• Apple is betting its future on Apple Intelligence.
• The new suite of AI features are expected to breathe fresh life into iPhones.
• Apple may have a problem offering these services in China, its second-biggest iPhone market.

If there's one place Tim Cook could do with Apple Intelligence being a real hit, it's China.

Apple's spin on generative AI, revealed at WWDC this month, is set to bring Silicon Valley's most-hyped technology to its devices at a time when they could do with a killer new feature to entice Chinese consumers.

That's because Apple has been in urgent need of a plan to rejuvenate interest in iPhones in China — its most important international market — where sales were down by almost a fifth in the first three months of the year, according to one estimate.

Apple's decline in China has been triggered by a number of factors.

For one, Chinese consumers have had a conveyor belt of enticing alternatives — such as the Mate 60 Pro and Pura 70 Ultra — showcased to them by domestic players such as Huawei in recent months. They're likely to have grown tired of iterative iPhone upgrades in recent years, too.

Luckily for the iPhone maker, interest in Apple Intelligence has been strong. A combination of its own AI and a new partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI has offered investors enough assurance to drive an $200 billion-plus rally in Apple stock.

There's just one problem: Apple doesn't have a clear way of getting all these new AI features everyone's excited about up and running in China.

Getting Apple Intelligence to China

Keeping a strong foothold in China is vital for Apple. In its last fiscal year, the company generated $72.6 billion in net sales from the Greater China region.

However, with signs of that sliding, Apple has reason to get Apple Intelligence into the country.

CEO Tim Cook has put the new suite of AI features front and center in Apple's future, promising they "will transform what users can do with our products — and what our products can do for our users."

The problem is that a key part of Apple Intelligence — ChatGPT —isn't actually allowed in China right now. Chinese citizens must use a VPN to gain access to the OpenAI chatbot.

ChatGPT has not made its way into the country because companies seeking to offer large language model-led AI chatbots must first get approval from Beijing. Such approval has only been offered to Chinese developers of AI chatbots thus far.

According to The Wall Street Journal, this has led Apple to conversations with leading local companies such as Baidu, Alibaba, and Beijing startup Baichuan AI about striking an agreement to mirror its OpenAI deal.

It's worth noting that ChatGPT does not play a central role in Apple's AI rollout.

Laggard risk

OpenAI's chatbot will be available on upgrades coming to Apple's iPhone, iPad, and Mac operating systems later this year. Users will be able to opt into having it appear as a virtual assistant on their devices and power Siri. The rest of it is driven by Apple's own AI.

Still, the OpenAI partnership is an important one for Apple as its rivals in China have already introduced smartphones with AI features.

With no means of introducing Chinese users of its devices to ChatGPT, Apple risks being seen as a laggard on the most-talked about technology of the moment.

Apple will want to find a partner in China as fast as it can.

• Elon Musk moved The Boring Company to Texas in 2021, per the Times of London.
• A resident told the outlet it has turned Texas' "incredible vistas" into "gravel mines."
• She said she fears what will become of the area if steps are not taken to hold industries in check.

Elon Musk's construction company, The Boring Company, has turned Texas' "incredible vistas" into "gravel mines," a longtime resident told The Times of London.

"I could start crying just talking about it," Erin Flynn, a 62-year-old sixth-generation Texan who lives in Bastrop, told the outlet.

"It is beyond heartbreaking," she added.

According to The Times, Musk moved his tunnel-building venture to Bastrop, a rural town of about 12,000 people located 30 miles east of Austin, in 2021.

The Wall Street Journal reported in March 2023 that Musk plans to build his own town on thousands of acres of land in Central Texas, envisioning a "Texas utopia" along the Colorado River in Bastrop County. It cited deeds, land records, and people familiar with the project.

The project is bringing billions of dollars in investment and thousands of well-paying jobs to the region, the Times of London reported.

But it is also threatening the generations-old rural way of life, with trucks operating nonstop, earth mounds scattered across the horizon, rock-sorting machines towering over the trees, and cranes moving to and from construction sites, according to the outlet.

Flynn and her husband said their corner of Texas is being wrecked not only by Musk's firms — The Boring Company and SpaceX both have operations in Bastrop — but also by gravel and sand mines that were gradually erected to support the industry's operations there, per the outlet.

Flynn said she fears what will become of the area if steps are not taken to hold industries in check, per the outlet.

"There's a lot of freedom — people come to Texas for the freedom — but you have to respect your neighbor," she said, adding: "There is a fundamental lack of respect and a lack of communication. You're just being bullied."

The Boring Company didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Last year, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality said it had opened investigations into The Boring Company after receiving three complaints regarding the Bastrop site's handling of wastewater and concrete production.

In February, Tesla, another company owned by Musk, which has a 2,500-acre property on the outskirts of Austin, applied for an exemption from the city's "extraterritorial jurisdiction," which allows it to regulate developments outside city limits.

The city's planning department approved it in March, meaning Tesla's massive gigafactory would no longer have to follow local environmental regulations.

• Millennials and Gen Zers are embracing "quiet quitting" to end friendships gradually.
• The term originated on TikTok in 2022 to describe minimal effort at work.
• Experts warn that this approach can cause confusion and recommend open communication instead.

Some millennials and Gen Zers are embracing "quiet quitting" as a means of ending friendships.

