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Space isn't known for rich soil or ideal agricultural conditions anywhere in the solar system. Yet amid extreme temperatures and vast distances, multidisciplinary teams at USF's Aerospace: Science, Technology, ...

Jul 30 • 12:00 PM EDT • Science • phys.org

The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift

This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ 🚀 Subscribe to PN 🚀 The Trump regime is trying to usher in a “Golden Age in Science” where scientific research is run like a Trump family business, artificial intelligence is all that matters, profit is everything, and expertise is for chumps. Or at least that’s the vision emerging from a new 123-page “Report to the President” from Michael Kratsios, the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In a normal administration, you could probably skip over learning about a science policy document — but this is no normal administration, and this is no normal science policy document. Instead, it’s Trump’s attempt to end the actual golden age of science that was kicked off in 1945 with the publication of '“The Endless Frontier” by Vannevar Bush. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) [ Harmeet Dhillon demonstrates danger of posting through it ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) Liz Dye · Jul 29 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) Bush, at President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s request, laid out a vision of federal support for science that centered on funding universities to do basic research, saying that as long as those institutions were “vigorous and healthy and their scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems in Government, in industry, or elsewhere.” Kratsios’s report is supposed to be the successor to Bush’s, and even apes the format, but this isn’t really a document about science policy. It’s one about ending science research as we know it in favor of shoveling cash at big tech companies. While it might be temping to wave this away as an aspirational policy document, Trump has already begun to shift billions in research funds to AI projects and has taken a hatchet to science funding across the board. He’s teed up the shift Kratsios proposes here, and since neither Congress nor the Supreme Court seem inclined to stop him from doing whatever he wants with taxpayer money, it isn’t doomering or hyperbole to say we are staring down the barrel of a world where the only “science” the government intends to support is for-profit tech and defense advancements. Science for dummies Part of how you can tell this isn’t a document about science is that you are immediately faced with an absolute wall of business-speak of the worst sort. Did you know we must “tightly couple our science and technology enterprises to ensure that groundbreaking ideas invented in the United States are rapidly prototyped, tested, manufactured, and scaled domestically”? You do now! That tone isn’t surprising, because Kratsios has no background in science or research. He has a bachelor’s in political science and spent most of his career working for Peter Thiel at Thiel Capital. After a stint in the first Trump administration as Chief Technology Officer, where he also did not do any science, Kratsios was tasked in 2020 with overseeing the Pentagon’s research budget for a brief time, a position that, as the Wall Street Journal put it, “carries a great deal of power in terms of dictating investment allocations.” He spent the Biden years at Scale AI as “head of strategy,” which you will also note is neither a science nor a research job. But Scale AI has contracts with the Department of Defense and, as the Washington Post wrote in 2023, “has been aggressively pitching itself as the company that will help the US military in its existential battle with China.” And now you have the necessary background for our new golden age, which is going to be a golden age of taking money away from scientists and universities and giving it to companies like Scale AI. A note from Aaron: Working with brilliant contributors like Lisa takes resources. If you aren’t already a paid subscriber, please become one to support our work. 👇 Subscribe In a genuinely galling move, Katsios spends a lot of time slamming universities because of “administrative burdens on researchers” and the “well-documented inefficiencies” in academia, the message being that those damn universities waste the time of amazing researchers with paperwork. Except it’s the administration that is attempting to impose inefficient, unnecessary burdens on those researchers with a proposed Office of Management and Budget rule that would require senior political appointees to approve every science grant and ensure it aligns with Trump’s personal priorities. Researchers would also have to seek prior government approval to attend conferences or publicize their research. And political appointees could terminate any grant at any time if they feel like it. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/omb-rule-science-funding) [ The murder of expertise ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/omb-rule-science-funding) Lisa Needham · Jun 11 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/omb-rule-science-funding) But when it comes to AI, we’re going to “restore permissionless innovation.” The report proposes to give lucky ducky innovators a pile of cash up front for grants lasting five years or longer, saying “awards should be fully-funded in year one, with all resources earmarked upfront, to minimize administrative burdens and reduce pressure for researchers to generate intermediate results to secure continued funding.” Yeah, wouldn’t want to have to make the Very Special Tech Bros show results or get money parceled out year by year like the plebes at universities. The report also proposes that we should have “fast grants” with “simplified applications requiring just a few pages of writing” because that is definitely how science works, just writing a bit off the dome and getting some cash. