Thatched huts surrounded us, with no electricity or modern conveniences.
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But it's lighter and is loaded with more modern conveniences.
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This speaker may look retro, but it has modern conveniences.
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The internet has provided conveniences in commerce, communication and speech.
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These last two especially are more gratuitous flourishes than conveniences.
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I do think some of these conveniences can be pretty dangerous.
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Not everything is subject to the conveniences of the global economy.
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Residents here have never known conveniences like electricity or running water.
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True, other European cities, like Frankfurt, Amsterdam or Brussels offer similar conveniences.
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The user conveniences are well thought out and the functionality is great.
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It sells all the conveniences of a gas station, minus the gas.
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But like most conveniences, this one has an unintended cost: slow charging.
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They promised wild conveniences and unimaginable benefits to our health and happiness.
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Web-connected outlets aren't very sexy, but the can unleash some great conveniences.
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There *are* healthier ways of seeking the conveniences and connectivity digital technologies allow.
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Locals laughed at the idea of staying somewhere with so few modern conveniences.
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You've regulated yourself, in a sense, from the conveniences of the modern world.
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It can be equipped with basic conveniences such as a kitchen and refrigerator.
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Travelers often use disposable items as conveniences that they can simply toss afterward.
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Citizen data High-tech conveniences come at the cost of sharing personal data.
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After all, American companies bring so many conveniences to the lives of Chinese people.
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That people want conveniences and are willing to turn their attention away from costs.
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What are the modern conveniences developers will appreciate, or the bottlenecks they will curse?
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But a decision needed reaching on the proposed public conveniences, so they went ahead.
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It's like these innovations and conveniences are removing us from the essence of nature.
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Noise is nearly everywhere, driven by the conveniences and economics of the modern world.
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Few users, however, would want to block all of their cookies and lose these conveniences.
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Conveniences by way of technological advances are normalizing a culture of being alone with strangers.
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Another recluse lived with a few more conveniences of the modern world than Nagasaki did.
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"It's easy to think that conveniences (like lots of storage) make life easier," they said.
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It's not quite as fast at charging, but those conveniences might make up the difference.
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But there are some conveniences that some humans simply cannot do without, mostly air conditioning.
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It was my own country, and the conveniences that we take for granted had collapsed.
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"Julia Child had all the latest gadgets in her kitchen, the latest conveniences," he said.
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Like that effort, Hasbro's new gaming devices feature nothing in the way of modern conveniences.
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But they were hesitant to leave their old Jersey City neighborhood and its many conveniences.
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It's right to embrace technology and all the conveniences and advantages that come with it.
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For those who prefer modern conveniences, Stony Brook also has 20th- and 21st-century homes.
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Pro, is basically facial recognition as a service, with the usual conveniences of the "_aaS" model.
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Is this simply the price we have to pay for the conveniences we've gotten used to?
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It's a luxury life on an easy budget with all the comforts and conveniences of home.
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"You can't use modern conveniences – like your voice – to make it all automatically work," he continues.
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The internet has made these conveniences, and many more, available to us at a moment's notice.
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Long-neglected fortresses, monasteries, palaces, and other historic buildings have been updated with all modern conveniences.
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"Casinos are very much a matter of conveniences, just like banks and 7-Elevens," Fantini said.
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Now, those customers are looking for similar conveniences when they shop brick-and-mortar retailers, too.
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Memphis's growing microbrewery scene positions beer as shopping break conveniences in a couple of emerging neighborhoods.
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Or, do you think the conveniences and benefits of a completely interconnected world outweigh any drawbacks?
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These numbers don't include conveniences such as restaurant meals, vacations and money left over for investments.
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Stores that were once conveniences are now the only places to buy food in some communities.
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And that doesn't mean you can't still enjoy the amenities and conveniences you had back home either.
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You don't have to be a pioneer or figure things out—services and modern conveniences are available.
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In other words, good customer service and modern online conveniences combine for 212% of total bank satisfaction.
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Similarly, conveniences like biometric security or swipe gestures for navigation are incredibly annoying to go back from.
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A closer look reveals that Tesla has included conveniences like a coffee shop and some outdoor seating.
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At some point, the creep factor of all these added conveniences will just outweigh the convenience itself.
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Lighthouse keepers of old were survivalists — hunters, farmers, fishermen living with limited supplies and no modern conveniences.
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"Smart home" devices that have been marketed as the newest conveniences are being used for darker purposes.
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She aimed to find work in Cape Town, trading her shack for a home with modern conveniences.
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"It would be cool if Hollis Hills had more conveniences, like a busy Astoria," Ms. Bail said.
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Embracing conveniences without completely understanding the consequences — yeah, that's the human race all right, then and now.
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They compiled the data into an intriguing infographic of the expensive conveniences we refuse to live without.
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Most people think of card and electronic payments as conveniences, stand-ins for exchanging cold, hard cash.
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"The people who buy in Escazú want to have modern conveniences near the city," Mr. Rasminsky said.
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But the conference proved that even those in the green space sometimes cling to carbon-based conveniences.
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All of these conveniences depend on technical standards, the silent and often forgotten foundations of technological societies.
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Companies like Fair are offering new types of leases combining a traditional auto financing option with modern conveniences.
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Like anyone, black people should be able to enjoy conveniences like shorter airport lines and easier log-ins.
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These numbers don't include conveniences or luxuries such as restaurant meals, vacations or money left over for investments.
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However, a house had to feel like a home and not make the person give up any conveniences.
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The idea of a truck from Honda, known for easy-driving cars full of innovative conveniences, was appealing.
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It might be time to ask whether the conveniences of the IoT are worth the potential security risks.
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Autofill is one of those modern conveniences that can have a large impact on your web browsing experience.
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Places like Bali, Vietnam, and Columbia offer the right mixture of affordability, modern conveniences, and reliable Wi-Fi.
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Places like Bali, Vietnam, and Colombia offer the right mixture of affordability, modern conveniences, and reliable Wi-Fi.
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In rural communities, efficiency experts encouraged farm wives to lighten their loads with a range of new conveniences.
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A side benefit of all this technology is that it will also usher in a range of conveniences.
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Modern conveniences like recessed lighting or an open floor plan are not options in a house this old.
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Beyond premium conveniences, the bigger and broader change beginning to take hold at airport gates is biometric boarding.
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"Ostalgia" was the new, mocking term I used to describe the clandestine longing for the conveniences of dictatorship.
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In my study of time, I realized that these so-called conveniences were not actually saving me any.
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There is very little there, not much more than desert far away from modern conveniences like cell reception.
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As a console, it's underpowered, unreliable and lacking basic features and conveniences that all of its competitors offer.
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Of course, now, the president`s residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue has many more modern conveniences, like washer dryers.
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"I think we'll have to sacrifice a lot of conveniences to allow for humane conditions at Amazon," Amato adds.
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But what about all the other conveniences that gas stations offer—the hot coffee, the snacks, the lottery tickets?
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Alibaba has just announced a couple of tech innovations that hint at a future with even more delivery conveniences.
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Even with those modern conveniences, the hottest months take their toll on my feeble Southern Californian body and brain.
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The company claims it helped "popularize" modern conveniences such as central heating, indoor plumbing and electricity through its program.
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And we don't want to downplay the many conveniences of online texts, which include breadth and speed of access.
