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☆ After traveling in a van for 2 weeks, I saw how the lifestyle could be cheaper than my Denver life
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

I wanted to explore the US, but I also wanted to see if van life was something I could do full-time. I quickly realized that these small costs — eating out, gas station snacks, souvenirs — are where van life can get expensive. AdvertisementSo finding a lifestyle like van life, which includes adventure and potential savings, sounds too good to be true. Monica Humphries/Business InsiderI experienced ways that living in a van could be cheaper than my lifestyle todayThere are hidden costs that come with van life. I'm not saying van life is necessarily cheaper than city living, but I am convinced it can be if I work at it.

Persons: —, ProMaster, I've, Apartments.com, Axios, It's, Brittany Newson, Monica Humphries, it'd, Zach Nelson, Joe's, Joshua, Ram, van, I'd, I'm Organizations: Service, Denver, Mercedes, Benz, Costco, Walmart Locations: Denver , Colorado, Denver, Southwest America, Plenty, San Fransico, Joshua Tree

☆ You can feel like a birdwatching pro with these AI binoculars that identify birds
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The AX Visio are a pair of AI-powered bird-watching binoculars that were unveiled at CES 2024. The binoculars can identify more than 9,000 types of birds and other wildlife. The binoculars use AI image recognition technology and data from the Merlin Bird ID database to help you easily identify more than 9,000 birds and other wildlife at the click of a button. They rely on a built-in camera that allows the binoculars to identify still or moving images of birds, and you can immediately share the photos and videos you create by pairing the binoculars with a smartphone. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Marc Newson, —, Merlin Organizations: CES, Apple, Service, Electronics, Business Locations: Las Vegas

☆ Lessons on loneliness from people living life on the road
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

Monica Humphries/InsiderPeople living life on the road know what it's like to be isolated. In a country facing a loneliness epidemic, there are lessons to learn from nomads like Schaffer living on the road. Van Life CampgroundsParinger realized he was missing a sense of community after a couple of years of living in a van. In 2019, he bought land in Joshua Tree, California, which became the first location for Van Life Campgrounds. Others living on the road agreed that their online community has been a huge support in tackling loneliness.

Persons: they've, —, Maddy Garrett's, Ford Transit —, Tracey Tischler, van, Monica Humphries, it's, Christian Schaffer, Schaffer, Joshua, Shahira, Navod McNeil, Instagram McNeil, couldn't, Aidan Paringer's, Paringer, Ellaboudy, Phyllis Grover, Grover, Casey Hogan, Instagram Casey Hogan, Zach Nelson, he's, It's, Aidan Paringer, Garrett, Maddy Garrett, @whoa_maddy_actually_, ProMaster, Fernald, Sierra Fernald, Brittany Newson, Instagram Newson, haven't, Tischler, Nelson, Newson, FaceTimes Organizations: Business, Service, Subaru, Ford Transit, Ford, van, Benz, Facebook, Fire, YouTube Locations: Colorado and Utah, Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Joshua Tree , California, Dallas, Van, Mexico , Oregon, Washington, Nevada, I'm, Fernald, Zion, Instagram, California

☆ No, California didn't ban Skittles. Here's what it did ban.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Skittles won't be banned in California, but some foods might soon have their recipes tweaked. The confusion stems from an old version of the bill that included titanium dioxide, which is in Skittles. AdvertisementAdvertisementA new California bill has become widely known as the "Skittles ban," but that unofficial name is misleading — you don't have to worry about your favorite fruit-flavored candy being ripped from your hands. If you look at the Skittles ingredients, none of its listed ingredients are included in this ban. AdvertisementAdvertisementAccording to Consumer Reports, the ingredients banned by AB418 have been linked to hyperactivity, nervous system problems, and even cancer.

Persons: Skittles, Bill, —, Gavin Newson, AB418, Mars didn't, Newsom, Skittles aren't Organizations: Service, Gov, Consumer, AB418, United, United States Food, Drug Administration, Environmental Locations: California, Skittles, EU, United States, Europe

☆ Ex-Apple designer Ive, OpenAI's Altman discuss AI hardware -The Information
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] AI (Artificial Intelligence) letters are placed on computer motherboard in this illustration taken, June 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 26 (Reuters) - Apple's (AAPL.O) former design chief, Jony Ive, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman have been discussing building a new artificial intelligence (AI) hardware device, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing two people familiar with the matter. SoftBank (9984.T) CEO Masayoshi Son has also been involved in some aspects of the conversation but it is unclear if he will remain involved, the report said. Ive and LoveFrom could not be reached for comment. Ive left Apple in 2019 and subsequently co-founded design firm LoveFrom with fellow designer Marc Newson.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Jony Ive, Sam Altman, SoftBank, Masayoshi Son, OpenAI, Steve Jobs, Marc Newson, Evelyn Nikhila, Savio D'Souza Organizations: REUTERS, Apple, Ferrari, Microsoft, Thomson Locations: Bengaluru

☆ This former tech worker is helping change laws for people who get laid off
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Ifeoma Ozoma’s path as an advocate for tech workers started with a series of tweets one morning in June 2020. She emerged as a passionate advocate for tech workers by seeking legal protections for whistleblowers. “So many people reached out when I told my story, and most of them were tech workers or workers within the tech industry,” she said. The 30-year-old mentors activists and other people fighting all over the world against workplace discrimination. After leaving Pinterest, Ozoma moved to a farm near Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she grows her own vegetables and raises a flock of chickens nicknamed the Golden Girls.

☆ Ifeoma Ozoma is a passionate advocate for tech whistleblowers. It all started with tweets
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

☆ Jony Ive on Life After Apple
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Elisa Lipsky-Karasz | Photography Alasdair Mclellan For Wsj. Magazine | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

I can always write an awful lot that I can’t draw,” Jony Ive , the mastermind behind Apple ’s most revolutionary products, says as he holds up a Space Age–style coffee cup. “If I draw this, it only captures certain attributes.”Ive is sitting in the garden of a Pacific Heights carriage house high in the San Francisco hills, a building he converted into a private studio and occasional crash pad for friends. Apart from the cup—devised by Ive’s business partner and fellow designer, Marc Newson, and made by the Japanese brand Noritake—Ive designed nearly every indoor and outdoor element of this deceptively simple space, down to the gray marble bathroom sink and the garden’s round, rough-hewn stepping stones.

☆ Mii de tineri au participat la o petrecere-pilot fără măşti şi distanţare socială, organizată în Liverpool
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-02 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Profimedia ImagesMii de tineri au participat la o petrecere-pilot fără măşti şi distanţare socială, organizată în LiverpoolMii de persoane s-au distrat într-un club de noapte din Liverpool la o petrcere pilot organizată de guvernul din Marea Britanie. Producătorul de evenimente Sam Newson a subliniat că proiectul era foarte necesar pentru industria care a fost puternic afectată de restricţiile antiCovid. Şi guvernul spaniol a aprobat un concert-test în luna martie, la care au participat 5.000 de oameni. Deşi nu s-a impus distanţarea socială, purtarea măştii pe tot parcursul evenimentul a fost obligatorie. Nu există niciun semn de infectare, spun experții medicali care au monitorizat concertul la care au participat 5.000 de oameni.

Persons: Leah Lawless, Sam Newson, Matt Ashton, Deşi Organizations: Liverpool, Mediafax Locations: Liverpool, britanic, Barcelona

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