Can a Waitrose shopper ’s gaze boost loose produce and cut plastic waste?
A supermarket is using eye-tracking technology to find what messaging encourages take-up of unpackaged fruit and vegWith thick black frames and hidden cameras, the glasses look designed for espionage or the metaverse but instead the eye-tracking headgear is being deployed to get inside shoppers ’ heads as part of the drive to cut plastic packaging from the weekly food shop.It is an unlikely scene. Hooked up with the glasses a shopper is being tailed around a Waitrose produce department by a researcher carrying a large tablet that displays live footage of them picking up banal things such as potatoes, apples and bananas.C...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 5, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Zoe Wood Tags: Food waste Supermarkets Waitrose Plastics Business Retail industry Environment Psychology Consumer affairs UK news Source Type: news
Chess Drama ‘Rematch’ Wins Top Series Mania Prize, Annette Bening Takes Best Actress
The Series Mania Festival’s top prize for best series went to Rematch, a French-Hungarian drama about the historic match between chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov and IBM’s Deep Blue computer. The best actress prize went to Annette Bening for her role in Apples Never Fall, the first major TV role…#seriesmaniafestivals #garrykasparov #ibm #deepblue #annettebening #kamelelbasha #australian #houseofgods #biglittlelies #lianemoriarty (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Apples Never Fall’ Showrunner Explains the Show’s ‘Emotional Hurricane’ Ending
The finale of “Apples Never Fall” on Peacock fills in all the gaps left behind by the six episodes before it by pulling back the curtains of what happened to missing matriarch Joy Delaney (Annette Bening) from her own perspective. After Joy, mother and core of the Delaney family, goes missing, her…#applesneverfall #peacock #joydelaney #delaney #samneill #alisonbrie #troy #jakelacy #merriganturner #melaniemarnich (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
This Strawberry Will Blow Your Mind: Inside the Startlingly Delicious World of Designer Produce
Supermarket shoppers are saying no to bland fruit and veg bred more for shelf life than pleasure. From Cosmic Crisp apples to Sweet Garleeks, designer varieties may cost a bit more, but oh…the flavor!#sweetgarleeks (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Jake Lacy Is Done Hiding
“Being in rooms with people that I admired gave me a lot of confidence,” Lacy says of his Emmy nomination. “To realize, I’m seen as a peer?” He was photographed Feb. 14 at PMC Studios in Los Angeles. A couple of years ago — around the time he garnered an Emmy nomination for The White Lotus — Jake…#pmcstudios #whitelotus #jakelacy #connecticut #lianemoriartys #annettebening #troy #peterpan #apples #redsox (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Apples Never Fall’ Review: A Drama Wrapped in a Mystery Inside a Formula
“Apples Never Fall,” premiering Thursday on Peacock, is the third Liane Moriarty book to be adapted for television, following HBO’s “Big Little Lies” and Hulu’s “Nine Perfect Strangers.” But if you told me it was the 10th, I’d believe you, given how familiar it all feels. The seven-episode…#peacock #lianemoriarty #hbo #nineperfectstrangers #annettebening #samneill #westpalmbeach #fla #troy #jakelacy (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Commonwealth Bank CEO: Apple Needs ‘More Scrutiny in Australia’
The head of Australia’s Commonwealth Bank says Apple’s in-country payments operations need greater oversight. “They should be subjected to a lot more scrutiny in Australia,” said Matt Comyn, whose comments at a conference in Sydney Monday (March 11) were reported by Bloomberg News. The Bloomberg…#commonwealthbank #apples #mattcomyn #sydney #comyn #applepay #apple #iphones #iphone #treasurerjimchalmers (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
20 Questions On ’ Podcast: Alison Brie Talks ‘Apples Never Fall’, Her Professional Clown Skills & Sings Some Alanis Morissette
20 Questions on Deadline relaunches today with our guest Alison Brie. Come March 14, Brie’s new show Apples Never Fall will debut on Peacock, with Brie starring as Amy Delaney, one of four siblings on the hunt for their missing mother, played by Annette Bening. The series also stars Sam Neill and…#alisonbrie #peacock #amydelaney #annettebening #samneill #jakelacy #whitelotus #lianemoriarty #biglittlelies #nineperfectstrangers (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Zyn Is the New Vaping
Not so long ago, Juul was seen as the new Marlboro. Smoking wasn’t that cool anymore—rates had plummeted among U.S. adults and teens—but then came Juul, a sleek, addictive product with flashy advertising tactics that took off like wildfire. It soon became clear that e-cigarettes were hooking teens who otherwise wouldn’t have gone near nicotine.
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Now, Juul is out and Zyn is in. It’s even more discreet than Juul, with no plumes of vapor. A user simply tucks a small pouch of nicotine, additives, and flavorings under their lip for up to an hour. Over...
Source: TIME: Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
I ’ve always loved new hobbies and horses – then, two years ago, my equine dream came true
My obsession with trying new activities finally led me to my greatest passion – horse riding – when the last lockdown liftedGrowing up, I thought of myself as a “horse girl”. I knew the importance of keeping your heels down and your back straight, how to braid your horse’s mane for dressage, and that real horse girlies mucked out the stalls themselves. I could navigate the febrile politics of a stable, handle the intensity of competition and understoo d why everyone looked at the new girl sideways – she had to earn her place.Of course, I had never walked into a stable, let alone ridden a horse. I had no sleek j...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 18, 2024 Category: Science Authors: Yassmin Abdel-Magied Tags: Hobbies Horses Life and style Psychology Science Health & wellbeing Source Type: news
Apple Brings Epic Games Store, Fortnite Back To iOS Devices In EU
Due to changes made by the Digital Markets Act (DMA), video game and software creator Epic Games announced that its Apple developer account has been reinstated in the European Union. This allows the company to launch a digital storefront for iOS later this year, while also inviting users to…#digitalmarketsact #epicgames #apple #iphones #epicgamesstore #appleappstore #fortnite #apples #dma #timsweeny (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 17, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
South Korea ’s Antitrust Enforcers Aimed at Big Tech. Then Came the Backlash
The South Korean government unleashed a wave of panic across the internet industry: The country’s antitrust regulator said it would enact the toughest competition law outside Europe, curbing the influence of major technology companies. The Korea Fair Trade Commission, with the backing of President…#southkorean #yoonsukyeol #digitalmarketsact #europeanunions #southkoreas #alphabets #apples #metas #fairtradecommission (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Forget apples... now a KIWI a day keeps the doctor away! Eating the fruit can significantly boost your mental health in just four days, study finds
The fruit has a high vitamin C content, which is known to improve well-being. But researchers believe the fruit provides us with a faster and longer-lasting boost than vitamin C supplements. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mindvalley bringt die erste vollst ändig immersive App für Meditation und persönliche Entwicklung auf Apples Vision Pro auf den Markt
Mindvalley ist die einzige im visionOS App Store verfügbare immersive App für persönliche Entwicklung KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia und LONDON und NEW YORK und LOS ANGELES, 3. Februar 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Mindvalley, die führende Plattform für persönliche Weiterentwicklung, freut sich, die... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - February 3, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: PDT BFA Source Type: news
Europe ’s farmers are struggling, but some sympathetic consumers have difficulty affording their food
French shoppers understand that farmers are struggling and many want to support local food producers Europe’s farmers are struggling, but some sympathetic consumers have difficulty affording their food FILE - Apples are made available next to a poster reading " Let us produce" as farmers block…#argenteuil #micheleuler #fileapples #boussysaintantoine #jeremydonf #spanish #moroccan #polish #indianocean #reunion (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
