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Eight people were hospitalized after a carbon monoxide leak at a Manhattan office building that includes Google offices, officials said. FDNY responded to reports of elevated carbon monoxide readings on the upper floors of the commercial building at 85 10th Ave. in Chelsea around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Eight patients were transported to area hospitals in unknown conditions. At least five patients showed symptoms for carbon monoxide poisoning, sources said. Eight people… Source link

We ran the Google Nest Protect through CR’s lab tests, and used it in real-world situations at home. Here’s what we found: According to our lab tests, the Nest Protect does a superb job at detecting smoky, smoldering fires and low levels of carbon monoxide (100 parts per million). Its performance at detecting high levels of CO (400 parts per million) falls in the middle of the pack. But it does a poor job of detecting fast, flaming fires with minimal smoke, typical among… Source link

When the heat went out this week, Texans scrambled for ways stay warm. The number of searches for “how to stay warm” in Texas were at least twice those recorded in every other state, peaking early Monday morning. Accompanying phrases included “without electricity,” “without power” and “inside.” A note on the data: It comes from Google’s Trends tool, which reports relative search volume rather than absolute numbers. The darkest places on these state-level maps, for instance,… Source link