In Antarctica, gold literally rains from the sky. Tucked in among the glaciers, fiery Mount Erebus is the southernmost active volcano on Earth, providing a bit of heat amid the frozen landscape, but it also provides a wealth of gold mixed within its ashes. As AccuWeather reports, according to a 2017 study, the frozen continent […]
Hey, Barbie! Want some barbecue? As a salute to Barbie’s 65th anniversary, Mattel and Heinz UK announced the kind of unconventional collaboration that just made our heads turn: Heinz Classic Barbiecue Sauce. As Food & Wine reports, this “special sauce,” which is a mix of vegan mayonnaise and barbecue sauce, is the condiment mashup that none of us knew we […]
Happy International Guide Dog Day! This day, celebrated annually on the last Wednesday in April, brings attention to the importance of guide dogs and how they help the blind and visually impaired live their daily lives. Guide dogs are carefully trained to avoid obstacles, access public transportation, cross roads safely, and other daily tasks to […]
McDonald’s is McDoubling down on its McCrispy offerings — much to the delight of spice-loving diners. Starting this week, fans of America’s most popular fast food joint will have two more chicken sandwich deliciousness to choose from: the Bacon Cajun Ranch McCrispy and its more souped-up cousin, the Bacon Cajun Ranch Deluxe McCrispy. As Food & Wine reports, […]
It’s not typical for micro embellishments to make a macro impact, but if you’ve been browsing new arrivals lately, you’ve likely noticed some of the best accessories for spring all have something in common. Metal eyelets and grommets are suddenly everywhere. As Fashionista reports, the trend started brewing with Gucci’s Fall 2022 collection, which included a punk-ified […]
Do you know about @CheapOldHouses — the addictive social media phenomenon with nearly 3 million followers? Well, it has inspired a new HGTV series called Who’s Afraid of a Cheap Old House?,which will showcase what it’s like to actually renovate stunning historic homes. Who’s Afraid of a Cheap Old House? premieres Tuesday, May 14, at 10|9c on HGTV. Led by historic preservationist Elizabeth […]
ChatGPT kicked off the AI chatbot race. Meta is determined to win it. According to a report by The Verge, the Meta AI assistant, introduced last September, is now being integrated into the search box of Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Messenger. It’s also going to start appearing directly in the main Facebook feed. You can still […]
AI is taking over at Google, and the company is changing in big ways to try to make it happen even faster. Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced substantial internal reorganizations last week, including the creation of a new team called “Platforms and Devices” that will oversee all of Google’s Pixel products, all of Android, Chrome, ChromeOS, […]
The United Arab Emirates was hit by a year’s worth of rainfall in 12 hours which caused severe flooding to the desert nation’s roads, houses and Dubai’s airport. In dramatic footage, residents were seen jet-sking down streets, planes were forced to land in what looked like an ocean, and high-end Rolls-Royce cars were swept away in the deluge. By […]
Shortages of popular weight loss medications are continuing amid an all-time high of drug scarcity in the United States. As ABC News reports, Wegovy, made by Novo Nordisk, and Zepbound, made by Eli Lilly & Co., are in tight supply and may be hard to obtain for the next several months, according to the pharmaceutical companies. Last […]