Fitbit vs Apple Watch – the clash of the fitness tracker titans. These two brands and their various models have been duking it out for years in a bid to claim wearable tech supremacy, but which is better? If only it were as simple as a single word answer. Both brands are responsible for making some of the best fitness trackers (opens in new tab) on the market right now, but choosing between the two will depend on contextual factors like your health and fitness goals.The Fitbit vs Apple Watch debate used to be easier to settle; Fitbit dominated the fitness…
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What do curl creams do?“A curl cream helps with creating definition and hold without leaving the hair crunchy, creating defined, bouncy, shiny curls,” says Prado. “Curls are prone to dryness, so every step of your regimen is a chance to add needed moisture from the shower to your styling routine,” adds Cantrell. “That’s why an extra boost of intense hydration in the form of a curl cream is so essential. Curl creams wrap each strand with moisture, creating a soft, naturally defined curl. Plus, a great curl cream works to restore curls’ internal weight, encouraging optimal formation and a more…
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.WIRED: I want your take on the current moment. What the hell is going on with crypto? Is this an existential crisis?Changpeng “CZ” Zhao: When you get hundreds of millions of people trading assets, it just goes through cycles. It is definitely not an existential crisis. If you told me three years ago—when bitcoin price was between $3,000 and $6,000—that bitcoin would be worth $20,000, I’d be very happy.That’s if you had it beforehand, right? If you bought it in 2021, you’d be less happy.The latest entrants into the market are not…
A Puerto Rican judge has issued a restraining order against Ricky Martin. According to local media reports (via the Associated Press), an individual who dated Martin sought the restraining order after the pop singer refused to accept their breakup and was found loitering outside of their home on three different occasions. The restraining order was reportedly filed under Puerto Rico’s domestic violence law. A court hearing on the matter is reportedly scheduled for July 21st. Until then, Martin is prohibited from contacting the individual who filed the complaint. Update: A representative for Martin said in a statement, “The allegations against…
For a long time, fans of the Arrowverse have been hoping to see a new crossover featuring the characters from Superman & Lois. Unfortunately, it’s unlikely that’ll happen. There are a couple of reasons for this. First of all, the showrunner for Superman & Lois revealed that the show is not set in the Arrowverse at all. In recent months, there’s also the unfortunate cancellation of two Arrowverse shws, Batwoman and Legends of Tomorrow.Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch, who play Superman and Lois Lane respectively, have both shown up in the Arrowverse. It should follow logically that the characters in the show are in the Arrowverse, right? Not…
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If the name “Billy the Answer Head” means anything to you, then perhaps you were watching Nickelodeon on July 7, 1997, when the long-running game show Figure It Out debuted. In the original version of the show, celebrity panelists would have to deduce a kid contestant’s secret talent or claim to fame, with the answer hidden on the head-shaped game board dubbed Billy. (Of course, if the panelists committed the “Secret Slime Action” faux pax, they’d be drenched in the neon-green ooze that flowed so freely on ’90s-era Nickelodeon!) Nickelodeon/Courtesy: Everett Collection Olympic swimmer Summer Sanders hosted the 1997 version…
The draft sequence of the virus responsible for the rapidly growing monkeypox outbreak shows it is most closely related to strains detected in the UK, Singapore and Israel in 2018 and 2019 Health 20 May 2022 By Michael Le Page Electron microscope image of a monkeypox virusCDC/Cynthia S. Goldsmith The first draft genome of the virus responsible for the rapidly growing monkeypox outbreak has been released online by a team in Portugal. The DNA sequence shows it is of the mild West African type and most closely related to the monkeypox viruses detected in the UK, Singapore and Israel in…
Between the sunny spring skies and the impending bank holiday, I was keen to update my dress roster. So naturally, I turned to M&S and decided to try on its best-selling dresses of the season. In the interest of being transparent, I’m 5’3″ and a size 12 with curves. I ordered each of the dresses in a 12, but I could have sized down in all of them. M&S is one of the few high-street stores where 10s are an option for me, so if you too are between sizes, I recommend opting for the smaller.Now that we’ve got the facts straight,…
But do these behavioral changes in the bears’ hunting habits correspond to changes in their comparatively distinct genome? The scientists don’t have an answer yet. “We don’t even know that the behavioral differences and the demographic differences and physiological differences that Kristen [Laidre] has observed, if those are genetic changes or just part of the flexibility of the normal polar bear genotype,” Shapiro says. “That’s a great thing to focus on in the future, because it would be really interesting to understand.”Shapiro’s Nature Ecology study also focused on what may have happened to other polar bear genomes during periods of…
