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FDA temporarily Suspends Order Banning Juul E-Cigarettes

As The Associated Press (AP) reports, the Food and Drug Administration issued an administrative stay Tuesday on the order it issued last month for vaping company Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the market. The agency said on Twitter that the stay temporarily suspends the marketing denial order while it conducts further review, but […]

What is a Tropical Wave, and How it can Affect You

The term “tropical wave” is one that comes up time and time again during the Atlantic and Pacific hurricane seasons. As AccuWeather reports, tropical waves happen most often over the ocean, but the term “wave” is atmospheric in nature and does not refer to undulations occurring in the ocean water. According to AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist […]

Hugo Boss joins the Aston Martin F1 Racing team

German fashion brand Hugo Boss has announced it is returning to Formula One with the Aston Martin team, five years after leaving for the electric Formula E series, as Reuters reports. The deal, announced at the British Grand Prix and initially running until 2025, will see Boss branding on the F1 cars with immediate effect […]

Xiaomi put a Giant Camera Sensor in its new Mi 12S Ultra Flagship Smartphone

On July 4, Xiaomi introduced a trio of new smartphones, and one of them comes with a pretty huge new feature: a 1-inch camera sensor, which is relatively giant for a smartphone. Everything about Xiaomi’s new flagship smartphone, the Mi 12S Ultra, is big. It has a 6.73-inch OLED display, a top-of-the-line Snapdragon 8 Plus […]

July is a month of Transition for Hurricane Season

Hurricane winds and water whip through Florida neighborhood with palm trees and buildings

Atlantic hurricane season is usually still slow in July, but there is a slight uptick in activity and the areas of potential development begin to expand farther east into the Atlantic Ocean. Major hurricanes – Category 3 or stronger on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale – in July are rare. Since 1950, only four major hurricanes have […]

Amazon expands Prime Video’s Watch Party feature to Roku, smart TVs, and even Xbox / PS Gaming Consoles

As TechCrunch first reported, it just got much easier and more convenient to remotely watch Amazon Prime Video’s TV shows and movies together with your friends. The service’s “Watch Party” feature has received a much needed expansion from the limited use cases where it worked before — on Fire TV devices, desktop web browsers, and […]

And they called it Macaroni…on National Macaroni Day, July 7th!

Anyone who loves macaroni in all of its forms is going to be thrilled to observe National Macaroni Day on July 7th!  This holiday celebrates the most popular incarnation of this pasta, macaroni-and-cheese but all of its forms, including Mac N Cheese, Chili Mac, Macaroni Salad and more.  So, serve up this dish any way […]

COVID-19 Boosters are being Reformulated this Fall to target Omicron – Here’s Why

Hand wearing blue medical gloves holds COVID-19 booster shot

As Healthline reports, after one-and-a-half years and many coronavirus variants, the COVID-19 vaccines are finally getting an update, the FDA announced on June 30. This change is to provide broader immunity against fast-spreading Omicron subvariants while still ensuring the same “base of protection” against severe illness and death offered by the original vaccines. To support […]

Take a Look Behind the Scenes of the New Virgil Abloh Documentary, “V”

As first reported by Vogue, in one of the first scenes from filmmakers Mahfuz Sultan and Chloe Wayne Sultan’s new documentary for the venerable fashion magazine on the legacy of Virgil Abloh—titled simply V, as the designer and polymathic creative was known among his friends—we see one of Abloh’s best friends, the vintage car dealer […]

This Hard Seltzer Is Brewed with Leftover Hot Dog Water

Don’t know what to do with all the hotdog makings from your 4th of July celebrations?  How about brewing up some hard seltzer?  Sound disgusting?  Perhaps, but a brewery in Fort Worth, Texas, is pushing the boundaries of summer hot dog consumption: They’re releasing a hard seltzer brewed from leftover hot dog water. As Food […]