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Looks aside, Apple began building conveniences on top of its core services like SMS/MMS support and push notifications.
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Honolulu, Hawaii is an idyllic place to retire, with both the conveniences of a city and lush Hawaiian landscapes.
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They dressed as Victorian swells and lived in a home devoid of modern conveniences such as electricity and plumbing.
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They liked the conveniences offered by the amenity-filled building, though they moved on because the neighborhood seemed desolate.
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All this, Kavana said, is to showcase the conveniences and amenities that come with living inside a shopping center.
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But it also offers conveniences you may not find elsewhere for those who are willing to pay a premium.
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But still, its added conveniences turn what's normally a joyless gadget into something for which I'll gladly make room.
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Technology is profoundly changing the landscape of financial services, spawning new and exciting products and more conveniences for consumers.
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It turned out that, for me, living without the many conveniences a smartphone has to offer was nearly impossible.
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These kinds of conveniences are easier to put in place when a hotel is owned by the airport itself.
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The idea is that as these products "learn" your habits and get smarter over time, they'll provide added conveniences.
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Nevertheless, the conveniences that digital assistants offer may make them an ineluctable part of the next generation of cars.
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Image: BelkinWireless charging is one of those conveniences that seem a bit gimmicky and unnecessary, until you actually try them.
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And a social commentary, perhaps, for the ways in which the conveniences of modern technology aren't really all that convenient.
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These are typically squeaky clean and have all modern conveniences, including, often, a washer-dryer and, incredibly, a pants press.
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Apple hasn't ignored some of Android's conveniences; Apple Music also supports microSD card storage, something that doesn't exist on iOS.
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Yet all 97 paradores have been updated with modern conveniences — Wi-Fi, cable TV, and luxurious bathrooms stuffed with amenities.
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From 1859 to 1890 these bathtubs were used by members because they didn't have the modern conveniences at home. pic.twitter.
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And they accept, or are at least resigned to, data-mining in exchange for conveniences like customized newsfeeds and ads.
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Sometimes, smarts will lead to conveniences — you can yell at your microwave to reheat your lunch from across the room.
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They have challenged our middle-class consumption patterns and expectations that "modern life" should yield certain blind comforts and conveniences.
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The housing estates were self-contained units that included schools, grocery stores, hair salons and a range of other conveniences.
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"He updated the property with air-conditioning and many other modern conveniences, but he didn't destroy the interior," he said.
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Americans should have access to reliable, relatively inexpensive energy sources that can power the conveniences that make modern life modern.
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And although it's a fully modern city with all the conveniences of the 303st century, it's a breathtaking historical marvel.
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But the price the buyer pays, aside from the considerable monetary outlay, is a sacrifice of some basic comforts and conveniences.
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Whether it is a direct flight or a first check for a startup, those little conveniences add up very, very quickly.
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Pharmacies like Walgreens have been losing sales of household products like shampoo that they can buy at conveniences stores or online.
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Anyway, yes, there are more conveniences for Amazon Prime members and further integrations with technology to make the shopping experience easier.
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None among the parade of Google executives on stage mentioned whether additional permissions or terms were required for these additional conveniences.
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These and a boatload of other conveniences are inherent to such a platform, assuming you don't mind a rather stilted voice.
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Apple's latest innovation, which arrives this summer, is a credit card that comes with all kinds of conveniences: No late fees!
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These two new decks from the company have all the latest features from 1985, but also a handful of modern conveniences.
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Instead of punctuating my day with the conveniences of the city, I've had no choice but to stock up in advance.
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As Gregory Hansen, who was in Silicon Valley on business, told The New York Times, it's off putting losing modern conveniences.
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Additional features and conveniences include convection setting and the best way ever to cook Boca Burgers, a staple in our home.
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As Wittmann notes, urban centers seem to encourage a faster average pace, and the conveniences of modern life shred our patience.
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City life offers a variety of conveniences and attractions, but there are plenty of perks to settling down in the suburbs.
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No doubt the game has been tweaked otherwise here and there to accommodate modern conveniences, but those are the big ones.
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By contrast, the savings and unimaginable conveniences for consumers and nonbank companies will be immense, a huge stimulus to economic growth.
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I was worried it would be a messy endeavor, negating the conveniences of the sprayer, but cleaning the contraption is mostly effortless.
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But three years after moving in, many transplants are struggling amid their suburban-style conveniences, Reuters interviews with two dozen residents showed.
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Though it's a long way from our current technology, she's gotten used to living with modern conveniences not readily available in 1766.
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Copperhead is worth trying if you're used to Android, although it won't have all the conveniences of the usual Google-powered version.
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Today, hundreds of after-market devices use the port, whether to monitor driving for insurance needs or provide conveniences like safety alerts.
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Today, it will begin selling a $199 at-home testing kit, with all of the conveniences of the one sold by 23andMe.
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Several Gen Xers or Baby Boomers I asked hadn't ever considered swapping fingerprints, and weren't easily convinced by a list of conveniences.
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"You're in this situation where it's not comfortable, with those unreliable conveniences, there's only so many you can deal with," Monyo said.
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If you're following work you love, you quickly get past the hassles of moving and the leaving of conveniences and familiarity behind.
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Artificial intelligence powers modern conveniences like smart assistants and spam filters, and it's behind new developments in business, industry and the military.
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Though I enjoyed the tradition of the train, I was glad some of them had modern conveniences like plugs for phone chargers.
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Visual Investigations ____ Internet-connected home devices that are marketed as the newest conveniences are also being used to harass, monitor and control.
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She realized that almost any Manhattan neighborhood would be livable: No matter where she was, she would never be lacking in conveniences.
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"If you're used to conveniences, to run to Target or Hallmark to buy a card, that just doesn't happen here," Massie said.
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Link's Awakening is a game from 1993 given a very slick coat of paint, some welcomed tweaks, and a few modern conveniences.
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Americans embrace all the conveniences of always-connected products and services, while being wary of the privacy and security implications of them.
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The root problem is that the characters are mere conveniences, bent like pipe cleaners into the shapes required by the overbearing plot.
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This sense is underscored by the absence of modern conveniences: no televisions or radios are waiting to be put on the trucks.
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Although the level of sophistication isn't appreciably different from Oculus, HTC has introduced a couple of important conveniences that make all the difference.
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To stay in the game, brands are modernizing, pushing discounts, enhancing conveniences, adding healthier fare and more to get customers in the door.
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As all cars get smarter and more automated, the data they collect will unlock new conveniences for drivers — but also new privacy concerns.
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However, according to the class, even with so many life improvements and conveniences, we are slightly less happy today than 2000 years ago.
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Nor did it prompt Americans to reject modern conveniences like washing machines and supermarkets in favor of, say, the noble return of lumberjacking.
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They live off the land, away from the modern conveniences of the city, and very much believe in the benefits of doing so.
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"I told my G7 colleagues that focusing too much on such conveniences could lead to big problems in the long run," he added.
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Regrettably, with all the great opportunities and conveniences of booking a hotel room online today, also comes the mushrooming reality of increased scams.
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But he ruled out checking every bag that goes into the terminals, saying that security forces needed to balance security with passenger conveniences.
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Having a home, food and many of our conveniences is the equivalent of living in the elite Haven on a Norwegian cruise ship.
