Here’s Jeff Bezos’ video of the landing, which took place after a planned launch was scrubbed earlier this week. Check out CNN’s story for more about the launch.
That means the combined electrocardiogram, stethoscope, and thermometer is now available in the US for $249.95. Nearly two years have passed since The Verge first covered this Swiss Army knife of home health. It launched in Europe, excluding the UK and Switzerland, last April. The company says BeamO can give you a “complete health check-up” of your temperature, heart, and lungs in less than a minute.
Brazil, Canada, Chile, and at least seven other countries have endorsed a new ‘declaration’ to combat disinformation on climate change. It came together during the United Nations climate conference taking place this month, where more than 200 advocacy groups have called on governments to crack down on misleading content in advertising and online platforms.
Growing electricity demand for AI and the Trump administration’s love of natural gas have influenced the International Energy Agency’s latest World Energy Outlook, Heatmap reports.
Some demonstrators held signs that said “our forests are not for sale.” Indigenous leaders from the Amazon Basin have been pushing governments participating in the climate conference taking place in Brazil to “respect our rights, incorporate our ancestral knowledge, and ensure the protection of indigenous territories”.
The second launch of Blue Origin’s megarocket was initially scheduled for Sunday, but was postponed until today due to poor weather conditions. Now it’s been pushed back again until the sun chills out a little, with no ETA on a new launch window.
The wearable company offers paid blood tests to US users through its Advanced Labs feature, which launched in September. But now users worldwide can upload their blood results into the app for free, and see biomarkers alongside their daily data. Whoop-organized tests will roll out internationally “in the coming months.”
The world-first saw a surgeon remotely remove a blood clot from a human cadaver in Dundee, Scotland, all the way from Jacksonville, Florida. It’s been hailed as a breakthrough, and potential life-saver if approved for use on patients.
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Italian pasta companies are preparing to pull their products from US grocery stores as early as January, the Wall Street Journal reports — another downstream effect of the Trump administration’s sky-high tariffs and duties on imports. Some of the new taxes (which total 107 percent) come after a US Commerce Department review of several pasta companies, and the severity of the penalty has Italian producers worried.
