This kind of drop in expectancy is similar to the one experienced after the Spanish Flu. Pexels and EricMcLean According to provisional estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published today, life expectancy fell for the second year in a row in the United States in 2021. A person born in 2021…
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Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” She connects people with the businesses and opportunities that expand their lives. More posts by this contributor Dear Sophie: What…
Twenty of the most promising and creative early-stage startups — chosen from the elite Startup Battlefield 200 — will throw down for glory and $100,000 in the world-renowned Startup Battlefield competition at TC Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco. They’ll have to work hard to impress the judges, who will hear their pitches and…
YouTube is experimenting with a new way for creators to promote their channels and content without having to go through Google Ads Manager. The Google-owned company is testing a new “Promotions” tab within YouTube Studio that will make buying ads easier for creators. The new tab is being tested with a limited number of creators…
Firewalla, maybe the only company that can say that its hardware firewalls have something of a cult following, today announced the latest addition to its portfolio: the $569 Firewalla Gold Plus. The Gold Plus will feature four 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and its deep packet inspection hardware can handle up to 5 Gigabits at a…
It’s happening—Paramount+ now has an in-app Showtime bundle. Previously announced back in February, the company is offering a new bundle to U.S. subscribers that brings all the content from Showtime to its flagship streaming service. The two services were already available in a discounted streaming bundle, but now U.S. subscribers can upgrade in-app to a…
Natalia Murillo was an undergraduate at the University of Southern California when a professor taught her about the cryptographic technique of zero-knowledge proofs. She’s been immersed in web3 and blockchain tech ever since, dropping out of college and investing the ~$5,000 she had to her name in NFTs before starting a web3 company, Koop. After…
SAVE $50: In the market for a new iPad? As of August 31, the classic iPad (ninth generation) is on sale for its lowest price ever at just $279 at Amazon (15% off). If you’ve had your eye on the latest iPad, now’s the best time to finally pull the trigger — it just dropped…
Influencers, vloggers, and people who just plain don’t want to talk to their families on cruise ships have had to deal with bad ship WiFi for years now. Elon Musk is promising that’s about to change. Internet is about to get more “kickass” on Royal Caribbean cruise ships, as the company has started installing SpaceX’s…
In the Game of Thrones universe there are plenty of morally grey characters. The original show had the often dubious likes of Jaime Lannister and Theon Greyjoy, while House of the Dragon has already introduced the sneaky Daemon Targaryen, and the (arguably even sneakier) Otto Hightower. But some characters are just out-and-out bad. In Game…