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Fulton Living History Tour: Where is Mrs. Pratt?

FULTON — The time machine has altered the fabric of time — and we must find Mrs. Pratt!Get ready for a hilarious and unforgettable journey through Fulton’s history at the Fulton Living History Tour! × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings. kAmxE H:== E2][ 2?5 $6AE] a` 2E `_ 2]>]k^Am#placement_726068_0_i{width:100%;margin:0 auto;}var rnd = window.rnd || Math.floor(Math.random()*10e6);var pid726068 = window.pid726068 || rnd;var plc726068 = window.plc726068 || 0;var abkw = window.abkw || '';var absrc = 'https://ads.empowerlocal.co/adserve/;ID=181918;size=0x0;setID=726068;type=js;sw='+screen.width+';sh='+screen.height+';spr='+window.devicePixelRatio+';kw='+abkw+';pid='+pid726068+';place='+(plc726068++)+';rnd='+rnd+';click=CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER';var _absrc = absrc.split("type=js"); absrc = _absrc[0] + 'type=js;referrer=' + encodeURIComponent(document.location.href) + _absrc[1];document.write('');kAm%9:D J62C[ 9:DE@CJ E22E:4 — 2?5 F?6IA64E65 — EFC?P %96 uF=E@? x46 pC6?2 H:== 36 EC2?D7@C>65 :?E@ 2 E:>6 >249:?6[ EC2?DA@CE:?8 2F5:6?46D E9C@F89 E96 72D4:?2E:?8 DE@CJ @7 E96 uF=E@? 4@>>F?:EJ]k^AmkAm(C:E6C^5:C64E@C }:49@=2D v6?E:=6 D2:5[ “%96C6 2C6 46CE2:? A6C:=D :?G@=G65 H96? E2>A6C:?8 H:E9 E96 723C:4 @7 E96 7@FCE9 5:>6?D:@?[ DF49 2D =@D:?8 @FC AC64:@FD 2?5 :?4C65:3=6 |CD] !C2EE]”k^AmkAmr@>3:?:?8 E962E6C[ 52?46[ 4@>65J[ 2?5 >FD:4[ E96 {:G:?8 w:DE@CJ %@FC H:== 6?E6CE2:? 2F5:6?46D H9:=6 3C:?8:?8 E96 4:EJ’D 72D4:?2E:?8 96C:E286 E@ =:76]k^AmkAm“r@>6 96=A FD 7:?5 |CD] !C2EE[ 2?5 2=@?8 E96 H2J[ J@F’== 5:D4@G6C 72D4:?2E:?8 DE@C:6D 7C@> uF=E@?’D A2DE :? 2 7F?[ :?E6C24E:G6 6IA6C:6?46 7@C 2== 286D[” 2? 6G6?E DA@6E@H?’D 9:DE@CJ] uF=E@? yF?:@C w:89 DEF56?ED 92G6 366? :?G:E65 E@ 2EE6?5 |@?52J’D E@FC[ 2?5 E96 AF3=:4 :D H6=4@>6[ E@@Pk^AmkAm%96 uF=E@? {:G:?8 w:DE@CJ %@FC :D DA@?D@C65 3J uF=E@? q=@4< qF:=56CD 2?5 E96 #:492C5 $] $9:?6>2? u@F?52E:@?]k^Am googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-2978731'); });

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Sep 4 • 7:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • oswegocountynewsnow.com
Ted Cruz names ‘most powerful Democrat’ as he warns socialist rise has paralyzed bipartisanship

Sen. Ted Cruz claims Chuck Schumer is "truly terrified" of the extreme left, warning that progressive momentum is paralyzing bipartisan work.

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Sep 4 • 6:58 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Trump health admin promotes insurance program aimed at lowering costs for employers

Employer health insurance costs are expected to spike next year. Federal officials are pointing to an Indiana business offering alternative health insurance to keep costs down.

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Sep 4 • 6:36 AM EDT • Health • wfyi.org
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NFL analyst ranks Panthers' WRs corps lower than average

Where does the Panthers' WR room rank against the rest of the NFL?

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Sep 4 • 6:03 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Shadowy Powers that Trump Could Use to End American Democracy

Two Washington insiders are sounding the alarm about what could happen if Trump declares a national emergency and activates the top-secret Presidential Emergency Action Documents.

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Sep 4 • 5:50 AM EDT • Politics • thenation.com
Dreaming Is a Political Act: How Imagination Shapes What Becomes Possible | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.

A look at why the social impact sector must invest in the imagination, dreams, and worldbuilding practices of young girls and young feminists.

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Sep 4 • 5:14 AM EDT • Politics • nonprofitquarterly.org
How Penn State football will wear down, overpower Marshall

See why Penn State football should overcome early struggles to dominate Marshall in the season-opener in Beaver Stadium.

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Sep 4 • 5:05 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Fitbit founders launch AI-powered wristband to monitor health of whole family

Luffu Link is a sleek, wireless wristband designed to track multiple users at once, conceived by wearable technology company Fitbit.

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Sep 4 • 4:00 AM EDT • Health • dezeen.com
Jensen's Reborn Sports Car Debuts With Nearly 1,000 Horsepower And A Manual

For now, it's just a prototype, but the 960-horsepower Interceptor GTX previews Jensen's future road cars.

