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God of War Laufey pre-orders open September 29, editions detailed

Physical and digital pre-orders for God of War Laufey will begin on September 29 at 10:00 a.m. local time, publisher Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Santa Monica Studio announced.

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Sep 28 • 8:05 AM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
Dungeon Crawler Carl’s Hero Is a Coast Guard Veteran. Here's Why That Matters

A reluctant hero in boxer shorts and ill-fitting pink Crocs stumbles through a galaxy wide dungeon clutching a show cat and wit.

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Sep 28 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • military.com
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for Sept. 28, 2026, puzzle No. 735

Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.

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Sep 28 • 12:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
Taylor Swift premieres music video for ‘Patient Zero’ at the VMAs

Dakota Johnson and Colin Farrell star in this track off the encore edition of Swift’s 12th album, “The Life of a Showgirl.”

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Sep 27 • 9:49 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
See All the Stars Arriving on the Red Carpet at the 2026 MTV VMAs

Snoop Dogg hosts the 43rd edition of the iconic music awards show, airing live from Los Angeles on Sept. 27

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Sep 27 • 5:54 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Padres clinch home field despite scary ending versus Dbacks

FriarWatch: September 26 Edition

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Sep 27 • 11:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Everton's Season Review Data Edition: Have The Toffees Been Lucky?

The data can tell us one thing, and the eye test another. Have Everton been lucky so far this season?

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Sep 27 • 9:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sunday Puzzle: So-so

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe and WYPR listener Katherine Jakuta of Baltimore, Maryland play the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz.

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Sep 27 • 8:46 AM EDT • Entertainment • kgou.org
Unique health advice shared at Wellness Expo

Community health practices continue to evolve through the years, and the Derby Recreation Commission is focused on addressing that through its annual Wellness Expo. The fourth edition was recently held

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Sep 27 • 6:00 AM EDT • Business • derbyinformer.com
Unique health advice shared at Wellness Expo

Community health practices continue to evolve through the years, and the Derby Recreation Commission is focused on addressing that through its annual Wellness Expo. The fourth edition was recently held

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Sep 27 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • derbyinformer.com
The story behind our autograph cards

Irish illustrator draws our boys by handOur new autograph card sets for the 2026/27 season are now available at the Bullshop!What makes this year’s edition special? Every single player has been indi...

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Sep 27 • 5:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for Sept. 27, 2026, puzzle No. 734

Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.

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Sep 27 • 12:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
MVDs: Oklahoma Edition

You don’t unceremoniously sink the Sooner Schooner without a total team effort. But even then some Bulldogs are bound to stand out above the crowd for their efforts. Those dandy ‘‘Dawgs are your MVDs, the Most Valuable Dawgs from Georgia’s 41-13 victory over Oklahoma. Offense: Talyn Taylor. Taylor’s 4 catches for 110 yards represented a […]

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Sep 26 • 10:38 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Minecraft Dungeons II’s New Dimension Coming to Minecraft Java & Bedrock Edition

At Minecraft LIVE, Mojang announced that the first new dimension in 14 years - The Sift - will be coming to both Minecraft Dungeons II and Minecraft Java & Bedrock Edition. Learn more inside.

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Sep 26 • 2:00 PM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for Sept. 26, 2026, puzzle No. 733

Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.

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Sep 26 • 12:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
GTA 6 Fans Are Already 3D Printing Items in the Game's $400 Collector's Edition

Fans of GTA 6 are already copying items in the game’s $400 collector’s edition and 3D-printing them for a far cheaper price.

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Sep 25 • 3:44 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Gears of War: E-Day x Liquid Death - Unlock a Legendary Pose and More

Gears of War: E-Day teams up with Liquid Death, bringing an in-game reward, a limited-edition merch drop, and a new way to gear up for Emergence Day.

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Sep 25 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
Next Week on XBOX: New Games for September 28 to October 2

Minecraft Dungeons II, Gears of War: E- Day Premium Edition, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered, and more coming soon to XBOX.

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Sep 25 • 10:00 AM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
Fewer relegations, fewer leagues: changes to the Nations League

The Nations League is set for a small revolution starting with the 2028/29 edition.While the competition currently operates with four leagues, League D will disappear. To ensure the transition, UEFA h...

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Sep 25 • 7:34 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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The sun has set on a fantastic edition of the FISU Beach Sports Championships

The Figueira da Foz Buarcos Beach has seen the best beach soccer, handball, wrestling and volleyball student-athletes from the world compete on its sand over the last seven days. What a great way to say goodbye to the Portuguese summer! Almost from sunrise until sunset, student-athletes from all over the world jumped, kicked, ran and […]

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Sep 25 • 2:36 AM EDT • Sports • fisu.net
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Taylor Swift 'The Life of a Showgirl Encore' New Tracks Review

A look at the four new tracks added to the "encore" edition of Taylor Swift's 'The Life of a Showgirl.'

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Sep 25 • 2:09 AM EDT • Business • variety.com
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for Sept. 25, 2026, puzzle No. 732

Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.

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Sep 25 • 12:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
Piel a Piel, a ceremony that strengthens Rojiblanca identity

Pride and identity in wearing the Chivas jersey are built from the youth ranks up. With that conviction, a new edition of “Piel a Piel” was held this Thursday, an annual event in which young playe...

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Sep 24 • 8:47 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Arc Raiders Is Testing a PvE Mode Very Soon

Embark Studios has announced that it will be testing a PvE mode for Arc Raiders next month.

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Sep 24 • 6:24 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Ubisoft hosting new Nintendo Switch 2 and Switch sale, lowest prices ever for Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection, Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition, more

Ubisoft is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a brand new sale on the Nintendo eShop, which includes games like Assassin’s Creed: The Ezio Collection, Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition, and more at new low prices. Other notable releases are included as well. You can save big on the Mario + Rabbids series, The Rogue Prince of Persia, and more. The full...

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Sep 24 • 5:45 PM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
Xbox Says Its Share of GTA 6 Preorders Matches Its Share of the Console Market, Following PS5 Dominance Claim

Microsoft has stepped in to address a report that claimed GTA 6 preorders are “heavily skewed” toward PlayStation 5 over Xbox Series X and S.

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Sep 24 • 4:55 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Advanced Health Tech Research Continues to Protect Astronaut Health

Advanced health research, including ultrasound scans, blood tests, and exercise studies, using the latest technology in microgravity was on Thursday’s schedule for the Expedition 75 crew. The orbital residents also continued their ongoing cargo operations and maintenance tasks aboard the International Space Station.