The term originally gained popularity on TikTok in 2022 as a way to describe employees doing the bare minimum without actually quitting or getting fired.

But the trend has taken a turn, and some people are now using the same strategy to end a friendship: slowly phasing out communication without directly saying that they no longer want to be friends with someone.

Melissa Ann Marie, a TikToker in her 30s, spoke about her experience using this strategy in a TikTok video posted on June 1.

"It's not like a romantic relationship where it has to end because you're seeing other people, but it kind of just has to slowly fade because you're not prioritizing each other anymore," Marie said in the video, which has 2.3 million views and 168,7000 likes at the time of writing.

In a follow-up video posted on June 3, Marie said the reasons for ending her past friendships varied, from noticing that one friend gossiped too much while another failed to put in the effort.

Out with the old

Daniel Glazer, a clinical psychologist, told Business Insider that he has noticed "an instinctual impulse among millennials and Gen Zers to start molting connections" that are "hindering who they're becoming."

"While losing enduring connections can lead to feelings of isolation or missing out, quiet quitting may also be a healthy way for millennials and Gen Zers to prune their social lives, allowing new, richer relationships to grow," he added.

Azul Cibils Blaquier, a 23-year-old journalist from Argentina, agrees with Glazer's assessment. Speaking to BI over email, Blaquier said she quiet quit her group of childhood friends earlier this year.

Blaquier said things started to fizzle out when she temporarily relocated to the US two years ago, and her friends stopped making an effort to stay in touch.

"I tried talking to them about it individually, but eventually, I grew tired of being the first one to phone and, ultimately, of no one doing anything about my pain," she said.

Though she moved back to Buenos Aires in December, Blaquier said she could tell that things wouldn't return to normal with her old friend group.

"Quiet quitting on these friendships has opened me up emotionally to making new, stronger ones," she said.

Quiet quitting can lead to regret, experts say

Mark Vahrmeyer, a psychotherapist and cofounder of Brighton and Hove Psychotherapy, told BI that the consequences of quiet quitting depend on the circumstances.

For example, he said if you notice that you are outgrowing a friend, or if the friendship has naturally run its course, then the line of communication may fade organically.

However, he said it should be avoided if it is being used as a strategy to avoid confrontation over a real issue that has upset you.

"Generally where there is conflict, rather than a simple diverging of paths, this should be addressed in a friendship either to attempt to resolve it, or conversely, if repair is not possible, to bring an end to the relationship," he said.

Sophie Mort, a clinical psychologist and mental health expert at Headspace, told BI that quiet quitting to avoid conflict will lead to feelings of regret, as unresolved feelings remain permanently unaddressed.

"The act of distancing without any explanation can understandably leave lingering discomfort and unanswered questions," she said.

"For the person initiating the distancing, there may be feelings of regret or remorse, especially if their reasons for doing so were due to avoiding confrontation, which can later leave a sense of a missed opportunity to resolve things."

Margaret Bankole, a friendship and relationships counselor, told BI that quiet quitting can be harmful for both sides, as it will ruin the opportunity to gain closure.

"It is given less weight than ghosting, but it can have the same effects, if not worse, as the person on the other end is left feeling confused," she said.

"Honesty is always the best policy — tell someone why you want to end a friendship in order to bring closure. It will give them a chance to explain, as it could be a simple misunderstanding, or you can both walk away in peace."

• The SEC has filed charges against a Texas man over his offer to invest $200 million in Virgin Orbit.
• The SEC says Matthew Brown claimed to have $182 million but had less than $1 in his bank account.
• Virgin Orbit, which aimed to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX, went bankrupt in 2023.  

In March 2023, beleaguered rocket company Virgin Orbit thought it had found a lifeline.

A Texas-based investor named Matthew Brown reportedly offered to invest $200 million in the rocket firm, which was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.

But in a complaint filed on Monday, the SEC alleged that the offer was a sham and that Brown had a negative net worth at the time.

The regulator has filed charges that accuse Brown — who it says resides in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas — of engaging in a "fraudulent scheme" to submit and publicly tout a "bogus" $200 million bailout offer for Virgin Orbit, which went bankrupt in April 2023.

Backed by British billionaire Richard Branson, Virgin Orbit had raised millions of dollars to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX in the private space industry, which the World Economic Forum estimates will be worth $1.8 trillion by 2035.

But the company was left scrambling for funding after a failed rocket launch in January 2023.

In its complaint, the SEC said Brown misrepresented his personal wealth in conversations with Virgin Orbit, including sending a fabricated screenshot of his company's bank account with a balance of over $182 million, when the actual balance was less than $1.

Brown also appeared on CNBC shortly after entering into discussions with Virgin Orbit despite signing an NDA.

He told the channel he planned to close the deal "in the next 24 hours," and he would "basically be the owner" of Virgin Orbit as a result of the investment, according to the complaint.

The SEC says that Brown also told Virgin Orbit that he had graduated from Southern Methodist University in Dallas with a law degree. "Brown had never graduated from college, let alone attended law school," the SEC wrote.

When Brown's offer leaked to the media, shares in Virgin Orbit went up by over 33%.

The SEC said that the deal collapsed after Brown attempted to request the inclusion of a "break up fee" if the transaction did not close and refused to respond to Virgin Orbit's due diligence inquiries.

