Month: March 2022

I’m a big fan of composting, but it doesn’t always go according to plan. Recently, a rat moved into my compost pile. It seemed to have a particular fondness for coffee grounds. After several frank exchanges of views, I persuaded Colin the Compost Rat (as […]

Despite stalling in committee yesterday without a vote, a bill to legalize online and retail betting in Kansas passed out of the House on Wednesday. The bill passed 88-36 after House lawmakers amended it to add more revenue for problem gambling treatment. The Senate and […]

Audio player loading… Meta has announced that it will be hosting its second Meta Quest Gaming Showcase on April 20. The event will highlight several new games and updates coming to the Meta Quest 2 platform in the near future, though we might already have […]

Chandler, a Phoenix suburb, on Wednesday said that residents can pay in bitcoin, ether and litecoin (LTC) held in their PayPal (PYPL) accounts. But the city won’t ever touch those coins; its utility payments processor Invoice Cloud will sell it all for fiat, a press […]

Pete Pachal, CoinDesk’s chief of staff for the content team, argues the gaming-focused Ronin Network’s announcement of a security breach shows that ‘things start to get a little dicey’ when moving further away from core crypto products. Bitcoin hovered around $47,000 Thursday morning after declining […]

The act of doomscrolling—spinning continuously through bad news despite its disheartening and depressing effects—and social media envy, like the fear of missing out, present greater risks to your health than were previously realized. A tranche of research over the past few years, amid the global […]

Carolina vs. Duke in the Final Four. Can you believe it? This state is gonna go nuts this week. For more than 80 years the Tar Heels and Blue Devils have never played each other for a national college basketball championship. That’s remarkable, considering their […]

[embedded content][embedded content] When Americans think of ghost towns, we think tumbleweeds and crumbling Old West saloons. These abandoned settlements are mere babies compared to Italy’s ancient necropolises. We know, of course, the famous dead cities and towns of antiquity – Pompeii, the ruins of […]

Cordless stick vacuums are all the rage these days but they can get super pricey, putting them out of reach for some. Samsung’s latest smart cordless vacuum, the Jet 60, looks like a decent entry-level option for those who want the lightweight convenience of a […]

This article is part of State of Health, a series about how Michigan communities are rising to address health challenges. It is made possible with funding from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund.Shelby Township resident Nicholas Tabarias’ initiation into problem gambling began in 2014, when he […]