http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-pay-iphone-wallet-apps-11660780139? Wait, When Did Everyone Start Using Apple Pay? It took longer than expected for the iPhone to become a wallet. But the patience of Apple is slowly paying off. By Ben Cohen Aug. 18, 2022 5:30 am ET Patience isn’t the most popular virtue in Silicon Valley, where companies aspire to move fast and break … Continue reading Wait, when did everyone start using Apple Pay?
How heat waves and record-breaking temperatures can affect your health
https://apple.news/AleVcq635R-2hw96oYkIbyA How Heat Waves and Record-Breaking Temperatures Can Affect Your Health What to know about the symptoms of heat stress as millions across the U.S. are under heat alerts People young and old trying to beat the heat in a water-based sculpture at Rockefeller Center Plaza in New York City.PHOTO: YUKI IWAMURA/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES By Dominique MosbergenFollow … Continue reading How heat waves and record-breaking temperatures can affect your health
Big cats in urban jungle: LA mountain lions, Mumbai leopards
apnews.com/article/oddities-science-travel-c99fa72a760950adf0d1e168a1951219? https://player.vimeo.com/video/718365793?background=1 Big cats in urban jungle: LA mountain lions, Mumbai leopards By CHRISTINA LARSON and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL June 30, 2022 Los Angeles and Mumbai, India, share many superlatives as pinnacles of cinema, fashion, and traffic congestion. But another similarity lurks in the shadows, most often seen at night walking silently on four paws. These … Continue reading Big cats in urban jungle: LA mountain lions, Mumbai leopards
What $80 billion more for the IRS means for your taxes
http://www.wsj.com/articles/what-80-billion-more-for-the-irs-means-for-your-taxes-11660901409? What $80 Billion More for the IRS Means for Your Taxes The Inflation Reduction Act won’t bring 87,000 new IRS agents with guns to your front door, but it has important changes for taxpayers President Biden on Tuesday signed into law sweeping legislation aimed at lowering prescription drug prices and boosting the renewable-energy sector. … Continue reading What $80 billion more for the IRS means for your taxes
Jordan Peele’s “Nope” becomes a new kind of blockbuster
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jordan-peele-nope-11658783534? How Jordan Peele’s ‘Nope’ Became a New Kind of Blockbuster The director of ‘Get Out’ and ‘Us’ had ambitious plans for his latest horror film Actor Daniel Kaluuya in ‘Nope,’ written, produced and directed by Jordan Peele.PHOTO: UNIVERSAL PICTURES By John Jurgensen, Updated July 26, 2022 11:47 am ET Jordan Peele made a statement with “Nope.” … Continue reading Jordan Peele’s “Nope” becomes a new kind of blockbuster
“Stray” video game an irresistible item to modify
Players are putting their own pets into ‘Stray,’ the cat video game By Jonathan Lee July 26, 2022 at 3:37 p.m. EDT “Stray,” the video game about a nameless feral cat wandering through a city of robots, is one of the summer’s biggest surprise hits. Now, some players are modifying the game to add their own feline … Continue reading “Stray” video game an irresistible item to modify
In case NJ and NY residents think drought isn’t affecting us
https://gothamist.com/news/severe-drought-in-new-york-and-northern-new-jersey-persists ‘Severe’ drought designation expanded in NY and parts of northern NJ BY GWYNNE HOGAN PUBLISHED AUGUST 18, 2022, MODIFIED AUGUST 18, 2022 The U.S. Drought Monitor has expanded its severe drought designation to parts of New York and New Jersey.THE U.S. DROUGHT MONITOR Severe drought conditions in New York and New Jersey persist this week and … Continue reading In case NJ and NY residents think drought isn’t affecting us
Tuning up your current smartphone rather than buying a new one
http://www.wsj.com/articles/not-upgrading-this-year-how-to-make-your-old-phone-last-11660362817 Not Upgrading This Year? How to Make Your Old Phone Last Follow these steps to save battery life, improve speed and reduce wear on your older iPhone or Android model, especially if its operating system hasn’t hit its expiration date yet By Nicole Nguyen, Aug. 14, 2022 8:00 am ET “Should I Get a New … Continue reading Tuning up your current smartphone rather than buying a new one
How to live with COVID when you are tired of living with COVID
http://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/25/well/live/covid-ba5-precautions.html How to Live With Covid When You Are Tired of Living With Covid The BA.5 surge is a reminder that we need to take precautions to avoid illness, slow the relentless cycle of new variants and minimize the disruption to our daily lives. Credit...Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times By Knvul Sheikh and Hannah Seo July 25, … Continue reading How to live with COVID when you are tired of living with COVID
Documents recovered at Mar-a-Lago among government’s most classified and were not secure
https://apple.news/ALTfki_smTEKVXkm9Qd8Xbg Documents recovered at Mar-a-Lago were among government's most classified, letter shows In the letter, posted on a Trump-aligned journalist's website, the National Archives pushed back on Trump's privilege claims. The May 10 letter showed that the National Archives and Records Administration and federal investigators had grown increasingly alarmed about potential damage to national security … Continue reading Documents recovered at Mar-a-Lago among government’s most classified and were not secure
Apple politely explains why iPhone cases are a waste of money
https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/article/apple-politely-explains-why-iphone-cases-are-a-waste-of-money/ Apple politely explains why iPhone cases are a waste of money You use one because you use one, right? You don't trust yourself. Perhaps now is the time to break out, suggests Apple.Written by Chris Matyszczyk, Contributing Writer Posted in Technically Incorrect on July 24, 2022 Why would you put a case on that?Unsplash This has been going on … Continue reading Apple politely explains why iPhone cases are a waste of money
Trump and allies ready to radically reshape federal government if he is re-elected based on army of those loyal solely to him — more details from Axios
https://apple.news/A7HHqMxTMQNS6LRJ0SlOcqg Inside Trump '25: A radical plan for Trump’s second term by Staff of Axios listed below Former President Trump’s top allies are preparing to radically reshape the federal government if he is re-elected, purging potentially thousands of civil servants and filling career posts with loyalists to him and his "America First” ideology, people involved … Continue reading Trump and allies ready to radically reshape federal government if he is re-elected based on army of those loyal solely to him — more details from Axios
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