The 2018 World Cup in Russia is off to a great start, and the tournament has already produced incredible moments and photos.
Russia is a gorgeous background for some amazing sports photography.
From goal celebrations to great saves, gut-wrenching own goals, and crazy fans, here are the most mesmerizing photos from the World Cup so far.
The Sennheiser HD 820 headphones are the newest flagship from the German audio company.
They're high-end, and don't come cheap — the price is $2,400.
At first, it might seem insane to you to spend $2,400 on a pair of headphones, and then even more money for an amplifier to power them. "How good could they possibly sound?" you might wonder.
The answer is simple: You get what you pay for.
These flagship headphones are aimed at enthusiasts who care about the minute and microscopic details in their products. They’re aimed at people who don’t balk at shelling out nearly $5,000 for a headphone/amp combo. And in this case, you get what you pay for.
I don’t consider myself an audiophile, but I take audio seriously. I have never been able to afford the higher-end audio products, so my go-to headphones are the Sony MDR-V6s— a classic and timeless pair of studio monitor headphones, known for their ability to reproduce audio as it was heard in the studio.
This is where the appeal of high-end headphones come in. These types of headphones are made for accuracy, with a completely flat EQ. This means unlike popular headphones like Beats by Dre, there isn’t any bass added (or any treble either, for that matter). Reference-grade headphones like the Sennheiser HD 820s are made for people "chasing the dragon" of perfect audio. With the right equipment, you can hear everything as it was heard by the studio producers.
The first song I listened to was Radiohead’s “Lotus Flower,” and I began hearing small little details in the percussion and background of the track that I had never noticed before.
I then took a tour through my music library, and it felt like I was hearing some of the songs for the first time again. It can’t be understated how immersive these headphones are — outside sound is isolated, and every element of the track comes through in perfect stereo.
Every detail comes through crystal-clear — the bass doesn’t get muddied, the highs aren’t lost, and the mids are perfect.
Next, I tried a website that conducts headphone tests (for details like highs/lows, sense of space. etc…) and one element of the test meant demonstrating the headphones’ ability to produce 3D sound. But when the website produced a heavy-sounding knock on a door through my left ear, it actually made me jump up and look to my left.
Finally, I queued up “Alma,” by Jonny Greenwood, from the soundtrack of the recent film "Phantom Thread." The lows of the piano and highs of the strings sounded crystal clear, and I swore I could hear the individual keys being pressed. Later on, I gave Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue” a listen. Eventually I realized I was zoning out — these headphones make it so easy to pay attention to each instrument in a song that it’s likely you’ll get lost trying to analyze it all.
Figuring out how much to tip— and when to tip — is already complicated enough in the country you live in. But in a different country where customs and practices vary, tipping can come with a whole new set of rules.
America has a reputation for tipping, while many European countries are known for not tipping. In fact, in some countries, tipping is even considered rude. More confusing yet are the countries where tipping isn't common practice, but has tourist areas that expect tips regardless.
What's a traveler to do?
Luckily, travel insurance website GoCompare broke down just how much you should tip servers, taxi drivers, and hotel housekeeping, porters, and doormen in 49 countries around the world.
Below, save yourself any awkward moments and find out how much to tip no matter where you travel to, from Abu Dhabi and Australia to Sri Lanka and Spain.
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How much to tip at restaurants: Tipping isn't expected, but appreciated — 10 AED ($2.72) for a good tip or 20 AED ($5.45) for really good service
How much to tip for taxis: Round off taxi fares to the nearest 5 AED ($1.36)
How much to tip for hotels: 5 AED ($1.36) for a good tip
How much to tip at restaurants: Many restaurants include tax and service charge in the bill; it's customary to round up the total when paying
How much to tip for taxis: 10% over the meter fare
How much to tip for hotels: €1 ($1.16) per bag for porters
How much to tip at restaurants: Tipping isn't necessary, but you can tip 10% if the service was particularly good
How much to tip for taxis: Tipping isn't expected
How much to tip for hotels: $1 AUD ($0.74) per bag for porters
For the second year in a row, Bell's Brewery in Comstock, Michigan, is home to the No. 1 beer in the United States, as chosen by beer enthusiasts.
