For more than two years, farmers have fought a battle with a fatal strain of bird flu that continues to disrupt the U.S. egg supply. At one point, the shortage sent the price of a dozen regular eggs soaring to almost $5. Prices retreated somewhat, but they remain volatile. As Nerd Wallet reports, the current […]
Epic Games’ annual holiday sale is now live, and like previous years, the company is also going to be offering a bunch of free games you can claim during the sale. Over the course of this sale, the store will have 16 free games, according to a blog post. As The Verge reports, Epic is being […]
Polly Mellen, who has died aged 100, was a leading creative force and fashion editor at Vogue, responsible for bringing the magazine’s famously outlandish photoshoots to life. As The Telegraph reports, Mellen got her first foray into the fashion world with Richard Avedon in the 1950s, where she helped to shape the look of his shoots with […]
A rare tornado struck Scotts Valley, just south of the Bay Area, overturning cars, damaging trees and knocking out power with an estimated peak winds of 90 mph. As AccuWeather reports, San Francisco city and county received the first warning Saturday since the inception of reliable weather records in 1950, Nicole Sarment, a weather service […]
The days have gotten shorter and nights longer, and it’s really important to make sure all of your exterior lights are in good working order. Many things can wreak havoc on exterior lighting. Natural elements like weather and vegetation growth are big culprits, but people and animals can be as well. After all, outdoor lighting […]
Oh, the weather outside is frightening, so why don’t you stay in and have a nice hot cocoa to take the chill off? National Cocoa Day is celebrated each year on December 13th – the perfect time to sit by the fire and sip this delicious chocolate-y brew. The Difference between Hot Cocoa and Hot […]
Cases of whooping cough (pertussis) have surged all across the United States to higher than even pre-pandemic levels. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 17,500 pertussis cases have been reported in the U.S. so far in 2024, compared with only 3,962 cases for all of 2023. According to the Children’s […]
Over the decades, Nike has built an impressive roster of buzzy and culturally relevant brand collaborations. Well, just in time for last-minute Christmas shopping, the leading shoe brand is partnering up once again for a new collab collection, but this time, it’s turning to the beauty world. As Fashionista reports, Nike has joined forces with renowned British makeup artist Isamaya […]
OpenAI launched Sora, its text-to-video AI model, on Monday as part of its 12-day “ship-mas” product release series. It’s available today on Sora.com for ChatGPT subscribers in the US and “most other countries,” and a new model, Sora Turbo. This updated model adds features like generating video from text, animating images, and remixing videos. The Verge, who had previously […]
National Popcorn String Day is December 13th, and by now, many families gearing up for Christmas will have already decked their halls with an attic’s worth of homemade baubles, hand-me-down ornaments and trinkets picked up during past vacations. But if you haven’t decorated your tree yet, you might consider engaging in the old-fashioned, food-themed tradition […]