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) [ Tech elites are turning AI into ChatGPTrump ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) Paul Waldman · July 29, 2025 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) Oh, and we should have prizes and challenges, where multiple teams compete. The proposed prizes include incentives like “advance procurement commitments,” which means the federal government agrees to buy whatever is being developed. There’s also “regulatory fast-tracking,” making sure all those great AI thingies don’t have to wait too long to be unleashed on a market. These aren’t incentives to do science. These are incentives to develop things with tax dollars that you can then sell to the government for more tax dollars. In the suggestion that might be the most unhinged, the most very opposite of how both government and research work, our new age will include “golden tickets.” That’s where an individual reviewer in an agency — yes, just one person — can “recommend unconventional proposals that may not pass consensus-driven review panels” because somehow this will “surface valuable ideas too divisive for committees and attract higher quality reviewers by empowering them to exercise independent scientific judgment.” Yes, that’s saying that a random person in an agency should be able to shovel money at some idea even if it can’t pass a review panel, and that the opportunity to do so will attract better employees because apparently all the best minds in science are chomping at the bit to be allowed to unilaterally fund AI research based on their personal vibes. But that isn’t at all how actual science works, and actual scientists aren’t unhappy about review panels. They work collaboratively, not siloed in some secret race to create the next AI chatbot. A 2020 study by the National Bureau of Economic Research examined whether peer review panels succeed in helping agencies predict which research ideas will best advance science. Peer review was better at finding “diamond in the rough” applicants than a single government program official. How about that. Trump always wants a taste It’s painfully clear that what Katsios is trying to do here is turn the whole of government science research and funding into the sort of “move fast and break things” paradigm that is the hallmark of big tech. That method works to line the pockets of tech executives, but it isn’t science. There’s a reason the government funds different kinds of research than private tech companies do. What Katsios either fails to understand or deliberately ignores is that the federal government is the main funder of basic research precisely because it can take a long time for it to bear fruit and is not intended to be profitable as such. “Basic” here does not mean rudimentary or simple, but rather research that is designed to advance scientific knowledge instead of achieving a specific outcome or product. Big tech companies don’t widely fund that sort of research, because it doesn’t make them money. Industry dollars account for only about 20 percent of basic research funding, while the government contributes around 60 percent. Big tech companies and startups do, however, rely on and benefit from that basic research. A 2019 study found that 35 percent of all patents obtained by venture-backed startups from 1976 to 2016 cited federally supported research. Basic research funded by the NIH contributed to every single drug the FDA approved from 2010 to 2016. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) [ The Saudi nuclear farce and governance by whim and meme ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) Noah Berlatsky · Jul 27 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) Unlike inventing the next ChatGPT, actual science is slow and iterative. Government funding of research that, on its face, would not appear to lead to any big new invention is actually what underpins those big new inventions. If the government hadn’t funded research into desert lizard venom, we wouldn’t know about semaglutide, and we wouldn’t have Ozempic. If research scientists hadn’t studied how bees optimize nectar foraging within a colony, we wouldn’t have the algorithm that assigns internet traffic across computer servers. The report assiduously ignores that a symbiotic, profitable relationship between the federal government, universities, and private companies already exists. Each federal research dollar generates about $1.50 to $3.00 in long-term economic benefits. The $36 billion the government awarded in NIH research funding in fiscal year 2025 generated $94 billion in new economic activity. Trump’s proposed new golden age is intended to strip those billions from universities, resulting in the dismantling of departments and the shuttering of labs. But Katsios has a plan for that: Universities should just become trade schools to churn out no-show STEM degrees! “Require universities and community colleges to embed practical technical training and externships into STEM curricula. Let hands-on experience and industry credentials count toward degrees.” It’s quite the feat to, on the one hand, strip schools of funding for scientific research while simultaneously demanding to control what is taught and, oh, also, colleges need to give degrees to employees at big tech companies just for being employees at big tech companies. The new golden age would also exacerbate the brain drain Trump’s policies have already caused. Nature found that in the first quarter of 2025, US scientists submitted 32 percent more job applications abroad than in 2024. A March 2025 poll by Nature of roughly 1,600 scientists found that over 1,200 said they were considering leaving the country. Europe is investing $565 million to make it a “magnet for researchers” and provide funding for scientists who relocate. The new golden age is also about embedding Trump’s xenophobia into the fabric of American science. The report complains of an “over-reliance on foreign students” that “creates a security challenge our institutions are ill-equipped to address” and that a “reliance on foreign talent sidelines American students.” This is, to put it mildly, nonsense. International students pay far higher tuition and often receive no financial aid. Their tuition dollars are what make it possible for American students to get financial aid. In the 2023-2024 school year alone, international students contributed $43.8 billion to the US economy and supported over 378,000 jobs. Those 1.1 million international students accounted for only six percent of the total number of students in higher education that year, but were such an economic engine that for every three international students, one job was created or supported. It’s impossible not to wonder whether part of Trump’s loathing for universities and their leading role in scientific research is that there is no way for him to corrupt the process and make money off it in the same way he can by giving millions and billions to Silicon Valley types who, in turn, give him millions in cash. There’s no way for his children to invest in universities that the government then gives no-bid contracts to, fattening the family’s bottom line, which is pretty much the Trump sons’ current venture capital practice. Trump and Katsios’s view of science is narrow, cramped, and wrong. We’re not in a crisis, we’re not a failed state. We’ve been a science superpower for decades, and the only thing that threatens that is Donald Trump. Tech bros are already living high off the hog in this administration. They don’t need any more of our tax dollars. Hopefully this new golden age never comes to pass. Thanks for reading Public Notice. This post is public so feel free to share it. Share We’ll be back with more tomorrow. If you appreciate today’s PN, please do your part to keep us free by signing up for a paid subscription. 🚀 Subscribe to PN 🚀 Thanks for reading, and for your support.

