Australians are tightening their wallets and changing what ends up in their shopping baskets, according to Coles’ latest sales data covering the three months to the end of March. Shoppers are cutting back on discretionary items like lollies, alcohol, bottled water, and even reducing their meat consumption as cost-of-living pressures mount, News.com reported. Coles chief … Read more
Canada’s main stock index edged higher on Monday, led by gains in financial stocks, as investors anticipated more certainty regardless of the winner of the country’s general election, in which U.S. trade policies have been in focus. The TSX Composite Index gained 53.15 points to reach noon Monday at 24,763.66 The Canadian dollar inched higher … Read more
In one of the most inventive PC mods we’ve seen this year, Chinese YouTuber octppus has pulled off a wild engineering feat by transforming the heat spreader (IHS) of an Intel Core i9-14900KS into a fully functioning water block. Instead of strapping a conventional cooler onto the processor, the YouTuber took matters into his own … Read more
Despite being a vast and inhospitable planet today, scientists believe Mars, the Red Planet, used to look much like Earth, the Blue Planet. Over the last four years, NASA’s Perseverance rover has wandered across an area of Mars where researchers believe a powerful river once poured into a crater, forming a sizable delta. According to … Read more
If you spend enough time on Instagram, you might begin to get the idea that the biggest problem facing America is water. And that the best shower water filters are the only answer. Over the past few years, a new generation of stylish filtered showerheads has arrived to hijack our collective social media feed—and possibly … Read more
– Risk sentiment turns positive as Trump back-tracks on Powell. – Stock markets rally and Treasury yields sink – US dollar rallies but CAD and MXN outperform USDCAD: open 1.3805, overnight range 1.3798-1.3861, close 1.3815, WTI 64.54, Gold 3318.08 The Canadian dollar has whip-sawed in a 1.3780-1.3860 range since Monday with traders struggling to find … Read more
Flossing is important for good oral health. If not the string floss, you can think of using a dental hygiene device like a water flosser. But are water flossers effective? If you care about your oral health, you must be brushing two times a day. While it is essential, you can’t skip flossing. The bristles … Read more
Water is essential to life as we know it, but scientists are still unsure about how it originated on Earth. One theory is that asteroids express-shipped us hydrogen, essential to the formation of water molecules, by colliding with our planet in its early history. New research, however, suggests Earth already had enough hydrogen of its … Read more
A sacred pilgrimage ended up in the toilet for several travelers earlier this year. Health officials in Europe have reported an outbreak of superbug cholera traced back to tainted holy water sourced from Ethiopia. Health officials in Germany and the UK detailed the strange outbreak in a report published Thursday in the journal Eurosurveillance. At least … Read more
A favorite of ultralight hikers, backpackers, bikers, and travelers, the Sawyer Squeeze filter is the gold standard in water filters for anyone concerned about weight and universal compatibility. The Squeeze weighs just 3 ounces, has a filtration level of 0.1 microns (which gets rid E. coli, salmonella, giardia, cryptosporidium, and other common problems), and claims … Read more