www.wired.com Adrienne So Gear 08.29.2021 08:00 AM The 13 Best Fitness Trackers and Watches for Everyone Whether you’re skiing in the backcountry or trampolining in the backyard, we have an activity tracker for you. Like every piece of gear you…
www.businessinsider.com images by Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images Aggregate wages and salaries continued to rise in July, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Indeed economist AnnElizabeth Konkel said wages and salaries are “moving in the right direction.” But the ongoing…
www.businessinsider.com People gather to check on missing relatives a day after a twin suicide bombs attack, which killed scores of people including 13 US troops outside Kabul airport, at a hospital run by Italian NGO Emergency in Kabul on August…
www.nytimes.com Hurricane Ida will arrive on the Louisiana coast on the 16th anniversary of Katrina.Max Becherer/The Advocate, via Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — Hurricane Ida stoked fear and dread in Louisiana on Sunday as the approaching storm threatened to grow…
www.wsj.com Photo: Getty Images/iStockphoto Conway, Ark. I lost track of the number of “Help Wanted” signs in the windows of businesses in my hometown. When I started counting in the spring, it seemed every other establishment I passed was looking…
www.reddit.com Man boiled to death in Yellowstone hot spring attempting to ‘hot pot’ A search and rescue team called to the scene found the body in the pool along with his wallet and flip flops, but a lighting storm delayed…
www.nytimes.com Gabby Jones for The New York Times Transit agencies in the New York City region are having to reinvent their railroads to adapt to the shift away from going to the office every day. Before the coronavirus pandemic, New…
www.sfgate.com The next phase of a freeway off-ramp construction project on U.S. Highway 101 in San Rafael begins late Sunday evening for the next two weeks. Caltrans is going to demolish the existing Central San Rafael off-ramp bridge from northbound…
www.wired.com WIRED Staff Gear 08.27.2021 08:00 AM Can the Metaverse Thrive if It’s Fully Owned by Facebook? This week, we step into the social network’s vision of the metaverse, where reality and the simulated world become one. Kinda. Photograph: Getty…
markets.businessinsider.com A hacker stole $610 million from Poly Network, the DeFi platform said. Poly Network said all $610 million stolen in an apparent hack has been returned. Stablecoin company Tether released the final $33 million it had previously frozen. Poly,…