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☆ See where the thousands of workers aboard the new world's largest cruise ship will spend their free time
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Royal Caribbean's upcoming Icon of the Seas mega ship will have updated crew-only spaces. The Windjammer buffet will have a live cooking station while the game room will have virtual reality games. The most attractive spaces — whether it be water slides or sushi restaurants — aboard cruise ships are typically reserved for guests, not crew. While workers-only spaces on Royal Caribbean's upcoming Icon of the Seas cruise ship still won't have the same amenities guests have, the future floating city's four-deck crew "neighborhood" will at least receive an upgrade. Let's take a closer look at where the 2,350 crew members on the Icon of the Seas will get to spend their leisure time.

Organizations: Workers

☆ Sha’Carri Richardson runs the fastest women’s 100m time of the year
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Sha’Carri Richardson ran the fastest women’s 100m time of the year on Thursday at the US Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The 23-year-old finished the opening heat with a world-leading time of 10.71 seconds as she boosted her chances of qualifying for next month’s World Championships in Budapest. Her strong performance Thursday, finishing 0.25 secs ahead of second-placed Brittany Brown, qualifies her for Friday’s semifinals. Elsewhere, Christian Coleman put in a strong performance in the men’s 100m, running 9.95 seconds in his heat. The 2019 world champion, who missed the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after breaching a “whereabouts failure” rule, clocked the fastest time overall in the men’s 100m at the championships.

Persons: CNN — Sha’Carri Richardson, Richardson, Brittany Brown, Marie, Josee, Lou, Christian Coleman Organizations: CNN, Miramar, Friday’s, Oslo Diamond League, Tokyo Olympic Games Locations: Eugene , Oregon, Budapest, Ivory Coast

☆ House Democrats release wave of bank reform bills
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Chelsey Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Wednesday will release a slate of reform bills in response to the recent bank failures that triggered the worst crisis for the sector since 2008. "The failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and First Republic Bank make clear that it is past time for legislation aimed at strengthening the safety and soundness of our banking system and enhancing bank executive accountability," she said. President Joe Biden called for these actions shortly after the FDIC took over SVB and Signature Bank in March. The bill would have prevented SVB bank executives from cashing out after repeated warnings by regulators, according to Democrats. Neither Signature Bank nor SVB had a bank holding company before they collapsed.

Persons: Maxine Waters, Dodd, Frank, Waters, Joe Biden, Nydia Velazquez, Brad Sherman, Juan Vargas, David Scott, Al Green, Sylvia Garcia of, Emanuel Cleaver, Joyce Beatty, Steven Horsford, Rashida, Velazquez, Sherman, Cleaver, Beatty, Frank Act's, SVB, Vargas, Garcia, Tlaib, Banks, Sean Casten, Josh Gottheimer, Ritchie Torres, Wiley Nickel, Stephen Lynch, Brittany Pettersen Organizations: Financial Services, Washington , D.C, WASHINGTON —, Democrats, Financial Services Committee, Treasury Department, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, Banking Committee, Valley Bank, First Republic Bank, FDIC, Democratic, Sylvia Garcia of Texas, Republicans, Sound Banking, Prudential, prudential, Bank, Green, Sherman, Rep, Federal, Office, Federal Reserve, FAIR, Tlaib, Safety, Sherman . Locations: California, Washington ,, New York, Georgia, Missouri, Ohio, Michigan, Green, Horsford, H.R, Silicon, Illinois, New Jersey, North Carolina, Colo

☆ These are the 20 best airlines in the world, according to one survey of travelers — see the full list
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Airline ranking company Skytrax released its 2023 list of the 20 best airlines in the world. Delta Air Lines is the only US carrier to make Skytrax's top 20 list. Singapore Airlines has been voted 2023's best airline, taking the prestigious title over the previous seven-time winner Qatar Airways. And this year — as is usually the case — the US was a big letdown: only one US carrier made the top 20 list. Here's what travelers believe are the 20 best airlines according to Skytrax's list.

Persons: Skytrax Organizations: Singapore Airlines, Qatar Airways, Delta Air Lines, Morning, Airline

Pig prices soared in Europe last year as output was cut by farms squeezed by high grain and energy costs. The EU pork industry has been buffeted in the past decade by a Russian trade embargo, the westward spread of African swine fever and the COVID-19 pandemic. "We're continuing to add costs to the overall pork production chain," Justin Sherrard, global strategist for animal protein at Rabobank, said. That may mean EU pork exports, whose share of production more than doubled to 21% between 2000 and 2020, have peaked. But an inflationary economy may make consumers less ready to accept rising pork prices and deepen a shift towards chicken as a cheaper, more convenient option.

