000 outlets globally!

Unsurprisingly, none of those websites ever provided any evidence to back up their claims, not even a photo of the announcement event.

Fact #2 : They Were AI-Generated

I also ran the text through generative AI detectors, and they all confirmed that the “article” about Sylvester Stallone opening anti-woke coffee shops were created using AI writing tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.

QuillBot : 100% of text is likely AI-generated

Scribbr : 80% chance your text is generated by AI

ZeroGPT : 78.76% your text is AI/GPT generated

Copyleaks : AI content detected

Undetectable AI : Your content is detected as written by AI

Thanks to the ease in creating large amounts of text using generative AI, it appears that many people are creating these nonsensical websites filled with fake stories to generate page views, and ad revenue.

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Was Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Just Arrested?!

Claim : Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Was Just Arrested!

Vancouver Times just posted an article, claiming that New York police just arrested Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz for multiple counts of fraud!

The CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz, has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of fraud. He was arrested at his home in New York and is in custody awaiting a bail hearing.

Schultz is an American businessman and author, currently sitting as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Starbucks. A spokesperson for the company said that Schultz plans on resigning through his lawyers as soon as possible.

Starbucks is currently in hot water for banning cash payments at its stores in the UK, with plans to ban cash internationally. As a result, the term ‘boycott Starbucks’ continues to trend on social media.

It is unclear what the charges relate to, but a source close to the CEO indicated it may be linked to allegations of Schultz stealing money from his employees.

The mainstream media and big tech want to hide the truth. Beat them at their own game by sharing this article!

Truth : Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz Was Not Arrested!

This is yet another example of FAKE NEWS created by Vancouver Times to generate page views and money from gullible people.

Fact #1 : Vancouver Times Is A Fake News Website

Vancouver Times is a “content aggregator” (copy and paste) website that is known for creating fake news to generate more page views and money.

To look legitimate, they copy and paste news from legitimate news organisations. To drive traffic, they create fake news, sometimes masked as “satire”.

To give themselves a veneer of deniability, they label themselves as a “satire website” in their About Us section.

Vancouver Times is the most trusted source for satire on the West Coast. We write satirical stories about issues that affect conservatives.

Here are some of their fake news that we debunked :

Fact #2 : Howard Schultz Was Not Arrested

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz was not arrested by the police for fraud. He remains a free man.

Not only was there no police report on his arrest, there was zero media coverage, which is impossible because his arrest would have been worldwide news.

Starbucks is also a public-listed company (SBUX) on the Nasdaq, which means it is legally required to announce the arrest of its CEO publicly and to investors. There was no such announcement.

Fact #3 : Howard Schultz Is A Billionaire

Howard Schultz is a billionaire with a net worth of some 4 billion US dollars. He earned almost a quarter of that – 940 million dollars – during the COVID-19 pandemic.

So Schultz certainly does not need to rob his employees. He’s earning about $640,000 every day – more than what most of his store employees will earn in a lifetime!

Even if you believe Jason Pires from Vancouver Times, how exactly do you think Schultz steals from his employees? By sneaking a few dollars from the till at every store?

Fact #4 : There Is No Such Thing As A Publication Ban

Vancouver Times likes to use the “media blackout” claim, to explain why you can’t find any reputable media outlet reporting on Howard Schultz’s arrest.

That’s utter and complete bullshit. No one – not a judge, not even the US government – can control the worldwide media, or prevent anyone from writing about such a momentous arrest.

You can also be sure that even if the mainstream media refused to run the story, it would have been reported by many other websites and bloggers.

Yet, not a single blogger or online website published this incredible story? That’s because IT NEVER HAPPENED…

Fact #5 : Mainstream Media + Big Tech Would Have Loved The Hype

Vancouver Times is gaslighting you about how mainstream media and Big Tech want to hide the “truth” about the arrest of Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz.

They would all loved such shocking news, because it would have driven tons of traffic and engagement to their websites / platforms.

In fact, that was precisely why Vancouver Times created the fake story – to drive traffic, for the ad money.

Everything that Vancouver Times publishes should be regarded as FAKE NEWS, until proven otherwise.

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GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop Mining : Over 30% ROI?!

GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop Mining : The New Craze!

Supplies of desktop graphics cards are low, and prices are sky-high, and here’s more bad news – miners are coming for the laptops too!

A Weibo blogger called 神鱼BTCer just shared photos of different GeForce RTX 30 series laptop mining rigs!

BTCer claims they are all “home-based”, but we have no idea whether they are his, or from different cryptocurrency mining operations.

But in a response to a question, he said that the best way to keep them cool is by putting them in a sort of “tent mode”.

This picture shows four stacks of GeForce RTX 3060 laptops made by Chinese OEM Hasee, powered on (you can see the green light).

Hasee offers a GeForce RTX 3060 gaming laptop that has a starting price of just RMB 6,499 (approximately RM4,089 / US$1,005 / £732 / A$1,309 / S$1,340).

These twenty Hasee GeForce RTX 30 series gaming laptops would cost just over US$20,000.

