After a nine-month pandemic hiatus, the most simultaneously reviled and adored confection in the United States is primed for a comeback. Peeps are set for a glorious Easter return in 2021, candy maker Just Born Quality Confections announced yesterday. Read more… Where to Buy Peeps and Other Divisive Seasonal Candy Source: Life Hacker
Read MoreHubSpot has acquired The Hustle to provide its community with additional content across a more diverse set of media. HubSpot snaps up The Hustle Source: Tech Radar Software
Read MoreWerewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood does two things really well. First, it continues the long-standing tradition of awkward naming conventions for video games set in the World of Darkness. And second: it lets me turn into a giant man-beast monster hybrid and tear corporate human stooges apart. Earthblood, as we’ll call it, is an action-RPG
Read MoreJoseph Cox / VICE: Instagram Unmasks High Profile ‘OG’ Account Stealers, Threatens to Sue — The action centres around the OGUsers community. It is highly unusual for social media companies to publicly announce that it has identified the real names of pseudonymous users. — Joseph Cox Instagram Unmasks High Profile 'OG' Account Stealers, Threatens to
Read MoreAccounts operating under rare “O.G. user names” obtained through hacking were banned on Thursday after a monthslong investigation. Instagram Bans Hundreds of Accounts With Stolen User Names Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreThis article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. To curb the spread of COVID-19, the French Academy
Read MoreHeating up an entire oven takes a fair amount of energy, and it can feel a little wasteful to use all of it to heat a single foodstuff (whether a Party Pizza or a small pork loin). But, as anyone who has ever used an oven knows, ovens stay hot and toasty even after they’re
Read MoreThis article was originally published by Michael Coates on Clean Fleet Report, a publication that gives its readers the information they need to move to cars and trucks with best fuel economy, including electric cars, fuel cells, plug-in hybrids, hybrids and advanced diesel and gasoline engines. General Motors announced a suite of environmental commitments Thursday, including
Read MoreIn 2018, when KiCad Version 5 modernized the venerable 4.X series, it helped push KiCad to become the stable and productive member of the open source EDA landscape that we know today. It has supported users through board designs both simple and complex, and like a tool whose handle is worn into a perfect grip,
Read MoreImage: Alex Castro / The Verge In an open letter on Thursday, dozens of Democrats called on Federal Communications Commission Acting Chair Jessica Rosenworcel to expand the use of broadband funds for students struggling to stay connected and participate in remote learning. In a letter to Rosenworcel, signed by over 30 Senate Democrats, including Sens.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon recently told workers at its in DCH1 warehouse in Chicago they had to take 10-hour overnight shifts at a new warehouse or risk losing their jobs, according to a new report from Motherboard. The shifts, known as “megacycle” shifts, typically begin around 1AM and end around lunchtime.
Read MoreNova Southeastern University worked with Adept XR to develop an immersive learning program for students taking a personal finance class and another for accounting students. Florida University Turns to VR to Teach Personal Finance Source: Campus Technology
Read MoreJosh Ye / South China Morning Post: Chinese-founded Agora, which a source says provides back-end communications tools for Clubhouse, rose 30% on Monday to $73.60 as Elon Musk joined Clubhouse — Agora saw its stock jump 30 per cent on Monday amid broader awareness that the start-up Clubhouse uses the company’s real … Chinese-founded Agora,
Read MoreDelivery apps like Uber and Instacart are branching out. How this shakes out will affect all of us. Uber for Everything Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreMary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: Mexican neobank Flink raises $12M Series A led by Accel — Here in the U.S., we take for granted the ability to invest and trade in the stock market. So while we can get in an uproar about the various ways Robinhood may or may not be acting responsibly, it
Read MoreSome hacks don’t withstand the test of time. They become victims of ever-evolving technology or simply fall out of fashion. But when it comes to silica gel packets, even age-old hacks are still top quality. (Ain’t nothing changing about a “hygroscopic substance used as a drying agent.”) Read more… The 10 Best Ways to Use
Read MoreBloomberg: Sources: Google is exploring a less-stringent Android alternative to Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature, resembling planned Chrome changes — – Internet giant mulls bringing web privacy approach to Android — Google balancing user privacy with developer, advertiser needs Sources: Google is exploring a less-stringent Android alternative to Apple's App Tracking Transparency feature, resembling planned
Read MoreLocal clinics are relocating vaccine operations to its Redmond campus. Microsoft prepares to make its Washington campus a COVID-19 vaccination site – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreHere are our favorite security cameras of the year. Best home security cameras of 2021: Wyze, Arlo and more – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreAmazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos speaks to the media on the companys sustainability efforts on September 19, 2019 in Washington,DC. | Photo credit should read ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images People living with Amazon’s pollution see gaps in Bezos’ funding Continue reading… Bezos’ climate fund faces a reckoning with Amazon’s pollution Source: New feed
Read MoreA mixed-reality headset from Apple could be on its way next year, according to reports. Apple's rumored VR headset will have 8K displays and a hefty price tag, report says – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreMany of us dream of writing a book one day, but it’s a long road from coming up with an idea to autographing first editions for your fans (or even just your family members). So how do you make that happen? No two writers’ journeys to publication are the same, but most follow the same
Read MoreWe’re living through an artificial intelligence revolution that’s unlocking new ways for companies to replicate humans. AI chat bots can bring you back from the dead, sorta Source: Washington Post Tech
Read More{$inline_image} Cherlynn Low / Engadget: Google says Pixel users will be able to use their phone cameras to measure pulse and breath rates through the Google Fit app, starting next month — Like many of us, Google is getting more interested in our health. The company is announcing today new features that will allow …
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Data from multiple COVID-19 vaccines makes it clear that the shots protect against the most severe outcomes of the disease: hospitalization and death. But it’s still unclear how well the vaccines will reduce the risk of chronic, long-term symptoms, which a small but significant number of COVID-19 patients
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