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Science Group And 2 Other Undiscovered Gems in the United Kingdom

As the United Kingdom's FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 indices face headwinds from weak global cues and faltering trade data from China, investors are increasingly seeking opportunities in less prominent areas of the market. In this environment, discovering small-cap stocks with strong fundamentals and potential for growth can be a rewarding strategy, as these companies often operate under the radar yet possess unique attributes that may offer resilience amid broader market challenges.

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Jun 1 • 2:33 AM EDT • Science • finance.yahoo.com
The Surface Laptop Ultra is the most powerful Surface yet, thanks to NVIDIA's RTX Spark

Microsoft's Surface Laptop Ultra is basically a MacBook Pro clone (that's powered by NVIDIA's RTX Spark).

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Jun 1 • 12:43 AM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
Are these AI-generated ads slamming Jennifer Jenkins and Jared Moskowitz the future of campaigning?

The Republican Party of Florida spent about 2 days to make each of these ads. Officials haven't spent anything to target voters — yet.

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May 31 • 6:00 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Arkansas makes headway with numerous football visitors

Arkansas looks to be in good shape with several prospects who officially visited Fayetteville this weekend.

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May 31 • 2:55 PM EDT • Sports • wholehogsports.com
Annual Duke Hospice Gala

Raleigh's source for breaking news and live streaming video online. Covering Raleigh, Durham, Fayetteville and the greater North Carolina region.

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May 31 • 12:06 PM EDT • Health • abc11.com
'Stop Killing Games’ Bill Passes California Assembly

Bill AB 1921 adds new stipulations to games being taken offline, giving Accursed Farms’ Scott Ross one of his biggest stateside wins yet

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May 31 • 11:03 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Bengals quietly boast massive contract-year breakout candidate

The Bengals have a breakout player on their hands, even if things haven't been great for him just yet.

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May 30 • 10:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Foodies can stroll, sip and savor at these summer tasting events

It may not officially be summer yet, but with all of the outdoor events happening now that we have passed Memorial Day weekend, it might as well be.

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May 30 • 5:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • lancasteronline.com
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On Lou Gehrig Day in baseball and the politics of medical research in 2026 [column]

“For the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break. Yet today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth.”

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May 30 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • lancasteronline.com
South Jersey author expands mobile bookstore into regency‑inspired shop after health scare

A South Jersey author who launched a bookstore on wheels is now preparing to open a permanent literary space in Bordentown, N.J., marking what she calls her biggest chapter yet.

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May 29 • 6:51 PM EDT • Health • 6abc.com
College basketball rankings: St. John's continues offseason rise with addition of Tounde Yessoufou

Rick Pitino added yet another weapon, and the Red Storm are knocking on the door of the top 10 in the latest Top 25 and 1

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May 29 • 4:29 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Tag Team Approaches Helping Earn Wins for Mental Healthcare

By Yanet Luna, Vitals contributor Nearly one in seven California adults experiences a mental health condition. Yet close to two-thirds of those individuals do not receive the needed care, according to a 2022 report by the California Health Care Foundation. Clinical teams, community organizations and mental health advocates across the country understand the importance of creative […]

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May 29 • 3:57 PM EDT • Health • vitals.sutterhealth.org
White House not committing to release medical report, as aides grow more cagey about Trump’s health

The White House has yet to release any results from President Donald Trump’s most recent physical exam, a break from its own past practice that’s likely to fuel further questions about his health and fitness.

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May 29 • 2:37 PM EDT • Health • cnn.com
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WWP Supporting the Mental Health of Veteran Caregivers

Caregivers are critical to today's generation of wounded veterans, yet many warriors and their caregivers still lack the support they need. A Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) survey found 1 in 4...

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May 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • newsroom.woundedwarriorproject.org
An experimental GLP-1 pushes the limits of weight loss. There are risks.

Eli Lilly is developing the the most powerful GLP-1 drug yet. But how much weight loss is too much?

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May 29 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
How Is Netflix’s Stock Performance Compared to Other Entertainment Stocks?

Netflix has lagged broader entertainment peers, yet analysts stay steady, suggesting patience could still reward long-term investors.

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May 29 • 2:28 AM EDT • Entertainment • barchart.com
White House has yet to release health results from Trump’s doctor after latest checkup

There’s no constitutional or legal requirement that a president release his medical records, but it’s been a consistent practice for most modern presidents.

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May 28 • 2:57 PM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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Crossing party lines: Shad Khan, Mori Hosseini, Patrick Zalupski on host committee for Donna Deegan fundraiser

A serious opponent for the Duval Democrat has yet to emerge.

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May 28 • 12:27 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says she won't run for president in 2028

The Michigan governor is term-limited and will be leaving office at the end of this year. For months, she has offered only cautious answers about her political future. But on Thursday she gave her clearest response yet.

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May 28 • 12:16 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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“Sets an entirely new benchmark for portable, affordable audio interfaces”: SSL just released its cheapest audio interface yet

The SSL 1 is a 2-in/2-out device that comes at a very tempting price

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May 28 • 11:37 AM EDT • Technology • musicradar.com
Will there be an 'Euphoria' Season 4? Here's why the show is unlikely to return.

As 'Euphoria' closes out its most controversial season yet, fans are wondering whether the HBO hit has reached its final chapter.

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May 28 • 11:10 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Judge hands Trump mail-ballot win for now as Democrats’ next move looms

A federal judge ruled Democrats' bid to block Trump's executive order on mail ballot delivery was premature since no agency has yet acted on it.

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May 28 • 10:05 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Oura is launching its smallest smart ring yet, shrinking wearable design by 40%

Oura, the smart ring maker, is set to launch what it says will be the smallest smart ring available in the growing wearables market.

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May 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • cnbc.com
Gavin McKenna's gaining hype should terrify Maple Leafs' fans

The Toronto Maple Leafs should not go all in on this kid yet.

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May 28 • 2:32 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Marc Benioff said Salesforce is still hiring more in one department

Marc Benioff discusses the role in Salesforce that AI agents are yet to be able to replace, and it's not that of an engineer.

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May 28 • 12:09 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Australia business investment jumps 6.5% in Q1 on data rush

Australian business investment boomed in the March ​quarter as firms ploughed ‌yet more money into data centers, figures showed on Thursday, ​while companies also upgraded ​spending plans for coming months.

