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I took a spin around Tesla’s hidden-away test track — here's what it was like (TSLA)

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  • Tesla has an actual test track near its factory in California.
  • The company uses it to test out vehicles before they're delivered to customers.
  • Tesla's track is modest — but it is also a lot of fun.


Big carmakers typically maintain serious test tracks to evaluate their vehicles and put them through various stress tests and performance challenges. General Motors has operated its Milford Proving Ground in Michigan since 1924, and Ford has done likewise at its own Proving Ground in the Detroit area.

Perhaps the most famous manufacturer test track in the world is Ferrari's Fiorano Circuit, located near the automaker's factory in Maranello, Italy. It's where Ferrari puts supercars, hypercars, and Formula One machines through their paces.

Tesla doesn't operate at the same scale as those guys, but it does have a test track. Located behind the company's factory in Fremont, CA, from the air it resembles a tied shoelace, with a pair of banked loops joined by two straightaways. 

I've checked out Tesla's track twice — one last July and again in January. It's nothing fancy, dating as it does to the era when Tesla's factory was jointed operated by GM and Toyota. But it does serve as a sort of Tesla-rano, enabling the company to perform quality control on vehicles before they're delivered to customers and also to sample the performance characteristics of various designs. 

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Welcome to Tesla's factory in Fremont. It's on the opposite side of the San Francisco Bay from Fog City. Tesla bought it from GM after the carmaker went bankrupt in 2009.



And here's the test track, seen from high above.



It's very close to the factory, so Tesla can easily take vehicles there.



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We tried fried-fish sandwiches from every major fast-food chain — and the winner is clear

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  • Lent, the Catholic observance during which many abstain from eating meat on Fridays, ends this week.
  • Fast-food chains only have so many non-meat options — and fish sandwiches are often the most popular choice for observers, so we compared several chains' fishwiches. 
  • Unsurprisingly, most were gross, but a select few actually surprised us. 


From the Norse braving the icy northern seas to Columbus aimlessly bumbling into the Caribbean, the ocean has struck fear and trepidation in the heart of man.

A similar feeling of hesitation often accompanies something else from the sea: fast-food fish sandwiches.

McDonald's Filet-O-Fish — created for Catholics abstaining from meat on Fridays during Lent — started the trend in 1962. Since then, most fast-food chains have introduced a Lent-approved fish sandwich. 

But are they any good? "Fast-food fish" doesn't sound seaworthy on paper. We decided to taste test fish sandwiches from seven major chains to find out which fishwiches fill our sails, and which ones deserve a keelhauling. 

SEE ALSO: A food scientist explains how Doritos are engineered to be the perfect snack

ALSO READ: A Mediterranean fast-casual chain that people are obsessed with is planning to take over America — here's what it's like

Ah, the beautiful bounty of the sea: Arby's, Burger King, Dairy Queen, McDonald's, Popeyes, Wendy's, and White Castle, fresh from the nets.

This fishy fare is ranked worst to best, as follows:



7. Arby's Crispy Fish Sandwich

The pale, sesame-seed encrusted bun is soft and clammy — seafood pun unintended, but welcomed nonetheless. In a word, the gist of this sandwich is … gummy. The texture (or "mouth feel," a food writing term that brings an instant grimace) is chewy and dense in both bun and fish. The fillet is comically large and tragically sodden. The tartar sauce is undetectable. If there were any flavor to begin with, I’m unsure I could identify it amidst the dense breading and denser bread.

It lacks any taste or joy. The chain should stick to its tried-and-true turf, because its surf is stagnant.



6. Dairy Queen Alaskan Pacific Cod Sandwich

I've met an iteration of this sandwich once before, and calling the impression "not good" would be a gargantuan understatement. This fish sandwich seems to be an update on the distasteful predecessor, improving some qualms and doubling down on others. The bun still slides about on the cod fillet, slicked by a spill of tartar sauce the size to which even the Exxon Valdez would take offense. The lettuce swims about in it like oil-soaked kelp, doomed to spend eternity in condiment purgatory.

However, to give credit where credit is warranted, the fish itself is an improvement. It’s not crispy, it's not great — but it's identifiable as something that once swam. 



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Apple might be making a foldable iPhone — here are 6 things we've heard about the smartphone concept

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For years, smartphone manufacturers like Samsung and Lenovo have been promising phones with flexible displays screens — something tech enthusiasts speculate will provide more screen real estate and multi-tasking capabilities. 

Patents released by Apple in the last couple of years show that it might be joining the race. 

We don't know a lot about these foldable smartphones, as it's still very early on and Apple is a famously secretive company when it comes to upcoming products. That said, rumors, patents, and the current available technologies might provide a broad idea of what Apple might release in the not-too-distant future.

Here's what we've heard about Apple's foldable iPhone concept:

SEE ALSO: Samsung's long-awaited foldable phone might release in 2018 — here are 7 things to expect from the Galaxy X

1. Patents show a foldable iPhone concept with single bendable screen, rather than two different screens attached by a hinge.

An Apple patent from 2016 shows a foldable iPhone with a single screen that could bend, similar to the way Samsung's Galaxy X is rumored to. 

ZTE's Axon M, marketed as the first foldable smartphone, has two different screens that come together to make a unified display.



2. A foldable iPhone could have two different bend “modes.”

One mode would let the user to open and close the phone like a book, and a second mode, for stationary use, would open the way a notepad does. In the latter scenario, one half of the phone could be used to prop up the other half of the phone, so you could view its display on a flat table.



