Is selecting a movie to watch on Netflix a struggle for you? Thankfully, we're here to make sure you spend more time watching movies than choosing them. 

Every week, we look through what's available on the streaming service and recommend seven movies you can watch over the weekend.

Some of our selections recently came to Netflix (like the slew of A24's early films) and some have been available for awhile — you might have just missed them because Netflix's algorithm thought you wouldn't like them.

From the visually-stunning sci-fi film "Ex Machina" to the absurdist satire "Spring Breakers," these are some awesome movies on Netflix you can watch this weekend.

Here are seven movies on Netflix you should check out (along with their scores from Rotten Tomatoes).

Note: Not all of these films are available in countries outside the United States. Sorry!

"Ex Machina" (2014)

Netflix description: A coder at a tech company wins a week-long retreat at the compound of his company's CEO, where he's tasked with testing a new artificial intelligence.

Critic score: 92%

Audience score: 86%

"Ex Machina" is one of the most intelligent and thought-provoking sci-fi films in decades, and it was the perfect outlet for Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, and Oscar Isaac to display their talents — particularly Isaac, whose dancing scene in this film instantly became iconic. 

"An Education" (2009)

Netflix description: Jenny's Oxford-bound teen life is a bore in 1961 London, until she's immersed in the beguiling but hazardous world of a much-older man. 

Critic score: 95%

Audience score: 80%

This lovely period film, which put Carey Mulligan's name out there, takes a disturbing turn that you won't expect, but it's still a great movie with incredible performances that's paired perfectly with a rainy day. 

"The Conjuring" (2013)

Netflix description: Based on true events, this spine-chiller tells the story of a New England family who begins having encounters with spirits in their farmhouse.

Critic score: 86%

Audience score: 82%

"The Conjuring" was so well-received with critics and audiences that is sparked an entire franchise. A truly talented cast plus traditional scares and a bit of humor make this better than most horror. The movie also triggered a Renaissance of horror films, with excellent movies following it in the past five years including "It Follows,""A Quiet Place," and "Hereditary."

With the summer TV season well underway, several fan-favorite shows are returning with new seasons next month.

To find out which returning shows audiences are anticipating the most, the TV-tracking app TV Time analyzed data from its 12 million global users to see which upcoming TV shows viewers had followed the most frequently on its platform.

The list includes the upcoming second season of the Netflix drama "Ozark," and the fourth season of the Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson-led HBO series "Ballers."

Here are the 5 returning TV shows that viewers are anticipating the most in August, according to TV Time:

SEE ALSO: Most Netflix subscribers with young kids have no idea Disney content will get pulled off the service

5. "Greenleaf" (Season 3) — Premieres August 28 on OWN

Summary: "The original drama series 'Greenleaf' from award-winning writer/producer Craig Wright takes viewers into the unscrupulous world of the Greenleaf family and their sprawling Memphis megachurch, where scandalous secrets and lies are as numerous as the faithful."

4. "Ballers" (Season 4) — Premieres August 12 on HBO

Summary: "Success hits hard. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson stars in this series as a retired football superstar trying to reinvent himself as a financial manager for current players in sun-soaked Miami."

3. "The Sinner" (Season 2) — Premieres August 1 on USA Network

Summary:"Follows a young mother (Jessica Biel) who, when overcome by an inexplicable fit of rage, commits a startling act of violence."

• Skytrax recently released its 2018 rankings for the world's best economy-class airlines in the world.
• Once again, airlines from Asia dominate, taking nine of the top 10 spots. 
• Thai Airways took the top spot as the best economy-class airline.
  

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For most of us, sitting in economy class is our usual experience when flying. Now, there is nothing inherently wrong with economy class, as it allows millions of passengers a year to fly all over the globe in only a few hours time, sometimes crossing the entire world in one day. But as many experienced air travelers learn, not all economy classes are constructed equal. Some have smaller seats with a tighter width, others have little-to-no leg room, and others don't even have a TV screen installed inside the back of seats. 

Skytrax, the United Kingdom-based consumer aviation agency, recently released its annual "Best Airlines in the World" ranking for 2018. The survey, which began in 1999, is an annual customer relations satisfaction survey that is among the industry's most professional and prestigious. It has gone from attracting the entries of 2.2 million airline customers in 2000, to receiving more than 20 million entries in 2018.

Along with an updated ranking of the World's Best First-Class Cabins, Skytrax has also taken the time to rank the world's best economy-class airlines. 

This year, 335 airlines were included in the survey and more than 20 million respondents were counted in the final results.

In a smaller top-10 ranking, the best economy class airline seats for 2018 all hailed from carriers based out of Asia. They were ranked as such: Japan Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, Asiana Airlines, Korean Air, Qatar Airways, ANA All Nippon Airways, EVA Air, Emirates, Garuda Indonesia. 

It's worth noting that not a single U.S.-based airline was ranked in the top 20 for best economy class in 2018. 

Take a look at the top-10 best economy-class cabins in the world below. 

SEE ALSO: These 10 airlines have the most luxurious first-class cabins in the world

10. Japan Airlines

9. Lufthansa

8. EVA Air

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• There's nothing like a fresh coat of paint to spruce up a room. We've rounded up the best interior paint brands so you can rest assured that your walls will look great for a long time.

• Behr Premium Plus Paint is our top pick because it is stain- and UV-resistant, has low VOC emissions, dries quickly, and doesn't cost a fortune.

Giving a room or your whole home a fresh coat of paint may just be easiest and most rewarding task to check off your to-do list.

That said, as fantastic as it may feel to walk into a freshly painted room, the process of choosing the right paint can be something of a hassle. After all, with so many options, how are you supposed to know what’s right?

First and foremost, you’ll want to think about what the purpose of your paint job is. Are you looking to cover up stains or protect your walls from pets and human error? If so, opt for a stain resistant option. If you’re looking to completely change up a room, painting over a dark color with a light color, you’ll probably need a paint with fantastic coverage and a built-in primer.

Then, think about how you want the paint to look when you’re finished. Depending on where you’re painting, you may want your walls to look somewhere between shiny and not at all. In painter lingo, that means you’re looking for something from a semi-gloss, pearl, eggshell, matte, to flat result, with the gloss being the most light-reflecting and the flat being the least.

Of course, the most exciting part is picking the right color, but we’ll leave that to you. After all, you’re the one who’s going to have to look at it all the livelong day — or at least until you decide to repaint again.

Regardless of what you choose, however, we’re confident that our favorite interior paint brands will get you started, and give your home a new lease on life.

