Blue light emitted from digital devices such as smartphones and laptops can accelerate blindness.

According to a study from University of Toledo, repeated exposure to the blue light from smartphones, laptops, tablets and the sun "transforms vital molecules in the eye's retina into cell killers," a press release from the university states.

Read more at US News.

A senior Republican lawmaker's son has donated the maximum legal limit to the Democratic challenger running in an election to replace his father.

Virginia congressman Bob Goodlatte is not seeking re-election in November.

On Sunday, his son Bobby Goodlatte said he gave $2,700 (£2,100) to Jennifer Lewis, a Democrat who is running in Virginia's 6th Congressional district.

"2018 is the year to flip districts - let's do this!" he said, linking to Ms Lewis' website.

Read more at BBC News.

A former adviser to Donald Trump has released what she says is a tape of a phone call from the US president after her dismissal last year.

In the tape played on US TV channel NBC, a voice presumed to be Mr Trump's expresses surprise at Omarosa Manigault Newman being fired the previous day.

"Nobody even told me about it," the male voice can be heard saying.

She is releasing a memoir soon and the White House have described her as a disgruntled ex-employee.

Read more at BBC News.

A social media exchange between Arnold Schwarzenegger and a man suffering with depression has moved many online to share their stories.

Ali, who goes by the screen name "u/0770059834333178", sent Mr Schwarzenegger a message asking for some motivational words from the famous former body-builder.

He explained that he has "been depressed for months", and had stopped exercising.

Read more at BBC News.

City break or beach holiday? There’s no need to choose – here are the European hotspots that offer the best of both: buzzy urban life right next to stretches of sand where you can plonk your towel and nap to a soundtrack of crashing waves, from the Michelin stars of San Sebastián to the Twenties trams in Porto that lead straight to the ocean.

Read more at CNTraveller.

Spiders are already the stuff of nightmares. These tiny land octopi with venomous bites and deathtrap-spinning buttholes don’t any need more ammunition to haunt our thoughts late at night. A new study from Current Biology in July claims, however, that spiders have learned how to fly. So I guess none of us are sleeping anymore, huh.

Accompanied video footage from the study shows spiderlings using wind currents to fly through the air. In true Spidey fashion, they use their webs to propel themselves forward. Unlike Peter Parker, though, it isn’t as much a graceful swing as it is a rapid and random float, or “ballooning.”

Read more at Inverse.

If you work in an office, the chances are there are some colleagues you would rather sit next to than others. But we're not just talking personality likes or dislikes here – what can also be a factor is how clean they keep their desk.

The average office desk is said to contains 400 times more germs than a toilet seat – meaning that many office workers could be at risk of sickness due to dirty desks.

Read more at Science Alert.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., which makes chips for the iPhone and other devices, is recovering from a debilitating computer virus but warned of delayed shipments and reduced revenue because of the impact on its factories.

TSMC said that 80 percent of the fabrication tools affected by a virus outbreak Friday evening had been restored and that it expects full recovery on Monday. The Taiwanese company said the incident, which comes as it ramps up chipmaking for Apple Inc.’s next iPhones, would delay shipments, without specifying which customers would be affected. Its shares fell more than 1 percent in Taipei.

Read more at Bloomberg.

One of the more prominent trends of recent years is job hopping, and in many cases career hopping.  Stats have shown that people are moving jobs more frequently than in the past, and even switching careers with much higher frequency then previous generations.

For instance, research from staffing agency Robert Half found that some 64% of workers were keen on job hopping, with many doing so in order to learn new experiences. The trend can have significant implications for employers however, as it's well established that new hires can take several months to get fully up to speed, and we are also in an environment whereby lifelong learning is a growing requirement, and frequent job hopping may deter employers from investing in the skills of their staff.

Read more at Forbes.

Free management tools are great solution for a small business that have to be frugal with its budget. Thankfully, not all management tools available today require you to pay to use their services. Some online project management tools like Trello and Asana allow you to use their services for free.

In the context of software, there are two types of free software. Ones that totally free, which mean you can use it without paying anything, and ones that released as a freemium software. The second type usually come with basic features. You will be asked to upgrade your free plan to use more advanced features.

Read more at Tellacts.