Vipology Staff Writer

Google to Shut Down Stadia in 2023

As CNET reports, Google’s cloud gaming service Stadia will shut down on January 18, 2023, the search giant said in blog post. Google will refund all Stadia hardware purchased through the Google Store, along with all the games and add-on content purchased from the Stadia store. The company aims to have all the refunds completed by mid-January.  People using […]

This Year’s Tricky Triple Dip La Niña won’t be a Carbon Copy of the Last Two

the words La Nina superimposed over Pacific ocean map

AccuWeather senior meteorologist Paul Pastelok and his team of long-range forecasters are predicting a “triple dip La Niña” for the Winter season of 2022, as it is the third winter in a row that La Niña will shape the weather patterns across the U.S. The regular climate phenomenon occurs when the water near the equator in […]

The Costume Institute pays Homage to Karl Lagerfeld for its 2023 Exhibition

Designer Karl Lagerfeld with signature cape, gloves and sunglasses

On Friday morning, the Metropolitan Museum of Art held a press conference in Paris to announce the theme of the 2023 Costume Institute exhibit — fitting, as it’ll be a Karl Lagerfeld retrospective.  As Fashionista reports, the event, which was co-hosted by Wendy Yu Curator at Large Andrew Bolton and Vogue Global Editorial Director (and Met trustee) Anna Wintour, confirmed rumors that have been swirling since the […]

It’s National Taco Day Here’s Where to Get Free Tacos and Other Tasty Deals

Taco Tuesday happens every week. (Thank goodness.) But National Taco Day, which this year falls on Tuesday, October 4, comes only once a year. So for sure you’ll want to circle it in hot-sauce on your calendar. According to CNET, although the roots of this popular Mexican dish stretch back to long before the Spanish […]

HHS reports Cost of more than 1,200 Prescription Drugs Hiked Higher than Inflation Last Year, but IRA Will Help Bring it Under Control

More than 1,200 prescription drugs rose in price faster than the rate of inflation between 2021 and 2022, according to a new report released by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday. Between July 2021 and July 2022, the prices for 1,216 drugs rose more than the 8.6 percent rate of inflation, […]

It’s a new Tech Age: People around the World Rally to Subvert Iran’s Internet Shutdown

As WIRED reports, Iran’s restrictive government imposed severe and extensive internet blackouts and blocked numerous digital services around the country in an attempt to shut down country-wide protests sparked by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini while in “morality police” custody in September, impacting most of Iran’s 80 million citizens. However, in a show of global solidarity, […]

The Impacts of Hurricane Ian (So Far)

Flooded streets and cars submerged in front of homes after Hurricane

The cleanup continues in Florida from Ian, which the majority of Floridians will tell you is “the worst hurricane I’ve ever lived through.” The total economic impact is still undetermined, the damage assessments continue, and the death toll rises, but here are some of the early measures of Ian’s catastrophic impact, via Reuters: DEATH TOLL […]

Customers Will Decide which Taco Bell Discontinued Menu Item will be Resurrected Next

Exterior of Taco Bell fast food restaurant

Mexican Pizza had its moment. Now a new Taco Bell item is set to return from menu banishment. And the fast-food chain is leaving it up to customers to choose.  Just in time for both National Soft Taco Day (October 3) and National Taco Day (October 4) Taco Bell has announced it will bring back one of […]

Virus that causes Respiratory Illness and Polio-Like Muscle Weakness is Spreading among U.S. Kids

NBC News reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning about the spread of a common childhood virus that can cause muscle weakness or paralysis in rare cases. According to their report released just last week, the CDC recorded 260 cases of “enterovirus D68,” aka EV-D68, which most commonly leads to respiratory illness […]

It’s a First: Both the Webb and Hubble Telescopes Spied NASA’s DART Asteroid Crash Maneuver at the Same Time

DART asteroid

NASA wasn’t about to miss the chance to capture its historic ambush of an asteroid through the eyes of its most powerful space observatories. As CNET reports, last week, NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) released new images taken by the Hubble and James Webb telescopes showing the moment the DART spacecraft crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos. […]