It took her a while, but Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman is finally ready to face the criticism about her sitcom’s lack of diversity. In an attempt to “course-correct,” Kauffman has donated $4 million to her alma mater, Brandeis University, to establish an endowed professorship in the school’s African and African American studies department. Brandeis’ African and African American studies department was established in 1969 and is one of the oldest such departments in the country. The Marta F. Kauffman ’78 Professorship in African and African American Studies will help the department recruit more students and teachers, as well as support one distinguished scholar…
One of Hollywood’s greatest leading men has died. James Caan, the star of movies as varied as Rollerball, A Bridge Too Far, and Honeymoon in Vegas has died. He was 82 years old.Caan’s family announced the news on Caan’s own Twitter account, writing that he passed away “on the evening of July 6. They added “The family appreciates the outpouring of live and heartfelt condolences and asks that you continue to respect their privacy during this difficult time.”They concluded the announcement with an “End of tweet” – the same line Caan himself had used to end everything he sent on Twitter through the years. Like this, just…
The Apple Watch Series 7 launched to much acclaim in 2021 and still stands as one of the best wearables you can buy this year, as well as the top-ranking Apple smartwatch currently on the market. You can still save a whopping 30% on Amazon (opens in new tab) on the red version of this model, even though Prime Day is over. Apple has built upon the Series 6 model by bumping up the screen size and battery power. Because of these fairly minimal changes, you might not feel a massive need to upgrade your watch if you’ve got one of…
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Anson Williams, best known for playing Warren “Potsie” Weber on the beloved sitcom Happy Days, has revealed that he’s running for mayor in his hometown of Ojai, California. According to Ojai Valley News, Williams announced his campaign during an Ojai City Council meeting on June 28. Speaking during the public comment section of the meeting, the Golden Globe-nominated actor said that the city needs “leadership that inspires a collaborative team.” Williams would be campaigning against current Ojai Mayor Betsy Stix, who is running for re-election. The Melrose Place director can officially declare his candidacy on July 18 by filing the…
Every time someone learns I’m the editor behind ELLE’s 2020 viral feature, “The Journalist and the Pharma Bro”, written by Stephanie Clifford, the same questions follow: What happened between Martin Shkreli and Christie Smythe, the journalist who fell in love with the notorious pharmaceutical executive and left her husband and her job at Bloomberg News behind, after those first dizzying 24 hours? Are they still in touch? Are they back together? So when I had the opportunity to talk to Smythe directly for the first time as she prepared to publish the first chapter of her memoir Smirk: How I…
Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the cofounder and CEO of Klarna, looks slightly frayed down the barrel of his webcam as he explains over Google Meet why everything is fine at the fintech despite increasingly frenzied warnings of a looming recession.Klarna is a European heavyweight, currently the bloc’s most valuable private tech company. Since launching in 2005, the Swedish unicorn has become synonymous with “buy now, pay later” (BNPL), a type of debt popular among Generation Z that enables shoppers to split the cost of their online purchases over several months. The company claims it has 147 million active users across 45 countries.But…
The life, career, and legacy of Tom Cruise is epic, dramatic, sometimes complicated, but impossible to ignore. One of our last remaining old-school movie stars, who’s proven capable of great range over the years, Cruise has wielded his power in Hollywood to create unforgettable film moments and behind-the-scenes innovations, constantly pushing himself to new extremes with each passing day. To appreciate his complexity and talent on the occasion of this, his 60th birthday, we’ve compiled 60 facts that only hint at why Tom Cruise remains one of the most famous men on the planet. He’s been grinning that signature grin…
PlayStation Plus had a big June with the rollout of the two new tiers, but that doesn’t mean its original tier is going away. PlayStation Plus Essential, said lowest tier, will still get a few games every month. Sony recently announced what the PlayStation Plus Essential July 2022 lineup is, and it includes Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan, and Arcadegeddon. This game will be available from July 5 to August 1.Crash Bandicoot 4 is arguably the biggest title and users will get access to the PlayStation 4 original and PlayStation 5 upgrade.…
An animated dive into the dusty Milky Way reveals the outlines of our galaxy taking shape as we look out further and further from Earth. Based on new data from an interactive tool that exploits data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission and other space science data sets, astronomers have created an animation to model dust in the Milky Way. The work was presented this week at the National Astronomy Meeting (NAM 2022) at the University of Warwick. The animation shows the cumulative build-up of dust looking from Earth’s local neighbourhood to ~13000 lightyears towards the galactic centre –…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Confession: I am a linguistics nerd. Nowhere near Tolkien-levels, but I will totally judge your science fiction/fantasy novel on whether you have considered languages as part of your world building. As a book lover, conlangs are my love language — that’s Constructed Languages. They are complete yet fictional languages created as part of the worldbuilding in storytelling. You could argue that every language is constructed in some way, but there is a difference between the natural evolution of language in society over many…
