It turns out that coffee goes well with dessert for a good reason: it amplifies the sweet flavor. That’s according to a new study from Aarhus University, which evaluated more than 150 coffee drinkers to determine the beverage’s potential impact on how things taste and smell. In addition to increasing one’s perception of sweetness, the study also found that drinking … Continue reading
Popular messaging app WhatsApp has introduced a new batch of stickers that are mostly related to social distancing. The stickers obviously reference the ongoing quarantines around the world, which has driven many people to messaging apps and other social platforms as substitutes for real-life interactions. In addition to encouraging social distancing, the stickers include things related to hygiene and more. … Continue reading
Epic Games’ determination to avoid the Google Play Store appears to have given way to pragmatism. The studio has released Fortnite in the Play Store, letting anyone install the battle royale shooter on Android without the hassle of downloading Epic’s…
U.S. sources say the North Korean leader is in critical condition, but South Korea is telling a different story.
New York AG Reviewing Charter Communications’ Worker Treatment Amid Pandemic
Posted in: Today's ChiliThe inquiry comes amid a report that office workers with the company known as Spectrum have contracted COVID-19.
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Scientists are debating a key aspect of the coronavirus that causes covid-19: whether the virus lingers in the air for long enough and in a great enough quantity for airborne transmission to be a common source of infection. It seems like a simple enough question, but it’s actually posing quite a challenge to…
Spectrum Workers Inevitably Got Covid-19 After Being Barred From Working at Home
Posted in: Today's ChiliEmployees of Charter Communications, which sells internet service under the name Spectrum, have tested positive for covid-19 in several states, according to emails obtained by Gizmodo. The confirmed cases follow a dispute between labor and management last month over a no-work-from-home policy that was later…
Leave the Healthcare Workers Alone
Posted in: Today's Chili“I try to not identify that I’m a healthcare provider out in public now,” Chrissy, a registered nurse anesthetist asked me a few weeks ago on a phone call. (Gizmodo verified her identity and agreed to use her first name only so as not to reveal the hospital where she works.) I’d reached out to Chrissy to ask her about…