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May 27 • 9:54 PM EDT • Business • reuters.com
No Man's Sky's 'The Swarm' Update Promises Its Biggest Space Battles Yet

No Man's Sky sends the entire player community to war against an intergalactic threat in its latest update.

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May 27 • 12:10 PM EDT • Technology • uploadvr.com
Johnny Garcia wins the Democratic primary for Texas' 35th U.S. House District

National Democrats stepped in to help Garcia win House nomination as the party was seeking to defeat his rival, Maureen Galindo, who has repeatedly expressed antisemitic views.

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May 27 • 9:44 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Dragon Quest 12: Beyond Dreams reveals first trailer and details five years after announcement

After years of waiting, Dragon Quest 12 has finally resurfaced. Square Enix shared an update in celebration of the series’ 40th anniversary today. Dragon Quest 12 was revealed five years ago today. However, since that initial announcement, Square Enix has been keeping quiet on the game – we had yet to see it since then. It was originally known as...

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May 27 • 9:12 AM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
A Discrepancy in Who Gets Diabetes During Pregnancy

One group is an outlier for gestational-diabetes risk, and no one can yet say why.

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May 27 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • theatlantic.com
Ebola, chemical plants and health, hantavirus, common colds, heat and more

As they say, bugs have ears. Public health has had a relentless May. Chemical plant (near) explosions, Ebola, hantavirus, and that's before you even get to the usual suspects: common colds, heat, and ticks. Here’s an attempt to keep you up to speed and, more importantly, what it means for you and your community. But first, an announcement: World Cup The World Cup starts in 15 days (not like anyone is counting down), and we are hanging TVs in the Health Security Operations Center. It’s going to be a gorgeous, chaotic celebration of basically every culture on earth. And it’s going to take a team effort—from communities to individuals, from public health to health care—to keep people healthy. That’s where you come in. If you’re going to the games or live within 30 miles of a stadium, we would love to hear from you. Sign up for a weekly survey here. Thanks to the more than 1,280 people who have already signed up…you will be hearing from us soon!! Global disease “weather report” Hantavirus: Two more cases The global count of cruise ship passengers with hantavirus has now increased to 13 cases (11 confirmed), with three deaths. The two new cases are overseas and among people who were already quarantining: A crew member in the Netherlands. A Spanish national passenger who was quarantining at home tested positive through daily monitoring. They are now in a biocontainment unit. In the U.S., everyone remains negative. There may be more cases, given that the incubation period of hantavirus (the time from exposure to infection) is 45 days. But this week, we will reach a major milestone: the median incubation window is 18 days, and that will pass on May 29. What this means for you: Your risk from this cruise ship outbreak remains essentially nil at this point. Ebola rages on in Central Africa Big thanks to Dr. Craig Spencer, a humanitarian physician who has treated and survived Ebola, for jumping in to provide the YLE community with an update. Craig, take it from here… The combined confirmed and suspected Ebola cases in DRC are now more than 1,000. All signs are pointing to a very long and catastrophic outbreak in Central Africa: This is a vast undercount. We know this because the test positivity rate is hovering around 50%, only 20% of contacts are being traced (and in some areas, no contacts at all), and more cases keep popping up with no known connection. This all points to widespread and undetected community transmission. This is in only a week of detection. Compared to previous outbreaks, the growth is very fast, as the huge West Africa outbreak in 2016 was first detected at 49 cases and rose to 208 cases a month later. It took four months for that outbreak to reach the size of the current one in the DR Congo. The cases are spread out across 16 health zones. There are now multiple epicenters, making containment very difficult. Next door in Uganda, the case count is seven. While this number is low compared to DRC, a concerning development is that two health care workers recently tested positive with uncertain exposure histories. If they weren’t treating known Ebola cases, this means it’s spreading undetected in Uganda as well. On the ground, backlash, including the burning of health centers, has emerged, a pattern seen in nearly every outbreak and rooted in deep community distrust. It often stems from outside actors working in communities without fully understanding or addressing local priorities. Affected populations may recognize the severity of Ebola while still holding other concerns as more pressing, such as where their loved ones are buried. Community trust is essential to an effective response, but difficult to build during an active emergency. It is best established long before a crisis begins. U.S. priorities are made clear, and may backfire. The U.S. Administration has shown that its first priority is keeping Ebola out, with helping end the outbreak in the DRC a secondary concern. That's meant travel restrictions broader than anything we've imposed before — covering travelers from across the region, and reportedly some green card holders and permanent residents as well. For example, just these past two days, news broke that high-risk American travelers will be subject to a mandatory quarantine in Kenya before they are allowed to return. If an American is infected, the U.S. government plans to send them to a hospital it is standing up from scratch in Kenya. (Currently, Americans who were in the area are allowed to return but are diverted to three airports—Houston, Atlanta, and DC—for further screening.) Past administrations have used travel notices and stepped-up screening; this goes much further. At first blush, these strict precautions may sound prudent. But this approach could backfire in three ways: Restrictions this blunt give people every reason to hide where they’ve been and whom they’ve been near — making the people we most need to find harder to track, not easier. They also breed a false sense that this is someone else’s problem. But diseases are humbling. They find the small cracks in even the most impenetrable-seeming defenses. Lives lost. There is no treatment for this Ebola strain, which means survival depends heavily on the quality of the health system. We have that system in the States, but we are choosing not to use it for infected Americans. This is unbelievable and infuriating. (See a deeper dive from me here.) The only real way to lower the risk to Americans — and everyone else — is to end the outbreak in the DRC and across the region. What this means for you: If you have travel plans to this region, it’s time to cancel them. This is a high-risk situation in Central Africa, and CDC released a Level 4 Travel Advisory. There is also great uncertainty if and when the Administration will let you back in. To the general public in the U.S., your risk remains very, very low right now. U.S. disease “weather report” Ticks: past peak season? Good news, especially for people in the Northeast and Midwest: tick numbers continue to decline. Though we are at the peak of the season, this unusually early year is trending favorably. Heat-related illnesses in the North Heat risk is certainly not blanketing the entire country yet, but this week it will be moderate in the Midwest and the Southeast. What this means for you: Be sure to check the CDC HeatRisk tool. A red day isn’t the best day for that soccer game for a kid with asthma, and a stretch of orange days is a great time to check on your elderly neighbor. Common colds surging As far as respiratory viruses go, the only thing really going around right now is the common cold. It is higher this year than last year, but should peak very soon before returning this fall. Spotlight: Chemical plants Over the weekend, YLE California covered the serious situation that unfolded around a chemical plant in Orange County, California. Thankfully, the worst-case scenario (a chemical explosion) was mitigated, but only through luck. The health implications in a densely populated area could have been catastrophic. As the situation was winding down, another chemical explosion struck Washington State. This one was fatal. Health officials say the risk to surrounding residents from chemicals in the air and ground remains low, though the community deserves far greater clarity. Clean air and clean water consistently rank as Americans’ top public health concerns — yet when chemical disasters strike, communities are too often met with reassurances rather than transparency and accountability. Residents near the 2023 East Palestine, Ohio train derailment, for example, are still waiting to understand the long-term impact on their health, with few clear answers. What this means for you: Many are wondering if facilities processing potentially dangerous materials are in their neighborhoods. This interactive map allows you to enter your ZIP code and see all facilities monitored by the EPA, including any violations. Good news Ebola vaccines and treatment for the Bundibugyo species are in development. Two vaccine platforms are being explored, at least one of which may be deployable in as little as 2 months. One vaccine is being developed by Oxford, and the other uses the same biotechnology as the FDA-approved Zaire species of Ebola. (It may provide cross-protection, but it’s unclear at this point.) On the treatment side, two promising monoclonal antibody cocktails are likely to be deployed, though doses are limited and logistical hurdles remain significant challenges. Anni over at The Biotech Tea had a great explainer about the Ebola vaccine gap, if you want to read more. [ The Biotech Tea The Ebola vaccine gap, reading vessel damage, & the Makary exit 🗝️ Paid subscribers get the Biotech Term of the Week at $30/year (~$2.50/month). I try to keep it intentionally accessible, but if cost is ever a barrier, send me a message. A few people asked about expensing your subscription, so I put together a short email template… Read more 6 days ago · 10 likes · Annicka Evans, PhD ](https://www.thebiotechtea.com/p/the-ebola-vaccine-gap-reading-vessel?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web) Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) has been officially renamed polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome (PMOS), following more than a decade of debate and input from roughly 22,000 clinicians, researchers, and patients worldwide. This is good because the old name was medically misleading, leading to patients without visible cysts being dismissed or overlooked entirely. The WHO estimates that 70% of people with the condition remain undiagnosed. A more accurate name should improve recognition, reduce stigma, and ultimately help the millions of people living with this condition get diagnosed and treated sooner. Poll Loading... Bottom line Public health situations are everywhere right now. Staying healthy takes public health professionals and systems working tirelessly behind the scenes and each of us showing up for our neighbors and communities. Love, YLE Big thanks to Ed Nirenberg for staying on top of the Ebola vaccines, Hannah Totte for all the figures, Dr. Craig Spencer for the Ebola insight, and Dr. Matt Willis for covering the chemical situation in CA. Your Local Epidemiologist (YLE) comprises a team of experts, ranging from physicians to immunologists to epidemiologists to nutritionists, working together with one goal: to “Translate” ever-evolving public health science so that people are well-equipped to make evidence-based decisions. YLE suite of newsletters reaches over 475,000 people across more than 132 countries. This newsletter is free to everyone, thanks to the generous support of fellow YLE community members. To support the effort, subscribe or upgrade below: Subscribe

