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☆ I took 6 months of leave after the birth of my first child. It was too long for me.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-17 | by ( Katy M. Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I had four months of paid leave and negotiated two more months of unpaid leave. She told me to take as much parental leave as I could and that I would never regret doing so. I combined my disability, short-term sick pay, and accrued vacation time, some of which would run concurrently with my FMLA leave, for about four months of paid leave. AdvertisementI stressed about our financesThe last couple of months of my leave presented financial stress on top of my feelings of isolation. I think it was the best amount of leave, as opposed to the most amount of leave, for me and my family.

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☆ Waymo opens robotaxis to anyone in Los Angeles, marking its largest expansion yet
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Jennifer Elias | Jennifer Covers Google Parent Company Alphabet Inc. | Silicon Valley Culture For Cnbc.Com In San Francisco. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Alphabet-owned Waymo is removing the waitlist for its self-driving service in Los Angeles, marking its largest expansion yet. With more than 3.8 million people, LA marks the third and largest city where the company’s robotaxi service is now fully available. “Now is an exciting time to welcome everyone in Los Angeles along for the ride,” Tekedra Mawakana, co-CEO of Waymo, said in a news release Tuesday. Waymo closed a $5.6 billion funding round in October to expand its robotaxi service across the U.S. Waymo in September announced that it partnered with Uber to launch its robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, in 2025.

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☆ Waymo opens robotaxi service to anyone in Los Angeles, marking its largest expansion yet
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Jennifer Elias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Alphabet -owned Waymo is removing the waitlist for its self-driving service in Los Angeles, marking its largest expansion yet. With more than 3.8 million people, LA marks the third and largest city where the company's robotaxi service is now fully available. "Now is an exciting time to welcome everyone in Los Angeles along for the ride," Tekedra Mawakana, co-CEO of Waymo, said in a news release Tuesday. Waymo closed a $5.6 billion funding round in October to expand its robotaxi service across the U.S. Waymo in September announced that it partnered with Uber to launch its robotaxi service in Austin, Texas, in 2025.

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☆ I Was Laid Off From Amazon, Rehired, and Quit 3 Months Later
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-12 | by ( Stephanie Ramos | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementA year later, I got the opportunity to return to Amazon as a boomerang employee. I'd always been told that a value at Amazon was to treat "the candidate as a customer," but didn't experience that. Related storiesRTO implementation was inconsistentA few weeks later, in May 2024, I accepted a different offer from Amazon for a Nashville-based role on another team I'd applied for. My layoff should've been the writing on the wall — this place has changed — but I clung to the idea of the Amazon I'd once respected, not wanting to recognize what it had become. The Amazon I joined in 2016 thrummed a "fail fast and often" mentality, encouraging risk-taking that led to delightful innovations.

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☆ Some Americans think moving to Canada will solve all their problems. But Canada has its own issues.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-05 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Some Americans move to Canada in search of less polarized politics and reduced risk of gun violence. Related storiesTwo Americans who recently moved to Canada told BI they did so to escape polarized and divisive politics, escape inadequate healthcare, and feel safer in their communities. A lot of the characteristics Ouellet was looking for in New Zealand, he said, he found in British Columbia. "In British Columbia, the regulations for being able to own a gun are extremely tight," he said. Ouellet said he had no regrets about moving to British Columbia, but Canada's housing crisis have so far sidelined his dreams of homeownership.

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☆ I spent nearly $60,000 when 2 of my kids were in full-time childcare. We delayed having a 3rd child because we couldn't afford it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Lauren Crosmedlicott | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

During my pregnancy, I spent so much energy focusing on finding the right day care. AdvertisementEventually, we found ourselves having two kids in the same day care, which cost a fortune. Finally, someone from a big chain day care got back in touch and said there might be a spot. AdvertisementOnce again, my husband and I sat down and had to figure out how we were going to afford to put another child in day care. We ultimately built up a savings account that would take us through six months of their day care tuition.

