A new study found that high school students aren’t getting enough produce. If you’ve been watching your teenager devour processed foods like potato chips, chicken nuggets or sugary cereals and drinks, you are not alone. Comfort food has been especially alluring during the pandemic, for parents and kids alike. But …
Read More »Valtix raises $12.5 million as cloud native security becomes more urgent
The 2021 digital toolkit – How small businesses are taking charge Learn how small businesses are improving customer experience, accelerating quote-to-cash, and increasing security. Register Now As companies shift more of their operations to the cloud, security is becoming a greater priority even as it becomes potentially more complex. That’s …
Read More »Why More People May Buy Life Insurance in 2021
Photo by Juergen Faelchle / Shutterstock.com A federal law passed at the end of 2020 has made permanent life insurance more attractive to some people. The law essentially tweaks the tax code to allow owners of permanent policies to put more money into the savings portion of their policy. As …
Read More »What Does a More Contagious Virus Mean for Schools?
The coronavirus variant discovered in Britain is more easily spread among children, as it is among adults. Current safeguards should protect schools, experts said, but only if strictly enforced. It wasn’t until last fall that many parents started to breathe easier, as it became clear that elementary schools, at least, …
Read More »CES day one gaming roundup: Extra-large TCL TVs, Intel CPUs, and more
The Consumer Electronics Show has gone virtual this year, but it’s still the same broad trade gathering as always. You’re more likely to find a refrigerator with feelings than a lot of gaming-specific news buried in the headlines of the event. But that doesn’t mean CES is devoid of products …
Read More »More Americans are Using Retirement Savings to Cover Expenses
Twenty-twenty has taken its toll on the average retirement savings, according to a new study by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine and Personal Capital, an online financial advisor. More than half of Americans are dipping into their savings, with 60 percent using their IRAs and 401(k)s to get them through the …
Read More »Pressure Grows for States to Open Vaccines to More Groups of People
Some states are already expanding eligibility to people 65 and over, even though millions of people the C.D.C. recommends go first — health care workers and nursing home residents — have yet to get shots. Just weeks into the country’s coronavirus vaccination effort, states have begun broadening access to the …
Read More »Hitman 3 is fun, what’s coming from Nintendo, and more | GB Decides 178
It’s 2021 now, and the government still hasn’t outlawed video games. But even if it did, GamesBeat Decides would continue because editors Jeff Grubb and Mike Minotti are a couple of badasses — you can tell by looking at their gamer chairs. On this week’s episode, Mike and Jeff discuss …
Read More »Coronavirus Variant Is Indeed More Transmissible, New Study Suggests
Researchers warn that the British variant is so contagious that new control measures, including closing down schools and universities, may be necessary. A team of British scientists released a worrying study on Wednesday of the new coronavirus variant sweeping the United Kingdom. They warned that the variant is so contagious …
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