The U.S. won’t contribute to an international effort to develop a vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes covid-19, the White House said on Tuesday, because it involves the “corrupt World Health Organization” and China.
A number of studies over the years have linked social isolation — particularly during childhood — with negative health outcomes over one’s life, including mental health problems and increased risk for certain diseases. How loneliness causes these issues has remained a mystery, however, at least until now. A new study has identified a brain change seemingly triggered by social isolation … Continue reading
Assemblymember Buffy Wicks’ request to vote by proxy was denied, so she came to work with her infant.
A local nightclub is having drag queens bring food, cocktails and socially distant lip-synching performances to people.
Something is appealing to me about the aesthetics of old personal computers from the ’80s and ’90s. I know they’re not streamlined or sleek like the stuff that Apple is churning out these days, but I liked that those old machines felt more purposeful in their design. Like, hey, this is a place to get work done. This is a piece of serious equipment.
To celebrate old school PC style, Mr. Motinjo put together this cool concept for a LEGO set.
The setup incorporates a primitive beige PC keyboard, along with a chunky CRT monitor, a boxy workstation tower, a pair of matching speakers, and of course, a desk for it all to sit on. There are lots of other neat details, like a LEGO mouse and joystick, along with tiny 3.5″ floppy disks, which are sadly not available as official LEGO parts at this time.
While I’d love to see this turned into an official LEGO kit at some point, the current design is actually a photorealistic CG rendering made with Mecabricks and Blender. Now I’m even more impressed because that seems like way more work than actually building this out of LEGO parts.
[via r/MOC via Brothers Brick]
Citing the unprecedented strain the coronavirus has wrought on the U.S. election system, Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday announced that he and wife Priscilla Chan are donating $300 million to increase voter turnout and bolster state and local election security efforts.
Audio company Sennheiser has introduced a new pair of true wireless earbuds called the CX 400BT, ones that offer ‘exceptional sound quality,’ deep bass, and more, according to the company. The CX 400BT follows the company’s previously released MOMENTUM true wireless earbuds, this time around offering high fidelity, noise reduction, and more. True wireless earbuds are, of course, the earpieces … Continue reading
For the time being, AT&T has reportedly decided against selling its Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment gaming division to another company. According to Bloomberg, the telecom concluded the unit was too valuable to ditch, even if a sale would…
Two new HuffPost/YouGov polls reveal what the viewers judged each party’s message to be.
Victims of sex abuse from Scout leaders have until Nov. 16 to seek compensation from a proposed fund.
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