Jul 30 • 8:12 AM EDT • Science • publicnotice.co

Dodger notes: Shohei Ohtani, Edwin Diaz

T-minus four days until the trade deadline, and of course all of the conversation is revolving around who Tarik Skubal would be traded to, if he is, and will it be the Dodgers. The conversation has ramped up with Shohei Ohtani revealing that he is dealing with a biceps issue. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic […]

Jul 30 • 8:03 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Galaxy Z Fold 8 Review: A Passport-Size Shape-Shifter for Every Moment

Samsung's reimagined book-style foldable is compact and versatile, making it the ideal device for consuming all kinds of content. It's also just delightful to use.

Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • cnet.com

After Hobbes vs Rousseau: Politics must move beyond human nature

Since the great debate between Hobbes and Rousseau, our political theory has been organised around a single question: is human nature essentially good or essentially corrupt? Graham Harman, the philosopher behind object-oriented ontology, argues that this is simply the wrong question to be asking. The real forces governing our collective fate - climate change, artificial intelligence, geography, and pandemics - are non-human; therefore, questions about human nature are not the central ones. Instead, Harman proposes a politics reorganised around our relationship to non-human objects and environments, in which quasi-government institutions incentivise and deter actions with the aim of extending the survival of the human race. “It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.” This has become one of the most popular phrases among twenty-first-century intellectuals. Often misattributed to Fredric Jameson, it has been warmly embraced by such influential authors as Slavoj Žižek and the tragically departed Mark Fisher, and has fueled the notion that the major problem with the political Left is that it simply needs to become more speculative and creative. Naturally, this is never a bad idea in any human pursuit. But what if the political distinction between Left, Right, and Center itself results from a failure of imagination? SUGGESTED READING Hobbes vs Rousseau: are we inherently evil? By Robin Douglass This particular division has been with us only since the summer of 1789. During the simmering prelude to the French Revolution, it referred originally to the physical position in the National Assembly of radical figures on one side and loyal monarchists on the other. These positions are linked with two entirely different camps of modern political theory. On the Left we find a series of authors ranging from the moderate (Locke) to the supercharged (Rousseau) to the truly radical (Marx), all of them contending that exploitation of the many by the few justifies revolutionary overthrow of the existing order. On the Right they are countered by the likes of Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Schmitt, a group of thinkers convinced that corrupt human nature can be tamed only by force. In the words of the Nazi supporter Schmitt: “One could test all theories of nature and state and political ideas according to their anthropology and classify these as to whether they consciously or unconsciously presuppose [humans] to be by nature evil or by nature good.” This is the division we continue to face today, even in the daily retail politics of Western democracies.___Our species has regularly proven itself capable of both the noblest gestures and the most scathing cruelties, making it hard to define us as essentially either emancipatory or brutal in our aims.___The most refreshing feature of David Graeber and David Wengrow’s 2021 book The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity was their awareness that the forced choice between Rousseau and Hobbes (as they put it) is no longer sufficient. Our species has regularly proven itself capable of both the noblest gestures and the most scathing cruelties, making it hard to define us as essentially either emancipatory or brutal in our aims. Far from being stationed “beyond good and evil,” we seem to be fully entangled with both. We are not naturally good or evil, Graeber and Wengrow contend, but naturally experimental and imaginative. They rest their case on the archaeological record, which seems to bear witness to numerous episodes of seasonally shifting governments and festivals, which vacillate in the same society (even in the same year) between the egalitarian and the dictatorial. Such praise of political experiment makes a good fit with the generally anarchist position defended by these authors. Yet it is also what I find most disappointing in their position. Although they are right that the forced choice between Hobbes and Rousseau falls short of what our new situation requires, the authors simply replace it with praise for the human being as a political tinkerer and performer. In other words, they give us just another theory of human nature, one that would not have been out of place in the sixteenth or seventeenth century. What other options might we have?___The time is ripe for a retheorization of politics on the basis of something other than human nature… We are not just alienated and limited by objects, but also empowered and unleashed by them___One fresh approach would be to treat politics within a broader framework than human nature, given that the polis does not exist in a vacuum filled exclusively with people. When Bruno Latour went to observe the baboons of Kenya with the San Diego anthropologist Shirley Strum, they jointly concluded that these primates were more socially interdependent than our own species. Each baboon is so reliant on the dynamics of the group that they find themselves locked into constant surveillance of their potentially dangerous peers. The group structure turns out to be inherently volatile. Humans, by contrast, are able to stabilize their societies to a large degree through the mediation of inanimate objects. Although one’s position in society may seem to fluctuate over time, considerable stability is produced through such items as apartment keys, wedding rings, and identification cards, all of them serving to secure us a place distinct from that of our fellows. The Italian philosopher Maurizio Ferraris has written at length about the crucial role of documents in establishing social relations, making him a hero among notaries in his country. Proper names and license plates cement our position amidst other humans, as do symbolic achievements such as graduation from a top university or distinguished wartime service with its various medals and ribbons. None of this is found among baboons, despite their closeness to us on the evolutionary tree: after all, we did share a common ancestor just 25 to 30 million years ago. SUGGESTED VIEWING The goodness paradox With Richard Wrangham