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Sep 24 • 1:16 PM EDT • Health • nasa.gov
Rockstar reveals a £350 box of naughty GTA 6 collectables you definitely wouldn't get through airport security

A whopping £350 for this limited edition GTA 6 collectible set - and that doesn't even include the game.

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Sep 24 • 12:20 PM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Rockstar Reveals $400 Special Edition Of Grand Theft Auto 6

This version of the game includes a ton of Vice City-inspired extras, like a statue, sunglasses, and crossbody bag

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Sep 24 • 11:17 AM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Earth life support systems are flashing red, warns 2026 Planetary Health Check

Human activities continue eroding the planet’s stability, resilience and life-support functions, the third edition of the Planetary Health Check released in September warns. The “scary” part of the 2026 report, says lead co-author Levke Caesar, is that the trends are largely going in the wrong direction. “We still have seven out of the nine planetary […]

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Sep 24 • 9:55 AM EDT • Health • news.mongabay.com
The rise of the AI-native radiology practice

In this edition of STAT Health Tech: Radiology startups say owning a practice makes it easier to develop AI tools, and insurers oppose RPM changes.

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Sep 24 • 9:21 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
Review: DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes Of An Elusive Age - Definitive Edition (Switch 2) - Square Enix Needs To Get With The Upgrade Path Program

Well, at least it looks a little nicer

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Sep 24 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • nintendolife.com
Which is the best version of Dragon Quest XI S? Switch 2, PC, PS4, Xbox, PS5, Steam Deck, & AYN Thor compared

We compare Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition launches for Switch 2 on September 24

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Sep 24 • 7:59 AM EDT • Technology • rpgsite.net
Calling all current and future scientists: Kiel is the place to be this week

This week, Kiel has become a meeting place for science in Europe. Researchers, school pupils, young scientists and members of the public are coming together through a series of major events led or co-organised by Kiel University.At the centre of it all are around 150 of Europe’s most talented young researchers, aged 14 to 20, who have travelled to Kiel from nearly 40 countries for the 37th European Union Contest for Young Scientists (EUCYS). Running from 22 to 27 September, the European Union’s flagship competition for young scientists brings together winners of national science competitions to present around 100 original research projects across fields ranging from engineering and computer science to medicine, environmental research and the social sciences. The winners will be announced at the Award Ceremony on Saturday.For Kiel University, hosting EUCYS is both an honour and a natural extension of a much longer story. Germany’s northernmost comprehensive university has invested for many years in supporting young scientific talent and bringing research into dialogue with society. The Kiel Science Factory gives school pupils opportunities to experience research first-hand, while programmes such as Rent-a-Scientist send researchers directly into local classrooms. Major annual public events including Kiel Week and the European Researchers’ Night take science beyond the campus through talks, exhibitions and hands-on activities.That long-standing commitment has increasingly taken on a European dimension – and this week, many of those efforts are coming together.One of the foundations for this success is the European Researchers’ Night (ERN), which celebrates its tenth edition in the Kiel region this year. The initiative is funded through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, with Kiel University developing the successful EU proposals and securing the funding, while regional partner KielRegion coordinates the many activities on the ground. Together with research institutions, schools, companies, local authorities and civil society, they have built ERN into a major platform for public engagement.Over the years, Kiel’s ERN programme has grown far beyond a single evening into a whole “Science Summer”, beginning with “Science Shopping” in spring and culminating tomorrow, 25 September, in Science Day.“We have developed a wide range of public engagement formats, often together with the other research institutions in the region, the city and regional authorities, schools, companies and civil society,” says Eckhard Quandt, Kiel University’s vice president for research, academic infrastructure and transfer. “Over the past decade, we have increasingly taken this commitment to the European level.”That combination of European funding expertise and strong regional partnerships also helped Kiel University take the next step. Drawing on its experience with ERN and its European networks, including the SEA-EU University Alliance, the university brought together Brest in France and Split in Croatia for a successful bid to the EU’s new Science Comes to Town initiative. Throughout 2026, the three cities are serving as Europe’s first Science Ambassadors, with more than one thousand activities bringing science into schools, public spaces, cultural venues and everyday life.EUCYS is perhaps the clearest example of how Kiel University is using Science Comes to Town to create new connections between major European initiatives. From the outset, the university deliberately planned the contest for the week of European Researchers’ Night and opened the EUCYS exhibition to the wider Science Day audience. Tomorrow, that means thousands of visitors can encounter the next generation of scientific talent first-hand, while the young researchers themselves gain a much bigger public stage.“Because we opened EUCYS up for European Researchers’ Night, there will be a lot of people actually visiting the exhibition,” says organiser Stefanie Altemark of Kiel University.“We wanted Europe’s most talented young scientists not only to compete with one another, but also to become visible to the wider public. At the same time, people in Kiel will have the opportunity to see what the next generation of scientists are already capable of,” says Quandt.“We’ve shown over the last years that science is a big part of Kiel, and it’s always been the goal to not only show that to people in Germany, but also to show it to people all over Europe. Thanks to Kiel University’s expertise in European funding programmes, we have been able to turn that ambition into reality,” says Sünje Fock, who is coordinating the Science Summer at KielRegion.The model is characteristic of Kiel University’s approach: combining European funding expertise and international networks with strong regional partnerships to give major initiatives greater reach and visibility.This year also marks the 30th anniversary of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, giving Kiel University the special opportunity to welcome Vanessa Debiais-Sainton, Head of Department for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions at the European Research Executive Agency, to Kiel tomorrow. Her visit brings together two priorities that have shaped Kiel University’s work over the past decade: supporting researchers and bringing science closer to society. Debiais-Sainton emphasises how closely the two are connected: "For thirty years, the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) have given more than 150,000 researchers the chance to pursue their dreams and open up new fields. Doctoral Networks and Postdoctoral Fellowships give them the freedom to move, to connect, to train and to follow their curiosity across borders, sectors and disciplines. But excellence cannot live only in laboratories. Researchers’ Night takes science out of the lab and into the city, to the families, the schoolchildren and the curious minds who will become the next generation. Kiel shows what that looks like at its best. That is the MSCA promise: open science, open borders, open doors."For Kiel University, these activities are not separate endeavours. They are part of a broader understanding of academic excellence in which outstanding research, talent development, international cooperation, knowledge transfer and engagement with society strengthen one another.“For me, one of the most important lessons from the past decade is that scientific excellence, knowledge transfer, talent development and engagement with society cannot be treated as separate tasks,” stresses vice president Quandt. “They reinforce one another.”That philosophy is also reflected in Kiel University’s current bid for Germany’s Excellence University status. The designation is part of Germany’s national Excellence Strategy, which provides substantial long-term funding to selected universities to strengthen internationally competitive research and their overall institutional development. A successful outcome would provide new opportunities to build on what has already been created: deepening international cooperation, creating more opportunities for knowledge exchange and public engagement, and extending the university’s reach across the region and beyond. “If we are successful, it would allow us to take what we have built in Kiel considerably further – including expanding our networks and transfer activities beyond the region and increasingly across the Baltic area,” says Quandt.This week’s events offer a glimpse of what that could mean in practice: a university using its research strength, European expertise and regional partnerships to create opportunities for scientists at every stage of their careers while making science more visible, accessible and exciting to the wider public.