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Sep 4 • 4:00 AM EDT • Technology • motor1.com
The Jensen Interceptor GTX is a new V8 track-only monster (for now)…

Reborn Sixties super-GT has supercharged American firepower and plans for an entire Interceptor family

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Sep 4 • 4:00 AM EDT • Technology • topgear.com
Editorial: Trump’s oil deal with Venezuela is an imperialistic pipe dream

As a businessman, Donald Trump often cut corners, broke promises, and made bad deals. Now that he has the power of the U.S. government at his disposal, the submission of

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Sep 4 • 4:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • thederrick.com
An AI track is being offered for computer science, information systems majors

By Theresa Pratt, Staff Writer Towson University’s Fisher College of Science and Mathematics is offering an artificial intelligence track to undergraduate and graduate computer science majors…

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Sep 4 • 3:55 AM EDT • Science • thetowerlight.com
NVIDIA Confirms DLSS 5 for GeForce RTX 40-Series is Coming

NVIDIA has officially confirmed that the company is working to bring DLSS 5 neural rendering to the previous-generation GeForce RTX 40-Series "Ada Lovelace." Previously, it was believed that DLSS 5 technology would be exclusive to the latest GeForce RTX 50-Series "Blackwell" and future models,...

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Sep 4 • 2:32 AM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com
Top Institutes for Data Science Course in India: Courses, Skills, Projects & Career Support The Hype Magazine: Unveiling the Pulse of Urban Culture - From Hip Hop to Hollywood! Explore a Diverse Tapestry of Stories, Interviews, and Impactful Editorials Spanning Fashion, Gaming, Movies, MMA, EDM, Rock, and Beyond! www.thehypemagazine.com - The Hype Magazine The Hype Magazine - News From Hip Hop To Hollywood!

Discover the heartbeat of urban culture with The Hype Magazine! From Hip Hop to Hollywood, delve into a rich tapestry of diverse stories, interviews, and impactful editorials. We go beyond music, catering to fashion enthusiasts, gamers, movie buffs, MMA followers, EDM and rock fans, and more. If it's newsworthy, we cover it passionately. Join us for a journey through the pulse of entertainment and lifestyle!

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Sep 4 • 1:42 AM EDT • Science • thehypemagazine.com
Webster business reopens after severe weather knocks out power
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Sep 3 • 11:41 PM EDT • Business • 13wham.com
Rangers Shutout Rays in Impressive 6-0 Victory

Cal Quantrill stifled the Tampa Bay Rays with a seven-inning gem while Corey Seager’s towering blast fueled a dominant Texas Rangers shutout.

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Sep 3 • 10:24 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Scientists say powerful El Niño could bring bigger waves, coastal flooding

Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography are monitoring a developing super El Niño that is set to bring larger waves, coastal flooding, and increased erosion to San Di…

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Sep 3 • 9:58 PM EDT • Science • fox5sandiego.com
Google Photos Picks Up New Superpower

Gemini Spark, a paid feature for Gemini that allows you to run very complex, multi-step tasks in the background, is getting a big new addition this week. Google Photos is now available to use with...

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Sep 3 • 8:10 PM EDT • Technology • droid-life.com
Brewers' Chourio in Same Conversation as Trout, Rodriguez

By matching the historic early-career power and speed of legendary icons, Milwaukee Brewers' young phenom Jackson Chourio is already cementing his place among baseball’s elite.

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Sep 3 • 8:01 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Here’s where a massive solar storm could take down the US power grid

New research maps show where a severe solar storm could strike. See if your neighborhood would lose power.

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Sep 3 • 8:00 PM EDT • Technology • cnn.com
Science of Speed off to fast start

PITTSBURGH — One month in and Pittsburgh is proving it’s ready to put the pedal to the metal. Since opening Aug. 1, Science of Speed, Powered by Lenovo, at Kamin Science Center has welcomed nearly 10,000 visitors, with 90 percent of racing experiences selling out through the first month of operations. The 21,000-square-foot immersive experience […]

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Sep 3 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • weirtondailytimes.com
Scientists reveal the hidden instructions that build the human brain

UCLA researchers have discovered two powerful influences that help guide how the human brain forms before birth. Radial glia, stem cells responsible for producing much of the cerebral cortex, change their behavior depending on how they process glucose and on physical contact with signals arriving from the thalamus. Those signals can alter which types of neurons are produced, including upper-layer neurons that are especially prominent in humans.

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Sep 3 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
You can watch the coolant flow inside Ugreen’s liquid-cooled power bank

Does your power bank have a Cyber Window?

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Sep 3 • 6:00 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
New Report Finds Women Who Played Sports as Girls Are More Likely to Become Workplace Leaders

New research from e.l.f. Beauty and Parity, unveiled at the 2026 Power of Women’s Sports Summit, finds the lessons girls learn on the field can follow them into the workplace — and all the way to the C-suite

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Sep 3 • 5:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
NextEra Energy makes case for MARL at state business summit

Kaitlin McCormick says West Virginians will benefit from project.

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Sep 3 • 5:14 PM EDT • Business • wvmetronews.com
Hoopaholic’s Gazette: Four Questions

Calm down, I know it is football season. I’ll be tuned shortly. Akron at Wake Forest. Will it be the first Mac surprise of the season at ACC’s expense? Coach Prime back in ‘Lanta. I know the Cardinals have a huge nationally televised prime time opener against an SEC power just days away in NashVegas. […]

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Sep 3 • 4:49 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Democrats eye expanded Medicare coverage if they take U.S. House

Reversing Medicaid cuts and restoring ACA subsidies top the list, but Democrats are also talking about lowering the age of eligibility for Medicare benefits.

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Sep 3 • 4:22 PM EDT • Business • washingtonpost.com
Democrats eye expanded Medicare coverage if they take U.S. House

Reversing Medicaid cuts and restoring ACA subsidies top the list, but Democrats are also talking about lowering the age of eligibility for Medicare benefits.

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Sep 3 • 4:22 PM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
Lavish private bath used by Roman emperor and 'high-status residents' discovered at imperial palace in Serbia

The ancient bath complex was tucked in a tower in the corner of the royal palace and reveals unique architecture.

