YouTube already makes money through ads, YouTube premiums (getting rid of so-called ads) and subscriptions to specific channels. It looks like the company is preparing to add general purchasing functionality to the list as per the new notification. Bloomberg reports that YouTube is asking producers to tag and track the …

The second wave of coronavirus infections in Europe began just before the flu season, with intensive care wards being replenished and bars closed. Officials say making matters worse is a widespread case of “COVID-fatigue.” Record high daily infections in many Eastern European countries and a sharp trend in the hard-hit …

Pennsylvania Court West District Judge Nicholas Ranjan also refused to throw policies in Pennsylvania, saying the signatures on the mail-in ballot did not strictly match the signatures of voters on file with the state and that polling workers were required to stay in the county where they would be. Work …

She realized that except for the ringing, she could hear nothing from the ear. “It was like someone flipped the switch,” he said. Harrell’s hearing loss was a mystery until about a week later, when he took the Covid-19 exam. It was positive. Although she never felt sick, an otolaryngologist …

Using the light of that orbiting star, astronomers have plunged into the atmosphere of an exoplanet 850 light-years away. Not just an exoplanet, but one of the hottest we’ve ever met – and at least seven metals are now known to float around its atmosphere as gas. Exoplanet is WASP-121B, …