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May 27 • 7:43 AM EDT • Health • yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
Why Presidents’ Medical Information Isn’t a Matter of Public Record

It's not yet clear what details from President Trump's Tuesday physical exam at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center will be shared with the American people.

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May 26 • 8:02 PM EDT • Health • time.com
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Scientists propose a 50-mile dam between Alaska and Siberia to keep a vital ocean current alive

The proposal is not a construction plan — at least not yet.

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May 26 • 7:48 PM EDT • Science • yahoo.com
Joshua Burgin: Florida’s local officials are on the front line of defense. Most don’t know it yet.

Florida’s local leaders face urgent cybersecurity threats hiding in plain sight.

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May 26 • 2:35 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Time to level up: How to help America’s small businesses survive and thrive in tumultuous times

Small businesses have faced years of economic shocks, yet remain vital to jobs and growth. Local leaders are showing how targeted investment can strengthen small business ecosystems and better support entrepreneurs, even with limited resources.

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May 26 • 2:03 PM EDT • Business • brookings.edu
Bari Weiss: Think For Yourself, Not By Yourself

When we launched The Free Press, the plan was simple: Tell the truth plainly, and let readers come to their own conclusions. I thought there would be a sizable enough group of people who would pay the cost of one coffee a month to read high-quality news and opinion journalism. But what happened next surprised even me. Yes, you came for the stories—for the investigations, essays, debates, interviews, podcasts, and arguments. But over the past few years, you also found one another. I’ve watched strangers become friends in the lobby before our debates. I’ve seen people trade numbers after live recordings of Honestly, launch businesses after Free Press dinners, fall in love after our meetups—even get married (!?), and say some version of the same sentence over and over again: I thought I was the only one. We live in the most connected age in history, and yet, millions of people feel isolated, alienated, politically homeless, and starved for real conversation. We have followers and no neighbors. Algorithms instead of interlocutors. Our social media feeds are like troughs, but what we really need is a table to gather around. The Free Press is a publication, yes, but it is also a gathering place for independent minds. So today, I’m thrilled to share our new investment in you. We are launching a new world of community experiences for our paid subscribers, designed to bring _Free Press_ers together online and in real life. Introducing Our Community Launch The Free Press Forum Our new digital home for paid subscribers, the Forum, is now live. This is where _Free Press_ers can meet, debate, recommend, organize, joke, argue, and converse like civilized people. Imagine that. This is not social media as you know it. No bots. No algorithmic rage bait. No performative nonsense. Just smart people talking to one another. Inside the Forum, you’ll find conversations on the things our readers already care about most: the issues of the day, recommendations (books, music, travel), work and networking, parenting, dating, and where to find your people—online and in real life. Jump in! Introduce yourself and join the first conversations in the Free Press Forum here. You’ll also find announcements from us (paid subscribers are first to hear!) and our writers, hosting regular Ask Me Anythings (AMAs)—live conversations where subscribers can ask questions, push back, and continue the discussion beyond the page. This Thursday, subscribers can chat with our brilliant reporter, culture vulture, and co-founder Suzy Weiss. Friday, I’ll be lending you Nellie Bowles, queen of TGIF, to answer subscriber questions live. Read more about The Forum directly from Nellie here. The Free Press Supper Club The best part of being a _Free Press_er is meeting other _Free Press_ers. So we’re inviting you all to dinner to do just that. It’s part salon, part blind date, part old-fashioned dinner party. Here’s how it works: You answer a short questionnaire. We match you with a small group of _Free Press_ers in your city. We send you to a great restaurant. You show up for supper. The rest is up to you. Your next best friend, co-founder, or future spouse may already be waiting at the table. Learn more and sign up here for our first Supper Club in 12 cities in three countries taking place on June 18. Don’t see your city? Raise your hand if you’d like a Free Press Supper Club near you. Yes, St. Louis—we hear you. The Free Press Retreats and Excursions We’re also building something new for 2027: immersive experiences for Free Press readers who want to continue the conversation trailside, poolside, or around a fire long after dessert. The Free Press Retreat will be an intimate long weekend built around big ideas, outdoor adventure, great meals, and the kinds of discussions that happen when curious people spend meaningful time together. Bring your spouse, your parents, your children—or come on your own. Free Press Excursions will take us farther afield: curated trips with Free Press writers and contributors exploring places that help explain the world we live in, from the battlefields of Gettysburg and Normandy to the Vatican in Rome. We’ll share more details this summer. If you’d like an early look when these experiences open for registration, show your interest here.**A Note to Our Subscribers** These new offerings exist because of our paying subscribers. If you’re already one: Thank you. You built this. And you keep us going. If you’ve been reading us for free and wondering whether to join, this is a very good time. For a short while only, we’re offering a rare 20 percent discount for you to join our community as a paid subscriber. You’ll unlock everything we publish, plus exclusive access to our members-only Forum, Supper Clubs, and more insider perks. Thinking for yourself shouldn’t mean thinking by yourself. See you there. —Bari

