Good news, everyone: now Fortnite can pay you. After a spat with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) wherein Epic Games settled for $245 million dollars, the FTC has now launched a webpage for all eligible Fortnite players to get some money back. As Kotaku reports, on December of 2022, Fortnite developers Epic Games and the FTC settled over allegations that the video game […]
September started with a typhoon that ripped through Hong Kong, uprooting trees and flooding the city. It was the first of a slew of extreme weather events that have hit ten countries and territories in just 12 days – the most catastrophic being the floods in Libya, which have killed more than 11,000 people according to the […]
Last week, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that everyone ages 6 months and older should get the new COVID-19 vaccine this fall, and kids under 5 may be eligible to receive two doses of the new vaccine if they haven’t been vaccinated previously. The new COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are […]
What’s your poison? According to a recent Gallup poll, which surveyed over 1,000 adults in all 50 states plus Washington, D.C. last month, the answer depends on a lot of different factors. As Food & Wine reports, almost two-thirds of Americans say they drink alcohol, whether that’s beer, wine, or spirits. Sixty-two percent of the Gallup poll […]
Victoria’s Secret has spent the last few years merely teasing its efforts to be a more inclusive, approachable brand, following a history of unsavory comments from former executives and a lack of inclusivity, both internally and externally. As Fashionista reports, the lingerie giant has long faced criticism for its approach to body diversity (or lack thereof), but after its major controversies in […]
For those who follow Bose, it won’t come as much of a surprise that it’s finally unveiled its new flagship QuietComfort Ultra Headphones ($429) in advance of the holiday buying season. That’s because purported images of the new headphones leaked online months ago. But as CNET reports, what’s a little bit shocking is that Bose, usually slow […]
Home Improvement icon Bob Vila says that September is the time to catch up on Home Maintenance. It’s a time to finish projects begun in the summer that were never completed. And it’s an excellent opportunity to see what can be improved, replaced, or repaired while the weather is still nice enough for outdoor projects. […]
If you are a fan of Japanese food, chances are you’ve seen wasabi served up as a pale green paste to be paired with pieces of nigiri sushi or slices of sashimi. It’s distinctly green, zingy, and you either love it or you hate it, but have you actually eaten the real thing? If you think you’ve tried […]
Allyson Felix is the most decorated female track and field athlete in Olympic history, a true great of the sport. But her career was never the same after she embarked on her journey to become a mother. As Fashionista reports, while renegotiating her contracts with Nike in 2017 and leading up to her first (and only) pregnancy, Felix discovered […]
Forecasters are warning a new tropical depression that formed Friday in the central Atlantic has the potential for explosive intensification that will make it a major hurricane this week, becoming the latest intense storm as New England and Novia Scotia are barely recovering from Lee’s impact over the weekend. As Forbes reports, the National Hurricane […]