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Apples AirTag has long been a great option for tracking your vehicles location, and now one Colorado police department has caught on and started giving them away free to help deter auto theft.CBS Colorado shared a story on its YouTube channel yesterday about the recent Arvada, Colorado AirTag distribution (via AppleInsider).The report says that police are trying to decrease the number of auto thefts by distributing free AirTags and Tile trackers to members of the community. The first such giveaway just took place, and another is planned.A key part of the giveaway is an included sticker that can be placed on a vehicle to warn off potential criminals.The sticker declares that police will be able to track the vehicle if its stolen, since its Tracker Equipped.Of course, that would require the AirTag owner to share the location with authorities. There are no strings attached to the AirTag giveaway that give police special tracking privileges. But in the case of a theft, yes, the AirTag would help police track down the stolen vehicle.It will be interesting to see if this program leads to a noticeable drop in auto thefts in the Arvada area, in which case perhaps well start to see AirTag giveaways become more common.Do you think more cities should give away free AirTags for vehicles? Why or why not? Let us know in the comments.Best AirTag deals and accessoriesAirTag 1-pack for only $24 (down from $30)AirTag 4-pack for only $79(down from $100)TimeCapsule AirTag 10-year battery caseTimeCapsule AirTag 10-year battery case (2-pack)Add 9to5Mac to your Google News feed. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. More.Youre reading 9to5Mac experts who break news about Apple and its surrounding ecosystem, day after day. Be sure to check out our homepage for all the latest news, and follow 9to5Mac on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay in the loop. Dont know where to start? Check out our exclusive stories, reviews, how-tos, and subscribe to our YouTube channel

Our Picks Best overall tea for anxiety and stress Tazo Refresh Mint Tea View details $10 at Amazon View details Best tea for insomnia Buddha Teas Organic Passionflower Tea View details $10 at Amazon View details Best tea for multiple health benefits Twinings Lemon and Ginger Tea View details $15 at Amazon View details Best tea for sleep and relaxation Yogi Bedtime Tea View details $18 at Amazon View details Best tea for improving mood US Wellness Naturals Lemon Balm Tea View details $23 at Amazon View details Best tea for digestive health Bigelow Cozy Chamomile View details $19 at Amazon View details Best tea for anytime peace Pukka Peace View details $14 at Amazon View details Best tea for night time calm Pukka Night Time Berry View details $17 at Amazon View details Table of Contents A nice hot cup of coffee or caffeinated tea could be a great way to start the day, but there are things caffeine might not help with. Plus, it's not good for everyone and can cause problems later on. If you have trouble relaxing at night or falling asleep, try some herbal teas to help reduce stress and promote sleep.Did you know that, according to Harvard Medical School, the caffeine from coffee can mimic anxiety symptoms? This helps in making any baseline anxiousness even worse. Bedtime teas are the better alternative to add to your night routine. Adding the habit of drinking tea to your bedtime routine can promote relaxation at the end of the day and lead to quality sleep.Tea has become my go-to for starting the day off on the right foot and winding down at night. I find that herbal and decaffeinated teas are easy on my body and help with some symptoms. Now, I enjoy a cup in the morning and another before bed to manage my stress and get better sleep. It might be worth a try for you too, if you are looking to improve your sleep.I've tried many tea varieties to help me find the best sleep. Here I've rounded up the top teas to reduce stress and promote sleep from the best brands, choosing selections with ingredients that have been scientifically tested toease stress and anxiety. I also considered customer reviews, price, ingredients and my own experience. With that said, here are some option of the best tea for sleep and relaxation, whether you want a mellow brew for yourself or to get as agift for someone in your life. $10 at Amazon $14 at Walmart Ingredients: Peppermint, spearmint and tarragon.Tazo is one of the top tea brands on the market and one of my personal favorites. Not only does it produce quality caffeinated teas, but it also offers plenty of non-caffeinated and herbal tea selections.Tazo's Refresh Mint tea is an infusion of peppermint, spearmint and a little tarragon. Mint is a natural anxiety and stress aid. A pilot study on peppermint, in particular, suggests mint tea also enhances memory and improves sleep quality.This tea comes in a pack of six or in a singular box, and each box contains 20 tea bags.For the best brewing: Boil water (212 degrees Fahrenheit), pour a cup of water over the tea bag and let steep for 5 minutes. Ingredients: Organic passionflower.Buddha Teas uses clean ingredients, unbleached tea bags, 100% recycled and recyclable cartons, no artificial flavors, colors, preservatives or GMOs. Its organic passionflower tea is also not caffeinated.Passionflower is a powerful yet natural sleep aid. Recent studies suggest that it has the potential to treat sleep disorders that are often associated with anxiety, such as insomnia. However, consult a doctor if you are pregnant or nursing, as passionflower may be unsuitable for you.Each Buddha Teas box comes with 18 tea bags.For the best brewing: Boil water, pour over the tea bag and let steep for 3 to 5 minutes.