Here are our top picks for the best interior paint you can buy:

• Best interior paint overall: Behr Premium Plus — $29.98 per gallon
• Best interior paint for stain removal: Valspar Signature — $34.98 per gallon
• Best budget interior paint: Glidden Interior Premium — $26.98 per gallon
• Best interior paint for a makeover: Sherwin Williams Infinity — $43.98 per gallon

Read on in the slides below to check out our top picks.

The best interior paint overall

Why you'll love it: Behr is one of the most popular names in paint, and in the case of its Premium Plus paint, you’ll get both stain and UV resistance.

If you’re looking for a paint that can go just about anywhere, then the Behr Premium Plus paint is one of the most solid options on the market. Behr’s Premium Plus line is well-loved by shoppers, and in fact, claimed two out of the top five slots for Consumer Reports’ top five interior paints in 2017.

When we repainted our kitchen, Behr Premium Plus Zero VOC was the clear way to go. As fun as painting can be, it’s certainly a rather harsh process, especially for those with sensitive noses. But thanks to Behr’s low VOC (volatile organic compound) paint, you’ll end up with a relatively non-toxic process, and certainly, a non-toxic finish.

This paint is particularly well-suited to kitchens, bathrooms, and other high-traffic areas because it comes with a built-in primer, which means that you don’t have to worry about taking two steps to do a job that could be done in one. Plus, it’ll let you cover up stains and even darker coats of paint without doing any prep work. Sure, it might take a couple coats, but that’s part of the fun.

When you’re finished, you’ll find a semi-gloss finish that, thanks to its UV-resistance, will not fade in the face of direct sunlight. Again, that makes it ideal for bright and airy kitchens that not only have to deal with grease splatters but also the morning and late-afternoon light. I also found that this paint dried extremely quickly, and since we’ve painted, we’ve been able to scrub the walls when need be without taking off any of the paint.

Oh, and it also resists mildew-growth, so if you’re looking to paint either in an extremely humid area or in a room that often gets damp (hello, bathroom), this is a great choice.

Pros: Low VOC, quick-drying, stain resistant, mildew resistant, affordable price point

Cons: Some customers have noted that several coats of paint are required for certain rooms or cover-ups

Buy Behr Premium Plus Paint at Home Depot for $29.98 per gallon

The best interior paint for stain removal

Why you'll love it: Valspar Signature paint does a great job at hiding your mistakes before, during, and after painting. 

If you’re looking to cover up flaws or imperfections, Valspar Signature is the way to do it. As Good Housekeeping points out, Valspar's Signature Paint does a good job for both removing stains and withstanding the test of sunlight and time.

Like other popular paints, this one has a primer built in, which is part of what makes it so effective at covering  up mistakes of years past. It’s 100% acrylic paint, which makes it well-suited for a wide variety of surfaces. In fact, if you check out Valspar’s own review page, you’ll find that a few folks have reported using the Signature paint on cabinets, with great success.

The acrylic nature of the paint also means that it’s a bit thicker than other paints when it dries, which again, is useful for removing stains from sight. It also means that it’s quite long-lasting, so you don’t have to waste money repainting just a few years after your first go-around.

I particularly enjoyed the satin finish of the paint, perfect for folks who can’t decide whether they want a shiny or non-shiny finish. While this paint is relatively reflective, it doesn’t fade even in the harshest of sunlight, which makes it a good choice for bright rooms. That said, because this paint can be applied to wet areas and is mildew and chemical damage-resistant, you could also throw this paint on your kitchen or bathroom walls.

Pros: Covers up stains and blemishes, fade resistant, low VOC  

Cons: Some customers have complained about a slow dry

Buy Valspar Signature paint at Lowe's for $34.98 per gallon

The best budget interior paint

Why you'll love it: Glidden Interior Premium paint is not only great for damp rooms and areas, but it's also extremely affordable.

Nearly 300 happy customers from Home Depot have given Glidden Interior Premium paint a nearly perfect five-star review, noting that this paint requires fewer coats, dries true to color, and is low odor and without harmful chemicals.

I found the same thing to be true in using this paint for my bathroom, which is what this paint is particularly well-suited for. It’s both mold and mildew-resistant, so if you’re looking to revamp your powder room, this is probably the way to go.

Easily cleanable and unlikely to take on stains, this paint and primer combination is a quick-drying option for folks who want to just get the job done. The 100% acrylic paint promises durability, and offers great coverage on a variety of surfaces. In fact, as one buyer noted, “I had a couple of small areas where drywall had been repaired and it is impossible to see any difference from them and the surrounding area.”

If you’re looking to paint an older room, Glidden is great at covering up smoke and water stains, and results in a uniform dry and even color. My bathroom job was completed in a matter of hours, and other customers have noted that their bigger projects took much less time than anticipated thanks to the ease of use of this paint.

And most importantly, Glidden Interior Premium paint is remarkably well-priced, making it a no-brainer for folks who are looking for an efficient, cost-effective way to spruce up their homes.

Pros: Great price point, quick drying, capable of covering up longstanding stains

Cons: Some customers have noted that the flat finish still has a sheen

Buy Glidden Interior Premium paint at Home Depot for $26.98 per gallon

Working in a restaurant isn’t all fancy knife tricks and big tips. It’s surprising that more movies don’t understand the true grueling and passionate work that goes into a restaurant, considering so many writers spend their time waiting tables before their big break. Here are some movies and TV shows that nail some aspect of what it’s actually like to work in a restaurant.

"Big Night" will show you what it’s like to fail.

Four out of five restaurants fail in the first five years. This mouth-watering film that stars Stanley Tucci and Tony Shalhoub as Italian immigrant brothers also shows what it’s like when a restaurant isn’t thriving. Viewers will empathize with the frustration of the cook when faced with Americans only looking for the Americanized versions of the food they cook.

When it looks like the brothers will need to pack up and return to Italy, Tucci’s character still cooks his brother and their waiter a perfect omelet, enjoying this last breakfast together while wondering what they’re going to do now.

"Party Down" understands that the food service industry is often a pitstop.

This brilliant, but short-lived show about a catering company in Los Angeles was famous for its slacking out-of-work artists who refused to admit they were waiters. They neglect work, do drugs, and hook up with each other and the guests, reminding us that not everyone in the food industry is passionate about the work they do. These people might be serving you with a smile, but could be dreaming about their novel getting published or their agent landing them a role.