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Sep 24 • 5:37 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for Sept. 24, 2026, puzzle No. 731

Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.

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Sep 24 • 12:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
A teacher spotted two unusually large footprints. They turned out to be a first for science - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports

(CNN) — Kent Hups set out one morning on a research expedition in the famed Hell Creek Formation, a series of fossil-rich sedimentary rock layersRead More

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Sep 23 • 6:28 PM EDT • Science • wsvn.com
Padres fall flat against rival Dodgers in series opener

FriarWatch: September 23 Edition

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Sep 23 • 6:20 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
CyberPowerPC Gaming PCs With Founder's Edition Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 GPUs Are on Sale During the Walmart GeForce Week Sale Event

Part of the Walmart's GeForce Week Sale that ends on September 27.

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Sep 23 • 5:55 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Crew Studies Advanced Health Tech and Gears Up for Next Crew Swap

Ultrasound scans using augmented reality and artificial intelligence topped the health research schedule aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Expedition 75 crew also collected blood and saliva samples to study how the immune system adapts to weightlessness. The orbital residents are now preparing for a crew swap as NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission announces a launch date.

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Sep 23 • 3:22 PM EDT • Health • nasa.gov
Fantasy Football Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Week 3: WR Edition

Keep the momentum rolling with your fantasy roster in Week 3 with the right wide receivers.

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Sep 23 • 2:18 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
CVS Health Launches National "Wear Your HeART" Bandage Art Contest

Four winning designs will be featured on limited-edition CVS brand bandages for sale in 2027Originally published on Company NewsroomWOONSOCKET, RI / ACCESS Newswire / September 23, 2026 / ® (NYSE:CVS) recently announced the launch of its nationwide "Wear Your HeART" Bandage Art Contest, inviting people across the United States to submit original artwork inspired by the importance of protecting personal, family and community health.The contest offers artists, students, families and community grou

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Sep 23 • 11:30 AM EDT • Health • finance.yahoo.com
Q&A: Kai Ryssdal on his time at Marketplace, the politics of the economy, public media & more

Ryssdal joined Morning Edition host Bob Pavlovich for a conversation ahead of two stops in Louisiana this week.

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Sep 23 • 7:51 AM EDT • Politics • wwno.org
Showcase your research at Science is Wonderful! 2027

Science is Wonderful! is the annual science fair organised by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). It invites EU-funded researchers from around the world to come to Brussels and explain their work to children and youngsters. MSCA is calling on its fellows and alumni to apply and present their research project to over 4,000 pupils coming from all corners of Belgium to see science come alive. The 2027 edition will take place in Brussels, from 17 to 19 March 2027. Teams of researchers will showcase their work at booths through live experiments, interactive presentations, floor games, physical challenges, and many other

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Sep 23 • 7:31 AM EDT • Science • euneighbourseast.eu
Purdue basketball: Pressing player questions (Guard edition)

We’re excited to continue to partner with SpaceVault for all your local storage needs in Lafayette, Indiana. SpaceVault Self-Storage is more than just a spot to store your extra stuff. We’re a local partner here to make things easier for everyone in Lafayette—residents, students, and businesses alike. SpaceVault started in Lafayette with a pretty simple idea: […]

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Sep 23 • 2:36 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for Sept. 23, 2026, puzzle No. 730

Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.

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Sep 23 • 12:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
Tiger Talk Notes and Quotes: Mississippi State Edition

Drinkwitz credits Mizzou’s special teams for Troy win; emphasizes the need for a faster start against Mississippi State

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Sep 22 • 9:47 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Miami Dolphins Discussion: Team To Beat Edition

We ask Dolphins fans which team in the division or conference should be the front offices focus as the “team to beat.”

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Sep 22 • 8:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
CyberPowerPC Launches RTX Founders Edition Pre-Built PCs Starting at $1,549

NVIDIA's Founders Edition graphics cards are generally restricted to its own retail channels, but it seems as though CyberPowerPC has a limited run of RTX 50-series GPUs available in its pre-built gaming PCs for a GeForce Week event, which is slated to run until September 27. The CyberPowerPCs...

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Sep 22 • 7:27 PM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com
Hola México Film Festival returns to Los Angeles

It's the 18th annual edition of the largest Mexican film festival outside of Mexico

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Sep 22 • 5:03 PM EDT • Entertainment • spectrumnews1.com
Who will lead Michigan Football in receiving?

Who will lead Michigan in receiving? Vote in this edition of SB Nation Reacts.

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Sep 22 • 2:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Middle-earth: Shadow Bundle announced for Switch 2

Aspyr has announced Middle-earth: Shadow Bundle for Switch 2, which includes Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition and Middle-earth: Shadow of War Definitive Edition. It will laun…

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Sep 22 • 1:14 PM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
Middle-earth: Shadow of War, Shadow of Mordor coming to Nintendo Switch 2

Middle-earth: Shadow of War Definitive Edition and Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition are both coming to Nintendo Switch 2, it’s been revealed. A listing on the Nintendo eShop has them down for September 30, 2026. Middle-earth: Shadow of War Game of the Year Edition features season pass content – specifically the Guardians of the Flaming Eye Warband...

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Sep 22 • 1:06 PM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
CyberPowerPC now sells prebuilt PCs with NVIDIA RTX 50 Founders Edition GPUs, 1,000 RTX 5080 systems sell in one day

CyberPowerPC is using NVIDIA's own RTX 50 Founders Edition cards in new Walmart systems. The RTX 5080 configuration with Ryzen 7 9800X3D costs $2,299.

