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☆ I'm an American mom living in France. I've never seen a screen out during meal time and French kids are always well-dressed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Erica Jackson Curran | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

And yet, when I'm in Mom Mode with my 7-year-old son, Oliver, I just can't hide the fact that I'm American. This kind of helicopter behavior is fairly common among American parents — but less so in France. French kids are always impeccably dressedIt may sound like French kids are running wild, but that's not the case — and their wardrobes are evidence of that. I've rarely seen French kids with screens (or sodas) at a restaurant. AdvertisementWe've learned that French kids usually snack only once per day, during "gouter" which is around 4:30 p.m., when they get out of school.

Persons: Oliver, I've, —, that's, He's, he's, I'm, they're, iPads I've, Coke, We've Organizations: Service, Adidas Locations: Bordeaux, France, American, French

☆ People keep celebrating their birthdays at Costco. Here's how they're doing it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Alexandra Bacon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA Tennessee woman racked up over 11 million views on her TikTok video, which showed her surprising her husband with a birthday party at Costco. It ends with a birthday party in the food court: guests are gathered around a Costco birthday cake, and a clown is even shown making balloon animals. The woman invited around 30 family and friends to her husband's surprise 27th birthday party on May 5 at Costco, she told People magazine. But this isn't the only Costco fan to throw a birthday party at the store; several other Costco birthday party TikToks have gone viral recently. AdvertisementIt can be a cheap alternative for a birthday partyLast year, a TikToker went viral for her budget-friendly Costco birthday.

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☆ Mark Zuckerberg is bringing out the chains and leaning hard into his version of mob chic
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Zuckerberg wore a navy blue t-shirt and chain necklace while announcing his company's latest AI products on Thursday. At the UFC event, Chan leaned into the "mob wife" aesthetic, pairing her all-black outfit with a gold necklace. Apart from getting super fit, Bezos also makes plenty of bold fashion choices with his fiancé, Lauren Sánchez. The couple turned heads when they sported the "mob chic" look at the Dolce & Gabbana Party at the Milan Fashion Week in January.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, —, Zuckerberg, swag, 3BU0z0n9dr, Armand Domalewski, Priscilla Chan, Chan, Jeff Bezos, Bezos, Lauren Sánchez, Jensen Huang Organizations: UFC, Service, Dolce, Gabbana Party, Milan, titans, Meta, Business Insider Locations: Jersey

☆ Watch out Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez — Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan are trying out mob chic, too
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez aren't the only couple that's stepping it up in the fashion arena. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan were seen trying out the "mob chic" look at Saturday's UFC event. AdvertisementStep aside Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez; there's a new it couple in town, and they're coming for the "mob chic" crown. At the time, Zuckerberg wore an army-green T-shirt, while Chan wore a floral print dress. Related storyChan, meanwhile, appeared to be trying her hand at the "mob wife" aesthetic that's gone viral on social media.

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☆ Photos challenge misconceptions about what it means to be an American Muslim
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

These are some of the faces featured in “Muslims in America,” an ongoing photography series by British artist Mahtab Hussain. Mahtab HussainSo far, Hussain has documented subjects living in New York, LA, Baltimore and Toronto, Canada. I’ve met people from all over the world in the US who are Muslim: Palestinians, people from all over Africa. Not only do Hussain’s photographs visually challenge the way American Muslims have been portrayed, he has also offered space for his subjects to share their experiences. Mahtab HussainMany members of Dearborn’s Arab American and Muslim American communities have openly rejected Biden for his handling of the Israel-Hamas war.

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☆ Critical Role's heartbreak prince helped make 'Dungeons & Dragons' cool. Now he's coming for the gothic horror gaming scene.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Critical Role recently released "Candela Obscura," a gothic horror roleplaying game. AdvertisementIn October, Critical Role, a crew of eight self-professed "nerdy-ass voice actors," played their long-running "Dungeons & Dragons" game at a sold-out Wembley Arena. These qualities make O'Brien ideal for stepping into the game master role for "Candela Obscura," Critical Role's new gothic horror game, and he's leaning hard into the tragedy. AdvertisementIt's also one of the more punishing gaming systems he's played in, O'Brien told me during our video call. Mercer, the team's designated game master, is the one who crafts the narrative and controls how the story develops.

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☆ Nerd world's most famous faces are out to conquer the gothic horror gaming space — and their heartbreak prince is here to get the job done
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-08 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Critical Role recently released "Candela Obscura," a gothic horror roleplaying game. These qualities make O'Brien ideal for stepping into the game master role for "Candela Obscura," Critical Role's new gothic horror game, and he's leaning hard into the tragedy. AdvertisementIt's also one of the more punishing gaming systems he's played in, O'Brien told during our video call. Mercer, the team's designated game master, is the one who crafts the narrative and controls how the story develops. "I always prefer complicated narratively satisfying endings to a neat little happy ending," O'Brien told me.