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☆ Nearly 200,000 people are on the waitlist to try out a new Gen Z messaging app that launches next week
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-01 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Daze, a messaging app aimed at middle and high schoolers, has 187,000 people on its waitlist. Daze CEO Willem Simons told BI that middle and high schoolers are increasingly looking to interact creatively. AdvertisementAn upcoming messaging app for Gen Z looks a lot different than your typical iPhone or WhatsApp conversation. Simons told BI that the app is aimed at middle schoolers and high schoolers. The 27-year-old, who has cofounded other startups, including the messaging app Muze, said he grew up in a somewhat rural environment and couldn't always be in person with friends.

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☆ Five Apple Intelligence features that you can try out now on your iPhone
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-29 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Apple released AI features for the iPhone 15 Pro and later models with Monday's iOS 18.1 update. AdvertisementThe first Apple Intelligence features are out now. Jordan Hart/BIThe "writing tools" feature has been one of the more visible Apple Intelligence features since it was first announced in June. Jordan Hart/BIWith Apple Intelligence enabled on the Messages app, iPhone owners can get texts summarized in the notification center. Apple, in a disclaimer on its website, said Apple Intelligence "outputs may vary."

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Though time is winding down before the music-filled weekend arrives, there are still a few avenues for how to buy Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival 2024 tickets. Organized by Tyler, the Creator, this year marks the 10th Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, which began in 2012 under the name OFWGKTA/Odd Future Carnival. We’ve got you covered if you’re looking for how to get tickets to the 2024 Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival. Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival 2024 festival scheduleThe 2024 Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival festival is a two-day affair, with the lineup being split between Saturday, November 16, and Sunday, November 17, at Dodger Stadium. Date StubHub Vivid Seats November 17 & 18, 2024 (GA) $516 $600 November 17 & 18, 2024 (VIP) $790 $809 November 17 & 18, 2024 (Super VIP) $1,714 $1,796How to buy tickets for Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival 2024Currently, all original tickets are sold out for Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival 2024.

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☆ Apple releases Apple Intelligence. Here's how to get it on your iPhone
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Manuel Orbegozo | ReutersApple on Monday released iOS 18.1, an update that includes the company's artificial intelligence, called Apple Intelligence, for the iPhone 16 and iPhone 15 Pro. "Given the staggered launch of Apple Intelligence, we expect iPhone demand to pick up post initial release of Apple Intelligence in late Oct," Bank of America Securities analyst Wamsi Mohan wrote in an Oct. 25 note. Opt inYou need an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max or any iPhone 16 model to install and use Apple Intelligence. You also need to turn it on by asking for access to Apple Intelligence in the Settings app. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards Apple Intelligence can summarize important emails inside the Mail app.

Persons: Tim Cook, Steve Jobs, Manuel Orbegozo, Siri, Wamsi Mohan Organizations: Apple, Steve, Reuters Apple, Apple Intelligence, Nvidia, Apple Inc, iOS, " Bank of America Securities Locations: Cupertino , California

☆ Apple Intelligence is finally here for some as part of the iOS 18.1 software update
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Apple rolled out long-awaited AI features to some iPhone and other users with its iOS 18.1 update. The new software is officially available on iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1, months after the tech giant first announced Apple Intelligence at the Worldwide Developers Conference. These are the Apple Intelligence features out nowApple Intelligence was revealed at Apple WWDC 2024. AdvertisementWith iOS 18.1, Apple said Siri can field typed requests, answer "thousands of questions" about Apple products, and understand context better. AppleTo ensure they get the features, iPhone owners must join a waitlist to request activation of Apple Intelligence.

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☆ What These Founders Learned From Trying to Take on Elon Musk's Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Amanda Hoover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

About three weeks after Elon Musk bought Twitter in October 2022, #RIPTwitter started trending. As the bird app's outlook grew more bleak, several alternative conversation platforms hatched: Narwhal, Spoutible, Spill, Post, and Cohost among them. I talked to several founders about what they learned trying to compete with Musk, and the state of civil discussion online. "There's a ton of power in whoever controls" a big social media platform, Thompson says. Spill, a Black-owned social platform, has been downloaded more than half a million times.