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Debit might come with a few additional conveniences, but those cards also come with more risk and fewer rewards than most credit cards.
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En route, they will stay in remote mountain huts, some formerly used by sheep herders, with varying access to conveniences like running water.
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Despite the many conveniences of modern-day life, not to mention the invention of anti-anxiety medication, anxiety levels still continue to soar.
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American federalism vests power in states, and cities are, by and large, administrative conveniences of states with little independent political reality or authority.
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"The vast majority of our employees absolutely love the conveniences that having this chip in their hand really brings to them," Westby said.
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And many of these dorms, he added, remain woefully outdated, devoid of the modern conveniences and privacy today's students have come to expect.
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Peer-to-peer money transfer apps like the Cash App and Venmo are one of the conveniences brought to us by advancing technology.
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So if you're looking to escape the everyday without leaving the modern conveniences behind, here are Glamping Hub's top-booked accommodations this year.
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SLC-17 was a key location not only in spaceflight history, but for the rollout of modern conveniences like cell phones and navigation aids.
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The Alarm system does not have as many bells and whistles as Nest's system, nor does it have some of the conveniences Nest provides.
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Although the Classic Edition is a nod to the OG 1985 Nintendo system that started it all, it does come with some modern conveniences.
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If you use a smart speaker, you know all of the conveniences and delights that make it more than just a glorified paper weight.
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They're for travelers who want the conveniences and amenities of a ship, but are more interested in spending time onshore than they are onboard.
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I really liked living on smaller streets that were quiet, but it has so many conveniences, it became easy for me to overlook that.
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The apartment also comes with cedar-lined storage in the basement, two parking spots, and other modern conveniences like a Crestron home automation system.
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His house has no modern conveniences, and the clinic he soon goes to, staffed by slim women with light-colored eyebrows, is similarly ascetic.
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If you need lots of meeting space, and care more about modern conveniences over the faithful preservation of period details, King Eddy's your guy.
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As material wealth grows, so too does the consumer market and demand for emissions-producing conveniences such as air-conditioning, cars and disposable goods.
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At a simplistic level, it's easy to say — and likely true — that we can accept these basic capabilities for what they are: Minor conveniences.
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But I'm willing to accept some risk for the conveniences offered by a home that anticipates my needs by always listening and by always watching.
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It will offer Alexa conveniences that users are used to, including easy ways to add items to shopping lists or find out about the weather.
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Screenshot: SamsungThe internet of things, in which all of our gadgets are plugged into data connections, will bring some terrible downsides along with its conveniences.
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There's a long tradition of period dramas and action films where modern-day conveniences and contemporary fashion accidentally make their way into the final cut.
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At the Four Seasons project, owners will have all the conveniences of a hotel, as well as on-site managers to cater to most needs.
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Hacksaw Ridge is heavily fictionalized (though still less so than most based-on-true-events movies) and its plot contrivances and conveniences get mighty mawkish.
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He said that aspect of his background – being disconnected from big-city and suburban conveniences – influences the way he looks at his role shaping policy.
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Imagine, too, how all of these consumer conveniences might overshadow our suspicions about handing over the finer details of our financial lives to Big Tech.
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We know so little about the other full squad members — El Diablo, Killer Croc, and Captain Boomerang — that their actions are mostly just plot conveniences.
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According to a new report from Charles Schwab, millennials spend more than other generations on comforts and conveniences like taxis, pricey coffee and dining out.
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Many of the most coveted conveniences — like lie-flat beds, chef-made meals and personal mini-bars — are reserved for business and first class travelers.
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Its goal is to lift the veil on the inequalities that exist around the world in the production of modern conveniences like smartphones and computers.
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The rise of surveillance capitalism proves that, in the end, consumers are willing to trade their data for the products and conveniences that it offers.
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It costs significantly more than options from third-party accessory makers, but it does come with conveniences not found elsewhere like a dedicated camera button.
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Walmart and Target have evolved from big box stores into retailers that have succeeded at offering the same conveniences as Amazon like one-day delivery.
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The conveniences that birthed Netflix's current form shaped an audience unwilling to suffer cliffhangers, which proved somewhat disastrous to a model utterly dependent on them.
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These taken-for-granted conveniences are thanks to the increasing tendency of designers, architects, and planners toward "standardization" over the course of the 20th century.
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Chase is right: We've come to understand that privacy is the currency of our online lives, paying for petty conveniences with bits of personal information.
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These gadgets add conveniences like locking your door or shutting off the lights all from a smartphone app, but they come with certain risks, experts warn.
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In the rare instances when he riffs on modern conveniences like smartphones (which he calls "magic phones"), he does so with his trademark loveable Normian naivety.
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He emphasized that many of these consequences can seem to be "out of sight, out of mind" due to conveniences like sewage infrastructure and garbage relocation.
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From developing aerodynamic technology to small conveniences like Velcro, humans have been taking a cue from the natural world for as long as we've been inventing.
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Passengers will not be scared off by the restrooms, whose conveniences include signals on the ceiling that turn from green to red when stalls are occupied.
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These are but a few of the latest conveniences made possible by the Internet of Things – a concept that describes the networked interconnectivity of everyday devices.
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But wait — shiver me timbers — the ship also has modern conveniences like central air conditioning, WiFi, and a DVD player (me thinks Blackbeard would not approve).
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The internet connectivity built into most new vehicles enables all sorts of conveniences — news, entertainment, weather and even over-the-air software updates from the manufacturer.
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The Hunt After years in a quiet walk-up, a couple discovers a "huge life upgrade" in the abundant conveniences of a bustling co-op community.
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It's not ultra-posh, but it does provide homey conveniences for a low price, and the pool and free Wi-Fi for guests are appreciated amenities.
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"We read today (in a Russian newspaper) that 'Navemar' is a floating concentration camp; that there is no water or the least of conveniences," the painter writes.
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The Avalon evokes the glamorous time when Palm Springs was the playground of Hollywood heavyweights in the Golden Age, all updated with chic finishes and modern conveniences.
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She thought life would be easier when she moved into a home with modern conveniences such as a toilet and kitchen, but said it hadn't changed much.
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It combines an eyebrow-raising 2900-megapixel sensor (11,600 x 8,700) with the everyday conveniences of direct Wi-Fi connectivity, a 3-inch touchscreen, and 4K video.
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The addition of the Alexa Voice Remote means you now have all the conveniences of an Amazon Echo device, except in the form of a tiny remote.
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The biggest struggle of growing up in Ahuano was not the lack of conveniences or the slow introduction of them, Calapucha told me, but access to education.
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Technology obviously can be used to solve problems and provide mankind with modern conveniences, but the realities of who those technologies tend to most benefit are stark.
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Our participatory democracy is at risk without raising the criticality of securing the election system, and failing to apply modern conveniences whose exclusion directly stifles voting turnout.
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These orderly, dramatic scenes would come appointed with the usual novelistic conveniences—dialogue, authorial stage directions ("with a slight tremor in his voice"), rising and falling action.
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In central appliances, whether Nest's thermostat or LG's smart refrigerators, these companies are seeking to bring the conveniences of online connectivity to daily household tasks or functions.
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It was rightly lauded for striking a happy medium between the exposed nuts and bolts of XP or 7 with the modern conveniences and interface of 8.
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There are easier cities to live in, with more conveniences or whatever, but people who live in Detroit choose to live in Detroit and are excited to.
