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☆ I'm a luxury wedding caterer in the Hamptons. Here's the biggest difference between Gen Z and millennial weddings.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Erin Mcdowell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

She told Business Insider the biggest difference she's witnessed between Gen Z and millennial weddings comes down to life experience. Courtesy of Hamptons Aristocrat"I would say most of my wedding couples are slightly older, and it might be a Hamptons thing," she said. AdvertisementAnd unlike some Gen Z couples, they might be able to afford exactly what they want. Gen Z couples opt for 'safer' options like plated chicken and fishA plated piece of salmon on a white plate. "They really, really know what they want," she said.

Persons: —, Lexi Ritsch, Gen Z, Ritsch, James Beard Organizations: Service, Hamptons, Business, Pew Research Center, Data USA, Michelin Locations: New York, Palm Beach , Florida, East Hampton

☆ A Florida man returned from Europe with a $143,000 phone bill after failing to set up international roaming
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Florida man received a $143,000 phone bill from T-Mobile after an overseas trip to Switzerland. The charges were due to his phone not being set for international roaming, according to ABC Action News. AdvertisementA Florida man returned from a trip to Switzerland with his wife last September to discover he was facing an unexpectedly massive phone bill, Tampa's ABC Action News reported. AdvertisementRemund had incurred thousands of dollars in daily roaming charges because his phone was not set up for international roaming, the report said. Related storiesRemund said he contacted T-Mobile, which confirmed the bill was indeed what he owed, per ABC Action News.

Persons: —, Rene Remund, Remund Organizations: Mobile, ABC Action, Service, ABC, Forbes, Federal Communications Commission, Ericsson, North Locations: Florida, Switzerland

☆ Will the total solar eclipse disrupt your cell service?
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-06 | by ( John Towfighi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —As darkness envelops millions of people during Monday’s total solar eclipse, spectators will hold their cellphones skyward to capture the moment. A family looks through a pair of giant solar eclipse glasses at Veterans Memorial Park in Dripping Springs, Texas, on April 4, 2024. When the last total solar eclipse cut a path across America in 2017, AT&T reported network usage spikes up to 15% around certain cell towers in the path of totality. People view the solar eclipse at 'Top of the Rock' observatory at Rockefeller Center, August 21, 2017 in New York City. “A total eclipse of the sun is unlike any other experience that a human being can have.

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☆ Meta tried to 'build a clone of Snapchat' using data from Onavo, unsealed court documents show
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Kali Hays | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

An analytics app Meta acquired a decade ago turned into a major source of inspiration for product and business decisions, including its work to "clone" Snapchat. Rosen is Meta's chief information security officer, while Tiger was vice president of engineering until he left Meta in 2022. For several years, Onavo was key to how Meta decided to acquire, launch, and change its products, according to over a dozen court documents unsealed last week in an ongoing lawsuit. After the acquisition, Facebook found through Onavo's data on messaging apps that Snapchat was a top five mobile app and WhatsApp had begun to outpace Facebook Messenger. The company was hailed for its tech that compressed data on mobile phones, allowing apps to run in the background without eating up user data.

Persons: Guy Rosen, Roi Tiger, Rosen, Tiger, Onavo, Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Mike Schroepfer, Chris Cox, Javier Olivan, Sandberg, Olivan, Cox, Facebook's, Colin Stretch, WhatsApp, Zuckerberg, Instagram, Snapchat, Stretch, Kali Hays Organizations: Meta, Facebook, Business, Onavo, YouTube, Olivan, TechCrunch Locations: Onavo, Davos, khays@insider.com

Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images2008: iPhone 3G, meet the App StoreWith the second version of the iPhone, Apple introduces the App Store and 3G connectivity. Stephen Lam/Reuters2016: iPhone SE, a budget optionTaking a step back, the iPhone SE is a cheaper, smaller device than the 6S, giving customers a chance to enjoy Apple’s phones at a much lower cost. People handle the new Apple iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max during a media tour at an Apple office in Shanghai, China, on September 21, 2018. Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg/Getty Images2020: iPhone 12 Mini, small but mightyThe iPhone 12 mini is smaller than the usual iPhone but packs a powerful punch. Mike Segar/Reuters2021: iPhone 13 Series, same price for more spaceThe iPhone 13 stays at the same price as the iPhone 12 with double the storage space, as well as featuring a much smaller top notch.

