Two very rare Covid vaccine side-effects detected in global study of 99 million (www.theguardian.com)
Results confirm how uncommon known complications are as researchers confirm benefits from vaccines still ‘vastly outweigh the risks’...
Nvidia’s finally replacing GeForce Experience with this all-in-one ‘Nvidia app’ - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
RIP Gamestream?
Disney+ has started cracking down on password sharing in the US (www.engadget.com)
Disney+ started getting strict about password sharing in Canada last year, and now it’s expanding the restriction to the US. According to The Verge, the streaming service has been sending out emails to its subscribers in the country, notifying them about a change in its terms of service. Its service agreement now states that...
“My next child could be retarded. So could yours.” Barbra Streisand for The National Association for Retarded Children (NARC) - Imgur (imgur.com)
Tesla plunged into Norway fjord before ‘screaming’ occupants rescued by passing floating sauna (nypost.com)
“I don’t think people could hold there more than five minutes in this water, especially with clothes on,” he added. It was very good luck this floating sauna was nearby.”...
Biden's retaliatory strikes in Middle East come with significant political risk: Experts (abcnews.go.com)
NASA invented wheels that never get punctured (www.zmescience.com)
NASA invented wheels that never get punctured::Would you use this type of tire?
Alaska Airlines CEO: We found 'many' loose bolts on our Max 9 planes following near-disaster (www.nbcnews.com)
Israel drops leaflets on under-siege Palestinians asking for their help to find Israeli hostages, as Gaza death toll hits 25,000 (www.businessinsider.com)
Microsoft sets 16GB default for RAM for AI PCs – machines will also need 40 TOPS of AI compute: Report (www.tomshardware.com)
Tax our wealth, super-rich tell politicians at Davos (www.theguardian.com)
Abigail Disney, Brian Cox and Valerie Rockefeller among signatories of open letter condemning inequality...
Two Navy SEALS Presumed Dead in Raid on Ship Carrying Iranian-Supplied Weapons (www.vice.com)
Prince William County admits election tally in 2020 shorted Joe Biden (www.nbcwashington.com)
A Northern Virginia county acknowledged it underreported President Joe Biden’s margin of victory over Donald Trump there in the 2020 presidential election by about 4,000 votes, the first detailed accounting of errors that came to light in 2022 as part of a criminal case....
Apple asks its San Diego Siri quality control team to relocate to Texas (www.theverge.com)
I’m sure women will be stoked to have Apple relocate them to a state that could kill them.
Federal court decides in favor of retired engineer told by state to not talk about math in public (www.wect.com)
Adobe abandons $20 billion acquisition of Figma (www.theverge.com)
Israel used U.S.-made white phosphorus weapons in South Lebanon attack (www.washingtonpost.com)
Japanese Institute breaks optical fiber speed record with 22.9 petabits per second — 1,000 times faster than existing cables (www.tomshardware.com)
Speedy thing goes in, speedy thing comes out.
Derek Chauvin is released from the hospital and is back in prison after being stabbed by inmate (www.nbcnews.com)
Chauvin, who was convicted in the 2020 murder of George Floyd, was allegedly stabbed with an “improvised knife” Nov. 24 while in the law library at Federal Correctional Institution in Tucson, Arizona, by inmate John Turscak, 52, according to a criminal complaint.
Vaping: Australia to ban disposable vape imports from January (www.bbc.com)
Sweden denies Polish official's claim its preschools have "masturbation rooms" (notesfrompoland.com)
YSK that SLS, an ingredient added to most commercial toothpastes, causes canker sores (askthedentist.com)
I learned about this many years ago and the difference after I started using only SLS-free toothpaste was night and day. I used to get canker sores any time I would bite the inside of my cheek, hit my gums with the hard parts of my toothbrush, etc., and this completely stopped a while after I switched to SLS-free....
Say Goodbye to Those Absurd Side-Effects Readouts in Drug Commercials. The FDA finalized a rule that will require a drug’s side effects to be "presented in a clear, conspicuous, and neutral manner.” (gizmodo.com)
Elon Musk’s X sues media watchdog Media Matters over report on pro-Nazi content on the social media site (www.cnn.com)
After a devastating advertiser exodus last week involving some of the world’s largest media companies, X owner Elon Musk is suing the progressive watchdog group Media Matters over its analysis highlighting antisemitic and pro-Nazi content on X — a report that appeared to play a significant role in the massive and highly...
Global decline in male fertility linked to common pesticides (www.nbcnews.com)
A prolonged decline in male fertility in the form of sperm concentrations appears to be connected to the use of pesticides, according to a study published Wednesday....
