Test for COVID using your phone camera? A university lab is trying it out
James Martin/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Getting shipped a handful of free at-home COVID tests from USPS was helpful, but what if you could test yourself whenever you…
Stax Museum offering virtual events for Black History Month
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Stax Museum of American Soul Music and its music academy in Tennessee are once again offering an online concert and a virtual tour in honor of Black History Month in February. The Memphis-based studio produced soul music by Otis…
Santa Barbara Museum of Art exhibits local student work, scholarships awarded to participants
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. — The Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara awarded scholarships to 21 local student artists for the 2022-23 academic year. The Scholarship Foundation said it partnered with the Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA) to…
Boomers have a drug problem, but not the kind you might think
Baby boomers – that’s anyone born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1964 – are 20% of the population, more than 70 million Americans. Decades ago, many in that generation experimented with drugs that were both recreational and illegal. Although boomers may…
Austria to ease virus rules after vaccine mandate begins
VIENNA (AP) — Austria plans to loosen coronavirus restrictions in February after the country’s national vaccine mandate, the first of its kind in Europe, takes effect on Tuesday. Starting Feb. 5, restaurants will be allowed to remain open until midnight,…
Blizzard’s New Survival Game Is Played in First Person, Has Been in the Works for 4.5 Years
Earlier this week, Blizzard Entertainment softly announced its new game, a survival title set in a brand new fantasy-themed IP. The announcement was primarily geared toward fellow game developers interested in the many job openings available. However,…
Cook’s books “Ducks: And How To Make Them Pay” not about revenge
In 1894, a man named William Cook — yes, really — published a book titled Ducks: And How To Make Them Pay. You can read the whole thing for free at the Internet Archive; or, someone published a hardcover version, if you’d rather read that. But I…
Homemade explosives destroy 2 cars in Sacramento within the same week
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTXL) — Sacramento police said two cars were destroyed by homemade explosives this week in separate incidents. The first car was found destroyed last Sunday night at around 9:46 p.m. on 34th Street near 16th Avenue. The Sacramento…
What Microsoft’s Planned Acquisition Means
Motley Fool analyst Jason Moser talks about why the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard news signals a direct shot at Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:FB) and why Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) shareholders should be optimistic about the company’s gaming aspirations. He…
BreakPoint: Can an app help us make sense of dying?
Grappling with death is as old as the Fall, but a new generation of smartphone apps offers a modern twist. By combining predictive factors such as age, smoking habits and body mass index these apps predict when a user will give up the ghost. To be fair,…