Each year Zymurgy Magazine, the official magazine of the American Homebrewers Association, asks the group's tens of thousands of members to cast their votes for the best beers in the country. Because Zymurgy readers are homebrewers, the idea is that they have more refined palates than most and can most accurately call the winners.
While some beers managed to cling on to their spots in the ranking from last year, others have climbed ahead or fallen off the list. Here's the full top 10:
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The All Day IPA is a light and crisp session IPA that's bursting with grapefruit, tangerine, orange, lemongrass, and pine. The light and refreshing beer features a complex array of malts, grains, and hops for optimal aromatics and a clean finish.
Weldwerks Brewing's take on the New England-style IPA climbs into the top 10 this year. The aptly named Juicy Bits packs a whopping citrus and tropical-fruit hops character that's like drinking juice with extra pulp. It's made with Mosaic, Citra, and El Dorado hops and has a softer mouthfeel thanks to its adjusted water chemistry.
The Breakfast Stout is a wake-up call you don't want to miss. A harmonious blend of flaked oats, bitter and imported chocolates, and coffee, this imperial stout offers a fresh-pot-of-coffee nose and a creamy, luscious taste.
"Game of Thrones" stars Kit Harington and Rose Leslie met on set and fell in love while playing Jon Snow and Ygritte, and now their real-life romance is cemented after they said their wedding vows at a castle in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Keep reading to see the best photos of their big day and which of their "Game of Thrones" co-stars were in attendance.
The robots won't take over every job, but they're already transforming the world.
From self-driving cars to lab-grown meat, humans are designing robots to make our lives easier by speeding up and improving tasks we've always done.
In fact, in a distant future, Société Générale sees artificial intelligence board members and politicians, and implantable phones as some of the possibilities.
But bringing it back to the present day, the firm has identified investable companies that are best positioned to benefit from the growth of AI in their respective industries. AI will grow to rake in $59.75 billion market in revenues by 2025, SocGen forecasts.
"AI raises concerns about security and privacy, and especially about the future of jobs," Daniel Fermon, the head of thematic research, said in a note on Tuesday.
"However, it also offers the potential for new solutions to some of our most pressing global problems, in areas ranging from climate change to the aging of the population ... Whatever the outcome, AI is happening, creating potential investment opportunities as the field advances."
The list below highlights the top companies in SocGen's Rise of the Robots index. In the selection process, the analysts considered companies that invest heavily in research and development, which they saw as essential to leading in the fields of AI and robotics. They also selected companies with a healthy return on invested capital and sales growth.
Ticker:NXPI
Country: Netherlands
Sector: Semiconductors
R&D/sales: 16.79%
Return on invested capital: 6.26%
Three-year sales growth: 20.39%
Source: SocGen
Ticker:CY
Country: US
Sector: Semiconductors
R&D/sales: 15.34%
Return on invested capital: -2.62%
Three-year sales growth: 54.09%
Source: SocGen
Ticker:IPGP
Country: US
Sector: Electronic Manufacturing Services
R&D/sales: 7.16%
Return on invested capital: 18.94%
Three-year sales growth: 22.91%
Source: SocGen
Cristiano Ronaldo is the most famous athlete on the planet.
With a Real Madrid salary in the tens of millions and some of the biggest endorsement deals in football, he has a ludicrous amount of cash to burn — according to Forbes, he was the third highest-paid athlete in the world in 2018, behind only Floyd Mayweather and fellow superstar Lionel Messi.
Find out how he earns his money and what he spends all that cash on below.
Tony Manfred and Melissa Stranger originally contributed to this slideshow.
Source: Forbes
Source: Forbes
In March 1995, artist Bryan Lewis Saunders began creating at least one self-portrait of himself every day.
Born in Washington D.C. but living on and off in Tennessee, in 2000 he set out to look for "experiences that might profoundly affect my perception of self"— and he came up with an experiment titled "Under The Influence" that did just that.