"Bob’s Burgers" shows what it’s like to run a family business.

Bob and Linda Belcher own a burger restaurant in a seaside town with their children, who often act as their extra employees. They may engage in more wacky hi-jinks than other fast-food eateries, but they have the restaurant staples such as regulars, a rivalry with the restaurant across the street, a weird, but forgiving landlord, a failed attempt at weekend brunch, and the constant stress of owning a restaurant.

From the Mediterranean shores of Tel Aviv, Israel's fraught geopolitical position is almost non-existent.

Tourists and locals alike sip Goldstar, Israel's ubiquitous dark lager, as the waves roll in and out. Children laugh and splash in the water. A group of teens play volleyball as the sun sets.

It feels like a much nicer version of the Jersey Shore: The sand is softer, the water is clearer, and the beer tastes better.

After a 2.5-hour drive east, on the edge of Jerusalem, Israel looks starkly different. In one part of the city: ancient ruins, a stunning golden dome, and a labyrinthine market dating back to the turn of the last millennium. In another part of the city: poverty and a massive, horrific wall.

Here's a common view from the road in one part of Jerusalem, next to the West Bank:

The infamous wall separating much of Israel's eastern border and the Palestinian-controlled West Bank is a stark, constant reminder of the duality of life in this New Jersey-sized region of the Middle East: On one side, prosperity; on the other, a distinctly less comfortable reality. 

On a recent visit to Jerusalem, I got my first look at this wall in person. And it gave me a valuable perspective that I brought back home with me to the US.

SEE ALSO: I visited the most contested city in Israel, where Israelis and Palestinians are separated by a gauntlet of military checkpoints — and the harsh, complicated truth of the conflict was immediately clear

It's obvious I realize, but it's also true: The wall is ugly.

Large slabs of grey concrete make up the wall between Jerusalem and the West Bank.

These were the first impressions of the wall I saw during a two-week trip to Israel earlier this month. It's the image of the wall seen most regularly on the news: Hulking slabs of concrete that cut off Jerusalem from the West Bank.

They're about as appealing as prison walls, aesthetically speaking. It's no surprise that the Arabic name for it is the "apartheid wall"— a term most commonly used by Palestinians in the West Bank.

Like most things in Israel, even the words used to describe the wall are up for debate.

The Israeli government officially refers to it as a "safety fence," and it's sometimes referred to as a "barrier" or "separation wall/fence." I'm referring to it as a "wall" here because I went to the portion near Jerusalem that is a physical wall, as seen above. 

Construction of the wall began in 2002 — a response to rampant violence during the Second Intifada, a Palestinian uprising sparked by then-Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon visiting the Temple Mount.

The Temple Mount is a critical landmark for Jews, Christians, and Muslims.

It's home to the Western Wall — the last remaining component of the second Jewish temple, built by King Herod the Great in the last century BCE. Going back even further, it is believed to be the site of Mount Zion.

For Christians, Herod's Temple was one of many important sites in Jerusalem where Jesus walked.

For Muslims, it's a place of historical importance and worship known as the Noble Sanctuary. The Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque are both located on site, and it's said to be the place where Mohammed ascended to heaven.

The reality of who owns the property is hotly contested.

The Israeli government oversees security at the site, and a Jordanian Waqf — an Islamic religious trust — maintains it. Non-Muslims are allowed to visit the Temple Mount plateau (seen above), but only Muslims are allowed to enter the Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa Mosque. 

Sharon's visit to the site in September 2000 was seen as a provocation by Jerusalem's Muslim community at one of the religion's most important sites. The result was an uprising, or "intifada"— from the verb "to shake off" in Arabic — that resulted in the death of thousands of Palestinians and Israelis. Protests following Sharon's visit turned into riots, which Israeli authorities responded to with rubber bullets and tear gas. Protesters turned violent, and repeated suicide bombings stunned Israelis. 

Over the next five years, as violence begat more violence on both sides of the conflict, the Israeli government began constructing a massive wall between Israel and the West Bank, which is home to approximately 2.7 million Palestinians and over half a million Jewish Israeli settlers.

The wall, when complete, is expected to run 440 miles. The sections with concrete can reach as high as 28 feet, and are routinely topped with barbed wire.

Not all of the wall is constructed from concrete, and whole sections are missing for reasons ranging from the meteorological to the bureaucratic. 

Some areas are thickets of barbed wire, while others are specially constructed barriers for very specific circumstances — sections of bulletproof glass were installed along the Trans-Israel Highway, for instance, after snipers in the West Bank targeted construction workers. 

A PowerPoint presentation from Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2004 explained the purpose of construction of a "security fence" as such:

The areas you're most likely to see the concrete style of barrier are in cities like Jerusalem and Qalqilya, which are situated directly along the dividing line between Israel and the West Bank. Israel says the reason for this is preventing snipers.

The justification for the wall in general is safety — the Israeli government reported that deaths from suicide bombings decreased sharply over time as areas of the wall were completed. Instead, the Israel army maintains an array of checkpoints that inspect people and vehicles entering Israel, a daily fact of life for Palestinians that most find dehumanizing.

While this is true, a 2005 meeting between Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon during which both men declared a halt to hostilities is widely considered the end of the Second Intifada. 

Over his 16-year career, LeBron James has played on everything from super-teams to lottery teams.

But which of those teams were the best? James often gets credited for dragging teams to the playoffs — he did it last season with the Cleveland Cavaliers — and many think he'll have to do it again with his new Los Angeles Lakers team.

But which of those teams gave James the most support? Which were sturdy enough to be truly elite teams that dominated the league, rather than average teams with one dominant player?

There's no exact formula for answering such a question, but to rank the best teams of James' 16-year career, we included several factors: team record, net rating (the amount by which a team outscores opponents per 100 possessions), their playoff record and net rating, and ultimate finishing point (e.g. Finals, Conference Finals, etc.).

We also looked at James' usage rate (to see how much work he was doing), his win shares (calculated by Basketball-Reference), and the number of players who made All-Star teams in that season. Lastly, we used a bit of logic and subjectivity.

Below is our ranking of James' best teams:

16. 2003-04 Cavaliers

Record: 35-47, 9th seed in East

Playoffs: n/a

Net rating: -2.9

Number of All-Stars: 0

Explanation: The first team of LeBron's career was his worst. The 2003-04 Cavs were coming off a 17-65 season that got them the No. 1 pick to select LeBron. He immediately came in and led the team in scoring, usage, and win shares. None of his teams ever finished below-.500 again.

