It’s been 3 years since Amazon updated its Alexa app and in tech years, it feels like a hundred. But the wait is over. As The Verge reports, the revamp is rolling out fully this week to iOS and Android devices, but it started this summer with some small changes you may have already spotted. […]
The noise of someone chomping on chips can be irritating, especially if it’s directly in your ear, on say, a voice chat or a Zoom call. Voices – and crunching – are amplified when people are using headsets, which are often worn by gamers, many of whom spend hours at a time playing multiplayer video […]
There was once a time when the likes of Kim Kardashian, Gigi Hadid, Hailey Bieber and Kendall Jenner were fashion’s campaign mainstays, appearing everywhere from Jacquemus to Marc Jacobs and everything in between. But something’s shifted and it appears there are some new pups in town. So, are dogs the new it-girls? As High Paw reports, in fashion brand and designers attempts to present something […]
A proposal announced Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aims to remove all lead drinking water pipes across the country within a decade. As NBC News reports, the lead and copper rule improvements would require utilities to replace lead service lines within 10 years regardless of the lead levels that register in water samples. […]
Last week, both Apple and Google announced their best apps and games of the year, with the hiking and biking companion AllTrails winning as Apple’s iPhone App of the Year in 2023, while the educational app Imprint: Learn Visually won as Google Play’s best app. Meanwhile, Apple and Google agreed on their Game of the Year, as both picked Honkai: […]
The supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy, Sagittarius A*, is spinning rapidly and altering space-time around it, a new study has found. Space-time is the four-dimensional continuum that describes how we see space, fusing one-dimensional time and three-dimensional space together to represent the space fabric that curves in response to massive celestial […]
Yes, you can, in fact, have too much of a good thing. And it appears Red Lobster is learning that the hard way. As Food & Wine reports, in an earnings report call in early November, Ludovic Regis Henri Garnier, the CFO of Thai Union Group, which owns Red Lobster, announced that its Ultimate Endless Shrimp deal, […]
Life expectancy in the U.S. ticked upward in 2022, following two years of significant declines driven primarily by the Covid pandemic, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report published last week. As NBC News reports, the CDC data showed that life expectancy at birth — how long a baby born in a particular […]
What goes best with the favored A lister drink from LA’s most expensive grocery store? Why a collab with high fashion label Balenciaga, of course. As High Snobiety reports, while staging its first Los Angeles runway event, Balenciaga naturally teamed up with the LA-based retailer for an organic refreshment for its show guests. What does […]
Business of Fashion and McKinsey & Company released the eighth annual State of Fashion report last Wednesday, which reveals an industry navigating deep uncertainty. “Fashion companies will face economic headwinds, technology shifts, and an evolving competitive landscape in 2024. However, shifting consumer priorities will continue to offer opportunities.” According to the report, “in 2023, the industry faced challenges […]