The time is ripe for a retheorization of politics on the basis of something other than human nature, whether understood in the manner of the Left or of the Right. We are not just alienated and limited by objects, but also empowered and unleashed by them. But initially, it is true, we face non-human things primarily in the form of constraints. It would be difficult, perhaps impossible, to form a human civilization underwater, deep underground, atop Mount Everest, or in outer space. Human dependence on the non-social background takes on subtler form in discussions of political geography, especially unloved on the more idealistic Left. Consider the luckless position of Poland during World War II, sandwiched between Hitler on one side and Stalin on the other. By contrast, note the good fortune of the United States in not having a military peer positioned on any land border. Anglo-American geopolitics, since the writings of the American naval commander Alfred Thayer Mahan and the British geographer Sir Halford Mackinder, has been wedded to the notion that one or more liberal offshore naval powers should prevent any authoritarian “heartland” regime from gaining effective control of Eurasia. That remains the case whether the opponent is the impatient Napoleon, the swashbuckling German Kaiser, the villainous Hitler, the murderous Stalin, or the industrial juggernaut Chinese. In their current Foreign Affairs article “Heartland vs. Rimland,” Michael Beckley and Hal Brands analyze the current and coming state of the world on the basis of these same rather durable principles. In recent years a similar outlook has been embraced, in inverted form, by the Putin-loving Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, an icon of the Rightist intellectual underworld. For Dugin, the Anglo-Saxons are an evil force bent on destroying the spiritually superior people of the land: much like Athens in its failed war with Sparta, or Carthage in its eventual collapse against Rome. But the shared notion on both sides is that any strategy that fails to take geography into account is likely to end up as a defeated form of excessive optimism.___When dealing with environmental degradation, then, we are doing business with forces that promise dire effects on our species as a whole.___More striking for us today than geography is the non-human object called climate, which threatens rimland and heartland equally. Even if we contend that humans are one hundred percent responsible for triggering the climate crisis, it remains non-human in the sense of being an independent force beyond our effective control. In a major work published just before his death in 2002, The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, the American paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould noted the tendency of evolutionary theorists to focus too closely on the fate of individuals in view of their successful or failed adaptation to circumstances. With climate change, however, we confront a force that goes well beyond the scope of any individual life. Whereas Richard Dawkins extended evolutionary questions downward from individuals to the sub-individual gene, Gould pushed it upward, speaking of entire species or clades as impacted by environmental change. The asteroid that struck the Yucatán 66 million years ago is only the most famous example of this sort. In the wake of that catastrophe, large animals needing abundant supplies of food were at a fatal disadvantage by contrast with the smaller birds and mammals of the planet. When dealing with environmental degradation, then, we are doing business with forces that promise dire effects on our species as a whole. The effect is to shift our attention away from individual beings towards the survival of the group.In the United States in particular, the COVID-19 pandemic sparked considerable backlash among those who asserted a nearly absolute degree of individual freedom. In California I encountered those who demanded that their businesses be allowed to reopen, that it was enough to cover their mouths but not their noses, or that they should have the right to enter any public area despite refusing vaccination. Yet public health is probably the clearest argument against libertarianism, which often merely asserts the autonomy of individuals against any claims of the commons. In normal times the individual is worth defending; under conditions that threaten the survival of part or all of our species, compulsion may be our only resort, as with perfectly reasonable blackouts and rations in wartime. To rebuild human society under the constraints of climate change will be one of the great challenges of the century to come, as will our improvised grappling with artificial intelligence. Such phenomena pose existential risks for humanity, and leave far less room for tolerance of individual brattiness. Cases are mounting of devastating wildfires caused by arson. Recently it was reported that there is even a website where one can bet on the location of coming wildfires, raising the specter of deliberate blazes set to collect on wagers. The death penalty has steadily lost support in a world where many stress the infinite value of human life. But if we focus instead on entire ecosystems, those who purposely burn the forests may begin to look worse than serial murderers.___The politics of the future may be splintered by disagreement over such topics as how to manage our environing background and how to permit or restrict the entry of new objects into the political sphere.___So far I have spoken of force, authority, and punishment: measures sure to have greater appeal to those who identify with what we know as the Right. But other implications of the post-anthropocentric world are likely to have different backers. If non-human objects are seen as structuring political space, it stands to reason that they can no longer be introduced solely by the pace of technical breakthrough. Fields ranging from cybernetics to energy will demand increased politicization once they are reconceived not just as products of individual human investment, but as renovations of collective political geography. This need not involve world government, with its inherent risk of tyranny, but may involve quasi-governmental enforcers of prestige along the lines of a less corrupt FIFA or International Olympic Committee, punishing deviant states not with violence but with less tangible incentives.Politics will never lose its historic links with conflict and faction. But rather than factions aligned by differing theories of human nature, the politics of the future may be splintered by disagreement over such topics as how to manage our environing background and how to permit or restrict the entry of new objects into the political sphere. This will prove just as incommensurable with the modern Left/Right spectrum as a globe is with a two-dimensional map.

Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • iai.tv

Man Utd transfer news: Tyler Fredricson joins Lausanne Sports on three-year deal

Man Utd transfer news: Tyler Fredricson joins Lausanne Sports on three-year deal

Jul 30 • 7:51 AM EDT • Sports • bbc.com

Included Health buys Firefly as part of expansion into virtual primary care coordination

The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Firefly Health, which specializes in primary patient care delivered via telemedicine, was founded by two doctors in 2017.

Jul 30 • 4:30 AM EDT • Health • healthexec.com

'Children of Blood and Bone' film drama continues with a new claim

After the 'Children of Blood and Bone' trailer dropped, author Tomi Adeyemi claimed a behind-the-scenes ordeal was so painful she can never see the movie.

Jul 29 • 10:46 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com

The Gabe Jacas injury waiver is unusual

The Patriots and linebacker Gabe Jacas took a long time to work out a rookie contract for reasons unrelated to the standard terms of his rookie deal.

Jul 29 • 9:36 PM EDT • Sports • nbcsports.com

Influence Media Unveils $600M Anthem Entertainment Acquisition

Influence Media Partners and BlackRock have announced a $600 million deal to acquire 'substantially all' the IP of Anthem Entertainment.

Jul 29 • 6:25 PM EDT • Entertainment • digitalmusicnews.com

Local business in Voorheesville sees extreme flooding

Streets, parks, schools and restaurants across Voorheesville are dealing with extreme flash flooding. One business owner says he never expected to see water rise this fast. Now he’s working …

Jul 29 • 5:51 PM EDT • Business • news10.com

Nebraska football players set to receive $7.5M from NIL deals once denied by CSC

Athletic director Troy Dannen said the deals have been resubmitted and were approved by the College Sports Commission.

Jul 29 • 3:41 PM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com

Some Louisiana lawmakers backing out of NDAs as questions arise over data centers, other deals

The use of nondisclosure agreements for projects, including with companies like Meta and Hyundai, has drawn community criticism and concern about transparency. But some state officials say they’re necessary for closing economic development deals.

Jul 29 • 2:15 PM EDT • Politics • nola.com

Senators Cornyn and Tillis Threaten to Block Blanche Nomination Over Trump’s IRS Deal

Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis accused the attorney general nominee of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle President Trump’s suit against the agency.

Jul 29 • 2:05 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com

Fox Sports Continues to Expand Horse Racing Coverage to Del Mar in New Multi-Year Deal

FS1 to televise 2026 Pacific Classic on Saturday, August 22, FOX Sports becomes the exclusive home of Del Mar beginning in 2027.

Jul 29 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • dmtc.com

The best Galaxy Z Fold 8 deal is at Amazon — boosted trade-in plus $350 gift card

Samsung's usually the best place to pre-order the company's latest hardware, but thanks to a massive gift card deal, Amazon's your best bet.

Jul 29 • 11:25 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com

Grant Thornton to acquire CBIZ for nearly $3 billion

The all-cash, private equity-backed deal is poised to establish the largest accounting and professional services firm outside of the Big 4.

Jul 29 • 10:30 AM EDT • Business • chicagobusiness.com

A $400 million insurance and benefits business is about to become its own company

The Grant Thornton-CBIZ deal is the largest accounting takeover in a generation. The part that matters most to insurance professionals is what gets left behind

Jul 29 • 8:18 AM EDT • Business • insurancebusinessmag.com

DAZN lands digital rights to MSG, YES networks; close to deals with seven other NBA teams

DAZN will become the exclusive digital home of the MSG and Yes networks this fall, in a breakthrough announcement Wednesday that is a likely precursor to deals with seven more NBA teams in the coming days and weeks and puts the Yankees and Knicks on the London-based platform next season.

Jul 29 • 7:48 AM EDT • Business • sportsbusinessjournal.com

Progressives float ‘Green New Deal’ for health, schools

The bills would help the medical and education sectors prepare for the impacts of climate change.

Jul 29 • 6:18 AM EDT • Health • eenews.net

Progressives float ‘Green New Deal’ for health, schools

The bills would help the medical and education sectors prepare for the impacts of climate change.

Jul 29 • 6:06 AM EDT • Health • eenews.net

Three handy tools for separating pseudoscience from the real deal

Jul 29 • 6:01 AM EDT • Science • aeon.co

Ohio State announces lucrative jersey patch sponsorship deal

Ohio State announced a multiyear sponsorship deal with JPMorgan Chase.

Jul 29 • 4:53 AM EDT • Sports • spectrumnews1.com

Yankees Add Veteran Catcher Ahead of Trade Deadline

The New York Yankees have signed a veteran catcher to a minor league deal ahead of the MLB trade deadline.

Jul 28 • 5:38 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Every Major College Jersey Patch Deal So Far

A comprehensive list of all jersey patch partnerships announced so far.

Jul 28 • 5:32 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Caesars Entertainment (NASDAQ:CZR) Breakout Setup on Fertitta Acquisition Overrides Mixed Q2 Earnings

Caesars Q2 earnings mixed: revenue in-line, EPS miss, but stock jumps 21% on Fertitta Entertainment acquisition deal.