"Every day I took a different drug or intoxicant and drew myself under the influence," he states on his website.
He produced a documentary called "Art of Darkness" about the experience – which, he says, left him lethargic and with "mild brain damage that wasn't irreparable."
Still, he said he is "still conducting this experiment but over greater lapses of time and presently only take drugs that are prescribed to me by a doctor."
He told Business Insider that his other more recent projects include a drawing experiment where he was totally blind for 30 days straight and, of course, created a daily self portrait.
Venture capital-backed companies based out of California are usually recognizable. But what can get lost in the mix are the companies based throughout the rest of the country.
VC research firm Pitchbook compiled every state's most valuable VC-backed startup into an interactive graphic.
We assembled all 50 startups, including that of Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico.
Take a look below for most valuable startups in every state throughout the US.
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Name: ContinuumRx
Valuation: $20 million
Amount of funding raised: $20.5 million
Headquarters: Birmingham, Alabama
ContinuumRx is a health technology startup, partnering with health systems and hospitals to provide home infusion services — basically, intravenous medication administration — to patients transitioning from health centers to their homes.
Name: NordAq Energy
Equity funding: $90 million (Note: Pitchbook doesn't have valuation data for startups in Alaska, so it listed the one that had raised the most venture capital, instead)
Headquarters: Anchorage, Alaska
NordAq Energy provides oil and gas exploration services throughout the state of Alaska, specifically tapping into the state's hydrocarbon reserves.
Note that NordAq's website was "disabled" at the time of writing, per a message that appears when you try to visit it. The company did not respond to repeated requests for information on whether or not it is still in business.
Name: InfusionSoft
Valuation: $500 million
Amount of funding raised: $127.9 million
Headquarters: Chandler, Arizona
InfusionSoft is a software company that provides small businesses with an all-in-one set of sales and marketing tools.
If you're bored of your neighborhood restaurant and are looking to spice up your meals with new global food options, you may consider moving to a new city — or even just visiting one.
Bott and Co, a legal organization in the UK, found the top 50 international cities for foodies, based on the number of nationalities represented in each city's restaurant scene.
To determine the ranking, Bott and Co analyzed restaurant data for every international city with a population of at least 1 million. To qualify as having a specific national cuisine available, the city needed to have a restaurant dedicated to the cuisine listed in Google Maps. They also found the top-rated restaurant for each cuisine in each city.
To place in the top 50, a city needed to have at least 34 different national cuisines represented.
Some of these cities might surprise you, and you may not have heard of some national cuisines. It's always the hole in-the-wall restaurants — ones that you maybe can't pronounce — that are the best.
Keep reading to check out the list of the top 50 cities for international food, plus one of the top-rated restaurants for one type of cuisine in each place.
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International cuisines: 34
A top-rated restaurant: Thai Pattara Restaurant (Thai)
International cuisines: 37
A top-rated restaurant: A Touch of European Cafe (Polish)
International cuisines: 37
A top-rated restaurant: King Tut Restaurant (Egyptian)
Trader Joe's earn pretty high marks in terms of employee satisfaction.
This year, Glassdoor named the grocery chain with a cult-like following as one of the best places to work in the US. Trader Joe's also earned that distinction in 2017, 2013, 2012,and 2011.
But any consumer-facing gig is sure to cause some stress. Sometimes, shoppers just do or say things that have a way of grating on crew members' nerves.
One Trader Joe's crew member wrote on Reddit that the stores probably attract no more rude customers "than the average retailer."
But there are always going to be bad eggs.
"Many TJ's are built in or near affluent neighborhoods, so we do get a lot of people who can be a bit snooty, but won't go out of their way to be rude necessarily," the crew member wrote. "The outrageously rude customers are thankfully far and few between, and we even have had to ban a couple of them. For the most part, I think 99.9% of our customers are decent people. I am even on first name basis with many of the regulars."
With that in mind, here's a look at some of behaviors that are sure to aggravate Trader Joe's crew members:
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Trader Joe's wants customers to try its new products without having to commit to buying them outright. So crew members are instructed to open up items — aside from alcohol and products that require cooking — to allow shoppers to dig into some samples.