Persons: Carole Joliff, Joliff, Jean, Paul Simier, AKI, We're, Justin Sherrard, slaughterhouses, Klaus Kaiser, FICT, Rabobank's Sherrard, jamon serrano, prosciutto, Tim Koch, Gus Trompiz, Forrest Crellin, Michael Hogan, Johannes Birkebaek, Emma Pinedo, Toby Sterling, David Evans Organizations: European Union, Commission, Rabobank, BLE, Danish Crown, AMI, Thomson Locations: PARIS, Brittany, Europe, Russian, Hungarian, China, Japan, Denmark, Netherlands, Danish, France, Brazil, United States, Germany, EU, Paris, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Madrid, Amsterdam

☆ A subsection of tech is set to be worth $1 trillion. But taboos are holding it back
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Hannah Ward-Glenton | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

watch nowInvestors are ignoring a huge subsection of tech because it's considered "taboo" – despite the fact that it is set to be worth $1 trillion by 2027. But just 3.3% of digital health investment in the U.S. went towards women's health between 2011 and 2020, according to digital consultancy Rock Health. Research by Women's Health Access Matters suggests that a $300 million investment into improving female health could generate around $13 billion. It is now one of the largest companies in the FemTech space and has a revenue of $100 million. The issue of not understanding women's health – and the importance of female-specific health solutions – has deeper roots.

Persons: it's, Agostini, Karen Taylor, Tania Boler, Boler, Valerie Evans, they're, hasn't, Deloitte's Taylor, Brittany Barreto, we're, Barreto Organizations: Rock Health, Women's, Research, Getty, Centre for Health Solutions, Deloitte, CNBC, European Women, McKinsey & Company Locations: U.S

PARIS, June 12 (Reuters) - An 11-year-old British girl has been shot dead in the garden of her home in Brittany, western France, following a years-long dispute between neighbours over land, the local prosecutor and a town hall official said. The family were enjoying a warm evening on Saturday in their garden in the small village of Saint Herbot, near Quimper, when a Dutch neighbour shot at them several times, the prosecutor said. Britain's Foreign Office said it was providing consular assistance to a British family following a shooting. Regine Guillot, secretary of the nearest town hall in Plonevez-du-Faou, said the British family had lived in the hamlet for five years and that the Dutch neighbour was a private man. The shooting comes just days after a British toddler was among four children and two adults stabbed in the tranquil town of Annecy in the French Alps.

Persons: Regine Guillot, Guillot, Juliette Jabkhiro, Elizabeth Pineau, Richard Lough, Nick Macfie Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: Brittany, France, Saint Herbot, Quimper, Dutch, Plonevez, Brest, British, Annecy, French, Paris

Paris CNN —An 11-year-old British girl was shot dead in Saint-Herbot, a hamlet in Brittany, western France, on Saturday, according to the local prosecutor. Her 8-year-old-sister escaped and was found “unharmed but in a state of shock,” Quimper prosecutor Carine Halley said in a statement on Sunday. Sophie Pr√©Vost/Maxppp/ZUMA“We thought they were playing with firecrackers,” Yannick, a neighbor who heard the gunfire, told CNN affiliate BFMTV. “The youngest girl came running to the neighbors shouting: ‘My sister is dead, my sister is dead,’” Yannick said. Marguerite Bleuzen, the mayor of Plonévez-du-Faou, a town bordering Saint-Herbot, told BFMTV Sunday she had been made aware of a dispute between neighbors several years ago.

Persons: ”, Carine Halley, Halley, Sophie Pr √, Maxppp, ZUMA, ” Yannick, “, ’ ” Yannick, Marguerite Bleuzen, BFMTV, ” Bleuzen, “ I’m Organizations: Paris CNN —, CNN, BFMTV Locations: Saint, Brittany, France, ” Quimper, Quimper, Plonévez

☆ I used a $29 Apple AirTag to track my luggage on 2 buses and a plane. I'll never travel without one again.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

That story was enough to convince me to AirTag my luggage. So I decided to try this hack during a recent three-day work trip where I had to travel via a flight, two long-haul bus rides, and several Lyft rides …Brittany Chang/Insider

Persons: Brittany Chang

☆ How Bravo's 'Vanderpump Rules' and #Scandoval have boosted NBCUniversal's Peacock as streamers increasingly lean into reality TV
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Peacock seized on the recent runaway success of "Vanderpump Rules" to reach new audiences. It also shows the potential for Peacock's reality-TV shows compared to those on other top streamers. The surge shows how Peacock — whose Instagram bio still reads: "Why are you reading this bio instead of watching Vanderpump Rules rn?" Thanks in part to its Bravo catalog, Peacock is in one of the best positions to capitalize on its unscripted TV pile. Recent Parrot Analytics data first published by TVREV shows Peacock had the second-largest US share of demand for unscripted TV programming during Q1, and ample supply.