Jul 28 • 4:42 PM EDT • Entertainment • chartmill.com

Caesars Entertainment Narrows Loss Ahead of Fertitta Acquisition

The hotel and casino company reported a loss of $62 million in its first earnings report since agreeing to be acquired by billionaire Tilman Fertitta in a $5.7 billion deal.

Jul 28 • 4:20 PM EDT • Entertainment • wsj.com

Yankees sign a new catcher amid trade rumors

New York could still look to make a deal, too.

Jul 28 • 4:08 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Female college athletes see surge in NIL deals

College sports marketing company Learfield saw a 123% increase in female athlete participation in NIL compensation activities over the 2025-26 fiscal year.

Jul 28 • 2:01 PM EDT • Sports • africa.espn.com

Female college athletes see surge in NIL deals

College sports marketing company Learfield saw a 123% increase in female athlete participation in NIL compensation activities over the 2025-26 fiscal year.

Jul 28 • 2:01 PM EDT • Sports • espn.com

With NCAA rules set to change on Saturday, Notre Dame and Ohio State sign 8-figure jersey sponsorship deals

Jul 28 • 1:51 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Sources: Notre Dame passes Ohio State for richest patch deal

Notre Dame has reached a multi-year deal with SoFi Technologies that will place the financial service company's brand on the Fighting Irish's jerseys in every sport starting this season, the university announced Tuesday.

Jul 28 • 1:43 PM EDT • Sports • espn.com

Big Pharma gets a lesson in trusting the science

J&J ‌reached a relatively cheap $5.5 bln settlement that could end over a decade of ​litigation related to talc. The healthcare ​giant exited Kenvue, its former consumer ⁠goods unit, partly to escape ​similar legal worries. In retrospect, it looks ​to have handed a rival a deal.

Jul 28 • 1:35 PM EDT • Science • reuters.com

Private Equity Firm Unloads Mental Health Chain Into Muni Market

A Connecticut-based private equity firm plans to sell a chain of mental health centers and sober-living homes through a deal financed by municipal bonds.

Jul 28 • 12:12 PM EDT • Health • bloomberg.com

Baker Mayfield will reportedly play 2026 season on expiring deal, pick up contract talks with Bucs in offseason

Jul 28 • 12:03 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Best Back to School Accessory Deals on Anker, Sony, Samsung and More This Week

There's a big accessory sale happening on Amazon this week, with the year's best prices on Anker chargers, Samsung monitors, Sonos audio products, and much more. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.

Jul 28 • 10:21 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com

Included Health inks agreement to acquire Firefly Health to scale alternative health plans for employers

Virtual care and health navigation company Included Health inked a deal to acquire Firefly Health to scale health plan alternatives for employers. | Virtual care and health navigation company Included Health inked a deal to acquire Firefly Health to scale health plan alternatives for employers.

Jul 28 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • fiercehealthcare.com

Pitaka’s Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Flip 8 cases deliver smart features without the bulk

Samsung’s foldables are built to deliver flexibility to its users, but protecting them often means dealing with extra bulk that...

Jul 28 • 8:55 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com

Gvardiol pens new deal

Josko Gvardiol has signed a new five-year contract, a deal which will extend his stay at Manchester City through to the summer of 2031. Men's Team Gvardiol: There’s still so much to achieve here at ...

Jul 28 • 8:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

KFF Health Tracking Poll: Ebola & Pandemic Preparedness

Much of the public has yet to form an opinion on the U.S. government’s response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this poll finds. Four in ten adults say the U.S. is less prepared for a pandemic now than it was in 2020.

Jul 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • kff.org

England keeper Hampton extends deal at Chelsea

England international Hannah Hampton signs a new two-year deal with Chelsea.

Jul 28 • 7:34 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Intermountain increases stake in two Idaho hospital systems as part of $795M deal

The nonprofit Intermountain Health would take full ownership of Idaho Falls Community Hospital, and expand its minority share in physician-owned Mountain View Hospital, if the deal with Surgery Partners goes through.

Jul 28 • 7:26 AM EDT • Health • healthexec.com

USMCA and the Politics of Permanent Leverage

The U.S. wants to keep the review of the trade agreement open and has little incentive for a final deal, an expert writes.

Jul 28 • 6:59 AM EDT • Politics • americasquarterly.org

Portsmouth sign Brooke-Smith on four-year deal

Portsmouth sign forward Luke Brooke-Smith from New Zealand side Wellington Phoenix for an undisclosed fee, on a four-year deal.

Jul 28 • 6:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

After World War II, a few snakes reached Guam; they now number up to 30,000 per square mile, and scientists found 19,000 hidden genetic changes

After World War II, a small number of brown tree snakes somehow made it to Guam, likely hidden in cargo, and the island has been dealing with the consequences ever since. Today, the snakes are so widespread that in some parts of the U.S.

Jul 28 • 3:24 AM EDT • Science • timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Red Sox may sacrifice Marcelo Mayer or Jarren Duran to land another impact bat

With Boston's thin farm, and having shown their willingness to deal MLB players to get better, these two might be the next to go.