The company, once valued at $3.7 billion, filed for bankruptcy less than a month later.

The SEC seeks a civil fine for Brown and a permanent ban on purchasing or selling securities.

A representative for Brown and his business, Matthew Brown Companies, told Business Insider in a statement after this story's publication: "We are steadfast in our commitment to thoroughly contest these issues, if they arise, through the trial process. Our stance in this civil lawsuit is firm: We will not settle until we are vindicated by the rule of law."

The representative alleged that the SEC complaint contained errors and fabrications and that there were conflicts of interest involving SEC investigators.

The SEC did not respond to BI's request for comment, made outside normal working hours, about the representative's allegations.

June 20, 2024: This story was updated to include a statement from a representative for Brown and his companies.

• Two climate activists were arrested after appearing to target Taylor Swift's jet.
• The activists broke into London's Stansted Airport and sprayed two jets with orange paint.
• Swift's jet wasn't at the airport at the time.

Two climate activists from the Just Stop Oil group were arrested after covering private jets in orange paint in a Taylor Swift-inspired stunt.

A video posted on X on Thursday showed the two activists breaking into a private airfield at London's Stansted Airport — where they claimed Swift's jet was parked — before spraying two jets with paint.

However, a representative for Stansted Airport told Business Insider that Swift's jet wasn't at the airport when the incident occurred.

It's possible that Swift's aircraft originally landed at the airport before being moved. According to flight tracking data cited by The Independent, Swift's Falcon 7x landed at Stansted at around 11 p.m. on Wednesday.

A spokesperson for Essex Police told BI that a 22-year-old from Brighton, England, and a 25-year-old from Dumbarton, Scotland, had been arrested "on suspicion of criminal damage and interference with the use or operation of national infrastructure."

They were detained shortly after 5:10 a.m. on Thursday morning, the statement added.

"We are not anti-protest but we will always take action where criminal acts take place," Chief Superintendent Simon Anslow said in a statement obtained by BI.

The protesters belonged to Just Stop Oil, a climate campaign group that has defaced famous artwork and landmarks, which most recently included spraying Stonehenge with orange paint.

A representative for Just Stop Oil confirmed to BI that the planes doused in paint did not belong to Swift.

They said the protest was "generally targeted at private planes," though the two people involved likely believed Swift's aircraft was at the airport.

The representative said the group singled out Swift's aircraft in its social media post because it is "the most emitting" of all celebrity private jets and because they believed that Stansted is where she usually keeps her private jet while in London.

BI previously reported that the singer spent more than 166 hours traveling in private jets between March and August of 2023 for the first leg of her widely popular Eras Tour.

However, according to a study by My Climate Tracker, cited by The Tab, Travis Scott was the celebrity with the most private jet use in 2023. The rapper took 137 flights, resulting in 6,061,300 kg of CO2 emissions, according to The Tab.

Meanwhile, Swift wasn't among the top 30 celebrities with the most private jet use in 2023, the outlet said.

That's a stark contrast to 2022.

According to Yard, a UK-based sustainability marketing firm, Swift produced the most CO2 emissions of all celebrities in 2022, with 170 flights and an average flight time of 80 minutes.

A spokesperson for Swift previously told BI that her jet is "loaned out regularly to other individuals" and to attribute most of the trips to the singer alone is "blatantly incorrect."

The singer's spokesperson also previously said she had purchased carbon credits to offset her jet use.

Swift is in London for the UK leg of the Eras Tour. She is expected to perform three sold-out shows at Wembley before returning in August for additional shows.

• Two astronauts will be at the ISS for longer than planned, following issues with Boeing's Starliner.
• The spacecraft has experienced helium leaks and thruster failures during its first crewed launch.
• NASA and Boeing have pushed back Starliner's return to June 26 to review data from the mission.

Two NASA astronauts have been left waiting to return home from the International Space Station because of issues with Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.

NASA and Boeing announced on Tuesday that Starliner's return had been delayed to June 26 after the troubled vessel's first crewed launch was hampered by technical issues.

It's the latest delay to hit the Starliner mission and means an ISS mission that was expected to last eight-10 days is now extended to at least 20 for astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams.

The space capsule had a difficult time docking with the ISS, with five thrusters failing on approach, though four were subsequently recovered.

NASA said last week that ground teams were also assessing the potential impact of five small helium leaks.

In a press briefing on Tuesday, NASA and Boeing officials said that Starliner had plenty of helium left and that they felt "comfortable" about the craft's ability to re-enter Earth's atmosphere safely.

They added, however, that they were taking time to review data from the launch and docking before giving Starliner the green light to return home.

Starliner's first crewed launch, which took place on June 5, was delayed multiple times because of technical concerns.

The launch was a crucial moment for the US aviation giant, which is attempting to challenge SpaceX's stranglehold on the commercial space industry.

SpaceX has been transporting astronauts to and from the ISS since 2020, but Boeing, the other company selected by NASA for the task in 2014, has lagged behind.

SpaceX founder Elon Musk criticized Boeing about a month before Starliner's launch, writing on X that the company had "too many non-technical managers."

The issues with Starliner come at a bad time for Boeing, which is grappling with new safety concerns over its 737 Max after a door plug on an Alaska Airlines passenger plane detached mid-flight in January.

Boeing and NASA did not immediately respond to a request for comment made outside normal working hours.

