It is no longer safe to have two standard drinks a day, Australian health officials have warned.

Released just in time for Christmas, the National Health and Medical Research Council on Monday published a draft report which updated Australia’s alcohol guidelines for the first time since 2009.

Read more at The Guardian.

Chrome updates are normally good things, but some Android users have good reason to complain about the latest release. Google has paused the rollout for Chrome 79 on Android after reports of the update 'wiping' data from third-party apps that use the WebView framework. The data is technically still intact, but there's no way to access it -- and that's a problem when some apps depend heavily or exclusively on WebView. It's not clear which apps are the hardest-hit, but Twitter Lite is an example of one that relies heavily on Google's platform.

Android Police found that the bug was leading angry users to tank app ratings.

Read more at Engadget.

A few years ago, Daniel Zubairi caught a job applicant in a flagrant lie. The woman's résumé said she worked at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. That didn't sound right. Zubairi's Bethesda, Maryland-based cybersecurity company, SydanTech, worked closely with NOAA--and Zubairi had never heard of her. As it happened, Zubairi was at the agency's offices during the woman's phone interview. He asked to meet her in person. "Sir," she said, "I'd like to end the interview now." Click. Zubairi ran a background check. She was a home nursing assistant.

Job seekers have been fudging their accomplishments forever. But founders across the country say they've lately seen a surge of incidents that take job-applicant fakery to new--and shadier--levels. Totally false résumés featuring fictional employers. Professional interviewees. Covert coaching of candidates with no experience.

Read more at Inc.

Connecting and dividing are key elements to Kim Knoll's work. After working independently as freelancers, she and her husband Kyle Eertmoed joined forces in January 2011 to co-found design and branding firm Knoed Creative Inc. Most of their clients are small businesses, including furniture retailer Jayson Home, sandwich shop Hannah's Bretzel and Gene's Sausage Shop & Delicatessen. She also is Chicago chapter organizer for CreativeMornings, a global breakfast lecture series on creativity. Knoll explains what goes into making a strong brand identity for startups and why separation is critical when you work with your life partner.

Read more at Chicago Tribune.

Planning to buy a new TV set as a Christmas family gift? Your decision would probably be based on a series of technical characteristics, such as size or screen resolution. Yet at some point you might ask yourself: can I really afford this?

You would probably answer this question by taking into account not only the price of the TV, but also how much money you have and, more generally, how wealthy you are. But do you actually have the correct perception of your wealth?

Read more at The Conversation.

There’s plenty of appeal in buying a home that has been recently renovated and is move-in ready. But it’s not always easy to tell whether a property has been upgraded in a thoughtful, thorough way that will retain its integrity.

Some developers, whether professionals or hobbyists, will flip a house to sell quickly, which means undertaking a hasty renovation that may look great initially, but prove to be shoddy work after some time has passed (and all the contracts are signed).

Read more at Global Mansion.

A strong earthquake jolted the southern Philippines on Sunday, killing at least one person and causing a three-story building to collapse, setting off a search for people feared to have been trapped inside, officials said.

The magnitude 6.9 quake struck an area about 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) northwest of Padada town in Davao del Sur province at a depth of 30 kilometers (18 miles), according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. The area has been battered by a series of powerful quakes in recent months.

Read more at PBS News.

Derren Brown is an English mentalist and illusionist who for more than 20 years has been performing "magic" on stage and television to critical acclaim. His newest work, a one-man Broadway show called "Derren Brown: Secret," began in September. Hari Sreenivasan recently spoke with Brown about pushing the boundaries of mentalism and convincing unwitting participants to take extraordinary actions.

Read more at PBS News.

On Friday, the Trump administration and China announced the first phase of a deal to de-escalate the trade war between the world’s two largest economies. But the agreement, positioned by the White House as a major victory, has prompted many questions, as well as bipartisan criticism. Nick Schifrin reports and talks to Mary Lovely of the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

Read more on PBS News.

The Hallmark Channel, reversing what it called a “wrong decision,” said Sunday it will reinstate commercials featuring same-sex couples that it had pulled following a complaint from a conservative group.

The earlier decision by Crown Media, Hallmark’s parent company, to pull several ads for the wedding planning site Zola featuring two brides kissing at the altar had launched a storm of protest. Celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres and William Shatner criticized the move and the hashtag #BoycottHallmarkChannel was trending on Twitter at one point.

Read more at Associated Press News.