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Daily Deals: 10″ iPads on Sale at Best Buy

It’s the beginning of the week, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t good deals to be found. We’ve got a nice mix available down below, but one of the standouts is the 10″ iPad that is currently on sale at Best Buy. It’s the latest model, so you can rest assured that you’re getting the best of the best. Deals on Apple products like this are few and far between so if you like what you see, make sure to jump on it now. Of course we have plenty of games, some household items and more, so sit back, relax and save some cash as you browse our Monday Daily Deals.

Daily Deals for December 28th 2020

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Get Bandai Namco Games for up to 85% Off at the PlayStation Store

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PS4 “Greatest Hits” Collection for $9.99 Each at Best Buy

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More Video Game Deals

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This Spider Injects Something More Dangerous than Venom

It appears that the false widow spider (Steatoda nobilis) may inject its victims with something worse than just venom.

As reported by Science Alert, these spiders have been found to have bacteria on their fangs that has, in certain cases, left victims with “swollen hands, rotting holes of pus, threats of amputation, or even death.” The false widow spider has been mostly found in the UK since it was first spotted in the 1870s, most likely “having hitched a ride from Madeira and the Canary Islands off the African coast.”

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It has expanded its reach to as far as Ireland, and encounters with these spiders have increased as more and more people are forced to stay home due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

“About 10 species of spiders common in north-western Europe have fangs strong enough to pierce human skin and deliver venom, but only one of them, the recent invasive noble false widow spider, is considered of medical importance,” says John Dunbar, a zoologist at the National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway.

Some experts have argued that “even if it is guilty of leaving a couple of holes, it’s the victim who supplies the necrotising bacteria by scratching at the site with dirty fingernails.” However, Dunbar’s team took false widows, lace-webbed (Amaurobius similis), and giant house spiders (Eratigena atrica) to their lab to swab them for bacteria to test that hypothesis.

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RNA analysis did reveal a variety of microbes on the spiders, and “out of 22 bacterial species found on false widows, 12 were potentially pathogenic to humans.”

Most of these microbes are found “just about anywhere” and don’t indicate that we are dealing with “plague-spreading monsters,” but there is still reason to be cautious.

Furthermore, some of the microbes found on these spiders showed “worrying grades or resistance to antibiotics.” The good news, however, is that all of them can be treated with a course of ciprofloxacin, a common antibiotic, but only time will tell if that changes.

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Adam Bankhurst is a news writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter @AdamBankhurst and on Twitch.