https://www.macrumors.com/guide/ios-15-health-app/ What's New With the Health App in iOS 15: Data Sharing, Lab Result Improvements, COVID Vaccine Records and More Friday August 27, 2021 2:29 PM PDT by Juli Clover Apple made some notable improvements to the Health app in iOS 15, primarily focused on helping iPhone users care for elderly parents and others who might need additional medical oversight … Continue reading iOS 15’s improvements to Health app
10 times you shouldn’t use your credit card for payment
http://www.rd.com/list/times-to-never-use-your-credit-card/ 10 Times You Shouldn’t Use Your Credit Card for Payment Jenn SinrichUpdated: Aug. 26, 2021 Credit cards might be convenient and reliable, but here are some scenarios where swiping or entering your digits could be dangerous. TIM ROBBERTS/GETTY IMAGESWe don’t even think about swiping our credit cards these days since it is so common. … Continue reading 10 times you shouldn’t use your credit card for payment
Spending down in retirement is tricky
http://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/27/opinion/how-to-enjoy-retirement-without-going-broke.html? OPINION PETER COY How to Enjoy Retirement Without Going Broke The problem of decumulation is a tricky one, even for Nobel Prize-winning economists.Aug. 27, 2021, 3:00 p.m. ET Credit...Illustration by Arsh Raziuddin, The New York Times; Photography via Getty By Peter Coy Opinion Writer I’ve been asking readers to suggest ideas, and I got this one … Continue reading Spending down in retirement is tricky
Dead zone in Gulf of Mexico continues to expand
Unfortunately, this is a predictable consequence of a combination of oil well drilling leaks and explosions that haven't been capped and agricultural run-off (pesticides and fertilizers) plus increasing water temperatures, changes in currents and more. http://www.deeperblue.com/scientists-discover-larger-than-average-gulf-of-mexico-dead-zone/? Scientists Discover ‘Larger-Than-Average’ Gulf Of Mexico ‘Dead Zone’ ByJohn Liang -17 hours ago
If you’re unvaccinated, you’ll now have to pay costs of that decision
Fact is that it costs employers, the government, hospitals, healthcare workers, large amounts of money for every person who either gets ill themselves (and usually more ill than a vaccinated person would have) and every person they give COVID to. Why should an employer absorb an extra $10,000 of health costs per unvaccinated employee? How … Continue reading If you’re unvaccinated, you’ll now have to pay costs of that decision
Highly recommended, very detailed article about bitcoins, their energy use, and how bitcoins function
This is written by one of the many authors who publish on Seeking Alpha that provides access to a limited number of articles a month. Some of the articles go very deep into the weeds, like this one. The article is written by Lyn Alden Schwartzer of Stock Waves Yes, it covers how mining bitcoins … Continue reading Highly recommended, very detailed article about bitcoins, their energy use, and how bitcoins function
Insights about this fall — foliage, temperature, fires, hurricanes
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/21/weather/weather-fall-outlook-drought-la-nina/index.html Why autumn weather won't be the same this year By Hannah Gard and Allison Chinchar, CNN Meteorologists Updated 6:35 AM ET, Sat August 21, 2021 (CNN)At the halfway point of August, fall is quickly approaching as schools are back in session. But warm temperatures and prolonged drought could hinder the traditional fall feeling of … Continue reading Insights about this fall — foliage, temperature, fires, hurricanes
Another way vaccines are protecting us
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/08/coronavirus-evolution-vaccines/619875/ The Coronavirus Could Get Worse Delta is far from the last variant. But what shape the virus takes next depends on us.By Katherine J. Wu Matt Chase AUGUST 24, 2021 If evolution is a numbers game, the coronavirus is especially good at playing it. Over the past year and a half, it’s copied itself quickly … Continue reading Another way vaccines are protecting us
JP Morgan’s influential personal librarian was a black woman
J.P. Morgan's Personal Librarian Was A Black Woman. This Is Her Story. July 4, 2021 5:00 AM ET KAREN GRIGSBY BATES I have a confession: I am not a fan of the passing trope. From Nella Larsen's 1929 classic, Passing, to the original Imitation of Life (the 1934 movie starred the incomparable Fredi Washington as Peola, the little … Continue reading JP Morgan’s influential personal librarian was a black woman
Climate crisis heat killing workers in U.S. partially because federal rules don’t yet protect them
But notice that California, as so often happens, has taken a leading rule in establishing rules that are referred to below as the "gold standard" that federal law should adopt. https://www.npr.org/2021/08/17/1026154042/hundreds-of-workers-have-died-from-heat-in-the-last-decade-and-its-getting-worse Heat Is Killing Workers In The U.S. — And There Are No Federal Rules To Protect Them August 17, 20215:00 AM ETHeard on Morning Edition … Continue reading Climate crisis heat killing workers in U.S. partially because federal rules don’t yet protect them
Apple Watch can save your life later only if you set it up now
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/komando/2021/08/22/apple-watch-can-save-your-life-only-if-you-turn-these-features/8187105002/ Your Apple Watch can only save your life later if you turn on these features now Kim KomandoSpecial to USA TODAY, published August 22, 2021, updated August 25 0:580:59https://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.476.0_en.html#goog_671522293 I’m not surprised anymore when I see stories of people who say the Apple Watch saved their lives. From fall detection to heart-rate monitoring, that … Continue reading Apple Watch can save your life later only if you set it up now
Less expensive OTC hearing aids appearing despite FDA failure to issue regulations protecting consumers
As stated below, Bose has already entered the market with less expensive hearing aids available in all states. Since that company often establishes the standards that others try to match later, you might want to read a recent review of them here: https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/hands-on-with-the-new-bose-soundcontrol-hearing-aids/ But here's the link for this article: https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/cheaper-otc-devices-fill-void-left-fda-delay-hearing-aids-n1277294 Cheaper OTC devices fill … Continue reading Less expensive OTC hearing aids appearing despite FDA failure to issue regulations protecting consumers
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