Some facts about what people watched in 2024: A little blue dog was the biggest star in the streaming world; the most watched cable series in years took a final bow — at least in its current form; sports, specifically the NFL, proved their viability on streaming platforms; and the biggest new broadcast show is […]
A panic in Brazil’s financial markets has laid bare plummeting investor confidence in the fiscal policy of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with his leftwing administration under intense pressure to fortify the public accounts of Latin America’s largest economy. The real dropped to a record low against the US dollar on Wednesday, leading to […]
A new era “Kids who were in eighth grade at the start of the pandemic will be graduating from high school this year, and this unique cohort has ushered in the lowest rates of substance use we’ve seen in decades,” Miech noted. For alcohol, use in the past 12 months among eighth graders was at […]
The same goes for its off-axis viewing, which takes a step back from last year’s QN90C due to Samsung’s choice to once again change LCD panel types year-over-year. It’s far from the worst I’ve tested this year, and better than Sony’s Bravia 7 (7/10, WIRED Recommends), staying mostly accurate from a moderate angle. You may […]
A Chinese bank worker prepares to count a stack of US dollars together with stacks of 100 Chinese yuan notes at a bank in Hefei, east China’s Anhui province on March 9, 2010. STR/AFP | Getty Images Chinese authorities are contending with a weakening yuan as global investment banks forecast the currency to hit record […]
Crystals of insulin. A new kind of insulin can modify its activity in response to glucose levels in the blood.Credit: Antonio Romero/Science Photo Library Scientists have designed a new form of insulin that can automatically switch itself on and off depending on glucose levels in the blood. In animals, this ‘smart’ insulin1 reduced high blood-sugar […]