• Denmark says Ukraine can use the F-16s it plans to give to hit military targets in Russia.
• Experts say that may not the best use for the jets.
• Ukraine hasn't been promised many, making each one a valuable prize for Russia. 

NATO member Denmark has given Ukraine permission to use the F-16s it receives to hit military targets within Russia.

It is unclear if Ukraine has any intention of using its F-16s in this way, or if doing so would mean the jets themselves enter Russia or just their munitions, but military experts told Business Insider it may not be the best use for them regardless, at least right now.

Denmark's decision is part of a wider and influential shift in NATO oversight of the weapons sent to Ukraine, a loosening of the restrictions on how Ukraine is allowed to fight the war.

Since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, partner nations have prevented Ukraine from hitting military targets within Russia, giving Moscow a safe space to stage attacks and putting Ukraine at a huge disadvantage. Over the course of the war, many attacks have been launched from inside Russian territory. Analysts have described this situation as Ukraine fighting a war with one hand tied behind its back.

But some of Ukraine's international partners have been changing their approach over the past few weeks. And now Denmark is the first country to give the go-ahead for the coming F-16s. Just because it can, though, doesn't mean it should.

A big danger

Ukraine is expected to get its first F-16s this summer. George Barros, a Russian military expert at the US-based Institute for the Study of War think tank, said "it doesn't make a lot of military sense" to use the American-made fighter jets to "strike into Russia at this time."

"Because the deeper you go into Russia and the closer you get to the border, the more dangerous it is for you to fly," and it's more likely that you lose high-end equipment and trained pilots not easily replaced, he said.

Barros said that in the future, particularly with more jets, that would be a great use for them, "but that's not where we are now."

Ukraine's ability to use other weapons to hit Russia is a big boost for Ukraine, but it's not necessarily the best thing for a fairly small fleet of F-16s.

Mark Cancian, a retired Marine Corps colonel and a defense strategy expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said that he suspects "that the F-16s will stay back from the front lines to avoid the Russian air defense envelope."

F-16s, when armed with anti-radiation missiles like the AGM-88 HARM missiles provided by the US, can be used to target air defenses in suppression and destruction missions, but those can be challenging, high-risk operations.

F-16s are big targets

Tim Robinson, a military aviation specialist at the UK's Royal Aeronautical Society, said the F-16s could be useful for hitting targets that are in Russia but out of range for other weapons. The aircraft has that capability, but striking into Russia is a risky mission, particularly for a fourth-generation aircraft that first flew in 1974.

He suspects that Ukraine, having "finally got them," will want to ensure "they don't lose them straight away."

Ukraine has been fighting hard to get F-16s since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, but the US prohibited other countries operating the jet from sending them to Ukraine until it changed its mind in May 2023.

Peter Layton, a fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute and a former Royal Australian Air Force officer, said that Ukraine will want to keep its aircraft "safe."

Ukraine will have to be more cautious with its F-16s, as it is not getting a lot, experts say.

The exact number of F-16s Ukraine will get to begin with is unclear, but it's not expected to be many. Ukraine has been promised a total of an estimated 85 jets by Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Belgium. And France is sending an unspecified number of its Mirage 2000-5 fighters. This is a boost, but Ukraine can't afford to suffer tremendous losses.

A problem is that Ukraine is expected to receive more F-16s than it has trained pilots. A lack of available training spots in Arizona, Denmark, and Romania means that only around 20 Ukrainian F-16 pilots will be trained this year, Politico reported, thus limiting the number of jets Ukraine can fly into battle.

The number of warplanes aside, there's also a political aspect to Ukraine needing to keep its jets in the air.

Professor Michael Clark, a Russia and Ukraine expert and a British national security advisor, said Ukraine has been managing expectations over how effective the aircraft will be. Ukraine has suggested that the aircraft will be extremely useful against Russia, but there is a risk of backlash over losses or failure to secure a major breakthrough.

He said that while analysts "know that warfare is full of setbacks and things that don't go right first time and so on," a "manifest failure of an F-16 offensive would be politically very damaging for the Ukrainians," especially among some US Republicans and groups that are reluctant to back Ukraine.

As a result, Clark said, the Ukrainians are likely thinking that for its F-16s, "it'd be better to hold them back until they can be more confident rather than throw them in quickly, hoping that they'll be okay, because the chances are they won't."

Cancian said losing F-16s, particularly with so few promised to Ukraine, would be seen as "a big deal."

He said some expectations put on Ukraine's F-16s are unfair. US air strength, for instance, can come from the employment of "hundreds of aircraft with extensive support systems on the ground," the air fleet and ground infrastructure that Ukraine's embattled air forces lack.

Avoiding Russia

The experts said that the jets likely won't go into Russia because of the dangers there. If they do, it would like be rare. Even flying over Russian-occupied territory is dangerous.

Cancian said there may be "one or two deep raids maybe over Crimea just for the symbolic and psychological effect, but as a routine use, no, it's just too dangerous."

Notably, though, Ukraine has been increasingly targeting air defense systems on the occupied peninsula and elsewhere.

ISW suspects "Ukrainian forces may be conducting an organized effort to degrade Russian air defenses, which could enable Ukraine to more effectively leverage manned fixed-wing airpower (namely using F-16 fighter jets) in the long term."