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Sep 3 • 4:20 PM EDT • Science • livescience.com
Trump asks Supreme Court to OK sweeping changes for mail ballots

President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to give the US Postal Service sweeping power to withhold delivery of mail ballots, setting up an extraordinary showdown over voting at the high court less than two months before the November midterm election.

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Sep 3 • 4:19 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Abliteration.ai is making a business out of removing AI guardrails

Abliteration.AI is making powerful AI models without guardrails easier to access, arguing that giving defenders the same tools as bad actors could ultimately improve cybersecurity.

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Sep 3 • 2:37 PM EDT • Business • techcrunch.com
Smart Glasses, Smarter Small Businesses: AI Wearables Are Becoming an Entrepreneurial Tool - Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council

By Karen Kerrigan – For entrepreneurs and small businesses, valuable technologies eliminate friction. Various digital tools are helping small businesses eliminate steps, and accomplish a task or project more efficiently, in less time, and at lower cost. AI-powered smart glasses are helping small business owners eliminate operational downtime, automate content creation, and improve workplace accessibility, […]

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Sep 3 • 2:18 PM EDT • Business • sbecouncil.org
Nvidia sets October launch for RTX Spark AI PCs

Nvidia on Thursday said Lenovo and Acer will launch the first Windows PCs ​powered by its RTX Spark chip in ‌October, as the chip giant pushes to bring AI capabilities directly to laptops and desktop computers.

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Sep 3 • 1:32 PM EDT • Technology • reuters.com
Tyson Foods lowers earnings guidance for beef segment

Tyson Foods lowered its full-year earnings guidance on Thursday (Sept. 3) after reporting larger beef losses than expected. The Springdale-based company now expects to lose between $775 million and $625...

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Sep 3 • 1:30 PM EDT • Business • talkbusiness.net
Team Science: AI Helps Dentists Practice the Conversations that Matter

A University of Rochester collaboration is using an AI-powered virtual patient to help dentists strengthen communication, build trust and better respond to patients’ fears and concerns.

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Sep 3 • 12:55 PM EDT • Science • urmc.rochester.edu
Maryland looks to unleash Malik Washington in opener vs. Hampton

Mike Locksley plans to open up the offense for sophomore Malik Washington as the Terrapins aim to rebound from last year's eight-game slide against a Pirates squad facing its first Power Four test.

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Sep 3 • 12:31 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
NVIDIA RTX Spark PCs Arrive Next Month In Two “N1X” SoC Configs, One With a 20 Core CPU, 6144 Core GPU & Up To 128 GB Memory, Other With 18 Core CPU, 5120 Core GPU & Up To 32 GB Memory

NVIDIA's RTX Spark PCs are officially launching in October, powered by the N1X SoC, to deliver game-changing performance & efficiency.

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Sep 3 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
A new diplomacy for 21st century as economic, political, tech power shifts

New Harvard Kennedy School program to focus on emerging issues, building bench of professionals, scholarship on negotiation, building and managing ties

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Sep 3 • 11:34 AM EDT • Politics • news.harvard.edu
Maryland Gov. Moore to announce new AI-powered tool to help community business development

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is set to announce Thursday an expanded, AI-powered tool designed to help entrepreneurs start and grow business in communities across the state.

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Sep 3 • 9:31 AM EDT • Business • cbsnews.com
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Seattle science powerhouses bet big on AI-designed biology

A new $95 million project could yield cancer treatments, genetic switches and plastic-eating enzymes.

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Sep 3 • 9:21 AM EDT • Science • axios.com
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We Drove the New LS6-Powered 2027 Chevy Corvette Lineup. Here's the One to Get

Whether you choose the 535-hp Stingray, track-ready Grand Sport, or 721-hp Grand Sport X with its electric all-wheel-drive, you'll get the brand-new 6.7-liter LS6 V8 that roars loud and proud.

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Sep 3 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • thedrive.com
California to phase out paraquat over health concerns. What does this mean for farmers?

Studies have linked the widely-used herbicide to serious health conditions like Parkinson’s disease, birth defects and thyroid problems. But the California Farm Bureau says the move leaves growers with fewer tools and more costs.

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Sep 3 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • capradio.org
Eagles TEs coach excited about Stowers' development, but preaches patience

While Eagles TEs coach Ryan Mahaffey has been excited by Eli Stowers’ development, he’s still preaching patience.

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Sep 3 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • nbcsportsphiladelphia.com
YouTube Gold: Appalachian State Shocks The World

The Big Ten has been a football powerhouse for more than a century, and the main driving forces of that dominance have almost always been Ohio State and Michigan. Michigan Stadium, generally known as the Big House, seats 107,601, but they can squeeze in 115,000 on a big day when the fire Marshall’s not looking. […]

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Sep 3 • 6:19 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Domestic Bond Investors Can be a Powerful Constraint on Far-Right Populists

The rise of the far right has been a defining feature of political systems in developed democracies over the past two decades. In recent research, Alison Johnston and Juliet Johnson demonstrate that domestic bond investors have become an important constraint on populist governments and their access to capital.

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Sep 3 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • promarket.org
Berkshire Hathaway AI strategy: Greg Abel bets on data-center power

Greg Abel explains Berkshire's Alphabet bet, data-center power plans, and cautious view of the US housing market.

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Sep 3 • 5:50 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
What a political win in Cherry Hill says about the power of Baltimore’s Black women voters

In Baltimore politics, all roads go through Black women — the city’s largest, most consistent voting bloc.