Persons: Steve Jobs, John Green, ” Jobs, Leon Neal, Justin Sullivan, Siri, FaceTime, “, ”, Jobs, Michael Nagle, Apple, Seth K, Hughes, Akio Kon, David Gray, Tim Cook, Josh Edelson, Stephen Lam, David Paul Morris, Phil Schiller, Aly Song, Max, Jason Lee, Pro Max, Phil Barker, Brendon Thorne, Mike Segar, Gabby Jones, Andrew Kelly Organizations: New, New York CNN, Apple, Macworld, Bay Area, Getty, Lightning, Bloomberg, Apple Inc, Worldwide, Steve Jobs, Steve, Pro, Future Publishing Locations: New York, San Francisco, London, AFP, San Francisco , California, New York City, Cupertino , California, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan, Sydney, Shanghai, China, Beijing, Australia, Manhattan , New York

☆ Black homeowners' properties are chronically undervalued by appraisers. A new immersive technology promises to change that.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Stephanie Hallett | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Experts say bias in the appraisal process is the reason for the gap, but change may be coming. That's not surprising, considering 95% of appraisers in Philadelphia — a majority nonwhite city — are white, a report by the Philadelphia Home Appraisal Bias Task Force found. "It's like a flight simulator for appraisers," Swinney said. Right now, Pennsylvania is among the 42 states that have signaled PAREA is an acceptable model for training appraisers. As a City Council member, she formed the Home Appraisal Bias Task Force, which produced a report with recommendations for and data on appraisal bias in the city.

Persons: Deborah Spence, Laura Eaton, Philadelphia Spence, That's, Brad Swinney, Swinney, you've, they're, Appraisers, Cherelle Parker, Philadelphia's, she's, Parker, Spence, we've, We've Organizations: Service, —, Brookings, Federal Reserve Bank of, Data USA, Pennsylvania Department, State, Democratic, Council, Force Locations: Pennsylvania, Wall, Silicon, Philadelphia, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, America, appraisers, Philly

☆ Llama copyright drama: Meta stops disclosing what data it uses to train the company's giant AI models
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The company didn't disclose what training data was used to train Llama 2. The AI industry typically shares many details of AI training data sets. One way to avoid the issue is to just not tell anyone what data you used to train your AI model. Until now, the AI industry has been open about the training data used for models. That last data set made up more than two-thirds of the information Meta used to train LLaMA.

Persons: Meta, Rupert Murdoch, Sarah Silverman's, OpenAI, Halimah DeLaine Prado, Meta's, Sharon Zhou Organizations: Publishers, Wall Street Journal, Big Tech, Microsoft, SEC, European Union, Google, Meta Locations: EU

☆ OpenAI lawsuit: Maker of ChatGPT sued over alleged data usage
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —OpenAI, the company behind the viral ChatGPT tool, has been hit with a lawsuit alleging the company stole and misappropriated vast swaths of peoples’ data from the internet to train its AI tools. The proposed class action lawsuit, filed Wednesday in a California federal court, claims that OpenAI secretly scraped “massive amounts of personal data from the internet,” according to the complaint. Microsoft, a major investor into OpenAI, was also named as a defendant in the suit and did not immediately respond to a request for comment. It also seeks payments of “data dividends” as financial compensation to people whose information was used to develop and train OpenAI’s tools. OpenAI publicly launched ChatGPT late last year, and the tool immediately went viral for its ability to generate compelling, human-sounding responses to user prompts.

Persons: CNN — OpenAI, OpenAI, “, ”, Timothy K, Giordano Organizations: CNN, Microsoft, Clarkson Locations: California, OpenAI

☆ Twitter alleges "unauthorized" data usage by Microsoft
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

May 18 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc has alleged that Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) violated an agreement over using the social media company's data, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Thursday. Twitter owner Elon Musk's lawyer leveled accusations of "unauthorized" usage of Twitter's data by Microsoft, including sharing data with government agencies without permission in some cases. A Microsoft spokesperson said the company on Thursday heard from a law firm representing Twitter with some questions about its previous use of the free Twitter APIs. Twitter's accusations come at a time when Elon Musk is at odds with Microsoft over its artificial intelligence platform. Musk said in April he will launch AI platform "TruthGPT" to challenge the offerings from Microsoft and Google.

☆ New rules compel leading China financial data provider to limit offshore access, sources tell Reuters
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

China's leading financial data provider Wind Information Co is limiting offshore access to some business and economic data, in response to new rules from the country's cybersecurity regulator finalized last September. China's biggest financial data provider Wind Information told some customers late last year that it was restricting offshore users from accessing certain business and economic data as a result of the cybersecurity regulator's new data rules, two sources said. Restricted access to Wind by offshore users comes as China sharpens its focus on data usage and security amid rising geopolitical tensions and concerns about privacy in the world's second-largest economy. A Wind salesperson told the source in September the company had made the changes as per instructions from the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), which asked it to stop providing offshore users with certain data. The second source was also told by another Wind salesperson that the restrictions were put in place after the CAC unveiled new data rules last year.

