The Big Picture Celebrate Sleeping Beauty ‘s 65th anniversary with the latest Funko Pop! figures featuring Aurora and Maleficent. Collectors can now pre-order figures of the iconic princess Aurora, Merriweather, Maleficent, Prince Phillip, and the owl. For fans looking for a standout piece, there’s a deluxe-sized Maleficent figure in her dragon form available for $29.99 … Read more
It is no secret that pulling an all-nighter is a bad idea. It impairs cognitive function, increases anxiety symptoms and decreases alertness. As it turns out, there’s another reason you should avoid it: it ages your brain. According to a new study published in the Journal of Neuroscience, a single night of sleep deprivation can change … Read more
Florida’s homeless will be banned from sleeping on sidewalks and in parks and other public spaces under a law signed Wednesday by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis. It also promises the homeless greater access to services for issues such as substance abuse and mental health problems. The state Department of Children and Families would oversee local … Read more
While the tech industry went gaga for generative artificial intelligence, one giant has held back: Apple. The company has yet to introduce so much as an AI-generated emoji, and according to a New York Times report today and earlier reporting from Bloomberg, it is in preliminary talks with Google about adding the search company’s Gemini … Read more
After a long winter, one of the best ways to get back outside is to go on a spring camping trip. Whether you’re an outdoor enthusiast or just take your gear seriously, you’ll want to cross everything off your packing list. Thanks to Amazon’s sale going on now, you can save on everything you need for your upcoming … Read more
The best days in life seem to start in a sleeping bag. Sure, you wake up sheathed in slick nylon, staring up at a wall made of more nylon, but once you escape your shiny sleep prison, you’re usually somewhere amazing—the High Sierra, lakeside on Superior, in a tree house in Laos. I’ve never been … Read more
Nina Raemont/ZDNETZDNET’s key takeaways At $40 (and regularly on sale for half that price), the LC-Dolida sleep mask headphones combo put me into an instant slumber, and distanced the noises of sirens, beeps, and honks outside my busy Brooklyn bedroom window. The sleep mask headphones offer an impressive battery life and sound quality that distract you from … Read more
I remember when Hyper-Elastic Polymer was the strangest thing you could find in a mattress. Thanks to its woven strings, the Anssil Sleepinbody-Incline Smart Mattress i4 earned a Digital Health Innovation Award at CES 2024. It’s also the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen in a mattress. This smart mattress has an inner web of 14 million … Read more
In a jaw-dropping debut episode of her Rachel Goes Rogue podcast, former Vanderpump Rules star Rachel Leviss spills the beans on her tumultuous relationship with Tom Sandoval, shedding light on their affair which rocked the Bravo reality show in 2023. Leviss, who decided not to return for season 11, explained her decision, citing the emotional … Read more
When it comes to sleeping style, many Americans have a firm position. Stomach sleeping is a clear underdog compared with the side or the back. According to the Better Sleep Council, only 17% of those surveyed prefer to lie prone at night. Still, that’s nearly one in five who like to fall asleep face down. … Read more