Watch more of our videos on ShotsTV.comand on Freeview 262 or Freely 565Visit Shots! now"Something bad happened while we were gone: How TikTok changed after the US banAfter just 12 hours of being banned, TikTok made an abrupt return to American users last night, leading many to celebrate and laugh at their initial hysteria. However, amidst the joy, some users believe they have uncovered a sinister truth about the new version of TikTok that has reappeared: "Something bad happened while we were gone, states TikTok user Allie Hamrick.TikToks ban in the US stemmed from national security concerns raised by the Trump administration. The administration claimed that TikToks parent company, ByteDance, was harvesting data from American users and potentially sharing it with the Chinese government. To avoid a permanent ban, TikTok was required to either sell its US operations to an American company or restructure its data-sharing practices. ByteDance entered negotiations with several US firms, including Oracle and Walmart to create a new entity that would address these concerns. However, the deals specifics remained unclear, and the sudden reinstatement of TikTok has led to speculation about what agreements were reached behind closed doors.Following the brief blackout, multiple users reported significant changes upon the apps return, including vastly different For You pages and restrictions on live streams. One TikTok user, Allie Hamrick, garnered over a million views on her video detailing the eerie changes she noticed.Hamrick first described the red flag initial messages that appeared on users' screens during the app's shutdown and subsequent reinstatement. Both messages prominently mentioned Donald Trump and his role in saving the app also referring to him as the President even though he had not actually been inaugurated yet. Chelsea Jordan posted a separate viral video which criticised the shutdown messages saying: It screams propaganda and you can't convince me otherwise.Another user commented below this video, likening Trump to a narcissist: A narcissist taking something away and then giving it back is a common manipulative tactic used to control their victims by creating a cycle of dependency and uncertainty. The comment received 12.5 thousand likes with many replying to it and affirming its message. Commenters also pointed out how this messaging seemed to highlight the influence of a powerful elite, with one user likening it to an oligarchy- a government controlled by a few extremely wealthy individuals.TikTok was unavailable for millions of users over the weekend. | TikTok was unavailable for millions of users over the weekend. CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty ImagesHamrick describes how one creator she follows explained that every single comment in her comment section about Trump, or talking negatively about TikTok has to be approved, and remains censored if not. This means she is left with thousands of comments she has to manually approve.Intrigued by this video, they tried to share it with her friends through Messenger but says, despite encountering no issues with sharing other TikTok videos that day, this specific video failed to be sent as a link. She then tried to share a video about the CEO of TikTok reposting MAGA (Make America Great Again) content and faced the same issue, which furthered her concerns about selective censorship.Similarly, another user, Alyssa Jay, reported issues when trying to share a video comparing Chinas free healthcare system and lower living costs to the US She received a message stating, sharing is limited to one chat at a time, and upon attempting to share further, another warning appeared: You have reached the sharing limit. This is to limit the spread of potentially harmful content. This was not something that she had experienced prior to the ban. In response to the message displayed, Jay argued: This video wasnt harmful; it was just comparing the freedoms of two different countries. It feels like our freedom of speech is being chipped away.Read MoreMany users have also noticed changes to TikToks live-streaming feature. Lives no longer appear in feeds as frequently, which Hamrick speculated could be due to the difficulty of censoring live content in real time. While some users noted that lives are still accessible if intentionally searched for, they agreed that it has become harder to stumble upon them organically.Additionally, reports have surfaced about political content being removed from the platform. Videos of protests during Trumps inauguration and those linking the California wildfires to climate change have seemingly disappeared from the algorithm. Users across the US and Europe have also reported being unable to search or comment on certain phrases, such as Free Luigi Mangione. In one now-deleted TikTok video, a user shared that upon opening Facebook, she was immediately prompted to link her TikTok account to the Facebook app - a feature she had never encountered before.This has fuelled speculation that TikToks CEO, Shou Zi Chew, may have sold portions of the platform - or at least its data - to the US government during the blackout. Critics point to Chews unexpected attendance at Trumps inauguration and the apps sudden pro-Trump messaging as potential evidence of a deal, despite earlier denials.Shou Zi Chew, who became TikToks CEO in 2021, has a background