Black Mirror Season 6 is moving ahead at Netflix, and we have some casting details to prove it. Variety has revealed the award-winning drama will feature a string of new faces for its forthcoming season. Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Zazie Beetz (Atlanta), Kate Mara (House of Cards), Josh Hartnett (Penny Dreadful), and Paapa Essiedu (I May Destroy You) have all landed roles in the next chapter of the anthology series. They will be joined by Danny Ramirez (No Exit), Clara Rugaard (The Rising), Auden Thornton (This Is Us), and Anjana Vasan (We Are Lady Parts). There are still many more…
The Supreme Court’s recent ruling that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency does not have the power to regulate power plant emissions will seriously hamper U.S. efforts to slow climate change. So says Christine Todd Whitman, who served as EPA administrator under George W. Bush for three years, and was New Jersey’s first woman governor. Whitman says the ruling will also kill worldwide confidence in U.S. climate action—which could lessen the resolve of other big polluters, such as India and China, to cut their own emissions. In an interview with Scientific American, Whitman called the Court’s decision “a body blow” to…
Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas revealed on Mother’s Day that their daughter Malti Marie, who was born in January via surrogate, is finally home after an over 100 day stay in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). People now has details about what the family of three’s first days together have been like.A source told the outlet that Chopra and Jonas had been waiting to bring their baby girl home since day 1 and are “thrilled” to have her there with them now. “Their daughter is doing well,” the source said. “She is still tiny, but catching up every day.…
Twitter Blue subscribers can now modify the navigation bar in the app on Android devices. The feature, which was previously exclusive to iOS, allows you to remove the Spaces icon from the centre of your navigation bar (and of course, remove some of the other tabs if you want, too).According to The Verge, if you’re sick of having to extend your finger over the Spaces tab to access your DMs and alerts, custom navigation lets you display as few as two tabs at a time or maintain all five that are displayed by default.The Spaces tab was first tested by…
Drake became the sixth member of the Backstreet Boys on Saturday, July 2nd by making a surprise appearance during the boy band’s tour stop in Toronto. At the very end of the show, the quintet brought the rapper out to help them perform their classic hit “I Want It That Way” for his hometown crowd, but not before Drizzy told the enraptured audience about his personal connection to the song. “At 13 years old, I had a bar mitzvah,” he explained per Rolling Stone, “and at my bar mitzvah, for the first time in my life, this girl I was…
Daredevil is ready to fully rejoin the Marvel Cinematic Universe.After Charlie Cox made a brief cameo as lawyer Matt Murdock in Spider-Man: No Way Home, and Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin turned out to be the surprise villain in Disney+’s Hawkeye, it seemed like a matter of time before both characters became more central to the MCU. And sure enough, The Hollywood Reporter says both will soon appear on the upcoming Echo TV series starring Alaqua Cox. The show is in production now.Their report claims both Cox and D’Onofrio have “joined the series” and that on the show there will be a “plotline in which Daredevil, whose alter…
Cool as a sea cucumber – new evidence on how sea cucumbers produce self-defence chemicals may lead to medicines and healthy compounds. Credit: Frithjof Kuepper University of Aberdeen Genome mining techniques have helped to explain how sea cucumbers produce defensive chemicals that enable them to fend off foes in the murky depths. Sea cucumbers are a food delicacy in south Asia where their cultivation is a multi-million-dollar industry. The molecules they produce to defend their ecological niche at the bottom of the ocean are highly valued for their medicinal properties. These curious marine animals produce a category of molecule known…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. TW: disordered eating, depression I have always been a reader who prefers epics that are published in volumes and look a lot like bricks. It is one of the only aspects of my life in which I prefer the journey over the destination, and if a series has either a dragon or an “adventurer” on the cover and “volume 1” on the spine, it is guaranteed that I will at least give it a go. In general, I will automatically swipe left on…
Today Apple TV+ unveiled the trailer for Five Days at Memorial, a powerful new limited series based on actual events and adapted from the book of the same name. The series comes from Academy Award winner John Ridley and Emmy Award winner Carlton Cuse, who both also serve as directors. Starring an award-winning ensemble cast that includes Vera Farmiga, Cornelius Smith Jr. and Emmy-Award winner Cherry Jones, Five Days at Memorial chronicles the impact of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath on a local hospital. “When the floodwaters rose, power failed, and heat soared, exhausted caregivers at a New Orleans hospital…