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May 26 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • thefp.com
Democrats feud over stock trading amid anti-corruption messaging against Trump

Congress has yet to enact a stock trading ban for its members, though insider trading is already illegal for members just like it is for anyone else.

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May 26 • 12:56 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Former Razorback star receiver Anthony Lucas to speak at Hawgs Illustrated Sports Club luncheon

Former Arkansas star wide receiver and new Fayetteville Bulldogs head coach Anthony Lucas will be the guest speaker at the June 3 Hawgs Illustrated Sports Club luncheon.

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May 26 • 12:37 PM EDT • Sports • wholehogsports.com
Advancing CAR-T Cell Science in Lupus: Meet the First Recipients of the Lupus Research Alliance–Genentech Fund

The inaugural recipients of the Lupus Research Alliance (LRA)– Genentech Award on Immune Resetting Therapies for Lupus (LGA-IRT) are… Anne Davidson, MBBS, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-T cell therapy can lead to long-lasting remission in lupus, but it is not yet clear how it works at a cellular level or […]

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May 26 • 11:18 AM EDT • Science • thedermdigest.com
Camel Country After Class: A Fresh Entertainment Guide for Campbell University Nights Out

Campbell University sits in Buies Creek, North Carolina, a small college community with a surprisingly wide entertainment orbit. The campus is rooted in Harnett County, yet it is close enough to Raleigh and Fayetteville to turn a simple evening drive into a full-scale live event plan. That location gives Campbell University Camels fans a rare mix of hometown calm and quick access to arena concerts, outdoor amphitheater shows, and touring Broadway productions. For students, alumni, and locals, the best part is that a weekend in this market can feel different every time, whether the mood calls for country, pop, rock, hip-hop, or musical theater. What follows is a tailored look at standout live entertainment options around where the Camels call home.

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May 26 • 10:23 AM EDT • Entertainment • gocamels.com
Large Hadron Collider detects strange particle behavior that could rewrite physics

Scientists working at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider may be seeing the strongest hints yet of physics beyond the Standard Model — the decades-old theory that explains the fundamental particles and forces of the universe. By studying incredibly rare particle transformations called “penguin decays,” researchers found behavior that doesn’t fully match theoretical predictions, raising the possibility that unknown particles or forces are influencing the results.

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May 26 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
DiZoglio, divisive Mass. auditor, has clear reelection path

State Auditor Diana DiZoglio is perceived as controversial, divisive, and, in some legislative offices, loathed. And yet, she has one of the clearest paths to reelection in the state this fall.

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May 26 • 5:30 AM EDT • Politics • bostonglobe.com
Charlotte business news roundup: Wegmans, I-77 tolls and more. What to know

Wegmans is coming, I-77 tolls are going and there’s yet another step forward to try to revive the Excelsior Club site.

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May 26 • 5:30 AM EDT • Business • charlotteobserver.com
King of New York: Jalen Brunson has led the Knicks back to the NBA Finals. And he's not done yet
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May 26 • 2:54 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
A ruse, a brave gamble or a fantasy? Why Trump’s most puzzling Iran move yet is unlikely to work

If Donald Trump’s search for a way out of the Iran war was not difficult enough, he’s added a new goal that threatens to vastly complicate the Middle East’s already splintered politics.

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May 26 • 12:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Dylan Cease To IL

Well, that stuff about Dylan Cease making his next start? Not so much. The team has put him on the IL. “It doesn’t look too terrible, knock on wood. Just trying to be smart and not have it get worse. Don’t know the exact timeline yet, hoping it’s a minimal stay.” The team hasn’t said […]

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May 25 • 4:46 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Star Citizen crosses $1 billion in crowdfunding as Chris Roberts eyes version 1.0

Just one year after reaching $800 million in its unrelenting funding spree, Star Citizen has now crossed yet another significant milestone. The overly ambitious space trading and...

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May 25 • 1:33 PM EDT • Technology • techspot.com
A 'Jesus Christ lizard' has been filmed running on water – and the footage is incredible | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Meet the 'Jesus Christ lizard' that can run on water (science hasn't yet discovered if it can turn that water into wine, as of yet)

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May 25 • 1:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencefocus.com
Patriots' Christian Gonzalez Gets Record-Breaking Contract Projection

The New England Patriots have had a busy offseason, but have yet to complete one major transaction that many fans expected to get done by now.

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May 25 • 9:21 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Column: My pick for California governor is ... I'm still working on it

Like millions of Californians, I haven’t voted yet in the primary election.

