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How to find and use the All Terrain Karts in 'Fortnite: Battle Royale' Season 5

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Creators of "Fortnite: Battle Royale" introduced the game's first fast-moving vehicle made specifically for teams of four players this week, as part of the transition to Battle Pass Season 5.

In keeping with the game's goofy, we-don't-take-ourselves-too-seriously style, that vehicle came in the form of what Epic Games calls an "All Terrain Kart"  ATK for short  a very fancy name for a simple golf cart. 

The carts are a game-changer for the Fortnite, as the first mode of transportation large enough to carry your whole squad across the island, all while quickly escaping attackers pursuing you on foot. 

Here's everything we know about the new golf carts, and how to use them:

 

SEE ALSO: How to use the rifts in 'Fortnite' to teleport away from enemies

Finding the carts shouldn't be too difficult, especially if you know where to look. There are tons of them scattered throughout the map. I often saw three or four in a single round.

The hot spots seem to be Lazy Links  which is no surprise because there's a golf course there, after all — and Paradise Palms, although you can find them in smaller numbers all over the island. 

Carts can be found in every mode of the game, but are ideal for playing "squads" mode with up to three of your friends, because one person can drive while the other teammates build ramps to drive up or shoot at enemies as you pass by. 



After finding a golf cart, you simply hit your equip button (Y if you're using the Nintendo Switch, like I was) while standing on the driver's side and you're on your way!

I was a little underwhelmed the first time I nabbed one, because they're actually not much faster than the shopping carts, and tip over quite easily. Although, I was using the Nintendo Switch while trying them out, so I was definitely more prone to over-correcting on the steering than a person playing on a PC might be.

However, the carts are really quiet, which is a nice change from lots of other battle royale games, in which riding in a loud vehicle will immediately give your position away.



You can't wield any weapons or pick up any materials while in the driver's seat, but you can switch seats while the cart is in motion, just like the shopping carts.

I spent a couple rounds simply using my cart to avoid other players and to go check out all the new scenery around the island. 

On one of my site seeing journeys, I found that the carts can actually drive through water at top speed, which is nice. 



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This $32.5 million Silicon Valley mansion is the most expensive on-market listing in the country's priciest zip code — take a look inside

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There's a reason why Forbes listed Atherton, Calif., as the ritziest, highest-dollar zip code in the country in 2017.

The town is nestled in the state's Silicon Valley, a region famed for its magnitude of tech behemoths like Google and Facebook, meaning that tech workers in the area make some of the highest salaries in the country.

And there's a decent chance that one such techie could become the owner of a newly-constructed, 13,014-square-foot residence at 61 Faxon Road, shelling out the asking price of $32.5 million. Even by Atherton's standards, the price tag is a hefty one: According to Redfin, the median home value for the neighborhood is $6.72 million, five times less than that of the mansion's listed price.

Take a look around.

SEE ALSO: A tech billionaire just listed his Palo Alto home for $100 million, the most expensive Bay Area listing in a decade — take a look inside

The estate at 61 Faxon Road spans 1.07 acres and went on the market one month ago. It sits in the vicinity of the area's Menlo Circus Club, an exclusive social club for wealthy clientele.



The contemporary home is outfitted with black stainless steel, cedar, clear glass, and natural stone.

Source: Keller Williams



It also has a casual five fireplaces...



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It's starting to look like Tesla has turned a corner on its latest crisis (TSLA)

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  • Tesla has endured an epic crisis with its Model 3 vehicle, but the stock price has held up.
  • Tesla has spent its entire 15-year existence lurching from crisis to crisis, always recovering.
  • As the company starts to move clear of the Model 3 crisis, bearish investors are going to have to difficult time supporting their thesis about the company. 
  • They may have to wait for the next crisis to strike.

Tesla builds all-electric automobiles, but it also manufactures two other things: stock-price volatility and business crisis.

The company is 15 years old, but these patterns have never changed and aren't likely to anytime soon. The original Roadster — Tesla's first vehicle — was the product of a management crisis, back when then-investor Elon Musk took over as CEO and displaced founder Martin Eberhard.

Tesla almost went bankrupt in the year before the financial crisis, rescued only by an 11th-hour funding round, along with a Department of Energy loan and stakes from Toyota and Daimler.

Tesla's first purpose-built car went through its own crisis, a problematic early production process as Tesla learned how to make cars. 

The Model X SUV brought "production hell" into Musk's vocabulary; he later admitted that the car was hubristic and massively over-designed.

The theoretically mass-market Model 3 should have been much easier, but it's created the biggest crisis of all as Tesla has serially botched its manufacturing process, falling well short of Musk's production targets and once again overthinking the manufacturing aspect by trying to heavily automate the vehicle's assembly.

On the stock front, the price can swing $100 up or down in a week. Over the past 12 months, the range has been from $245 to $390. 

If you put all this together and try to think it through rationally — and also take into account Tesla's massive appetite for capital — you might reasonably conclude that Tesla is doomed. A titanic number of short-sellers are relentlessly driving home this point, even as the stock shrugs off their dire predictions. 

The bulls don't get a pass, either. Musk and Tesla routinely do things to undermine their enthusiasm. The Model 3 is Exhibit A: Why is Tesla having so much trouble building a mid-size sedan, something Toyota has been accomplishing for decades with exactly zero drama?

But as rough as matters have been in Teslaland since the middle of last year, the company has hung in there. It hasn't been pretty, but as we head in the second half of 2018, it now appears as though Tesla has turned a corner on its latest crisis. This just means we should prepare for the next one, so the ongoing war between bulls and bears, long and shorts, isn't going to cool down. 

But the company is in better shape than it was six months ago. Here's why.

 

 

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The Model 3 is on the road.

