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food & drink
Why Europeans Refused To Use Forks For Hundreds Of Years
The year was 1004. The place, Venice, Italy, in the palace of the Doge. Maria Argyropoulina, who had travelled from the Byzantine Empire to marry the...
thetakeout.com - 30+ days ago

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technology
Google buys Wiz: How the cybersecurity startup went from $ 0 to $ 32 billion in just over 5 years
Google’s acquisition of the cloud security unicorn marks its largest deal ever—and a historic milestone for Israel’s tech scene. Tuesday’s news that Google would acquire the Israeli cybersecurity firm Wiz for $ 32 billion was remarkable on several fronts. The deal, assuming it closes, will be the...
fastcompany.com - 30+ days ago
cool stuff
Anne Marie Hochhalter, The Paralyzed Columbine Victim Who Eventually Died 26 Years After The Shooting
According to the coroner who conducted Anne Marie Hochhalter's autopsy, the injuries she suffered in the 1999 massacre played a key role in her...
allthatsinteresting.com - 30+ days ago
health
The richest Americans live about as long as the poorest Europeans, study says
Everyone knows that Europeans tend to live longer than Americans. But a new study has a surprising twist: Even the richest Americans only live about as long as the poorest western Europeans. Embargoed until 5 pm April 2. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: There's more evidence today that the United States lags...
npr.org - 3 days ago
books
4 Reese's Book Club Books That Will Make You Ugly Cry
Over the years, Reese’s Book Club has chosen lots of charming rom-coms and fast-paced thrillers, sure, but it’s also highlighted a number of absolute...
purewow.com - 30+ days ago
entrepreneurship
Foyer unlocks $ 6.2M to help people save up to buy homes
Landy Liu knows how hard it is to save for a home. While working at mortgage startup Better.com, he spent years dealing with first-home home buyers who felt overwhelmed when it came to shopping for homes. By the time it was his turn in 2022, mortgage rates had nearly doubled, and he found himself in...
techcrunch.com - 30+ days ago
business
Australia's central bank cuts rates for the first time in more than four years, flags economic uncertainties
The Reserve Bank of Australia on Tuesday cut benchmark interest rates for the first time in over four years, finally joining ranks with other major...
cnbc.com - 14 days ago
business
Canada's Hudson's Bay has survived 355 years. Now the store is in crisis
Canada's oldest retailer, Hudson's Bay department store, cannot pay its debts. The high-end chain, dating back to the 17th-century fur-trade era, has been losing money and shoppers, set back by the pandemic, inflation and lately, trade tensions with the U.S. Now, it's entered a proceeding similar to...
npr.org - 30+ days ago
movie & tv
I Saw the TV Glow and Bill & Ted star announces name is now Jack Haven
The nonbinary actor has privately gone by the name for the past two years, but has now decided to begin using it in "dangerous spaces." The actor who starred as Maddy in I Saw the TV Glow is reintroducing themselves to the world. The nonbinary performer has announced that they will be going by the...
ew.com - 30+ days ago
cycling
This busy San Francisco street is set for a makeover, after years of pushback
San Francisco officials could soon move forward with a makeover of a major city thoroughfare to improve safety, after the plan was delayed by...
sfchronicle.com - 7 days ago
gaming
Switch 2 vs. Steam Deck and other gaming handhelds — can Nintendo hang?
As much as I love my Switch, it hasn't been my go-to handheld in years. When it first launched in 2017, the OG Switch had the landscape all to...
tomsguide.com - 9 days ago
architecture
Can a Finnish Sauna Improve Society?
ON A WARM September afternoon in subarctic Finland, the architect Laura Mattila kneels in the grass beside a sauna that she and Mikko Merz, her 49-year-old partner in life and work, built eight years ago in the factory town turned artists’ colony of Fiskars, an hour’s drive west from Helsinki....
- 30+ days ago
gaming
PlayerUnknown Changed Gaming with 'PUBG.' But What's Next?
