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☆ Benin: The country’s past, present, and future is on display for the first time at the 60th Venice Biennale
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Daniel Renjifo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Ancestral African art is a linchpin of identity and a source of inspiration to creatives across the continent. For the first time in the 60-year history of the renowned Venice Biennale in Italy – an arts and culture festival lasting eight months, hosted every other year – Benin is presenting a national pavilion. Hazoumé hopes the exhibition will reiterate his message and inspire other African artists to own their past to fuel creativity. Ishola Akpo sets up his piece titled “Iyalode” at the Benin national pavilion in Venice, Italy. Moufouli Bello draws inspiration from children’s books, Gèlèdé philosophy and Yoruba traditions in this piece titled “Egbe Modjisola," on display at the Benin national pavilion in Venice, Italy.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Romuald Hazoumé's, Jacopo La, Jacopo La Forgia, Romuald Hazoumé, Chloé, Ishola Akpo, Moufouli Bello, we’ll, Hazoumé, Florian Kleinefenn, ” Nwagbogu, “, ”, Gèlèdé, Chloé Quenum, Akpo, I’ve, Nwagbogu, ” Hazoumé Organizations: CNN, French, Smithsonian Museum of African, US, Venice Biennale, African Artist Foundation, Biennale Locations: Africa, West, Benin, Nigeria, Kingdom of Benin, Venice, Italy, “, Rouge, curating, France, Madagascar, Ghana, Uganda, Cameroon

☆ I'm an only child. My mom's cancer diagnosis made me realize I have no one else in my life.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Madi Bolanos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I'm an only child and my mom had me when she was 20. As her only child I was responsible for taking her to all her appointments and caring for her. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . She inherited a rare gene mutation that makes it more likely a person will get cancer at a young age. Before learning about her cancer, the chances we'd end up in the same retirement home seemed fairly high.

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☆ I tried Spotify's AI feature to make playlists with text and emoji prompts. It's impressive but I'll still make my own.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Spotify has launched AI Playlist, a new feature that makes playlists with a text or emoji prompt. It then gives you three options: "Playlist" to build your own, "Blend" to make a shared playlist with friends, and "AI Playlist" to "turn your ideas into playlists using AI." Jyoti MannOnce you tap "AI Playlist," a text box appears where you can enter a prompt — even by entering just an emoji. Within five seconds it can put together a playlist made up of 30 songs based on what it thinks you'll like. I then asked for a playlist based on the vibes of Joseph Cooper, the main character in the movie "Interstellar."

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☆ Generative AI is allowing golf fans to get closer to the Masters Tournament than ever before. Here's how.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Sponsor Post | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

That's because Augusta National, undeniably beautiful and impeccably maintained, is deceivingly difficult, with subtle defenses not always obvious to the casual observer. To get fans closer to the Masters than ever before, IBM worked with the Masters digital team to infuse generative AI into the 2024 Masters app. First, these models need to be fueled by an organization's trusted data. In tech industry circles, there's a tendency to count parameters or tokens to quantify the power of an AI model. We can manage the lifecycle of their AI models, from curating their trusted data, to training open-source foundation models, and managing and monitoring the results.

Persons: Noah Syken, impeccably, we've Organizations: Sports, Entertainment Partnerships, IBM, Augusta, Augusta National, National, Masters, Augusta National Golf Club, Insider Studios

☆ Gen Z workers in China are picking 'gross outfits' over corporate glam because they don't get paid enough to look fly
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-07 | by ( Alexandra Bacon | Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But a new trend flooding Chinese social media takes casual to the next level, with young workers sharing videos of themselves wearing their "grossest" clothes to the office. The hashtag "gross outfits at work" has been taking over Chinese social media platforms such as Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, and Xiaohongshu, an Instagram-like app. AdvertisementOne woman posted a video of her colleagues being criticized by their boss for their gross outfits on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. Douyin"They are getting criticized by the boss for their gross outfits," one Douyin user said amid fits of laughter in a video she'd posted on March 7. In a separate Douyin video, which was posted in February, a woman could be seen touting her "gross outfit."