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And some people, faced with the prospect of the conveniences of modern life being upended, are feeling the need to be self-reliant, even in small ways.
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But Post columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler found that even the growing number of on-demand conveniences and smart devices haven't exactly made "Netflix-and-quarantine life" easy.
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This week the federal government demolished long-standing barriers for doctors to provide telemedicine, enabling previously unthinkable conveniences like conducting an office visit with FaceTime or Skype.
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Some envied the opulent lifestyle of the Americans, with their enormous bases equipped with all the conveniences of home, including air conditioning, shopping centers and movie houses.
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These numbers account for a family of two adults and one child and don't include conveniences such as restaurant meals, vacations and money left over for investments.
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The wonders of modern technology and communications have largely enabled trivial innovation in the form of greater conveniences, devoid of real material benefit to either workers or consumers.
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Compared to the Amazon website, the Dash button didn't offer one of the best conveniences of online shopping: being able to easily compare prices and buy whatever's cheapest.
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Facial recognition is popping up at more and more airports as a way to streamline the process of identifying passengers ahead of boarding, and it has its conveniences.
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One of its core features is its community, powered by maddeningly simple IRC-like chat windows that lack any of the modern conveniences like read receipts or embeds.
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Although the Model D issue looks like the original, Moog says it still includes up-to-date tech like MIDI, pitch bend, and other modern music-making conveniences.
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Ye explained that, just like the first sundials allowed people to plant and harvest crops at the right time, atomic clocks hide beneath the conveniences of everyday life.
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Would you rather, I asked, spend the rest of your life on a deserted island, completely alone but with modern conveniences like a smartphone, laptop, and good WiFi?
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Just like apps on your phone or gadget conveniences for the kitchen, you'll soon discover that some car options are worth every dollar, while you'll never use others.
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Aira also allowed Jordan to do much simpler tasks and enjoy small conveniences and serendipitous moments that she hasn't had since she lost her vision at age 21.
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If you're into retro aesthetics, audiophile-worthy audio, and don't mind missing out on some modern conveniences, though, the Koss Porta Pro Wireless are well worth a look.
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Despite the many jokes Many of modern life's conveniences depend on the ability to consistently and securely access information provided by thousands of satellites currently orbiting the earth.
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Her grandparents had bought the very old Cape overlooking the harbor in the late 1800s and reveled in its being unspoiled by modern conveniences like electricity and plumbing.
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Growth in the Chinese space is occurring in tandem with the broader global adoption of the phenomenon — with tech savvy consumers always on the lookout for affordable conveniences.
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But it doesn't look like a smartwatch, which is what many timepiece enthusiasts care about nowadays, even if it's secretly providing some of the conveniences that modern timepieces offer.
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But spending half the cash that you would on our favorite picks means you'll be giving up some of the extra features and conveniences that come with those products.
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You can enjoy inexpensive cosmopolitan living with many of the conveniences — high-speed internet and cell coverage are commonplace — you'd expect in New York, Miami or any major city.
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Our writing instruments, he suggested, are not just conveniences or contrivances for the expression of ideas; they actively shape the limits and expanse of what we have to say.
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"It's right to embrace technology and all the conveniences and advantages that come with its advancement, but we can't do it at the cost of our humanity," he wrote.
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There are a few modern conveniences, though, such as an expanding hub where players can test out their skills against a wall of targets or shop around for upgrades.
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According to the study authors, modern conveniences like online shopping and banking have also freed up more time in the day, and thus, more time to catch some Z's.
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Rooms in the whitewashed stone farmhouse, which dates back to the 26th century, retain their rustic quality with the addition of modern conveniences like air-conditioning and Wi-Fi.
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Budget gaming mice often forego a lot of the conveniences and performance you get out of nicer models, but the Rival 110 from SteelSeries never feels like it's lacking.
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These conveniences, along with home prices generally a lot lower than those in nearby towns like Montclair, also drew Lily and Jon Unjang, both in their 30s, to Nutley.
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"Everyone speaks English, it's a big modern city, all the conveniences, you're going to have a hotel, you're going to have a bed…the food is unbelievable," Rosenthal explained.
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Yet the survey also suggests a major failing on the part of corporations and the government to mitigate our concerns about the trade-offs we're making for digital conveniences.
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However, the Gamepad does offer some extra conveniences like an integrated battery and a direct, lag-free connection to your phone, which might be enough to justify the extra cost.
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Robert B. Neller, commandant of the Marines Corps, said today's Marines have gotten a little too comfortable with modern conveniences in a way that could prove disastrous on the battlefield.
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Beyond Sesame Credit's reward offerings, public social credit systems offer good-behavior benefits that can be minor conveniences like enhanced borrowing privileges at a local library, or free loaner umbrellas.
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Hot meals and long journeys, a stirring night at the theatre, a warm radiator on a winter's morning—Britain produced many such necessities and conveniences over the course of 2015.
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It's important to note that JFK pulled that off when he talked about middle class families buying "new cars and conveniences" even though he came from such a wealthy background.
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But the shelves teem with pleasant surprises (premixed Negronis!), odd novelties (six-ounce goblets of chardonnay) and kitschy conveniences (Disaronno packaged with a lemon squeezer for your amaretto-sour needs).
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The new app sports a modernized interface that is fast and fun to interact with, and has conveniences like offline sync and personalized push notifications baked-in, front and center.
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Although urban living has brought with it many conveniences like access to safety, public health, and other services, it has also created devastating consequences to our physical and mental wellbeing.
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"It's being driven by the customer," Mr. Bealby said, noting that travelers from London, Boston and New York seem willing to forgo the conveniences of a plush hotel every night.
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The house was lacking in modern conveniences — he had to hang rugs over the windows to survive the winter — but it became a sort of calling card for his design.
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They'll still be able to take advantage of the same-day service and the conveniences of buying in bulk, but only Sam's Club members will receive the lower, members-only pricing.
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Showrunner Bruce Miller, who enlisted the help of Atwood herself, updated the author's material to include not only references to modern conveniences but language and scenarios familiar to audiences watching now.
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After all, things like attachable lights, link cables, rechargeable battery packs, AC adapters, and screen magnifiers all make a certain amount of sense for a device that lacked these modern conveniences.
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One of them, a cleaning company called Managed by Q, ended up pivoting to an employee model, just with the same conveniences enabled by technology that the original contractor model had.
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Claire has spent the last 20 years benefitting from the modern conveniences of the 1950s and '60s (skincare!), while Laoghaire has lived through the famine and hardship of post-Culloden Scotland.
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The Travel Backpack carries over some of the conveniences of the Everyday bag, including easy side access (from either side) when you flip it around to the front of your body.
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" He hammered television, too, as well as "the movies" and "the myriad conveniences and distractions of modern life," all of which "lure our young people away from the strenuous physical activity.
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The implied question of what exactly we would do with all this zipless, robot-served convenience was less fun to imagine than the specifics of all those zipless, robot-served conveniences.
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But for that low, low price, we are offered four standard exterior colors, 1125-inch Carrera wheels, partial leather, a manual transmission, and very little in the way of extra conveniences.
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Today the impeccably revamped loft, now a triplex of about 3,200 square feet, can easily be described as rustic chic, retaining some of its early-1870s architectural detail alongside modern conveniences.
