COVID-19 transmission from so-called “breakthrough infections” may be significantly lower than was earlier suggested. Experts say that they have looked at multiple studies on vaccinated people who’ve developed COVID-19 and have come to the conclusion that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance on transmission from breakthrough cases may have been overstated.

Razer is taking on the COVID-19 pandemic by launching its new Zephyr face masks, which are designed to keep gamers safe — if you’re brave enough to wear them in public. Though the Razer Zephyr, originally announced as Project Hazel, has a similar black-clad aesthetic as most of the company’s gaming laptops, the gaming-forward, RGB-lit dual fans on your face could make the contraption seem a bit ostentatious as a face covering. Don’t expect to go incognito when you’re donning the Zephyr.

Tesco has opened its first checkout-free store in central London where people can shop without having to scan a product. The UK's biggest retailer said its branch in High Holborn has been converted to allow customers to shop and pay without using a checkout. The new format, known as GetGo, follows similar stores opened by Amazon.

Astronomers have used a planet-hunting satellite to see a white dwarf abruptly switching on and off for the first time. The researchers led by Durham University, UK, used NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to observe the unique phenomenon.

In the middle of the French lockdown in October 2020, a new restaurant launched on Deliveroo and UberEats in Paris: Cala. Its pasta dishes started at €8 each, causing some customers to wonder about the high quality to price ratio — particularly compared to some other Parisian outlets.

Hough was 15 when her family left the Children of God cult. Afterward, she struggled to face the trauma of her past. Her new collection of personal essays is Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing.

It is almost a year since Abiy Ahmed, the prime minister of Ethiopia, launched a “law enforcement” operation against the government of the northern region of Tigray, which he accused of rebellion. Since the beginning, the ensuing conflict has been marked by war crimes. Late last year in the city of Axum, for instance, Eritrean troops fighting alongside Ethiopian forces murdered hundreds of civilians, mostly men and boys.

Marine heatwaves, driven by climate change, are becoming more frequent and intense worldwide. Although we know that heatwaves kill marine organisms and have devastating effects on ecosystems, there is currently no way to predict these effects or help ecosystems adapt.

We review the new Nintendo Switch OLED, looking at its bigger display and seeing how it compares to the original console and the lite model

In a new interview, Apple CEO Tim Cook said he's worried about the "endless, mindless scrolling" behavior that social media inspires...

Changing the definition of habitable zones and the exoplanets that can support liquid water could "majorly" boost our chances of finding life elsewhere, University of Cambridge professor Nikku Madhusudhan told Newsweek.

Following permanent bans of 600 Chinese brands.

The cosmological argument is a formidable argument for the existence of God. It’s not a single argument but a family of arguments with a similar theme. While there are several different versions of the argument, it’s unfortunately one of the most misunderstood.

The universe is pretty good at smashing things together. All kinds of stuff collides — stars, black holes and ultradense objects called neutron stars. And when neutron stars do it, the collisions release a flood of elements necessary for life.

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On Wednesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that will bar "mega-retailers" like Amazon, from firing warehouse workers for missing quotas, according to the San Francisco Gate. Mega-retailers, those companies that employ more than 1,000 warehouse workers, will now have to disclose how their algorithms judge worker productivity.

Costco (COST), home of the ultimate big box store, is not mincing words about what it's like to run a consumer business in the middle of a pandemic. "Inflationary factors abound: higher labor costs, higher freight costs, higher transportation demand, along with container shortages and port delays, increased demand in certain product categories, various shortages of everything from computer chips to oils and chemicals, higher commodities prices," Chief Financial Officer Richard Gal...

Recall that Lightning Network is a second level Bitcoin network. In fact, it is an add-on on top of the main BTC blockchain, which only fixes the results of multiple transactions after they are completed. The advantages of LN are the high speed of transactions due to the characteristics of the network and the low cost of sending coins.

“It didn't feel like she was being treated like a human being.” A former member of Britney Spears’ security team is alleging in a new documentary that the pop star was under constant surveillance during her conservatorship, including monitoring all communication on her phone and placing an audio recorder in her bedroom.