in finance and technology. He previously worked as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs and later as the CFO of Xiaomi, a Chinese electronics company. His tenure at TikTok has been marked by attempts to navigate geopolitical tensions and maintain the apps global popularity. Recently, Chew faced criticism after being seen reposting videos in support of Trump on his personal TikTok account. Although these posts were quickly deleted, they added to suspicions about his alignment with the former president and potential compromises made to keep TikTok operational in the US.Although none of these claims have been officially confirmed, they raise serious concerns about potential changes happening behind the scenes. The abrupt return of TikTok, coupled with these reports has led many to question whether the platform has been sold or if covert changes are reshaping its functionality and purpose.

Gotta go fast.Sonic 3 only recently arrived in cinemas but if you would prefer to watch it at home, you might want to read on...According to a listing on the online movie streaming service Vudu, Sonic the Hedgehog's third movie outing could be arriving digitally as soon as later this month.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

In BriefPosted:5:32 PM PST January 20, 2025Image Credits:NATALIE BEHRING/AFP / Getty ImagesTrump signs exec order delaying TikTok enforcement action for 75 daysPresident Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at restoring TikTok service in the U.S.The order instructs relevant government agencies to pursue a resolution that protects national security while saving [TikTok.]Via the order, Trump is instructing the U.S. Attorney General not to take any action for 75 days to enforce the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA), the act that effectively banned TikTok in the U.S. on Sunday, January 19.During this period, the Department of Justice shall take no action to enforce the Act or impose any penalties against any entity for any noncompliance with the Act, the executive order reads. Even after the expiration of the above-specified period, the Department of Justice shall not take any action to enforce the Act []Trumps move comes on the heels of a U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold the PAFACA, which passed with bipartisan Congressional support during former President Joe Bidens term. Topics

How to solve today's Wordle.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesLooking for Mondays Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here:Its been too cold lately and nothing to show for it. Still no snow! I know this is a drum I perhaps too often beat, but at the risk of aping a broken record I must lament: No snow in a high desert forest is bad news for fire season. The LA fires have me worried. I will distract myself with a Wordle! Lets solve todays . . . .How To Solve Todays WordleThe Hint: Cake!The Clue: This Wordle has a double letter.Okay, spoilers below!...The Answer:Today's WordleCredit: Erik KainWordle AnalysisEvery day I check Wordle Bot to help analyze my guessing game. You can check your Wordles with Wordle Bot right here. Play Puzzles & Games on ForbesI traded places with Wordle Bot today. Yesterday I got it in two and the Bot took four tries. Today, we flip. Somehow the Bot got the Wordle in just two guesses! How? I posted the screenshot instead of my usual shot of my guesses and the words remaining after each because its just insanely lucky. 99 luck! Wild.In any case, my opening guess SPOIL did not do so well, and CRATE only gave me one more yellow box. I went with JUICY next and that finally got me down to just one possible solution: ICING.Competitive Wordle ScoreI get 0 points for guessing in four and -1 for losing to the Bot. Isnt that just the icing on the cake?How To Play Competitive WordleGuessing in 1 is worth 3 points; guessing in 2 is worth 2 points; guessing in 3 is worth 1 point; guessing in 4 is worth 0 points; guessing in 5 is -1 points; guessing in 6 is -2 points and missing the Wordle is -3 points.If you beat your opponent you get 1 point. If you tie, you get 0 points. And if you lose to your opponent, you get -1 point. Add it up to get your score. Keep a daily running score or just play for a new score each day.Fridays are 2XP, meaning you double your pointspositive or negative.You can keep a running tally or just play day-by-day. Enjoy!Todays Wordle EtymologyThe word icing comes from the verb ice, meaning "to cover or coat with ice or something resembling ice." This derives from the Old English s, meaning "ice," which traces back to the Proto-Germanic s and Proto-Indo-European root heyH- (meaning "to freeze" or "ice").In the context of desserts, icing first appeared in English around the 18th century, referring to a sweet glaze or coating for cakes and pastries, resembling ice in its smooth and glossy appearance. The use likely arose from the resemblance of the shiny, translucent surface of early sugar glazes to a layer of ice.Let me know how you fared with your Wordle today on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Also be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel and follow me here on this blog where I write about games, TV shows and movies when Im not writing puzzle guides. Sign up for my newsletter for more reviews and commentary on entertainment and culture.