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Valerie didn't tell him how much she enjoyed all the conveniences of their modern home—the clean, light rooms, the central heating, the electric tin opener fitted onto the kitchen wall.
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"Digital innovations, such as and mobile ordering and curbside will ease volume at our drive-thru and provide customers with more options and conveniences when visiting McDonald's," the company told CNBC.
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These days, there is a whole new swath of remote workers (many who've never done this before) trying to balance their daily work with the comfort and conveniences of being home.
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"We've found that grandparents are looking for the conveniences of home in a safe environment with lots of activities both generations can enjoy," said Jesse Kearns, the Timber Ridge resort manager.
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At the same time, Amazon's business has insinuated itself into the fabric of modern life, bringing with it extraordinary conveniences, but easily overlooked in the crush of the day to day.
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Permit-holders can "enjoy public services and other conveniences similar to those of mainland residents" in areas such as employment, social security and legal services, the official Xinhua news agency said.
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Hua Hin is home to about 85,000 people, so it's big enough to have all the modern conveniences a retiree needs, while still being laidback enough to retain its beach vibe.
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"Streaming is not a problem!" he exclaimed, noting that there are limits to how much people can stand to stay at home with all of the modern conveniences including grocery delivery.
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Citing "fantastic" feedback from their "more than 700 business customers and hundreds of millions of users," Liu said AI is becoming more widely accepted for the conveniences it brings to everyday life.
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Lovers of all things mid-century modern will also find a section on 210808s visions of the "good life," complete with advertising posters aimed at women as consumers of modern-day conveniences.
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One of the first conveniences I noticed when I switched to the iPhone was being able to use AirDrop, iMessage, and even FaceTime with coworkers because all of my colleagues had iPhones.
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Customers considering a switch from gas-powered to electric-powered vehicles or from their Tesla to, say an e-tron, will want access to a network of fast chargers and other conveniences.
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Among the other conveniences the bank has focused on, it uses the iPhone thumbprint verification tool to positively identify customers and, when they request it, connects them to live customer service specialists.
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Many, many aspects of our modern lives make it more convenient and easy to live a modern life, but quite often, that modern life is dissatisfying and those conveniences feel like shackles.
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It might seem mundane, but what happens in the bathroom matters: New York, for all its modern conveniences, sits atop a century-old sewage system used by more people than ever before.
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The current owner, whose family had purchased the home in 1974, undertook a major restoration and renovation several years ago, adding, among other things, modern conveniences and outdoor decks, Mr. Michaels said.
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"I realized how nice it was to walk down the street to a coffee shop and have proximity to things we care about — work, friends, family and general conveniences," Ms. Gerard said.
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The cornerstones are two large international terminals with all the conveniences that modern travelers expect and that will accommodate the steadily rising tide of visitors and the biggest planes in the world.
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Ultimately the future of Project Tokyo will be determined, as before, by the needs of the communities who are seldom consulted when it comes to building AI systems and other modern conveniences.
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"We're in a time when small buildings can have some of the conveniences they want without having to pay a lot for them," said Shari Matluck, a sales agent at Douglas Elliman.
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Experts chalk up the company's ascent to two trends: The rise of streetwear culture, which has exploded around the world, and the need for a trusted resale outlet with modern-day conveniences.
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These were particularly good starting materials for producing things like lubricants, solvents, plastics, fibers — products in high demand from the military, the auto industry and the burgeoning midcentury market for consumer conveniences.
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Professionals rely on mechanical refinement for their work that the Touch Bar cannot provide, and it otherwise appears to offer minor conveniences for functions you could handle with a normal mouse and keyboard.
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It's not that a vast majority of Americans are just woefully out of touch, but that, for a number of factors from cost to age to location, modern conveniences like this are inaccessible.
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"It's in the interest of the account holder to find something else that undoubtedly has better features and conveniences," said Thomas Santaniello, legislative and public affairs specialist with Treasury's Bureau of Fiscal Service.
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"Conveniences such as extended shipping deadlines are making clear that consumer confidence in supply chain capabilities is high," said Michele Dupre, group vice president for retail, distribution and hospitality with Verizon Enterprise Solutions.
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Support reporters who are putting in the legwork, seek out this information proactively, read up on legislation that might impact foodways, and mostly, don't stop caring about the human cost of everyday conveniences.
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In two surveys cited in our guide to happiness, researchers found that people who spent money on conveniences like ordering takeout for dinner or getting a cab were happier than those who didn't.
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As commuters across the city groan about balky subways and worsening gridlock, living in the center of the central business district also seems to offer conveniences that are hard to match anywhere else.
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" They found a 313th-floor apartment that could be converted into a two-bedroom, with a terrace and "so much light" in a sleek 1980 building with "a pool and a million conveniences.
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So far, I&aposve ordered two bouquets from the company and have found it offers a lot of the same conveniences as BloomThat, for both the person buying the flowers and the recipient.
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The revelations come during a larger debate over government travel prompted by recent revelations that Trump administration officials requested government jets or other conveniences for what appeared to be family or personal travel.
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Of course, along with all the many conveniences, pleasant surprises (a friend just made over $3,000 in American Express reward points) and brave new perks, the abstraction of money has its dark side.
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" He called the decision a philosophical as well as a practical one: "The categories museums and universities use for art are not sacred; they are conveniences and need re-evaluation all the time.
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"Companies like Google and Facebook have shown that while they're offering great conveniences, they aren't always policing themselves, and a lot of our laws are not keeping pace with innovations," Ms. Tellado said.
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I've come to realize that I don't actually want the authentic Commodore 64 experience; I still want to revisit the games of my youth, but with all the conveniences and polish of modern gaming.
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A surprising number of the conveniences of modern life were invented when someone stumbled upon a discovery or capitalized on an accident: the microwave oven, safety glass, smoke detectors, artificial sweeteners, X-ray imaging.
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He founded K-tel, the company whose endless ads for compilation albums ("20 Great Truck Drivin' Songs") and conveniences like the Veg-o-Matic helped define the small screen in the '60s and '63s.
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The film is clearly about the ways that western consumers outsource their conveniences into environs and social systems they don't care to concern themselves with—why is that idea one you're driven to interrogate?
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Leases also prohibit shareholders from doing anything that would interfere with the rights, comforts and conveniences of others, said Phyllis H. Weisberg, a Manhattan real estate lawyer who represents condominium and co-op boards.
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One of those was Oklahoma's 5th Congressional District, where an increasingly young and well-educated electorate had been lured by jobs and the urban conveniences of Oklahoma City, and where Ms. Horn was running.
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For instance, artificial intelligence — Silicon Valley's catchall term for deepthinking and deep-learning algorithms — is touted by tech companies as a path to the high-tech conveniences of the so-called internet of things.
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But the area makes up for that in big-city conveniences: It is home to the giant shopping complex Multiplaza Escazú and close to one of the country's best private medical facilities, Hospital Cima.
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Why we stay Uber and Lyft were part of a class of startups that heralded the now-ubiquitous on-demand economy that lets us order food, toiletries and other modern conveniences from our smartphones.
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If you're able to deal with Dyson's sticker shock (the Cyclone V10 ranges in price from $500 to $700, depending on included accessories) the added conveniences of cutting the cord is definitely worth the inconveniences.