Seeing is believing. For much of the past 12 months, the Model 3 has been an abstract concept, a unicorn-mobile debated by financial insiders and those with a lot of knowledge about the auto industry.

But now it's starting to show up in reality. I've spotted half a dozen in the wild over the past two months (I've also driven the actual car). The shock of seeing a Model 3 isn't like what happens when a Ferrari or McLaren rolls past; it's a mid-size four-door, a cool-looking, but an essentially normal car. 

Tesla has 400,000 pre-orders for the vehicle and has sold about 30,000 to date. In total, the company has sold around 200,000 vehicles in the US, so in a year or two, assuming the Tesla production system doesn't collapse, the Teslas the people see on the road are going to be Model 3's.

Owners are also going to share their thoughts about the car, and they're going to be good. I drove the car for a few hours and I thought it was basically terrific. To be sure, there could be all manner of early production issues, but that would be par for the course with Tesla. Positive word of mouth is the best marketing that there is for an automobile: traditional automakers spend billions annually to engender it.

Tesla's naysayers have upped their game since the beginning of the year (and Tesla has certainly helped their case with stuff like a massive tent in the carmaker's factory to achieve higher Model 3 assembly), but they're now trapped in a beat-the-clock situation. The physical fact of the car is going to steadily refute the negativity — even of the car isn't perfect, and given Tesla's record, it probably won't be.

This is how things always go. The Toyota Prius was scoffed at when it first appeared in the 1990s and early 2000s — ugly, underpowered, limited buyership — but as of last year, over six million have been sold.



Tesla can start to hype Model 3 variants — and talk more about forthcoming vehicles.

We've been hearing about the Model 3 for years, but now the car has arrived and, over time, it should settle into Tesla's version of predictability, which is to say nothing that resembles the predictability of the rest of the industry.

We've already witnessed the announcement of the high-performance, all-wheel-drive version of the car, stickering at almost $80,000. Look forward to new styles and different flavors, as well as assorted subplots about software updates. This is how Tesla drives its story forward: lots and lots of newsbytes.

On the horizon, Tesla has four new projects to captivate the masses and the markets: the new Roadster, with its Formula-One-car level acceleration; the Tesla Semi; a possible pickup truck; and the Model Y compact crossover.

The Model 3 and its ongoing struggle will soon become water under the bridge. Such was the case with the Model X, a much-scrutinized and debated vehicle that launched in 2015 and has now been chugging long for a few years, bringing in massive amount of revenue for Tesla (well-equipped Model X's can top $150,000). 

The Model X is now integrated with a production system at Tesla's Fremont factory that can reliably build about 25,000 of both vehicles combined every quarter. It's gone from high-drama, crisis-state production hell to something nobody ever talks about anymore, its relative success drowned out by Model 3.

Model 3 could continue to throw up problems, but the Tesla story will shift to new stories in late 2018 and early 2019.



Capital raises and debt funding.

Musk has declared that Tesla won't need to raise money in 2018 and will be profitable in the second half of the year.

Even if we take him at his word and Tesla can somehow avoid spending the roughly $3 billion it has in cash on hand and doesn't tap out its lines of credit or have to borrow from SpaceX, that doesn't mean Tesla won't raise money in the future or post money-losing quarters.

With Tesla's stock price at historically quite high levels, it makes the most sense to raise money by selling new shares. I don't know why they haven't done it already. But that's Tesla's business.

The company has a lot of spending ahead of it. It's Fremont, CA factory is maxed out on capacity, the Roadster and Semi have to be developed and built, and a new plant in Shanghai, China needs to be funded.

Automakers typically bankroll this long-term stuff with debt. A new factory, for example — and Tesla's China plant should be wholly owned by the carmaker, as China has adjusted its joint-venture rules — will be around for decades, so using debt to find the investment allows companies to use the magic of inflation to reduce that financial burden over 20 or 30 years.

Tesla isn't in a great position to sell bonds at the moment: a 2017 offering was successful, but Tesla's debt is junk-rated, not investment-grade. Its equity is the opposite, but the company doesn't want to sell $1 billion- $2 billion at a clip and continually dilute existing shareholders. Obviously, if shares surge past $400 at some juncture, selling equity will become more tempting.

Musk might also sell a big chunk of Tesla to a major outside investor, somebody like China's Tecent, which took a 5% stake in 2017. 

Regardless, Tesla's current austerity program isn't likely to last.



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Here's how much millennials spend on Uber and Lyft in major US cities every month

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  • Between Uber and Lyft, millennials are spending upwards of $100 a month on ridesharing services in some cities.
  • Money managing app Empower surveyed 50,000 users across the US to determine how much millennials pay for Uber and Lyft per month in 29 cities.
  • Uber and Lyft were born in San Francisco and users there spend the most.

Getting around major metropolitan areas can be hard on foot and at times unbearable using underground transportation. Ridesharingapps like Uber and Lyft thrive in areas with a highly concentrated population — and some millennials are spending over $100 a month to use them. 

Money-managing app Empower compiled user data to calculate exactly how much money Millennials spend on Uber and Lyft per month. The platform helps users build budgets and monitor spending and encourages users to link their main payment account to track their transactions. 

Empower identified users who used Uber or Lyft at least once in the three months prior to the day the app surveyed the data. The data was grouped by location with a minimum of 50 ridesharing users in top metropolitan cities. The data reflects raw transactions pulled from 50,000 users across the US. 

Uber and Lyft were born in San Francisco and it comes as no surprise users there spend the most. Check out which other cities millennial are spending the most on Uber and Lyft per month.

