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Vitamins are crucial for building, repairing and maintaining healthy tissues and cells, and vitamin A is particularly important for vision, skin and bones. Also known as retinol (because it produces the pigments in the retina of the eye), vitamin A is a fat-soluble nutrient. This means it’s absorbed into the body with dietary fat, and then stored in body tissue for later use. Taking big doses of vitamin A can be toxic, but your body only converts as much as it needs. You can get vitamin A naturally from foods or take it in supplement form. It has several functions, from helping the body’s immune system to fight against illness and infection, to supporting healthy vision, teeth, skin and skeletal and soft tissue. Good sources of vitamin A include cheese, eggs, oily fish, milk, yogurt and liver (although you should avoid liver if pregnant). You can also get vitamin A by consuming plant sources of beta-carotene – found in leafy veg and yellow fruit such as mango, papaya and apricots … [Read more...] about Vitamin A: Sources, benefits & deficiency

Shares for Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft are way up Thursday evening following huge sales figures reported for the previous quarter. Shares for Alphabet, the holding company for Google, jumped to over $1,000 after the company reported 24% growth over last three months. Amazon's sales rose a whopping 34% which pushed its shares up over $1,000 as well. Microsoft's sales were up 12% from the previous year which was also good news for investors. Their stock jumped 3% to an all-time-high above $82. Alphabet's profits grew from $5.6 billion to $7.8 billion with most of that coming from Google, of course. YouTube in particular has seen rapid growth with Google estimating that 1.5 billion people spend an average of one hour per day watching content. Alphabet's "Other Bets" like Waymo and Project Loon have also seen strong growth as well. Despite Amazon's growth, their profits have remained largely flat. This is due to their massive reinvestment in data centers, media content, and other … [Read more...] about Leading tech stocks surge following strong growth numbers

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked is set to begin on Wednesday, August 10th. Leading up to the event, Samsung has left us with breadcrumbs about what they’re going to announce at their Galaxy Unpacked event. Leaks and other clues have revealed that Samsung may be announcing an updated foldable to match last year’s announcement and release. We also have a guess that there might be some new Galaxy Watches to announce as Samsung released a reservation for a trade-in for the Galaxy smartphone, smartwatch, and earbuds. When does the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event take place? The Samsung Galaxy event is set to take place on Wednesday, August 10th, 2022, at 6AM PT / 9AM ET. Where can I watch the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event? We have the livestream video embedded up top, so you can stick around here to watch when it begins. Otherwise, you can tune in to the Galaxy Unpacked livestream at Samsung.com , Samsung’s Newsroom , and Samsung’s YouTube channel . We here at The Verge will … [Read more...] about How to watch Samsung’s Galaxy Unpacked event

Vi snapper opp stadig flere rykter om Apple Watch 8, og det ser ut til at den kan bli lansert mot slutten av året, sammen med iPhone 14 (opens in new tab) and Apple Watch SE 2. Umiddelbart etter at Apple Watch 7 (opens in new tab) ble lansert, rettet vi oppmerksomheten mot Apple Watch 8. Det var vi ikke alene om. Det svirrer allerede mange rykter rundt Apples neste kroppsdings, og det er mulig den kan komme så tidlig som i september. nedenfor finner du alt vi har hørt om Apple Watch 8 så langt, inkludert opplysninger om sannsynlig lanseringsdato og pris. Nedenfor dette finner du vår ønskeliste over hva vi ønsker oss av denne oppgraderingen. For selv om forgjengeren er god, viser vår test av Apple Watch 7 (opens in new tab) at det er stort rom for forbedringer. Vi oppdaterer denne artikkelen når vi snapper opp flere nyheter og rykter om Apple Watch 8, så kom gjerne tilbake med jevne mellomrom for å følge med. Latest news Et Apple-patent … [Read more...] about Apple Watch 8: Her er alt vi vet så langt

In two days, the 2018 hit game Marvel's Spider-Man will break out of its console exclusivity and land on Windows ( Steam , EGS ) as arguably Sony's biggest PC port yet. We knew Sony was bullish about selling more games on PC in the current fiscal year , but we didn't expect a critically acclaimed gem like Spider-Man , which previously drove console sales as a PlayStation exclusive, to make the transition. The thing about PC ports, of course, is that they have to work on a wide range of machines. As of press time, the Spider-Man version we tested doesn't necessarily surpass the mix of stability and impressive technical performance that developer Insomniac delivered on dated PlayStation 4 architecture. Such complaints might be moot when Spider-Man launches on Friday, August 12 —and we sure hope so. At its best, this game does whatever a PC rig can, delivering ultra-wide ratios, super-charged graphical settings, higher frame rates, and increased ray tracing depth. But … [Read more...] about You can finally play Sony’s