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The Amish eschew many modern conveniences, including electricity, instead relying on such things as horse power as part of a strategy to maintain the focus on their families rather than connection to the outside world.
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Since many use Alexa at home but Microsoft products at work, an integration would be a bridge between personal conveniences like ordering Ubers or playing music and task-oriented needs like calendars and business communication.
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Thorne gave us women with meek words whose personalities changed and disappeared and betrayed past growth to facilitate Harry's plotline at key moments, women who had been whittled down from their complexities to their conveniences.
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Beyond the applications now found in new cars, typically in conveniences like the speech-recognition feature of infotainment systems, are the subsystems that make up the packages of safety features common largely in luxury vehicles.
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And without home-sharing services like Airbnb, review sites like TripAdvisor and conveniences like Uber, OpenTable and Expedia, the trip would have been far more expensive, less accessible and, in a strange way, less authentic.
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Some additional conveniences include an LCD screen with a built-in timer that can count up or down and a caddy for storing all of the attachments when the Sous Chef is not in use.
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Other positives include a friendly local culture, Western-standard conveniences and facilities (from shopping malls and movie theaters to hospitals and high-rise condos) and a world of housing choices, from urban apartments to mountain bungalows.
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Leica says this camera was designed to provide the conveniences of digital photography without any of the distractions of on-screen menus and the constant review of images, or "chimping" as it's commonly called among photographers.
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I spent a few days shooting with the M10-D and personally, I don't think I want to give up the conveniences of being able to quickly look at my shots while I'm on the go.
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The model takes into account factors such as food, housing and health insurance, in addition to other regular costs, and don't include conveniences or luxuries such as restaurant meals, vacations or money left over for investments.
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In the face of late capitalist extremes and looming ecological collapse, they are like metalwork bouquets wrought by a city's self-destruction, bittersweet homages to the contradictions inherent in the comforts and conveniences of industrial society.
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Now we can add notary services to the list of conveniences we can call up with a tap on our iPhones thanks to Notarize, a months-old startup with offices in Alexandria, Va., and in Boston.
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With family-friendly amenities including larger than average rooms and a gastro pub to keep you fueled up for your travels, this location makes it easy to live like a local with the conveniences of home.
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Though La Torre di Michelangelo may feel as though it's in a world of its own, nearby Castellina di Chianti has all the major conveniences, and Florence is a 35-kilometer drive away, about 22 miles.
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By juxtaposing the lives of dogs, snakes, and deer against the hectic pace of the 21st century grind, Sievers imagines the many ways in which modern conveniences can be incompatible for wide-eyed and unsuspecting critters.
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Along with personal jetpacks for every man, woman, and child (sure, why not), levitation is one of those conveniences that sci-fi has long promised us but has yet to deliver, other than magnetically levitating trains.
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The new short-range technology could bring a host of conveniences: unlocking your car or front door as you approach and relocking when you exit, increasing the speed of phone-to-phone transfers and the like.
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At a time when big-box retailers are trying to offer the same conveniences as their online competitors, the grocery chain Kroger is testing the use of driverless cars to deliver groceries in a Phoenix suburb.
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Despite their isolation, the house's occupants enjoyed certain modern conveniences, including running water in their kitchen and bathroom, pumped in from an underground well, and electricity produced by a hydro-generator installed in a nearby river.
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And unlike the stripped-down Humvee, the JLTV — which is far costlier than the latest Lamborghini Huracan — comes with a few conveniences, including a backup camera, phone-charging plugs, and not just one cup holder, but two.
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The company is making some pretty big promises for Love's capabilities: it claims to be able to offer modern music conveniences like play / pause controls, skipping tracks, repeating songs, along with volume controls and displaying album art.
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These conveniences aren't a reason to stop scrutinizing your monthly statement for irregularities, but the big money apps are now efficient enough at most things that once-alluring alternatives like Simple have lost their luster for me.
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Yet again we are reminded that the mild conveniences of the smart home are all well and good, right up until someone decides to turn one of those Wi-Fi-connected things you invited in against you.
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There are larger inventions, conveniences of plot or characterization like a five-figure theft of cash and the discovery of a long-term affair, that will aggravate people who have read or listened to the original story.
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While aspiring business people of all stripes have flourished with Amazon, the prevalence of Amazon-linked firms among Hasidic Jews is notable because it runs counter to the notion that ultra-Orthodox Jews spurn modern-day conveniences.
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Comcast even has the technological capacity to remotely shut down the capabilities enabled by the TiVo inventions, yet they chose to continue to profit from them as subscribers expect a modern cable system to provide these conveniences.
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The previous owner had preserved and protected its abundant Old World charm — paneled walls and ceilings, wainscoting, crown molding, herringbone floors, beveled leaded-glass doors — while showing an appreciation for modern conveniences of the Sub-Zero kind.
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The model takes into account factors such as food, housing, child care and health insurance, in addition to other regular costs, and doesn't include conveniences or luxuries such as restaurant meals, vacations or money left over for investments.
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But by focusing the X-Pro3 so narrowly, Fujifilm might be putting off fans of its prior models, which gave you retro controls and design, but without compromising on so much of the digital conveniences of modern photography.
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The model takes into account factors such as food, housing, child care and health insurance, in addition to other regular expenses, and doesn't include conveniences or luxuries such as restaurant meals, vacations or money left over for investments.
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That kind of flexibility is one of the core conveniences of computing as a service, and why so much of the world runs on cloud platforms like AWS and Azure, and soon dedicated AI processing services like Lobe.
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But it seems the most principled Trump supporters will be living without almost any of the modern conveniences that are not only the pillars of modernity but alsohelped them to mobilize a voter base in the first place.
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Fun games like Shut the Box, a traditional pub dice game, are scattered poolside, and a long lineup of conveniences is available for purchase behind the 218/23120 front desk, including plastic ponchos ($5.35) and flip flops ($7.50).
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Say what you will about conveniences like that, but getting my groceries delivered has saved me some serious $$$, since I tend to browse all the aisles in the store and purchase unnecessary food I would otherwise not buy.
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For ages, Lancaster has conjured up images of the horses and buggies, dairy farms and rustic bakeries of its Amish and Mennonite people, who believe in living simply, many of them eschewing modern conveniences like cars and electricity.
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A patchwork of court-ordered precedents in different jurisdictions will only create confusion for businesses and workers and fail to serve the millions of customers who rely on the services and conveniences provided by the on-demand economy.
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Modern conveniences like the automobile and electricity were unfamiliar to him at young age, but he got into engineering anyway, thanks in large part to a natural curiosity that drew Spencer to the mills that populated the region.
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It's called WeLive, and it applies the WeWork model to housing, by renting apartments of various sizes that come fully furnished and decorated, in a building stocked with the kind of conveniences normally found at Silicon Valley tech campuses.
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Several years ago, when my family and I moved into an RV and away from conveniences like a neighborhood coffee shop or even a large kitchen counter, I invested in a Handpresso, hoping for good espresso on the road.
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"The primary goal was to pay homage to the original beautiful publication by staying as true as possible to its design and adding just a few conveniences to make it more accessible to today's modern audience," Rougeux told Hyperallergic.
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It provides many choices and conveniences for fans, particularly those who might need to sell their tickets at the last minute or those who want to attend a sold-out concert and desire seats in the first few rows.
