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Tech Made Simple

Nuro is now the First Company in California that’s allowed to operate Robot Cars Commercially

Nuro can now charge for autonomous car (that's robots, to you and me) deliveries in California (via TechCrunch). The company received a permit that allowed it to test its robots earlier this year, but this permit will allow the firm to actually charge people for the service. According to a Medium post by Nuro’s chief legal and policy officer, the company is planning to “announce [its] first deployment in California […]

todayDecember 24, 2020

Fashion

90’s Supermodel Stella Tennant dies suddenly at 50

British model Stella Tennant has died at the age of 50, her family has announced. The unique Scottish beauty made her name in the early 1990s on catwalks for designers like Karl Lagerfeld and Versace, and on the covers Vogue and Harper's Bazaar. Her family said: "Stella was a wonderful woman and an inspiration to us all. She will be greatly missed." The family statement said: "It is with great […]

todayDecember 24, 2020

Home Improvement

Toilets and Sinks Backing Up? Try this Hack to Clear them Out!

If your toilets and other drains back up regularly, and the elbow grease you're exerting with the plunger and the money you're spending on Drano isn't working, the problem likely isn’t with the fixture, but the drain lines under and outside your home.  Roots from trees and plants can grow into them, seeking moisture. They thrive in that environment, so they grow out of control and clog the pipe. No […]

todayDecember 24, 2020

Health & Wellness

White House virus expert Dr. Deborah Birx quits over her Thanksgiving Holiday travel

A top public health official on the White House coronavirus task force has said she will retire after it emerged she hosted a holiday gathering. Dr. Deborah Birx, 64, cited the criticism she had faced for a family get-together over Thanksgiving in Delaware in her decision to step aside. "This experience has been a bit overwhelming," she said. "It's been very difficult on my family." A world-renowned Aids researcher, she […]

todayDecember 24, 2020

Fashion

Sarah Burton strips back Alexander McQueen Classics for Spring 2021

Alexander McQueen was among the brands to forgo its usual spot on the fashion week calendar earlier this fall. However, it didn't skip a season entirely — rather, it joined fellow Kering houses Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta in premiering Spring 2021 mid-December. As for the format, creative director Sarah Burton went down the short film route, tapping director Jonathan Glazer to spotlight her latest women's line. Instead of simply recording a traditional runway, Glazer created a piece titled "First Light" […]

todayDecember 23, 2020

Home Improvement

5 Steps To Stop Drafty Windows

Drafty windows are the bane of energy inefficiency in any home. Drafty windows and doors have significant effects on the comfort of your home, rate and cost of maintenance and repairs of your HVAC unit, and the cost of energy bills, among others. To stop drafty windows and doors in your home, here are five steps you can take. 1. Snake Surprise Buy or make a door draft stopper, also […]

todayDecember 23, 2020

Health & Wellness

COVID baby boom? No, 2020 triggered a baby bust – and that will have lasting impacts

Early in the pandemic, there were jokes about quarantines prompting a baby boom, but roughly nine months since COVID-19 triggered a national emergency in the U.S., experts are reporting a baby bust. Whether social distancing urged romantic partners to meet less, or financial strain and child care uncertainty caused families to hit pause on having kids, the coronavirus pandemic has led to a decline in both planned and unplanned pregnancies, experts […]

todayDecember 23, 2020

Tech Made Simple

Watch out, Intel: Microsoft reportedly designing its own ARM-based chips for servers and Surface PCs

According to Bloomberg News, Microsoft is designing its own ARM-based processors for servers and possibly a future Surface device. The processors will be used in servers for Microsoft’s Azure cloud services and be based around ARM designs, according to the report. Microsoft is also reportedly “exploring” using another chip for some of its Surface devices, but it’s not clear if this will progress into a final product. Microsoft currently uses […]

todayDecember 23, 2020

Fashion

Celebrities aren’t just Spokesmodels anymore – they’re joining the Team

There was one week in November 2020 when four different beautiful movie stars announced they had nabbed powerful new jobs — not in Hollywood, but at wellness and jewelry startups. On the 17th, buzzy sexual wellness company Maude announced Dakota Johnson had joined as co-creative director. On the 18th, Jennifer Aniston alerted her Instagram followers that she'd become Chief Creative Officer at the popular collagen powder company Vital Proteins. On the 19th, Cara Delevingne joined sex-toy company Lora […]

todayDecember 22, 2020

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