3. It could have an OLED screen, similar to the one found on the iPhone X.

All of Apple's phones before the iPhone X series had LCD screens, which rely on a backlight and have minimal flexibility. OLED screens, on the other hand, have some bend to them since the pixels work independently and don't rely on a light source (giving it that thinner look).

The iPhone X's screen is technically flexible — it curves at the edges to create a slimmer bezel. AMOLED, a type of OLED screen with a faster refresh, is what Samsung is reportedly working with, so that could be the direction Apple goes as well. 



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21 of the military's most common clichés

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There are certain phrases military service members hear on the regular, and by regular, we mean they are over-used like crazy.

While every workplace has its own cliche buzzwords — we’re talking about you there, “corporate synergy” — the military has plenty to choose from. The WATM team put its collective heads together and came up with this list of the cliche phrases we’ve heard way too many times in the military.

SEE ALSO: 4 intense ways US troops keep themselves awake in the field

1. "All this and a paycheck too!"

Usually uttered by a staff NCO at the moment of a 20-mile hike where you wish you could just pass out on the side of the road.



2. "If you're on time, you're late."

Military members are well aware of the unwritten rule of arriving 15 minutes prior to the time they are supposed to be somewhere. Of course, if there’s a senior officer involved, that might even mean 15 minutes prior to 15 minutes prior.



3. "We get more done before 6 a.m. than most people do all day."

The time can always be changed, but the phrase remains the same. Military members across the world are usually waking up way earlier than most, and as the saying goes, it probably means they have done personal hygiene, conducted an insane workout, ate breakfast, and started training before average Joe hit the snooze button on the alarm clock.



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GOLDMAN SACHS: These 14 stocks offer explosive profit growth that will help fight mounting selling pressure

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  • As volatility whipsaws major stock indexes, it's becoming increasingly important to identify companies built to withstand turbulence.
  • Goldman Sachs has singled out 14 companies that share strength in the same key fundamental trait.

Stock market volatility is back in a big way, and with it comes massive opportunity for investors willing to do their homework.

That last part is a major qualification. After all, the benchmark S&P 500 trades inversely to the Cboe Volatility Index — frequently described as the stock market's fear gauge — roughly 80% of the time.

Luckily, Goldman Sachs is here to help you make the types of informed stock-picking decisions that outperform during turbulent periods. And in this case, that means selecting companies expected to see strong growth in a measure called return on equity, otherwise defined as the amount of corporate net income returned as a percentage of shareholders' equity.

By Goldman's forecast, ROE is set to spike to 17.6% this year, which would be its highest level since 2007 — and it has the new tax law to thank. And while the firm acknowledges that US stock valuations are historically high, it argues that the surging ROE will keep them in check and prevent pricing measures from getting overextended.

Without further ado, here are 14 stocks across seven industries that Goldman says will generate the highest ROE growth this year:

14. Starbucks

Ticker: SBUX

Industry: Consumer discretionary

Market cap: $82 billion

ROE growth: 34%



13. Morgan Stanley

Ticker: MS

Industry: Financials

Market cap: $97 billion

ROE growth: 34%



12. Exxon Mobil

Ticker: XOM

Industry: Energy

Market cap: $314 billion

ROE growth: 36%



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21 of the biggest changes 'Ready Player One' makes from the book

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Warning: There are spoilers ahead for "Ready Player One."

"Ready Player One" is currently in theaters and it's a lot different from the book you may remember.

Steven Spielberg's adaptation takes many liberties from the 2011 best-selling novel. While all of those changes aren't great, most of them improve vastly upon the novel. 

There are way too many differences from the movie to count up. But for the film's release, INSIDER gathered together some of the biggest changes the movie makes from Ernest Cline's 2011 book.

1. The movie starts and ends in Columbus, Ohio.

The events of the entire movie conveniently take place in one location, but that's not the case in the book. The gamers are from all over the word.

Wade Watts is from Oklahoma City before he moves to Columbus to hide from Innovative Online Industries. Samantha Cook/Art3mis is from Canada, Aech is originally an Atlanta, Georgia native, while Sho and Daito are from Japan. 

The group don't meet up until near the film's end in Oregon.



2. The winner of the contest in the movie inherits $500 billion along with a controlling stake in the OASIS.

In the book, James Halliday announces the winner will also have control of the company, but he's not as wealthy. His fortune is valued "in excess of two hundred and forty billion dollars."

OK — we're nit-picking. We know.



3. The entire contest is different in the book.

In the book, Halliday's contest consists of discovering three keys which unlock three different gates. Each gate holds a challenge or a series of challenges that must be completed to gain a clue to the location of the next key.

Among the tasks Watts has to complete are winning '80s game "Joust," acting his way through "Monty Python," getting a high score in Tempest, and solving a clue involving the band Rush for the egg's final location.

The contest is far less complicated in the movie. Players only need to discover three keys and it makes you wonder how no one was able to solve this puzzle a lot faster.

Eagle-eyed fans will be able to spot nods to "Joust" and Rush near the film's end. There are posters for both in Halliday's bedroom.



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47 things you may have missed on Netflix's 'A Series of Unfortunate Events' season 2

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This post includes major spoilers for the "A Series of Unfortunate Events" book series and the second season of the Netflix show.