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The model takes into account factors such as the costs of child care and health insurance, in addition to food and other regular expenses, but doesn't include conveniences such as restaurant meals, vacations and money left over for investments.
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It's a cheap microwave lacking the conveniences you'll find on many high-end premium devices, so if you're looking for a fancy new thing for your newly remodeled kitchen, I'm sorry Mario, but your microwave is in another castle.
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But the push into Silicon Valley — into companies whose technology is used by millions — represents a potentially dangerous new front of Saudi influence-peddling: Riyadh underwriting ever more of our daily conveniences, making us complicit in the regime's deeds.
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The relative conveniences are such that when President Trump's health secretary, Tom Price, was found by Politico to have taken an exceptionally costly private flight from Washington to Philadelphia, a puzzled cry went up: Why not take the Acela?
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New residential towers that riff on the grandeur of the city's storied past — but include all the conveniences and amenities that 21st century buyers of new developments expect — are now rising everywhere from Morningside Heights to the financial district.
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There seems to be a recognition on both sides of the Pacific that the fires are seminal events that will change the relationship between man and nature and will upend assumptions about the protections and conveniences of modern life.
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By using the kind of humble means – brush, paper, and colored water — that the villagers, who live without access to modern conveniences, would be familiar with, however educated or uneducated they might be, Ji aligns himself with his subjects.
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In case it hasn't come through yet, the GW100s are an incredibly barebones product and don't provide any of the perks or conveniences of our very favorite wireless Bluetooth headphones like the Bose QuietComfort-35 II the Sony WH-1000XM3.
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Art in the Age of the Internet allows viewers to marvel at how far we've come technologically with the internet's immediate conveniences, but then reveals our embedded, circular reliance on it to ask whether we should — or can — dial it back.
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For people living in the developed world, electricity is something that can perhaps be taken for granted — with the flick of a switch or the press of a button they have lighting, TV and a huge number of other modern conveniences.
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Unflatteringly named the EGB2, this piece of functional retro furniture houses a Pro-Ject Debut Carbon—a damn good turntable—inside a custom-made cabinet with modern AirPlay conveniences, a silk dome tweeter, and a 100-watt subwoofer for extra thump.
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Players will get an extremely low-res, extremely awesome experience similar to the original system, but this also means that there's no modern conveniences like an HDMI output, so you'll have to find a TV that still has composite video inputs.
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The first challenge (and potential triumph) in such execution is leveraging the properties' history and features in a way that gels with the provision of the modern conveniences and luxuries that are now often considered necessities by the target consumer base.
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As those omnipresent conveniences squeeze us harder and harder—robots do not know how to hug, or when to stop—we are increasingly stuck for an answer to what we should do with all the extra time these new efficiencies provide.
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Two of Lake Nona's top goals, the developer says, were to entice institutions and commercial entities to build on the site and to encourage their employees to live there, sparing them from commutes and providing daily conveniences within easy reach.
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Rubenstein has also redeveloped what Mr. Card called a 300,000-square-foot "corporate bunker" formerly occupied by Avaya in Basking Ridge, bringing in light with a floor-to-ceiling glass facade, and upgrading an auditorium, conference center and other conveniences.
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And yet we've constructed a world filled with stress and mechanical conveniences, and created foods that feel good to eat even though they're bad for our bodies, and then we don't eat them in moderation; we let them dominate our diets.
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Still, they do offer some conveniences that make the tradeoff worthwhile for many owners (like mixing and blending at the kitchen table instead of the counter, or bringing your blender to work so you can whip up an afternoon smoothie).
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The digital conveniences are among the ways hotels are "trying to differentiate from each other and from Airbnb, and wean off of online travel agencies," said Lorraine Sileo, senior vice president for research at Phocuswright, a travel industry research firm.
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In Scotland's country estates, as well as its sought-after city centers, modern comforts and conveniences now allow buyers to enjoy the country's history and natural beauty without the cold and damp for which its larger properties were once notorious.
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Some, like Carnival Corporation, Disney Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean Cruises and the Geneva-based cruise company MSC, are beginning to pair them with wearable devices that can better track the passenger's exact location on the ship and offer additional conveniences.
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Unfortunately, the same tools that turn long web addresses into a few characters also offer the same conveniences to hackers—including any of them motivated enough to try millions of shortened URLs until they hit on the one you thought was private.
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" Adopting facial-recognition technology is, Miller explained, "part of our broader strategy to enable the restaurant and retail industries to provide the same kinds of benefits and conveniences in the built world that customers experience with retailers like Amazon in the digital world.
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The novel rather often relies on such conveniences, as when Ketzel's cabby from the Vegas airport just happens to tell her one of the jokes that Ketzel's late husband invented — moreover, he claims to have heard the joke from the source himself.
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There's no denying that the Internet of Things is a hot market and that consumers who are buying these Wi-Fi-enabled devices — from smart appliances, lightbulbs and thermostats to home security systems and smart TVs — are enjoying the conveniences they offer.
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Those low fees along with other cost savings and conveniences have helped the more than $3 trillion ETF business take assets from rival financial products, including actively managed funds that attempt to beat the market but may fall short of that goal.
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She was undoubtedly a gifted child who grew into an ingenue, who followed the path laid out for her (as we saw in Season 1) and now expects to forge a very different path that still includes the conveniences of wealth and community.
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INDOORS This Greek Revival house was in a dilapidated state before the current owners bought it in 2014 and spent about three years restoring and expanding it, adding modern conveniences and energy-saving features like new insulation, heating and air-conditioning systems.
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Square Feet In 240, when the office tower now known as the Equitable Building was completed at 211 Broadway in Lower Manhattan, it boasted all the latest conveniences — bad news for the owners of nearby office buildings, which were instantly rendered obsolete.
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While the old G21970 was clearly designed in a pre-infotainment, utilitarian age where cupholders were seen as unnecessary conveniences, the new one takes Mercedes' industry-leading interior design language and makes it more blocky and suitable for the squared-off Geländewagen.
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Here's the full rundown on those conveniences: With this new generation of sound bars, VIZIO has also enhanced menu navigation, redesigned remotes to add backlit controls in premium models , and introduced multicolor input indicators to make the systems even easier to use.
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The ways in which the filmmakers managed to forge and realize some of those connections -- even with modern technological conveniences, which include the ability to seamlessly replicate settings from the first film -- will surely leave many audience members agog, and occasionally elicit whoops and hollers.
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"The overhead bin is one of the last sacred conveniences of air travel and the fact that United Airlines — and potentially others — plan to take that convenience away unless you pay up is really troubling," he said in a statement obtained by Buffalo's WKBW.
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These are just a few examples, and there are many more small conveniences in Sekiro (purchasable pouches that make it easy to hold onto gold after death, for example) that go a long way to making the game more palatable to a new audience.
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There aren't many sensible arguments to be made against the conveniences of modern smartphones — we applaud not having to carry around and shove a cartridge into the iPhone whenever we want to send a text message — but there is a reality to be reckoned with.
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To be clear: There are a lot of conveniences in "Beyond the Wall" that extend and reinforce the weaknesses of this season, like Dany teleporting from Dragonstone in record time to bail everyone out, or the Night King suddenly taking up javelin as a hobby.
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While Amazon's expansion of Prime to EBT customers was focused on delivery, and Walmart's is on pickup, both share a similar viewpoint: that today's modern e-commerce services shouldn't just be conveniences for those more well off financially, but should be accessible by everyone.