Persons: —, Wei, Ant, Candise Lin, netizens, Lin, Jack Porteous, TONG, Porteous, hadn't Organizations: Service, Business, TONG Global Locations: China

☆ 3 ways Apple’s monopoly lawsuit could change the iPhone experience for fans
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Apple added that the lawsuit could empower the government “to take a heavy hand in designing people’s technology.”But if successful, the lawsuit could ripple across Apple’s products and services. Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesChanges to the App StoreIf found liable, the company could be forced to change a number of things. One such change is how iPhone users could get greater access to “super apps” that have been largely restricted before. More open servicesAnother likely change is how hardware from other companies, such as smartwatches, will interact with the Apple range of devices and software, including the iPhone and Apple’s services like Fitness+. But Apple’s success stems in part to its tight grip on its products and services, keeping things intuitive and seamless.

Persons: Biden, Apple, here’s, General Merrick Garland, Anna Moneymaker, Dipanjan Chatterjee, Forrester, ”, Chatterjee, it’s, David McQueen, ” McQueen, ” Chatterjee Organizations: CNN, Apple, Department of Justice, ”, Apple Watch, ABI Research Locations: Washington ,, innovating

☆ As a single mother and professor, I raised my 2 daughters on a college campus. My kids loved it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Mallory Mcduff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

As a single mother and professor, I struggled financially, so we moved into a rental on campus. My two daughters grew up on the college campus where I worked, and the students became mentors. As a single parent, I raised two daughters — now 24 and 18 — in a tiny campus rental with a view of a white barn and sloping mountains. A pragmatic horticulturist, he'd watched my children walk through his yard to the bus stop each morning. AdvertisementBut what I couldn't explain was my attachment to this college, its students, and its support system.

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☆ Was John Singer Sargent also the first celebrity stylist?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

London CNN —In the spring of 1888, New York socialite Eleanora Iselin welcomed the portrait artist John Singer Sargent into her home, feverish over the question of what she would wear. Despite curating a selection of her best frocks, Eleanor Iselin was captured in her casual day dress at the insistence of Sargent. Working during the rise of haute couture, both Sargent and his subjects were living through a new dawn of fashion. Rachel was styled in a scrap of pink fabric which Sargent manipulated on canvas to become a dress. “Their work was ready-to-wear, using off the (rack) elements of portraiture, whereas with Sargent it always was bespoke.

Persons: Eleanora Iselin, John Singer Sargent, Eager, Iselin, “ Sargent, Eleanor Iselin, Sargent, It’s, James Finch, ”, —, Finch, Margaret Oliphant, Edith Wharton, Gretchen, Rachel Warren, Isabella Stewart Gardner, Rachel, Tate Britain “ He’s, ” Finch, “ He’s, ” Sargent, Sybil Sassoon, couturier Charles Fredrick Worth, Worth, Sassoon, ’ Reframing, Lily, Lily Rose ”, Sybil Sassoon’s, “, they’ve, Ellen Terry, Lady Macbeth, Jai Monaghan, Tate Britain ‘, Sargent’s Organizations: London CNN —, Fashion, Tate, of Art, Tate Britain, CNN, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts, Fenway Court, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, of Fine Arts, Boston Museum of Fine Arts Locations: New York, Tate Britain, of Art , Washington, London, Scottish, Boston, Worth, Paris

☆ Supreme Court hears landmark cases that could upend what we see on social media
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

More than a dozen Republican attorneys general have argued to the court that social media should be treated like traditional utilities such as the landline telephone network. The tech industry, meanwhile, argues that social media companies have First Amendment rights to make editorial decisions about what to show. Whitaker said Florida’s law is limited by its definition of social media companies, which focuses on large platforms. “We’re talking about the classic social media platforms, but it looks to me like it could cover Uber. Whitaker said social media platforms had opaque algorithms that prevent users from fully understanding how content curation happens.