But, on occasion, people take advantage of this sampling policy.
"I've only experienced two or three occasions where a customer tried to take advantage of this and wanted us to open literally ten plus products," one person who said they were a Trader Joe's crew member wrote in a 2017 Reddit thread. "Management had to step in and kindly inform them that one or two products is fine, but we have to draw the line somewhere."
Plus, even if you purchase a product you end up hating, you still have some recourse.
"We have the no-hassle return policy where you don't even need to bring a receipt, so they can buy the product with confidence and, if they don't like it, they are welcome to return it," the crew member wrote.
Another Reddit poster who said they were a crew member at the chain said that handing out samples is "... only annoying when I am the one running the sample station and a customer wants to try like three things — and I'm swamped with people wanting samples."
One Reddit poster who said they were a Trader Joe's employee noted that having customers ask them to check for a product in the back of the store was irritating whenever they found that the shopper subsequently asked an additional crew member "...to do the same exact thing."
They also said they were sick of customers "... walking up to me — or sneaking up on me — and just saying the name of a product they have a question about, instead of saying, 'Hi, can you help me for a moment?'"
If you decide a product isn't for you, Trader Joe's employees would appreciate it if you'd put it back where you found it.
One person who said they were a Trader Joe's crew member wrote in a 2018 Reddit thread that they felt irked by "... people who decide they don't want something refrigerated or frozen, who just leave it on a shelf somewhere."
"It inevitably gets to room temp and is ruined," the employee added. "It's just so wasteful. One time, I found a package of chicken breasts hidden behind the bottled water. Why?"
Aaptiv is a fitness app for anyone unwilling or unable to plan their day around a regularly scheduled class, or for someone like me — someone who wants to stay active but doesn't want to be told when, how, or for how long to do it.
I used it for a few weeks last year, and only stopped because I started a membership at a specialty gym. At the latter, I loved the workout, the instructors, and the facility, but I decided I much prefer not being on someone else's schedule, especially on those weekends when I had to travel — and the fee was starting to get to me.
Aaptiv's $10 a month (or $50 a year, which is about the monthly fee of an affordable New York gym) gives you over 2,500 audio-guided workout classes on your smartphone, with 40 new classes each week. The classes help you make the most of the facilities you have access to — or lack thereof — and can be filtered by workout type, intensity, length of time, music genre, or even by trainer.
In the two years since it launched, Aaptiv gained 200,000 users and has raised a total of $52 million as of June 2018. Since it's striking a chord with users (and some investors), I decided to give it a shot — well, another shot.
Here's how to use Aaptiv, the app that gives you on-demand audio-guided workout classes for $10 a month:
I signed up with my email address so I only had to share my first and last name, email address, and password, but there's also the option to sign up via Facebook.
When you go into one of the "Recommended for you" modules or the "Training" categories for long-distance runs, the workouts are listed in chronological order by day, to help you reach your goal.
Here are the categories, from top to bottom:
Outdoor running, Treadmill, Elliptical, Indoor Cycling, Rowing, Stair Climber, Strength Training, Stretching, Workouts for Weight Loss, Ab Workouts, Programs, Yoga, Boxing (just released last month), Walking, Meditation, 5K training, 10K Training, Half Marathon Training, Full Marathon Training, and Featured Collections.
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There are plenty of elements that go into creating a well-rounded wardrobe for the office, so finding affordable options is a smart move. By the time you purchase a handful of dress shirts and ties, one or two full suits, a solid pair of dress shoes, and one nice watch, you could easily blow thousands of dollars otherwise.
If your budget won't allow you to go on an all-out shopping spree for workwear, knowing where to shop is the key to saving money (and even some time).
Between testing out a plethora of brands and doing a lot of digging for deals, the Insider Picks teams knows exactly where to start the search for stylish clothes to wear during the work week. To help you out, we rounded up 12 of our favorite places to shop online.