Jul 27 • 6:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Rodri transfer news: Man City hopeful World Cup winner will sign new deal but braced for Real Madrid bid

Jul 27 • 6:10 PM EDT • Sports • skysports.com

Clair Obscur Isn't The Only Great RPG That's Cheaper Right Now

These are the current role-playing game deals I'd recommend

Jul 27 • 1:00 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com

NBCU-YouTube deal includes sports production, broader Peacock distribution

The production deal builds off a production relationship last year for YouTube’s NFL game from Brazil, which NBC Sports handled. YouTube does not have a standalone live NFL game this season. CBS Sports has been handling production for Netflix NFL games.

Jul 27 • 11:57 AM EDT • Sports • sportsbusinessjournal.com

NBCUniversal's Peacock to join YouTube Premium

The deal will introduce Peacock into millions of new homes.

Jul 27 • 11:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com

Kustom Entertainment Amends Divestiture Terms With Cycurion Into Upgraded $6.1M Deal Featuring Immediate Cash Injection And 12% Yielding Preferred Equity

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Jul 27 • 8:31 AM EDT • Entertainment • tradingview.com

Kustom Entertainment Amends Divestiture Terms with Cycurion into Upgraded $6.1M Deal Featuring Immediate Cash Injection and 12% Yielding Preferred Equity

Captures $250,000 in immediate non-refundable capital, eliminates warrants in favor of preferred equity, and sharpens execution on its $100B live...

Jul 27 • 8:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • globenewswire.com

Kustom Entertainment Amends Divestiture Terms with Cycurion into Upgraded $6.1M Deal Featuring Immediate Cash Injection and 12% Yielding Preferred Equity

Captures $250,000 in immediate non-refundable capital, eliminates warrants in favor of preferred equity, and sharpens execution on its $100B live entertainment and ticketing expansion. OVERLAND PARK, KS, July 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kustom Entertainment, Inc. (Nasdaq: KUST) (“Kustom” or the “Company”), an emerging force in live music festival production and proprietary ticketing operations, today announced a major upgrade to its divestiture strategy. On July 23, 2026, the Company executed t

Jul 27 • 8:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com

Kendall Qualls' running mate, picked for business acumen, owes workers money

Brian Nicholson told his workers earlier this month at an Albertville manufacturer that he was doing everything in his power — and even seeking divine intervention — to strike one of five “Hail Mary” deals so he could pay them what they’re owed. “I’m praying on my knees every night before I go to bed […]

Jul 27 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • minnesotareformer.com

BLOOMBERG: Sports Apparel Company Fanatics Inks BGC Deal for Prediction Markets Expansion

Fanatics struck a deal to buy a federally regulated derivatives exchange and clearinghouse from BGC Group Inc., as the sports-apparel company and broker-dealer seek to partner on prediction markets for retail and institutional investors.

Jul 27 • 7:04 AM EDT • Sports • fanaticsinc.com

Fertitta Entertainment’s buyout of Caesars progresses

Fertitta’s $17.6B all-cash Caesars deal advances after a Nevada Gaming Board hearing.

Jul 27 • 6:33 AM EDT • Entertainment • seekingalpha.com

More Louisiana companies are selling to private equity. Is that a bad thing?

The sale of Livingston-based Epic Piping to a Houston private equity firm was the latest of three similar deals in south Louisiana in the past month alone. Experts say it won’t be the last.

Jul 27 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • nola.com

​Trump's new 50% Canada tariff could shake Maine businesses

President Donald Trump on Monday ordered new trade deal-exempt tariffs on a range of Canadian products, to take effect next month.

Jul 27 • 4:00 AM EDT • Business • pressherald.com

Jackson Thomson, son of Kevin, signs Hibs deal

Jackson Thomson, 16, son of former Dundee, Hibernian, Rangers and Scotland midfielder Kevin, has signed his first professional contract with Hibs. Sun) Manager Thomas Brdaric says Malisheva "need a strategy" to complete victory over Hibernian at Easter Road in the Conference League second qualifying round, having opened up a 2-0 first-leg advantage. (Edinburgh Evening News - subscription required)

Jul 27 • 3:31 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Gossip: Zirkzee wanted by Juventus

Serie A side Juventus are working on a deal to sign forward Joshua Zirkzee from Manchester United. (Gazzetta dello Sport - in Italian)

Jul 27 • 2:32 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Cardinals, Jacoby Brissett strike a new deal

Jul 26 • 2:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Exclusive | United Approached Delta Last Year About Merging Airlines

United Chief Executive Scott Kirby called Delta’s CEO to discuss a potential deal but the talks didn’t progress, according to people familiar with the matter.

Jul 26 • 2:12 PM EDT • Business • wsj.com

"KVM Chainsaw" Expected To Hit Linux 7.3 For Dealing With God Data Structure

A patch series that appears destined for the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window is what's dubbed the 'KVM Chainsaw' as a major code clean-up in dealing with the kvm_mmu 'god data structure'.

Jul 26 • 11:32 AM EDT • Technology • phoronix.com

Former San Antonio Spurs 2nd-Round Pick Joins Utah Jazz

After two seasons with the San Antonio Spurs, forward Harrison Ingram has joined the Utah Jazz.In an official press release by the Jazz on Saturday, they announced the signing of the former Spurs second-round pick.“The Utah Jazz announced today that the team has signed forward Harrison Ingram. Per team policy, terms of the deal were […] The post Former San Antonio Spurs 2nd-Round Pick Joins Utah Jazz appeared first on HEAVY.

