Vipology Staff Writer

Wondering How to Boost Your Immune System? Funghi and Ferment to the Rescue

Wondering how to boost your immune system? Eat more mushrooms. Mushrooms are high in selenium and B vitamins like riboflavin and niacin. These minerals and vitamins are necessary for the immune system to work in tip top form. Mushrooms are also high in polysaccharides, sugar-like molecules that boost immune function. Mushrooms have a savory quality […]

Zoom Paid Accounts reportedly will get strong Encryption for Calls

Zoom will add stronger encryption to its paid customers’ video calls, but isn’t planning to offer the enhanced security to all accounts, Reuters has reported. A security consultant with the company told Reuters that it still wasn’t clear whether some accounts, such as nonprofit users, might qualify for the more secure calls.   “Zoom’s approach […]

Hudson’s Bay joins growing list of Fashion Brands on Animal Crossing

Much like Tiger King, baking banana bread and sharing your workout online, Nintendo’s Animal Crossing has become synonymous with our new socially distanced lives. The game has existed for more than 20 years, though the fifth installment, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, was released on March 20 of this year right as lockdown measures went into place across most […]

Elderberries: Modern Day Folk Medicine

Elderberrry is a shrub that has been used medicinally for centuries. Sambucus nigra, or black elderberry bush, is the version most commonly used to make syrup and lozenges. Extracts of elderberry have antiviral, anticancer, and anti-inflammatory properties. Elderberry is also high in flavonoids. People take elderberry syrup as a remedy for colds, flus, and bacterial […]

Dunkin’ wants you to celebrate National Donut Day with their “canDOUGHdates”

National Donut Day was originally established in 1938 by the Chicago Salvation Army to honor women who served donuts to soldiers during World War I, and is traditionally celebrated on the first Friday of June, which means June 5th this year!  And, as the country’s top donut retailer, Dunkin’ has been serving guests signature donuts […]

Here are a couple of Celebrity Fashion Collabs we didn’t see coming

Billie Eilish in concert

A collaboration between musician Billie Eilish and artist Takashi Murakami launched this week in Uniqlo stores. The two began their relationship over Instagram before partnering on Eilish’s music video for You Should See Me in a Crown. The collection of t-shirts, available in adult and children’s sizes, includes graphics like Murakami’s signature flowers and Eilish’s […]

Need Food Delivered? Here are the best online Grocery Shopping Services bringing it direct to You

magnifying glass over Instacart website

As you stay in your homes to properly social distance and stay safe during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, you should be limiting how often you go to the grocery store too. If you’re missing a few key ingredients or need a bit of a restock, there are a few grocery delivery services that you can […]

Hand sanitizer poses a risk in a hot car — here’s how to stay safe

Hand sanitizer has become liquid gold since COVID-19 landed in America, sparking shortages across the country. While the product is slowly making its way back on shelves and online retailers, people who have it want to treat their sanitizer like the precious commodity it is. But, now that the weather is warming up, there’s a […]

Microsoft News and MSN is increasingly being run by Robots

Microsoft is laying off dozens of journalists and editorial workers at its Microsoft News and MSN organizations. The layoffs are part of a bigger push by Microsoft to rely on artificial intelligence to pick news and content that’s presented on MSN.com, inside Microsoft’s Edge browser, and in the company’s various Microsoft News apps. Many of […]

Just as they try to reopen, L.A. Protests force beleaguered luxury retail stores to shut down

As thousands of demonstrators protesting the death of George Floyd by a Minnesota police officer  moved westward in Los Angeles, luxury retail started to board up in fear of riots and looting. The entirety of famed luxury shopping strip Rodeo Drive was blocked to traffic by early afternoon on Saturday, as protestors were still miles […]