The second season of Netflix's "A Series of Unfortunate Events,"like the first season, is filled to the brim with Easter eggs and hidden references. They're slipped into the background and show just how deep and interconnected the Lemony Snicket universe is.

The show is adapted by Daniel Handler, who wrote all 13 books the show is based on under the pen name "Lemony Snicket." On the show, Patrick Warburton plays Snicket, and he's narrating what happened to the Baudelaire orphans, who are trying to escape the clutches of the evil Count Olaf, who wants to steal their family fortune. The second season adapts five books in all: "The Austere Academy,""The Esratz Elevator,""The Vile Village,""The Hostile Hospital," and "The Carnivorous Carnival."

It's a story filled with secret organizations, mysterious characters, and a highlight performance by Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf. The show also enlarges the universe from the books and takes advantage of the visual medium by slipping in jokes and clues when you least expect them. Even the opening song to each episode has clues.

Here are 47 Easter eggs and references you may have missed in the second season of "A Series of Unfortunate Events," streaming on Netflix now.

If you want to read INSIDER's roundup of Easter eggs and hidden references for the first season of the show, head over here.

On the first episode, Mr. Poe holds up a book that looks familiar.

It's called "The Pony Party!" about "the three luckiest children in the world" who "have only wonderful things happen to them."



You may have recognized it from "Lemony Snicket: The Unauthorized Autobiography."

The reverse side of the book jacket for Handler's fictional autobiography had a cover image for "The Pony Party!" It's written by "Loney M. Setnick" as the first book in "The Luckiest Kids in the World!" Snicket recommends it as a happier book to read instead of "A Series of Unfortunate Events."

On the show, Snicket also refers to it in passing on the first season. During the "Miserable Mill" episodes, he recommends that you stop watching and "pretend the woman at the door is the Duchess of Winnipeg and she’s come to throw the Baudelaires a pony party at her chateau."



The design of the book also resembles the real-life "Series of Unfortunate Events" books.

Brett Helquist created the original cover art for each book in the series.



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9 over-the-top, macho Putin stunts that were nowhere near as impressive as they seemed

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Vladimir Putin is keen to portray himself as a patriotic strongman who will lead Russia to greatness on the world stage. To achieve this, he's taken part in various over-the-top, macho photo ops, many of which are reportedly his idea.

Putin hopes these images, cultivated since he became president in 1999, will "create connections" with his constituents in Russia, said Fiona Hill, who wrote a biography of the Russian president.

However, many of them don't really stand up to scrutiny — scroll down to see what they are.

Kicking ass in judo... against people who hardly fight back.

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Even though Putin has a judo black belt, there's no evidence that he's been publicly challenged by a decent opponent.

Benjamin Wittes, an editor at Lawfare blog and judo enthusiast, called the Russian president a "fraud martial artist" who "only fights people who are in his power."



"Discovering" fragments of two ancient Greek urns under the Black Sea — which his spokesman later admitted were planted.

Putin found the artefacts in the six-feet-deep, clear water and announced "the boys and I found them,"according to The Guardian. Journalists proceeded to ridicule the photo op.

Two months later, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov admitted on the Dozhd TV channel:

"Of course they were found in the course of an expedition several weeks or days earlier. Of course they were left there or placed there. It's completely normal.

"There's no reason to gloat about this and everything else."



Showing off his soccer skills with FIFA President Gianni Infantino at the Kremlin... with the help of some careful editing.

Notice how the video cuts out before Putin receives the ball, and crops in close so you can't see what's just happened. Infantino's skills are clear, but Putin's rather less so.

The video was part of a PR push to promot the 2018 soccer World Cup, which is being held in Russia. Russian embassies have started displaying soccer in prominent places too.



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The gender pay gap at the UK's biggest banks, asset managers, and insurers — from best to worst

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LONDON — New figures show that men earn an almost 60% more than women on average at some of the UK's top financial institutions.

UK companies with more than 250 employees have been forced to reveal their gender pay gaps under new rules introduced by the British government.

Business Insider rounded up all the data that has so far been published by the largest banks, insurers, and asset managers in the UK. It includes international firms like Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan, which have large operations in Britain.

It is, in theory, possible for firms to have a gender pay gap where women earn more than men on average but it is a rarity. Average pay at all firms on this list is higher for men than that for women.

Institutions are ranked in ascending order by the size of their mean pay gap between men and women, while median pay gaps are also included.

This list will be updated as more firms release their pay stats as the government's April 5 deadline approaches.

SEE ALSO: Millennials have taken over the workforce — but they still haven't solved the challenge facing their parents and grandparents before them

Bank of America Merrill Lynch — 17.1%

Sector: Banking

Mean pay gap: 17.1%

Median pay gap: 20.8%



State Street Global Advisors — 18.1%

Sector: Banking

Mean pay gap: 18.1%

Median pay gap: 11.8%



Legal & General — 21%

Sector: Insurance

Mean pay gap: 21%

Median pay gap: 21.4%



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15 things nurses know that others don't

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  • Being a nurse is an incredibly challenging yet rewarding career, nurses say.
  • Every day is different, and each new shift offers plenty of learning opportunities.
  • So we asked nurses to share the best things they've learned in their line of duty that others probably don't know.

 

Successful nurses are unflappable, unstoppable, and incredibly hardworking. From delivering a baby to saving a patient's life, they've seen it all.