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St. Louis, Missouri

Average amount spent on Uber: $30

Average amount spent on Lyft: $20



Indianapolis, Indiana

Average amount spent on Uber: $31

Average amount spent on Lyft: $24



Charlotte, North Carolina

Average amount spent on Uber: $34

Average amount spent on Lyft: $23



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This $610 million real estate company doesn't have an office for its 8,000 employees — instead, everybody works from this completely virtual island (EXPI)

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If you've ever wondered what the next phase of working remotely could be like, look no further than eXp Realty. 

In most respects, eXp is your typical real estate brokerage company. It employs thousands of licensed agents to help clients buy and sell their homes. And business seems to be good: eXp's stock price has almost quadrupled since this time last year, giving it a market cap of over $610 million.

What sets it apart is that, rather than having agents stop by a physical office for meetings, presentations, or technical assistance, the company's 8,000 employees go to work on a virtual island. A small office in Bellingham, WA serves as its headquarters because of "a legal requirement," the company says, but the real work gets done in the digital realm.

The company says that maintaining a virtual office gives it some advantages.

"We found that we have an ability that's hard to find in the physical world," said CTO Scott Petronis, referring to the ease of internal communication. 

Not only can employees report to work regardless of the weather, but there are no restrictions on how many employees the offices can support, no campus maintenance fees, and no geographical limits on recruiting talent.

"It's a great feeling to know that we can hire great talent regardless of where they are in the world," said Petronis.

I got to go on a tour of eXp's virtual offices, alongside Petronis and VP of Marketing Mitch Robinson. I sat at an introductory meeting, toured shared spaces, went to a beach, rode a speedboat, and got to meet some of eXp's employees, all without leaving my seat. 

Here's what it's like to work out of a virtual campus:

 

 

When I first signed on, I saw this man staring back at me. It took me a minute to realize that I was supposed to customize this guy to look like me.

I used the app from my desktop PC, but there's a mobile app, too. The app comes with some limitations: You can only hear audio, not see the virtual world. It's really meant for taking conference calls in a pinch.



There aren't too many options to play with, but I was able to adjust my hair color, skin color, and face type. There were actually more options for clothes than personal appearance.

A company Representative says that eXp is always trying to add new options, including religious head wear and seasonal clothing. We're also told that some employees change their avatar's clothing every day, just like in the real world.

 



Once I was ready, I found myself in an outdoor area of some sort, and I located my tour guides: eXp CTO Scott Petronis and VP of Marketing Mitch Robinson.

The controls were easy to get used to — you can either click around to move, or else guide yourself with the arrow keys. When someone was talking, their speech bubble turned light blue to let you know it's them.



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There’s a sea change coming for the $1 billion marijuana-based industry you’ve never heard of — here are some of the most popular products

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  • A small but blossoming corner of the marijuana industry is set for a boom. 
  • Cannabidiol, or CBD, is a marijuana compound that has been linked to a range of potential health benefits but does not get you high.
  • The roughly $1 billion CBD industry is already shifting into high gear, with retailers selling everything from CBD teas and beer alternatives to CBD dog treats and coffee.


A small but blossoming corner of the marijuana industry is set for a boom. 

The compound in marijuana that's been linked to a range of potential health benefits — but doesn't cause a high — is increasingly popping up in everything from beverages to salves, oils, balms, and even dog treats. It's called cannabidiol, or CBD, and it's also the active ingredient in a prescription drug that became the first federally-approved medicine of its kind last month.

CBD is estimated to make up a roughly $1 billion industry, but the recent federal approval could make it even more lucrative by jump-starting demand for CBD-based products— even those that have not been rigorously studied. Many of them are sourced from hemp, which is currently legal from the standpoint of the federal government. CBD can also be sourced from marijuana, however, and products made with marijuana-derived CBD are only legal in states where marijuana has been legalized.

Here's a look at a handful of the CBD-based products that are already available.

SEE ALSO: A drug derived from marijuana has become the first to win federal approval, and experts predict an avalanche effect

Lotions, balms, and creams infused with CBD are sold in dispensaries and corner shops.

Advertised for its ability to help soothe pain (a claim that the scientific literature appears to support), CBD-based lotion and creams can be found in corner stores and dispensaries across the US.

As with all CBD products, lotions and creams derived from marijuana are only available in dispensaries where cannabis is legal, but hemp-derived products may be found in corner shops and grocery stores as well.

Although research on marijuana is limited, some of the most conclusive studies we have suggest that CBD may be helpful for pain relief. That said, most of the research has involved marijuana strains that have both THC and CBD, so it's tough to say that the CBD on its own is what's responsible for the benefits. Pain is also "by far the most common" reason people request medical marijuana, according to a recent report.



Dispensaries offer a range of CBD-only and CBD-THC combination products, such as vape pens and gummies.

In states where cannabis has been legalized, marijuana-derived CBD products include everything from gummies and vape pens to flower with a high CBD-to-THC ratio. 

Because recent evidence has suggested that CBD is a key compound in marijuana linked with many of its therapeutic benefits, there's a sudden surge in interest to make products with a higher ratio of CBD compared to THC, its main psychoactive component.

That's a sharp departure from a trend that's been ongoing for the past few decades, where growers have been increasingly cultivating weed that's higher in THC and lower in CBD



Boutique grocery chains and dispensaries sell CBD water, juice, and tea.

Water, teas, and even kombucha strains made with CBD are popping up in grocery stores around the country.

Berkeley, California-based retailer Berkeley Bowl recently began selling a juice drink called Vybes which contains 15 milligrams of hemp-derived CBD as well as a type of kombucha called Cannabliss by GT that is made with CBD. Both drinks are advertised as having calming and soothing qualities, but any alleged health benefits have not yet been borne out by scientific research.

Regardless, another company in Denver called Phoenix Tears recently signed an agreement with MarketHub Retail Services, a distributor that works with 7-Eleven franchisees, to get its hemp-derived CBD products in up to 4,500 stores by the end of this year.

