The Earth continues to drop casual hints about climate change, including a gigantic hailstorm in Alberta, Canada on Friday. The city of Edmonton was quickly placed under tornado watch, but in the meantime, residents found themselves the recipients of massive hail stones.
Y’all!!!!!! LOOK AT THIS HAIL THAT JUST LANDED IN MY FRONT YARD!!! #edmonton pic.twitter.com/Gi0Q24oKaZ
— Antonia Musso (@robotonia) August 3, 2019
The hail stones were large enough to use for baseball, or cricket, or whatever they play in your part of the world – that’s not important right now! They were a far cry from normal, pebble-sized hail stones, and in fact stretch the definition of the word “stone.” Read more…
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Still rocking an old generation high definition TV? If so, we think it’s time you treated yourself and upgradedWalmart is currently offering a 75-inch Samsung 4K TV for $999.99, saving you $1400 off the listed price. Partner this with a PlayStation 4, and you can fully enjoy an immersive gaming experience.
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Achieving a good night’s sleep isn’t always easy. Busy schedules, frequent stress, and bad rest environments can be culprits for sleep troubles. And it’s more common than you think.
According to the American Sleep Association, 50 to 70 million U.S. adults have a sleep disorder. If your sleepless nights are taking a toll on your health, it might be time for you to buy a new pillow.
SEE ALSO: The great pillow debate is splitting the internet in two
Pillows nowadays come with many not-so-basic features, including hypoallergenic materials, anti-wicking fabrics, and memory foam technologies for head, neck, and shoulder support. With so many options, it can be hard to find the right fit. Before you buy a pillow, there are a few things you might want to consider. Read more…
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BEST OVERALL
Coop Home Goods Eden Shredded Memory Foam Pillow
Breathability, comfort, and design make the Coop Home Goods’ Eden Shredded Memory Foam Pillow a top pick if you need to improve your quality of sleep.
Dimensions: Standard (17.9 x 6.8 x 6.1 inches), Queen (18 x 6 x 6 inches), and King (17.9 x 6.5 x 6.3 inches)
Materials: Bamboo-derived viscose rayon and polyester
Sleep factor: Good for back, side, and stomach sleepers
$129.99 from Amazon
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BEST FOR SIDE SLEEPERS
Brookstone BioSense 2-in-1 Shoulder Pillow
Dimensions: 28 x 20 x 6 inches
Materials: Better Than Down microfill and BioSense memory foam core
Sleep factor: Good for side sleepers
$119.95 from Amazon
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BEST FOR BACK SLEEPERS
Nature’s Guest Cervical Support Pillow
Dimensions: 18.5 x 9.5 x 7.2 inches
Materials: Cotton fabric cover, microfiber filling, and silk gusset trim
Sleep factor: Good for back sleepers
$79.99 from Amazon
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BEST FOR STOMACH SLEEPERS
TruContour Super Thin Memory Foam Pillow
Dimensions: 24 x 16 x 2.5 inches
Materials: Medical-grade memory foam and certified organic cotton
Sleep factor: Good for stomach sleepers
$39.99 from Amazon
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BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK
Triple Cloud Shredded Memory Foam Pillow
The Triple Cloud Shredded Memory Foam Pillow offers comfort perks and adjustable firmness at a fraction of the price.
Dimensions: Standard/Queen (15.9 x 5.6 x 5.2 inches), Queen (17 x 6 x 6 inches), and King ( 17.3 x 7.7 x 6.4 inches)
Material: Bamboo-shredded memory foam
Sleep factor: Good for back, side, and stomach sleepers
$39.95 from Amazon
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BEST FOR SUSTAINABILITY
Avocado Green Pillow
Dimensions: Standard (19 x 24 inches), Queen (19 x 28 inches), and King (19 x 35 inches)
Materials: Certified organic cotton, kapok fiber, and natural latex
Sleep factor: Good for back, side, and stomach sleepers
$79 from Avocado Green
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BEST FOR HEAD, NECK, AND SHOULDER SUPPORT
UTTU Adjustable Memory Foam Pillow
Keep head, neck, and shoulder pain at bay with UTTU’s Adjustable Memory Foam Pillow.