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May 25 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • latimes.com
Star Citizen Crosses $1 Billion in Crowdfunding After 14 Years, Yet Version 1.0 Still Has No Release Date

Star Citizen has topped $1 billion in crowdfunding after 14 years, but Cloud Imperium still has not announced a release date for version 1.0.

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May 25 • 4:20 AM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
CT’s silent health disparity: Lack of adult dental coverage

Oral health is not separate from overall health, but foundational to it. Yet policy continues to treat it as separate or optional.

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May 25 • 12:01 AM EDT • Health • ctmirror.org
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Selection surprise: Arkansas baseball not hosting NCAA regional

The Razorbacks will be sent on the road for the NCAA regional round after Fayetteville was not one of the 16 host sites announced Sunday.

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May 24 • 9:10 PM EDT • Sports • wholehogsports.com
Ravens urged to fill gaping roster hole for Lamar Jackson

I'm surprised it hasn't happened yet.

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May 24 • 8:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Tekken 8 Grabs One of the Craziest Guest Characters Yet

Baki attack

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Letter to the Editor: The human cost of science getting it wrong

Patrick Newman cites one scientist calling RCP 8.5 ‘not implausible,’ yet the IPCC has now officially removed it as implausible. Notably, that same scientist said RCP 8.5 should be clearly labeled a high-end scenario. It…

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May 24 • 5:27 AM EDT • Science • chicoer.com
'This chaos needs to end': Yet another shooting in President's proximity rattles Republicans

Leaders allied with Trump react.

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May 23 • 7:45 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Apple Preparing New 'Gen AI' Website Ahead of WWDC

Apple is readying the subdomain genai.apple.com, according to MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris, but it does not yet lead to a live web page. This comes a few weeks ahead of Apple's annual developers conference WWDC, where the company has promised to announce "AI advancements" across its software platforms. Apple's website already has an Apple Intelligence page, so it is unclear what the company's plans are for genai.apple.com at this time.

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May 23 • 5:41 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Lawsuit Argues Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund Excludes Those He Targeted

The constellation of individuals and groups involved claims to have suffered partisan attacks by the federal government under Trump, yet would not be compensated.

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May 22 • 6:50 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Rumor: Sonic Frontiers: Definitive Edition Nintendo Switch 2 release date leaked

SEGA has yet to officially announce Sonic Frontiers: Definitive Edition, but the game’s release date has apparently been leaked. billbil-kun reports that the game will launch on June 23, 2026. We’re also hearing that it will cost $50 and a physical release is confirmed. However, it’s unclear if that means a proper cartridge version or a game-key card. June 23...

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May 22 • 11:27 AM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
New ‘Crimson Desert’ Patch Adds Another Long-Time Player Request

Crimson Desert is back with yet another big patch, this time adding something players have wanted for a long time, plus a lot of other stuff.

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May 22 • 8:54 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
Business owners in the new Broadway General Improvement District say it has yet to deliver promised cleanup
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May 22 • 6:33 AM EDT • Business • 9news.com
A federal office of men’s health has never been closer, yet it’s likely still years away

Supporters worry that a men’s health office created by the Trump administration risks being dismantled by a future Democratic president

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May 22 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
SpaceX IPO: What S-1 filing revealed, Musk empire's market impact

SpaceX's long-awaited IPO filing provides the clearest financial picture yet of Elon Musk's rocket company and its far-reaching ambitions.

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May 22 • 3:01 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Preserving the future of vaccine science in the USA

Nature Microbiology - Vaccines have saved an estimated 154 million lives in 50 years, yet that infrastructure is under threat. We highlight the global impact of vaccine scientists who trained in...

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May 21 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • nature.com
GTA 6: No Delay or Price but Marketing on Track for Summer

"Grand Theft Auto 6" does not yet have an announced price, and Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick has revealed why.

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May 21 • 4:15 PM EDT • Technology • variety.com
College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences to host statewide symposium - News

The Campbell University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences will welcome healthcare leaders, educators, pharmacists and students from across North… More on this post

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May 21 • 3:08 PM EDT • Health • news.campbell.edu
Americans witness the most corrupt week of Donald Trump’s political career

Over just three days, the country has confronted several presidency-defining scandals — and the week isn’t over yet.

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May 21 • 1:26 PM EDT • Politics • ms.now
Travon Miles - Sports Anchor/Reporter at ABC11 WTVD

Raleigh's source for breaking news and live streaming video online. Covering Raleigh, Durham, Fayetteville and the greater North Carolina region.

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May 21 • 12:12 PM EDT • Sports • abc11.com
One Nation says it’s the only party in Australia to question climate science. It should ask itself why

Climate change denial has become untenable yet Hanson’s party digs in – with conspiracy theories, cherrypicking and claims that are easy to refute

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May 21 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com
The Great Pyramid of Giza is surprisingly earthquake-proof

Seismologists found yet another benefit to ancient Egyptian engineering.

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May 21 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • popsci.com
Apple's 15-Inch M5 MacBook Air Sees Biggest Price Cut Yet at $199 Off

Amazon has sweetened its deal on the 512GB 15-inch M5 MacBook Air today, dropping the price of the notebook down to $1,099.99, from $1,299.00. This is a new record low price on the 15-inch M5 MacBook Air, and it's available in three colors. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

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May 21 • 9:52 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
What Scientists Are Saying About the Future of Virus Control

New breakthroughs offer hope, yet global pandemic readiness remains a work in progress.

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May 21 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • docwirenews.com
Scott Coker is back in MMA with a $60M venture, ready to shake up the sport again

Coker, who uncovered the talents of stars like Daniel Cormier and Gina Carano, is back again, looking to build yet another MMA promotion.

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May 21 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
It's not just PS Plus Essential getting a price hike: Premium and Extra tiers are now more expensive too

Following its carefully worded PS Plus price increase announcement, Sony has confirmed what everybody already expected what it hadn't yet said out loud.

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May 21 • 7:50 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Subnautica 2 dev apologises for telling combat-seeking players to "go play Sons of the Forest or something"

A desire for self-defence in the underwater survival game comes from some mechanics not working well enough yet, Subnautica 2 developer Unknown Worlds explains.

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May 21 • 5:36 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Knicks Legend Issues Apology for His Actions During Cavaliers Game

The New York Knicks had one of their best wins yet in a long while and team legend Stephon Marbury was so caught in the moment he almost gave the team a technical foul call.