"This agreement confirms our belief that CBD's status as a mainstream wellness option has arrived," Phoenix Tears founder Janet Rosendahl-Sweeney said in a recent statement.



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6 shows Netflix should never have canceled, from 'Gypsy' to 'Sense8'

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Not too long ago, Netflix famously never canceled shows.

But over the past year and a half, Netflix has been on a canceling streak, cutting shows like "The Get Down,""Girlboss," and "Gypsy."

After a few years of being lenient on letting shows survive more than one season, this came as a surprise, especially considering some of these shows shouldn't have been canceled in the first place — in our opinion.

Shows like "Everything Sucks!" which was canceled in less than two months and "Sense8," which has a lot more story to tell, deserved more seasons.

Here, we picked 6 shows Netflix never should have canceled, along with their Rotten Tomatoes critic and audience scores, and what made them special:

SEE ALSO: Critics love 'Mission: Impossible – Fallout' as much as Tom Cruise loves outrageous stunts

"Everything Sucks!": Canceled after one season

Netflix description: "It's 1996 in a town called Boring, where high school misfits in the AV and drama clubs brave the ups and downs of teenage life in the VHS era."

Critic score: 71%

Audience score: 91%

Date released: February 2018

Date canceled: April 2018

Critics enjoyed this short and sweet show, which tells the story of a lesbian high-school sophomore in the 90s. At first, it seemed like a slew of 90s references set to a soundtrack filled with Oasis, but by the end of its first episode, it proved it was much deeper than that. A group of very passionate audience members has continued a relentless campaign to get Netflix to continue the show despite its quick cancellation in early April.



"Sense8": Canceled after two seasons

Netflix description: "From the creators of 'The Matrix' and 'Babylon 5' comes this tense series in which eight people can telepathically experience each other's lives."

Critic score: 84%

Audience score: 92%

Date released: June 2015

Date canceled: June 2017 (a two-hour series finale came out June 2018)

Wacky but stunning, "Sense8" applied issues going on in today's culture to its incredible sci-fi world. Its finale wrapped things up, but its premise and its characters had so much more to do and say. Like "Everything Sucks!" fans, "Sense8" obsessives still want Netflix to bring the show back, and haven't gotten quiet on social media. 



"Lady Dynamite": Canceled after two seasons

Netflix description: "Comedian Maria Bamford navigates awkward dates, bizarre gigs and the fallout from a major breakdown in a funny and poignant series based on her life."

Critic score: 97%

Audience score: 79%

Date released: May 2016

Date canceled: January 2018

Maria Bamford, the star of "Lady Dynamite," is one of the most unique comedians today (or ever). She applied her strange but sweet spirit into this deeply personal but also incredibly funny comedy that showed what it's like inside the mind of a troubled person. 



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LEBRON JAMES: How the king of the NBA and the new king of Los Angeles spends his millions

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On the court, LeBron James has won four MVPs, three NBA championships, and is the sixth-highest-paid player in league history.

He is also the latest NBA legend to join the Los Angeles Lakers as he has agreed to a four-year, $153.3 million contract as a free agent.

Off the court, James is equally relentless. In late 2015, James signed a lifetime endorsement deal with Nike worth more than $1 billion — a move that was so big it is more like the merger of two corporations.

As a result of his success on and off the court, James has amassed amazing cars and houses and still has time for his surprisingly ordinary family. King James is also well on his way toward his goal of becoming a billion-dollar athlete.

Tony Manfred and Emmett Knowlton contributed to this report.

LeBron has made $233.9 million in career NBA salary, good enough for sixth most all-time.



With LeBron's new Lakers contract, he will join Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett in two years as the NBA's only $300 million players. By the end of the deal, his career on-court earnings would reach $387 million, the most in NBA history.

Read more: The 25 highest-paid NBA players of all time



LeBron also makes about $55 million per year off the court in endorsements. His estimated $86 million in total annual earnings is second among all athletes, trailing only Cristiano Ronaldo.

Source: Forbes



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I was blown away by how well this $530 phone's camera compared to Google's $650 Pixel 2, the best smartphone camera in the world (GOOG, GOOGL)

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What better way to test out a couple of the best smartphone cameras than on a casual stroll through town.

I was curious to see how the $530 OnePlus 6 fared against the $650 Google Pixel 2 — the latter of which sports the best camera on any smartphone at the moment. The OnePlus 6 performs way better than its price would indicate, so perhaps a significantly superior camera would help account for the the price difference with the Pixel 2.

At least, that's what I was expecting. After testing both smartphone cameras, though the Pixel 2 is still the leader for taking the best shots, but the OnePlus 6 isn't very far behind at all. I can't say the Pixel 2's camera is $120 better. Its camera even captures colors better than the Pixel 2, in some cases. 

And as a sidenote, the OnePlus 6 has better overall specs than the Pixel 2, a larger screen, and it has a much, much better design, too. And yet, it costs $120 less than the Pixel 2. 

To be fully transparent, I actually used the larger $750 Pixel 2 XL for this comparison, as it was the device I had on hand. But that doesn't affect anything, as the smaller Pixel 2 has the exact same camera as the Pixel 2 XL. 

Check out photos taken with the OnePlus 6 and the Pixel 2 XL to see how close the cheaper OnePlus really is:

SEE ALSO: People in New York were lining up around a city block to buy this $530 Android phone

Let's start with a nice, easy photo. Both photos are great, but I prefer the Pixel 2 XL's.

I'd be happy with either photo, truthfully. However, I prefer the Pixel 2 XL's photo here because it has more "depth," and better contrast between the focus of my shot and the surroundings. 

It's great that the OnePlus reveals more of the nearby tree's detail, but it's not the focus of my shot, and it can distract you from what I'm really trying to capture here: The pond. 



