Month: January 2020

QB Fitzpatrick spurns retirement, will play in ’20

playFitzpatrick wants to play in the NFL next season (0:41)Ryan Fitzpatrick shares with the Golic and Wingo crew that he wants to play again next year and prefers to remain with the Dolphins. (0:41)10:22 AM ETCameron WolfeESPN Staff Writer CloseCovered the Broncos for two seasons with the Denver Post Graduate of the University of Houston…

The Litter-Robot 3 Is a Clever Cat Poop Scooper

Cats were always a fact of life growing up, and when I moved out, I adopted a couple of my own. Home just didn’t feel like home without an adorable little kitty throwing up hair ties on my bed at 3 am. Cats are great and I love them. No, really. I have dozens of…

Meet the Guy Who Invented the Oomphalapompatronium

The oomphalapompatronium. That’s the name Len Solomon gave to the instrument that he started building roughly 15 years ago. It still vexes him to this day.“It took over part of my work bench and it’s still there,” Solomon says, “and I have long-range plans to refine it and make it portable and that may never…

The 8 Best Smartwatches (2020): Apple Watch, Samsung, Wear OS

Photograph: MisfitBest for TraditionalistsMisfit CommandSometimes, you don’t want a digital screen on your wrist. If you much prefer the traditional stylings of analog watches (or maybe you just want to expand your smartwatch collection), I’d recommend the Misfit Command. It comes in 44- or 45-mm case sizes in a myriad of colors and straps, and…

Animals Need Digital Privacy, Too

Imagine you’re browsing the web one day, following a trail of mindless clicks, and you wind up on a website that’s showing footage of a bedroom. There’s someone in it: a man organizing laundry, going about his day, seemingly unaware that you can see him. Don’t worry, the site explains, this man (let’s call him…

Not to Ruin the Super Bowl, But the Sea Is Consuming Miami

Ah, the Super Bowl, a bonanza of overeating and watching men brutalize each other (brain health be damned), punctuated by 30-second reminders to spend money. This weekend the spectacle will play out at Hard Rock Stadium, a lovely open-air structure mere miles from Miami Beach, which is disappearing into the sea.But I’m being negative. Here’s…

Climate Change Is Netflix’s Ragnarok

The setup should sound familiar. Our hero is a huge, blond Nordic warrior. Weapon-wise, he favors sledgehammers and lightning; emotion-wise, uninterrogated goodness. His younger brother is an inveterate prankster. The bad guys are a family named Jutul, which is one letter away from the Norwegian word for “giant.” Except this time, you won’t find capes…

Republicans prove they refuse to defy Trump under almost any circumstance

Washington (CNN)Republican hopes of blocking former national security adviser John Bolton’s impeachment testimony highlight the Trump-era GOP’s defining characteristic: its refusal to defy the President under almost any circumstances.President Donald Trump’s vituperative attacks, regularly trained on critics through his vast social media following, make every Republican politician wary of crossing him. But that represents the…

John Roberts stares down another possible legacy moment

Washington (CNN)Over two weeks, Chief Justice John Roberts has served as a careful steward of Senate procedures and ensured that the impeachment trial did not descend into nastiness or an outing of the whistleblower whose information months ago triggered this prosecution of President Donald Trump.Roberts has led the US Supreme Court for 15 years. Now…

Pompeo commits to US support for Ukraine amid impeachment trial

(CNN)Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday highlighted US commitment to security assistance and diplomacy with Ukraine — two matters that have been called into question by facts that have come to light throughout the impeachment process that continues to play out in Washington.Speaking alongside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev, the top US diplomat…

Microsoft to block crapware downloads in its Edge browser

Microsoft is planning to block potentially unwanted apps from being downloaded through its Edge browser. Known as crapware or adware, these apps aren’t necessarily malware but could be toolbars, stuffed with annoying ads or notifications, or bundle crypto miners. Edge already uses a SmartScreen Filter to protect against phishing and malware, but this feature also…

Nintendo’s new Animal Crossing-themed Switch looks amazing

Nintendo is releasing an Animal Crossing-themed Switch on March 13th, just one week before the launch of Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and it’s one of the best-looking Switch models yet. Nintendo says you’ll be able to pre-order the themed console at select retailers soon. This is the full-size Switch, which means it can be played…

UK confirms its first coronavirus cases

A doctor at a community health station checks the body temperature of a visitor in Hangzhou in east China’s Zhejiang province Monday, Jan. 27, 2020.Feature China | Barcroft Media | Getty ImagesTwo patients from the same family in England have tested positive for the coronavirus, according to the country’s chief medical officer.In a statement Friday,…

Córdoba: Anmat prohibió unas hierbas serranas con yerba por tener salmonella, esporas y escherichia coli

La Administración Nacional de Medicamentos, Alimentos y Tecnología Médica (Anmat) prohibió el uso, venta y distribución en el país de unas hierbas serranas con yerba mate, marca Hierbital, elaborada en la ciudad de Villa María, según se informó en el Boletín Oficial.El producto dice en su especificación que contiene una mezcla de poleo, yerba mate,…