The Black Friday coffee and espresso deals are the best
The WIRED Gear Live Blog has released its list of Black Friday deals on coffee machines, grinders, French presses, and cold brew. It found the best buys on Aiden, Breville Barista Express, Wacaco’s Picopresso, Oxo Compact and Tally, among others. The Tally weighs your coffee if it’s all you need to make cold brew, WIRED Recommends’ Pete Cottell said.
Surfing worked as a solution to the Gen Z social isolation problem
Dating app Hinge has partnered with Foundation for Social Connection, a research and policy group that works to address social isolation, to evaluate the efficacy of One More Hour. The app invests $1 million in 40 groups that meet in person in cities including Atlanta, Los Angeles, and New York. Hinge polled participants about their biggest challenges in engaging in groups like these.
Coffee and espresso deals on Black Friday
The WIREDGear team has identified the best deals on espresso machines, coffee equipment and even coffee equipment for cold brew on Black Friday. The cafe Barista, which is part of the same family as Mr Coffee, is a budget pick because of its deals below $200. The Breville Barista is the team’s favourite premium all-in-one espresso maker that’s a great value.
There is a whole tale of how humans evolved from Great apes
Researchers at Chatham University compared the motion of Lucy’s toe with that of humans in an X-ray study. They compared arch depth and toe angles in the footprints with those of humans. “This is the first snapshot we’ve of those two species living on the same immediate landscape, potentially interacting with one another,” the researchers said.
Lebanon says 2 people were hurt as Israeli troops fired into the air
The UN’s refugee agency said it hopes that the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon will bring an end to the war that has killed over 3,000 people, including over 270 children. The UN refugee agency said that fighting has limited access to southern Lebanon, where almost 188,000 people currently live in more than 1,000 collective shelters.
The war in Lebanon could be stopped if Israel agreed to a ceasefire with Hezbollah
Israel’s Security Cabinet on Tuesday approved a US proposal for a ceasefire with Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said. The announcement came during fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. US President Joe Biden said the deal “will cease the fighting in Lebanon and secure Israel from the threat of Hezbollah and other terrorist organisations operating from Lebanon”.
Top performers have not changed in Australia’s landscape
Researchers in India, the US, and the UK have started to share their research openly for the first time in the first five years of the 21st century, according to a report by Nature Index. The number of publications has increased by more than 90% between 2013 and 2019, with the US, the UK and Australia sharing the most number of articles.
Trump’s tariffs could affect you, too
US President-elect Donald Trump has announced that he wants to impose a 25% tariff on all Canadian and Mexican products. He also wants an “additional” 10% tariff on imports from China, which Trump blames for the fentanyl crisis, a charge that China has repeatedly refuted. He added that the tariffs may be targeted for others, but they could impact you too.
We mourned together, it was at the center of the outbreak
The authors of a study have found that for every 1C increase in temperature, there is a 4% increase in risk of a child being born prematurely, one of the leading causes of infant death or long-term disability. The study’s co-author said, “Protecting the health of pregnant women and newborns must become a priority in our response to climate change.”
Emergency vehicle lights can cause a car to go off
A study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has revealed that an autonomous vehicle’s shared control feature is less likely to make drivers nervous than a hands-free option. The study, which involved five automated driving systems embedded in dashcams purchased off-the-shelf, showed that those whose systems had shared control were 40% less likely to say they would keep their hands off the wheel.