As you would with any good stroll, I came across dinosaurs. Both phones took great shots, but they have different colors. It's a matter of preference.

I prefer the OnePlus 6's colors here, as the Pixel 2 XL's shot looks comparatively yellow overall. However, the Pixel 2 shot has more detail. You can see details like ribs and the spots on the dinosaurs' backs more clearly with the Pixel 2 XL's photo. In fact, you can see more detail in just about everything in the Pixel 2 XL's photo, including the grass and trees. 



And with this totem pole, the Pixel 2 XL shows how good its HDR mode is.

Both phones have high dynamic range (HDR) functionality, which takes multiple shots at different exposures to capture details in light and dark areas and combines them for the best of all worlds.. Both have the HDR mode on "automatic."

The Pixel 2 XL reveals more details of the figures on the totem pole than the OnePlus 6, while keeping the background just as bright. 



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We visited the newest store from a cheap European clothing chain that's invading America and saw why H&M and Forever 21 should be terrified

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  • Primark, a low-cost European apparel chain, is rolling out more stores in the United States. It opened its ninth US store this week, in Brooklyn, New York.
  • The store was described by one Bloomberg writer as a new version of H&M, only with Kmart prices.
  • We visited the new store to find out what it is like to shop there. 

Primark is making a slow and steady expansion into the United States. 

The low-cost, European-headquartered clothing chain just opened its ninth store in the US on July 7. Located in the Kings Plaza mall in Brooklyn, it's the second of the retailer's locations in New York.

Its expansion is timed well to take advantage of an explosion in value-oriented stores in the US. While department stores have suffered, off-price and dollar stores have experienced somewhat of a boom in recent times, enabling them to grow and add new locations across the country. 

Experts say that the success of value stores can be attributed to larger social changes.

"The middle is disappearing — low and middle-income customers increasingly shop at discounters and dollar stores, forcing retailers that once served these customers, like Bon-Ton and its subsidiary brands, to close shop," analysts from intelligence firm Gartner L2 wrote in a recent report on department stores.

As the middle class has shrunk, the most successful businesses in retail have become more distinctly split into two sections: luxury and budget stores. According to a recent report released by Deloitte, consumers' shifting attitudes towards finances and social issues are at the core of the recent upheaval in retail.

Retail is changing in line with consumer income divides, the report said, meaning that high-end and budget retailers are seeing revenues soar, growing 81% and 37%, respectively, in the last five years, according to Deloitte. Meanwhile, the middle is being squeezed out and has only seen a 2% sales increase in the past five years.

We visited Primark's brand-new store in Brooklyn to see how it will fit into the US retail landscape:

SEE ALSO: 50 haunting photos of abandoned shopping malls across America

The new store is located at Kings Plaza mall in Brooklyn. This is the ninth Primark store to open in the US and the second in the state of New York.



From our experience, its older, European sister stores are usually more chaotic than this new location.



We were instantly impressed. The store is easy to navigate, and while there is a ton of clothing, it doesn't feel too squashed in.



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If you shopped at these 15 stores in the last year, your data might have been stolen

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  • At least 15 retailers were hacked and likely had information stolen from them since January 2017.
  • Many of these were caused by flaws in payment systems taken advantage of by hackers.

At least 15 separate security breaches occurred at retailers from January 2017 until now. Many of them were caused by flaws in payment systems, either online or in stores.

Data breaches are on the rise for both retailers and other businesses. According to Business Insider Intelligence, data breaches are a real danger for both brands and customers, and they can affect a customer's trust in brands.

According to a study by KPMG, 19% of consumers would completely stop shopping at a retailer after a breach, and 33% would take a break from shopping there for an extended period.

Here are 15 retailers that have been affected by data breaches since January 2017:

SEE ALSO: Bed Bath & Beyond customers are starting not to care about the best reason to shop there

Macy's

Macy's confirmed that some customers shopping online at Macys.com and Bloomingdales.com between April 26 and June 12 could have had their personal information and credit card details exposed to a third party.

Macy's did not confirm exactly how many people were impacted. However, a spokesperson for the company said the breach was limited to a small group of people. 

Macy's said in a statement: "We have investigated the matter thoroughly, addressed the cause and, as a precaution, have implemented additional security measures. Macy’s, Inc. will provide consumer protection services at no cost to those customers. We have contacted potentially impacted customers with more information about these services."



Adidas

Adidas announced in June that an "unauthorized party" said it had gained access to customer data on Adidas' US website. Currently, the company believes only customers who shopped on and purchased items from the US version of Adidas.com may have been affected by the breach.

The data that is potentially at risk includes customer contact information, like email addresses and physical addresses, as well as login information, like usernames and passwords. The passwords were stored with an encryption, however, which would need to be unencrypted before they could be used.

Adidas did not say exactly how many customers could have been affected by the breach, but an Adidas spokeswoman confirmed it is likely "a few million."



Sears

Sears alerted customers on April 4 of a "security incident" with an online support partner [24]7.ai that may have resulted in up to 100,000 people having their credit-card information stolen.

The incident affected shoppers who bought items online from September 27, 2017 to October 12, 2017



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These newlyweds transformed a grain silo into a gorgeous tiny home — and they say it’s done wonders for their relationship

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One Phoenix couple put their own spin on "tiny living" when they transformed a 366-square-foot grain silo into their home.

Among the challenges of adapting the metal structure was when the pair, Shauna Thibault, a stylist and boutique owner, and architect Christoph Kaiser, moved into the mini dwelling as newlyweds.

"It makes you confront issues more and it brings you together — there's camaraderie there that I don't think would be otherwise,"Kaiser told Zillow, which featured Kaiser and Thibault's unique home in a company blog post.