15. 2004-05 Cavaliers

Record: 42-40, 9th seed in East

Playoffs: n/a

Net rating: 0.7

Number of All-Stars: 1 — Zydrunas Ilgauskas

Explanation: The next year, the Cavs improved by seven games to finish over .500, but they still missed the playoffs. James improved by leaps and bounds, averaging 27-7-7 as a 20-year-old. He even had a fellow All-Star in Ilgauskas, who averaged 16 points and 9 rebounds per game. It was the last season James missed the playoffs entirely.

14. 2007-08 Cavaliers

Record: 45-37, 4th seed in East

Playoffs: Lost in second round

Net rating: -.5

Number of All-Stars: 0

Explanation: The 2007-08 Cavs came back down to Earth after a Finals run the year before. Their offense improved mildly from some additions to the team, but their defense regressed from fourth in the league to 11th. They ultimately lost in seven games to the star-studded Celtics.

• Mendocino Farms is a Los Angeles-based sandwich chain with a bit of a following.
• The chain is famous for its fresh ingredients and commitment to tasty and locally sourced ingredients.
• The chain currently only has locations in California, but it has announced plans to open a restaurant in Houston, Texas, in 2019.
• I visited Mendocino Farms on a recent trip to Southern California to see what all the fuss is about.

Mendocino Farms is a jewel.

That's the only way to describe this relatively small chain of fast-casual restaurants that has made a name for itself on the West Coast for its "better sandwich" concept.

What's a "better sandwich?" Think mid-priced (like $11 to $13) sandwiches, all made with gourmet ingredients that are sourced locally and organic when possible.

That approach has filled a niche in the market and attracted the attention of partners like Whole Foods, which first invested an undisclosed amount in the sandwich chain back in 2015. It has also attracted plenty of customers and helped the chain to expand to 22 locations, with eight more on the way, including one in Houston, Texas.

That shop, announced earlier this year, will be Mendocino Farms' first location outside of California.

On a recent trip to the Los Angeles area, I decided to check out what a "better sandwich" is all about:

SEE ALSO: Amazon is launching a better version of the post office in cities around the country. Here's what it's like to use.

This is Mendocino Farms, a California-based sandwich chain with a serious local fan base. I went to the location near the Grove.

Mendocino Farms isn't your typical fast-casual joint. Walk into a location, and you're immediately greeted by a large menu. An employee was waiting right next to it with an iPad to take my order.

I was then directed to the cash register, where I could add drinks and sweets to my order. Customers are also allowed to try anything in the glass case as a free sample.

Biscuits. Fried chicken. Doughnuts. BBQ. There is an endless amount of comfort food in Music City, that looks so delicious and epic, it practically inspires its own paparazzi (hello, Instagram). With the recent culinary boom, here’s where to go to get the perfect bite and ‘gram in the food capital of the South.

The biscuits at Loveless Cafe are heavenly.

Biscuits before water. This is how every meal at Loveless Cafe starts out. Serving probably the best biscuits in all of Tennessee (over 10,000 a day), Loveless Cafe has had the same tried ‘n’ true biscuit recipe since it started out as a fried chicken stand along the highway in 1951.

Over half a million people from locals to celebs alike make a pilgrimage to this spot just outside of Nashville to slather these petite biscuits in fruit jam and butter. They only ever close on Christmas. That means biscuits 364 days of the year.

Hattie B’s hot fried chicken has the perfect amount of spice.

Hot chicken is supposed to make you a little uncomfortable. The spicy poultry at Hattie B’s has such a legion that it opened up six locations just to handle the hot chicken fandom. At Hattie B’s, it served in traditional fashion with a slice of white bread and pickle chips.

Make what the locals call a "hot chicken taco." Take the white bread that sits under the chicken, pull off a few pieces of skin, meat, a pickle chip and fold it up. Heat levels range from mild to "shut the cluck up," so fiery you might leave with a hot chicken hangover.

Killebrew Coffee's blueberry crumble bun is the perfect breakfast.

Lisa Marie White is the Willy Wonka of pastry. The James Beard award nom is delighting Nashville with her whimsical viennoiserie, particularly with her croissants, homemade pop tarts, cinnamon swirl skillet buns and blueberry crumble bun. A cross between a blueberry loaf, cinnamon roll, and coffee cake, all eyes follow this bun as it crosses the room. The fruit changes seasonally, so that’s just one out of a billion reasons to keep coming back to Killebrew.

• Millennials have been accused of killing dozens of industries including fast-casual restaurants, napkins, golf, and beer. 
• Baby boomers— the name given to the generation born after World War II — are credited with ushering in lots of political and social change.
• And with those changes, some industries faded out and eventually died. 
• We've rounded up a list of industries that fell out of popularity when baby boomers were the age that millennials are now.

It's no secret that millennials have brought about significant change in recent years, but what about their predecessors?

We decided to give millennials a break and investigate the baby boomer generation. Baby boomers are defined by the US Census Bureau as those born in the years following World War II, from 1946 to 1964. 

For the purpose of this exercise, we looked at the period during which the boomers entered the workforce, between 1970 and 1990. 

"The boomers are rightly remembered for ushering in a lot of political and social change," Paul Taylor, a former executive vice president of Pew Research Center and author of "The Next America," told Business Insider.

But, the number of industries that died out during that period is "not the same level of magnitude," as today, he said. 

"Ultimately it is not really generations — it's technology that is the source of these changes," Taylor added. 

Even so, as baby boomers grew older, Americans started eating more fast food, using computers instead of typewriters, and shopping at big-box stores such as Walmart.

As a result, some major industries and products were phased out:

SEE ALSO: Millennials are waiting longer to get married, and it could wreak havoc on stores like Williams Sonoma and Bed Bath and Beyond

SEE ALSO: 'Psychologically scarred' millennials are killing countless industries from napkins to Applebee's — here are the businesses they like the least

Five-and-dime stores

Before Walmart existed, five-and-dime stores selling inexpensive household and personal products were the place to shop. 

The original five-cents discount store was opened by Frank Woolworth in Upstate New York in 1879. This grew into the Woolworth store empire, which boomed in the wake of the Great Depression.

Eventually, these died out after big-box stores such as Walmart and Target took over in the 1970s. In 1999, Woolworth closed its final 400 stores. 

Typewriters

Typewriters became common in offices in the 1980s and were critical to opening the doors to women in the workplace. The early machines paved the way for electronic versions, which were ultimately replaced by computers. 

