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Time Out
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Time Out
Torch & Crown's popular open-air beer garden is coming back to Union Square
The official marker of summer is back. And, yes, we mean drinking outside. Coinciding with the flowers blooming, outdoor patio bars and restaurants are sprouting up once again, welcoming us to soak up the sun with a sipper in hand. One of our favorite outdoor bars is returning for the season, transforming a corner of Union Square into an all-out beer hall. On Thursday, May 1, Torch & Crown Brewing Company is taking over Union Square Park for its summertime pop-up: Torch & Crown Beer Garden. For its third season in a row, the brewery will bring its lineup of locally-made beers and bites to the square starting May 1 until early November. Commandeering the historic Union Square Pavilion and the square surrounding it, the indoor-outdoor space welcomes all (even dogs!) to enjoy the festivities no matter the weather. The seasonal venue is the brewery's only offshoot outside of its operation in SoHo. Naturally, there is beer to be had here, many of the crushable varieties, including the Tenement Pilsner and the Southbound Mexican Lager. There are also two IPAs on tap as well as the mango and pineapple fruity sour ale, Xpert Ambassador Sour. To nosh on, the garden has drummed up a line-up of seasonal eats, quite literally, as the venue incorporates goods from the neighboring Union Square Market. Perfect example is the Market Special, a 12-inch, thin-crust pizza with all the spring veggies, including asparagus, maitake mushrooms and garlic chives. Fan favorites from years past have returned like the Sigmund's Hand-Rolled Bavarian Pretzel and the cheddar cheese The Lou Burger served with fries. If you can't attend the brewery opening on May 1, try to make it to the official opening party on May 7. In partnership with City Winery, the kick-off party will include live tunes from Matthew Lee & The Standbys. The fun continues at the garden all summer long with jazz music on Sundays with Geoff Burke, Monday night trivia with NYC Trivia League and live music on Fridays courtesy of Shawn Parsons and Matthew Lee & The Standbys.
The Star
25-04-2025
- Business
- The Star
Games maker Ubisoft accused of illegal data collection
Noyb said Ubisoft forced users to connect to the Internet even to play offline, then used their personal data for commercial ends without their consent. — Photo by Sigmund on Unsplash VIENNA: A privacy campaign group filed a complaint on April 24 with authorities in Austria against video game giant Ubisoft, accusing the Assassin's Creed publisher of illegally collecting users' personal data. The Vienna-based organisation, Noyb – which stands for "none of your business" – said the French games maker forced users to connect to the Internet even to play offline, then used their personal data for commercial ends without their consent. "Video games are expensive – but that doesn't stop companies like Ubisoft from forcing their customers to play offline games online unnecessarily, just so they can make more money by tracking their behaviour," said Lisa Steinfeld, a data protection lawyer at Noyb. "Ubisoft's actions are clearly unlawful and must be stopped," she said in a statement. Noyb said it had filed the case with Austria's data protection authority (DSB) on behalf of a user of Ubisoft's Far Cry Primal , who noticed the game had established connections to external servers 150 times in just 10 minutes, including those of Amazon and Google. The transmissions were encrypted, making it impossible to know what data was being sent, said the complaint. Noyb asked the Austrian regulator to find Ubisoft violated the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which requires users' consent in such cases. It called for a fine of up to €92mil (RM457.82mil). Ubisoft said connecting to the Internet to play its games was only required when first opening them. "Our solo games can then be played offline," it told AFP. Data collected from online play "is used to improve game performance", it said. The case comes after Japan's Sony was forced to backtrack last year on making PC players of popular game Helldivers 2 link to its PlayStation Network, after an outcry over data collection concerns. Ubisoft has faced other recent headaches, announcing a major restructuring last month in a bid to escape financial woes. – AFP
Bloomberg
19-02-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Hims & Hers Buys Lab to Expand Into At-Home Blood Testing
Hims & Hers Health Inc. is expanding beyond its successful foray into providing copycat weight-loss drugs with the acquisition of a home blood-testing company. The telehealth provider purchased Sigmund NJ LLC, which uses a US-approved device for home testing of hormones, cholesterol and other markers of health, according to a statement. New Jersey-based Sigmund markets its services as Trybe Labs. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