Persons: Peacock, Jax Taylor, Brittany Cartwright, Lisa Vanderpump, Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval, Raquel Leviss, we've, I've, TVREV, HBO Max, Scandoval Organizations: West Hollywood, Housewives, Beverly, Bravo, Housewives of, Warner Bros, Discovery, HBO, Netflix, Hulu Locations: West, Beverly Hills, Jersey

☆ Data shows how Bravo's 'Vanderpump Rules' and #Scandoval have boosted NBCUniversal's Peacock as streamers increasingly lean into reality TV
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Peacock seized on the recent runaway success of "Vanderpump Rules" to reach new audiences. Data shows how the streamer's marketing and programming efforts to capitalize on the show's high-profile drama have played out. It also shows the potential for Peacock's reality-TV shows compared to those on other top streamers. The surge shows how Peacock — whose Instagram bio still reads: "Why are you reading this bio instead of watching Vanderpump Rules rn?" Recent Parrot Analytics data first published by TVREV shows Peacock had the second-largest US share of demand for unscripted TV programming during Q1, and ample supply.

☆ Ancient stones removed in France to build new hardware store
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —An ancient stone site in western France has been removed to make way for a new hardware store, sparking criticism of the local mayor. The mayor of Carnac, Olivier Lepick, insisted he adhered to the law in granting planning permission for the new Mr Bricolage hardware store. “Whether it’s little or not, [the site] has an archaeological value,” Obeltz told CNN affiliate BFMTV. “There were not archaeological remains of sufficient value to reject planning permission,” the mayor said. On Thursday, French far right politician, Marine Le Pen retweeted a link to an article by local French newspaper, Ouest France, calling the removal “deplorable” and remarking that the French state “protects neither our citizens or our heritage.”

Persons: Olivier Lepick, Christian Obeltz, “, ” Obeltz, Lepick, ” Lepick, “ It’s, Mona Lisa, ” Organizations: CNN, Carnac, UNESCO, French Ministry of Culture, BFMTV, Ouest France Locations: France, France’s Brittany, Carnac

☆ A cluster of ancient neolithic standing stones in France were bulldozed to make way for a DIY store
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

39 ancient monoliths were swept away from a site in France to make room for a DIY store. The stones, thought to date back 7,000 years, are in a region famed for its standing stones. Montaubin is on the edge of the Carnac region of France famed for its menhirs, or ancient standing stones. The nearby tourist sites of Ménec, Kermario, and Kerlescan, which collectively hold around 3,000 ancient stones, are carefully managed. Mr BricolageThe UNESCO application, if it goes through, will see the sites more closely regulated.

Persons: —, Christian Obeltz, Olivier Lepick, Louise Chaulin, Mr Bricolage, Bricolage, Lepick, Obeltz Organizations: Service, UNESCO, Brittany Cultural Affairs Office, Agence France, Local Locations: France, Montaubin, Ouest, Carnac, Ménec, Brittany, UNESCO

☆ 7 New Songs You Should Hear Now
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Silvana Estrada: “Milagro y Desastre”I always appreciate Jon Pareles keeping an ear out for new artists from a vast variety of cultures and musical traditions. Usually known for her sparse, guitar-driven folk songs, “Milagro y Desastre” — miracle and disaster — is something new for Estrada: a song composed largely with looped, layered fragments of her own voice. (See also: her recent, charming cover of Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner.”) The cooed, percussive notes that provide the song’s rhythmic backbone remind me a bit of Laurie Anderson’s “O Superman,” but Estrada’s impassioned singing and distinct ear for melody ultimately take “Milagro y Desastre” somewhere unique. Rob Moose featuring Phoebe Bridgers: “Wasted”What a name: Rob Moose. Blur: “The Narcissist”Regular Amplifier readers will know about this one already — in its honor, I composed an entire newsletter featuring some of my favorite Blur songs.