They're often the unsung heroes of hospitals and doctor's offices everywhere, providing comfort and care to those who need it most.

And with such incredible professional experiences behind them, you can bet nurses know a thing of two that us mere mortals don't.

Business Insider spoke to three nurses and scoured Quora and nursing blogs to discover the most useful lessons nurses have learned on the job.

SEE ALSO: Nurses share the 12 funniest things they’ve heard patients say

DON'T MISS: 9 words and phrases only nurses understand

'Uh' is a dead giveaway for when patients are lying

"The most common tell for a lie is a hesitation followed by 'Uh.'"

— Quora user Tasha Cooper Poslaniec wrote



Vicks Vapor Rub isn't just good for stuffy noses

"I know a lot of nurses who use Vicks Vapor Rub to line the inside of their mask to stop smells. You can also use it to massage onto sore legs and feet after a long shift."

— Amy, a nurse with six years' experience, told Business Insider



The full moon affects patients behavior

"It's well known that if you do a night shift on a full moon you're in for a crazy 12 hours. I don't know what it is about the moon that makes patients go nuts. I've had patients trying to send SOS messages in Morse code by flicking the lights on and off."

— Danielle, a nurse with five years' experience, told Business Insider



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Here are the 24 cars you need to see at the 2018 New York Auto Show

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After the annual supercar festival that was the Geneva Motor Show, the New York International Auto Show is a much more laid-back affair with a focus on cars that will one day find their way to your local showroom.

This year, the big story is crossover SUVs. And they are here en masse, in every color, size, and price point imaginable. It makes perfect sense because crossovers are the hottest segment of the market. 

 This year, major brands such as Acura, Audi, Cadillac, Genesis, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Lincoln, Nissan, Jaguar, Subaru, Toyota, and Volkswagen all unveiled important new product offerings. 

The 2018 New York Auto Show is open to the public and will run until April 8 at the Javits Center.

Here's a quick rundown of some of the coolest and most important cars at this year's show:

SEE ALSO: We drove Jaguar's new $70,000 I-PACE electric crossover SUV to see if it's ready to take on the Tesla Model X

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This year, the New York Auto Show is dominated by mainstream, mass-market brands. Crossovers and SUVs are especially present. Leading the way is the Volkswagen Atlas Cross Sport. It's a five-seat crossover concept based on the brand's existing seven-seat Atlas SUV.



Alongside the Cross Sport, you'll find the Volkswagen Atas Tanoak Concept. It's a crossover utility truck concept that may one day make it to US showrooms.



Other heavy hitters to debut at the show include the 2019 Toyota RAV4 ...



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'God knows we don't like him': Mexico's former ambassador to China explains how Mexico —and the world — reacted to the first year of Trump

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Jorge Guajardo spent nearly a decade in Mexico's diplomatic corps, serving as consul general in Austin, Texas, from 2005 to 2007 before moving to China, where he became one of Mexico's longest-serving ambassadors to that country, leaving in 2013.

Outside of his diplomatic positions, both of which he was appointed to by presidents from the conservative National Action Party, he has worked in Mexican domestic politics, as press secretary and communications director for the Nuevo Leon state governor, also of the PAN, from 1997 to 2000, and in public affairs in the US. He remains active in Mexican politics.

Business Insider sat down with Guajardo in Washington, DC, in mid-March to discuss the first year under President Donald Trump, from his perspectives as both a Mexican and a former diplomat. The conversation below has been edited for length and clarity.

SEE ALSO: Mexico's former ambassador to China explains 'how China capitalizes where the United States is retreating'

'There is still uncertainty'

Christopher Woody: There was a story back in August, a McClatchy story, it came out just after the transcript of Trump's phone call with [Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto] leaked, and apparently the contents of the call were the source of some amusement for the diplomatic community. The conversation in question was within Trump's first couple weeks in office. We're now over a year into his term. What's the mood among diplomats about Donald Trump and about his administration?

Jorge Guajardo: I would say it's less concerning in some areas, inasmuch as people have, I would say the diplomatic community has gotten to understand that they should indeed ignore most of his Twitter as white noise — distractions, if you will.

On the other hand there's uncertainty, and as diplomats you try to do away with the uncertainty and try to find ways of working out. So I think there is still confusion — for instance, you may come as foreign-government envoy or as a diplomat and you engage with your counterparts here, only to have it unravel because the president may tweet in another direction or just undo everything you had worked [for].

So even though there is less uncertainty with regards to everything blowing up in your face, there is still uncertainty into how much your counterparts are actually speaking for the administration, and you see a secretary of state who goes out and says something only to be disavowed by the president, and the same applies to most other areas. So that's complicated.



'If martians come down and take Jared Kushner away ...'

Woody: How would you assess the Mexican government's handling of its interactions and relations with the US government?

Guajardo: I'm not a big fan of the way they've been handling these things.

Now mind you, they've been dealt a difficult card, but ... I would highlight two things. Their insistence in bringing the two presidents together. I don't see what the point is. I think the president of the United States is dead-set on insulting the Mexican president at every opportunity he has. It's just going to create problems for Mexico if they get together. So I don't see why they keep insisting on having this. I don't see what legitimacy they're aiming for in this summit.

On the other hand, they've put all their eggs in Jared Kushner's basket. I guess because it has worked for them, but I tend to think it's better to institutionalize the relationship, and if you go through the State Department or the respective institutions, you're better positioned to withstand any shocks.

