Vipology Staff Writer

Netflix’s Geeked Week is Landing June 6 – Here’s What (and When) To Watch

Are you ready to get geeked?! That’s what the mega streaming service is asking as they prepare viewers for their Geeked Week. So, just what is Geeked Week, anyway?  Well, according to the company’s statement/site, Geeked Week 2022 is a “free five-day virtual event celebrating Netflix’s genre series, films, and games that runs June 6-10 across […]

Spending Time Outdoors Improves Your Health AND Productivity, Researchers Say

There are plenty of well-documented health benefits associated with getting outdoors—increasing vitamin D production and exercise are simply two of them. But did you also know that spending time outside can actually improve your productivity levels? According to Dr. Allison Chase, a clinical psychologist and regional clinical director with Pathlight Mood and Anxiety Center, heading […]

New Report reveals Troubling Drought trend in Europe’s River Basins as we Head into Summer

Unusual dryness has affected large portions of Europe so far this year, and a new report that analyzed the ongoing drought situation across the continent has revealed concerning signs in some of the region’s vital river basins as the summer months quickly approach. The report by the Global Drought Observatory (GDO) of the Copernicus Emergency Management […]

There’s a Viral TikTok Hack for Keeping Avocados Fresh, but FDA Warns it could make you Sick

No one likes wasting avocados. They’re as delicious as they are pricey. But a popular hack for keeping your avocados fresh that has continued to make the rounds on social media might not be as ideal as advertised — and even the FDA has repeatedly warned against it. On Friday, Newsweek covered a viral TikTok […]

Bad Bunny covers GQ for June, talks Fashion, Women, and Marvel

Is anyone having a better year than Bad Bunny? On top of a head-turning appearance at the Met Gala and the action-packed trailer for his summer movie with Brad Pitt, Bullet Train, it was announced at CinemaCon in March that the artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio would star in Sony’s El Muerto in January […]

Chromebooks will Now Tell You when you’re Using the Wrong USB-C Cable

Google’s latest Chromebook update adds a feature that tells you if your USB-C cable has limited functionality, the company announced Friday. USB-C cables can have widely varying capabilities, offering things like different charging and data transfer speeds on a cable-by-cable basis, so this new Chromebook feature seems like it could be a useful tool to […]

Melissa Launches ‘Stranger Things’ Collab Just in Time for Season 4 and the Revival of ’80s Nostalgia

The Upside Down world is here. For its latest collaboration, footwear and accessories designer Melissa is teaming up with the Netflix mega-hit series “Stranger Things.” As Footwear News reports, to coincide with the premiere of Season 4: Volume 1 of the sci-fi show, Melissa has unveiled a capsule collection that reinvents some of its most […]

Starbucks joins McDonald’s in Permanently Closing All of its Stores in Russia

Starbucks announced that it would be leaving Russia for good, and “will no longer have a brand presence” in the country. The Seattle-based company revealed its exit in three concise sentences on its website, adding that it would pay its 2,000 Russian employees for six months and would also provide assistance as they looked for […]

Largest Fire in New Mexico history ignited from a Prescribed Burn, a.k.a. “Zombie Fire”

Helicopter in silhouette dropping water on raging wildfire

The recently-ranked largest fire in New Mexico history was found Friday to have been caused by a prescribed burn that had concluded in January before reigniting in April following at least three winter weather events. Forest Service investigators determined that the Calf Canyon Fire, which has charred over 312,000 acres in the Pecos/Las Vegas Ranger […]

Samsung’s appears to be Cutting Phone Production for 2022

Row of Samsung Mobile Phones in store

Samsung is reportedly scaling back the number of phones it’s planning on producing in 2022, from 310 million to 280 million, according to SamMobile, which cites a report from Korean outlet Maeil Business News. In absolute terms, that’s still quite a lot of phones, but it’s a relatively sharp decrease from the company’s original goal […]