By : Anahad O'Connor Source : MSN No matter how old you are, or how much junk food you consume, it’s never too late to start undoing the damage caused by a poor diet. That’s the message from scientists who study how our food choices affect our life spans and our risk of developing diseases. They have found that people can gain sizable health benefits at any age by cutting back on highly processed foods loaded with salt, sugar and other additives and replacing them with more nutritious foods like fruits, vegetables, nuts,...
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By : Rob Litterst Source : The Hustle New social media apps tend to have limited shelf lives. Even BeReal, which has grown users ~2300% this year, is showing signs of trouble, with only 9% of Android users opening the app daily. Now there’s Gas, an anonymous app that prompts teens to say nice things about each other. Last week, it became the No. 1 free social app in the App Store, per The Wall Street Journal.  read more...
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By : Jacob Cohen Source : The Hustle Over the past couple years, “more like TikTok” has become a business strategy for tech companies, large and small. Many are “TikTokifying” themselves, scrambling to embed carbon copies of the app’s defining features in their platforms. As they forge ahead, TikTok itself is flipping the trend on its head, laying the groundwork for features rivaling those of Google, Amazon, Spotify, and more.  read more...
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By : Dzhoro Ivanov Source : Phone Arena There is a reason why many people feel like everyone and their mother owns an iPhone. Apple’s devices have continuously dominated the smartphone market, especially in the US - that much is common knowledge. What is more surprising, however, is the iPhone’s prevalence amongst youngsters. According to one recent survey, 87% of teenagers in America own an iPhone. This is more than double the share 10 years ago. This information was first brought forward by MacRumors in a dedicated...
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By : Rob Litterst Source : The Hustle In 2016, a Tumblr executive called GIFs “the file format of the internet generation.” Six years later, the looping image format is being described as “cringe” by younger generations, per The Atlantic. What happened? In short, a combination of things: Accessibility: GIF-searching features on Facebook, Twitter, and iMessage brought the format to the masses. Over-usage: As using GIFs became easier, more people started using them, often selecting the same ones over...
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By : Jacob Cohen Source : The Hustle If it wasn’t clear already, us humans — we really love paying for things on a monthly basis. New data from the National Research Group found that while 44% of consumers have tried to cut back on spending at the grocery store amid ongoing high inflation, only 18% did so with their streaming subscriptions. Among subscriptions generally, NRG found Amazon Prime is among the least likely to be canceled, trailing cloud storage and music streaming services. Most likely to be...
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