And Ukraine has demonstrated a willingness to make bold plays.

Layton acknowledged Ukraine might attempt something daring, noting that they have conducted some other risky moves that have given them big wins, like taking down Russian aircraft.

"Tactically, they are very smart," he said. "So while I think they wouldn't do it, if they did it, it would be very carefully organized and fairly quick." But in general, he said, going into Russia "makes them far too vulnerable."

"I personally think that the Ukrainians will be foolish to put their aircraft in quite small numbers across the border because I think that the Russians will outnumber them," he said.

Robinson noted Russia has a "massive air defense network" that would target the jets, which lack stealth characteristics like fifth-gen jets. Ukraine has a network like this too, and it's why Russian jets have barely entered Ukrainian-held airspace. But in Russia, Ukrainian aircraft can also expect to battle the Russian Air Force in addition to enemy air defenses.

"The problem is that there's not going to be very many F-16s, and they will be very vulnerable as they fly over Russian territory," Mark Cancian said.

F-16s may hang back

Instead, Cancian said, he expects them to be used mostly defensively — used away from the front, protecting cities and infrastructure from Russia's drones and missiles. The F-16 can play defense well and has been prominent in the post-9/11 Noble Eagle mission defending US and Canadian airspace.

He said F-16s "aren't going to be flying over the front lines, but they don't really need that," as other weapons can hit into Russia and defend the front lines.

Layton agreed the best use for Ukraine's first F-16s would be defensive, staying in Ukrainian territory in an air-defense role to shoot down Russia's drones and cruise missiles.

But he was more bullish on Ukraine hitting targets in Russia, saying that it could do it without flying the aircraft into Russia, as he suspects that Ukraine will likely get the right intelligence to do such a hit without taking too much risk.

A key aspect of what kind of missions the F-16 can fly is what kind of missiles and bombs the jet is carrying. Ukraine does not currently have the full range of capabilities.

Ukraine's pilots could, however, be able to master defensive action the fastest, and it would likely be the most effective thing Ukraine could do without a greater number of aircraft, the experts said. It would also bolster a capability that has been heavily strained by relentless Russian attacks, and that's air defense.

Experts said they don't expect the F-16s to make a massive difference in the war by themselves, particularly without more of them. But they said these fighter jets will be useful for Ukraine by replenishing lost aircraft, deterring Russian jets, and acting as defenses.

"Whenever they arrive," Cancian said, "that's a good time for Ukraine because they will add to Ukraine's military capability."

Robinson said the F-16s will "make Russian pilots there a little bit more kind of wary, a little bit more careful about what they're going up against."

• I'm an intuitive-eating dietitian and ex-employee who regularly shops at Trader Joe's.
• Recently, I stocked up on organic strawberry lemonade and Fruit Frenzy bars for the summer.
• I love using watermelon and Trader Joe's authentic Greek feta to make a light, refreshing salad.

Before becoming a registered dietitian, I worked at Trader Joe's for just over two years. I've been a dietitian for four years now, but I still love going to Trader Joe's to find interesting new items.

The framework I practice as a dietitian is called intuitive eating, a research-backed response to diet culture that's been increasing in popularity over the years, especially among young people. Unlike dieting, intuitive eating teaches folks how to reconnect with their hunger, fullness, and satisfaction signals.

Keeping in line with intuitive-eating principles, I love grabbing refreshing snacks and ingredients to satisfy my own hunger at Trader Joe's. Here are 10 things I like to get there in the summer.

Watermelon is the perfect refreshing summer fruit.

Nothing says summertime like biting into a juicy watermelon. I recently made a watermelon, feta, and mint salad as a refreshing side dish for a summer gathering.

I simply cube up some watermelon, crumble feta on top, and garnish with mint or basil sprigs, a drizzle of olive oil, lime juice, and salt and pepper to taste. The savory feta complements the sweet watermelon, the lime contributes tanginess, and the olive oil adds richness and depth.

From an intuitive-eating perspective, I find that this watermelon salad satisfies my cravings for light, hydrating foods during the hot weather.

Trader Joe's authentic Greek feta cheese is delicious in salads.

I also love to use feta cheese in Mediterranean salads. I make a Greek salad with chopped romaine lettuce, cucumbers, peppers, red onion, kalamata olives, and crumbled feta. Sometimes, I'll add protein-rich chickpeas, chicken, or tofu to optimize the salad and create a full meal.

As an intuitive-eating dietitian, I encourage my clients to have salads with a source of carbs for a complete, satisfying meal. I recommend pairing this salad with crusty bread, roasted potatoes, couscous, or rice pilaf.

I make mini sandwiches with the help of the sweet pull-apart aloha rolls.

Growing up, packing cold-cut sandwiches to eat on the beach was a crucial part of summer. Recently, I've been spicing up my sandwiches with these sweet pull-apart aloha rolls.

I love that these rolls are small, so I can make mini sandwiches when I'm not hungry enough to commit to a whole sub. From a satisfaction perspective, I like to make a few different kinds of sandwiches — this way, I don't get bored or have to commit to just one type of filling.

Trader Joe's Magnifisauce adds a great tangy, salty flavor to a burger.

When I was living in the diet mindset, I felt guilty eating a burger and fries because I thought these were morally bad foods. As an intuitive-eating dietitian, I know that although a burger and fries have an objectively different nutrition profile than a salad, these foods are morally neutral.

