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☆ Meta's new Ray-Ban glasses are pulling a bait and switch
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( Amanda Hoover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Now, despite a rocky start three years ago, Meta's smart glasses are doing better than expected. Meta's Ray-Bans have a camera and speaker and are packed with AI. Meta's loftier goal, the Orion glasses , aren't quite there. Yet getting people into the Orion glasses may depend on getting people comfortable with smart glasses generally, and that's where the Ray-Bans could come in. And the Meta Ray-Bans make it even easier to use AI as you move through the world — no hands (and awkward air-pinching ) required.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Ray, Zuckerberg, Meta's Ray, Meta's, They're, they're, George Jijiashvili, Peter Kafka, it's, Bob Dylan, Lady Gaga, Amanda Hoover Organizations: Orion, International Data Corporation, Apple, Microsoft, Google, IDC, Research, VR, Business

☆ The Folger Library Wants to Reintroduce You to Shakespeare
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Jennifer Schuessler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Social media is awash with pictures of jaw-dropping libraries, elaborately styled home bookshelves and all manner of drool-worthy Library Porn. But for understated dazzle, it’s hard to compete with a wall in the new basement galleries of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.For decades, the library’s 82 copies of Shakespeare’s First Folio — the largest collection in the world — were locked away in a vault, with access granted only to select scholars. But now, anyone can enter the public galleries and see them displayed in a special wall case, laid flat with spines out. In the dim, curatorially correct lighting, they glow like some kind of mysterious dark matter. But during a preview of the building, which reopens this weekend after a four-year, $80 million expansion, the Folger’s director, Michael Witmore, reached for a sunnier metaphor.

Persons: Michael Witmore Organizations: Folger Shakespeare Library Locations: Washington ,

☆ HGTV's new show 'Zillow Gone Wild' brings the popular Instagram account to life and shows off the one-of-a-kind homeowners behind the listings
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

HGTV's new show "Zillow Gone Wild" premieres May 3rd. AdvertisementHost Jack McBrayer tours one "Zillow Gone Wild" home with its owner Tracy Turco. Zillow Gone Wild is now driven by mostly user submissions, its founder tells BI. The "Pink Palace" is one home featured on HGTV's new show "Zillow Gone Wild." "Zillow Gone Wild" airs 10:30 p.m. on Fridays on HGTV and is streaming on Max.

Persons: —, Jack McBrayer, Kenneth, Tracy Turco, Samir Mezrahi, Mezrahi, perusing, Dan Latu, Magda Gabor, Gabor, glamor, McBrayer Organizations: Service, HGTV, NBC, Hollywood Regency, Hollywood, Max Locations: Instagram, North Carolina, California, Palm Springs, Hollywood, Florida

☆ Late Night Tackles Trump’s Gag Order Hearing
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Trish Bendix | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“He violated the gag order during a hearing about whether he violated the gag order!” — JIMMY KIMMEL“Judge Merchan told Trump’s lead attorney — a guy named Todd Blanche — that his arguments didn’t make sense, that he ‘presented nothing’ and that he was losing ‘all credibility with the court.’ To his credit, Blanche fired back. He said, ‘Your honor, I lost all credibility when I agreed to represent Donald Trump! That is not an issue.’” — JIMMY KIMMEL“Fortunately, Trump didn’t hear any of it. Or, as the rest of the world calls it, a job.” — JORDAN KLEPPER“I love hearing him complain about how cold it is. Someone should knit him a little pair of mittens to wear into court.” — JIMMY KIMMEL

Persons: “, JIMMY KIMMEL, Merchan, Trump’s, —, Todd Blanche —, ‘, ’, Blanche, Donald Trump, ’ ”, Trump, Van Winkle, ” — JIMMY KIMMEL “, Cleveland, it’s, ” — JORDAN KLEPPER “, ” — JIMMY KIMMEL

☆ When my foster child threw a tantrum, I realized how important it was to provide a safe emotional space when he was going through trauma.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Mark Daley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The first time my foster child, Ethan, had a full-on meltdown, I froze like a deer in headlights. At first, I wanted to, but only because I was panicking and didn't know what else to do. Intellectually I knew this was normal behavior for any toddler, and I suspected, extremely normal for any child going through trauma and significant change. I wanted them to know they were safe and to feel every big feeling they had. I wanted them to know that Jason and I weren't going anywhere.

Persons: —, Ethan, Vladimir Putin, Buddy, It's, patting, Jason, Mickey Mouse, Mickey, Mary Poppins, I'd, Mark Daugherty, Clinton, didn't Organizations: Service, Business, Yorkers

☆ At NY Dog and Cat Film Festivals, Love, Licks and Looniness
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Laurel Graeber | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The cinematic events debuting at the Village East by Angelika this weekend won’t feature any of the acclaimed actors from the recently concluded New York Film Festival. But that’s no surprise: They’re among the four-legged performers in the sixth annual NY Cat Film Festival and the eighth annual NY Dog Film Festival. Each offers short documentary and fictional works illustrating how people affect the lives of animals, and how animals affect the lives of people — usually in positive ways. “I try to keep them to films that are lighter and that simply uplift you,” Tracie Hotchner, the founder of both festivals, said in a video interview. And even though some of the featured dogs and cats are in difficult circumstances, the movies, she added, are “more of a celebration of the groups that rescue them.”

Persons: Angelika, “, Tracie Hotchner, ” Organizations: New, Film, NY

☆ The One-Handed Backhand Is on the Way to Extinction
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-01 | by ( Matthew Futterman | More About Matthew Futterman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Not so long ago, the top ranks of the sport, especially the men’s game, had no shortage of one-handed backhands. Among the top 10 men now, only Stefanos Tsitsipas plays with a one-handed backhand. In more immediate terms, it has been a mostly terrible first week for one-handed backhands in the singles competitions at the U.S. Open. But Tsitsipas, Thiem, Eubanks and Maria all lost in the first days of the tournament. So did Lorenzo Musetti, the rising Italian whose silky one-handed backhand can make tennis cognoscenti drool.

Persons: Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Dominic Thiem, Tatiana Maria, Wawrinka, Grigor Dimitrov, “ I’m, that’s, ” Wawrinka, Tomas Etcheverry, Thiem, Eubanks, Maria, Lorenzo Musetti, drool, Carlos Alcaraz, Musetti Organizations: U.S . Locations: Argentina

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