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Sep 3 • 5:30 AM EDT • Politics • thebanner.com
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Chad Powers season two review – Glen Powell’s sweet sports comedy scores a touchdown

The Hollywood hottie is back as the quarterback in disguise, in an oddball comedy that is naughty, lovable and disarmingly unique

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Sep 3 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • theguardian.com
Democrats vow aggressive investigations into Trump ‘corruption’ and ‘grift’ if they win the House

Rep. Robert Garcia would most likely chair the Oversight Committee, while Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., is in line to chair the Judiciary Committee. Here’s how they would use that power.

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Sep 3 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Science Says Doing This 1 Thing Together Beats Traditional Date Nights

Skip the flowers and dinner out. If you want to feel closer to your partner, the latest science suggests seeking out awe together.

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Sep 3 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • inc.com
Nuclear power drive boosts southwestern uranium mills — and tribal health concerns

The Havasupai, Ute Mountain Ute tribes worry that a Utah uranium mill may foul groundwater as Trump administration boosts nuclear energy.

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Sep 3 • 4:00 AM EDT • Health • hcn.org
Anker debuts three smart chargers, including a 'world's coolest' wireless power bank

Anker is launching three new charging products. Each device has a unique feature, including a "world's fastest and coolest" power bank.

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Sep 3 • 3:30 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
Anker’s Sleep Speaker uses radar and flower power to help you relax

The Sleep Speaker uses millimeter-wave radar synced to binaural beats and lighting to deepen relaxation.

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Sep 3 • 3:30 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Chinese e-commerce moves to next phase after delivery price war changes shopping habits

China's meal-delivery subsidy war may have ebbed but its biggest legacy could be a shift in consumer expectations, as electronics, flowers and even medicine can now ​be delivered within an hour of ordering.

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Sep 3 • 3:11 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Beyond Finger Pointing: The Fight to Lower Health Care Costs

In a live conversation recorded at Aspen Ideas: Health, executives from a hospital, insurer and pharmacy join a top Trump administration official and leading health economist to discuss how to collectively bring down health care costs.

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Sep 3 • 3:01 AM EDT • Health • tradeoffs.org
Christine Flowers: Love, politics and Dolly Parton

Opinion: Being a good person does not mean you are universally beloved.

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Sep 3 • 12:00 AM EDT • Politics • dailyfreeman.com
Seminoles MBB Schedule Highlighted By SEC Showdowns

Coach Leonard Hamilton’s squad navigates a grueling non-conference slate featuring a fierce rivalry renewal with Florida and high-stakes road tests against powerhouse Tennessee and Houston programs.

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Sep 2 • 11:14 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Giants' Rafael Devers: Power surge continues Wednesday

Giants' Rafael Devers: Power surge continues Wednesday

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Sep 2 • 10:29 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
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NYC health commissioner grilled over city's response to Legionnaires' disease outbreak

Local residents and local leaders came to City Council chambers to push for answers about the source of the outbreak and how well cooling towers were inspected.

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Sep 2 • 10:29 PM EDT • Health • nbcnewyork.com
UConn Football 2026 season preview: The RB Room

Like most position groups, every major contributor at running back from last year is gone. Cam Edwards, Mel brown, Victor Rosa, Oliver Lundberg Coleman and MJ Flowers transferred out. Those five backs accumulated 1,870 rushing yards and 21 of the team’s 26 rushing touchdowns, with Edwards leading the way, racking up 1,240 yards and hitting […]

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Sep 2 • 9:43 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Colorado vs. Georgia Tech: Season Opener Set for Thursday Night

The 2026 college football season officially gets underway for two Power Four programs on Thursday night when the Colorado Buffaloes travel to Atlanta to take on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. ET on ESPN at Bobby Dodd Stadium, with Georgia Tech looking to begin the season with another win…

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Sep 2 • 9:36 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Sony and Microsoft say they’re not obligated to pass U.S. tariff refunds to consumers, echoing Nintendo