For instance, if Jared Kushner leaves tomorrow, for whatever reason — or as we used to say, if martians come down and take Jared Kushner away — you're safe because you have your institutional relationship, and I think the Mexican government has not been very good at keeping the institutional relationship, in order to favor Jared Kushner as a channel.



'Whatever the case, Mexico will have a new government come December 1'

Woody: People I've spoken to, political scientists, they've said the same thing: If you rely on these personal connections to establish diplomatic relations, you put yourself at the mercy of the longevity of those people in office.

Guajardo: Exactly, and that's a problem. Not only is it a problem for you, as a counterpart to the United States, but for your successor as well.

Because whatever the case, Mexico will have a new government come December 1, and it is this current administration's responsibility to ensure that there is a good transition, a working transition, and when you have done everything through your personal connections with Jared Kushner, well it doesn't necessarily provide for an institutional transition of power, since the incoming administration may not have that personal relationship with Kushner.

If you have done everything institutionally through the respective channels, it will be easier for the incoming administration, of whichever party it may be.



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The Galaxy S9 has 11 great features buried in the settings you should check out

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Android phones can be customized way more than iPhones, and Samsung adds its own little touches that take customization to another level. 

The thing is, Samsung rarely mentions these cool little features when it announces its new phones, and they can go unnoticed for your entire ownership of a Samsung phone. 

Many of the features mentioned here aren't exclusive to Samsung's new phone, the Galaxy S9. You'll find most of them in previous models, too, but I added them to the list just in case you missed them. 

Check out 11 cool tips and tricks for your Galaxy S9:

SEE ALSO: Samsung is making some good-looking cases for your new — fragile — Galaxy S9

1. Make the screen even sharper.

Out of the box, the Galaxy S9's screen is set to 1080p. That's somewhat odd considering the display's native resolution is a sharper 1440p.

You can set the phone to make full use of its sharp display by heading to Settings > Display > Screen resolution, then set it from FHD+ to WQHD+.

Setting the display to a higher resolution means you'll take a small hit on battery life, but it's not a dramatic difference by any means. The sharpness difference isn't massive, but it's there, and you get the full effect of Samsung's smartphone displays that are the best in the business. 



2. Make the screen less harsh-looking at night time.

Many phones have this feature now. Apple calls it Night Shift, Samsung calls it Blue Light Filter. It basically reduces the intensity of bright blue colors that can appear overly bright and keep your brain awake when you're trying to wind down around night time.

Head to Settings > Display > Blue light filter > Turn on as scheduled. You can set it for the default sunset to sunrise, or set the feature to run during your own custom times. 



3. Squeeze more apps onto your home screen.

By default, the Galaxy S9's home screen positions its apps pretty far apart from each other, and it doesn't give you much control of where you want the app icons to go. 

Head to Settings > Display > Home screen > Home screen grid. There, you can set it to show more apps that you can position closer together. 



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7 ways millennials' lives are no different than their parents' at their age

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  • Millennials are generally defined as people born from 1981 and 1996.
  • While many aspects of life have changed since their parents were young, others have stayed exactly the same.
  • For example, attitudes around gender roles have barely budged and young people are still seeking meaningful work beyond a paycheck.


You could reasonably argue that millennials— the generation born between 1981 and 1996 — have it easier than those before them.

You could also reasonably argue that they have it worse.

It's not quite as catchy to talk about all the ways that life has, well, stagnated. But in many ways, research suggests, life is largely the same as it was 30 years ago.

Young people are still job-hopping, everyone's still calling them selfish, and there's still no magic bullet for finding love. Read on for some of the biggest commonalities between millennials and their parents.

SEE ALSO: 11 things millennials do completely differently from their parents

It's still hard for young people to find love

Which is harder: Choosing from thousands of Tinder profiles or choosing from a smaller pool of classmates, coworkers, and friends?

Trick question: They can both be pretty awful.

As Mandy Ginsberg, CEO of Match Group North America, previously told Business Insider, no matter what medium you use to meet people, you're still going to face the same challenges finding a relationship. 

That is to say, Baby Boomers and Generation X probably didn't have an easier or harder time dating than Millennials. People have always been flaky, and clingy, and just plain mean — and they will be for the foreseeable future.



Young people are still job-hopping

Millennials have gotten a rap for treating the job market like a game of leap frog. This is pretty undeserved: Young professionals have always been more inclined to switch jobs than older workers.

As Ben Casselman points out on FiveThirtyEight, job tenure for Americans in their 20s is roughly the same today as it was in the 1980s, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In fact, Casselman notes that millennials are actually changing jobs slightly less often than their predecessors. That suggests they probably aren't moving around enough, given that changing jobs can be a way to both earn more money and find the best fit.



Many young men still struggle with the concept of gender equality

Young people's attitudes around gender equality have shifted — but not in the direction you might think.

2017 report from the Council on Contemporary Families found that young adults ages 18 to 25 have grown only slightly more supportive of gender equality in the home since the mid-70s and slightly less supportive since the mid-90s.

Consider: In 1977, approximately 45% of men ages 18 to 25 disagreed with the notion that the man should be the breadwinner and the woman should be the homemaker. In 1994, it was 83%. In 2014, only 55% disagreed.