Here's their story:

SEE ALSO: A boat architect modeled his 250-square-foot tiny home after a lunar lander and it's just as cool as it sounds

Kaiser originally bought the silo, which is designed to hold grain in bulk, off of Craigslist as a means to store his garden tools. He and Thibault eventually changed their minds about its purpose and embarked on an 18-month long project to fashion it into the tiny home of their dreams.

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And tiny it is: The 366-square-foot home doesn't have any rooms, just an upstairs bed loft and a downstairs, which includes the kitchen and a bathroom. The two moved into the pint-sized abode as newlyweds a couple of years ago.



Kaiser said spending their first year of marriage in such a small space afforded the pair an intimacy that they may not have had had they lived in a bigger home. For them, tiny living simplified life. "We affectionately called it the 'pressure cooker' for a while," he told Zillow.



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Fortnite Season 5 is finally here — here are the biggest changes

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"Fortnite: Battle Royale's" newest Battle Season is here, and it's a doozy.

In Fortnite, the changing of seasons brings a new theme to the game's Battle Pass, and often many cosmetic changes to the map. For example, in the days leading up to the beginning of Season 4, the game hinted that a meteor shower would change the island forever. When the meteor did hit, it caused a large crater in the enter of the map, turning Dusty Depot into the craterous Dusty Divot.

This time around, a one-time in-game event — involving a rocket launch and rifts in the space-time continuum — was a signal to players that this new Season would include massive changes to the island, and that transition to Season 5 would be the biggest one yet.

Here's what's new in Fortnite today:

SEE ALSO: Here are all the new locations in the updated Fortnite map for Season 5

Season 5 is here! As expected, the rifts have played a pivotal role in this season's introduction, and will likely continue to provide players with more surprises in the weeks to come.

Check out the trailer for Season 5:

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Once you drop into the game today, you'll immediately notice that Season 5 has brought some major changes. Perhaps the most obvious is that the landscape in the southeastern side of the map is now entirely desert.



Moisty Mire is now officially Paradise Palms, a sandy desert complete with cactuses, tumbleweeds, and lots of palm trees.

It's likely that Paradise Palms is at least somewhat inspired by resort destination Palm Springs, California, especially given Epic Game's recent decision to plant a real-life replica of the Durr Burger in the California desert last week. 



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China just slammed massive tariffs on $34 billion worth of US goods — here's what will get hit

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  • President Donald Trump and China are engaged in a nasty trade war, with both sides hitting the other with large tariffs on a variety of goods.
  • In response to Trump's tariffs on Friday, China released a tariff list that will apply to $34 billion worth of US exports to China.
  • The list of goods affected by the tariffs includes soybeans, pork, fish, orange juice, and whiskey.
  • Here's a rundown of the major goods subject to the new tariffs. 

After months of threats and negotiations, the trade war between the US and China officially launched on Friday with both countries imposing tit-for-tat tariffs.

Soon after US President Donald Trump's imposed a 25% tariff on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods, China's Ministry of Commerce struck back with tariffs of equal size on some US exports to China.

It said the first $34 billion would be followed up by another $16 billion once the US's second wave of tariffs goes into effect in a few weeks.

While Trump's tariffs mostly target industrial and tech goods, China is focusing heavily on agricultural products from the US — a move that is likely to not only cause pain to Trump's political supporters, but leave US farmers with fewer options to divert their crops.

For instance, a US cherry producer told The Washington Post last week that a shipment to China was diverted for further inspection and went bad, resulting in a loss for the US firm. While it's unclear whether the delay was due to the trade fight, it highlights the danger for farmers caused by increased protectionism.

In response to China's retaliation, Trump on Tuesday released a list of another $200 billion worth of Chinese goods that could get hit with an additional 10% tariff. China's commerce ministry promised a response should Trump move forward with the additional measures.

Using the international Harmonized System codes on China's list of products affected by its tariffs, we picked out the major US products that will be affected. Check out the list below:

SEE ALSO: If you use batteries or refrigerators or eat at Chick-fil-A, you could eventually feel the pain of Trump's tariffs on China

READ MORE: China says Trump's tariffs 'launched the largest trade war in economic history,' vows to strike back

Meat

Pork, beef, chicken, duck, and various smoked meats.



Fish

Various types of salmon, trout, catfish, carp, tilapia, halibut, plaice, sole, albacore, tuna, herring, cod, haddock, hake, pollock, dogfish, rays, skates, sea bass, fish roe. Also includes frozen fillets of those fish.



Other seafood

Lobster, rock lobster, crab, shrimp, prawns, oysters, scallops, mussels, squid, cuttlefish, octopus, snails, clams, abalone, conchs, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, jellyfish, and various aquatic invertebrates. Also includes prepared or preserved preparations.



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Meet the 30 healthcare leaders under 40 who are using technology to shape the future of medicine

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The healthcare industry has no shortage of big ideas.

Whether by eliminating the hassle of visiting a brick-and-mortar pharmacy or by changing the way we store and access personal data, young leaders are working to make healthcare a better experience for everyone.

Drawing from nominations that came in from top healthcare executives, entrepreneurs, and investors, Business Insider has come up with 30 leaders under the age of 40 who are shaping the future of medicine.

Here's our list of top young leaders engaged in groundbreaking work in healthcare technology, listed alphabetically.

SEE ALSO: Meet the 30 biotech leaders under 40 who are searching for breakthrough treatments and shaping the future of medicine

Tanvi Abbhi, 30, and Dr. Nora Zetsche, 29, are making it easier for doctors and nurses to coordinate care for their patients.

Abbhi and Zetsche first met back in middle school, where they became friends. Their lives and career paths took different turns in the following years as Zetsche served as a radiology resident, while Abbhi worked with entrepreneurs around the world. Zetsche's work in healthcare left her frustrated by how poor she thought the experience was for both doctors and patients. "I felt strongly there are better ways to manage that experience on both sides," she said.

