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Vaccine centers embrace stickers and selfie stations

The best picture I’ve seen this week was a selfie from my father-in-law who just got his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Along with the shot, they gave him a sticker that says “I got vaccinated!” As the vaccine rollout continues, clinics and distribution centers across the country are embracing things like stickers and… Read more

Watch 2020’s hurricane season unfold in a mesmerizing four-minute timelapse

This week, NASA released a grim four-minute timelapse of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, a mesmerizing display of last year’s record-breaking string of tropical commotion. 2020’s season “smashed records with an unprecedented 30 named storms, marking the fifth year in a row with above-average hurricane activity,” NASA said in a blog accompanying the video. The… Read more

VW’s next electric SUV, the ID 5 coupe, will go into production in 2021

Volkswagen confirmed that its next electric vehicle, the ID 5, will start production in Germany in the second half of 2021. The first pilot series of the ID 5 has already started production, the automaker confirmed in a recent tweet. The ID 5 will be a coupe version of the ID 4 compact SUV, which… Read more

Why the FDA is taking 22 days to look over J&J’s data

A billion years ago last summer, people were getting antsy about vaccines. They wanted things to move faster, maybe skip a few steps in clinical trials to speed things up. This was, at the time, generally considered a bad idea that would result in less accurate data and cause people to lose trust in the… Read more

A year into coronavirus, we’re still counting the dead

A year ago this week, The Verge published our first story about the virus. It was January 21. The first case had arrived in the US. We’d only heard of about 300 cases reported in China and six deaths. We still knew there was a chance it could get bad. “It’s bringing back SARS flashbacks… Read more

Promotions in x-kom stores – lower prices for processors, SSDs, RAM, cases. Xiaomi smartphones are also cheaper

The next week is, as usual, more promotions in x-com stores. This time, two are starting – Overclocking Week and Xiaomi Week. What is in these promotions and what discounts can you count on? Overclocking Week is a promotion that appears in x-com from time to time and is very popular. Those who are waiting… Read more

Microplastics from laundry are flooding into the Arctic

Polyester fibers are making their way from laundry machines in North America and Europe all the way up to the Arctic, according to a new study. Synthetic fibers made up a whopping 92 percent of microplastic pollution found in Arctic seawater, of which polyester was the most common. That means that textiles, laundry, and wastewater… Read more

A fix for the Bluetooth issues of M1-powered Macs is reportedly on the way

Apple’s M1-powered Macs show impressive speed and enviable power efficiency, but they are not without teething issues – users started reporting that Bluetooth connections were dropping out intermittently or disconnecting altogether soon after launch. This affected Apple products like AirPods and Magic Mice as well as third-party gadgets. The Atlantic writer Ian Bogost tweeted earlier… Read more

Vape batteries can cause deadly explosions, consumer safety agency warns

Consumers should not buy or use individual 18650 lithium-ion battery cells due to possible fire risk, according to a warning just issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The commission says it is working with e-commerce sites like eBay to remove listings of loose 18650 cells, which are sometimes used in vapes, e-cigarettes, flashlights,… Read more

Damages from US weather and climate disasters reached a new record in 2020

The US experienced a record number of billion-dollar disasters in 2020. Twenty-two disasters cost the US a cumulative $95 billion last year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). That smashes previous records set in 2011 and 2017, when 16 disasters caused at least a billion dollars of damage. NOAA’s announcement is the… Read more

Bitcoin soaring continues – price approaches $ 35,000 mark

The digital currency Bitcoin continued to soar at the beginning of the year. On Sunday, the Bitcoin rate on the Luxembourg trading platform Bitstamp rose to 34. 800 U.S. dollar. Bitcoin could not quite maintain the level, but was last at 30. 900 Dollars around five percent above the level from late Saturday night trading…. Read more

100 Years of the Christmas Concert – Germany's first radio broadcast

No discussion – the first real radio program in Germany was broadcast 1923 from the Vox house in Berlin . But before regular operation, it was necessary to try whether everything worked as desired and hoped for. So it happened on 22. December 1920 at 14 Watch the first radio broadcast Christmas concert in Germany… Read more

Climate crisis: first bright spots, but no reason to rest

As far as the climate is concerned, on the one hand there are bright spots in the Corona crisis year: The EU is likely to set its goals for 2020 Achieve greenhouse gas emissions and renewable energies. According to the World Weather Organization (WMO), the goal of a climate-neutral world by 2050 is now realistic…. Read more

Chang'e-5 has landed: Luna's champions are back on Earth!

Yesterday we wrote about the imminent arrival on Earth of the capsule of the Chinese mission Chang’e- 5 containing the samples of rocks and sand collected on the Moon a few days ago. As expected, the maneuvers to deflect the trajectory were successful thanks to the Earth’s atmosphere and the capsule landed as planned in… Read more

Now TV vs Sky Q: Which Sky package is right for you?

(Pocket-lint) – There are a couple of different ways to get access to Sky’s content. The current options are Now TV through the Smart Stick or Now TV Smart Box 4K, or the Sky Q route, choosing either the standard 1TB box or the 2TB offering. The question is, which is the right service for you? … Read more