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On a recent afternoon, I held a bagel in front of me and said: “Look and tell me if this is healthy.”A monotone voice responded that the bagel was unhealthy because it was high in carbohydrates, which could contribute to weight gain. I wasn’t talking to a tech bro obsessed with the ketogenic diet. This was the Ai Pin, a $700 tiny computer featuring a virtual assistant pulling data from OpenAI (the research firm behind the ChatGPT chatbot), Google, Microsoft and others to answer questions and perform tasks. Instead of a screen, the pin shines a green laser on your hand to show text. The device includes a camera, speaker and cellular connection.

Organizations: Google, Microsoft Locations: OpenAI

The fourth state that overtly addresses hauntings, New York, is notably also the location of the so-called Ghostbusters case. In that case, the plaintiff wanted to back out of the pending sale and get his deposit back after he found out the house had been widely touted by its owner as a haunted house. A decision ultimately stated that if a seller is broadcasting that a home is haunted, they can’t then say they don’t need to disclose it.

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☆ After 10 Years of My Ride, Our Writer Reveals What He Drives. Hint: It’s Not a Porsche.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( A.J. Baime | Photographs Andri Tambunan For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

I have profiled owners of special vehicles from around the country nearly every week for the past 10 years. The one question people always ask me is: What kind of car do you drive? They expect Porsches in my garage, but no. On the 10th anniversary of My Ride, I present my family’s humble Subaru Outback, which we call Dougie.

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Prescribed burns aren’t always welcomed by communities, however. They generate smoke and sometimes spread out of control. In New Mexico last year, a prescribed fire by the Forest Service blew into a 340,000-acre inferno that destroyed hundreds of homes and became the largest in state history. It prompted Forest Service Chief Randy Moore to suspend all the agency’s planned burns for 90 days. Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal/Zuma

Persons: aren’t, Randy Moore, Eddie Moore, Zuma Organizations: Forest Service Locations: New Mexico, Albuquerque

☆ Firefighters Boost Use of Prescribed Burns in Bid to Prevent Massive Wildfires
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Jim Carlton | Photographs Andri Tambunan For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Colder, Faster, Riskier: Western Snowmelt Fuels a Big Rafting Season
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Jim Carlton | Photographs Andri Tambunan For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Cold water is such a concern that everyone has to wear a wetsuit. “When you get in really cold water, it can shock the body,” guide Claudia Wiese told the four occupants of her raft one day in early June. “So we just want to prevent that by getting in the water ahead of time, so you know what to anticipate.”Soon after, Mike McSweeney, 25, jumped in the frigid water and the guide asked his girlfriend, Kayla Gewecke, 24, to pull him back on the boat.

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☆ White-Water Rafting Season in the West Set to Boom Following Record Snowfall
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Jim Carlton | Photographs Andri Tambunan For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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CONCOW, Calif. — Some survivors of California's deadliest wildfire continue to live in trailers, tents and makeshift homes nearly four years later as they wait for payments from a trust set up to compensate them. Inez Salinas's temporary trailer home and her car in Concow, Calif. Andri Tambunan for NBC NewsSalinas and her daughter River outside their temporary trailer home. Andri Tambunan for NBC NewsShe said she has not received enough money from the trust to rebuild her life: “I just want to move on. “Please just don’t forget about us.”For survivors of the state's deadliest and most destructive wildfire, time is measured by before and after. “It is my goal to help as many people as possible to get their lives back, their houses back, their businesses back,” Cathy Yanni, who oversees the Fire Victim Trust, said in a statement.

☆ Smoke From Mosquito Fire Shrouds Lake Tahoe Despite California’s Mild Fire Season
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Jim Carlton | Photographs Andri Tambunan For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

TAHOE VISTA, Calif.—Like many local residents in this shorefront community, Heidi Hill Drum cherishes the breathtaking views of Lake Tahoe. But one evening earlier this month, she saw something ominous rolling across the cobalt blue waters. “It was Armageddon-like, this massive plume of black smoke,” said Ms. Hill Drum, chief executive officer of the Tahoe Prosperity Center, an economic development group for this region on the California-Nevada border.

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