Life
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How 'zebra striping' could help drinkers keep alcohol consumption in check
After 'Dry January, 'Damp January', and 'Sober Curious' movements, pub-goers have found a new method to reduce their alcohol consumption
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Beyond step counting: wearable tech promises medical-grade data
Some of the most cutting-edge products were on display this week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas
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Rio de Janeiro introduces tax-free shopping for tourists
Rolling out from 2025, this tax exemption is intended to apply to purchases made by foreign travellers using a bank card that has not been issued from within the Brazilian banking system
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Three of the world's five cities with the 'slowest traffic' are in India
The TomTom Traffic Index 2024 covers 500 cities in 62 countries. The data comes from over 600 million connected devices, starting with in-car navigation systems and smartphones using TomTom applications
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Disinformation experts slam Meta's decision to end US fact-checking
Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced the company was going to "get rid" of its third-party fact-checkers in the United States
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Egypt unveils new archaeological wonders in Luxor
The artefacts, unearthed during a three-year-long excavation, were found in Deir al-Bahari area in the necropolis of Thebes on the west bank of the Nile
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'Comeback' queen Demi Moore 'has always been here,' says director Coralie Fargeat
For Coralie Fargeat, the French director who also wrote Demi Moore's new, blood-drenched body horror film The Substance, nothing is surprising about the late-career reappraisal her leading lady is now enjoying
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Meta announces ending fact-checking program in the US
Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said, "Fact-checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than they've created, especially in the US"
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The nomadic mini-city behind the Dakar Rally
Television doesn't show the whole picture, veering its lens away from the camp of 3,500 people, six planes, 11 helicopters, 100 trucks and 70 buses--the gigantic logistical machine that moves a mini-city in the desert from stage to stage and keeps the show, figuratively, on the road
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Buyer splashes out $1.3m for Tokyo new year tuna
Michelin-starred sushi restauranteurs the Onodera Group said they paid 207 million yen for the 276 kilograms (608 pounds) bluefin tuna, roughly the size and weight of a motorbike
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Iran artist's vision for culture hub enlivens rustic district
Arabesque patterns and relief faces carved with intricate details and painted in an array of vivid hues of greens, pinks, blues and purples now adorn the walls