Back in July, Sony executives told investors that the company expected to receive $508 million in refunds from the U.S. government, after tariffs that the PlayStation-maker paid were ruled mostly in 2025 were found to be illegal. “Most” of the refund would by recouped by Sony’s gaming division, its chief financial officer said. This week, Sony’s lawyers are arguing that the company is not legally obligated to pass those proceeds on to consumers who paid for recently price-hiked PlayStation consoles. That’s in the face of a lawsuit from gamers calling on them to do exactly that. “Paying fair market price for voluntarily purchased consumer goods is not a legally cognizable injury in fact,” the lawyers wrote in a legal motion filed on Monday, as they asked a judge in California’s Northern District to dismiss a potential class action lawsuit over the tariff refunds. Microsoft made a similar argument two weeks ahead of Sony’s lawyers, in a similar lawsuit brought by a gamer in federal court in Washington State. As Microsoft’s legal team put it on August 21, in their request for a dismissal of that lawsuit: “There is nothing unjust about Plaintiff purchasing an Xbox at an advertised price and getting exactly what he paid for—regardless of whatever theory he devised months later about Microsoft’s cost structure.” Both legal fights are set to go on for some time. How things got to this point U.S. tariffs impacting a wide range of imported goods, including game consoles, had kicked off in early 2025. In May 2025, Microsoft raised the price of its Xbox consoles, citing “market conditions and the rising cost of development.” They raised them again that September. In August of that year, Sony raised the price of PlayStation 5 consoles, citing “a challenging economic environment.” Sony later told investors that its tariff fees for the fall quarter were nearly $200 million. in February of this year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the 2025 tariffs illegal, prompting impacted companies to begin to request refunds. In turn, consumers began suing the likes of Sony and Microsoft to get what they said was their share. The gamers in the Microsoft and Sony lawsuits argue that the 2025 price hikes of PlayStation and Xbox consoles, which added $50 or more to their sticker price, were due to illegal tariffs and should now be returned to consumers. The Sony suit started in May, when a group of gamers sued in federal court in California, saying Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation) would be unjustly enriching itself if it did not pass tariff refunds to its PS5 buyers. “Sony is poised to be paid twice for the same unlawful tariff burden: once by its customers (through elevated prices) and once by the U.S. government (through tariff refunds),” the gamers’ lawyers wrote at the time. They called for Sony to partially reimburse anyone who bought a PlayStation in the U.S. since August 1, 2025. The Microsoft suit, filed by gamer Trevor Hastings against the Xbox giant in July, made similar claims. The console makers push back In late July, Nintendo’s lawyers, facing a similar suit accusing them of double-dipping on tariffs and refunds, replied with arguments that previewed Microsoft’s and Sony’s: “Nintendo or one of its retailers set a price for each product, and consumers decided whether that price was worth paying,” they wrote. Sony has buttressed that Nintendo-style argument this week by saying that the gamers have failed to prove that tariffs were the reason for its August 2025 PS5 price hike. They call thatclaim “speculative and illogical.” Other factors, including “inflation, currency fluctuations, component costs, logistics, competitive dynamics, or demand,” could have played a role. (No, the Sony lawyers do not break down the costs and factors that officially triggered the price increases). Microsoft has also argued that there’s no proof in these lawsuits that tariffs drove all or some of the price increase, as it seeks to dismiss the tariff refund suit it’s facing: “Plaintiff provides no specific allegations that would establish any pricing differential attributable to tariffs or suggest any possibility that Microsoft applied then or could recreate now any dollar-for-dollar calculation of tariff-related pricing—any more than it could any other market factor that affects pricing.” To further skewer the gamer side’s argument in its case, Sony’s lawyers have pointed to what might be a surprising defense: yet another PlayStation 5 price hike from this past spring, after the tariffs were ruled illegal. “If the original price increase were attributable to tariffs, SIE [Sony Interactive Entertainment, aka PlayStation] would have had no reason to raise prices again after the Supreme Court invalidated the IEEPA tariffs.” … “If tariffs were the cause of the price increases, one would expect SIE to lower prices once the tariffs were eliminated—not raise them again. Instead, the timeline confirms that the pricing of PlayStation consoles includes a diverse and dynamic set of input costs.” Judges have not yet ruled on the arguments made by Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo. Last week, Panic, the company behind the small, yellow Playdate handheld said it would be passing its tariff refunds on to consumers. It is the only gaming hardware maker to have made such a pledge. Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my reporting, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Item 2: A reporter’s second Second Life Wagner James Au, who from 2003-2006 was paid by San Francisco-based tech company Linden Lab to be a full-time journalist embedded in their virtual world Second Life, is returning to the company. This time, he’ll be an editorial advisor and business development specialist, he tells Game File. The new role will involve trying to share the stories of people inhabiting Second Life’s ongoing online world with reporters and by extension the public. Au plans to continue to also chronicle some of that through his long-running blog New World Notes. I’ve known Au since the mid-2000s and featured him in a 2007 article for the Columbia Journalism Review about reporters like him opening up virtual news outlets within Second Life. As I wrote at the time: On April 22, 2003, writing as Hamlet Linden for the New World Notes blog on Second Life’s Web site, Au introduced himself. “For the next few months, Linden Lab has invited me to set aside my journalist cap, and instead, don the digital beanie of their in-house virtual correspondent.” He wasn’t paid to keep it positive. He wrote about builders and eccentrics, but then in August of that year, he reported on a tax revolt against Linden Lab (a complaint about the fees it charges users who build stuff) led by a resident whose avatar was a big cat. Second Life has always been less of a video game and more of a virtual world where people can live, hang out, make art, sell virtual items and flirt. Back in 2007, Au described touring it as “sort of like underwater lucid dreaming.” For the past two decades, Au has maintained New World Notes as an independent publication. But he said he’s been drawn back to Second Life and Linden Lab as a place to directly work. The virtual world has around 650,000 monthly active users, he said, “which is actually about what it was during the hype wave.” Au says he’s still finding rich stories in Second Life, the kind that keep him interested 20 years into the beat: “Over the last few months for instance, I wrote about an SL creator in Venezuela whose apartment was destroyed by the earthquakes, so the global SL community rallied to get him back on his feet,” he told me. “Then there’s the woman from a Middle Eastern country who explored her lesbian sexuality in SL, then earned enough from her virtual jewelry to escape her abusive family situation and country.” Au wants to beckon more reporters to give Second Life another look. He argues that it is often ahead of internet trends, noting, for example, an early backlash in the community against AI-made art. Now the platform is drawing curiosity from more of the user-generated content community who’ve grown up with the likes of Roblox, according to Au. “Second Life was too early during its hype wave in 2005-2010, but it now feels right for a new wave of interest,” he told me.

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Florida Democrats call for attorney general’s impeachment over Hope Florida

Democrats have little power in Tallahassee.

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USTR's Greer huddles with House Republicans amid Trump trade spats

Trump's plan to lower tariffs on 300,000 metric tons of imported beef caused an uproar among cattle ranchers.

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AI boom through 2050 hinges on power supply, politics, PwC says

PwC expects global data center capex will hit $31.6 trillion by 2050 in a base case scenario, with spe | AI may unleash a $31.6 trillion data center buildout by 2050, but PwC says the real race isn’t just for capital — it’s for power, chips and political advantages.

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AI boom through 2050 hinges on power supply, politics, PwC says

PwC expects global data center capex will hit $31.6 trillion by 2050 in a base case scenario, with spe | AI may unleash a $31.6 trillion data center buildout by 2050, but PwC says the real race isn’t just for capital — it’s for power, chips and political advantages.