What's happening Samsung's annual August Unpacked, where the company detailed its updated line of foldable phones. Why it matters In addition to showing if foldables are "there" yet for you in their fourth generation, both the Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4 features may foreshadow features that we'll see in potential competing models from companies like Motorola and Google. As we've come to expect from Samsung's semiannual Unpacked announcement events, for its August 2022 launches the company delivered news about its latest phones, watches and earbuds: the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Flip 4, Galaxy Watch 5 and Watch 5 Pro and Galaxy Buds 2 Pro. The Galaxy Z Flip 3 will get one of our favorite last-gen perks, a $100 price cut . Among its new product announcements, Samsung brought us up to speed on its sustainability initiatives, including incorporating recycled fishing nets in its latest foldables . Plus we got to see a new promo featuring Korea's other major global star: BTS. … [Read more...] about Samsung Unpacked Event: Galaxy Z Fold 4, Z Flip 4, Galaxy Watch 5 and Everything Else Announced

7.0 Astound/RCN home internet service Like Low first-year pricing No data caps No contracts Don't Like Limited availability to metro areas Sharp price increase in the second year of service Confusing equipment fees This week, Astound Broadband announced a nationwide launch of a new internet speed tier featuring download speeds up to 1,200 megabits per second. That puts it right in a dead heat with Xfinity for the fastest cable broadband plan available nationally. Not too shabby. But I have to be honest. I nearly titled this review "Confusion in Cable Land." Why? Because my eyes glazed as I pored over the differences in offerings for the six metro markets covered by Astound Broadband Powered by RCN (whoa, that's a mouthful!). But that hardly matters for most of you unless you're planning to relocate from one Astound Broadband market to another . What matters most is what Astound/RCN offers in … [Read more...] about Astound Broadband/RCN Home Internet Review: Great Starting Price, but Beware a Steep Increase

Ford is increasing the starting prices of its electric F-150 Lightning truck by as much as $8,500 due to “significant material cost increases and other factors.” CNBC reports that Ford said on Tuesday that it would be increasing the starting prices of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck due to “significant material cost increases and other factors.” The automaker said that the price increases, which are between $6,000 and $8,500, will not impact customers who have already ordered the vehicle and are awaiting delivery. President Joe Biden infamously test drove an electric F-150 in 2021. Biden shared his opinion on the truck, saying ““This sucker’s quick.” James Farley, president and chief executive officer of Ford Motor Co. (Photographer: Emily Elconin/Bloomberg) In the front of the F-150, where the engine would be, is a large, easy-access storage trunk, commonly referred to as a frunk. (Youngrae Kim/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) … [Read more...] about Bidenflation: Ford Boosts Price of Electric F-150 Lightning Truck Due to ‘Significant Material Cost Increases’

A burning body found hanging from a tree at Griffith Park in Los Angeles is most likely the result of a suicide, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The body was found at some point before 12:31 p.m. on Tuesday near the Griffith Park merry-go-round, the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) said in a statement. Fire officials determined the body was dead upon arriving at the scene, NBC Los Angeles reported . Authorities say there are no signs of foul play and believe the death to be a suicide, pending a coroner’s investigation. “It appears to be self-immolation,” said LAPD detective Michael Ventura via KABC. “This is going to be somebody who brought some gasoline, brought some lighters. We have had, they are rare, but we do have cases where people will self-immolate. Or they choose to set themselves on fire.” An LAFD spokesperson confirmed that the “body was that of a woman,” but her age and identity are unknown, the Los Angeles Daily News reported . … [Read more...] about Burning Body Found in Tree at Griffith Park, No Foul Play Suspected

An outbreak of Polio in Sadiq Khan’s London has now prompted a mass vaccination regime for all of the city’s nearly one million children. Nearly one million children in leftist mayor Sadiq Khan’s London are to be offered Polio booster jabs after the disease was detected in multiple locations in the sewer system of the capital city. Experts believe that these samples reflect community transmission among London’s nine million residents. According to a report by The Guardian , the outbreak is believed to have originated from someone recently given the live oral polio vaccine (OPV), a form of vaccination not used within the UK. While the method of vaccination does reportedly provide good protection against Polio, the person given the vaccine sheds what the publication calls “vaccine-like virus” in their stool. These harmless viruses can then become harmful “vaccine-derived” polioviruses that can cause serious harm to those infected, with some of these vaccine-derived viruses … [Read more...] about One Million Children to be Jabbed After Polio Outbreak in Khan’s London