This vending machine gives out COVID tests, not candy bars
From a distance it looks like a regular candy bar dispenser, but get up close and you’ll quickly see that this is a vending machine with a difference.
That viral image of a 5G chip ‘hidden’ in COVID vaccines? It’s actually a guitar pedal.
OK, this one has to be a troll. A new image going viral on social media claims to be a diagram showing the inner workings of a 5G chip that’s…
How to calculate your stimulus check amount before the IRS relaunches its website
Overcoming the briefest of Trump temper tantrums, Congress has finally passed a new coronavirus relief bill that includes a second round of “economic impact payments.” That’s the name for checks…
How to plan for 2021 after saying good riddance to 2020
Finally, it’s time to end this miserable year. If the 2020 memes are any indication, we’ve long been ready to start over. Perhaps, like the calendar meme posted by the…
Congress throws garbage copyright and streaming rules in with COVID relief bill
Because when you think coronavirus relief, you definitely think copyright and punishing illegal streamers. The U.S. Congress unveiled the latest proposed spending bill Monday, and while the $900 billion package…
58 things you probably forgot happened in 2020
Congratulations! You’ve survived 2020! Does the idea of this godforsaken year’s end bring you little comfort because you know the horrors it wrought will outlast December? Yeah…us too. Emotionally speaking,…
Our year in grief
None of us were prepared for the loss of life as we knew it — practically overnight — back in March. But some of us who’d experienced it before knew…
Apple closes a bunch of stores yet again because of COVID-19
Every Apple store in California is closing as the state sees a massive surge in coronavirus cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. According to USA Today, all 53 stores around the state…
‘Real supervillain s**t’: Seth Meyers compares White House herd immunity emails to Bane
[embedded content] It seems the well of horrifying things said behind the scenes in the Trump administration is far from running dry, with the latest revelations taking the banal form…
5 critical things disease experts got right about COVID
To cheering crowds, the first vaccine-packed trucks bound for U.S. destinations left Pfizer’s Michigan plant this past weekend. Elsewhere, planes ferrying COVID vaccines have landed. The vaccinations, similar to vaccinations…