So in 2016, the two came back together to start Veta Health, a New York-based startup that aims to make healthcare more connected both inside and outside the hospital, ideally making the experience better for doctors and patients. The startup develops software intended to make it easier for doctors and nurses to coordinate patient care, and it also communicates with patients to ensure they're hitting their treatment goals.

"The healthcare transformation we see ourselves in is moving from episode-based to extending care delivery to beyond care settings of hospitals," Zetsche said.

Through Veta Health's platform, patients can connect with doctors and nurses to make sure they're on the right treatment track. That way, those caretakers can keep tabs on a patient's progress even when they aren't in the office for an appointment.



Piraye Beim, 39, is bringing precision medicine to women's health.

While getting her Ph.D., Beim was closely tracking a revolution in cancer treatment. Researchers were starting to investigate genetic mutations and their role in driving cancer's growth. Drugs began emerging to target those mutations. But something was missing.

"I didn't see that same playbook coming to reproduction and women's health," she said.

So in 2009 she set up Celmatix, a company meant to do exactly that. Almost a decade later, Beim still serves as CEO for the New York-based company, which makes a genetic test that screens for risk factors associated with female fertility. Celmatix also makes software that collects clinical data for reproductive medical centers and now has 90,000 patients on it. The company has raised $60 million in funding.



Dr. Robin Berzin, 37, is building a doctor's office that could be the future of medicine.

Berzin's interest in wellness dates back to her days training as a doctor at Columbia University and the Mount Sinai Health System in New York. After starting a company that provided a secure messaging platform for hospitals, Berzin began to think about how else the market for primary care, the basic level of healthcare you experience when you get an annual physical, could be disrupted.

"It seemed obvious to me to build a new system for primary care that not only re-operationalized medical care but also that incorporated tracking, and mental health," Berzin said. That’s why she started Parsley Health, a medical practice that has raised $10 million in funding.

Founded in 2016, Parsley Health has centers in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco and is the only medical practice located in WeWork spaces. Parsley is focused on functional medicine, a type of practice that tries to take a more comprehensive, holistic approach at treating the underlying cause of a particular disease. For a monthly fee of $150 you get not just primary-care visits but nutrition plans and supplement regimens along with more in-depth genetics and microbiome testing.



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20 places you can get a great tech job outside of Silicon Valley

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  • Job prospects in the contemporary tech industry are spreading from Silicon Valley to cities across the country. 
  • Huntsville, Alabama has seen the largest surge in opportunities, with growth of over 300% between 2016 and 2017. 
  • Tech companies are attracted to these locations due to tax breaks and a low cost of living.

A diaspora of tech talent, driven by Silicon Valley's tumbling job market and sky-high rents, has pushed tech job seekers to some surprising places.

Job search site ZipRecruiter recently analyzed its database of more than 8 million active jobs, and ranked the 20 fastest-growing tech markets based on year-over-year data. Job growth for engineering, software, and IT roles may be losing steam in the Bay Area, but smaller cities are picking up the slack, the company says,

Huntsville, Ala. topped the list, with over 300% tech job growth from 2016 to 2017. Thousand Oaks, Calif. (200%) came in second, followed by Phoenix, Ariz. (188%).

"The tech industry is no longer bound to the coast," says ZipRecruiter's Chief Economic Adviser, Cathy Barrera. "As a result, we're seeing the tech industry expand out of the major metropolis areas, and into smaller regional cities that have since flown largely under the radar."

Many of the cities on ZipRecruiter's list are in the Midwest — Kansas City, Kan., Cincinnati, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Ind. are three standouts. The South also had a strong showing, with Nashville, Tenn. and three cities in Florida (Orlando, Jacksonville, Tampa) all making the cut.

Barrera credits government policies, like tax breaks that attract entrepreneurs and business startups for much of this growth. But the main impetus, she says, is the skyrocketing cost of living in coastal tech hubs like San Francisco and New York.

The median home price of a home in Huntsville hovers around $150,000, according to the report — a fraction of the $1.5 million it costs to buy a home in the Bay Area.

"Big cities can only grow so much — and at a certain point, the skyrocketing living costs make it nearly impossible to find a job with a salary you can live off," Barrera says.

Here's the full list, complete with average salary (as per PayScale), rent, and home costs:

SEE ALSO: Americans have differing ideas of what's 'inappropriate' at work — and it largely varies by age

1. Huntsville, AL

Top tech jobs:

  • Software Engineer
  • Systems Engineer
  • Systems Specialist
  • Help Desk Support
  • Information Technology Specialist

Growth in tech jobs YoY: 309%

Early career median pay: $59,500

Mid career median pay: $96,400

Median rent: $950

Median home price: $152,170



2. Thousand Oaks, CA

Top tech jobs:

  • Project Manager
  • Network Engineer
  • Project Manager Coordinator
  • Quality Assurance Specialist
  • Software Test Engineer

Growth in tech jobs YoY: 200%

Early career median pay: $59,500

Mid career median pay: $105,000

Median rent: $3,200

Median home price: $673,000



3. Phoenix, AZ

Top tech jobs:

  • Project Manager
  • Software Engineer
  • Software Developer
  • Data Analyst
  • SQL Developer

Growth in tech jobs YoY: 188%

Early career median pay: $58,400

Mid career median pay: $96,800

Median rent: $1,345

Median home price: $216,000



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19 photos of Navy SEALs doing what they do best

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As America's elite, U.S. Navy SEALs are constantly called for operations around the globe.

With a motto of "the only easy day was yesterday," the average day in the life of a SEAL is usually anything but. Whether they are deploying to global hotspots, honing new skills in some of the military's toughest schools, or going through training evolutions stateside, SEALs learn to be ready for anything.