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May 20 • 10:41 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Samsung Expands Odyssey G8 Lineup With 6K@165Hz, 5K@180Hz, And 4K@240Hz OLED Monitors, All Running 4th-Gen Penta Tandem Panels

Samsung launches the Odyssey G8 gaming monitors, including the world's first 6K@165Hz model, with prices and availability yet to be disclosed

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May 20 • 11:18 AM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
UEFA announce new European Qualifiers and Nations League format

UEFA have announced radical changes to the format of the Nations League and qualifying for the European Championship, following the Champions League system.The final details have not yet been confirme...

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May 20 • 11:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
iPhone 18 Pro Max vs iPhone 15 Pro Max: Main differences to expect

The iPhone 15 Pro Max isn't outdated yet, but it will easily be overshadowed by the iPhone 18 Pro Max.

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May 20 • 10:37 AM EDT • Technology • phonearena.com
Analysis | Trump is at his weakest nationally yet flexing power with his base

The president has created a party that is loyal to him, even when he takes executive actions that anger the broader public. That dynamic leaves him weaker with those outside his base.

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May 20 • 10:21 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Springsteen's latest political moment

Bruce Springsteen heads to Cleveland on Friday at yet another political inflection point.

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May 20 • 6:27 AM EDT • Politics • axios.com
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California business owners ‘working for peanuts’ as costs, record gas prices and regulations devour profits

California "sticker shock" is mounting for the state's small business owners, but one restaurateur and their multi-billion-dollar lender explain why they're not walking away — yet.

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£52m Bundesliga star still an option for Liverpool

Nico Schlotterbeck Emerges as Ideal Long-Term Liverpool OptionLiverpool’s search for defensive stability may yet lead them back towards Liverpool FC target Nico Schlotterbeck, with the Borussia Dort...

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A Look At Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) Valuation After Abu Dhabi Sphere Expansion On Yas Island

Sphere Entertainment (SPHR) is back in focus after Abu Dhabi selected Yas Island as the site for Sphere Abu Dhabi, a US$1.7b immersive venue that marks the company’s first international expansion. See our latest analysis for Sphere Entertainment. At a share price of US$135.33, the stock has eased slightly over the past day and month, yet a 17.43% 90 day share price return and very large 1 year total shareholder return suggest momentum has been building rather than fading. If Sphere’s...

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May 20 • 2:34 AM EDT • Entertainment • simplywall.st
High school sports results, playoff schedule for Tuesday, May 19, 2026

TUESDAY’S RESULTS Baseball WPIAL CLASS 5A PLAYOFFS Quarterfinals Montour 3, Pine-Richland 2 South Fayette 11, Penn-Trafford 10 Thomas Jefferson 3,...

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Senate advances resolution to end Iran war as GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy flips to support it

The Louisiana senator, who lost his primary over the weekend, voted in support of the war powers resolution for the first time. It advanced 50-47, with a final passage vote yet to come.

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How Could We Allow Trump to Complete His Worst Con Yet?

You’d think that, by now, conservatives would be embarrassed about giving the president whatever he wants.

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May 19 • 5:26 PM EDT • Politics • esquire.com
With Gemini 3.5 Flash, Google bets its next AI wave on agents, not chatbots

Google launched Gemini 3.5 Flash, its most powerful coding and agentic AI model yet, at the company's annual developer conference. It is capable of autonomously executing complex tasks and building software from scratch.

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May 19 • 1:51 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
Entertainment District Focus Group meets for the last time

ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) – The Berglund Center is awaiting an upgrade, but the city is just not sure what the upgrade will be yet. That’s why Roanoke City Council Member, Phazhon Nash, organ…

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May 19 • 11:43 AM EDT • Entertainment • wfxrtv.com
The subtle yet insidious ways climate change affects mental health

Slow-moving changes to the environment are taking a toll.

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May 19 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • yaleclimateconnections.org
Scientists Simulated 30 Million Different Routes To The Moon From Earth And Found The Most Efficient One Yet

Astronauts have been taking short routes to the Moon, but there’s a more efficient way.

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May 19 • 6:23 AM EDT • Science • iflscience.com
Auto suppliers push for USMCA renewal as tariffs jolt business

Manufacturers are paying close attention to how the rules of North American trade will be rewritten yet again.

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May 19 • 5:45 AM EDT • Business • crainsdetroit.com
Most Business Transformations Fail. Here's What Leaders Can Do Differently

/PRNewswire/ -- Companies are investing trillions of dollars in transformation initiatives, yet change efforts continue to fail routinely. The financial costs...

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The 2025-26 Clarion Sports Awards

Athletics at the University of Denver had yet another successful year. Highlighted by hockey’s national championship, gymnastics and women’s lacrosse making runs into the NCAA tournament and the

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I Know Why Desperate Trump Is in Free Fall: Political Guru

“He is in bad shape,” political analyst David Rothkopf said of Trump, after the president was dealt yet another political blow.

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Whoa! Netflix is Sending Narnia Heading to Theaters...What This Means for the Future of Film

