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New Destiny 2 Strand Aspects look super freaking sick
New Destiny 2 Strand Aspects coming with Season of the Deep will completely revamp players’ options within their chosen character classes as newly-revealed gameplay footage shows exactly how these Aspects will work. While Bungie previously offered some insight regarding new Strand Aspects coming to the FPS game with its next seasonal update, the team has now released actual Destiny 2 gameplay footage showcasing the Aspects that players will have the option to use starting next week.
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The Moneyist: I’m sick and tired of tipping 20% every time I eat out. Is it ever OK to tip less? Or am I a cheapskate?
Google directed a sick burn at Apple during I/O 2023
At Google I/O 2023, the company snuck in a dig at Apple.
“We hope every mobile operating system gets the message and adopts RCS, so we can all hang out in the group chat together no matter what device we’re using,” said VP of Product Management Sameer Samat, to raucous applause. Samat is referring of course to the difference in messaging channels used by Android and Apple.
Credit: Google
At Wednesday’s event, Samat announced that Google has updated its technology from SMS (short message service) and MMS (multimedia messaging service) to RCS (rich communication service) which is considered the industry standard for secure messaging. Apple uses its proprietary iMessage technology which is only supported by Apple devices. That’s why texts from Android users are green bubbles on a iPhone and messages between iPhone users are blue, amongst other frustrating issues when texting across the different messaging apps.
Samat’s plea was simple: Our lives are complicated enough, why shouldn’t secure messages look and act the same no matter what device we’re using? Hopefully Apple was watching, and will do its part to end the madness.
Is your phone addiction making you sick? Here are the 8 signs to watch out for, from Tinder finger to tech neck
SPENDING too long on your smartphone may not be so smart for your health.
Taking calls for as little as 30 minutes a week can raise your chances of developing high blood pressure by 12 per cent, a study at China’s Southern Medical University found.
Spending too long on your smartphone may be bad for your health[/caption]
Four hours a week may increase that danger by 16 per cent, and six hours by 25 per cent.
Here, we reveal other ways your handset can affect body and mind — and how to stay well.
NOMO NOT FOMO: If you cannot bear being parted from your handset, this may be “no mobile phone phobia” — dubbed nomophobia.
Leave your phone behind, or well away from you, and gradually increase your time apart from it[/caption]
A YouGov study found 53 per cent of smartphone users feel anxious when they misplace their phone, the battery dies or they have no signal.
Face the fear. Start by leaving the phone behind, or well away from you, and gradually increase your time apart from it.
TINDER FINGER: If you are a non-stop swiper or cannot refrain from texting and have pain in your fingers, this may be a condition known as Tinder Finger, or Texting Thumb.
‘Tinder finger’ can lead to tendonitis if left untreated, and even long-term disability[/caption]
A 2019 study in the Journal of Public Health found that while discomfort may be short-term, it can lead to tendonitis if left untreated, and even long-term disability.
So curb the habit — take breaks from heavy texting or typing every 20 minutes.
PHANTOM PHONE POCKET SYN-DROME: This is when you reckon you had an alert but there are no new messages.
Research in the US, at the Georgia Institute of Technology, found 90 per cent of people suffer from this, when the phone becomes an extension of “you”.
Keeping it on your desk or a nearby table can ease symptoms. If not, cognitive behavioural therapy may help.
NIGHT SCROLLING DAMAGES EYES: We check our phone on average 150 times a day, and a study in Texas found using it late at night raises the risk of long-term eye issues such as macular degeneration — when the centre of the retina, the macula, deteriorates and vision is distorted or lost.
Using your phone late at night raises the risk of long-term eye issues such as macular degeneration[/caption]
For every 20 minutes on the phone, look away for 20 seconds.
Scrolling before bed also affects sleep hormone melatonin, making it hard to nod off — so best not do it.
PILING ON THE POUNDS: Being glued to your phone increases the risk of obesity by 43 per cent, cardio-vascular trouble and even death, say researchers in Colombia from the Simon Bolivar University.
Being glued to your phone increases the risk of obesity by 43 per cent[/caption]
Another study, in 2018 in the journal Physiology and Behaviour, found using a phone while eating increases calorie intake by 15 per cent. All the more reason for no handsets at dinner.
TECH NECK: Smartphones are a pain in the neck — because of the strain caused to this part of the body by constantly eyeing your screen.
Constantly eyeing your phone screen can cause pain in your neck[/caption]
Specialist clinic New York Spine Surgery & Rehabilitation Medicine found that at a 15-degree angle, the head weighs 27lb — and at 60 degrees, more than twice that.
Tilting your head from side to side, or up and down, can help.
SCREEN TIME CAN GIVE YOU SPOTS: While more research is needed into the link between phone radiation and skin, a University of Arizona study found handsets are ten times dirtier than a toilet seat.
Cleaning your phone screen regularly should ward off pimple-inducing bacteria[/caption]
Using headsets or simply putting your phone on loudspeaker will limit phone-face contact, and cleaning the screen regularly should ward off pimple-inducing bacteria.
SCROLL LESS TO STAY SHARP: If you often look to your phone for answers to questions you already know, it could make you mentally lazy.
A study in the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research found awareness and understanding are reduced if a smartphone is within reach — even if turned off
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Sons Of The Forest adds a sick new vehicle in latest patch
Sons Of The Forest continues its early access journey, but what was once a peaceful woodland stroll is turning into a totally rad zooming session, all thanks to the game’s third patch adding in a new vehicle, tweaks to, er, dead bodies, and much more.
I hope Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree’s new weapons take a page from this modder’s sick custom movesets
I’m a food safety expert – the hidden sign your meat is ROTTEN… here’s how to avoid getting sick
A FOOD safety expert has revealed the hidden sign your meat is rotten – and how to avoid getting sick.
Sylvia Anderson is one of the top in her field and broke down ways to keep yourself safe from food poisoning.
A food expert has revealed how to spot if your meat no longer alright to eat[/caption]
She explained how to spot your meat is past the point of being edible – and it’s quite simple.
The food safety expert explained it’s a matter of “using your senses”.
Sylvia said by looking at the colour of particular raw meats, or their texture, you can tell whether they’re rotten or not.
She told MailOnline: “When anything goes off it’s called food spoilage.
“For example, when chicken goes off it goes green while when meat goes off it goes slimy.
“It will have white dots on it, and it will go darker. You can tell by the appearance and colour of the food.”
Sylvia added: “If you buy fresh pork most people with common sense can tell if there’s a rancid smell or the colour changes.”
The pro, who is one of the leading food safety experts in the UK, said it can be harder to tell if cooked meat in a ready meal is still good to eat or not.
She said: “That’s more dangerous because the customer won’t see that.
“If it’s ready to eat, it might already be partially cooked. That means it’s been cooked, chilled and the customer will buy and reheat.
“They won’t know because they can’t smell it and eat it and then have food poisoning.
“If it’s a pork dish in a state of rawness you can tell straight away. But if it’s already been processed in some sort of manner and it’s something you stick in the oven or reheat… you’re going to find out when you’re vomiting and having diarrhoea.”
It’s not uncommon for experts to give advice on food.
One woman recently revealed that a hoover is the answer to keeping food fresh.
Another woman claimed there are six frozen food myths that cost millions of households £420 a year.
And one expert revealed that there is a special word on break packing that means you should avoid buying it.