The first widely used personal computer was launched by IBM in 1981 and cost $1,565. The PC was named "Machine of the Year" by Time magazine in 1982. 

One of the grandfathers of the typewriter movement, Smith Corona Corporation, filed for bankruptcy in 1995.

Cassette tapes

Cassette tapes took off in 1979, the year that the Sony Walkman was invented. These portable devices enabled consumers to listen to music on the go.

In the early '90s, they started to fade out as CDs became popular. In 1991, sales of CDs overtook cassettes – total global shipments of CDs surpassed one billion in 1992 and two billion in 1996, according to Statista. 

Sales of portable tape players have steadily declined since then – from 18 million in 1994 to 480,000 in 2007, according to the Consumer Electronics Association.

Since 2006, NBC’s "America’s Got Talent" has elevated the elementary school talent show format to the highest degree. It’s brought viewers NFL players-turned-magicians and 12-year-old superstar singers and dogs that can sing (kind of).

While other shows like "The Voice" or "American Idol" have focused only on finding talented singers, "AGT" is open to just about anything. Virtual reality dance show? Check. Chicken that can play the piano? Yep. Death-defying escape stunts? Mhm.

There’s also no set age limit, so children and the elderly alike can all show off their skills. In this sense, the show stays entertaining from week to week because you truly never know what you’re going to see next.

As with any show that’s been on the air for over a decade and now in its 13th season, a lot has changed for "AGT." Season 1 looked very different, and there are behind the scenes secrets that casual viewers may not realize about this show.

Here are 13 surprising facts about "America’s Got Talent" that every fan needs to know.

None of the current judges are actually from America.

It may be called "America’s Got Talent,” but the judges are from all over the world, according to Mirror. Howie Mandel hails from Canada, Heidi Klum is from Germany, and Mel B. and Simon Cowell are from the UK.

You used to be able to audition via MySpace.

When the social media platform was still big, "AGT" hopefuls could just record a video and post it to MySpace to try to land a spot on the show, according to Mashable. You can still submit video entries these days, but the site has nothing to do with it.

The million dollar prize is paid out over a whopping 40 years.

Contestants may think they’re instantly changing their lives when they win, but Forbes reported that the million dollar sum is paid out in taxed $25,000 installments over 40 years. You definitely can’t quit your day job on that. If you opt for the lump sum, it works out to around $300,000.

The best thing about pre-made cookie dough is that if you’re craving freshly baked cookies, you can have one in 15 minutes or less. The only drawback with some store-bought cookie dough is that it's missing a homemade taste.

Can you make pre-made cookie dough taste better? Absolutely.

The following tips aren’t premade cookie dough hacks, meaning this isn’t a tutorial on how to turn premade sugar cookie dough into cranberry orange zest cookies. This is for the person who wants their premade cookie dough to taste a bit more like homemade dough.

Here are eight ways (plus bonus hacks for cookie dough box mixes) to make premade cookie dough taste like it was made from scratch. Note: Because premade cookie dough is tough to stir, hand or stand mixers are helpful for most of these tips.

Butter and brown sugar make everything taste homemade.

According to Leaf TV, you can elevate pre-made cookie dough by adding a few teaspoons of brown sugar and three to five tablespoons of softened butter to the pre-made batter. You could also add a few teaspoons of olive oil instead of butter, though cooking blog La Jolla Mom reports that this will yield a flatter, crunchier cookie.

More vanilla extract can’t hurt.

Pre-made cookie dough can have a strange, almost chemical-like aftertaste, so Food52.com suggests adding extra vanilla extract to mask any weird flavors. In general, a little extra vanilla extract in any cookie recipe is always a good idea. Leaf TV also suggests trying other flavor extracts like mint (for double chocolate chip cookies) or cherry (for sugar cookies).

Add in extra mix-ins or toppings.

Add extra mix-ins or toppings like white chocolate chips, candies, pretzels, or nuts to break up the flavor profile of the dough.

The actual value of something is ultimately whatever somebody is willing to pay for it, just ask Steve Ballmer.

In 2014, Ballmer shocked many in the sports world when he paid $2 billion for the Los Angles Clippers — nearly four times the team's perceived value at the time — admitting that he was not in it to make a lot of money.

Ballmer's enthusiastic wallet-first dive into the world of pro sports helped reset the market for what franchises are worth and what owners might expect when they start thinking about selling. Since that deal, it has become more common to see sale prices above $1 billion, but there are also still relative deals to be had.

Below is a look at every pro team that has sold in the major North American sports leagues (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS), and the English Premier League, since Ballmer's move, and how much the new owners paid. We have also included notable teams from other top leagues from around the world.

Most recent sales are first and values are the sale price or the valuation in cases where the new owner purchased less than 100% of the team. Forbes and Transfer Markt valuations are based on the most recent valuation prior to the team sale.

FC Cincinnati — $150 million

Year: 2018

League: Major League Soccer

New Owner: Carl Linder III has been with the club since it was founded in 2015 and paid a $150 million expansion fee in 2018 to join MLS.

Forbes valuation: $223 million (the average value of an MLS franchise in 2017)

Carolina Panthers — $2.2 billion

Year: 2018

League: National Football League 

New Owner: David Tepper

Forbes valuation: $2.3 billion

DC United — $500 million

Year: 2018

League: Major League Soccer

New Owner: Minority investor Jason Levien and others purchased 78% of the club from Erick Thohir based on a $500 million valuation. Billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong is the largest shareholder in the group, according to Bloomberg.

Forbes valuation: $230 million

Some of us hardly feel human without a cup (or three) of coffee in the morning. Caffeine fuels our days and helps us connect with others. Where would the world be without cafés, coffee breaks, and the perfect espresso after dinner?

But you might not have realized that your coffee habit has a real impact on your brain. From memory performance to the risk of age-related cognitive decline, caffeine could be changing our brains in a variety of fascinating ways.

Here’s a primer on the way caffeine affects your brain.

First of all, caffeine isn’t only found in coffee.

Besides the obvious slew of energy drinks and supplements on the market, caffeine can be found in a lot of sneaky places.

Dark chocolate, ice cream, fruit sodas, some protein bars, and weight-loss pills are all unexpected sources of caffeine. Even some products like breath fresheners andpackaged sunflower seeds have added caffeine.

Think you’re safe with decaf? Shockingly, even it has caffeine.

Caffeine is actually a psychoactive drug.

In fact, it’s the most widely used psychoactive substance in the world — a study found that at least 80% of the adult population consumes it.