Persons: “, Blair Levin, ” Levin, Henry Whitaker, Sonia Sotomayor, Sotomayor, Whitaker, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Amy Coney Barrett, ” Barrett, Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh zeroed, Kavanaugh Organizations: Washington CNN, Facebook, YouTube, New, Research, LinkedIn, Web Locations: Texas, Florida

☆ Cringe couples are everywhere — and they're just as insecure as the rest of us
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewIn 2024, cringe is in: people are in love, and they don't care who knows it. It goes without saying that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are embracing cringe on an unparalleled scale. They're blowing kisses on the jumbotron and running into each other's arms in front of millions of Super Bowl spectators. It can also be comforting to feel like you're following social norms and doing what society expects of you. "If we are with someone, they're going to have flaws, they're going to annoy us.

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☆ A millennial is using side hustles to help meet financial goals and partially retire at 45. Here are a few of the gigs he's had success with.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Scott said he's currently using side-hustle money to pay off his truck and aims to pay off his house. Scott is interested in reducing his hours by the time he's 50 years old — but his dream age for this would be 45. For now, he's working on paying off some current financial obligations with the help of passive income and side hustles . AdvertisementAccording to the FAQ section of the site , pay for this work can start at $20 per hour or $40 per hour depending on the work. AdvertisementScott also has found the work is consistent, which he said is important if you're looking to earn from side hustles.

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☆ Are these the most beautiful coffee shops in the world?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( David Tran | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The Budapest Café is one of many eye-catching businesses featured in “Designing Coffee: New Coffee Places and Branding,” a coffee table book — no pun intended — that puts the world’s most photogenic, eccentric cafés and roasters on display. Its "bright, playful design and color palette transform a former dental office into a bustling and vibrant bakery café," Kingston writes in "Designing Coffee." In an increasingly competitive coffee industry, coffee shop owners are putting thoughts into how their spaces are designed. Across its ambience and menu, the Genovese Coffee House in Sydney offers Australian consumers an "espresso" ticket to Mediterranean café culture. Anson Smart/Genovese Coffee House/Courtesy gestaltenElsewhere, Genovese Coffee House (pictured above) in Sydney, Australia drew inspiration from Italian coffee culture.

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☆ How a woman landed a role at Google with the help of her viral job application video
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementBut she told Business Insider that she decided to take a different approach to applying: curating a video about why she should get the role. AdvertisementA 'purpose-driven' applicationKobayashi said the Google recruiter told her she was overqualified for the grad scheme she'd applied for. AdvertisementThe recruiter also reached out about the role, offering to connect her with the hiring manager.

Persons: —, Mariana Kobayashi, Kobayashi, I'd Organizations: Service, Google, Harvard, Business, LinkedIn Locations: Google's Dublin

Historically, Asian Americans have been stereotyped as more brains than brawn or treated as foreigners in U.S. sports. Growing up Asian and Black American or “Blasian” in Orange County, California, Remigio didn't feel a sense of belonging. Historically, in U.S. sports, Asian American men have been treated as outsiders and their masculinity questioned. Asian Americans are always kind of troubling and in this liminal space of a black-white binary, even in sports.”Arnaldo, who co-edited the book “Asian American Sporting Cultures,” said it makes business sense for the NFL to try to appeal to Asian American spectators. There are at least two dozen NFL players of Asian or Pacific Islander descent, according to AMAZN HQ, an online hub curating news on Asians and Asian Americans in sports.

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☆ How a 25-year-old went from talking to 1,000 strangers in NYC to quitting her finance job and founding a social startup
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Sydney Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"Ultimately, I spent more time home alone doing nothing than ever before," Epstein, CEO of the still-in-beta social networking app Kndrd, told Business Insider. "I spoke to a thousand strangers" — many who also felt a lack of community, companionship, or friendship, she added. But while investors may want to see viral, overnight growth for an app like Kndrd, Epstein hesitates at that strategy. "And that means me reading applications and vetting the community members and making sure that we have people who are the strongest, most high fidelity people." In the future, Kndrd also plans to incorporate AI into its user experience — something on nearly every investor's mind right now.