☆ Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang just gave us a Meta-Nvidia crossover we never saw coming
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Mark Zuckerberg seems to be a huge fan of chip giant Nvidia and its CEO, Jensen Huang. AdvertisementMeta and Nvidia CEOs Mark Zuckerberg and Jensen Huang just gave us a Big Tech fashion crossover for the books. AdvertisementA meeting between Zuckerberg and Huang wouldn't be surprising considering Zuckerberg's ambitions to expand aggressively into the AI space. In an earnings call last year, Zuckerberg told investors that AI will be Meta's "biggest investment area in 2024 for engineering and compute resources." Advertisement"We have built up the capacity to do this at a scale that may be larger than any other individual company," Zuckerberg told The Verge.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Jensen Huang, Huang, Zuckerberg, Meta, —, he's, Ambani, Priscilla Chan, Alexander McQueen, Anant Ambani's Richard Mille, Huang wouldn't Organizations: Nvidia, Service, Big Tech, Meta Locations: Jersey, Asia

☆ Microsoft engineer warns company's AI tool creates violent, sexual images, ignores copyrights
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Hayden Field | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Jones was noodling with Copilot Designer, the AI image generator that Microsoft debuted in March 2023, powered by OpenAI's technology. "It was an eye-opening moment," Jones, who continues to test the image generator, told CNBC in an interview. watch nowMicrosoft's legal department told Jones to remove his post immediately, he said, and he complied. Jones said the risk "has been known by Microsoft and OpenAI prior to the public release of the AI model last October." "I am certainly convinced that this is not just a copyright character guardrail that's failing, but there's a more substantial guardrail that's failing," Jones told CNBC.

Persons: Jakub Porzycki, Shane Jones, Jones, OpenAI's DALL, Lina Khan, Khan, deepfakes, he's, Satya Nadella, Sam Altman, Justin Sullivan, Darth Vader, Elsa, Mickey Mouse, guardrail that's Organizations: Microsoft, Nurphoto, Copilot, CNBC, Commerce, Science, Transportation, Federal Trade, Google, Getty, pitchfork, Disney, Wars, Palestinian, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Krakow, Poland, Redmond , Washington, San Francisco, hoodies, Gaza

☆ A Christian pop-up nightclub in Nashville plays Jesus rap and forbids twerking, drinking, and smoking
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Read previewThe young crowd at a Nashville nightclub was ready to dance under the strobe lights to a throbbing mix of hip-hop, rap and Latin beats. The last unspoken rule seemed obvious by then: No secular music — the playlist would be all Christian. Word quickly spread around that a couple had traveled 9,000-plus miles from their home in Brisbane, Australia, to the Christian club in the Tennessee capital known as Music City. Whispering, someone in a small group asked God "to keep away negative suicidal thoughts." "It sounds oxymoronic — a Christian dance club," said Nicholas Oldham, who manages the club's business.

Persons: —, Eric Diggs, Jordan Diggs, Jesus, Jade Russell of, Jessie Wardarski, Aaron Dews, Benji Shuler, Garrett Bland, Donald Lawrence, God, Nia Gant, Gant, Kim Posala, Darin Starks, Haynza Posala, Jessie Wardarski Mic, Carlton Batts Jr, Batts, Caleb Gordon, Kirk Franklin, don't, Shem Rivera, Noah Moon, Rivera, Nicholas Oldham, Oldham Organizations: Service, Business, Ivy League, Nike, Adidas, Pepsi, Jordans, Christian, Club Locations: The, Jade Russell of Louisville , Kentucky, Grand Rapids , Michigan, Brisbane, Australia, Tennessee, Music, Kansas, Nashville

☆ Alone on the Ocean, With 400,000 Friends
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Chris Museler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Cole Brauer’s Instagram feed hardly feels like the work of someone racing a 40-foot sailboat around the world in the Global Solo Challenge. But Ms. Brauer, 29, is not an average ocean racer. In 2022, Ms. Brauer had tried out for another competition, the Ocean Race, which is considered the pinnacle of professional ocean racing. Ms. Brauer, who had sailed thousands of miles on high performance ocean racing boats, felt she was ready to join their ranks. But after competing in trials in France, Ms. Brauer was told she was “too short for the Southern Ocean” and was sent on her way.