According to the World Health Organization, apsychoactive drug is a substance that alters brain function in a way that results in temporary changes to behavior, mood, and perception. Other psychoactive drugs include heroin, alcohol, nicotine, and marijuana.

Besides being psychoactive, studies show that caffeine is astimulant that affects your central nervous system. That coffee buzz is actually a type of drug high.

Caffeine tricks your brain into thinking it’s not tired.

According to Smithsonian Magazine, caffeine isstructurally similar to a biochemical called adenosine. This chemical, among other things, is responsible for making us sleepy.

When you have a cup of coffee, the caffeine binds with your brain’s adenosine receptors. This blocks actual adenosine from binding with those receptors and making you tired.

It’s sort of like caffeine is stealing adenosine’s parking space, which means adenosine has to circle the lot in search of another place to park. As it does, the surplus adenosine actually causes your brain to produce adrenaline, which is another stimulant. Removing the adenosine and adding the adrenaline contributes to that energized, unstoppable feeling you get after consuming caffeine.

Interestingly, the brains of heavy caffeine users actually grow additional adenosine receptors. This is why it takes more caffeine to give a coffee addict them the same jolt as a small cup might give to a non-drinker.

For a long time, moving to nursing homes or condo communities for people ages 65 and over were some of the only options for those who are aging. Living in single-family homes — especially if they have more than one level or are too large to clean easily — can be difficult for people as they grow older.

A growing numberof cities are now beginning to think differently about how people can instead age in place, retrofitting neighborhoods to accommodate aging baby boomers.

One approach is the Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU), which is also sometimes called a "granny flat" or "in-law unit." The small homes are designed to go in backyards, so that aging parents can have independence and the option to live near their adult children.

A new startup, called Dweller, designs and builds affordable ADUs in Portland, Oregon that can be used for this purpose. Homeowners who live in the city can buy a turnkey home for $125,000, or they can rent one for about $1,200 to $1,500 per month.

Take a look below.

Featuring one bedroom and one bathroom, the 448-square-foot homes are designed for backyards.

In the next six months, the startup will offer an even smaller, less expensive model.

The homes cost $125,000 to buy, or up to $1,500 to rent, Patrick Quinton, Dweller's CEO, told Business Insider.

Quinton is also the former executive director of the Portland Development Commission.

For rental units, Dweller buys and installs the homes in backyards, and property managers rent out the units to tenants. The startup then splits the revenues 70-30 with land owners.

The rental price can vary by city, which may also have their own regulations regarding the construction of ADUs.

• Vans' sales are through the roof. 
• Vans has been making California skate culture a global phenomenon since the brand's inception in the 1960s, and it's currently hugely popular among teens.
• Part of why the brand is so successful today is because of the popularity of athleisure and a resurgence in retro styles.
• We visited a Vans store in New York City to better understand why the brand is so successful right now.

Vans is bringing California skate culture around the world. 

The brand is thriving after more than 50 years in business. Vans' sales rose a whopping 35% last quarter, parent company VF Corp announced on July 20.

As teens shift from favoring athletic styles to street styles, Vans is apparently one of the first brands they pick up, according to Piper Jaffray. Part of why the brand has found success as of late is that it is able to capitalize on two major trends happening right now: athleisure and a preference for vintage and retro styles.

"People are wearing athletic apparel now for all kinds of occasions — work, play, and school — without any intention of using them for athletic purposes," Matt Powell, a sports industry analyst at market research firm NPD Group, said to CNN Money. "There's a lengthy heritage around California lifestyle here. Most people who buy Vans don't have a clue about how to skateboard." 

Vans, rooted in 1960s skate culture, also appeals to younger shoppers who are embracing vintage styles. For example, clothes with visible logos are back in style — and that's something Vans sells a lot of. Vans' global president, Doug Palladini, told Business Insider's Dennis Green in 2017 that he sees a "multi-generational" appeal in Vans that makes it unique, adding that both parents and teens can wear it.

We visited a Vans store in New York City to see for ourselves why the brand is so successful right now. Here's what it was like:

SEE ALSO: Gucci has become hugely popular with teens and millennials. We visited a store and saw why they love it despite the high price tags.

We visited the Vans store in Union Square in Manhattan.

The layout was very straightforward — men's clothes were on the left, women's on the right, and shoes in the back. The store was pretty busy considering it was the middle of the day mid-week.

The brand's ties to skate culture were evident all over the store. Vintage-looking photos of skateboarders were all over the walls, and the "Off the Wall" slogan, rooted in skateboarding, was seen all over the store.

• Big weddings can be complicated and expensive. 
• More and more people seem to be leaning towards eloping rather than planning a traditional wedding ceremony. 
• Real women share why the chose to elope, how they did it, and how much it cost. 

Whether it's to save money on the wedding, to avoid complicated family dynamics, or simply to have a more personal wedding experience, it seems more and more people are favoring the idea of eloping over a traditional wedding ceremony than ever before.

People are getting married later, caring less about tradition, and more about what they want as a couple. Don't feel like wearing a white dress in front of all your friends and family? You don't have to. Passing on a ceremony, but still want gorgeous photos to remember the day? Splurge on a photographer. Elopements have gone from being thought of as exclusively late-night, spontaneous rendezvous in Vegas to being seen as unique, intimate memories just as special as any big wedding.

With the average cost of an American wedding soaring over $30,000, not everyone can – or wants – to spend that kind of money. The amount you spend on your wedding doesn't make it more or less special, but just how much does eloping actually cost? We thought we'd ask our readers for your stories on how you eloped, why, and how much it cost.