Persons: Isabella Epstein, Epstein, Kndrd, Tina Mai —, —, Mai aren't, Kndrd cofounders Tina Mai, Devin Kasparian Bootstrapping Organizations: Business, Stanford University, Stanford Locations: New York City, NYC, Mai, Epstein's NYC

“What we’ve seen with the Taylor Swift tour is something that we’ve not really seen before,” said Richard Clarke, an analyst at investment firm Bernstein. Taylor Swift performs at the Staples Center in Los Angeles in 2015. From Taylor Swift On her birthday in 2019, Swift shared this photo of herself as a child. From Taylor Swift A 13-year-old Swift sings the National Anthem before an NBA game in Philadelphia in 2002. John Mabangalo/Pool/Getty Images Swift performs during a sold-out show at New York's Madison Square Garden in 2009.

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☆ Tour Sofia Vergara’s sumptuous LA home
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Harmeet Kaur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

“I’m not afraid to spend money, but it has to be for something practical, not just things that are there to look good,” Vergara told Architectural Digest. "There’s just something about this place that makes guests want to stay," Vergara told Architectural Digest of her home. “I don’t like crazy jolts of color,” Vergara told the magazine of her preferred color scheme. "Every room has special flourishes to add depth and interest to the composition,” Vergara's interior designer Olivia Davies-Gaetano explained. “My friends from Colombia find any excuse to visit,” Vergara told AD.

Persons: “ I’m, ” Vergara, “, Griselda Blanco, Sofía Vergara, Amy Astley, ”, Vergara, Ohara Davies, Gaetano, Sofía, ’, Olivia Davies, Stephen Block Organizations: CNN, Netflix, Hollywood, Vergara Locations: Los Angeles, Beverly, Spanish, Transylvania, Colombia

☆ Facebook is still thriving 20 years later. Here’s how
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Twenty years after its launch, social media giant Facebook continues to show unprecedented staying power after burying early competitors like MySpace and Friendster and establishing a distinct foothold in the burgeoning social media landscape. Daniel Acker/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesStrong social connection was the linchpin of Facebook, differentiating it from other primordial social media sites. MySpace’s monthly active users had trickled down to an estimated 35 million in mid-2011, according to a Comscore report at the time. In contrast, by September of that year, Facebook was seeing almost 800 million monthly active users. In April 2012, the company acquired photo-centric social media platform Instagram for about $1 billion.

Persons: Harvard University undergrad, Mark Zuckerberg, “, ”, Pablo Boczkowski, alums, ” Zuckerberg, Daniel Acker, Justin Timberlake, Friendster’s, Friendster, Boczkowski, Meta’s, ” Boczkowski, WhatsApp, Meta Organizations: New, New York CNN, Harvard University, Facebook, Communication Studies, Northwestern University, Harvard, New York Times, Bloomberg, Getty, MySpace, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Google, Meta, Inc, “, TikTok, Twitter Locations: New York, Zurich, India, Brazil, Argentina, Italy

☆ JCPenney has become TikTokers' unlikely beauty obsession
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Jennifer Ortakales Dawkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

JCPenney has replaced its Sephora shops with JCPenney Beauty sections. JCPenney's revamped beauty department has become a destination for finding beauty brands TikTokers can't get at other beauty stores. Last summer, the retailer launched KimChi Chic Beauty in more than 600 stores, beauty trade publication Happi reported. JCPenney replaced Sephora shops with JCPenney Beauty. Beauty retailer Ulta hit $2.5 billion in net sales last quarter, an increase of more than 6%.

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☆ The quiet status symbols you're going to see in everyone's homes in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Samantha Grindell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Quiet luxury will continue to be popular in the home space in 2024. These status symbols can elevate a home or take everyday routines to another level. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The trend was most obvious in the fashion world, but it also hit homes — and there's no sign it's slowing down. Read on to see how people are curating their homes to put luxury on display without being over the top in 2024.