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Inside Camelback Productions’ Plans for an AI-Powered Production Space

Anita Verma-Lallian wants to build a sprawling 1,400-acre complex off the I-10 in Arizona.

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Inside Camelback Productions’ Plans for a New 1,400-Acre, AI-Powered Production and Entertainment Complex

Anita Verma-Lallian, founder of Camelback Productions, doesn’t see the future of film production in Los Angeles. Instead, in her vision, it is on a complex one hour’s drive west of Phoenix, complete w...

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Judge orders changes to Google’s digital ads business but spares it from a breakup

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Google to retool the system powering its monopoly in digital advertising, sparing the company from a wrenching breakup soug

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How to Solve the Flower Garden Restoration Puzzle (Parks Floating Festival) - Disney Dreamlight Valley Guide

The Flower Garden Restoration Puzzle is one of the six puzzles released during the Parks Floating Festival event in Disney Dreamlight Valley. It is available

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Browns come in near the bottom of ESPN power rankings

ESPN does not have high hopes for the Browns based on their power rankings spot.

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Sep 2 • 2:27 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Empower Completes $340M Milliman Retirement Acquisition

Empower completes $340 million Milliman retirement business acquisition, adding 1,500 DB and DC plans and expanding its benefits capabilities

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Judge orders changes to Google's digital ads business but spares it from a breakup

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Google to retool the system powering its price-gouging monopoly in digital advertising, sparing the company from a wrenching breakup that had been sought by the U.S. government

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Why Flutter Entertainment (FLUT) Stock Is Trading Up Today

What Happened? Shares of global online betting powerhouse Flutter Entertainment (NASDAQ:FLUT) jumped 4.1% in the afternoon session after Wolfe Research analy...

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For Sustained Soil and Water Health, Farmers Are ‘Playing the Long Game’

With the help of farmers like Kristin Duncanson, the AGree Coalition is proving that regenerative farming is key to a more resilient U.S. agriculture system

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New Jersey asks US Supreme Court to assess power to regulate sports bets on Kalshi

New Jersey authorities on Wednesday asked ​the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve whether ‌states have the power to police sports betting that occurs on prediction markets operated by Kalshi and competing ​platforms.

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New Jersey Asks US Supreme Court to Assess Power to Regulate Sports Bets on Kalshi

Sept 2 (Reuters) - ⁠New ⁠Jersey authorities ⁠on Wednesday asked the U.S. ‌Supreme Court to ‌resolve ⁠whether ⁠states have the power to police sports betting that occurs on prediction markets operated ⁠by ⁠Kalshi and ⁠competing platforms. The state asked the Supreme Court ⁠to overturn a lower ...

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DLSS 5 Tests Reveal A Single 12V-2×6 Power Connector Is Possibly Holding Back The GeForce RTX 5090

RTX 5090 Founders Edition struggles at 575W while dual power connector MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z pulls 723W, revealing a 17% performance gap with DLSS 5

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How being the nice guy made Ivan Sher a Las Vegas luxury real estate powerhouse

Colleagues describe Ivan Sher, founder of IS Luxury, as approachable, authentic and relentlessly focused on relationships — qualities they say helped his company generate nearly $779 million in sal...

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‘Survivor,’ ‘Big Brother,’ ‘Love is Blind’ stars to compete on ‘99 to Beat’ (exclusive)

Reality stars from ‘Survivor,’ ‘Big Brother,’ ‘Love is Blind,’ ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race,’ and more are set to compete on ‘99 to Beat’ — along with a former Power Ranger. Check out the exclusive first photos.

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County Launches Grant to Help East County Small Businesses

The Board of Supervisors has approved a new $300,000 one-time County grant to boost East County small businesses through the East County Economic Development Council’s Empower East County Business Fund Revolving Loan Fund.

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Early DLSS 5 Testing Suggests the RTX 5090's Single Power Connector Might Be the Bottleneck

Community testing of leaked DLSS 5 builds suggests the tech may already be hitting a wall on NVIDIA's own flagship GPU. Tom's Hardware ran the neural rendering model through Cyberpunk 2077, Hogwarts Legacy, and Control on an RTX 5090 Founders Edition, as well as an MSI RTX 5090 Lightning Z....

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Berks LaunchBox announces six new 'IMAGINE Your Business' grant recipients

The Berks LaunchBox powered by Penn State has announced six recipients of its ‘IMAGINE Your Business’ grant, designed to help early-stage entrepreneurs accelerate their business growth. The program awards up to $2,000 to assist startups with prototyping, marketing, product development and other essential business expenses. The IMAGINE Your Business grant program is made possible through […]

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Fantasy Baseball Prospects Report: Ranking the 10 best September call-ups, led by Lazaro Montes, Ethan Salas

Lazaro Montes headlines the top September call-ups with massive power and upside

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Should a small town try a solar-powered garden?

Master of Public Health student Libby Meier tested how practical that alternative would be for Enfield, North Carolina.

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Western Conference power rankings: Can Suns crack top-6?

The Lakers, Suns, Jazz and Mavericks all have star power. Where are they in Kellan Olson's Western Conference power rankings?

