“Uh-oh. Am I forgetting things because my brain is slowing down due to aging?” Today, we have some good and interesting news to share on this front. First of all, if you worry, stop. It’s not likely to help in… Read More ›
Health
Is the Withings ScanWatch the best definition of a hybrid watch to date?
After a couple of days I think it is. This is a very difficult area and to date every brand has failed to come up with a hybrid watch that does not deviate too much to one side or the… Read More ›
FaceID with a mask
Using your face to unlock your phone is great in normal times, but less than ideal when you’re masked up and avoiding germs. Apple already has a workaround in place if you own a new enough Apple Watch, and now… Read More ›
NeoCov
Scientists have detected a new type of coronavirus, NeoCov, among bats in South Africa. Scientists from a lab in China’s Wuhan, where the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 was first discovered, have reportedly warned that there is a probability that… Read More ›
Spotify to remove Neil Young’s music
Spotify on Wednesday confirmed it will remove Neil Young’s music from its platform, after the singer demanded that the streaming giant take it down in response to vaccine misinformation being spread by Joe Rogan, a popular podcaster on the platform…… Read More ›
What happens now to the clinically vulnerable?
Starting from a far higher level of risk, those with suppressed immune systems also get less protection from vaccines and are accounting for an increasing proportion of ICU admissions and deaths. Yet many feel like a “forgotten minority”, according to… Read More ›
Should Apple buy Peloton?
Peloton is having a very bad week. On Thursday, CNBC reported that the company is putting the brakes on the production of its products for at least the next two months. It’s as clear a sign as there is that… Read More ›
Outside sponsors = privatisation
Under the re-organisation, Sajid Javid will give more freedom to well-run hospitals that manage to treat patients quickly. But he will come down hard on failing NHS trusts in an attempt to deal with the ‘huge’ variation in performance across… Read More ›
Omicron is ending the pandemic
In the United Kingdom where the Omicron wave is about 2 to 3 weeks ahead of North America, the Chair in Infection and Global Health at the University of Liverpool says the UK is entering “a new Covid-era”, which he… Read More ›
The medieval habit of ‘two sleeps’
Nearly 300 years later, in the early 1990s, the historian Roger Ekirch walked through the arched entranceway to the Public Record Office in London – an imposing gothic building that housed the UK’s National Archives from 1838 until 2003. There,… Read More ›
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