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Sep 22 • 12:03 PM EDT • Technology • videocardz.com
Would Troy Aikman actually walk away from ESPN?

This originally appeared in Tuesday morning’s edition of The A Block, Awful Announcing’s daily newsletter with the latest sports media news, commentary, and analysis. Sign up here and be the first to know everything going on in the sports media world. Something is off when the analyst half of the longest-running broadcast marriage in NFL history…

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Sep 22 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
When treachery abounds, entertainment resounds - The Voice of San Francisco

Betrayal is disheartening and debilitating, unless it’s happening to someone in a movie. Then, it’s diverting. For example, The Weight is a tension-loaded drama that follows a criminal expedition into the wilds of the Pacific Northwest in the 1930s and hinges on shady people depending on each other in extreme circumstances. As for The Musical, […]

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Sep 22 • 10:24 AM EDT • Entertainment • thevoicesf.org
Epic's mortality model, and Omada's future products

In this edition of STAT Health Tech: What Epic's mortality prediction algorithm tells us about AI in geriatrics, Omada's expansion plans, and more.

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Sep 22 • 9:15 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for Sept. 22, 2026, puzzle No. 729

Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.

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Sep 22 • 12:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
Monkey business: Hundreds line up to shop UT, Roller Rabbit pajama partnership

The line of eager faces stretched nearly a quarter of a mile. Hundreds of customers, some of whom waited almost six hours, patiently anticipated the Roller Rabbit and University of Tennessee collaborative pop-up Monday morning. The two-day event brings a limited edition collection of pajamas designed exclusively for Vols, featuring the brand’s “iconic” monkey-covered pattern...

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Sep 21 • 10:24 PM EDT • Business • utdailybeacon.com
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907 Sports: Week 6 kicks off, father & son from Homer go coast-to-coast for ultimate NFL experience

In this edition of 907 Sports, Week 6 of the high school football season has arrived and we check in on a Division II showdown between Lathrop and Chugiak. Plus, Homer’s biggest Buffalo Bills fan gets the ultimate NFL experience.

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Sep 21 • 6:09 PM EDT • Sports • alaskasnewssource.com
The SEC in a Sentence: Magnolia State Magic Edition

Welcome to the SEC in a sentence, in which we attempt to distill yet another wild and crazy weekend of SEC football into, but a single sentence for each of the leagues 16 combatants. It was another wild one, perhaps wilder that some teams (lookin’ at you, Aggieland) would have preferred. But that’s why we […]

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Sep 21 • 4:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How Will Chivas Prepare to Face Querétaro?

After playing another edition of El Clásico de México, Guadalajara has turned the page and already has its sights set on its next Apertura 2026 challenge: the match against Querétaro, corresponding...

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Sep 21 • 2:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Letters to the Editor: Deer season brings ticks, and November brings politics

The following are Letters to the Editor published in the print edition of the Star-Observer this past week.

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Sep 21 • 2:10 PM EDT • Politics • hudsonstarobserver.com
U.K.'s Official Charts Launches Subscription-Based PRO Platform For Music, Home Entertainment Movies

The Official Charts, the weekly U.K. platform tracking sales of music and movie digital and physical media sales, Sept. 21 launched the subscription-based PRO edition, which will take effect on Sept. 24. PRO provides direct access to the Official Charts Company’s sales data, and enables users to track performance across artists, tracks and film titles, … Continue reading "U.K.’s Official Charts Launches Subscription-Based PRO Platform For Music, Home Entertainment Movies"

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Sep 21 • 1:43 PM EDT • Entertainment • mediaplaynews.com
Monday Morning Minnesota: The “Time To Say Goodbye” Edition

We come to the last week of the season, and the Twins have officially been eliminated from playoff contention and will not be able to finish the season with a winning record. On the bright side, Walker Jenkins figured out major league pitching! The Twins wrap up the season with a series in San Francisco […]

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Sep 21 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Therapy Session: 21 Sept. 2026

Another Juninho Edition of the Daily Merengue

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Sep 21 • 12:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Walmart Has the Best Deal on a GeForce RTX 5080 Prebuilt Gaming PC I've Seen in Months, and It Even Includes a Founder's Edition GPU

Equipped with an RTX 5080 Founder's Edition GPU, 32GB of RAM, and a 1TB SSD.

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Sep 21 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
PlayStation Reveals New Limited-Edition Controller and Merch Collection With K-Pop Star Lisa

PlayStation has revealed a new collaboration with the K-pop star Lisa that includes a limited edition DualSense controller.

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Sep 21 • 11:02 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Sony officially announces a new limited edition PS5 DualSense controller based on K-pop star Lisa

The Blackpink singer’s controller is coming next month…

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Sep 21 • 10:54 AM EDT • Technology • videogameschronicle.com
Why the Academy of Natural Sciences named a fish after Ernest Hemingway

The author took scientists on fishing expeditions and mailed specimens to Philadelphia while he was between books.

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Sep 21 • 5:01 AM EDT • Science • phillyvoice.com
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for Sept. 21, 2026, puzzle No. 728

Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.

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Sep 21 • 12:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
Face the State | Diving into the politics of measles, healthcare in Pennsylvania

In this week’s edition of Face the State, one politician shares why he believes a proposed amendment by the Department of Health is unconstitutional.

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Sep 20 • 3:00 PM EDT • Politics • local21news.com
Why politicians should pay more attention to the polls (reprise)