Other reports suggest that millennial men do support gender equality in the home, but they have a hard time putting those beliefs into action. An article in The New York Times reads:

"Millennial men — ages 18 to early 30s — have much more egalitarian attitudes about family, career and gender roles inside marriage than generations before them, according to a variety of research by social scientists. Yet they struggle to achieve their goals once they start families, researchers say."

That's possibly because of a relative lack of family-friendly policies in the American workplace.



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I spend half of my income on food and drink — here's what I spend in a week

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  • I regularly spend $800 per week on food and drink, about half my income.
  • Living in Seattle gives me access to great markets and restaurants; food is my greatest passion.
  • I'm remaining anonymous for privacy reasons.

I know, I know. I spend way too much on food and going out. The thing is, I love food, live alone, and work from home, so I need few excuses to entertain or go out. This social being needs human interaction — preferably over food and drink.

I live in Seattle and make $1,640 weekly, pretax. I freelance on the side, but that income varies greatly. The rent for my one-bedroom apartment is $1,425 a month, plus utilities. Other monthly expenses include my dog ($100), Pilates ($160), cellphone ($80), internet ($80), and occasional travel.

I steer clear of caffeine, so I don’t have a daily Starbucks fix. Water is my beverage of choice, sometimes carbonated courtesy of my SodaStream. Booze is my runner-up, and I admittedly spend big money to drink well.

I got rid of my wheels several years ago, and my company provides a transit pass, so I don’t have to worry about that expense. Also, I’m not a big shopper, nor into acquiring “stuff,” so my retail expenses are minimal.

A big chunk of my income goes to shared experiences, so what my savings lacks in zeros my quality of life makes up for in spades. Here’s what I spend on food, drinks, groceries, and dining out in a typical week. Totals include 9.6% sales tax where applicable.

Friday

Breakfast

I have a work hard/play hard attitude toward life. I don’t diet, but try to squeeze in healthy meals where I can. The Green Dream smoothie atPCC Natural Markets ($5.99), the community co-op that’s one block from my apartment, gives me the energy boost I need to start the day.

(Total: $6.57)

Lunch

I don’t work until 1 p.m. on Fridays, so I’ll frequently take myself out for lunch before starting my shift. One of my favorite go-tos is the Columbia City Ale House. Their Reuben ($14.95) is to die for, especially when paired with one of the brew pub’s many selections. I’m partial to the Hales Kolsch ($6.75).

Total (with $5.00 tip): = $28.89

Groceries

I made a post-work repeat appearance at PCC to pick up beer and fruit garnishes for cocktails for the weekend. Think: Negronis, my cocktail of choice.

12-pack of Aslan Light Lager ($19.50), organic Meyer lemon ($1.30), organic heirloom orange ($1.17), organic Anjou pear ($1.91)

Total: $23.88

Dinner

My boyfriend came over and we decided to check out the neighborhood newcomer, Bua 9 Thai. We ordered take-out gyoza, Pad Thai, and a luscious green curry with chicken that didn’t disappoint.

Total (with $5.00 tip): $37.50



Saturday

Brunch

I had a bunch of freelance work on my plate for the day, but a dear friend had just returned from a work trip to Thailand and had eschewed yoga in lieu of day drinking. We met at Super Six for brunch, where I indulged in the “Big Blue” Benny ($14) and a Super Michelada ($6).

Total (with $5.00 tip): $26.92

Dinner

Still full from brunch, I decided to go light for dinner and hit the salad bar, at yep, you guessed it, PCC. (I jokingly refer to it as my pantry, since it’s commonly a three times a day habit.)

Total: $8.99



Sunday

Brunch

It’s a known fact that I make the best breakfast sandwich on the planet. It costs waaay more than an Egg McMuffin, but is seriously so darn delicious. My boyfriend regularly comes over to indulge in breakfast sandwich brunch, complete with mimosas.

English muffins ($3.19), eggs ($3.89), Tillamook cheddar cheese ($5.99), arugula ($3.99), Mama Lil’s peppers ($7.99), Karam’s Original garlic sauce ($12.99), pound of black forest bacon ($7.99), two bottles of Prosecco (2 at $10 = $20), organic grapefruit juice ($7.99)

Total: $82.19

Lunch

I unapologetically love cheese. And although I love the Pacific Northwest, not a day goes by when I don’t long for the heirloom tomatoes I had living on the Central Coast of California. Whenever I can get my hands on a good-enough tomato, I turn into a caprese salad. So simple, so good.

Heirloom tomatoes ($6.82), whole milk mozzarella ($5.99) and basil ($4.99)

(I had olive oil and balsamic vinegar on hand)

Total: $19.51

Dinner

Chef Joel DeBilzan puts together themed Sunday feasts at Seafood Feast at Tavolàta. The Seafood Feast was off-the-hook featuring all of the Pacific Northwest’s finest from spot prawns to King salmon, Total knockout of an 11-course tasting menu!

$120.00 + Manhattan ($11), glass of La Spinetta Vermentino ($15) + 20% service charge

Total: $160.80



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10 female-founded startups that are expected to take off in 2018

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Female-founded companies are on the rise.

From talks with investors and leaders in venture capital, we've rounded up a list of 10 female-founded companies that you should be paying attention to in 2018. These leading founders have set their sights on disrupting major markets like fashion, cosmetics, feminine products, online networking, and grocery delivery. 

Check out the companies you should be paying attention to this year: 

SEE ALSO: The 50 best-paying big companies, according to employees

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Maven is a telemedicine company that provides digital solutions for women's health.