PlayerUnknown‘s Battlegrounds, best known as PUBG, continues to harness hundreds of thousands of players since its 2017 release. The battle royale...
rollingstone.com - 30+ days ago
cycling
Mid School Matt Is Back With A BMX Bike That's 25 Years Old!
Spotted Mid School Matt Is Back With A BMX Bike That's 25 Years Old!. Uploaded by Scotty Cranmer on March 11 4:00pm....
bmxfeed.com - 24 days ago
fitness
The Surprising Dementia Symptom You May Be Able to Notice in the Shower
It may show up years before cognitive symptoms. Dementia affects more than 55 million people worldwide. Especially likely in people over the age of...
parade.com - 30+ days ago
job & work
‘Their lives are awful’: More doctors are quitting medicine, citing burnout and workplace issues - The Boston Globe
There was a time when Amy Fogelman couldn’t imagine leaving medicine. For nearly ten years, she worked part- time as a primary care physician at...
bostonglobe.com - 30+ days ago
beauty
Man who hasn't used shampoo for eight years shows off remarkable results
A bloke who has gone eight years without using shampoo has shared the surprising results in a new update. The YouTuber - who goes by the handle Garden...
ladbible.com - 30+ days ago
business
'I have no money': Thousands of Americans see their savings vanish in Synapse fintech crisis
Victims are bearing the brunt of a bankruptcy of a firm whose savings accounts they believed were backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. For 15 years, former Texas schoolteacher Kayla Morris put every dollar she could save into a home for her growing family. When she and her...
nbcnews.com - 30+ days ago
beauty
Jennifer Lopez's best beauty looks from over the years
We’re sure we don’t need to tell you that Jennifer Lopez is a beauty icon – and has been for decades. Breaking onto the scene in the ‘90s, she soon...
womanandhome.com - 11 days ago
technology
The Nintendo Switch Is Entering Its Final Days, but It Won’t Go Out With a Whimper, According to a Prominent Leaker
With the Nintendo Switch 2 looming just beyond the horizon, we’re entering the Golden Days of the original hybrid console. It’s been nearly 8 years since its inception and release. And we’ve seen an amazing number of excellent games come out. Just because it’s on the way out, however, doesn’t mean...
vice.com - 30+ days ago
fitness
Running a genetic stop sign accelerates oxygen metabolism and energy production in horses
Editor’s summary Beginning as early as 5000 years ago and lasting until just around 150 years ago, horses were integral to human societies. Their...
science.org - 8 days ago
travel
Off the grid: how Lonely Planet lost its way
David Vanderhoef was concerned about his guidebook to Kenya. A 39-year-old former bar manager from Connecticut, Vanderhoef had been on a grand world tour for several years with his partner when he picked up the latest guidebook from Lonely Planet, the legendary travel company, ahead of his trip in...
businessinsider.com - 1 day ago
education
Why British boarding schools are so eager to open in Nigeria
For many years, well-off Nigerians have sent their children to prestigious British boarding schools - but now some of those institutions are setting up campuses in Africa's most populous nation. Last year, Charterhouse launched a primary school in the city of Lagos and will open a secondary school...
bbc.com - 6 days ago
writing
Video: Mohsin Hamid on His Writing Process
In this Louisiana Channel interview, Mohsin Hamid talks about how his writing process has changed over the years with each novel he’s written, the...
www.pw.org - 19 days ago
beauty
20 celebrities whose style has changed drastically over the years
These 20 celebrities have undergone dramatic fashion transformations, leaving their old looks in the rearview. Kim Kardashian A lot about Kim...
yardbarker.com - 10 days ago
cool stuff
Bob's Picture of the Day for April 4th, 2025
Welcome to my Picture of the Day. I’m showcasing photographs I have taken over the past 48 years. I hope my images can give your brain a short break...
dailykos.com - 1 day ago