Here's Cheddar News' daily dose of news that impacts your day to day.
SLEEP DEPRIVED
According to a new study from Apple and the Bingham Women's hospital, only 31 percent of people are actually getting the recommended seven hours minimum of sleep they need. That study reviewed 42,000 people enrolling in the Apple Watch sleep tracking study. So what's the fix for this? Sleep experts recommend getting into a consistent sleep routine to help fix your internal clock. Then there's easier remedies out there such as getting rid of caffeine, large meals and screens.
META'S NEW SOCIAL APP
Meta is building a stand alone decentralized social network. The platform would provide users with a place to share text-based updates, similar to what Instagram does with photos. So what does decentralized mean? Users could create different servers and communities with their own rules rather than one centralized platform controlled by Meta. There's no word yet on when the app would launch or what it will be called.
A big fireball and billowing smoke rose into the sky when officials released and burned toxic chemicals from the wreckage of a derailed train in an Ohio village.
Here are the headlines from Cheddar News that are Good 2 Know.
The confirmed death toll from the world's deadliest quake in more than a decade passed 16,000.
A single winning ticket for a $754.6 million Powerball jackpot was sold at a department store in a Seattle suburb, Washington state lottery officials said Tuesday.
The Memphis Police Department is under fire after it was revealed that the standard to join the ranks of police officers had been lowered in the past, leading up to the beating death of Tyre Nichols last month.
HIV and AIDS have long had a disproportionate impact on the Black community. In recognition of that stark reality, the U.S. government marked February 7 as National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
Authorities began a controlled release of chemicals from a major train derailment in Ohio.
U.S. officials say efforts ordered by President Joe Biden to strengthen defenses against Chinese espionage helped identify last week’s spy balloon — and determine that similar flights were conducted at multiple points during the Trump administration.
Search teams and aid poured into Turkey and Syria on Tuesday as rescuers working in freezing temperatures and sometimes using their bare hands dug through the remains of buildings flattened by a powerful earthquake.
Two suspects in an attempted attack on Baltimore's electric grid have been arrested, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
