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Four high school students have designed a desalinating water bottle. When used, it could make seawater potable. It’s currently only a hypothetical device, but if prototypes prove successful, it could open new doors for desalinating seawater.
Salmonella is a dangerous bacteria that can cause life-threatening illnesses in some people. The microorganism can be found in all sorts of food products, including snacks. It was just a few weeks ago that Ferrero issued a massive recall of Kinder-branded Easter-themed chocolates due to Salmonella contamination. And now it’s time to make note of …
With earnings season in full swing, Apple this afternoon posted its Q2 earnings report and the results are impressive all around. For the quarter ending in March, Apple posted $97.28 billion in revenue while earnings checked in at $1.52 per share. As a point of contrast, Apple during the same year-ago posted revenue of $89.6 …
After the salad dressing recall from a few weeks ago, regular Whole Foods customers need to be aware of another problematic product. Bakkavor issued a recall for Whole Foods Market Red Lentil Dal, which might contain traces of Listeria monocytogenes. The bacteria can cause potentially fatal illnesses in some groups of people, and it’s a …
Media-Twitter has spent the last several days gripped by a provocative story in The Washington Post that unmasked the owner of “Libs of TikTok”. That’s the name of a controversial TikTok account that has become something of a rallying point online for conservatives. Because of that, Post reporter Taylor Lorenz decided that the Internet needed …
New reports say that Twitch is considering cutting streamer pay to increase its own profits. Bloomberg reports that several people familiar with Twitch’s pay planning have made new claims about upcoming changes to the streamer payout system. The big changes, the report notes, may come in the form of a cut to the share of …
The stimulus gods have rolled the dice again, and this time the lucky recipients live in the state of Maine. Residents there are in line for a relief check as soon as June, now that Gov. Janet Mills has signed a $1.2 billion budget into law. Among other things, its features include funding for eligible …
A former resident of Woodbridge, New Jersey is looking into a bizarre case revolving around Colonia High School. The resident, a man named Al Lupiano, says that more than 100 people that attended or worked at Colonia High School have had rare brain tumors.
Earlier this year, a company announced a massive ground beef recall after testing detected E. coli. That recall involved more than 28,000 pounds of potentially contaminated product. Fast-forward to April and Lakeside Refrigerated Services announced a significant ground beef recall for a similar reason. The company recalled about 120,872 pounds of ground beef products as …
It started as a “safe” alternative to smoking. Over the years, though, panic about just how safe vaping actually is have made headlines time and time again. Back in 2019, the CDC clarified its stance on vaping. The agency admitted that bootleg THC products were likely to blame for vaping illnesses making headlines at the …
