“Across the United States, parents are increasingly buying Apple Watches and strapping them onto the wrists of children as young as 5,” reports the New York Times: The goal: to use the devices as a stopgap cellphone for the kids. With the watch’s cellular abilities, parents can use it to Read more…
It’s the one-year anniversary of El Salvador’s adopting Bitcoin as a legal tender, so Bloomberg follows up, finding a country where “Adoption has moved slowly, and steep declines in Bitcoin’s price from those lofty levels last fall have dampened the early euphoria that swept across the nation.” “Bitcoin hasn’t replaced Read more…
Eating a lot of ultraprocessed foods significantly increases men’s risk of colorectal cancer and can lead to heart disease and early death in both men and women, according to two new, large-scale studies of people in the United States and Italy published Wednesday in British medical journal The BMJ. Ultraprocessed Read more…
So Australia’s foreign intelligence cybersecurity agency marked its 75th anniversary by collaborating with the Australian mint to release a special commemorative coin with a four-layer secret code. The agency’s director even said that if someone cracked all four layers of the code, “maybe they’ll apply for a job.” A 14-year-old Read more…
75% to 86% of plastic debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch “originates from fishing activities at sea.” Plastic emissions from rivers remain the main source of plastic pollution from a global ocean perspective. Plastic lost at sea has a higher chance of accumulating offshore than plastic emitted from rivers, Read more…
Amazon.com, determined to reduce the size of its sprawling delivery operation amid slowing sales growth, has abandoned dozens of existing and planned facilities around the US, according to a closely watched consulting firm. MWPVL, which tracks Amazon’s real-estate footprint, estimates the company has either shuttered or killed plans to open Read more…
A federal judge on Thursday tentatively declined to overturn the jury conviction of disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes on four felony counts of fraud and conspiracy. That leaves the former Silicon Valley star a step closer to serving prison time. U.S. District Judge Edward Davila won’t make that decision final Read more…