Millions of professionals power through their workday with copious cups of coffee—but most aren’t dropping by the office Nespresso machine more often than Nestlé CEO Philipp Navratil.
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Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
Always look for silver items, including cups, plates, and vases.
Just ask and they’ll be brought to your table by white-gloved waiters for your reading pleasure over coffee, a digestif, and mellow jazz.
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Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Jan. 2026
Chief among Galatoire’s assets is the focus on individual veteran waiters, some of whom have decades of service behind them — four in the case of Billy Fontenot, whose late father worked there 54 years.
Data centers are warehouse-like facilities housing computer servers and components essential for storing, processing and disseminating large amounts of data.
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Adam Bell,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Feb. 2026
The research, conducted by teams from IMDEA Networks Institute and European universities, showed that certain apps and services continued communicating with external servers even after users attempted to limit tracking.
News gatherers showed up every day at the same time, rather like stray cats conditioned by saucers of milk set out at regular times, and the captain was always there to share some new report.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
Water so moisture seeps from the bottom of the containers into saucers.
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Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Jan. 2026
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