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EA SPORTS FC™ 27 Brings Fans Closer to The World’s Game With New Partners, Leagues, and Stadiums

Powered by the support of global football partners, EA SPORTS FC™ 27 captures The World’s Game with unrivalled authenticity. Today, Electronic Arts announced an expanded roster of leagues, clubs, partners and stadiums coming to EA SPORTS FC 27, bringing players closer to the football they love through one of the most authentic representations of The World’s Game. Additions include new and renewed partnerships with a number of major European clubs, the highly anticipated return of Liga MX, and the continuation of EA SPORTS FC’s long-term relationship with the Bundesliga, the ROSHN Saudi League and the A-League. FC 27 AUTHENTICITY “With EA SPORTS FC 27, we’re building on years of bringing our community closer to football,” said James Salmon, Senior Director Partnership Marketing, EA SPORTS FC . “New and renewed partnerships bring more of the clubs, leagues, players and stadiums fans care about into FC 27, with the authenticity they expect from us. Together, they make The World’s Game

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ATLAS publishes first paper on Public Engagement with Science

You can’t exactly take the ATLAS experiment on tour. At 7,000 tonnes and buried 100 metres underground at CERN, it’s not easy to move. So, for more than a decade, the ATLAS Collaboration has found another way to bring the experiment to people around the world: live, interactive virtual visits with the scientists who work on it. In a recent paper published in the European Physical Journal Plus, the ATLAS Collaboration documents the evolution and impact of its flagship Virtual Visits programme. The paper is the Collaboration’s first publication focused specifically on science education, communication and outreach. It traces the programme from its beginnings as an experimental outreach effort in 2010 through its growth into a global programme – connecting classrooms in the Amazon, schools in the Himalayas and even a research station in Antarctica. Drawing on data collected between 2019 and 2025, the paper examines the programme’s reach and impact. Global reach, local connection Figure 1: World map showing the number of virtual visits across participating countries from 2019 to 2025. Cooler colours (purple and blue) are used for countries with fewer visits, and warmer colours (red and orange) for countries with more visits. (Image: ATLAS Collaboration/CERN) The core mission of the ATLAS Virtual Visit programme is to connect audiences worldwide with particle physicists and engage them in accessible discussions about cutting-edge research. While visiting CERN in person is an unforgettable experience, financial and logistical barriers can make such a trip difficult for many students and public groups. Video conferencing has allowed the Collaboration to break down these barriers: between 2019 and 2025, the Collaboration hosted 698 virtual visits, engaging tens of thousands of participants across nearly 70 countries (see Figure 1). Interactivity is central to the programme. Far from simple one-way broadcasts, Virtual Visit audience members are encouraged to engage in conversation with the scientist(s) hosting the visit. Most hosts are volunteers from the ATLAS Collaboration, who bring their diverse scientific expertise, language skills and cultural backgrounds to each visit. Where possible, audiences are paired with volunteer scientists who share their native language and cultural background, making it easier to engage, ask questions and connect with the hosts. Between 2019 and 2025, Virtual Visits were held in 19 different languages. The core mission of the ATLAS Virtual Visit programme is to connect audiences worldwide with particle physicists and engage them in accessible discussions about cutting-edge research. Constant evolution Figure 2: The number of ATLAS Virtual Visits organised annually since 2019. (Image: ATLAS Collaboration/CERN) The ATLAS Virtual Visit programme has continuously evolved to enhance the visitor experience. Early sessions were hosted directly from the ATLAS Control Room before transitioning in 2014 to a dedicated space in the ATLAS Visitor Centre, equipped with modern videoconferencing technology. In 2019, the ATLAS Collaboration expanded the programme’s reach, introducing live Virtual Visits from the experimental cavern during year-end maintenance stops and long LHC shutdowns. These exclusive sessions take participants beyond the ATLAS visitor platform, offering real-time, up-close views of the towering detector. When the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted in-person gatherings worldwide, demand for virtual engagement surged. The ATLAS Collaboration adapted rapidly by introducing Open Virtual Visits streamed via Zoom and YouTube, allowing individual science enthusiasts and families to join live guided tours. Figure 2 shows that the programme reached a peak of 155 visits in 2021 and has since maintained around 100 visits per year, demonstrating sustained engagement beyond the pandemic-driven increase. More than just a tour Beyond participation numbers, the paper highlights the positive impact on participants and educators. Teachers report successfully integrating Virtual Visits into their physics curricula, sparking sustained curiosity and in many cases inspiring students to pursue STEM studies and careers. Feedback received also highlighted how the direct dialogue with ATLAS scientists has given students an authentic and personal perspective on particle physics, helping them connect what they learn in the classroom with the people behind ATLAS research. Looking ahead, the programme will continue to evolve with new technologies and communication platforms. The goal is simple: to give even more audiences the opportunity to engage directly with particle physics and make fundamental science open to all. Learn more Breaking barriers: the impact of ATLAS Virtual Visits in science communication (Eur. Phys. J. Plus 141, 874 (2026), arXiv:2601.22457, see figures) ATLAS Virtual Visit Dashboard Register for an ATLAS Virtual Visit

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Why a signature Newsom power move flopped in the last days of the Legislative session

The lame-duck governor's penchant for pushing last-minute demands on California’s Legislature didn't work out as it has in years past.

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Third annual Power of Women’s Sports Summit lands stateside

The Power of Women's Sports Summit arrived in the U.S. on Monday, with attendees taking in a full morning of programming and a screening of an upcoming documentary.

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A strange, dark object is warping the Universe. Scientists still don’t know what it is | BBC Sky at Night Magazine

The lowest-mass dark object ever found in the Universe, discovered by using a global network of humanity's most powerful telescopes.

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Sep 2 • 6:55 AM EDT • Science • skyatnightmagazine.com
Realta, MGE explore building a nuclear fusion power plant in Wisconsin

Madison Gas and Electric is investing in Madison-based Realta Fusion to explore a 200-megawatt power plant. No timeline or location have been announced.

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Iran attempted cyberattacks on range of U.S. infrastructure, sources say

The attempts have so far been unsuccessful, but an Iranian hacking group warned that “unexpected and critical events” would soon target American infrastructure.