To move past the guilt of eating certain foods, I recommend thinking about what they offer. In this case, burgers provide protein and iron from the meat, carbs from the bun, fat from the cheese, and some fiber from the lettuce, tomato, onions, and pickles.

I like my burgers loaded with all the sauces — ketchup, mayo, mustard, and relish— so I buy Trader Joe's Magnifisauce. It's a combination of all my favorite condiments in one bottle, and it tastes sweet, savory, and tangy all at once.

I pair the organic strawberry lemonade with savory meals.

I love pairing savory meals with sweet drinks because I find that the flavor contrast is very satisfying. For me, fun drinks like Trader Joe's strawberry lemonade optimize the eating experience.

Though diet culture often warns against drinking your calories, I encourage clients to consider what they can add to an eating experience to increase satisfaction. When food is more satisfying, we can move on from a meal without dwelling on what we just ate.

I know my body can handle the sugar, so I'm OK with drinking some of my calories.

Trader Joe's pineapple salsa is essential for summertime snacking.

Crisp, salty chips alongside this cold, sweet pineapple salsa make a great summer snack. Easy snack options allow me to honor my hunger when it strikes without doing much prep work.

Many of my clients initially fear snacks when we start working together, but I help them learn that they're actually our friends. If we don't honor our hunger by allowing snacks between meals, we risk triggering the body's compensatory urge to overeat.

If you like smoothies, I recommend grabbing the organic frozen mango chunks.

I recently enjoyed a mango lassi (an Indian yogurt-based beverage) when I was out to eat, so I recreated the delicious drink at home. I blended Trader Joe's frozen mango, honey, yogurt, milk, and cardamom to make my own creamy, Indian-inspired beverage.

I don't like to drink my meals, so having a smoothie on its own doesn't feel very satisfying. For this reason, I paired the drink with a savory egg, arugula, and hot-sauce breakfast quesadilla, which kept me full for hours.

If you enjoy mangoes, I highly recommend stocking your freezer with a bag to make summertime smoothies.

Trader Joe's Just a Handful of pitted, salted Manzanilla olives satisfies my cravings for a briny snack.

My friends and I discovered these olive packs while grocery shopping for a hiking trip a few summers ago, and I quickly became hooked.

A juicy, salty, on-the-go snack comes in clutch on hot summer days. I crave salty snacks like olives in the summer since my body is losing salt from sweating.

I love bringing these on hiking trips for a burst of sodium, which is a crucial electrolyte. However, they also pair nicely with cheese, crackers, and fruit on a charcuterie board.

The organic shredded red and green cabbage with carrots makes a delicious coleslaw.

Making homemade coleslaw is surprisingly easy — all you need is some cabbage, mayo, vinegar, sugar, salt, and pepper. Plus, you can chop walnuts, raisins, or apples and toss them in.

This bag of red and green cabbage is my go-to for making coleslaw. I love that it's pre-chopped (cutting up cabbage feels like a pain) and colorful, so it's aesthetically exciting.

Trader Joe's Fruit Frenzy bars are packed with tasty raspberry, lemon, and strawberry flavors.

I often hear people ask, "What's the point of eating a Popsicle if it's just empty calories?" But the truth is, all foods have something to offer the body.

Ice pops, like these delicious raspberry, lemon, and strawberry ones from Trader Joe's, offer hydration, refreshment, and quick energy from the sugar on hot summer days.

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• A new book published details of David Beckham's alleged affair with his assistant, Rebecca Loos.
• David has been accused of cheating on Victoria Beckham with several women, including Loos.
• Here's a timeline of the scandal and what the couple have said since.

2003: David Beckham is seen with a brunette at a nightclub in Madrid.

The affair scandal began with David Beckham's move to Madrid to play for the soccer team Real Madrid in the summer of 2003.

In September, a few months after the move, Beckham was spotted on a night out with a mystery brunette in Madrid, the Guardian reported.

The person was later identified as Rebecca Loos, his personal assistant in Madrid.

April 2004: Rebecca Loos accuses Beckham of an affair.

On April 4, 2004, the UK's News of the World newspaper published a story that alleged Beckham had an affair with Loos, who had since been fired as his assistant.

Later that month, Loos gave a tell-all television interview with Sky News's Kay Burley in which she said they had first slept together the night they were spotted at the nightclub in September.

"I think the chemistry between David and I was so strong, and people were not happy because I was being very unprofessional and he's a married man," she said, adding: "We dropped off the other two people in the car and started kissing quite passionately all the way back to the hotel. It was like magnets, pretty amazing."

Loos also said in the interview she wasn't afraid of the Beckhams taking her to court.

"There is something I know about him, an intimate part of his body that I think only women who've been in bed with him would know," she said. "So I think if they did want to take me to court, I could easily stand up and say, 'Well…'"

In a statement published by the Guardian at the time, Beckham denied the allegations.

"During the past few months I have become accustomed to reading more and more ludicrous stories about my private life," he said. "What appeared this morning is just one further example. The simple truth is that I am very happily married and have a wonderful wife and two very special kids. There is nothing any third party can do to change this."

April 2004: More women accuse Beckham of cheating.

Soon after Loos came forward, two more women said they'd also had affairs with the famous soccer player.