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His name was John Frum, and although he was by most accounts only a spirit, he told them plainly (in their language) that if they would reclaim their traditions, America would come one day to improve their lives with radios, trucks and other wondrous conveniences.
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So to take advantage of New York's prewar history while offering the conveniences of a 21st-century condo at the top of the market, developers are using some of the city's historic housing stock to create what are essentially new buildings in old shells.
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"There's not a lot of modern conveniences that we currently enjoy that weren't touched by Nikola Tesla in some way," said Marc Alessi, executive director of the Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe in New York, where teams are refurbishing Tesla's lab into a museum and innovation hub.
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But we think Oscar's concierge service — which pairs each member with a dedicated team of care guides and a nurse to answer questions and assist with finding care — could make it a hit among young people who are used to the conveniences of the digital age.
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Spain's Glovo, an on-demand delivery app platform which operates in Europe, LatAm and Africa delivering food but also other urban conveniences from groceries to pharmaceuticals, has bagged another €153 million (~$166M) in a fast-following Series E round led by Abu Dhabi state investment company, Mubadala.
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The public will come to accept the applications of artificial intelligence in daily life and embrace conveniences such as facial recognition easing airport security lines, and virtual assistants in homes, according to a vice president at SenseTime — one of the most valuable AI start-ups in the world.
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Living in a dense urban environment brings many startup-fuelled conveniences, be it near instant delivery of food — or pretty much whatever else you fancy — to a whole range of wheels that can be hopped on (or into) to whisk you around at the tap of an app.
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The list, which is driven by data from LinkedIn's global professional network and editorial research, features names you've seen on television (see: Daveed Diggs of "Hamilton") as well as those who work quietly behind the scenes to reimagine everyday conveniences (see: Don Burnette of self-driving startup Otto).
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But my tech-abetted trip was illuminating, too, because it provided a firsthand look into a vexing problem that has gripped much of Europe lately — the worry of "overtourism," and the rising chorus that blames technologies like Airbnb, Uber and other internet-enabled travel conveniences for the menace.
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Mr. Chiu, who grew up in Taiwan but has lived for decades on Long Island, said he bought the apartment in large part because of the nearby conveniences: dozens of nearby banks, doctors, and markets that cater to Chinese speakers, as well as a large South Asian community.
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What is being mourned, it seems, is not so much the decline of an old world of freedom as the existence of comforts and conveniences the individual feels powerless to resist, and which in any case he or she could not truthfully say they wished would be abolished.
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There are moments where it really does feel like Microsoft accomplished something qualitatively different with the Xbox One X, where the One X is not just offering a series of minor improvements and conveniences, but a qualitative leap over what else is available short of the high-end PC market.
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DHL began its e-commerce business in Chile in 2017, introducing consumer-focused conveniences for e-commerce purchases, such as options for evening and weekend deliveries, an app that allows customers to see where their delivery is in real time and an option for returns to be picked up from homes.
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That's just another reflection of young consumers' growing "on-the-go" culture, said Troy Dennis, a senior vice president at TD. It fits with the broader picture the survey results paint, Dennis said, since millennials tend to be more cash-strapped and need easy, cheap conveniences like coffee and fast food.
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This 230-room boutique hotel is breaking all the rules, foregoing tired, old hotel clichés like bellboys and rollaway cots in favor of cozy accommodations (think of it like an upscale hostel), DIY conveniences (like self service check-in) and modern efficiency (a 24-hour lobby canteen has grab-and-go fare).
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Focusing on modern-day chat conveniences like better group chats and embedded media (GIFs!), some saw it as a move to hopefully keep a few more users from heading for Discord — which, as it just so happened, was weeks away from poking around Valve's turf with a game store of their own.
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"Facial recognition is part of our broader strategy to enable the restaurant and retail industries to provide the same kinds of benefits and conveniences in the built world that customers experience with retailers like Amazon in the digital world," said John Miller, chairman and CEO of Cali Group, in a press statement.
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"I know you love your devices and you have found many conveniences that go with that, but you also wonder I'm sure how is that information being used, what kind of information are companies of all kinds beginning to scoop up about you, and then how are they manipulating that data," she said.
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You might call it frivolous, but think about how many things you use every day that may otherwise have been shrugged off as minor conveniences: auto-loading searches in Google without hitting "enter," push notifications about new email, ordering an Uber instead of sticking your arm out to hail a cab, whatever.
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Many Amazon devotees are exactly like me — they are part of the global elite in the media, politics, finance, and tech, upper-middle-class consumers whose chief hardship is having more money than time, and who may not take too kindly to their conveniences being snatched away in the name of corporate equality.
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If someone doesn't pay extra for optional conveniences and upgrades, they might be put in a situation where they have sit far away from their traveling companion, or where they board the plane last and end up checking a bag they had planned to carry on because the overhead bins are full.
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Klein, who has previously written about the same period of climate change history, writes of Rich's premise, one could scarcely imagine a more inopportune moment in human evolution for our species to come face to face with the hard truth that the conveniences of modern consumer capitalism were steadily eroding the habitability of the planet. Why?
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"There are statements that continually reinforce the realities of being black in America in every dinner, which is: You are not granted the same protection under the laws, nor the conveniences, and you're definitely not granted the same benefit of the doubt of whatever it is you've been accused of, until after the fact," Wey says.
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" • "Much like smart speakers, this new model community is a Faustian bargain, where you sacrifice your personal privacy and private data rights in exchange for high-end centrally located conveniences all too willingly provided by a company whose sole intent is to monetize the details of your daily life by auctioning off your information to the highest bidder.
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But perhaps I should cheer us all up by mentioning some years that you would definitely not want to swap with 2016 — even putting to one side the modern conveniences of an occasional hot shower, Nordic fiction, low-fat meal options and never being more than a shout away from a ground coffee bean and at least 4Gs.
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In one glimmering, mirage-like afternoon, I learn to look out for elevators, to spot access ramps sans binoculars, to smile in placating gratitude at anyone who offers small conveniences, and most importantly, to not scream at people who treat us as if we are obstructing half the world, instead of half the sidewalk, with Emily's sweet kid.
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About 85 percent of side-gig workers earn an average of $500 a month, according to a 2017 analysis of loan application data by Earnest study, meaning that people who sell services via Airbnb, Etsy, DoorDash and more popular side-gig apps are likely using these modern conveniences as additional income streams, rather than trying to cobble together a career of side hustles.
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After weeks of him saying he couldn't prepare for his late July trial behind bars, a federal judge ordered the former Donald Trump campaign chairman to be transferred to an Alexandria, Virginia, detention facility minutes from DC. For almost a month, he has lived in a VIP unit at a rural Virginia regional jail two hours from Washington, where he's retained some conveniences of the outside world.
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And so, what viewers are all but invited to come to know when visiting New Paintings — the artist's current solo show at Theodore:Art, on view through October 7th — is that Butler, in the wake of her 2016 show at the same gallery, turned to a couple of interrelatable technological conveniences, iPad drawings and Instagram, to work through ideas in a new way, and in a way that would allow her to more readily reflect on, depict, abstract, refashion, and share around some of the structures, objects, visions, and energies she encountered during her frequent, and frequently long, work-related commutes crossing several state lines.
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