HONG KONG, May 4 (Reuters) - China's biggest financial data provider Wind Information Co told some customers late last year that it was restricting offshore users from accessing certain business and economic data as a result of the cybersecurity regulator's new data rules, two sources said. Restricted access to Wind by offshore users comes as China sharpens its focus on data usage and security amid rising geopolitical tensions and concerns about privacy in the world's second-largest economy. A Wind salesperson told the source in September the company had made the changes as per instructions from the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), which asked it to stop providing offshore users with certain data. The restrictions on offshore users' access to certain Wind data have expanded since last September, said the first source. Reuters has reported, citing sources that Chinese data providers including company databases Qichacha, partially owned by Wind, and TianYanCha have stopped opening to offshore users for at least months.

☆ ChatGPT and generative AI could be stopped in their tracks by copyright law. Here's how it could play out.
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( John Eden | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Copyright rules could derail the technology of generative AI, writes copyright law expert John Eden. Copyright holders do not understand how their protected works are used by generative AI platforms — so they assume the worst. In both of these cases, copyright law may not provide human creators with the protection they want or need. Still, fair learning alone probably won't resolve all conflicts between copyright holders and generative AI platforms. An expert on copyright law, John also advises clients on how to protect their copyrighted works in an ever-changing commercial ecosystem.

You can clean your Android phone of viruses and malware by deleting malicious software in safe mode, clearing the cache, or performing a factory reset. While there are no true computer viruses that can infect your Android phone, there's plenty of other malware. In fact, your Android phone is vulnerable to several kinds of malware, so it's a good idea to be familiar with the warning signs — and know what to do to remove malware from your phone. Signs your Android device has a virusFirst, the good news: There are currently no Android viruses, and it's unlikely that your phone will get infected with a true computer virus anytime soon. Dave JohnsonInstall anti-malware softwareIn general, installing third-party anti-malware software on your Android phone might be considered overkill.

☆ Google, Netflix under scrutiny in South Korea over network fees
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Joyce Lee | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Dado RuvicSEOUL, Oct 21 (Reuters) - South Korea's parliament saw heated debate on Friday over proposed legislation to make global content providers such as Netflix (NFLX.O) and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google pay South Korean network fees. Others disagreed, saying imposing fees on the big tech companies could mean they could raise their own fees and undermine South Korean content creators. Liz Chung, a director at Netflix's South Korean unit, said her company was looking for ways to handle surging traffic. YouTube has 41.8 million active South Korean users, out of a population of 51.6 million. South Korean network provider SK Broadband has gone to court in the hope of making Big Tech pay fees.

☆ Elon Musk says SpaceX will let people donate money to fund Starlink for places in need of internet
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Kate Duffy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk said SpaceX will add a donate option to Starlink for areas in need of internet. Musk said SpaceX was burning through $20 million per month to maintain Starlink in Ukraine. He also tweeted that SpaceX was burning through around $20 million per month to maintain Starlink in Ukraine. "The hell with it," he said, adding that SpaceX will go on funding the Ukraine government for free, despite the amount of money Starlink continues to lose. SpaceX, designed to provide internet to rural locations, also delivered 120 Starlink internet kits to southwest Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, according to Gov.

☆ 'The hell with it...': Elon Musk seems to backtrack refusal to fund costly Starlink for Ukraine, but complains 'other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-15 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk, in a series of tweets, criticized the government and suggested SpaceX will 'keep funding' Starlink. SpaceX had penned a letter to the Pentagon asking for help paying for the satellite internet service in Ukraine, according to a CNN report. "Starlink is losing money" despite other companies "getting billions in taxpayer $," he complained. Starlink is a satellite constellation that provides internet connection to regions without stable telecommunications infrastructure, according to international broadcaster Deutsche Welle. Not long after Russia invaded Ukraine, SpaceX sent thousands of Starlink terminals to Kyiv to allow Ukrainian soldiers and civilians to maintain internet connection.

☆ Musk says SpaceX cannot fund Starlink in Ukraine 'indefinitely' after report he asked Pentagon to pay
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk said that his company SpaceX cannot fund the Starlink service in Ukraine "indefinitely." Elon Musk said Friday that SpaceX cannot continue fund Starlink terminals in Ukraine "indefinitely," after a report suggested his space exploration company had asked the Pentagon to cover the costs. Last week, Musk tweeted that the operation has cost SpaceX $80 million so far, and will exceed $100 million by the end of the year. It follows a CNN report that SpaceX told the U.S. government it could no longer fund Starlink services in Ukraine. The report cited documents obtained from the Pentagon and said SpaceX is asking the U.S. government pay for the terminals instead.