On April 11, the model Sarah Marbeck told the News of the World she had an affair with Beckham in July 2001 while the soccer star was in Singapore with Manchester United.

"When we made love David told me, 'I know what we are doing is wrong, but I can't help it,'" Marbeck said. "The first time he took me to bed, he kissed me everywhere. I looked down and there was David Beckham kissing my breasts. David Beckham!"

Beckham denied Marbeck's claims in a statement published by the Guardian at the time.

"This weekend a series of even more absurd and unsubstantiated claims have been published about David and Victoria Beckham," the statement read. "The couple continue to dismiss these stories and they will not be commenting upon them further at this time. Lawyers have been instructed by David and Victoria concerning these matters."

A week later, a third woman came forward to the British tabloid The People.

Celina Laurie told the publication she and Beckham had a one-night stand in Denmark in August 2002.

May 2004: Beckham criticizes the Daily Mail and News of the World in his first public interview since the reports.

Beckham told BBC Radio 5 Live: "I've made it clear that with two papers the way I and my family have been treated is an absolute disgrace because at the end of the day, I'm a nice person and loving husband and father."

September 2004: David and Victoria Beckham sue the News of the World over affair reports.

"The News of the World was given the opportunity to provide an apology but have chosen not to respond to the couple's request," lawyers for the couple said in a statement, the Guardian reported.

The case was eventually dropped in 2006 after the two parties came to a settlement, the terms of which were not disclosed.

News Group Newspapers, the publisher of the News of the World, said in a statement: "The defamation proceedings by David and Victoria Beckham against the News of the World have been resolved on a confidential basis. There will be no further comment."

The News of the World eventually closed in 2011 amid a decline in advertising and scandals involving accusations of hacking into the phones of celebrities, politicians, and victims of crimes.

October 2004: A fourth woman says she hooked up with Beckham.

Beauty-shop owner Danielle Heath told the Sunday Mirror she and Beckham had performed sexual acts on each other on two occasions in Madrid.

In a statement, the Beckhams denied the allegations.

"We are sick and tired of people trying to make money at the expense of our family. It is even more distressing when we are expecting our third child soon. The allegations are completely and totally untrue, and it is in the hands of our lawyers," the statement said.

2007: Victoria addresses the rumors for the first time.

In 2007, Victoria was asked about the affair allegations during a joint interview with her husband for a W Magazine cover story.

 "I'm not going to lie. It was a really tough time. It was hard for our entire families. But I realized a lot of people have a price," she said.

"David and I got through it together. No one said marriage was going to be easy. Yes, there have been bumps along the road," Victoria continued. "But the fact is we've come out of everything we've been through stronger and happier. It's even better now than when we were first married. After all these years, we can just come home and have a laugh together."

 

March 2013: Loos says she regrets the way she addressed her alleged affair.

Almost 10 years after the scandal, Loos appeared on the British daytime television show "Daybreak" and addressed her alleged affair with Beckham.

She said, "I'm a mother now and married, and knowing what I know now I would definitely have gone about things quite differently," the Metro reported. "I was young and foolish and very reckless. I didn't think things through and acted on impulse a lot. I think I regret the impact on everybody. I think I could have gone about it in a kinder way."

Loos added: "I don't regret speaking out but I regret the way I went about it."

October 4, 2023: Victoria says that period was "the most unhappy I have ever been in my entire life."

In a new four-part Netflix docuseries about Beckham, Victoria described the alleged affair saga as the "hardest period" of their marriage.

"It was the most unhappy I have ever been in my entire life," she said. "It felt like the world was against us."

"We were against each other, if I'm being completely honest," she continued. "You know, up until Madrid sometimes it felt like us against everybody else but we were together, we were connected, we had each other."

"But when we were in Spain, it didn't really feel like we had each other either," she said. "And that's sad. I can't even begin to tell you how hard it was and how it affected me. It was a nightmare."

Asked if she resented Beckham at the time, Victoria replied, "If I'm being totally honest, yes I did."

In the docuseries, Beckham also addressed how the speculation affected his and Victoria's relationship.

"There was some horrible stories which were difficult to deal with," he said. "It was the first time that me and Victoria had been put under that kind of pressure in our marriage."

Beckham is still unsure how he and Victoria survived that time period.

"I don't know how we got through it, in all honesty," he said. "Victoria is everything to me. To see her hurt was incredibly difficult, but we're fighters and at that time we needed to fight for each other, we needed to fight for our family, and what we had was worth fighting for."

October 21, 2023: Loos slams David Beckham for "making himself the victim" over their alleged affair.

In a video interview published by the Daily Mail in October, Loos responded to the comments made by the Beckhams in the Netflix docuseries.

Loos said she was completely unaware that the couple had mentioned her in the series, or that the series even existed, until she got a call from a Norwegian journalist.

Loos said: "He's making himself the victim and making me look like the liar. He's making me look like I made up these horrible stories, I'm the one that's made Victoria suffer."

"He's the one who decides to lie to her, to say we don't have to tell my wife. He's made all those choices," she added. "If I remain silent, I will be known as the liar."

Representatives for Beckham and Loos did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

June 20, 2024: "The House of Beckham" details Beckham's alleged affair with Loos.

"The House of Beckham," written by biographer Tom Bower, was released on June 20, 2024,. It explores Beckham's alleged affair with Loos, citing various sources, including magazine articles from the early 2000s.

