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Health & Wellness

Is a Strong Grip the Key to a Longer Life Span?

Could grip strength determine your life span?  As Reuters reports, a large UK study suggests that Grip Strength may be a better predictor of future health than some measurements doctors currently use to gauge risk. Although grip strength has long been a good indicator of frailty or health in older people, it could help doctors understand adults’ risk profile at all ages, including the odds of heart and lung disease, […]

todayMarch 22, 2022

Tech Made Simple

Ukraine becomes world’s first TikTok War

Russia's invasion of Uraine is not the first social media war—but it is the first to play out on TikTok, as reported by WIRED. Images of unspeakable horrors supplanting the banality of status updates and selfies is nothing new. But the current conflict is a very different kind of social media war, fueled by TikTok’s transformative effect on the old norms of tech. Its more established competitors fundamentally changed the […]

todayMarch 21, 2022

Food & Drink

New HPAI Bird Flu Outbreak Hits U.S. Chickens — Here’s What You Need to Know

After dealing with the worst pandemic in generations, many Americans are likely more wary of emerging outbreaks than they were in the past. So not that "bird flu" ever sounded amazing, but in 2022, you're justified in wanting to know what exactly is happening. First, the bad news: Bird flu has recently been detected in the United States. On February 16, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) wrote that the […]

todayMarch 7, 2022

Tech Made Simple

Big Tech Cracks Down on Russian Propaganda, Stops Sales, Restricts Access

Virtually all major western countries have imposed devastating sanctions on Vladimir Putin's regime amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As the battle for Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities continues, governments around the world -- especially those in Europe -- are calling on technological giants to restrict the flow of disinformation from the Kremlin. In response to these developments, tech giants have begun cracking down on Russian propaganda. According to a […]

todayMarch 2, 2022

Food & Drink

U.S. Suspends Avocado Imports from Mexico

During the first quarter of this year’s Super Bowl, Avocados from Mexico ran a commercial that featured "the worst tailgate" one toga-wearing Roman had ever been to. A group of Romans eyeballed the Barbarians who were misbehaving in the parking lot outside the Colosseum until a guy making guac and slicing avocados caught their attention. Spoiler alert: The green fruit ends up bringing the two opposing sides together because of course it does. But by the […]

todayFebruary 24, 2022

Fashion

Crocs is set to buy Heydude Footwear for a cool $2.5 Billion

Last week, Crocs announced that it would buy privately owned footwear label Heydude for $2.5 billion, as the rubber clogs maker looks to cash in on the pandemic-led surge in demand for casual shoes. Consumers stuck at home during the lockdowns last year ditched dress shoes for more comfortable footwear, benefiting companies such as Crocs and Ugg brand owner Deckers Outdoor Corp, and that trend has shown no sign of […]

todayDecember 29, 2021

Tech Made Simple

Facebook’s “Metaverse” Rebrand is Coming…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg still hasn't settled on a new name for the company even though a rumored rebrand could arrive in a matter of days, tech newsletter Platformer reported. The coming name change, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about at the company’s annual Connect conference on October 28th, but could unveil sooner, is meant to signal the tech giant’s ambition to be known for more than social […]

todayOctober 27, 2021

Health & Wellness

FDA set to approve Pfizer Vaccine for Kids between Ages 5 and 11

AP and Reuters report that U.S. health regulators said late Friday that kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appear highly effective at preventing symptomatic infections in elementary school children and caused no unexpected safety issues, as the U.S. weighs beginning vaccinations in youngsters. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted its analysis of Pfizer’s data ahead of a public meeting next week to debate whether the shots are ready for […]

todayOctober 25, 2021

Health & Wellness

Pfizer and Moderna listen to FDA and Expand Covid Vaccine trials for Kids 5 – 11, hoping to get approval this Fall

The New York Times reports that at the urging of federal regulators, two coronavirus vaccine makers – Pfizer and Moderna - are expanding the size of their clinical trials for children ages 5 to 11 — a precautionary measure designed to detect rare side effects including heart inflammation problems that turned up in vaccinated people younger than 30. The Food and Drug Administration has indicated to Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna that […]

todaySeptember 23, 2021

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