Why they did it

"We were originally going to plan a small wedding, but found that the logistics and family drama was too much. Neither of us enjoy the spotlight, and while it would have been nice to have a day to celebrate with family and friends, it wasn't working out. We knew we wanted to get married, but we put our wedding plans on hold. All we knew is that we wanted a simple, intimate wedding and we wanted our friend to be our photographer."– Bernadette

"When we got engaged last month, we didn’t want to wait for 6 months to a year to get married, and planning a traditional wedding would definitely take that. In addition, we both have a little bit of social anxiety, so the idea of standing up in front of 150 people and saying vows and then spending the evening with prescribed actions and rituals sounded, well...awful."– Dena

"We'd been dating for six years at this point, lived together for five of those years, and also had a five month old son. Over the years, we'd talked about getting engaged and married, but it just wasn't ever really the right time, and we were both repulsed by the idea of spending a lot of money on a wedding."– Taylor

"After we talked about getting married we quickly realized that neither of us wanted to plan an actual wedding. We had recently witnessed some our friends and families planning weddings and to us, that planning seemed like a nightmare. Neither of us could imagine spending months to a year of our lives picking an event location, planning a seating arrangement, and talking to florists. It was too much hassle. We are not very traditional anyway."– Laura

"We ended up getting married in Barcelona, in a random secluded spot in Parc del Laberint d'Horta. We had this vacation planned to Barcelona for a few months. On February 17, 2017 Paul (my husband) proposed and I immediately got a gut feeling that with this trip coming up in May, maybe we should elope. I never wanted a huge wedding at all. I am pretty pragmatic and also very anxious, and the idea of having just 130 people was making me anxious."– Kate

How long it took to plan

"It was very spur of the moment (we planned it in less than a week!)"– Bernadette

"I spent a few months researching how to go about doing a courthouse marriage, and that is what we did."– Amanda

"Our courthouse trip wasn't exactly spur of the moment, we actually had about a week to plan it."– Jamethiel

Eloping

"On the day, our friend met us at our apartment. We drank a little and then took the metro to the Marriage Bureau around midday. We waited for between 30 minutes to an hour, and then got married! The ceremony only took two minutes and we were both so giddy we didn't really process it. Afterwards, we decided to go to a hole-in-the-wall Chinese restaurant around the corner, and had a feast!"– Bernadette

"So, we’re eloping to Jamaica. Just the two of us. No one even knows we’re engaged. I take my ring off whenever there’s even the possibility I’m going to run into someone I know."– Dena

"Eloping into the mountains seemed perfect because we love Colorado and it's natural scenery has holds a special place in our hearts. We love going into the mountains on the weekends to hike and explore. It was a way to make the occasion special for us but still keep it simple. On the day of, we will be staying at an Airbnb. We are going to wake up in the morning and go to a scenic hiking trail nearby that has many peaks, waterfalls, and other gorgeous sites. We are going to find a pretty place, say our vows, exchange rings, sign the marriage licenses, and go back to our Airbnb and celebrate with a bottle of champagne!"– Laura

"We were married on our fifth anniversary in the mountains in Colorado. We read each other vows we’d written and signed a piece of paper that we later mailed back to the city clerk’s office."– Katie

"My husband and I didn't so much as 'elope' as we had a 'just us' wedding. We told people we were getting married in New Zealand, and then we told them that no one was invited. We got married on a mountain overlooking a gorgeous lake two days after arriving and then spent two weeks exploring the South Island on our honeymoon."– Natalie

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The Insider Pick:

• Flasks have been keeping alcoholic beverages cold and on hand for centuries. They come in all kinds of materials from pewter and copper to glass and leather-covered steel.

• Handmade in Sheffield, England, the Wentworth pewter flask is our top pick. It's as functional to use as it is beautiful, and, despite ringing in at less than $60, it'll likely become an heirloom that you can hand down to your grandkids.

Whether you're relaxing after a long day at work or you're at a cookout and want to break out some bourbon to share with your buddy, sometimes you just gotta have a drink, and there's no better way to keep a swig handy than with the iconic hip flask. Although people have been finding creative ways to carry their booze around for centuries, the hip flask as we know it came around the 18th or 19th century.

Today, flasks are generally made of metal — a definite improvement over the leather or earthenware canteens of days long past — with pewter, copper, and steel being the most common. Metal is more suitable than skins for carrying liquor, especially hard drinks like whiskey that have become more popular in recent centuries and have a considerably higher alcohol content than the beer and wine that people drank for the larger part of human history.

The hip flask's sleek, usually curved design serves two practical purposes: It lets you easily and comfortably carry it in your pocket, and it's more discreet and convenient than lugging around a bottle or can. One can easily see why hip flasks became so popular in previous centuries when public etiquette was a bit more strict, and then in the early 20th century when alcohol became heavily restricted or even outlawed altogether in certain states or countries.

Although the days of prohibition are thankfully long gone, a well-made hip flask remains an indispensable part of any gentleman's or lady's EDC kit. It's a classy way to enjoy a drink on the go, and it's always handy to have a bit of your favorite beverage on hand if you ever find yourself at an impromptu get-together. Just remember to keep abreast of your local regulations, as hip flasks do fall under open container laws.

Whatever your reason for wanting one, if you're reading this, you're probably considering getting hip flask either for yourself or as a gift for a loved one. We're here to help: We've done the research and have picked out the best flasks on the market today across a range of styles, needs, and price points, with something for just about everyone.

Here are the best flasks you can buy:

• Best flask overall: Wentworth pewter flask
• Best leather-wrapped flask: Moore & Giles leather-wrapped steel flask
• Best flask for the outdoors: Stanley Adventure steel flask
• Best glass flask: Bormioli Rocco glass flask
• Best copper flask: Jacob Bromwell copper flask

Read on in the slides below to check out our top picks.

The best flask overall

Why you'll love it: Expertly crafted in the famous "steel city" of Sheffield, England, this lustrous hip flask from Wentworth Pewter is functional, beautiful, and easily the best flask to be had.

When it comes to flasks, most of the ones you'll find on the market today are made in China of stainless steel, and are usually not built to high quality or safety standards and may taint your drink.

Instead, pay a little extra for something like English pewter. These modern pewter goods are durable, safe, and completely lead-free. Pewter is favored for dinnerware and drinkware owing to its durability, unique luster, and low cost relative to silver. A lot of pewter goods made today come from England, and this beautiful and functional hip flask from Wentworth Pewter is one of them.

The Wentworth Pewter flask is handcrafted in Sheffield, an English city long known for its metalwork. Sheffield is the birthplace of many innovations in the world of metallurgy, particularly during the Industrial Revolution, a time when the town gifted the world with inventions like stainless steel and modern crucible production methods.

Wentworth Pewter itself is a historic maker of English metal goods, and the company's hip flask remains perhaps its most popular product worldwide. The smooth curved design is attractive and pocket-friendly, and the beauty of the English tin and pewter alloy is evident at first glance. The flask bears distinctive proof marks on the back side and the captive lid has a hinged retainer, so it's pretty much impossible to lose the cap.

At $50 for the four-ounce flask and $60 for the six-ounce, the Wentworth Pewter pocket flask is a pretty solid value given its excellent build quality, great design, and historic English pedigree. You can also get a personalized version with your initials engraved into it for an extra $5.