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☆ The Apple devices that can run Apple Intelligence AI features — and those that can't
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Apple rolled out new Apple Intelligence features with iOS 18.1 on Monday. If you don't have a brand-new Apple device, you might still be able to take advantage of Apple Intelligence. You can also access Apple Intelligence features on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max. Users with an iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15, or any earlier version cannot access Apple Intelligence features. Those are the iPad Pro, iPad Air, and the iPad Mini.

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☆ For some wealthy travelers, fall is the new summer
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Some luxury travel agencies say more travelers are vacationing in the fall instead of summer. Fall vacations are becoming trendyMore people are booking fall-time Airbnbs for leaf-peeping destinations like Acadia National Park. Paris, France is a popular destination for fall travelers. AdvertisementEuropean countries like France are popular with fall travelers. Positano, Italy Tom Murray / Business InsiderBefore the rise of shoulder-season vacations, travelers wanted to chase the best weather, Grumbach said.

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They’ve become a part of the fabric of New York City life, slipping in and out of subway cars and calling out to riders as they try to sell their wares, typically an assortment of candy bars and gum. Often the candy and fruit vendors are migrant women, sometimes seen with their young children in tow. A city-run program called Promise NYC has tried to ease some of the challenges by partnering with local organizations to provide free child care through subsidy payments to child care centers that enroll migrant children. A survey conducted by Algun Dia, the migrant vendors outreach project, found that the need stretched across many families. “We found that 84% of the individuals that we had surveyed were vending out of necessity, and they were doing so because of their lack of child care.

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☆ Making HERstory: How WNBA owner Clara Wu Tsai turned a team ‘no one wanted’ into New York’s next big franchise
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Carolyn Manno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Now, back in the Finals, winning the team’s first title would cap off a stretch of unprecedented growth for majority team owner, Clara Wu Tsai. Wu Tsai and her husband, Joe Tsai, bought the team in 2019 for an undisclosed amount after the franchise’s previous owner, James Dolan, put the team up for sale in 2017. Wu Tsai says without investors in the market, she jumped at a chance nobody else wanted. I definitely feel like we have the most inclusive fan base in all of professional sports today,” Wu Tsai told CNN last month. We have an exhibition that’s open to the students, their parents, their teachers, and the community,” Wu Tsai said.

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☆ Dating Apps Helped Me Find Love. Now They've Become a Total Scam.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Albert Fox Cahn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

I spent some time alone after things ended, but by the end of 2012, I was ready to re-embrace online dating. Within a few years, my fellow millennials and I were reportedly spending 10 hours a week on dating apps. "Dating apps are designed to be a miserable experience," Stephanie Rodgers, the founder of the forthcoming dating app Verb, said. Increasingly, it feels like dating apps make things more monotonous and cumbersome to incentivize us to pay for upgrades. And while dating apps' cost in terms of harassment, threats, and violence is paid disproportionately by women, its financial cost is disproportionately paid by men.

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New Delhi CNN —Fans eagerly awaiting the return of Coldplay to India were shocked to find tickets being resold online for as much as $11,000, prompting police to seek a statement from the CEO of the shows’ vendor over allegations of fraud. Tickets were scheduled to go on sale by the official vendor, BookMyShow (BMS), at 12 p.m. local time on September 22. Amit Vyas, a lawyer and founding partner of Mumbai law firm Vertices Partners, was among fans waiting for tickets on the vendor’s website when he was suddenly locked out. The complaint was in connection with the alleged sale of fake tickets for concerts on certain platforms, according to CNN affiliate News18. Coldplay fans told CNN their attempts to buy tickets to January’s shows at DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai left them frustrated and disappointed.