(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) Here’s a funny thing about the debate over whether streamers should release their movies in theaters first: Both sides think the other side represents the “conventional wisdom”. If you’ve been reading me for any amount of time, or even just scanned my front page, you know I think movies make more money by having a robust theatrical window compared to going straight-to-streaming. I’ve published thousands of words on this topic. And for years, I felt like I was standing up to a wave of opposition. See, while the “put your films in theaters to make money” take was obvious at any point before 2019, post-streaming revolution, most of the trendy thinkers took the opposite point of view. Big names argued that Netflix putting their film straight-to-streaming (“S-to-S” from here on out) actually made more money. Netflix was “disrupting” theaters, just as they disrupted Blockbuster Video, and since innovation is always good, this too was a great idea. This thinking then leaked into the mainstream business outlets like the Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg. I read many articles whose take boiled down to “Netflix makes tons of money from S-to-S releases” and “theaters were in structural decline” anyways. Covid-19 shutting down theaters and the 2023 strikes shutting down film production seemingly justified this point of view, as the box office struggled to return to 2017-2019 heights. Yet I’ve also read folks arguing the opposite point: the conventional wisdom says to put films in theaters! From some writers’ points of view, “everyone” actually agrees/agreed with my “send your films to theaters” take—especially the stodgy traditional studios—and folks still didn’t understand Netflix’s genius. I feel like, for the last two years, many people have argued this point as if it’s conventional wisdom. You know what? I may have been wrong. At this point, the “S-to-S strategy makes money” might be the minority viewpoint. Especially with the news this month that Netflix will put at least one film—Greta Gerwig’s Narnia film The Magician’s Nephew—in theaters in 2027 for a full 49-day run is big news. So that’s the story of the week, but I’ll also explain why they’re making this move now and why Netflix may not completely embrace theaters, along with other topics, like how I don’t buy Disney’s “super app” strategy, the latest good news out of the unions, my take on the latest attacks against free speech, and a whole lot more. Let’s get started. Subscribe Most Important Story of the Week - Netflix Goes to Theaters! Listen, I promise not to victory lap too hard today. As I just wrote, I’ve argued against sending films straight-to-streaming for—checks calendar—eight years now. Since 2018. Yikes. That’s a long time. And for years, others painted my thinking as “conventional” in that I was standing up for the status quo against trendy, cool disruption. And that’s not cool! But math is math, and I never could make the S-to-S numbers work. The only thing that ever enabled that model was Wall Street’s brief exuberance for it. It seems like the heads of Netflix now agree with me. (There were always rumors that former head of film for Netflix Scott Stuber argued internally for theatrical releases as well.) As they announced: “The Magician’s Nephew_—the first film in a Narnia series of films—will open on 12-Feb-2027, with a 49 day theatrical exclusive run.”_ I’m a little surprised at how little coverage this big change actually got. Credit to Bloomberg for leading with it and Matt Belloni’s The Town for highlighting it with the provocatively titled podcast “Hell Hath Frozen Over”. But after that? Instead of getting as much coverage as, say, the FCC’s latest egregious crackdown on free speech, this news story got crickets. But it’s massively more important for the future business of entertainment. So let’s start with the obvious question… Why Put Your Movies in Theaters? So…why should Netflix put (some!) of their movies in theaters? Well, I’ve already written that in a very, very, very long article from 2022: [ ](https://entertainment.substack.com/p/the-data-is-in-theatrical-films-massively) [ The Data Is In: Theatrical Films Massively Outperform Straight-To-Streaming Films ](https://entertainment.substack.com/p/the-data-is-in-theatrical-films-massively) Entertainment Strategy Guy · April 5, 2023 [ Read full story ](https://entertainment.substack.com/p/the-data-is-in-theatrical-films-massively) To summarize, theatrical runs make much more money, especially blockbusters, because they earn more money per viewing,1 and that helps boost home entertainment sales. Theatrical films also perform as well or better than the streaming-only films. Now, partially this is driven by increased marketing for said films, but said marketing ultimately boosts the awareness of the movies and drives improved streaming and library performance as well. Again, I’ve made this case after reviewing the economic models and streaming data for years. Just last week, Emily Horgan also made the case for kids films! Yes, it is probably conventional wisdom, but that’s also because it’s true! I’d also argue we’ve seen a lot of data in the various studios’ behavior. As I’ve noted before, the more a studio needs to make money, the likelier they are to put films in theaters. As such, Disney, Universal, Warner Bros., Paramount and Sony all send their major films to theaters. Even if they once made a big S-to-S push (*cough* Disney *cough*), they’ve since relented and returned to theaters. The tech companies don’t need to make money, per se, so it took them years to embrace theaters. Apple doesn’t need to make money because it doesn’t disclose their (likely) Quibi-sized losses each year. (They fear bad press more than losing money.) Amazon announced two years ago that they planned to make Amazon-MGM Studios/Prime Video profitable on its own, and guess what? Now they’re putting films in theaters. That leaves Netflix. They’re in between the “no need to make money at all” and the “desperately need to make money to offset linear TV declines”, so they had less pressure to put some films in theaters. Plus, for years, they were the sexy disruptor, and Wall Street rewarded them for that. (Honestly, they still do.) Yet, even Netflix likely saw the money they were leaving on the table (I’ve estimated it at an easy billion dollars before) so they changed their course. I heard one pundit argue that, because Netflix already makes so much money, they don’t need to make more money, which sort of goes against everything I’ve ever learned about business and economics. Again, to be super-nuanced, sending “films to theaters” does not mean EVERY film. TV movies have been a thing for decades. Lifetime films, Hallmark holiday films, Disney Channel Original Movies, and so on, don’t need theatrical runs. But films above a certain budget level (say $25 to 50 million) almost certainly need theaters to maximize their revenue. The Scenarios (with a Dose of Skepticism) Now time for some skepticism: it won’t surprise me at all if Netflix re-changes course. Specifically, Netflix announced that their Narnia film will go to theaters. And I’d bet anything we see KPop Demon Hunters 2: The Huntering2 also goes to theaters, cause it’s the surest hit outside of a Disney animated sequel right now. But how much does Netflix truly commit to theaters? They’ve already tried to emphasize that this is a one-off move. I see three broad scenarios:

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Sony announces price increase for new PlayStation Plus subscribers "due to ongoing market conditions"

The price of PlayStation Plus is going up. But not for everyone, for a change. At least, not yet.

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New MatterChat Model Helps AI to ‘See’ the Language of Science