Jul 26 • 12:23 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Red Sox swap LHP Connelly Early for 3B Curtis Mead in deal with Nationals

MLB trade deadline season is officially here.

Jul 25 • 11:24 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Chicago White Sox Release Brother of Braves’ Player Jurickson Profar

The Chicago White Sox currently sit atop the AL Central with a 54-48 record. They lead the Guardians by 1.5 games in the division. An Atlanta Braves player who is a little bit forgotten is Jurickson Profar. Profar signed a three-year, $42 million deal with the Braves a couple of seasons ago, but he is […] The post Chicago White Sox Release Brother of Braves’ Player Jurickson Profar appeared first on HEAVY.

Jul 25 • 8:12 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Deals: Galaxy Z Fold8, Z Fold8 Ultra and Z Flip8 go on pre-order

And so do the Galaxy Watch Ultra2 and Watch9. Plus, we look at some alternatives. This week, Samsung unveiled its next generation foldables, which included...

Jul 25 • 4:31 PM EDT • Technology • gsmarena.com

🤝It's a deal: Real Madrid agree terms with Diomandé

Real Madrid have reached a verbal agreement on personal terms with young talent Yan Diomande. After receiving the player’s approval for the move, the Madrid club have strengthened their position in ...

Jul 25 • 3:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Duke-Michigan rematch scrapped over broadcast rights

The rematch was slated for Dec. 21 and was supposed to be streamed on Amazon Prime as part of Duke's three-game deal.

Jul 25 • 3:02 PM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com

Ty Simpson agrees to rookie deal with Rams

Jul 25 • 2:15 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Carlisle sign defender Duru on one-year deal

Carlisle United sign former Blackburn defender Leo Duru on a one-year contract, with the option of a further year.

Jul 25 • 1:34 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Arsenal eyeing shock deal for Real Madrid star Vinicius Jr

Vinicius is one of the biggest stars in world football but Jose Mourinho’s return to manage Real Madrid has put his future up in the air

Jul 25 • 12:18 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Viktor Orbán calls for new era of 'resistance politics'

"It is pointless to deal with an inexorable, disgraced mafia boss," Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar wrote on Facebook on Saturday.

Jul 25 • 9:45 AM EDT • Politics • euronews.com

Arsenal exploring deal for Real Madrid winger Vinicius Junior

The Brazil international is in the final 12 months of his contract and is a prominent target among others for the Premier League champions.

Jul 25 • 8:46 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com

George Answers Your Questions: The War, the Oil Crisis and American Politics

The War, the Oil Crisis and American Politics July 20, 2026 Question: In today’s email, you mention 2 options for the US in dealings with Iran- 1) expand

Jul 25 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • geopoliticalfutures.com

Anthropic’s life science plans; Novartis CEO on China deals; and more

Welcome back to Endpoints Weekly! We’re gearing up for a busy week of earnings coverage, as Moderna, AstraZeneca, GSK, Bristol Myers Squibb and more are set to report their Q2 ...

Jul 25 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • endpoints.news

How to preorder Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 8, Z Flip 8: See preorder deals

Three foldables from Samsung are here.

Jul 25 • 5:00 AM EDT • Technology • mashable.com

Nevada regulators approve key steps in MGM, Caesars take-private deals

Two Nevada resort companies that dominate the Strip came a step closer to converting from publicly traded to privately held after actions Thursday before the Nevada Gaming Commission. In separate

Jul 24 • 9:10 PM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com

Bret Michaels hospitalized after 7-day medical ordeal left him playing through 'intense' pain

Bret Michaels shared a hospital bed photo after a kidney stone procedure, revealing he played three concerts before the pain became too much.

Jul 24 • 7:35 PM EDT • Health • foxnews.com

Is North Star-Rochester Regional deal still on after dueling news releases?

Conflicting news releases have raised questions about the status of a potential partnership between North Star Health Alliance and Rochester Regional Health.

Jul 24 • 4:53 PM EDT • Health • wwnytv.com

ULA deals with financial challenges caused by Vulcan grounding

United Launch Alliance’s corporate parents have guaranteed a loan to the company as it addresses “financial challenges” caused by the Vulcan grounding.

Jul 24 • 4:18 PM EDT • Technology • spacenews.com

LeBron James signing 2-year, $8M deal to join 76ers for his 24th NBA season

Jul 24 • 11:44 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

LeBron James chooses Sixers, coming to Philadelphia on 2-year deal

In the latest incredible development of the Sixers’ offseason, LeBron James has chosen Philadelphia.

Jul 24 • 11:40 AM EDT • Sports • nbcsportsphiladelphia.com

Breaking: LeBron James Agrees To Contract With Philadelphia 76ers

In a stunning turn of events, LeBron James is taking his talents to the Philadelphia 76ers. ESPN insider Shams Charania just broke the news that James is heading to the 76ers. He's agreed to a two-year, $8 million deal that includes a player option. Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul confirmed this ...

Jul 24 • 11:37 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com