Welcome to the 231st edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), a polling newsletter that always welcomes new readers. So please don’t keep TWIP a secret; share it with your friends and colleagues: Share The Week in Polls With all the stories swirling around Reform, JL Partners and political polling, I am finally tearing myself away from talking about the regulation of polling this week - and instead re-running a previous piece reminding us why the solution to problems with polls isn’t simply to ban or ignore them. Rather, we need them to play a vital role in making our politics - and politicians - better. This is followed by summaries of the latest national voting intention polls, seat projections from MRPs and the most recent party leader ratings. Subscribers who pay for the full edition can also read ten insights from the latest polls and analyses, including: A trio of organisations and a pair of professors have been casting their eyes over the Liberal Democrats ahead of the party’s autumn conference; What impact did the summer heatwave have on views on climate change? and Which wins out between chocolate and cheese? If you are not yet a paid subscriber, you can read all ten by starting a free trial now: Get FREE 7-day trial For more polling news as it comes in ahead of next week’s edition, you can also follow The Week in Polls on Bluesky. Picking up on my doubt last week about whether or not 35% of British train travellers have tried to order a takeaway for delivery to a railway station or carriage, thank you to reader Iain, who has been in touch to say he has done just that… in India. Another quick pair of updates, this time on the controversies around Reform and polling. Politico has a further scoop - “Farage aide caught in donor sting attended Egypt retreat with JL Partners” - and Ian Dunt has written about the problems with polling too: “Seeing the response of many polling experts in the last few weeks suggests that they are nervous about what is happening and keen to mitigate against it. Seeing the response of journalists, which has been basically non-existent, suggests the precise opposite.” My usual reminder as well: please do hit reply if you’ve spotted a poll, focus group or new piece of poll-based research that you think should be in contention for coverage in a future edition. Thank you! And with that, on with the show. How politicians get public opinion wrong I have written before about the benefits that come from widespread availability of high-quality political polling. We need more polls and more good coverage of polls. However, what I’ve not dug into before is the research into how accurately politicians estimate public opinion on issues. Thankfully we have academic research to tell us. First, the bad news: We present results from a study of 866 politicians in four countries.1 Politicians were asked to estimate the percentage of public support for various policy proposals. Comparing more than 10,000 estimations with actual levels of public support, we conclude that politicians are quite inaccurate estimators of people’s preferences. They make large errors and even regularly misperceive what a majority of the voters wants. Politicians are hardly better at estimating public preferences than ordinary citizens. Walgrave, S., Jansen, A., Sevenans, J., Soontjens, K., Pilet, J.B., Brack, N., Varone, F., Helfer, L., Vliegenthart, R., van der Meer, T., Breunig, C., Bailer, S., Sheffer, L. & Loewen, P.J. (2023a), “Inaccurate Politicians: Elected Representatives’ Estimations of Public Opinion in Four Countries”, The Journal of Politics, 85(1): 209-222. The bad news is not quite as bad as that makes it sound because, when asked whether the majority of public opinion was for or against various policies, politicians picked the wrong option ‘only’ 29% of the time. However, this included getting it wrong even when public opinion is far from evenly split on an issue: They do not only get it wrong when the public is divided and hard to read (e.g., when there is a 51%:49% distribution). Seventy percent of the misplacements occur for policies with a relatively clear distribution of at least 60% (dis)agreeing citizens. Moreover, the public scored only slightly worse than politicians, picking the wrong option 2.7 out of 8 times on average, compared with 2.3 times for politicians. Turning to the other measure of accuracy (not which side is in the lead but what the percentage support is for each side), politicians on average were 18 percentage points out in their guesses. Again, this was only slightly better than the public, whose error came in at 21 percentage points.2 Further research, using the same mix of countries, gives a little more comfort about how (in)accurate perceptions are: We show that politicians have a better understanding of public opinion when they think the issue matters to voters. Further, when an issue is personally important to politicians they more accurately estimate their party supporters’ opinions. The results confirm that politicians hold more accurate perceptions of voters’ preferences when they think it is important to do so but not necessarily when the issues actually are important to voters. Butler, C., Walgrave, S., Soontjens, K. & Loewen, P.J. (2024), “Politicians are better at estimating public opinion when they think it is more salient”, Party Politics: 1–13. Even so, it’s not a good picture. The remedy for this? Politicians should spend more time reading the polls. So forward this newsletter to someone you know… Share For a more general argument against banning polls, see my 2024 piece. Is “Let Bartlet Be Bartlet” good advice or not? The latest episode of my Political Fictions podcast heads across the Atlantic for a dip into one of the political TV classics: Mark and Cory talk about a giant of American political drama for the first time this week, as they tackle The West Wing. They talk about Let Bartlet Be Bartlet, the nineteenth episode of series one. In it, Mark wonders if The West Wing is actually the epitome of the “Boris Johnson school of politics”, Cory outmanoeuvres Mark into confirming we will record a Christmas Special about Love, Actually and they debate whether the central message of this episode has been misunderstood. Cory’s email newsletter is Paperback Rioter and Mark has a family of email newsletters. Subscribe to our newsletter for some additional bonus content and to get alerted whenever a new episode comes out. Our theme tune is “Monkeys Spinning Monkeys” by Kevin MacLeod/incompetech.com and licensed under the Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License. You can also listen to our episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, the web or YouTube. Elsewhere from me… [ A Lord's Eye View How to fix the problem of money in our politics Welcome to my latest update on work in the House of Lords. This time I am taking a look at how our political system is regulated, and the protections we need to keep democracy safe from becoming simply a contest to see who has the biggest bank account… Read more 5 days ago · 3 likes · 2 comments · Mark Pack ](https://lordseyeview.substack.com/p/how-to-fix-the-problem-of-money-in?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=post_embed&utm_medium=web&embedding_publication_id=1269283) If you spot a factual error… Borrowing an idea from Stuart Ritchie and others, if you spot a factual error in an edition of this newsletter, I will give you a free 12-month subscription to the paid-for version (or an extra 12 months on your existing one). Factual errors qualify, but grammatical errors or disagreements over interpretation do not, and my decision is final. Messages about both of those are always welcome, though. Voting intention and leadership ratings Here are the latest voting intention polls from different pollsters. It is all pretty static at the moment, with a small and consistent Labour lead in nearly all the polls. The table is also online here, along with explanations about what is included. It is updated regularly throughout the week as new polls are released. Next are the seat projections from MRPs, also sorted by fieldwork dates, listing those which are based on dedicated fieldwork (rather than models based on averages of other polls). Because such MRPs are published infrequently, some of the entries below are quite old. Finally, here is a summary of leadership ratings, with a graph from PollCheck: Detailed numbers from the latest polls are online here, and both that and the graph are updated regularly throughout the week as new data comes out. For historical figures on both voting intention and leader approval stretching back to the 1930s, including Parliamentary by-election polls, see PollBase. 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Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for Sept. 20, 2026, puzzle No. 727

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MVDs: Arkansas Edition

You don’t go on the road and take care of business in the SEC without a total team effort. Even then some Bulldogs are bound to distinguish themselves above and beyond the crowd. Those undaunted Dawgs are your MVDs, the Most Valuable ‘‘Dawgs from Georgia’s 45-17 victory over Arkansas. Offense: Gunner Stockton. Sure, we could […]

