Meta’s Threads app is coming back to earth after a blockbuster that saw the app become the fastest growing ever. New data from research firm SimilarWeb suggests that the app’s engagement has since declined from initial heights, despite its status as the app of all time. Thread saw daily active …
Read More »Italy asked to prepare for the “most intense heat wave” on record as Europe expected to see record temperatures
Rome — Temperatures hit new highs on Monday as heatwaves scorched parts of the Northern Hemisphere, prompted health warnings and sparked wildfires in the latest stark reminder of effects of global warming. From North America to Europe and Asia, people guzzled water and sought shelter from the sweltering heat, with …
Read More »House Democrats prepare push to censure George Santos
House Democrats plan to unveil a resolution on Monday to formally censure Rep. George Santos of New York for blatantly lying to voters about his life story, in a new effort to impeach the freshman Republican. The new measure faces heavy odds of passing the Republican-led House. But Democrats believe …
Read More »Immunity gaps in UK could trigger measles outbreak affecting an estimated 160,000 children
Britain is increasingly braced for a devastating measles outbreak, according to a new report. London is particularly vulnerable, as well as undervaccinated communities outside the city, Britain’s National Health Security Agency reported Friday. The risk is limited to those who never had a routine childhood Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) …
Read More »Shohei Ohtani’s future puts a national spotlight on the Angels as the trade deadline approaches
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Every time Reid Detmers opens Twitter, his feed is curated to one topic. Not by choice, but that’s all he sees. What will his team, the Angels, do with Shohei Ohtani at the trade deadline? They talk about baseball, and for good reason. Their fortunes over the …
Read More »SAG-AFTRA May Ban Non-Members’ Social Media Influencers From Guild Admission If They Promote To Studios During Strike – Deadline
Getty Images If you’re a social media influencer and want to work promoting a movie or TV series for a studio, but you’re not a SAG-AFTRA member – think twice. SAG-AFTRA has issued rules during the strike for social media influencers, and even if you’re not a member of the …
Read More »YouTube is testing a new way to easily watch videos at 2x speed
YouTube is experimenting with a way to help sufferers like me watch videos as fast as humanly possible. The test, which YouTube Premium subscribers can sign up for, lets you long-press the video player to set the playback speed to 2x, according to YouTube’s experiment site (via 9to5Google). Sounds like …
Read More »Can Anchor Brewing be saved by these San Francisco residents?
Anchor Brewing Co. announced last week that it was shutting down, but many fans are hoping that a white knight will ride in and save the day. Some San Francisco residents even think they could be the brewery’s modern-day Fitz Maytag, the washing machine that bailed Anchor out of bankruptcy …
Read More »Over 50 pilot whales die in mass stranding on Scottish beach
Over 50 pilot whales die in mass stranding on Scottish beach Lifestyle By Reuters July 17, 2023 | 14:09 LONDON, July 17 – More than 50 pilot whales have died in Scotland after stranding on a beach on the Isle of Lewis – the country’s biggest mass stranding in decades. …
Read More »Simple typo causes millions of emails intended for members of the US military to be sent to accounts in Mali
Patrick Semansky/AP In this March 2022 photo, the Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, DC. CNN — Millions of emails intended for Pentagon employees were inadvertently sent to email accounts in Mali over the past decade due to typos caused by the similarity between …
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