A virulent and fast-moving coral disease that has swept through the Caribbean could be linked to waste or ballast water from ships, according to research. The deadly infection, known as stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), was first identified in Florida in 2014, and has since moved through the region, causing great concern among scientists.

California lawmakers approved the first state-funded guaranteed income plan in the nation Thursday, aimed at providing monthly cash payments to low-income young adults who've recently left foster care and pregnant people out of poverty.

WhatsApp has said it blocked over two million accounts in India in May and June for violating rules. The service said 95% of these users were blocked for violating the limits of the number of times messages can be forwarded in India. The submissions were made by WhatsApp in its first monthly compliance report under India's controversial new IT rules.

A Chinese woman's ex-boyfriend left her for another woman so she plotted to get revenge by racking up driving fines, according to the Global Times.

Sorry, under-25s. You still can't book a local house for parties — or anything, really.

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As video game designers continue to inject more realism into their narratives, they’ll inevitably find themselves designing fully-functioning bathrooms for players to interact with. After all, the real world has bathrooms all over the damn place! As this article from Heterotopias points out, these digital washrooms are largely ancillary to the plot of the game and, at best, function as a vessel for “environmental storytelling,” i.e. places that add a bit more color to the world the players...

Reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out with a new investor note in which he doubles down on his expectations for an all-new flagship iPhone lineup in the second half of 2022. The analyst says Apple will launch two low-end 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch flagships alongside two high-end 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch flagships.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is going to space next month, and more than 60,000 people have signed petitions politely requesting he stay there. The 57-year-old Bezos and his brother Mark will be passengers on the first human spaceflight conducted by Blue Origin, the aerospace company he founded more than two decades ago.

If you’re excited for Forza Motorsport on Xbox Series X, developer Turn10 has announced that more playtest sessions are on the way. The first Forza Motorsport playtest took place on May 8, and those who were selected got to sample a small part of the upcoming racing sim, specifically the game’s multiplayer mode. Players were able to experience the work that’s gone into revamping and deepening the game’s physics, as well as the core gameplay.

Men now have one more compelling reason to get a COVID-19 vaccine — doctors suspect the new coronavirus could make it hard to perform in the bedroom. How? Coronavirus infection is already known to damage blood vessels, and vessels that supply blood to the penis appear to be no exception.

Mass Effect Legendary Edition is set to release on 14th May; it seems like the Day One Patch is already out, possibly for Reviewers, but we cannot confirm if the review keys have been sent out yet or not. This Patch is supposed to be 11 GB, and the patch list states that it will do several things, including Improving Performance, Improving Stability and Fix Crashes, Improvements to Ambient Occlusion, Lighting Improvements (Both visual and performance-related) and Miscellaneous Content Fixes.

It's hard not to feel like technology is taking over when you turn on the TV and see some of your favorite characters dealing with their own personal robot revolution.

Many homeowners are paying a total of billions of dollars extra because of inequities in assessing property values.

The U.S. economy is recovering from the Covid-19 recession, but some economic “scarring” may take a long time to heal, said Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Thomas Barkin. Economic scarring refers to damage left behind by crises that will suppress growth prospects over the medium or long term.