Why Do People Steal Catalytic Converters? Here’s How to Prevent the Theft

According to multiple sources, money is the main motivation for people stealing catalytic converters. According to NJ.com, they have precious metals like platinum and rhodium in them that have value on the black market. Cars.com also mention that the devices have palladium. Aaron Harker, owner of Aaron’s Custom Exhaust in North Carolina, told WECT that …

A group of dads in Australia got together to prevent COVID-19 outbreaks in their kids' school

The pandemic has been on our minds much longer than anyone could have anticipated, and usually when you hear COVID-19, the news isn’t the best, but this news is. A group of dads in Australia were able to mitigate the spread of the very contagious omicron variant in their children’s school. The dads, whose children …

How Thieves Break Into Locked Cars And Key Fob Hack To Prevent It

Two experts agree that foil works — here’s how to do it. Marcus Hutchins is an ex-hacker turned security researcher who recently showed people how to spot hidden cameras in Airbnbs and hotels. Now Marcus is back making people lead safer lives once again. This time it’s about auto thieves. In the viral video above, …

11 Tips to Help Prevent Erectile Dysfunction

SOURCES: Irwin Goldstein, MD, director, sexual medicine, Alvarado Hospital, San Diego. Research funding: Pfizer. Research studies: Vivus and Medtronic. J. Stephen Jones, MD, chairman, department of regional urology, Cleveland Clinic. Consultant: Pfizer. Andrew McCullough, MD, associate professor of clinical urology and director, male sexual health program, New York University Langone Medical Center. Lecturer: Auxillium. Research …

New Wearable Device Could Help Prevent Overdose Deaths

Jan. 27, 2022 — It’s no secret that a particular public health epidemic has only gotten worse during the COVID-19 pandemic: drug overdose deaths. From May 2020 to April 2021, more than 100,000 people in the U.S. died from a drug overdose, according to the CDC. About 64% of those deaths were from opioids, mostly …

Amazon contractor sues tech giant, says it constantly ‘rewrote the rules’ to prevent delivery companies from making a profit

A former Amazon delivery contractor is suing the tech giant, accusing it of making it impossible for her Delivery Service Partner business to make a profit because of its performance metrics. Ahaji Amos filed a suit against Amazon in North Carolina, claiming that the tech giant advertised that Delivery Service Partners (DSP), third-party business that …

‘They can see everything’: Ex-Walmart worker says employees will freeze self-checkout registers to prevent theft in viral TikTok

A TikToker who claims to be a former Walmart employee revealed how the store monitors the self-checkout registers for stealing. The TikToker, named Athenia (@atheniamaria), said in a viral video that Walmart employees carry “TC devices” that enable them to see all customers’ purchases at the self-checkout registers. The devices allow employees to see individual …

Jen Psaki Patiently Explained To Peter Doocy How Vaccines Help Prevent Hospitalization And Death

Getty Image It’s a new year, and yet the more things change, the more they stay the same. Case in point: Everyone’s favorite D.C. frenemies remain at each other’s throats. On Monday, Fox News’ Peter Doocy once again asked White House press secretary something she could easily debunk. And debunk she did. This time it …

A Capitol Officer Slammed Mike Pence After He Downplayed Jan. 6: ‘We Did Everything Possible To Prevent Him From Being Hanged’

Getty Image It’s been almost a year since the Jan. 6 riot, when violent Trump supporters, whipped up by the outgoing president and his lies about a stolen election, stormed the Capitol building, hoping to overturn a free and fair election. One of their targets was Mike Pence, whom some of them wanted to hang. …

33 Things That’ll Prevent You From Saying “Sorry For The Mess” In 2022

Promising review: “Goo Gone is one of those things that I somehow had never heard of until this year (though others have apparently had it in their households for years). When I saw it in this BuzzFeed post, my life was changed forever. I couldn’t believe I had lived for so many years without this …

The NBA Was ‘Encouraged’ By The Competition Committee To Make Rules To Prevent Take Fouls

Getty Image NBA fans have long complained about take fouls, which are a very annoying way that teams will prevent their opponents to pickup up an easy basket by committing a foul in the open court. While they are not clear path fouls, they functionally act the same way, and there have been calls for …