The head of the Food and Drug Administration has threatened to pull e-cigarettes out of U.S. markets entirely unless e-cig makers take greater measures to curb the youth’s use of their products. Speaking at a public hearing Friday, Scott Gottlieb, the FDA Commissioner, said he...
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January 20, 2019 albert
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Facebook, as part of its never-ending quest to win over teens, is now working on a feature just for memes and funny viral content. The social network is experimenting with something it’s calling “LOL,” according to TechCrunch, which got a look at some early beta...
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January 19, 2019 albert
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Fossil Google is an ad company at heart but has been focusing on its hardware game more and more as of late. Today Fossil announced plans to sell its smartwatch tech to Google for a cool $ 40 million. While details of the sale are...
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January 18, 2019 albert
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If you’re going to bring your food and coffee to work, then you’ll need to find a way to keep it as fresh and warm (or cool) as possible. The only way you’ll manage to do that is with the help of a small thermos. A...
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January 17, 2019 albert
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To keep all your cables, chargers, SD cards, batteries, and assorted extras from getting lost in the bottom of your bag, you need some sort of system to keep them organized. Let’s look at our favorites. Over the last few years, I’ve noticed a kind...
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January 16, 2019 albert
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If you’re just getting started with running, you may quickly find out that shin splints can be the bane of your existence. However, these products can help manage the pain and maybe even get rid of your shin splints altogether. Before You Make a Purchase...
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January 15, 2019 albert
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It’s official: Game of Thrones’ final season comes crashing into our lives April 14, 2019. For months the only information about Thrones‘ eighth and final season premiere was that it would be sometime in April, but now we have a clear date and can start...
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January 14, 2019 albert
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It’s not surprising to learn that women who lived during the Middle Ages didn’t always get the credit they deserved, but tangible proof that further erodes our male-centric view of history is always welcome. A new study asserts that lapis lazuli found in the teeth...
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January 13, 2019 albert
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Cory Doctorow doesn’t like censorship. He especially doesn’t like his own work being censored. Anyone who knows Doctorow knows his popular tech and culture blog, Boing Boing, and anyone who reads Boing Boing knows Doctorow and his cohort of bloggers. The part-blogger, part special advisor...
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January 12, 2019 albert
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PeakSpan Capital, a four-year-old, Burlingame, Ca.-based venture firm, has closed its second fund with $ 265 million in capital commitments, according to a new SEC filing that shows that 68 investors were involved in the fundraise. That’s a meaningful jump in size from the firm’s...
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January 10, 2019 albert
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