Here are 19 photos showing what they do best around the world.

SEE ALSO: Why Green Berets are the smartest, most lethal fighters in the world

SEE ALSO: Step aboard the USS Zumwalt, the largest destroyer the US Navy has ever built

SEAL qualification training students from Class 268 take aim during a 36-round shooting test ranging from 100, 200 and 300 yards at Camp Pendleton. SQT is a six-month training course that all SEAL candidates must complete before being assigned to a SEAL team.



An East Coast-based U.S. Navy SEAL practices shooting drills at the Naval Special Warfare Eagle Haven Indoor Shooting Range at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story.



Navy SEALs demonstrate a special patrol insertion/extraction from an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter during a capabilities demonstration as part of the 2009 Veterans Day Ceremony and Muster XXIV at the National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Fla. The annual muster is held at the museum, which is located on the original training grounds of the Scouts and Raiders.



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A comprehensive guide to every dating term you'll ever need to know — in alphabetical order

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There are plenty of ways to meet people nowadays, through friends, at work, at clubs, or on an array of apps. But just as there are many ways to find happiness, there are many ways to be hurt, too.

Never has this been more obvious than in the world of dating — particularly through the various dating apps on the market. Because of the constant rules and games to keep up with, it can feel harder than ever to find someone to settle down with.

There are a lot of lists out there on the latest dating trends and terms, so I've scoured the internet to find every single one you're ever likely to come across.

From breadcrumbing to ghosting, love bombing to hoovering, they're all here.

Hope it helps — it's rough out there.

Benching

Before you have "the talk" with your new partner about whether you are in an exclusive relationship, you are at risk of being "benched." Like the sports term, where players are left on the bench as reserves, you might find yourself being someone's back-up option as they continue to look around. They may come back to you if nobody better comes along, but that doesn't give one high hopes for the relationship, does it?



Breadcrumbing

"Breadcrumbing" is when somebody seems to be pursuing you, but really they have no intention of being tied down to a relationship. It might be difficult to tell in the early stages, especially if you met online, because you'll receive a series of texts that suggest they are interested. However, it soon becomes clear that this person has no intention of following through with anything they've said. They just like leaving you breadcrumbs, like a trail in Hansel and Gretel, to string you along.



Catch and release

This technique is favoured by people who love the thrill of the chase. They'll put all their effort into flirtatious texts, and trying to date you, until they "catch" you. When you finally agree to the date, they immediately lose interest and seek out their next target. The culprit clearly gets something out of it, but for the victim it's just confusing — and really irritating.



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These photos show some of the most extreme working conditions in the world, from inside an active volcano to a deadly mine

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Photographer Hugh Brown has spent the past eight years documenting some of the most dangerous working conditions on the planet.

His work for The Cruellest Work Project has so far taken him to live volcanoes, illegal mines deep underground, and one of the world's biggest mountain ranges to capture the conditions in which more than 30 million people work for less than $1 a day.

Many of them risk their lives to collect resources like coal, silver, gems, and copper. They're also forced to endure harsh working conditions including environmental degradation, people trafficking, and organized crime, Brown told Business Insider.

"The story of these people — some of the poorest and hardest-working on the planet — needs to be told," he said.

Here's what of the world's most dangerous working conditions look like.

1. Sulfur miners in Indonesia work inside an active volcano, where they carry around 154-pound loads a half mile out of the volcano, and then two more miles down the mountain to a weigh station.



Sulfur particles adorn the eyes and face of this miner in this 2012 photo. "These men were amongst the strongest men that I have ever seen," Brown said.



This miner is chewing on his scarf to prevent ingesting sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide as he chisels chunks of sulfur.



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15 books famous scientists think you should read

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You can learn a lot about what makes a brilliant mind tick by looking at the books on their bedside table. Beyond reading research in their field, the most famous and successful scientists take the time to read books about every subject imaginable.

We compiled a list of book recommendations from a handful of illustrious minds by combing the web for quotes, checking out personal blogs, and just asking them directly. The picks below come from popular scientists including author and television personality Bill Nye, surgeon-turned-writer Siddhartha Mukherjee, and globe-trotting primatologist Jane Goodall.

The books they've recommended range from high fantasy, like Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings," to canonical, like Plato's seminal work "The Republic." 

Here are 15 books that brilliant scientists consider must-reads:

SEE ALSO: The best books about science from the last 15 years that everyone should read

Jane Goodall: "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien

Jane Goodall is a big fan of J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

Goodall famously read the books to her son while studying chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She even named a precocious chimpanzee "Frodo" after the trilogy's main character.

She was also a fan of the movies and told W Magazine that "The Fellowship of the Ringis one film that "really sticks with me." 

 

 



Carl Sagan: "The Immoralist" by Andre Gide

Carl Sagan, who died in 1996, was a famous astronomer and the host of the original "Cosmos" television mini-series. (Neil DeGrasse Tyson, whose book recommendation is also on this list, remade the series in 2014.) 

Sagan was extremely well read, even in college. The website Brain Pickings obtained a copy of Sagan's college reading list, which showed that the astronomer sped through a number of powerful works of fiction and nonfiction in his free time while studying at the University of Chicago.

Andre Gide's "The Immoralist" appeared on that 1954 reading list. The 1902 novel explores the life of a lapsed academic as he travels from France to French-occupied Algeria.

It's an artistic tale of colonization, impulses, and the human condition. Gide won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1947.



Carl Sagan: "The Republic" by Plato

Sagan also put Plato's "The Republic" on his personal reading list when he was a college student.

One of the world's most influential works of political theory, Plato's text is the foundation of much of Western philosophy (and a sometimes daunting assignment for many college freshmen).

Plato's book is written as a dialogue with Socrates and evaluates differing notions of justice and morality.

 

 



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