Persons: Anohni, —, ” Anohni, Silvana Estrada, “, Jon Pareles, Suzanne Vega’s, Laurie Anderson’s “, Rob Moose, Phoebe Bridgers, Bon Iver, Brittany Howard, Moose, Bridgers, Damon Albarn’s, Graham Coxon’s, Miya, Miya Folick’s, “ Roach Organizations: Spotify, Johnsons, YouTube, Estrada, British Locations: Mexican, Angeles

Tim Cook speaks at an Apple special event at Apple Park in Cupertino, California on September 7, 2022. Brittany Hosea-Small/AFP/Getty Images/FILEFor years, Apple CEO Tim Cook has expressed interest in augmented reality. Now Apple finally appears ready to show off what it's been working on. Apple's rumored new VR/AR headset could be called Reality One or Reality Pro, according to Bloomberg. The decision to unveil it at WWDC suggests Apple wants to encourage developers to build apps and experiences for the product in order to make it more compelling for customers and worth the hefty price tag.

Persons: Tim Cook, Brittany Hosea, it's, Apple's, Siri, Apple Organizations: Apple, Getty, Bloomberg Locations: Cupertino , California, AFP

Club holding Apple (AAPL) on Monday unveiled its long-awaited mixed-reality headset, known as Apple Vision Pro, expanding the technology giant's unrivaled hardware-and-software ecosystem into a new realm of computing. Of course, some investors may not be wowed by the Vision Pro. Vision Pro — Apple's first new major piece of hardware since the Apple Watch in 2014 — joins a fledgling field of mixed- and virtual-reality headsets. Bottom line More important than anything announced Monday, we're finally getting a glimpse of Apple's vision for this next-generation computing platform. It's too early to tell where Apple's headset business will be in five or 10 years.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Steve Jobs, it's, Tim Cook, Cook, Apple, —, Bob Iger, we're, It's, Jim Cramer's, Jim Cramer, Jim, Brittany Hosea, BRITTANY HOSEA Organizations: Apple, Apple Vision, Developers Conference, Vision, Pro, Apple Watch, Meta, PlayStation, Club, Disney, Vision Pro, CNBC, Getty, Afp Locations: Cupertino , California, AFP

☆ Royal Caribbean's new world's largest cruise ship is almost finished construction — see what it looks like now compared to what the cruise line is promising
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Icon of the Seas — Royal Caribbean's next world's largest cruise ship — will begin sailing in January 2024. Meyer Turku shipyard will deliver the Icon of the Seas to Royal Caribbean in October. See what the ship looks like about 70% complete compared to what Royal Caribbean has been promising. When complete, the over $2 billion project will be the first ship in Royal Caribbean's new Icon-class. In late October 2022, over a year after construction first began, Royal Caribbean gave the public a glimpse of the ship and its amenities.

Persons: Meyer Organizations: Seas, Royal Caribbean, Royal, Morning Locations: Meyer Turku, Royal, Royal Caribbean, Caribbean

☆ Allstate Is No Longer Offering New Policies in California
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Ryan Mac | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

California property owners hoping to open new insurance policies are no longer able to do so with one of the nation’s largest homeowner insurance companies. Allstate, the state’s fourth-largest property and casualty insurance provider, has stopped selling new home, condominium or commercial insurance policies in California, according to a company statement, first reported by The San Francisco Chronicle. California’s largest homeowner insurance provider, State Farm, made a similar decision last week, pointing to “rapidly growing catastrophe exposure.” Allstate stopped accepting new policies in the state last year, according to the statement. “We paused new homeowners, condo and commercial insurance policies in California last year so we can continue to protect current customers,” Brittany Nash, an Allstate spokeswoman, said in the statement, which was shared with media outlets. “The cost to insure new home customers in California is far higher than the price they would pay for policies due to wildfires, higher costs for repairing homes and higher reinsurance premiums.”

Persons: “, Brittany Nash Organizations: Allstate, San Francisco Chronicle Locations: California

☆ Amtrak's upcoming high-speed Acela trains have been delayed again — see what they'll look like
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

But in anticipation of the smoother and faster trains — as delayed as they may be — let's take a closer look at the interior, which will appeal to Amtrak riders who are tired of the old cars lined with grey and blue seats. Joey Hadden/InsiderSource: Amtrak

Persons: Joey Hadden Organizations: Amtrak

☆ Matt Onofrio made $35 million helping everyday people invest in real estate. Then he was indicted. Was it all a scam?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Daniel Geiger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

The MMA fighter Michael Chandler, pictured with his wife, Brie Willett, bought a $16 million property from Matt Onofrio in 2021. Then, in November 2022, federal prosecutors indicted Onofrio on charges involving three deals he'd arranged in Minnesota the year before. The federal complaint doesn't involve the property Onofrio sold to Chandler. Unbeknownst to Hermann, Onofrio had already tied up the warehouse in contract for $4.75 million. "Matt was finding a deal for $4 million and selling it for $5 million," Stageberg said.