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The Big Holes in Wearable Heart Rate Variability And Readiness Scores

On September 9th, Apple announced it was revamping its Apple Watch Health Sensing System, rolling out a Readiness score (0 to 10), and increasing the frequency of heart rate variability (HRV) outputs 24-fold. This can be viewed as upping its competition with various other consumer wearable sensors. These “readiness scores” as a composite of multiple metrics, with heart rate variability (HRV) being front and center for most. The majority of Americans are now using wearable sensors, which equates to well over 100 million adults. HRV and Readiness scores are increasingly being marketed as a measurement of autonomic nervous system health, a digital marker for future disease, a clock for biological age, and a holistic metric to promote healthspan and even longevity. (Apple also introduced a new longevity tab and “Health Age”.) None of this has been proven. In this edition of Ground Truths I am going to review what we know about heart rate variability and readiness scores. Heart Rate Variability HRV is the variation in normal heart cycle timing. The variability of the heart rate, the barely perceptible millisecond changes in time between consecutive heart beats (see R-R intervals in the Figure below, left panel), is due to interplay between the sympathetic and parasympathetic (vagal nerve) inputs. Distinct from heart rate, individuals with the same heart rate can have very different HRVs. It is a rough reflection of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity, inadequate to say whether a person’s ANS function is abnormal. For more than three decades, heart rate variability (HRV) has been measured and several studies have found an association of low HRV and clinical outcomes, particularly a link with higher all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. There have also been less well established links of low HRV to risk of early cognitive impairment, dementia, mental illness, Type 2 diabetes and substance abuse. An important reminder is that HRV is a surrogate marker without any established cause-and-effect relationship. If you increase your HRV, that doesn’t mean it will improve health outcomes. In fact, there is no hard evidence for that. All that work linking to health outcomes was done with electrocardiogram (ECG) derived HRV. Now, in the era of consumer wearables, this is getting assessed differently, by optical pulse (yes, the lights you see) plethysmography (PPG) or what is called pulse rate variability (PRV). They are not the same, as shown below (right panel) and only concordant when the delay between the ECG and pulse is kept constant, which basically means at rest. I should mention there’s also what I will call MPV, a mattress mechanical movement sensor, a derived heart rate variability, that companies like Eight Sleep use, even further away from directly measuring HRV. HRV has not one uniform measurement but many different types of quantification, such as RMSSD, the magnitude of difference between successive R-R intervals of normal sinus beats (N-N) or SDNN, the standard deviation of NN intervals, both in milliseconds. SDNN is one of the so-called frequency domain HRVs (others are LF, HF, LF/HF). Different wearable sensors use different metics; Apple has relied on SDNN and nearly all of the others use RMSSD, which is generally considered the more accurate metric. There’s also the different length of time measured, such as for a matter of minutes, all day, or an overnight’s sleep. Short measurements are especially problematic since they don’t capture enough of respiratory modulation and other factors that influence HRV. Share Ground Truths How well does HRV correlate with PRV? There are very limited studies, especially independently done. One that is commonly cited was conducted by Air Force researchers in only 13 healthy adults assessing Oura ring 3 and 4, Whoop 4.0, and Garmin Fenix 6 and showed a correlation coefficient of 0.88 to 0.97 and a mean absolute percentage error from 6 to 10%. The correlation is not a perfect 1.0, but there’s at least a fairly high level of correlation. HRV is supposed to increase during the night due to takeover of the parasympathetic nervous system, and higher during deep sleep. A recent example of my 1 week, all day “HRV,” and one during sleep is shown below. As you can see, the N of 1 data are inconsistent for the same days from different sensors (Oura, AppleWatch, Fitbit Air, and Eight Sleep) by patterns, absolute numbers, and comparison with prior days and weeks. The largest study in over 8 million Fitbit users (the old version, not Google Fitbit Air, introduced in May 2026) gives you a sense of the effect of age, sex, and the 2 different main HRV (here PRV) metrics, with RMSSD on the left and SDRR (=SDNN) on the right below. That study, from data collected in 2018, is a major outlier, since all the more recent ones are tiny with respect to sample size. Many of the companies have not had independent evaluation of their HRV, such as Eight Sleep, but have published a low standard error on their website. There are some other published studies on the correlation between HRV and PRV, but they are all small and only in healthy adults. A scoping review emphasized the lack of study in underrepresented individuals, including the aged, people of color (which affects the PPG signal), and individuals who are underweight or obese. Add the typical adult age 60 plus with one or more chronic diseases. For example, one study in over 900 adults found poor correlation of HRV and PRV, non-uniformly underestimated across many chronic diseases (cardiovascular, endocrine, neurological, respiratory, and others), concluding PRV is “an invalid surrogate for HRV.” A recent systematic review of 43 studies comparing HRV and PRV found reasonable pooled absolute standardized error (HRV as gold standard) but only 10 of the studies provided quantitative synthesis in ideal conditions. Their main conclusion was similarly cautious: “PPG-derived HRV [PRV] should not be regarded as universally interchangeable with ECG-derived HRV across all devices, populations, and recording contexts.” Factors Affecting HRV and PRV That gets me to the long list of factors that affect HRV (and PRV) besides the device, the type of measurement (RMSSD, SDNN or others), the person’s signal, the sensor site, the duration of data capture, if weighting by sleep stage is used, how artifact is processed and corrected. And this list is not complete!: Oura puts out data from their community of users (who input data) on what affects their overnight HRV. The factors currently provided are: no alcohol (increase 8%), melatonin (increase 2%, float tank (increase 2%), wine (decrease 4%), and party (decrease 14%) in overnight HRV. Must be some big parties! Subscribe What is a PRV measurement good for? It has been falsely characterized as an index of “autonomic balance” and a specific indicator of stress. A 2018 review of the studies available for HRV and its relationship to stress, not using any of the current wearables, found that stress can lower HRV. But so can many other factors. The non-specificity of the signal, indexed to the table above, is striking. Evidence from a UK Biobank study of over 46,000 participants with actual HRV looked at genetically predicted HRV, a genetic risk score, that failed to show the expected HRV-mortality link, indicating that _HRV is likely not causa_l, but rather a reflection of person’s physiologic state. A review of consumer wearable HRV data from 5 longitudinal studies showed that nighttime PRV was not associated with perceived stress, and surprisingly higher HRV, in the largest cohort (N=717 participants), was correlated with higher stress. An Oura ring cohort of 525 first-year college students found a link between overnight PRV and perceived stress, but that was also seen with resting heart rate, sleep, and respiratory rate. Several very small studies have examined the relationship of HRV and athletic injuries or guiding training with mixed, and predominantly negative results. HRV biofeedback training with paced breathing had no significant effect on reducing stress or raising HRV, as demonstrated with sham controlled trials. When HRV for multiple days showed a decline in conjunction with body temperature, the Oura ring published data for prediction of Covid. The WHOOP company sponsored an observational study, published in 2026, of 30,000 users for 72 weeks, without a control group, that reported reduced alcohol intake (5.8 % points) by self-report. That doesn’t tell us much, and particularly about the merits of HRV for behavioral change. If you use the same device and conditions as longitudinal trends for multiple (at least 2-3) weeks that may be the one way to get something useful from the measurements. Data for overnight sleep with minimal motion and using RMSSD is the best proxy for real HRV. The reason to look at trends rather than any given night is that it more likely represents something, even though you won’t know with certainty what the “it” is. Keep in mind there are no data, no peer-reviewed evidence, to show that HRV fluctuation in-person has any correlation with health outcomes. Share Readiness Scores These are proprietary scores that integrate different metrics for each of the wearables: no algorithms have been disclosed. They are