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Beyoncé tried " The 22-Day Revolution " diet after she had her first child. The plan is a vegan , plant-based diet that eliminates all processed foods. Beyoncé wrote the foreword for the book and backed a meal-delivery service based on it. Business Insider's Kevin Reilly decided to try "The 22-Day Revolution" for himself, and it turned out better than he'd hoped. Kevin Reilly : If it worked for Beyoncé, it'll work for me. Right? My name is Kevin Reilly, and I'm a video producer for Business Insider. So I tried this vegan-diet challenge out, the 22-Day Revolution. It was an all-vegan, all-plant-based diet, kind of made famous by Beyoncé. She wrote the foreword to the book and actually had gone on it herself after her first child. I figured if it's going to work for her, it's got to do something for me. But as a meat eater, just moving away from everything that I was used to, I thought it was going to be daunting. And let me tell yo...

Faraday Future is ending its very tumultuous year on a positive note... in a manner of speaking. The electric car startup has reached a restructuring deal with its main investor, Evergrande Health's Season Smart, that will put legal battles in the p... from Engadget RSS Feed https://engt.co/2CHBtdO via IFTTT

The Gillmor Gang — Keith Teare, Esteban Kolsky, Frank Radice, Michael Markman, and Steve Gillmor . Recorded live Saturday December 22, 2018. 2019 — the year to come in review. Tech, Trump, Connected TV: products, services, and streams that could make a difference. Produced and directed by Tina Chase Gillmor @tinagillmor @kteare, @ekolsky, @fradice, @mickeleh, @stevegillmor Liner Notes Live chat stream The Gillmor Gang on Facebook from TechCrunch https://tcrn.ch/2EYigpF via Technology

A man with knife made a bomb threat at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam today, and was 'overpowered' and arrested by Dutch police. Departures and Arrivals in the airport's hall 3 were evacuated, but have since reopened . Here's what happened. Man threatens with a bomb in Departure hall 3 at Schiphol. Currently Departure hall 3 is being evacuated. More information will follow as soon as possible. https://t.co/DDQJuZa9Zn — Schiphol (@Schiphol) December 31, 2018 Amsterdam Schiphol Airport hall 3 was evacuated earlier, when the bomb threat occurred. It has since reopened. @Schiphol any updates on Departures 3 being closed off..? pic.twitter.com/uJn81I6AbV — Shola (@piousonn) December 31, 2018 Departures and Arrivals 3 were evacuated due to a bomb threat. The police ( @Marechaussee ) arrested the suspect. Departures and Arrivals 3 are now being opened again for operation. — Schiphol (@Schiphol) December 31, 2018 From International Flight Network news : D...

2018 was a pretty eventful year. Despite all the ups and downs, these are 5 things we are sure to look back on with nostalgia.  Read more... More about Mashable Video , Beyonce , Ariana Grande , World Cup , and 2018 from Mashable http://bit.ly/2SwNQPe via IFTTT

NASA's New Horizons probe is about to explore a mysterious object 1 billion miles beyond Pluto . The object is known as Ultima Thule, or 2014 MU 69 , and the flyby will occur at 12:33 a.m. EST on Tuesday (New Year's Day). Ultima Thule will be the most distant object humanity has ever visited. NASA TV and Johns Hopkins University will host live video feeds about the encounter starting on Monday (New Year's Eve). NASA is about to fly a nuclear-powered probe past the most distant object humanity has ever dared explore. And you can watch from the comfort of home. Called Ultima Thule (pronounced "tool-ee"), or 2014 MU 69 , the object is a total mystery to scientists. Researchers aren't even sure what the space rock looks like, since it's 1 billion miles beyond Pluto. At about the size of a mountain — about 20 miles across — Ultima Thule is much too small and too far for telescopes to see clearly. "If we knew what to expect, we wouldn't be...

This baby set a hospital weight record at birth. Of course it happened in Texas. Mother and child are reported by CNN to be healthy. CNN reports on the ginormous human baby born in Arlington, Texas, weighing in at nearly 15 pounds. from Boing Boing http://bit.ly/2SsOQ72 via IFTTT

If you're spending New Year's eve playing Fortnite, be prepared to party. Epic Games has set up an in-game event to celebrate the changing of the calendar by dropping a giant disco ball from the sky and forcing everyone on the map to dance. The event... from Engadget RSS Feed https://engt.co/2CIqVek via IFTTT

Four billion miles from Earth, the New Horizons probe that recently sent such lovely pictures of Pluto is drawing near to the most distant object mankind has ever come close to: Ultima Thule, a mysterious rock deep in the Kuiper belt. The historic rendezvous takes place early tomorrow morning. This is an encounter nearly 30 years in the making, if you count back to the mission’s beginnings in 1989, but it’s also been some 13 years since launch — the timing and nature of which was calculated to give the probe this opportunity after it had completed its primary mission. New Horizons arrived at Pluto in the summer of 2015, and in its fleeting passage took thousands of photos and readings that scientists are still poring over. It taught us many things about the distant dwarf planet, but by the time it took its extraordinary parting shots of Pluto’s atmosphere, the team was already thinking about its next destination. Given the craft’s extreme speed and the incredibly distant setting ...

The Insider Picks team writes about stuff we think you'll like. Business Insider has affiliate partnerships, so we get a share of the revenue from your purchase. My Purple Royal seat cushion has made sitting through the workday a much more pleasant exercise, and thanks to its effect on my posture, it's also improved my time spent standing up. The cushion's grid shape collapses into itself to help accommodate your pressure points, and makes sitting comfortable even if you've, say, left your phone in your back pocket. Purple makes a variety of seat cushions, from one that's specifically designed for lumbar support to one that's meant for portability . Prices start at $39 for the portable and lumbar-support cushions and go up to $129. Sitting up straight can feel like an impossible feat. I'm constantly slouching while I work, and it seems like as soon as I correct my posture, I find myself nearing a 45-degree angle again. Constant posture vigilance i...

In 2018, many of the major tech companies found themselves embroiled in scandal, or otherwise under serious scrutiny. But look beyond the headlines: These are the issues and trends bubbling beneath the surface, that will come into play in a big way in 2019.  From Apple's struggles in China, to the resurgent Microsoft, to the potential decline and fall of the video game console, here are the issues you shouldn't sleep on in the new year.  Tech companies experienced a tumultuous year marked by controversies, competition, political backlash and a volatile stock market.  Many of those challenges are likely to continue into the new year, even as a new generation of products and innovation are set to take the stage.  Which products, or challenges, will be the most significant in 2019? It probably won't be the ones everyone is expecting. New developments, shifting strategies and complete surprises are likely to determine the year ahead as much as anything already u...