The book claims that Beckham was lonely in Spain after signing with Real Madrid. He reportedly grew close with Loos when they went for drinks, and they started sleeping together soon after.

"In his suite, Loos discovered that 'David was a sensational lover — the sex was highly charged and explosive. David's stamina was extraordinary.' Repeatedly he said, 'I know we shouldn't be doing this but I can't help it. It makes me so happy,'" the book claims.

It goes on: "Loos would add, 'He'd been going weeks without sex, trying to stay faithful to Posh.' One exchange in bed that night impressed Loos. 'You're so lucky,' she said. 'You could have anyone.'"

The book also claims that Loos decided to go public with the alleged affair after she and Beckham went to Madrid's Hard Rock Cafe one night with other employees from the management company he was signed with.

The next day, a Hard Rock waitress gave Loos a note explaining that Beckham didn't tip for the service. When Loos passed the note to Beckham, he allegedly gave his assistant money to pay the waitress to preserve his image.

"After reading the note, Beckham was alarmed. 'Give her this,' he said, handing over a thick wodge of euros," the book added.

Loos reportedly told her friend, PR manager Emma Basden, why she decided to go public about the alleged affair.

"Angered by both the secrecy and the abuse of her loyalty she looked for an opportunity to hurt him. Not least because on their first night in bed he said that she was his first secret relationship. 'I know I will be up against the most powerful family in the world,' she told Basden."

June 20, 2024: "The House of Beckham" claims that Beckham used the names of "Peter Pan" characters to be discreet when talking about Victoria Beckham and his alleged mistress.

"The House of Beckham" also makes claims about Beckham's alleged affair with Marbeck.

It claims that the soccer star referred to the women in his life using characters from "Peter Pan."

"In his texts Marbeck was called 'Tinkerbell' and Victoria was 'Wendy'. On 10 August 2001, Beckham had sent a series of explicit texts to Tinkerbell about his sexual fantasies. Asked for a description of underwear he had bought for her, he replied: 'It is a surprise. It's very sexy but very filthy,'" the book claims.

It continues with an explicit retelling of a text Beckham reportedly sent to Marbeck about what he wanted to do with her, involving "candles, champagne, chocolate, cream, strawberries and a massive bed."

The book adds: "Marbeck kept all those text messages. During their two-year affair Marbeck flew to Leeds in March 2002 to watch England v Italy. In a text he urged her to behave 'discreetly' because 'you have to remember Wendy'."

Representatives for Beckham did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.

• Leah Mancuso lost 200 pounds in two years by eating healthier and moving more.
• Mancuso realized her physical, mental, and emotional health are interconnected.
• Her lifestyle changes led to fuller experiences, more energy, and better social connections, she said.

Leah Mancuso lost 200 pounds in two years after she started moving more, and eating less fast food and more nutritious home-cooked meals.

Mancuso, a 35-year-old photographer based in Scottsdale, Arizona, struggled with her weight all her life. She told Business Insider that losing weight was educational and transformative in many ways.

Mancuso learned how intertwined physical, mental, and emotional health are. She also realized her former lifestyle wasn't actually easier.

"I thought my life was easy before, and that's why I wanted to stay that way," Mancuso said. "I was like, 'Why would I give up this easy, comfortable life?' But really what it was was just less. It was just less of everything. "

Unlike many people who regularly bounce from one fad diet to another, Mancuso said she wasn't a chronic dieter before learning how to lose weight sustainably. However, she had tried a few programs like WeightWatchers and Jenny Craig, but regained the weight because she found them unsustainable.

Mancuso is far from alone: Roughly 45 million Americans go on a diet each year and the industry is expected to be worth $33.6 billion by 2027, according to Gitnux market data.

Mancuso shared the two biggest lessons she learned from losing 200 pounds.

1. Losing weight gave Mancuso 'fuller experiences'

For years, Mancuso thought that continuing her sedentary, fast-food-heavy lifestyle was the easy option. It was all she'd known, and in many ways, it was her comfort zone.

"I thought my life was easier before, that's why I continued with the unhealthy patterns I created for myself," she said.

Looking back now, Mancuso sees she had less going on in her life because her size held her back. Mancuso avoided certain restaurants, wouldn't go on rollercoasters, and avoided flying because the seats weren't big enough, she said.

"My life is so much better now, but it's not because I'm closer to society's standard of beauty," Mancuso said. "It's because I have so much more of the things that truly matter — fuller experiences, richer relationships, new opportunities, more energy, more endurance, more strength, more ability, more confidence, more joy, more life."

Mancuso feels she now has the freedom to choose what she does, rather than her body size and limited endurance making decisions for her.

2. Mental and physical health are intertwined

Previously, Mancuso hadn't thought about every aspect of health being connected.

"I neglected my physical health for a long time and made excuses to myself that it wasn't a big deal because at least I was taking care of my mental and emotional health," she said. "But it wasn't until I started putting effort into becoming physically healthy that I realized how the different areas of life feed off of each other."

Mancuso found that by developing a healthier lifestyle, she also improved her mental and emotional health.

It's well established that being active can boost mental health, but Mancuso didn't realize that by changing her lifestyle, she would also gain so much more in life through better social connections and more fulfilling opportunities.