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☆ I've followed the Mediterranean diet for over a year. Here are 14 mistakes I wish I avoided when I started.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Jennifer Barton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Read previewI've been following the Mediterranean diet for over a year and a half, and it's my favorite way to eat. Before embarking on the Mediterranean diet, I was a junk-food queen. AdvertisementOne of the best things about the Mediterranean diet is that after I followed it for a while, I stopped craving sugar so much. Getty Images/Neilson BarnardOne of the best things about the Mediterranean diet is that I can eat cheese — in moderation, of course. AdvertisementBut I've saved a fortune since starting on the Mediterranean diet — largely because I cut out meat and started buying more canned foods.

Persons: —, I've, I'd, Neilson Barnard, it's, Jennifer Barton Organizations: Service, Business Locations: pita, Greece, Italy, Israel

☆ Marie Laurencin, the 1920s painter who hid sapphic symbols in her portraits
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Fondation Foujita/Artists Rights Society, New York/ADAGP, Paris/Christie's/Bridgeman Images/Courtesy Barnes FoundationA portrait of Marie Laurencin by Man Ray, 1925. Fondation Foujita/Artists Rights Society, New York/ADAGP, Paris/Bridgeman Images/Courtesy Barnes Foundation"The Woman-Horse (La femme-cheval)," from 1918. Fondation Foujita/Artists Rights Society, New York/ADAGP, Paris/Courtesy Barnes FoundationBut as definitions of femininity have expanded in recent decades, so too has appreciation for Laurencin’s idyllic, women-only world. She often titled her portraits of women “Friends” or “Two Friends,” leaving the exact nature of their intimacy unclear. It’s almost like a radical utopia… a world of women, for women, by women,” Kang said.

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☆ Piper Ferguson’s ‘Indie Seen’ book documents early-2000s rock
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Marianna Cerini | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The Libertines, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Modest Mouse and Amy Winehouse might all be considered part of the movement, albeit in very different ways. Ferguson’s debut book “Indie, Seen” offers a raw and nostalgic look at the early-2000s, with behind-the-scenes portraits depicting artists from Interpol to Kasabian, Peaches to PJ Harvey. Piper Ferguson The Strokes, shot for 'Rolling Stone' in 2001 after their performance at The Troubadour in Hollywood. Piper Ferguson The Yeah Yeah Yeahs performing at the NY Parking Lot show in Williamsburg, New York, in 2002. Piper Ferguson Beck, who graces the cover of "Indie,Seen," is pictured in a shot for 'Mojo' magazine in 2006.

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☆ Robert Pattinson reveals he slept on an inflatable boat for months
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Robert Pattinson’s Batman has not yet used the Batboat in his adventures, but the British actor said that he previously made use of another multifunctional boat – an inflatable one that he used for sleeping, sitting and eating on. “There was a time when the only piece of furniture I had for about six months was an inflatable boat that would double as my couch, bed, and dining table,” he told Architectural Digest in an interview published Wednesday. Featuring two rounded arms that jut out like giant earlobes, the sofa is covered in a white linen velvet with a base of pink onyx that matches drink trays in the arms. The design originated from Pattinson’s sketches of furniture he thought “would make people interact in a playful and informal way,” he told Architectural Digest. “They all had disproportionate, oversized elements that were quite fun,” he said.

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☆ A millennial who tests out side hustles explains why he recommends making user-generated content and other flexible options to earn some extra money quickly
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

He wants to cut through the noise to help people understand which side hustles actually work, are relatively easy to start, and can make money. Below are a few of the side hustles Ryan told Insider about in the new interview. iVueitIf you want a side hustle to work around your employment schedule, Ryan recommends trying property inspection app iVueit . AdvertisementAdvertisementUser-generated contentRyan previously told Insider about his success making user-generated content or UGC, using a platform called JoinBrands. Sells said JoinBrands can be a good side hustle because brands are interested in all different kinds of people to make user-generated content.

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