Whether your want to ditch your traditional dress shirts for performance shirts, sign up for a convenient monthly subscription box, or buy a new pair of shoes, you'll find affordable options here.
Check them out, below:
With performance workwear being so readily available, no professional man should have to deal with ironing dress shirts only for them to wrinkle after a few hours of wear. While some performance dress shirts can be very costly, Twillory's are affordably priced when bundled and are just as good, if not better than, many of the more expensive options. When you buy four or more, they're only $54 each — which is nearly half of the original $99 retail price. Check out our full review here.
Even if you don't have to wear a tie every day in your office, every professional man should have a solid collection of ties to choose from for more formal occasions. The Tie Bar offers a huge selection of ties in different colors, pattern, styles, and lengths — and most of them are priced at only $19. They also do a great job at curating seasonal collections, so you're always in style. Buying multiples of your favorites from The Tie Bar is still cheaper than buying a single tie from most brands. Additionally, The Tie Bar sells shirts, dress pants, socks, tie clips, and pocket squares, which are also affordably priced.
A full suit is the one wardrobe essential that you should never buy and wear directly off the rack — and if you have gotten away with it, you were just lucky. Indochino is leading the way online to make sure you get quality suits that are fitted specifically for you. Before ordering, you can follow a step-by-step guide to measuring yourself. Once Indochino has your measurements and your custom selections, you simply wait a few weeks for your suit to be made, try it on, and see how it fits. If the measurements aren't just the way you want them, the brand will work with you to ensure your suit ends up fitting perfectly. Right now, you can save up to 58% on suits by using the promo code "BACK2BLACK" at checkout.
The Ferrari 488 Spider is an absolute marvel of a supercar. In 2016, we drove a stunning racing red 488 GTB (it stands for Gran Turismo Berlinetta) coupe. It was so good it nearly nabbed Business Insider's 2016 Car of the Year award.
In his review of the 488 GTB, Matt DeBord wrote, "Brilliant in a straight line, brilliant in the curves, just brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. Fast and tight, the 488 fills you with confidence and makes you a better person."
Recently, we had the chance to spend a week behind the wheel of a Ferrari 488 Spider, the GTB's convertible sibling.
Instead of a conventional racing red paint job like the one found on our 488 GTB, our Spider came with a rarely seen "avorio" or ivory paint scheme.
It isn't the prettiest color we've seen, but off-white certainly stands out from the crowd.
Regardless of color, the 488's sleek lines are simply beautiful. It's aggressive, stylish, and unmistakably Ferrari.
Again, DeBord took on the responsibility of reviewing the 488. After a road trip through the Connecticut countryside, he found the Spider to be equally enthralling.
"All it takes is a Ferrari after you haven't piloted a Ferrari for a while to make you fall in love with Ferrari all over again,"he wrote in his review of the 488 Spider. "The Masters of Maranello truly know what they're doing."
Needless to say, this grand example of automotive excellence doesn't come without a price. In this case, our test car costs a solid $393,000.
Here's a look at the Ferrari 488 Spider's coolest features:
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If you are looking for further evidence that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg can do it all, just try her workout. Ginsburg works out with her personal trainer, Bryant Johnson, twice a week and has called him "the most important person in her life."
Johnson and Ginsburg have been doing the one-hour workout that he details in his book, "The RBG Workout: How She Stays Strong and You Can Too" for 18 years, aside from the three years he was deployed in Kuwait.
The workout starts with a five-minute warm-up and light stretching followed by a strength training session that includes push-ups, planks, chest presses, squats, and hip abductor exercises, then another round of stretches to cool down.
Here's what happened when I tried the workout for two weeks.
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I have completed four half-marathons and go to fitness classes frequently, but I haven’t done much strength-training recently because I was training for my races. I was expecting to be sore after the RBG workout.
But I didn't realize that I would want to recuse myself when I saw that pushups were followed by medicine ball pushups and two different types of planks.
I worked out at my local gym, because I didn't think I'd be able to get into the Supreme Court gym where Justice Elena Kagan and Ginsburg work out.