Persons: Matt Onofrio, anesthetist, who'd, Onofrio, Michael Chandler, Chandler, Brie Willett, Rick Diamond, Michael didn't, Matt, Brendan Johnson, he'd, fraudster, who's, Matthew Hermann, Hermann, he's, —, Anthony Vicino, unburden, Hermann countersued, Let's, Nick Stageberg, Stageberg, Vicino, couldn't, wasn't, Zacari Pennington, Brandon Turner, David Greene, Pennington, Brad Lea's, Ryan Pineda's, Alec McElhinny, Onofrio's, Greene, Ed Mylett, Mylett, Lily Ro Onofrio, Lea, Brittany Arnason, BiggerPockets, Cameron Cropsey, Scott Trench, Nicholas Perrone, Wild Organizations: Onofrio, CMT, Chandler, Wild Moose Ventures, Finance & Commerce, Mayo Clinic, Moose Ventures, Wild, Ventures Locations: Wisconsin, California, Sauk Rapids , Minnesota, Minnesota, Onofrio, Minneapolis, Mexico City, Mayo, Denver, Nashville, Church, Golden Valley , Minnesota, Macon , Georgia, Pennington

☆ Nestron's wildly popular futuristic 275-square-foot prefab tiny home has arrived in North America — see inside the $96,000 unit
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Singapore-based Nestron's tiny home has arrived in Surrey, Canada, its first North American shipment. Loading Something is loading. It's hard to miss the renderings of Nestron's futuristic prefabricated tiny homes, which the company has promised will be equipped with an artificial intelligence system, built-in furniture, and more for generally under $100,000. But for most North American customers, these homes have been nothing more than a rendering. In April, Nestron and its Surrey, Canada dealer opened the doors to the company's first shipment to North America: the Legend Two.

☆ Sologamy: Why these women married themselves
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Its adherents may be on to something, this expert saysThe concept of self-marriage, or sologamy, has been around for years. No data exists on how many people celebrate sologamy with ceremonies, but the practice has been explored in a handful of recent news articles. CNN talked to four women who’ve married themselves. Sologamy is not legally binding in the US and is not recognized by the laws of any country. Fideli’s message to younger women struggling with self-esteem issues: It’s never too late to love yourself.

☆ Microsoft keyboard users are ‘so devastated’ after discontinuation of accessories
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

He switched newspapers in 1998 and bought the newer model, the Microsoft Natural Keyboard Elite. A study had shown that 22 out of 23 people preferred the geometry of the Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 over the older Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro. In 2022, he bought a Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard for his house in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and another one for when he was working at a client's office. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards From top to bottom, Matt Steinhoff's home collection includes the Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard he uses every day, a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000 keyboard someone gave him and his old Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000, which he keeps around as a backup. The model costs $129.99 on Amazon, twice the price of the discontinued Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard.

☆ See the world's largest polymer 3D printer that was used to make a fully recyclable 600-square-foot tiny home in Maine
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-24 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The University of Maine's Advanced Structures and Composites Center 3D-printed a tiny home. The modular and prefab one-bedroom unit was built using recyclable pellets and ASCC's printer. The university says it's the world's largest polymer 3D printer. In 2022, the University of Maine's Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) unveiled its 600-square-foot BioHome 3D, a 3D-printed "bio-based" home. But no other unit has been built with what the center says is the world's largest polymer 3D printer.

☆ Welcome to the final phase of software eating the world. SaaS companies beware, you're on the menu this time.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Stephanie Palazzolo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

This could disrupt the way software is created, distributed, and used, VCs and startup founders say. This outcome would flip the traditional software industry on its head, calling into question the value of SaaS companies in a world where everyday people can build software themselves. "This is the final chapter of software eating the world, where a bunch of people can create enterprise software within the enterprise." A 'healthy pressure' for traditional SaaS providersTo be sure, the death of the traditional software company still seems a long way off. However, even skeptics admit that the threat of generative AI to traditional SaaS will push established software companies to prove their worth.

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