Uber and Lyft’s claims their services reduce car ownership in US cities is debunked in a new study

Uber and Lyft have touted their ride-hailing companies as ‘car-cutters’ by reducing the number of vehicle ownership in US metro areas, but a new study finds the claims are far from the truth. A team from Carnegie Mellon University found, on average, a 0.7 percent increase in personal vehicles after the two firms unleashed their … Read more

Taryn Manning’s claims she’s been approached by Dancing With the Stars ‘many times’ is DEBUNKED

Actress Taryn Manning made a surprising claim earlier this week, alleging that Dancing With the Stars approached her ‘many times’ but she turned them down because she thought being on the show would make her, ‘a has-been.’ The 41-year-old Hustle and Flow star was shooting promo footage for a new robot called Gita, on Wednesday, … Read more

Coronavirus myths debunked: it was not caused by 5G or a lab

As the coronavirus crisis teeters on the edge of becoming a global pandemic, bizarre myths about its origin and how to treat it have been running rampant online.   Conspiracy theorists have speculated that the 5G mobile network created the virus by ‘sucking oxygen out of people’s lungs’. One theory doing the rounds on social idea claims … Read more