☆ Musk says SpaceX cannot fund Ukraine's Starlink internet indefinitely
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Mike BlakeOct 14 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Friday SpaceX cannot "indefinitely" fund the Starlink internet service in Ukraine and send it several thousands more terminals after a report suggested that his rocket company had asked the Pentagon to pay for the donations. He recently said that SpaceX had spent about $80 million to enable and support Starlink in Ukraine. Musk activated Starlink in Ukraine in late February after internet services were disrupted because of Russia's invasion. read moreUkraine's vice prime minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, said this week Starlink services helped restore energy and communications infrastructure in critical areas after more than 100 Russian cruise missile attacks. Musk, responding to a post referring to the fate of the Starlink service and the ambassador's remark, said:"We’re just following his recommendation."

☆ Musk says SpaceX cannot fund Ukraine's vital Starlink internet indefinitely
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Friday his rocket company SpaceX cannot indefinitely fund its Starlink internet service in Ukraine, which has helped the country's civilians and military stay online during the war with Russia. Musk's comment on Twitter came after a media report that SpaceX had asked the Pentagon to pay for the donations of Starlink. Musk activated Starlink, satellite broadband service, in Ukraine in late February after internet services were disrupted because of Russia's invasion. On Friday, an advisor to the Ukrainian president said Kyiv will find a solution to keep the Starlink internet service working in Ukraine. Musk, responding to a post referring to the fate of the Starlink service and the ambassador's remark, said:"We’re just following his recommendation."

☆ Elevii ies în vacanța de Paște. Ce le recomandă poliția copiilor și părinților în această perioadă
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-30 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Elevii ies în vacanța de Paște. Ce le recomandă poliția copiilor și părinților în această perioadăÎn perioada 1-10 mai, elevii se vor afla în vacanța de Paște. Deoarece în această perioadă copiii au mai mult timp liber și pot fi implicați în evenimente care le pot afecta siguranța, poliția vine cu o serie de recomandări. Dacă se apropie de trecerea de pietoni mișinele poliției, salvării sau pompierilor, Nu traversați, chiar dacă semaforul arată culoarea verde. Nu uitați, dacă aveți nevoie de ajutor, apelați cu încredere la cel mai apropiat polițist sau sunați la numărul 112!

☆ Vacanța de Paști a elevilor: Poliția vine cu recomandări către părinți și școlari
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-29 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: IP HânceștiVacanța de Paști a elevilor: Poliția vine cu recomandări către părinți și școlariElevii din întreaga țară se vor afla în vacanța de Paști în perioada 1-11 mai. Astfel, angajații poliției desfășoară operațiunea specială „GRIJA”, organizând măsuri de prevenire şi asigurare a protecţiei copiilor în comunitate, în perioada vacanţei. Inspectoratul de Poliție Hâncești informează că în această perioadă, copiii au mai mult timp liber și pot fi implicați în evenimente care le pot afecta siguranța. Pentru a evita orice pericol pentru viața și sănătatea copiilor poliția vine cu următoarele recomandări:- Nu deschideţi niciodată uşa necunoscuţilor, chiar dacă vă spun că sunt trimişi de părinţii voştri. Dacă se apropie de trecerea de pietoni poliția, ambulanța sau pompierii.

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Your Apple Watch will work without an iPhone, but depending on what model of Watch you have, you might not have access to every feature. An Apple Watch can still be used without an iPhone or internet connection, but you'll run into limits on what you can do. It may be unusual to say, but yes, the Apple Watch does indeed work without an iPhone. Without an iPhone, the features available to you on your Apple Watch depend on what kind of Apple Watch you have, and whether there's an available Wi-Fi connection. An iPhone 6 or higher, with the most recent iOS updateAn Apple Watch Series 4 (GPS + Cellular), Apple Watch Series 3 (GPS + Cellular), or Apple Watch Series 5 (GPS + Cellular) with the latest version of watchOSThe same carrier for both your Apple Watch and iPhoneIf you are connected to a cellular network, you will see four green dots in the upper left-hand corner of your Apple Watch.

There are many ways to save data on your iPhone. You can turn off cellular data entirely, disable data for certain apps, and limit background data usage in your iPhone's settings. If you're traveling or have a limited data plan, you'll definitely want to take these steps to save data on your iPhone and avoid extra charges. Check out the products mentioned in this article:How to save data on your iPhoneThe first way to save data is to turn cellular data usage off – so you can only use Wi-Fi. Ryan Ariano/Business InsiderHow to turn off background data usageBackground data is one of the biggest ways your apps use data, especially because you don't necessarily know that they're using it.

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