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☆ From frustration to excitement: The long, winding road of Alphabet's self-driving Waymo unit
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Paulina Likos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +12 min

A long road It's been a long and winding road for Waymo since its inception in 2009 as Google's self-driving car project. The robotaxi service now has about 700 autonomous vehicles on the road across its markets. That changed about a year ago , when Uber added Waymo vehicles to its app. In February, Waymo recalled 444 of its vehicles after two Waymo vehicles hit a towed pickup truck in Phoenix. A Waymo autonomous self-driving Jaguar electric vehicle sits parked at an EVgo charging station in Los Angeles, California, on May 15, 2024.

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☆ This is what all of your wealthy adult friends did this summer
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Adult-only summer camps have been exploding in popularity. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementForget Euro summer — travelers want to return to summer camp. The nostalgic art of sharing bunks and canoeing with new friends is no longer reserved for kids at summer sleepaway camps. Lately, an increasing number of grown-ups have begun flocking to adult-only summer camps, some for as steep as $1,200 a day.

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She, like 2,000 other state residents, is awaiting approval for aid through a community advocacy program. Resumed funding for LIHEAP is dependent on an appropriations bill used to fund the government. “We had calls during our latest heat wave, and our agencies just don’t have the LIHEAP funding,” Sarensen said. Unlike those so-called entitlements, LIHEAP funding can be depleted without helping everyone who qualifies. Neither Vice President Kamala Harris nor former President Donald Trump has mentioned direct utility or weatherization aid in their campaigns for the White House.

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In the first college admissions process since the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action last year, Asian American enrollment at the most prestigious U.S. schools paints a mixed, uneven picture. Columbia University — which, unlike the other Ivies, groups Pacific Islanders with Asian Americans — saw an increase of nine percentage points in its enrollment of Asian American applicants, while Brown saw an increase of four percentage points. It doesn’t mean that race is entirely ruled out of the admissions process, however. Poon, who is the author of “Asian American is Not a Color: Conversations about Race, Affirmative Action, and Family,” said that with race masked in the admissions process, concerns around biases are actually more prevalent. And it’s going to be difficult to determine, for example, why there were drops in Asian American enrollment at some schools as well.

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☆ I Visited a $600 Adult Summer Camp With a 60,000-Person Waitlist
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

The art of sharing bunks and meeting new friends over arts and crafts is no longer just for kids. Camp Social's three-day camp in late August received about 480 guests. Brittany Chang/Business InsiderA growing number of adults have started seeking out these nostalgic experiences. A spokesperson for Connecticut-based Club Getaway, which offers both family and adult-only camp programs, told BI that bookings for its 2024 season increased 17% compared to the previous year. Similarly, Philippa Girling, the CEO and cofounder of France-based woman-only summer camp Camp Chateau, told BI that the company now has a more than 13,000-person waitlist for its 2025 dates.

Persons: Camp Social's, Brittany Chang, Philippa Girling Organizations: France Locations: Connecticut

☆ 42-year-old sold his startup for $1.3 billion—he started by buying a $17,500 camera he couldn't afford
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Emery Wells put himself on the path to a dream career by recklessly buying a $17,500 camera that he definitely couldn't afford. By 2014, his post-production company Katabatic Digital brought in more than $1 million in annual revenue from clients like Coca-Cola and Pfizer. Wells: Post-production is client service work. Did you always think Frame.io could become a billion-dollar company? I don't know if we're really going to get there."

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☆ A couple rents its 40-foot-tall fire tower on Airbnb for over $260 a night — over 1,600 are on the waitlist for the property's 65 spots
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Amanda Adler | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

The US Forest Service manages rentals of repurposed fire lookouts, but these historic properties are hard to come by. Dabney Tompkins and Alan Colley decided to build their own tower in the early 2000s. "We particularly liked the picture on the front cover," Colley said. The couple attempted to book a stay at the first lookout that caught their eye, but they were out of luck — it was booked through the next year. They managed to secure a last-minute overnight at a different fire-lookout tower, prompting the Portland-based pair to spend the next several years renting similar properties from the US Forest Service.

Persons: Dabney Tompkins, Alan Colley, Tom Hanny, Tompkins, Colley Organizations: US Forest Service Locations: British Columbia, Portland

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