unvalidated against health outcomes. In a review of 14 composite health scores of readiness and recovery, HRV contributed 86% to the scores, followed by reading heart rate (79%), physical activity and sleep duration (both at 71%). That review noted the substantial variability in measurement protools and lack of standardization. Sleep staging is notoriously inconsistent and inaccurate by these sensors, which adds further to the HRV uncertainties for what the scores, which use sleep stage data, mean. Only resting heart rate has been shown consistently across devices to be extremely accurate. I’ve made a Table to summarize what we know about which metrics are included, the scores, any peer-reviewed studies that compared the readiness score with health outcomes, and the corresponding (if any, NA-not available) citation. You will note that some companies do not use the term “readiness," such as WHOOP for recovery, and Garmin, which has 2 different scores, one of which is Body Battery. Eight Sleep uses the term “Fitness Score.” They all include HRV; Apple includes a new metric they call “Recovery HRV” which among other components uses 7-days of sleep, but it is unclear what this means or how it is differentiated from other scores (there are clearly no data for outcomes). We have no knowledge of how the different components are weighted or whether any of these scores are better than resting heart rate, HRV alone, physical activity, or any other single metric. Since none of these are standardized, they are not interchangeable, so if you get a 90 for Oura that has no relationship to a 90 on a Google Fitbit Air. Notably, the company can update its algorithm for readiness score at any point without notification to device users. Without any useful evidence of actionability for these scores or established relationship with health outcomes, it is hard to make a case for their value. At the Apple recent announcement they showed their Readiness score (0-10) on the watch (Figure below) but there are no published data on this score, not even on their website. It’s available only on their new Watch Series 12 or Ultra 4 [of course, ;-)]. That exemplifies the problems with these scores, lack of data and evidence for being meaningful to promote health. Perhaps the best study (which isn’t saying much) is the WHOOP Recovery for golfer performance, because it did correlate with an objective outcome, even though there was no control group and the authors were all from the company. Among the 389 pro golfers, an absolute 10-per cent point increase in Recovery score was associated with about 0.5 fewer strokes per round. But that’s hardly a health outcome! WHOOP is also conducting a study in over 2,700 runners to see if their recovery score will be linked to less injuries and improved performance, but that is not yet published and has no control group or randomization. Putting This in Context For two decades I’ve been enthusiastic about the potential for digital health and particularly wearable biosensors. Over the years, we’ve seen some great progress for their ability to promote physical activity and accurately detect atrial fibrillation (the first FDA cleared deep learning AI for consumers). That work was the subject of rigorous research. But there are holes in the data and evidence for other metrics. One notable one is the “VO2 max” story that I wrote about earlier this year. At that time many subscribers asked me to cover heart rate variability, which I finally got to here. When I dived into the research and publication for HRV and readiness scores, I expected to find at least some that were of high quality and demonstrated their utility by linkage to health outcomes. To my surprise, I found none. The wearable sensor measurements for HRV (PRV) are, for the most part, accurate, but that validation work has only been done in small studies of healthy adults and does not take into account the long list of factors, from the device, software side, and the user side, that affect HRV measurements. Moreover, this metric chiefly relies on optical sensing and, as we have learned for heart rate PPG sensing, may be less accurate in people of color. Keep in mind that all of the health outcome association evidence comes from ECG-derived HRV; none are from wearable sensor data. I will repeat the key point: there's no peer-reviewed evidence to show that in-person HRV fluctuation—or efforts to raise your HRV— has any correlation with health outcomes. For those of you who look at your HRV on awakening, or even 2+ week trends of it being low, I hope this context helps to relieve any anxiety. Yes, low HRV (not PRV) has been shown to increase risk of some diseases as summarized above. But efforts to raise your HRV—a surrogate metric— has not been established for improving any health outcomes. HRV does not have any evidence of causality (the genetic evidence actually goes against this possibility). In this summary, I have not included data for other wearable sensors such as Polar, Samsung, Withings, Suunto, Amazfit, Coros, Ultrahuman, or additional mattress sensors. These are beyond my first-hand experience, and as far as I know from my in-depth review none have any peer-reviewed published data that differ from the 6 sensors I’ve reviewed here. From the points I’ve gone over above, we’re not ready for readiness scores. Besides being proprietary, they are predominantly based on metrics that have their own issues. It’s compounding the problem, like building a house without a solid foundation that has never undergone a rigorous inspection, and then selling it. Like I mentioned for PRV, you can look at trends over weeks rather than any single day, to get a handle, but even that may not be helpful. There’s simply no evidence that these scores meaningfully relate to health outcomes. I’d emphasize they might, but that requires doing prospective or randomized studies to prove it. None exist. There’s great promise for HRV/PRV utility_. For example**,**_ Prof Maiken Nedergaard, who discovered the brain glymphatics that are essential in eliminating metabolic waste products from the brain during sleep, has posited that HRV could be a non-invasive marker for neuromodulator oscillations, brain-body regulatory circuits, and brain clearance. That would be extremely useful, but like everything else on HRV and readiness scores it requires solid research and validation. The lay media isn’t helping much to get the story straight. Earlier this year The Economist published a piece entitled “The most useful indicator of your overall health” which ordained HRV as an “accumulated stress score.” That’s akin to the false assertion about VO2max: “V02 max is the singular most powerful marker for longevity.” As I’ve summarized here, that is not established. The fact is that so many things can lower HRV, including physical exercise (especially an intense workout), reduced sleep quality, stress, the list above, no less the device, signal, and software. Whatever fluctuations observed have not been correlated with any health outcome. Sadly, “datamaxxers” are widely using HRV and readiness scores that have never been validated to mean anything. We already know that for some people using the sensors for sleep metrics, it can induce “orthosomnia,” an obsession to get high sleep quality, with associated high levels of anxiety. In an experiment done by a company to promote sleep quality for its employees, “For those employees who did use the trackers, many reported feeling perfectly rested until their tracker told them they had had a terrible night. Others were told that they had slept like a baby when they had actually been lying awake worrying about the quality of their sleep. “ The same problem can result from preoccupation with HRV or readiness scores, with anxiety that would lead to further reduction in both. It you are using a wearable like >100 million American adults, it’s OK to look at these data, but contextualized with the major caveats reviewed here. If you are one to require evidence that HRV or readiness scores are linked to health outcomes, you may not even want to look. The companies make it hard to turn them off! Let me end with the companies that make and sell wearables. Apple’s doubling down on HRV (24-fold more reporting and heart rate very 5 seconds) and introduction of a Readiness score tells us that consumers have bought into these metrics and they are joining the club. However, all of this is occurring with a backdrop of tens millions of users, claims about the data that are not backed up by adequate evidence, marketing way out in front of whatever limited data exists, and not being transparent about their readiness score algorithms. The companies can well afford to do the research that is needed to connect these metrics with health outcomes show, once and for all, that increasing HRV or using readiness scores promotes our health. If they believed and invested in the products they are selling, we’d not be in this position of not knowing. That’s essentially where we are with HRV and readiness scores. Perhaps someday this will change and we’ll have good reason to embrace them. NB: I wrote this post. No AI. I have no conflicts of interest with any of its content. Loading... Ground Truths has 215,000 subscribers from every US state and 214 countries. 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Roob's Random Observations: What do the Eagles need to fix immediately?