This seems like a waste of power – leaving their displays turned on. But leaving the display up would definitely improve cooling.

How Much Money Can RTX 3060 Laptop Mining Rigs Make?

A Bilibili content creator Fish Pond f2pool demonstrated how fast someone with a GeForce RTX 3060 laptop can “mine” cryptocurrency.

She plugged in her GeForce RTX 3060 laptop into a power socket at Starbucks, and mined 0.00053009 ETH over 2 hours while she sipped her coffee.

On 5 February 2021, Ethereum closed at US$1,680.497, so she mined enough during her coffee break to make US$0.89 or RMB 5.76.

Not quite enough to pay for her coffee (about RMB 28), but at least the electricity is FREE!

Based on her experience, we can guesstimate that the average GeForce RTX 3060 laptop will be able to produce :

0.000265045 ETH per hour
0.00636108 ETH per day
0.1908324 ETH per month (30 days)
2.3217942 ETH per year

So that mining rig with 20 Hasee laptops you saw up there could make, at current prices, about :

$8.908 per hour
$213.80 per day
$6,413.87 per month (30 days)
$78,035 per year

Chinese electricity costs about RMB 0.545 (US$0.084) per kWh.

Assuming each laptop uses about 250 watts of power (including whatever external fans he may have), that works out to about US$3,679.20 per year.

So his net profit for the 20-laptop mining rig would be US$74,356 per year, at current prices.

That’s an incredible ROI of 30.8% per month, which means he will recover the cost of the entire rig ($20,100) in just under 3.5 months!

This is actually 2.9X higher ROI than the 78-card GeForce RTX 3080 mining rig!

With such great ROI, you can count on cryptocurrency miners to buy up hoards of GeForce RTX 30 series laptops!

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Watch How Easy It Is To Use Samsung Pay!

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With the early access programme for Maybank Visa customers, Samsung is getting ready to roll out Samsung Pay on a massive scale in Malaysia. After their announcement of the official availability of Samsung Pay for Maybank customers, we were given the opportunity to check out just how easy it is to use Samsung Pay, instead of our credit or debit cards.

In this article, you will learn about Samsung Pay’s key features, and find out just how easy it is to use Samsung Pay.

Samsung Pay : More Than A Payment Service

Samsung Pay is a secure and easy-to-use mobile payment service that can be used almost everywhere that credit / debit / prepaid cards are accepted. It offers these key features :

Simple : To make a payment on Samsung Pay, users can simply swipe up on their eligible Galaxy smartphone, scan their fingerprint and pay.
Secure : Samsung Pay uses three levels of security to enable secure payments – fingerprint authentication, tokenization and Samsung KNOX, Samsung’s defense-grade mobile security platform.
Almost Anywhere : Samsung Pay is compatible with the majority of existing and new terminals, allowing users to pay almost anywhere you can swipe or tap your card.

Samsung Pay is currently compatible with the following Samsung smartphones :

Watch How Easy It Is To Use Samsung Pay!

In the first video, we make a payment at Marks & Spencer (M&S). They are still using the older MST terminal, but look at how easy and fast it is to use Samsung Pay, instead of a credit card.

It is the same experience at Starbucks, which is also using an older MST terminal. This gives Samsung Pay a huge advantage, as they do not rely exclusively on the new but much rare NFC terminals.

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The steps on using Samsung Pay can be summarised as such :

Swipe up on the screen of your Samsung smartphone, and Samsung Pay appears
Swipe left and right in Samsung Pay to select the credit / debit / prepaid card you want to use
Press on the fingerprint sensor or key in the pin number to authenticate the transaction
Tap your Samsung smartphone on the credit card terminal

That’s it! Whether it’s an older MST terminal, or the newer NFC terminal, the payment’s authenticated and accepted.

Samsung Pay Support In Malaysia

Samsung Pay is currently supported by Maybank, and these participating merchants :

Beauty & Wellness
– Blackmores
– Caring Pharmacy
– Castania Nut Boutique
– GNC
– Kiehl’s
– Watsons
– Wellness

Departmental Stores / Supermarkets
– AEON
– Metrojaya
– Marks & Spencer
– Robinsons

Leisure & Entertainment
– Box of Bricks
– Comics Mart
– S&J

Fashion
– Charles & Keith
– Crocs
– Pepe Jeans London
– PK Time
– Quiksilver
– Soda
– Sports Direct
– Stadium
– Studio R
– Under Armour
– Urban Republic
– Vans
– Why Pay More

Homes
– Bubee
– Muji
– Samsung Experience Store

Food & Beverages
– Baskin-Robbins
– Carl’s Jr.
– Chatime
– Garrett Popcorn
– Hakata Ippudo
– Kenny Rogers Roasters
– Komugi
– Krispy Kreme
– La Juiceria
– McDonald’s
– NY Steak Shack
– Red Lobster
– Shojikiya
– Starbucks
– The Library
– The Manhattan Fish Market

Convenience Store
– Family Mart

Samsung Malaysia will be announcing the other banks and merchants that will be supporting Samsung Pay during the official launch in the coming weeks. So stay tuned!

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