Persons: Cole Brauer’s, Brauer, Ms Locations: France

☆ Mark Zuckerberg gave a fan his vintage Facebook hoodie with a handwritten note
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Mark Zuckerberg gave a fan one of his old Facebook hoodies along with a handwritten note. The fan said the hoodie was posted on Facebook Marketplace to celebrate Facebook's 20th anniversary. The hoodie features a custom lining bearing Facebook's original mission statement. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The lucky recipient of the Zuck memorabilia, Matt Thompson, posted about it on Threads on Wednesday, sharing photos of the hoodie's lining and the note from Zuckerberg.

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Woods introduced his lifestyle brand Sun Day Red on Monday evening the day after the Super Bowl and during the middle of Hollywood's awards season. He's transitioning to the next phase of his career with TaylorMade Golf after he parted ways with Nike after 27 years. Some in the fashion community believe Woods can survive without sporting Nike's popular swoosh on chest. “The brand has a lot of potential, with Tiger being the face of it, and the machine pushing it. Woods already had a deal with TaylorMade for clubs and with Bridgestone for the golf ball.

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☆ Taylor Swift's bad fashion isn't bad taste. It's strategy.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Savannah Bradley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementIn December, Taylor Swift — Time's Person of the Year — glittered in front of the camera in a black bodysuit, a floor-skimming chenille dress, and a studded bustier gown. Crafting Swift's public imageThe Swiftian brand philosophy revolves around one essential idea: Taylor Swift is everyone's best friend. These choices are attainable, predictable, and unthreatening — purchases made by your best friend during a mall shopping spree. Lauren Sherman , Fashion Correspondent at Puck News , astutely labeled Swift's style as "Anthropologie Gone Wild" — mismatched, outdated, pedestrian, but instinctual. He's been running his own fashion brand for 20 years .

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☆ Cats: Ukraine's secret weapon in the war with Russia
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Oleksandr Liashuk is a soldier from Odesa in southern Ukraine. AdvertisementShayba the cat and Oleksandr Liashuk. Oleksandr Liashuk and a military vehicle in the background (left) and Liashuk and Shayba with a thermal imaging camera (right). Stepan the cat Courtesy of Anna Volodymyrivna DmytrenkoBut despite his injuries, Stepan is still helping bring in funds, Dmytrenko said. However, she said Stepan is playing a vital role in fundraising campaigns for Ukraine's military.

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☆ Gen Z doesn't know how to dress for work. Here are 5 fashion tips to elevate your workwear, according to stylists.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

We chatted to two corporate stylists to find out how the younger gens can elevate their work style:1. You should be covered 'from nips to knees'Maree Ellard styled in a corporate outfit. Invest in some great work shoesIt's time to put aside those casual Nike Air Force 1 sneakers and invest in more stylish work shoes, Teich says. Play around with accessories, details, and colorMaree Ellard styled in a corporate outfit. Keep the designer logos to a minimumMaree Ellard styled in a corporate outfit.

Persons: —, Zers, Ryan Vogel, they're, Maree Ellard, Maree, Ellard, Liz Teich, Teich, It's, Kate Hart Finnigan, Adidas Stan Smiths, it's Organizations: Service, Business, Fox School of Business, Temple University, eBay, Invest, Nike Air Force, Adidas Locations: Australia, New York, Zara

☆ Harmony Korine Delivers Chaos at a Hollywood Premiere
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Sonaiya Kelley | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At the Los Angeles premiere of the filmmaker Harmony Korine’s “Aggro Dr1ft,” which was held on Wednesday night at Hollywood’s Crazy Girls strip club, scantily clad dancers shimmied on three small stages. That’s why the enigmatic filmmaker, actor, photographer, painter, D.J. A merchandise station for EDGLRD, Korine’s multimedia design collective — and his D.J. moniker — was set up in the back corner offering branded T-shirts, hoodies, skateboards and more. sets from the music producer AraabMuzik and from Mr. Korine himself.

Persons: Harmony Korine’s, shimmied, Korine, ”, “ Aggro, —, AraabMuzik Organizations: Los Angeles, Girls, ” Locations: EDGLRD

☆ A fascination with the so-called 'white girl aesthetic' of Stanley cups and Lululemon fits is taking over Chinese social media
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Chinese social media users are into the "white girl aesthetic" and crafting guides on the look. AdvertisementChinese social media has found a new, fascinating trend to follow — the "white girl aesthetic." One Xiaohongshu user posted what she called a "starter pack" for the "white girl aesthetic." Her checklist — apart from Lululemon gear and the Stanley cup — included items such as Apple Airpods Max headphones and Tiffany jewelry. XiaohongshuThe reason athleisure like Lululemon is important for the "white girl" aesthetic, the social media said, is because clothing that's too fancy throws the aesthetic off and doesn't fit the vibe.