From writing emails to generating computer code, much of the artificial intelligence prevalent in our daily lives has succeeded by mastering one domain: text. However, this leaves a major blind spot in the physical sciences, where models depend on the high-resolution, three-dimensional data of the physical world, like the intricate lattice of atoms in a crystal. Delivering on the promise of using AI for science requires teaching these data-driven text models to seamlessly “talk to” physics-based models. Now, a new AI framework from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), called MatterChat, solves this problem by creating a specialized “bridge.” It connects the conversational power of a Large Language Model (LLM) with a physics-based AI that models “interatomic potentials”: the complex physical forces between atoms. The resulting system already significantly outperforms general-purpose AI tools like GPT-4 at predicting material properties, and the team hopes it can accelerate scientific discovery by serving as a robust research partner that provides grounded insights and generates step-by-step instructions for synthesizing novel materials. A paper describing this work was recently published in Nature Machine Intelligence. “Traditional simulations can provide the physical rigor required for materials science, yet their computational cost remains prohibitive for high-throughput screening. Conversely, while LLMs excel at rapid knowledge synthesis, they inherently lack the ‘structural vision’ to interpret materials directly from their underlying atomic coordinates,” said Yingheng Tang, a postdoctoral researcher in Berkeley Lab’s Applied Math and Computational Research Division (AMCR) and lead author on the paper. “MatterChat was built to solve this dilemma, empowering LLMs with a structural ‘vision’ that allows researchers to leverage their full potential for solving complex, real-world materials challenges.” Empowering language models to solve complex challenges in materials science To build MatterChat, the Berkeley Lab team drew inspiration from technologies like Vision Question Answering (VQA) and Text-to-Image (T2I) generation. In these tasks, AI must translate high-level text concepts into visual images, or vice versa. Doing so requires developers to build tools that “bridge” two fundamentally different forms of data. The researchers adapted this concept to the physical sciences. With MatterChat, they created a “bridge model” that successfully connects an LLM’s general knowledge with the deep understanding of the atomic-scale world encoded in scientific interatomic potentials. Until now, researchers using LLMs to solve materials problems usually had to feed them raw data files as if they were just strings of text. It’s like asking an AI to understand a complex 3D engine based only on a parts list: the LLM can read the names, but it can’t “see” how the atoms fit together in space. MatterChat solves this by training a specialized AI bridge model, pre-trained on millions of crystal structures and an LLM, to align the LLM’s representation of the world with the interatomic potential’s representation of the world. The bridge model can translate physical insights into a format the LLM can actually understand. By giving the LLM these “scientific eyes”— a scientific “inductive bias” in the terminology of AI — the Berkeley Lab team has transformed it into a robust research tool capable of providing grounded scientific insights into complex materials challenges, such as predicting thermal stability or analyzing electronic band gaps. “We think of atoms as living in a physical space, but from a machine learning perspective, they are just vectors living in some very non-trivially structured manifold in a high-dimensional Euclidean space; and, of course, the same is true for the sentences and paragraphs that we use to express our ideas about those atoms,” said co-author Michael Mahoney, Berkeley Lab’s Scientific Data Division (SDD) AI Initiative Research Lead. “The bridge model basically gets those two structures to ‘talk with’ each other.” As a proof-of-concept of this general approach, the team trained their bridge model on a dataset curated by pairing nearly 143,000 stable atomic structures from the Materials Project with their corresponding physical properties. This training data was automatically assembled using the Materials Project’s API and deliberately enriched with properties fundamental to microelectronics design — like formation energy and bandgap — allowing MatterChat to learn the complex patterns connecting a material’s atomic blueprint to its functional performance. To validate their model, the researchers benchmarked MatterChat against a suite of other AI systems, from general-purpose LLMs to other specialized scientific AI methods. The results show that MatterChat consistently outperformed its competitors across a range of tasks. The model was more accurate in classifying material types and demonstrated superior precision in predicting numerical properties. For example, it excelled at predicting a material’s bandgap, a property critical for designing new electronics from high-capacity energy storage to next-generation computer chips. “Our design is significantly more efficient because we don’t have to build a massive AI model from the ground up,” said co-author Zhi (Jackie) Yao, a research scientist in Berkeley Lab’s AMCR. “Instead, we take two powerful, pre-trained models — a structural encoder for materials physics and an open-source LLM — and use them off-the-shelf. The only component we actually train is the lightweight ‘bridge model’ that translates between them. It’s the difference between building an entire car factory and simply designing a smart adapter that connects a world-class engine to a world-class navigation system. This approach is not only computationally efficient, but also makes the system modular, so we can easily upgrade components or adapt the bridge for other scientific domains in the future.” Crucially, this modular design highlights exactly how institutions like Berkeley Lab and the Department of Energy are carving out a highly valuable niche in the booming AI landscape. Rather than competing with Silicon Valley tech giants to build ever-larger language models from scratch, the lab is focusing on the specialized connective tissue that makes commercial AI useful for hardcore science. Because the bridge model approach underlying MatterChat is forward-compatible, it is perfectly positioned to leverage these parallel tracks of innovation. As Mahoney pointed out, “We expect that industry will continue to develop improved LLMs, and we expect domain scientists and facilities will continue to generate new data. An important part of scientific machine learning is not simply to solve problems on today’s data, but instead to develop general methods that will be forward-compatible with orders of magnitude more data, whether from scientific domains or from LLMs.” According to Yao, the MatterChat project, which was initially developed and enhanced with funding from a Berkeley Lab Laboratory Directed Research & Development (LDRD) Program, will now expand its capabilities. In a collaboration with Fermilab, MatterChat is already contributing to a U.S. Department of Energy Genesis Mission project — called Accelerating eXtreme Environment Specs-to-Silicon (AXESS) — that aims to speed up the development of next-generation, high-speed, radiation-hardened detectors for challenging particle physics experiments by using advanced 3D integrated circuits (chiplets) and AI-driven data analysis. In addition to the LDRD support, the team also credits supercomputing resources at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), located at Berkeley Lab, with MatterChat’s success. “We are incredibly grateful to NERSC; this research simply would not have happened without access to the Perlmutter supercomputer through their AI for Science program,” said Tang. Wenbin Xu, a NERSC postdoctoral fellow at the time, was also a major co-author of the work, as was Benjamin Erichson, a research scientist in Berkeley Lab’s SDD, highlighting the benefits of AMCR-SDD collaboration on AI for science. ### Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) is committed to groundbreaking research focused on discovery science and solutions for abundant and reliable energy supplies. The lab’s expertise spans materials, chemistry, physics, biology, earth and environmental science, mathematics, and computing. Researchers from around the world rely on the lab’s world-class scientific facilities for their own pioneering research. Founded in 1931 on the belief that the biggest problems are best addressed by teams, Berkeley Lab and its scientists have been recognized with 17 Nobel Prizes. Berkeley Lab is a multiprogram national laboratory managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science. DOE’s Office of Science is the single largest supporter of basic research in the physical sciences in the United States, and is working to address some of the most pressing challenges of our time. For more information, please visit energy.gov/science.

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May 18 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • newscenter.lbl.gov
Puzzle game Namco Legendary Mountains announced for Nintendo Switch 2, and Switch

BeXide has announced Namco Legendary Mountains for the Nintendo Switch, and the Nintendo Switch 2. The title is planned for launch this summer, with an exact release date not yet provided. Namco Legendary Mountains is similar to titles like 2048 and Suika Game in which you combine icons to create bigger ones. The twist however, is that it takes place...

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May 18 • 12:35 AM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com