BEIJING (AP) — US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who has accused China of "intimidation and coercion" in the South China Sea, is visiting Beijing this week as the countries increasingly spar over US arms sales to Taiwan and Beijing's expanding military presence overseas.
Mattis will be the first defense secretary in President Donald Trump's administration to visit China. His trip highlights the need for the US and its chief rival in East Asia to engage each other despite increasingly stark differences and mutual suspicion.
Mattis' mission comes at a difficult time as the Trump administration is set to start taxing $34 billion in Chinese goods in two weeks while Beijing has vowed to retaliate with its own tariffs on US products. The US appears likely to rely on China for help getting North Korea to deliver on denuclearization promises made at a summit in Singapore between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Below are some of the thorny issues:
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The South China Sea will likely be near the top of the agenda in discussions between Mattis and Chinese officials, with the US issuing threats against Beijing for its continued militarization of the waters.
"There are consequences that will continue to come home to roost, so to speak, with China, if they don't find a way to work more collaboratively with all of the nations who have interests," Mattis said earlier this month. He said China's weapons were placed in the region for "intimidation and coercion."
The Pentagon last month withdrew its invitation for China to participate in a large-scale multinational naval exercise in what it called "an initial response" to the militarization of the South China Sea.
China was seen as taking home a major win when Trump announced at the summit with Kim that the US would suspend joint US-South Korea war games that North Korea and China have long opposed. Both Mattis and South Korea were seen as caught off-guard by the decision.
US and South Korean officials now see the pledge as helping advance nuclear negotiations with North Korea. China welcomed the move, and Kim met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing last week but no new measures toward denuclearization have been announced. Trump said last week that "total denuclearization" has "already started taking place."
Mattis, however, was asked Wednesday whether he had seen any sign that North Korea had begun steps toward denuclearization and replied: "I'm not aware of any. Obviously, we're at the very front end of the process."
China's complaints about US contacts with Taiwan have grown louder as the US has sought to increase exchanges with the self-ruled island Beijing claims as its territory, and sells more weapons to it.
Mattis will likely hear those arguments made even more forcibly after Trump this year signed the Taiwan Travel Act encouraging high-level visits between the two sides, and the Department of Defense agreed to give American contractors marketing licenses for diesel-electric submarine technology sought by Taiwan's armed forces.
The US government also approved a $1.4 billion arms sale to Taiwan last year, although in an effort to mollify Beijing, has been reluctant to supply everything the island's leadership wants.
When I got the Echo Show a few months ago, I was prepared to like it, but I wasn't prepared to love it.
My trusty, screen-less Echo Plus does just fine: I like turning the lights on and off from bed, asking for the weather while I choose my outfit, and getting time checks and news podcasts while I get ready. So why would Amazon need to slap a screen on there? The concept seemed excessive.
Still, I ended up moving my Echo Plus into the bedroom, meaning I needed a new voice assistant for the kitchen. I had heard that the Echo Show was great for that purpose, and at $150 it's retailing for the same price as the Echo Plus, so I decided to try it out to see if there was the slightest draw to having an Echo with a screen.
For the first few days, I admittedly mocked it. ("Instead of asking it to tell you what the weather is, you ask it to show you the weather. How superfluous is that?") But as the weeks went by, and I experimented with some of its features, I realized it does fill some holes in my smart home experience.
Here's how the Echo Show helped me organize my home life in ways I wasn't ready for:
Our apartment has a calendar on the kitchen wall, a shopping list on the fridge, and a to-do list in the living room, all to help keep us on the same page.
A regular-issue Amazon Echo does do some of that, reading you reminders and to-dos out loud. I find that the visual aspect helps make sure things actually happen, though. With the Echo Show, we can add to our shopping and to do lists with our voices so we don't need to keep physical lists or remember to add to them, and we can call up the lists as needed on screen
It turned out to be the perfect balance. We always add events to our shared calendars on our phones, but we always forget to check them after the fact. With the Echo Show, we can keep adding to our calendars on the go, but keep it accessible and viewable in plain sight in our apartment.
Just like reminders, timers are much easier to set and keep track of when you can see them in a handy place.
