There will be no E3 this year. In a tweet, Will Powers, PR for gaming peripheral manufacturer Razer, said that he received an email stating the digital event was canceled. IGN initially reported the news, saying they had also independently viewed the email confirming E3’s cancellation. As reported by The Verge, the video game trade […]
President Biden Requests Historic Funding for Affordable Housing in 2022 Budget
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports that President Joe Biden requested historic funding for housing supply in his federal budget proposal for the fiscal year that begins October 1, 2022. The proposal was released Monday, March 28 A requested 34% increase over last year for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) includes […]
The Government is Investigating Amazon’s Severe Weather Event Rules following Employee Deaths
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has launched an investigation into Amazon’s labor practices around severe weather events, focusing on the company’s Illinois warehouse where six people died in a tornado strike last winter. The committee is seeking documents and communication records from Amazon within the next two weeks, according to a letter signed […]
FDA Reviewers Not Impressed by new ALS Drug
Health Day News reports that despite months of intense lobbying by patient advocates, federal health officials on Monday posted a largely negative review of an experimental drug for the devastating illness known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). In an analysis of Amylyx Pharmaceuticals’ drug, known for now only as AMX3005, regulators from the U.S. Food […]
Sony finally reveals the details of Spartacus for PS Plus
Sony has finally revealed its much-talked-about Spartacus update for PlayStation Plus. Sony currently has two subscription services: PlayStation Plus, which grants access to multiplayer gaming, some discounts, and a few free games a month, and PlayStation Now, which lets you play a back catalog of select PS4, PS3, and PS2 games either via cloud gaming […]
Now that Winter is Over, it’s Time to Check Your Home Inside and Out for Signs of Water Damage
Winter is finally on its way out, and the Spring Cleaning season is upon us. While Spring Cleaning is a good place to start, the turn of the season also presents an opportunity to be more thorough with your home maintenance. Now’s the time to roll up your sleeves and take care of the things […]
Intense Wildfires Spark in New Regions as Drought Conditions Expand Eastward
We’ve barely made it through the first three months of 2022, and it’s already a horrible year for wildfires. As CNN reports, more than 14,781 separate wildfires have scorched over half a million acres as of this week, according to the National Interagency Fire Center, the largest number of fires year-to-date the agency has recorded […]
Wet Hair is Having a Moment
When watching the Fall 2022 Fashion Shows roll on, you couldn’t help but notice that the models walking down the runways looked like they’d just got caught in a spring shower. Things were looking somewhat damp… at least as far as hair goes, anyway. As Fashionista pointed out, wet-looking strands in a variety of different iterations became […]
Beyond Meat Is Now Making Plant-Based Jerky
Beyond Meat’s first foray into replacing meat was hamburgers. But from the beginning, the company’s larger mission has been to shift society away from eating animals in general, and thus other products have followed: sausages, meatballs, chicken. Now, for the first time, Beyond wants you to look at (and eat) meat-based snacks in a different way by launching Beyond Meat […]
Are We Headed for a “Year Without a Summer”?
The climate over the past few thousand years has been unusually stable, helping bring about the rise of modern civilization. However, ice core studies reveal that the “normal” climate for Earth is one of frequent extreme jumps – like a light switch flicking on and off. So it is incorrect to think that global warming […]