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It’s 2019, and Big Alcohol wants in on legal pot — but only on its own terms. One by one, the largest beer companies in the world have announced their intention to create drinkable marijuana products. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/30/18639829/weed-beer-drinkable-marijuana-cannabis-drinks-alcoholhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/64876604/VRG_ILLO_3503_Mobile.0.jpg
As you read this article, your brain has begun a series of complicated chemical steps in order to form a memory. How long you keep this memory may well depend on whether you are a man or a woman. Some scientists think that the reason for this difference may be estrogens. from https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/estrogens-and-memory-loss-in-women/https://static.scientificamerican.com/blogs/cache/file/0DE8B861-CCC5-457B-AAC2459353130018_source.jpg?w=590&h=800&6F55828E-AA1D-44DC-9FD1B0DD19B1C74C
Tesla announced a new massive battery today called Megapack that could replace so-called “peaker” power plants, which provide energy when a local electrical grid gets overloaded. from https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/29/20746170/tesla-megapack-battery-pge-storage-announcedhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/64874174/Megapack_Hero_2880x1800.0.jpg
The Nintendo Switch can now run Android, giving the hybrid game console access to Netflix, YouTube, Spotify, Twitch, a wide array of Android apps, and loads of classic game emulators, of course. Specifically, it’s an unofficial port of LineageOS 15. from https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2019/7/29/20746304/android-nintendo-switch-nvidia-shieldhttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/64874619/jbareham_1492_170228_0126.0.0.jpg
Robert Rodriguez’s “Alita: Battle Angel” was one of 20th Century Fox’s final theatrical releases prior to the Disney-Fox merger. from https://www.indiewire.com/2019/07/rosa-salazar-buy-alita-blu-ray-get-sequel-made-1202161752/http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png