Persons: —, Max, Tiffany, gaga, Stanley, Stanleys, isn't, it's, commenter, influencers Organizations: Service, Apple Locations: West

“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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☆ Bring Office Cubicles Back; Improve Employee Productivity, Hybrid Work
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-05 | by ( Kelli María Korducki | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

In a memorable montage from the 1999 workplace satire "Office Space," Peter Gibbons, a fed-up office drone, decides to take a stand. For years, the office cubicle was the four-walled avatar of corporate disaffection. Late '90s films like "Office Space," "Fight Club," and "The Matrix" enshrined its detested status. The tech boom arrived, bringing with it open office plans and a Silicon Valley-led gloss of egalitarianism, epitomized by Google's high-profile headquarters redesign in 2005. The top comment on the "Office Space" cubicle clip on YouTube captures the irony of this shift: "I would have killed for a cubicle," the commenter wrote.

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☆ The Fall of the Timepiece Gentleman, the Luxury Watch Dealer Who Ran Afoul of the Feds
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +29 min

Farrer is better known as the Timepiece Gentleman, the flashiest online dealer in the $75 billion luxury watch trade. All he needed was the right name for his luxury watch business — something distinctive, something memorable. In his mind, he pictured what the ultimate luxury watch dealer would look like. To launch his career as the Timepiece Gentleman, Farrer boned up on the jargon of horology, from escape wheels and spring barrels to flinques and guilloches. Despite the staggering size of the luxury watch trade, nobody had thought to market its glamour and mystique.

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Then, Kelce saw Oropeza's painting entitled “:13 seconds,” which depicted the dramatic finish to the Chiefs' game against Buffalo in 2022. “That right there,” Kelce told Oropeza, “looks familiar.”Oropeza's work has caught the attention of more than just Kelce in recent years. He's done commissions for Jarrod Dyson of the Kansas City Royals and the wife of former St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols. “We are incredibly proud of our 60-plus-year connection to the Kansas City region,” Chiefs president Mark Donovan said in a statement. Those are just some of the small businesses that have benefited from what has become a robust Chiefs industry.

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☆ How Do You Make a Weed Empire? Sell It Like Streetwear.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Ezra Marcus | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

There I met Nikola Pavlovic, a genial salesman wearing a flamingo-patterned bucket hat atop long hair, canvas moccasins and a shirt covered in psychedelic flowers. This expertise eventually took him to Cookies, where his role is to match customers with the ideal strain for their lifestyles. And, of course, hoodies: Cookies clothing plays a key role in both the brand’s origin story and its current marketing strategy. The brand predates any legal marijuana regime — when Cookies was strictly a black-market concern, hoodies and hat sales allowed it to gain a foothold above ground. And the soft goods give buyers a way to signal something specific to the outside world: I smoke lots of weed, but in the cool Wiz Khalifa way, not the lame suburban-mom way.

Persons: Nikola Pavlovic, Pavlovic, Khalifa Organizations: Ferrari Locations: Miami

☆ A millennial mom thinks we can learn a lot from Gen Alpha, so she's reporting back from the trenches: a middle school pick-up line
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Andrew Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Hitchon sat in her car as she relayed observations about Gen Alpha, which she had spotted as a parent in the "trenches" of the school pick-up line. Gen Alpha boys were embracing early 2000s haircuts, and hoodies were very much in all around. AdvertisementThe video blew up, so Hitchon continued to post updates on Gen Alpha trends over the following weeks in a series that received millions of views. "Gen X in particular love to talk about how they don't care what younger generations think." Hitchon wants the world to know how funny, self-aware, and socially conscious Gen Alpha is.

Persons: Faith Hitchon, —, Hitchon, Gen, Alpha, X, millennials Organizations: Service, Gen Alpha, Alpha Locations: Los Angeles , California, India

☆ Bill Belichick is parting ways with the New England Patriots
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-11 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Bill Belichick is stepping aside as coach of the New England Patriots. AdvertisementSix-time NFL champion Bill Belichick agreed to part ways as the coach of the New England Patriots, ending his 24-year tenure as the architect of the most decorated dynasty of the league's Super Bowl era. Patriots linebackers coach Jerod Mayo won a Super Bowl ring playing under Belichick and has interviewed for multiple head coaching vacancies since becoming a New England assistant in 2019. Related storiesThe six Super Bowl wins tie Belichick with pre-merger mentors Halas and Curly Lambeau for the most NFL championships. Meanwhile Brady won his seventh Super Bowl ring with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers that same season.

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