With his new buddy Donald Trump now back in the White House, SpaceX boss Elon Musk has renewed hope of getting the first humans to Mars before the end of this decade.During his inauguration speech on Monday, President Trump said that his administration will pursue our manifest destiny into the stars, launching American astronauts to plant the Stars and Stripes on the planet Mars.Recommended VideosAt a speech delivered by Musk soon after, Musk, never one to shy away from grandiose proclamations, told his audience, Its thanks to you that the future of civilization is assured.Please enable Javascript to view this contentHe went on: Can you imagine how awesome it will be to have American astronauts plant the flag on another planet for the first time? How inspiring would that be?The SpaceX boss said last year that the immediate plan was to launch the first Starship missions to Mars in 2026. These uncrewed flights would test the reliability of the spacecrafts landing system, as well as its ability to lift off again to bring the astronauts home.If that goes to plan, Musk said the first crewed flight could take place in four years, in other words, before the end of Trumps presidency in January 2029.Of course, there are a lot of ifs in there, some of them as large as the enormous Starship rocket that will embark on the ambitious Mars mission.The 120-meter-tall rocket, which comprises the first-stage Super Heavy booster and the upper-stage Starship, has only flown seven times to date, and while much progress has been made since the first test flight in 2023 when the entire vehicle blew up in midair, the most recent flight, which took place last month, saw the spacecraft disintegrate over the Caribbean.But with Trump apparently backing the Mars endeavor, Musk is anticipating potential regulatory relief that could accelerate Starship test launches, which he has previously claimed were hindered by excessive regulations.Indeed, as Trumps new efficiency czar, Musk himself is now tasked with slashing excess regulations, as well as dismantling government bureaucracy, cutting wasteful expenditure, and restructuring federal agencies. Some critics have raised concerns over potential conflicts of interest, though Musk looks set to take up what is essentially an advisory role from this week.While some may question how Musks task of reducing government spending tallies with his hope of getting humans to Mars hardly a low-cost project its worth noting that the partnership between NASA and SpaceX has already demonstrated cost savings compared to traditional government-led space programs.By leveraging SpaceXs innovative approach and reusable technology, the overall cost of a human Mars exploration should work out lower than if NASA were to develop all of the necessary systems independently.The public-private partnership model also aligns with NASAs goal of fostering the U.S. private space industry, potentially leading to more efficient use of government resources in the long term.Editors Recommendations

Second attempt Trump orders US withdrawal from the World Health Organization A withdrawal from the UN health agency is a year-long process. Beth Mole Jan 20, 2025 10:35 pm | 29 World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Credit: Getty | Fabrice Cof World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Credit: Getty | Fabrice Cof Story textSizeSmallStandardLargeWidth *StandardWideLinksStandardOrange* Subscribers only Learn moreOn his first day in office, President Trump issued an executive order to withdrawal the US from the World Health Organization, a process that requires a one-year notice period as set out in a 1948 Joint Resolution of Congress.Trump initially tried to extract the US from the United Nations health agency in July 2020, but the process did not come to completion before he was voted out of office.At the time, Trump criticized the agency's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, claimed it was protecting China, and asserted that it was overcharging the US in dues. "China has total control over the World Health Organization despite only paying $40 million per year, compared to what the United States has been paying, which is approximately $450 million a year," Trump said in 2020 prior to issuing the first notice of withdrawal.President Biden rescinded the withdrawal notice on his first day in office in January 2021.In the executive order issued today, Trump reinstated the withdrawal while reiterating the original reasoning for the departure:The United States noticed its withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2020 due to the organizations mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic that arose out of Wuhan, China, and other global health crises, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states. In addition, the WHO continues to demand unfairly onerous payments from the