All Echo devices have some lag time when you ask them a question. Plus, while the Echo supports setting multiple timers with names like "pasta" or "laundry," you have to either ask for each one individually, or else hear the full list every time. It made using the Echo Plus frustrating while I handle multiple pots and pans.
On the Echo Show, though, you see all your timers count down on one screen, in a pretty-looking grid.
Amazon also touts the fact that the Echo Show comes with recipe skills, but I found the recipes to be a bit of a letdown. Usually, I'll find a recipe I like online and keep my laptop on the counter so I can see it as I cook, so I was looking forward to being able to use the Echo Show to do that instead. Unfortunately, I found myself limited to the recipes on the device's apps, and I only wound up using it for that purpose a few times.
Those two or three times were a great experience compared to my usual process, though. I didn't have to wipe my hands to touch the track pad every time I needed to wake the screen or scroll down. The Echo Show stays lit up, and if you want to scroll or go back, you simply ask the device to do that.
We're big into movie trailers — sometimes it's our weeknight dinner activity — and this was the perfect little set up to watch them without having to click around or prop up a phone.
Now, the Echo Show isn't known for its high-end specs. It's a 7-inch touchscreen with a 1024 x 600 resolution display, and its speakers aren't super great, either. For comparison's sake, the Apple iPhone X has a 5.8-inch screen and a 2436 x 1125 resolution display.
Still, it did give us what we needed without having to tap around on a phone or TV remote. And while we didn't use it for this, the Echo Show can connect to certain smart home security cameras to view the feed, or make video calls to fellow owners of the Amazon Echo Show, or its smaller cousin, the Echo Spot.
Of note: While you can watch movies and TV on the Echo Show, they have to come from Amazon Prime Movies — there are apps for neither Netflix nor YouTube.
Most of us have heard of Google's well-known and much-loved tools — Gmail, Google Earth, Google Maps, and many more. Those products and services are used by millions of people around the world every day.
What many people don't know, however, is that Google actually has a bunch of other features and tools that are incredibly useful.
For example, did you know Google has a massive free font library, an interactive map of the galaxy, and a service that finds your fine-art doppelgänger?
Here are 17 under-the-radar services Google offers.
Jillian D'Onfro contributed to an earlier version of this story.
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You can download Google Keep for iOS or Android.
Check it out on Google Sky.
Every summer, thousands and thousands of couples tie the knot.
That decision has lasting effects on their health over time.
Researchers have identified a variety of trends that show how getting married changes people. There has historically been an idea that marriage is good for your physical and mental health, perhaps due to the idea that having a supportive partner can make a person healthier. But more recent research has revealed that the relationship between marriage, health, and well-being is more complicated, with both benefits and drawbacks.
Evidence suggests that married men and women have a lower risk for certain types of heart disease than their single counterparts, for example, but married people are also more likely to be overweight.
Of course, these observed trends don't hold true for everyone. Every marriage is different, depending on the individuals involved, their relationship, their plans, lifestyles, and more — without even counting external factors. And there's much less research on the effects of marriage on same-sex couples so far.
But with that in mind, here are some of the ways that marriage tends to affect partners physically and mentally.
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Source: CDC
Source: Social Science Quarterly
Source: Geronotologist
Anthony Di Iorio made his fortune as an early adopter of hot cryptocurrencies bitcoin and ethereum.
Now, the cryptocurrency billionaire is spending some of his cash on two video game-inspired real estate projects in Toronto.
Di Iorio recently purchased two spaces in Toronto. One is a 15,000 square foot office space for his blockchain company Decentral, and the other is a three-story penthouse which will serve as both his home and an experimental private event space — and which cost him $21 million.
Di Iorio's plans for both spaces are extremely unconventional. At the office space, in particular, he's bringing a sci-fi fantasy to life with holographic receptionists, "moving walls," and secret tunnels, where remote controlled Aston Martins zoom underfoot beneath glass floors.
Here's a glimpse of Di Iorio's vision for his futuristic office and his gorgeous new home:
