Enlarge (credit: CDC) The US continues to see a dramatic and early surge in respiratory illnesses, which is hitting young children particularly hard and setting records for the decade. The Southeast region is the most affected by the surge, which is driven by cases of flu, RSV (respiratory syncytial (sin-SISH-uhl) virus), and other seasonal respiratory…
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To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hoooo boy. As Alex would say: This week has been a long year. You just know it has been a pretty wild ride when Meta can lay off 13% of its staff,…
Black Friday electric scooter deals: jump to… (Image credit: Future) 1. US: the best early electric scooter Pot deals 2. UK: the best early electric scooter Pot deals 3. Electric scooter buying tips – what to look for 4. Our predictions The best Black Friday electric scooter deals are great for purchasing a green transport…
Bob Chapek at D23 Expo 2017 in Anaheim, California. Image Group LA/Disney via Getty Images Disney is planning for a hiring freeze and potential job cuts, according to CNBC. CEO Bob Chapek issued an internal memo to the company’s executives Friday. The decision follows a 52-week low in the company’s stock. After hitting a new…
We’re weirdly learning quite a bit recently about the presumably upcoming Pixel 7a from Google. I say weirdly because it’s November and the Pixel 6a was released only a few months ago. Am I going to complain? Nope, not when the rumors and leaks are pointing to the Pixel 7a as being a really, really…
Creating a website from scratch has become relatively easy in the past few years. Even if you have never worked on web design or development, you can create a professional website with minimal help using a website builder. Web.com is one of the many excellent website-building software and platforms available in the market today. It…
Illustration by Samar Haddad / The Verge These days, there seems to be an almost daily upheavals at Twitter. You may be thinking about leaving the social network, or you may be determined to stay and see what happens. In either case, when an online app is experiencing that kind of sturm und drang, it’s…
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 15: Rainn Wilson attends “Jerry & Marge Go Large” premiere during the 2022 Tribeca Festival. | Photo by Dominik Bindl/WireImage Actor Rainn Wilson (you might know him as Dwight from The Office) had a grand scheme to bring his hilarious brand of climate advocacy to Twitter this week. That…
Enlarge / Intel’s Sapphire Rapids Xeon CPUs. (credit: Intel) Update, 11/4/2022: In a statement, Intel clarified to us that January 10 is the actual launch date for Sapphire Rapids CPUs; our original story implied that the launch date could still come after that. We still don’t know which CPUs will be available and when, but…
Enlarge / The body of Ruth Marie Terry as she was found in 1974 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. (credit: Public domain) A 12-year-old chasing after her barking dog discovered the mutilated body of a woman in the Race Point Dunes of Provincetown, Massachusetts, on July 26, 1974. Law enforcement was unable to identify the victim, who…