Its value becomes even more apparent when you consider that you'll probably have this thing for the rest of your life and may even one day hand it down to your kids.

Pros: Handcrafted in Sheffield of lead-free pewter alloy, excellent build quality and workmanship, a captive lid that won't get lost, and it's a solid value for a potential heirloom piece

Cons: The pewter is thicker and heavier than stainless steel flasks

Buy the Wentworth pewter flask from Kaufmann Mercantile for $50-60

The best leather-wrapped flask

Why you'll love it: The US-made leather cover of the Italian cast Moore & Giles stainless steel flask lends it a rustic look that's both gorgeous and functional.

Although pewter is great, it's hard to deny the enduring appeal of stainless steel. This alloy is inexpensive, rugged, corrosion-resistant, and can be cast quite thin for making metal goods that are durable without being bulky.

This leather-wrapped steel flask from Moore & Giles is one of the most high quality flasks you can buy. The stainless steel flask is cast in Italy, and wrapped around it is a gorgeous leather covering that's handmade by Moore & Giles right in the United States.

The six-ounce flask design doesn't re-invent the wheel, featuring the standard curved shape that makes it easy to carry in a pocket along with a captive screw-top lid and hinged retainer that ensures you won't lose the cap. The leather really sets the flask apart visually while serving a practical function in that it adds some insulation to your flask to prevent a cold drink from warming up too quickly.

The Moore & Giles leather-bound flask is fairly expensive at $105. Nonetheless, the craftsmanship and unique appeal make it worth every penny in our opinion. The leather looks and feels great and the flask will last a lifetime, so if you want steel, this is the one to buy.

Pros: Made of stainless steel cast in Italy, wrapped with a beautiful US-made leather sleeve, an elegant and functional design, and the captive lid has a hinged retainer so it won't get lost

Cons: It's somewhat expensive compared to the Wentworth flask

Buy the Moore & Giles leather-wrapped flask from Kaufmann Mercantile for $105

The best flask for the outdoors

Why you'll love it: Just because you're far from civilization doesn't mean you can't enjoy a fine drink, and the rugged Stanley Adventure stainless steel flask is the perfect way to do it.

When you're in the great outdoors, whether you're hiking, backpacking, hunting, fishing, or camping, you've always got to make sure that you bring the right equipment. Naturally, this includes a few ounces of your favorite spirit. Bringing along a big glass bottle is probably not ideal, but your hip flask might not be sufficient, either. In these cases, the Stanley Adventure flask has you covered.

Stanley is a household name in the world of tools and outdoor gear, and the Adventure flask lives up to the brand thanks to its rugged construction and solid build quality. The 18/8 stainless steel is almost totally rust-proof and won't taint the alcohol inside it. The sturdy squared design and leak-proof captive screw-top lid let you toss it into your bag without worrying about it cracking or spilling.

Most hip flasks typically offer between three and six ounces of carrying capacity, but the Stanley Adventure flask is available in five and eight-ounce sizes so you can pack a little extra liquor for your forays into the wild.

It's made overseas, but the quality is there, and it's an excellent value at around $18 for both sizes. You can also get the flask and cup set for just $27, which includes four steel shot "glasses" and a handy container for them.

Pros: Made of rugged and rust-proof stainless steel, the 18/8 steel won't leech or taint your beverage, a captive leak-proof lid, and it's a great value

Cons: The size isn't suitable for typical "hip flask" carry

Buy the Stanley Adventure stainless steel flask on Amazon for $18

• Food-poisoning outbreaks have been in the news quite often in 2018.
• Most recently, a potential salmonella contamination was linked with a number of products containing dry whey powder. 
• Goldfish, Ritz crackers, and Flower Foods' Swiss rolls have all been recalled over salmonella fears in the past month, and the US Food & Drug Administration is warning that more recalls could be on the way. 

Food-poisoning outbreaks seem to be happening nonstop lately, and it's led to a growing number of precautionary product recalls. 

Most recently, Hungry Man Chipotle BBQ Sauced Boneless Chicken Wyngz were recalled due to fears of a potential salmonella contamination — the same reason for recent recalls of Ritz crackers, Goldfish, and Flower Foods' Swiss rolls.

All of these products use dry whey powder produced by Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI), which issued a precautionary recall of the whey powder over the potential for salmonella contamination. AMPI has several distributors, and the US Food & Drug Administration is working to determine whether any other products may have come in contact with the contaminated whey.

The FDA warns that more recalls may be on the way.

"Our team is onsite investigating the facility that processes the dry whey used in the recalled products and we’re working to identify what other companies may have used this ingredient to determine what, if any, food may be contaminated with Salmonella. We take this work very seriously and will continue to communicate about this potential health risk as we learn more,"FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in a press release on Thursday. 

Symptoms of salmonella food poisoning include diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps. Typically, healthy adults can recover in less than a week, but the infection can be fatal for young children, older people, and others with weakened immune systems.

So far, there have been no reported illnesses associated with any of the recalled products. The FDA recommends throwing away any of the products that might be infected.

Here's the full list of snack products that are currently being recalled in connection with the potentially contaminated whey products: 

SEE ALSO: America has been hit by a 'crazy' amount of food-poisoning outbreaks in 2018. Here's one expert's theory why.

Goldfish Flavor Blasted Xtra Cheddar

Goldfish Flavor Blasted Sour Cream and Onion

Goldfish Baked With Whole Grain Xtra Cheddar

When I was in Seattle earlier this week, I knew I had to swing by its newest can't-miss shopping destination: Amazon Go, the online retailer's vision for the convenience store of the future.

Amazon Go, which opened to the public in January, comes with the bold promise of no lines, no cash registers, and no checking out. You just grab what you want, and you ... go. Oh, I get the name now.

I put Amazon Go through its paces and found that the technology, which relies on cameras and other sensors to track your every move, works extremely well. On two visits, I couldn't manage to fool the system, and I did indeed walk right out with my purchases.

It's probably the future of retail. It's also a somewhat worrisome reminder of how artificial intelligence is going to wreak havoc on traditional ideas of employment.

Here's what it's like to shop at Amazon Go, the convenience store of the future:

After just over a year of employees-only testing, Amazon finally opened its Amazon Go convenience store in Seattle in January. When it did, there were lines just to get in.

That wasn't the case when I visited earlier this week. What was funny, though, was seeing tour buses stopping and letting people off to go in.

It doesn't hurt that this first Amazon Go store is based in Amazon's Day 1 skyscraper headquarters, next to the Amazon Spheres.