Founder: Katherine Ryder

Funding: $15.3 million 

What it does: Maven's app connects women to healthcare practitioners through video and private messaging and provides a community centered on women's health.

Why it's taking off: The company has partnered with several high-profile companies (including Snapchat's parent company, Snap, and a number of Fortune 500 companies) that now offer Maven's maternity services to their employees. 

 



Shippo, which was founded five years ago by Laura Behrens Wu, helps small businesses mail out packages with ease and efficiency.

Founder: Laura Behrens Wu

Funding: $20 million Series B

What it does: Shippo connects businesses with a network of shipping carriers worldwide.

Why it's taking off: Shippo is tackling the e-commerce industry by providing a way for small businesses to send out goods with the efficiency of Amazon.



Glossier is redefining the online cosmetics marketplace.

Founder: Emily Weiss

Funding: Since 2015, Glossier has raised $86.4 million.

What it does: Glossier is an online cosmetics marketplace. 

Why it's taking off: In just three years, Glossier has overtaken a sizeable portion of the cosmetics market with its direct-to-consumer approach to beauty products. 



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The most popular tourist attraction in every state

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  • TripAdvisor and MONEY have identified the most popular and highest-rated tourist attractions in each American state.
  • While landmarks and museums tend to draw the biggest crowds, recent years have seen locally guided trips — such as brewery tours — rising in popularity. 
  • Each American state offers something different, from snorkeling in Hawaii to ballooning in New Mexico. 

Whether you've planned a trip or you're making a pit stop on a long drive, a new city has a lot to offer. Between museums, city landmarks and national parks, each U.S. state has its own culture and history tourists can learn from.

That's why MONEY worked with TripAdvisor to identify the most popular tourist activity in every state. Their data revealed that while landmarks and museums remains most popular attraction for newcomers, tours and trips that reveal something about a particular region's culture — whether it be a living history museum or a brewery bus tour — often outdraw the cultural landmarks.

To come up with the data, TripAdvisor looked at on-site bookings for attractions, tours and activities for all of 2017, and picked the most popular. For the seven states that did not have enough data for TripAdvisor to analyze — Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Mississippi, Nebraska, North Dakota, and Oklahoma — MONEY subbed in TripAdvisor's highest-rated thing to do.

Here are the most popular tourist activities in each state:

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Alabama — Tour of Mobile

Cost per adult ticket:$29

The port in Alabama's historic city, Mobile, played a key role in trading between France and Spain. The most popular way to experience the port is through an tour run by Gulf Coast Ducks, which cost $26 for adults, $16 for kids and $10 for infants.



Alaska — Kenai Fjords Wildlife Cruise

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Cost per adult ticket:$98

See Alaskan wildlife — including whales, sea lions and puffins — up close on the most popular cruise in Alaska. The five-hour trip starts at noon and covers 55 miles of sea around Kenai Fjords National Park.



Arizona — Sedona-Grand Canyon Day Trip

Cost per adult ticket:$179.29

The Grand Canyon is easily Arizona's most visited site, but guided tours from Sedona are the most popular way travelers elect to explore the park. The trip promises tourists in-depth knowledge on the area's history, and includes stops at the Painted Desert and Little Colorado River Gorge.



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Meet the kids of the world's richest billionaire business moguls

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  • Many of the world's richest people and most recognizable business moguls are also parents.
  • They raise their kids just like everyone else, but with billions of dollars to do so.
  • Education is usually a priority: Bill Gates sent his children to the private school he graduated from, and Elon Musk's five sons attend a secret school founded by their father.


Most kids face the same problems growing up, but some do so with a billionaire parent.

When not running their tech company and managing other executives, many of the world's richest people and most recognizable business moguls have the universal job of taking care of their children.

The kids of the richest business moguls have many of the same experiences as everyone else. They go to school, relax on vacation, date, and eventually have children and careers of their own. 

However, they may also attend secret schools, pursue expensive hobbies like riding horses, or head up their father's charity organization — less than ordinary experiences that make their childhood the opposite of average. 

Below, find out more about the children of some of the most successful billionaire business moguls: Mark Cuban, Mark ZuckerbergElon MuskRichard BransonBill Gates, and Warren Buffett

SEE ALSO: Meet the kids of the world's richest tech billionaires

DON'T MISS: Meet the kids of the richest black billionaires in the world

Mark Cuban is a father to three children — Alexis, Alyssa, and Jake.

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Cuban and his wife, Tiffany, keep family time fun. Last summer, the Cuban family took a vacation to Disneyland.

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Cuban has admitted that it is difficult to get his children off their phones. He limits Netflix time for his kids and has instituted a technology curfew.

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Source: CNBC



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Every Steven Spielberg movie, ranked from worst to best

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Spanning more than 40 years, Steven Spielberg's work boasts an extremely diverse array of stories, characters, and themes.

He's made whimsical fantasies aimed squarely at children ("E.T.,""The Adventures of Tintin"), complex morality stories ("Bridge of Spies,""Amistad"), and graphically violent dramas ("Munich,""Saving Private Ryan").

For his latest, "Ready Player One," the Oscar winner returns to his popcorn blockbuster roots and proves that he's still the king of the genre.

Here we take on the difficult task of ranking from worst to best all 32 of Spielberg's feature-length movies. 