How the Eagles messed up the Landon Dickerson situation, why Makai Lemon isn’t NFL ready and more in this edition of Roob’s Obs.

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Munich’s Oktoberfest roars to life as the mayor taps the first keg

Munich's Oktoberfest has kicked off with the city's mayor tapping the first beer keg, marking the start of the 191st edition of the festival.

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Munich’s Oktoberfest roars to life as the mayor taps the first keg

Munich's Oktoberfest has kicked off with the city's mayor tapping the first beer keg, marking the start of the 191st edition of the festival | KNX News 1070 AM

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Munich’s Oktoberfest roars to life as the mayor taps the first keg

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Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for Sept. 19, 2026, puzzle No. 726

Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.

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EAST TEXAS POLITICS: Smith County judge and commissioner discuss new budget, tax rate increase

Smith County Judge Neal Franklin and Pct. 1 Commissioner Christina Drewry join Blake Holland on this week’s edition of East Texas Politics on East Texas Now.

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Friday Night Open Thread: Stacking wins edition

Come through. Stay awhile.

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Support from longtime Vanderbilt Health donor Herbert Christopher provides open access to new textbook co-created by otolaryngologist David Haynes

The 2026 edition of“Haynes-Glasscock-Shambaugh Surgery of the Ear,” a textbook co-created by a Vanderbilt Health surgeon, has been made open access.

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Where to watch El Clásico de México live?

The time has come to support Guadalajara, Chivahermanos! This Saturday, El Rebaño will visit its fiercest rival in another edition of El Clásico de México, where it will look to make the most of it...

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Where to Watch El Clásico de México LIVE

The time has come to support Guadalajara, Chivahermanos! The Rebaño will visit its fiercest rival this Saturday for another edition of El Clásico de México, looking to build on the great form it ha...

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Disaster! 'Very' Cancels Loads Of Metroid Ravenous Special Edition Pre-Orders

Metroid Scandalous

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Just 100 pieces: special Europa League jerseys available

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Hero Esports launches world’s first international humanoid robot sports league in Riyadh

Danny Tang, Co-Founder and CEO of Hero Esports, discusses the launch of their prototype event Cyberhero x Riyadh and why Saudi Arabia was chosen to host the inaugural edition.

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Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for Sept. 18, 2026, puzzle No. 725

Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.

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Sports Extra: Fall Week Three

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Special GaloCast with Bernard airs this Friday

Galo fans will have a special meeting with Bernard this Friday (18). Starting at 2 PM, the number 11 shirt will be the guest of a special edition of GaloCast, in a program that will cover the striker�...

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Get Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Nintendo Switch 2 Edition for Under $9 By Following This One Easy Step

We're getting close to wrapping up this trilogy.

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Sep 17 • 3:50 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
This Week in Jacksonville: Business Edition - Jake Gordon steps down after nearly 12 years leading Downtown Vision
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Sep 17 • 12:55 PM EDT • Business • news4jax.com
San Diego’s top prospect launches two homers in electric win

FriarWatch: September 17 Edition

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Sep 17 • 12:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
CASCADES: A Journey Along Greenland’s Coast Where Ocean Meets Ice

CASCADES is an international, multidisciplinary expedition bringing together glaciologists, marine-mammal observers, microbiologists, geologists, and biogeochemists.

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Sep 17 • 11:36 AM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
Zocdoc for chatbots and what's new with Medicare's ACCESS

In this edition of STAT Health Tech: Zocdoc enables appointment scheduling from chatbots and health plan websites, and more.

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Sep 17 • 9:09 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com
Exploring the ocean depths: FIU scientists descend to world’s deepest hydrothermal vents

An FIU research team recently returned from a month-long expedition in the Caribbean where they explored how shrimp find their way to this extreme environment without sight.

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Sep 17 • 7:19 AM EDT • Science • news.fiu.edu
Connections: Sports Edition today: Hints and answers for Sept. 17, 2026, puzzle No. 724

Welcome to Connections: Sports Edition Coach — a spot to gather clues and discuss (and share) scores.

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Sep 17 • 12:00 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
The September Pixel Drop improves the VIP contacts widget, adds Harry Potter themes

Audible just released Harry Potter: The Full-Cast Audio Editions audiobooks and Google is offering a free two-month trial to eligible users.

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