In-N-Out's owner explains why the chain is not chasing private equity, delivery, or mobile orders

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In-N-Out president Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson sits onstage with Pepperdine University President Jim Gash during an appearance on campus.
Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson spoke about the legacy of In-N-Out during an appearance at Pepperdine University in March.

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  • Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson is dedicated to preserving the legacy of her family's burger chain, In-N-Out.
  • That means slow expansion, refusing to sell to private equity, and avoiding needless tech advances.
  • "That's who we are," she told Pepperdine students last month. "And
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Gemini gets notebooks to help you organize projects

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Illustration of the Google Gemini logo.

Google's Gemini is getting a feature called "notebooks" to help you organize things about certain topics in a single place while using the AI chatbot, the company announced on Wednesday. You can pull in things like files, past conversations, and custom instructions into notebooks that Gemini can then use as context while you're talking with it.

Notebooks sound a lot like ChatGPT's

Dyson just announced its first-ever handheld fan, with a motor that spins up to 65,000 RPM

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Dyson just announced its first-ever handheld fan, the HushJet Mini Cool. As the name suggests, it uses the company's proprietary HushJet air projection system. This tech first showed up on an air purifier that we found to be exceptionally quiet.

Dyson promises the fan can deliver focused airflow of up to 25m/s, which works out to 55mph. The brushless motor spins up to 65,000 RPM. This thing looks

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Dyson made a handheld version of its iconic fans

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Nearly 17 years after Dyson first announced its Air Multiplier fans - one of its first big consumer products after vacuums - the company has miniaturized their design to create a handheld personal cooler called the HushJet Mini Cool. Like Dyson's larger Air Multipliers, humidifiers, air purifiers, and heaters, the HushJet Mini Cool doesn't have any visible spinning blades to nick fingers

XAI reorganizes its engineering team ahead of SpaceX IPO

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Elon Musk

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  • A SpaceX exec announced another xAI reorganization this week.
  • The company's organizational structure has been in a state of flux in recent months.
  • Several xAI cofounders left the company after it was acquired by SpaceX in February.

As Elon Musk's xAI merges more closely with SpaceX ahead of the space giant's blockbuster IPO, the AI company is undergoing yet another

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You'll have one more chance to buy Samsung's pricey Galaxy Z TriFold this Friday

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If you missed your chance to pay Samsung $2,900 for a phone earlier this year, we have great news for you. Android Police reported that what may be the final shipment of the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold will be arriving in the US on April 10. The unique foldable was discontinued a mere three months after it first went on sale, and it seems like Samsung is clearing out whatever inventory it has left

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