SEE ALSO: All 30 Steven Spielberg movies, ranked by how much money they made at the US box office

32. "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" (2008)

Earning its rightful place at the bottom of this list is the fourth entry in Spielberg's "Indiana Jones" anthology. There are so many problems with this movie. If you really want to understand all of them, we suggest watching Red Letter Media's in-depth analysis of why it's so bad. Disney announced that Spielberg and star Harrison Ford will reunite for a fifth "Indy" movie. Hopefully, in the words of Max Von Sydow's character in "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," it "will begin to make things right."



31. "The Lost World: Jurassic Park" (1997)

Spielberg rushed to deliver a sequel to his 1993 record-breaking box-office smash "Jurassic Park." In the process, he failed to produce a worthy successor to the groundbreaking original. He also created a scene in which a little girl uses gymnastics to fight a dinosaur that many refer to as the worst thing he's ever done.



30. "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" (2001)

Stanley Kubrick originally intended to direct this project, but Spielberg took it over after Kubrick passed away in 1999. While it possesses many solid attributes, such as a superb John Williams score, the marriage of Spielberg's sensibilities with those of Kubrick result in an uneven mess that will hopefully improve with repeated viewings. 



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Answers to all the biggest questions we had after Netflix's 'Wild Wild Country'

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Chapman and Maclain Way’s six-plus-hour Netflix docuseries Wild Wild Country — chronicling the Rajneesh commune’s controversial and criminal efforts to overtake a rural Oregon town — is nothing if not exhaustive.

But as anyone with an internet connection knows, there’s always more to the story. Before you start scouring the web for everything to know about Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (a.k.a. Osho), Ma Anand Sheela, and the sannyasins’ five-decade saga of dynamic meditation and sordid international intrigue, here are the eight biggest questions that Wild Wild Country didn’t answer. (Plus, a handy bibliography of recommended reading and viewing if you’d like to dive into the investigation yourself.)

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How did Bhagwan become a guru?

Wild Wild Country is far more interested in how one mystic can inspire multitudes than what creates a single person’s mystique. But if you’re curious about Bhagwan’s biography and how he successfully strung along generations of devotees during his life and postmortem, here’s some insight: He was, according to one uncle, “headstrong” and prone to devouring library books. Further Oregonian reporting circa 1985 (see “further reading” bibliography below) clarifies that he was raised in rural poverty by, alternately, his grandparents and parents, and more or less grew to be both an expert in Eastern religions and know-it-all doubter. In 1953, while attending college, he professed to have had a moment of ultimate enlightenment that dovetailed with his burgeoning interest in meditation and hypnosis, as well as his knack for public speaking. Ostensibly, a guru was born by the time he was 21. One former acquaintance told Oregonian’s Les Zaitz that Bhagwan (then known as Rajneesh) “knew what the rich people want. They want to justify their guilty consciences, to justify their guilty acts.” Fast-forward to the late 1960s — when he would encounter Sheela and start planting seeds for Puna and eventually Rajneeshpuram — and Bhagwan was more or less a traveling spiritual salesperson promoting a lifestyle that was as much submissive as sinful. Better yet, it was largely funded by “donations” from Western businessmen seeking an approachable slice of flower power and psychedelia. It was the perfect storm from which Bhagwan’s image as lord of the hedonistic manor took unshakable hold.



What, exactly, was Bhagwan’s free-love philosophy?

In archival footage from Wild Wild Country, longtime Rajneesh spokesperson Ma Prem Sunshine (a.k.a. Sunny V. Massad) coyly suggested that there simply was no single set of rules. Though in a post-Rajneeshpuram interview with Australian journalist Howard Sattler, Bhagwan (by then known as Osho) made it crystal-clear that his philosophy on monogamy and sex was rooted in, apparently, teen angst. “I’m against marriage from the very beginning,” he explained. “My parents were in difficulty, my family was in difficulty, but I told them clearly I am not going to be married.” He goes on to describe a “neurotic society” populated by couples having duty-filled sex. In a separate lecture to his followers, Osho presents free love as a way to abolish the world’s oldest and most scandalized profession, preaching that, “if sex becomes fun, prostitutes will disappear.” He urges sannyasins to leave “sex out of the marketplace” and suggests that “love to be your only god” and we all “be playful and joyous” in the sack. That these ideals are apparently only possible when sannyasins evade less optional institutions like taxation and live within an outlier sovereign state paradoxically symbolized by its conformity goes undiscussed.

 



What about the children of Rajneeshpuram?

We learn a bit about Jane Stork’s abandoned and then grievously ill son Peter in Wild Wild Country, and other kids are caught on film or discussed in fleeting retrospect. But what was it like to be raised against your will in Rajneeshpuram or any out-there commune? Ask Hira Bluestone, who recently shared an account of spending ages 7 to 11 alongside her dad under Bhagwan’s sway, and is penning a memoir on the experience. Bluestone recalls working the land more than hitting the books, and getting lectured by Stork (a.k.a. Shanti B.) for avoiding her obligations. Though when they did read, it was fare like this terrifying tale of a girl deteriorating from the effects of radiation in Hiroshima, seemingly to comfort them as they counted down to nuclear holocaust. Movie night struck a similar tone. More distressingly, there were unconfirmed allegations of children being sexually abused on the compound. An incredible photo set by Jean-Pierre Laffont illuminates how, at minimum, Rajneeshpuram was like a surreal sleepaway camp that lasted for nearly half a decade.

 



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