Dimensions: 7.9 x 7.9 x 14.2 inches
Materials: Bamboo fiber, polyester, and memory foam
Sleep factor: Good for back, side, and stomach sleepers
$69.99 from Amazon
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BEST FOR ALLERGY SUFFERERS
Pacific Coast AllerRest Double DownAround Pillow
Reduce congestion, coughing, sneezing, and other pesky allergy symptoms while you sleep.
Dimensions: Standard (20 x 26 inches), Queen (20 x 30 inches), and King (20 x 36 inches)
Materials: AllerRest fabric, Barrier Weave down and feather proof fabric, cotton
Sleep factor: Good for back, side, and stomach sleepers
$62.99 from Amazon
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BEST HYBRID OPTION
Leesa Hybrid Pillow
Switch back and forth between a soft pillow top and a cooling, memory foam underside for multiple ways to catch some sleep.
Dimensions : Standard (16 x 24 inches), Queen (16 x 28 inches)
The latest item to qualify in the “the Dystopian Future Is Now” category is a system that aims to help bartenders keep track of their customers with facial recognition and AI.
There’s just one teensy problem: Bartenders are really, really not into it.
The British company DataSparQ announced the launch of the “A.I. Bar” Thursday. It works by using cameras and sensors to place people who come up to the bar in a queue; it’s like a digital “take a number” system, but based on facial recognition.
People can see where they are by viewing themselves on a screen (with a number above their head, depicting their place in line). Bartenders will know who to serve by consulting a tablet that has pictures of all the people, in order of who they should serve first. It’s supposed to also help bartenders keep track of whose ID needs to be checked. Read more…
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Facebook owns Instagram and WhatsApp, and Mark Zuckerberg is apparently goddamn sick of having to remind people of that fact.
According to The Information, Facebook is set to change the names of Instagram and WhatsApp to better reflect their second-tier status and better credit Facebook for the apps’ growth. And just what, exactly, will the new names be?
Say hello to “Instagram from Facebook,” and “WhatsApp from Facebook.”
Which: LOL.
We reached out to Facebook to confirm the change, but have received no response as of press time. Facebook did confirm the news to The Information, however.
“We want to be clearer about the products and services that are part of Facebook,” a Facebook spokesperson told the publication. Read more…
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Conspiracy theories have been radicalizing believers across the country, and finally, the FBI is connecting the dots between conspiracy theorists and real-world violence. According to a new report from Yahoo! News, the FBI has published a document warning that conspiracy theories constitute a domestic terrorism threat.
“The FBI assesses these conspiracy theories very likely will emerge, spread, and evolve in the modern information marketplace, occasionally driving both groups and individual extremists to carry out criminal or violent acts,” the document states.
The FBI also specifically calls out internet companies’ role in proliferating the QAnon and Pizzagate theories, which led to violence. Read more…
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A crowd of determined festival goers just stormed Lollapalooza, jumping the fence en masse to get in.
Photographer Jeremy Cohen, who’s shooting the event, caught the phenomenon on video. In a Twitter DM to Mashable, he said he saw the mob “casually walk down the street.”
“When they saw a spot with not many cops around, they stormed the gate all at once,” Cohen said. “It was def planned … [It] was very strategic.”
He’s photographed many music festivals, but added that he’s “never before” seen anything like this.
In the video he posted, which is quickly going viral on Twitter, police were only able to stop one kid, who has a prosthetic leg. Read more…
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Sorry, crypto companies, you can’t register a .bank domain name.
fTLD Registry Services, which operates the new top-level domain (TLD) extensions .bank and .insurance, is looking to ban cryptocurrency services from registering a domain name.
The registry, which is run by “a coalition of banks, insurance companies and financial services trade associations from around the world,” announced its proposed amendments to its registrant eligibility policies late last month. fTLD concurrently opened a public comment period on the changes; it will run until August 24.
While anyone can register most top-level domain extensions, some registries do apply restrictions to who qualifies for its names. The .bank TLD, which costs around $1,000 per year, is among those with the most restrictive policies. To qualify for a .bank domain name, the registrant must be a government-regulated retail bank, savings association, national bank, or bank holding or parent company. There are exceptions listed in the policy, however — one such entity that can also currently apply for a .bank domain are financial service providers. Read more…
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