United States, far out of proportion with other countries assessed payments. China, with a population of 1.4 billion, has 300 percent of the population of the United States, yet contributes nearly 90 percent less to the WHO.Health experts fear that a US withdrawal from the agency would significantly diminish the agency's resources and capabilities, leave the world more vulnerable to health threats, and isolate the US, hurting its own interests and leaving the country less prepared to respond to another pandemic. The New York Times noted that a withdrawal would mean that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would lose, among many things, access to global health data that the WHO compiles.It remains legally unclear if Trump can unilaterally withdrawal the country from the WHO, or if the withdrawal also requires a joint act with Congress.Beth MoleSenior Health ReporterBeth MoleSenior Health Reporter Beth is Ars Technicas Senior Health Reporter. Beth has a Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and attended the Science Communication program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She specializes in covering infectious diseases, public health, and microbes. 29 Comments

A commander in Ukraine's 14th UAV regiment said combat drone tech can change in a month.One example is the evolving need for new hardware to counter jamming techniques, he said.Military contracts like a three-year agreement wouldn't be able to fulfill those demands in time, he said.A Ukrainian commander overseeing a drone battalion said the speed at which his decentralized manufacturers can alter their battlefield tech gives them an edge over traditional defense production lines."We say to them: 'Here, after three months, this antenna no longer works, this GPS module no longer works.' We tell them: 'This and this needs to be changed,'" said a battalion commander for the 14th Unmanned Aerial Vehicle regiment to the Ukrainian military channel ARMY TV."They say: 'No problem.' And in one month, on the dot, they implement it," added the commander, referring to drone producers in Ukraine. He was identified by his call sign, Kasper, in an interview published on Sunday."We can plan all according to the rules and try to aim where we are going to be in 5, 10, 15, 20 years," Kasper said.But he said the "realities of war" mean his unit must continuously give feedback to manufacturers, who in turn roll out changes quickly.Kasper compared that to production lines for drones like the Iranian-designed Shahed, which Russia has been manufacturing at scale for the war."Let us say you are creating a production line and planning to make one Shahed. There is a three-year contract for it planned in advance, it already has pre-written technical specifications, pre-written set of components," Kasper said.Installing new components or tweaking designs would, therefore, be difficult, he said."They already received the money. 'I gave you the Shahed according to the specifications, so what do you want from me? I don't really care!'" Kasper said.He cited an example of Ukraine's evolving battlefield needs: GPS-jamming countermeasures for larger drones. These require special hardware like receivers or antennae that allow operators to switch between frequencies.If those measures don't work, the drones need an inertial navigation system so they can fly blindly out of jamming range, or perhaps a camera that lets the pilot navigate the drone through visuals, he added."So if the drone sees that it is being jammed, it transitions to the visual navigation and is moving forward, or transitions to the inertial navigation and is moving forward, or it has a multiband antenna that jumps from channel to channel. And it is impossible to jam it," Kasper said.That's not to say that Russia is limited to traditional military contracts. Both sides have active volunteer organizations that donate thousands of civilian drones for combat, though Ukrainian units believe they're maintaining a lead in innovation over Russian forces.One way that Russia has brought new tech to the front lines is through fiber-optic drones, which allow them to bypass electronic jamming. Ukrainian developers, meanwhile, are scrambling to adopt the same technology for first-person loitering munitions.All of this is happening as militaries worldwide watch the war closely for lessons to glean from what's become a yearslong open conflict between two major modern forces.Seeing how much of the battlefield now hinges on drones, some countries have begun prioritizing uncrewed aerial vehicles or novel anti-drone defenses.The US, for example, is awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to firms such as Teledyne and Anduril to make loitering munitions. In October, Anduril also announced that it secured a $249 million Defense Department contract to produce 500 Roadrunner drones and an electronic warfare system.