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Engineering firm doubling its space in Downtown Cleveland office tower

The firm is adding workers in Cleveland and doubling the size of its space in Downtown's Fifth Third Center.

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Acer’s Smaller Intel-Based Gaming Handheld Has Sky-High Ambitions

Acer's next handheld is smaller and less powerful, but it's packed with premium parts.

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August Monthly Review: ChatGPT In Epic

Death, taxes, another frontier lab healthcare launch inspiring truly insane LinkedIn takes. As much as I want to stay away, I repeatedly am the crewman unplugging his ears whenever we pass these sirens. So it’s not the first and probably not the last time we dial up the typewriter rather than tie ourselves to the mast. The full blow-by-blow timeline: Health API Guy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe The End of the Standalone PHR (Jan 8): ChatGPT Health arrives for consumers, at the time powered by b.well. I was bullish on the approach in that the best way for the PHR to finally solve distribution was to meet consumers were they already are (i.e. When Horizontal Meets Healthcare (Jan 9): OpenAI for Healthcare puts out the shingle for enterprises, with SharePoint ingestion standing in for the EHR integration the product actually needed. Another One: Anthropic’s Healthcare Debut (Jan 16): Claude's version, on HealthEx rails instead of b.well, with Agent Skills for FHIR development as the one true vertical-specific investment. ChatGPT for Clinicians: The Trap Sprung (Apr 24): OpenAI filled in the missing GTM middle with a free product for verified clinicians, effectively peeling the enterprise wrapper off ChatGPT for Healthcare and taking the PLG fight directly to OpenEvidence. OpenAI’s Second Attempt at Health (Jul 31): a relaunch of their patient specific app, now branded Health in ChatGPT, where the privacy partition came out, the connectors thinned, and b.well disappeared in favor of first-party FHIR work against a smaller network Beyond a Shingle So what was announced now? Today, we’re introducing a new electronic health record integration that brings authorized patient context from Epic into ChatGPT for Healthcare, along with the Healthcare Public Data plugin for direct, structured access to official healthcare datasets like PubMed, DailyMed, and CMS Coverage. Together, these capabilities bring ChatGPT closer to the systems and sources healthcare teams trust, while supporting the controls and compliance healthcare work requires. The core portfolio is unchanged from prior announcements we delineated and discussed (aside from the relaunch of patient-facing). Since trade publications still seem to be confusing them by using the wrong names: Enterprise sales motion: ChatGPT for Healthcare Protecting their core product / PLG: ChatGPT for Clinicians Consumer/patient-facing product: Health in ChatGPT So really, this is a feature release (specifically for ChatGPT for Healthcare when it comes to EHR integration). What’s cool about it, though, is that we are moving beyond just putting out a shingle. Everything in the January enterprise launch was horizontalizable: Horizontal tech companies thus generally start verticalization with their “putting out a shingle phase”. Telling the world you’re open for business as a horizontal tech company reliably attracts early inbound interest from buyers who are already trying to force-fit horizontal tools into domain-specific workflows and are eager for any signal that the vendor intends to support their use case more directly. Nothing was really vertical specific, which is exactly what you'd expect from the ultimate hypergrowth horizontal company dipping their toes into specific industries. But eventually you have to stop changing the sign on the door and start changing the product. Can you guess where the horizontal product was going to run out of road? This is the core dilemma writ large: verticalization requires differentiation, while scale economics of consumer and horizontal push toward unification. I’ve buried the lede so deep here it will be painful to some readers, but what should be shocking to no one is that my perspective is that EHR integration is the only path that meaningfully resolves this tension for ChatGPT for Healthcare. Integration with Microsoft Sharepoint is fine, but it is categorically insufficient for any product that hopes to influence clinical decision-making. SMART Money Well here we are, eight months later! Real vertical investment has begun, which surprised a few people. One friend in the industry messaged me: “Absolutely no way Epic gave ChatGPT API access.” Looking forensically at the announcements, the integration is notably read-only across appointment notes, laboratory results, medications, and specialist documentation. So while I’m not a betting man, I'd wager the house this is a SMART on FHIR launch: That sounds a lot like USCDI! The recommended path for the workflow they outline would be SMART on FHIR Their Health AI lead’s post is evocative of both standalone and EHR launch SMART, which another termed “ChartGPT” and “EHR Plugin” The implementation burden for SMART on FHIR is the lowest of the available integrative paths This is the team who literally did patient-facing SMART on FHIR with Epic last month Most importantly, if you’re a horizontal company, you generally still haven’t taken the full plunge and thus (overly) value reusability. SMART on FHIR is the logical compromise: healthcare-specific enough to matter, but standardized enough to reuse. Nobody Asked Judy Another friend asked “I thought they had to go to each health system, or did they go direct to Epic and now health systems opt in?” Given the trust paradigms in healthcare, this functionally cannot be Epic hoovering up all the data for OpenAI and shoving ChatGPT in their customers’ faces (or they would revolt). However, I do believe the aforementioned terrible coverage by TechCrunch and other outlets is probably responsible for that question, given the 325 million reference. When using FHIR as a business associate to an Epic customer, there is no EHR gatekeeping to speak of, as that isn’t how fhir.epic.com works: You register an app You pick your APIs You test against the sandbox APIs You list as “Ready for Production” Hospitals pick your app You test and go live with them Bluntly, nobody had to say yes or no in Verona (nor were they given the chance). Vendor Services (their next developer tier up that I doubt OpenAI is using quite yet in this initial release) certainly has contractual paperwork that some resent, but even there, the twin pressures of mounting antitrust and information blocking make outright gatekeeping increasingly fraught. My friend’s sentiment is, to me, representative of a broader industry neurosis, perhaps a sort of scar tissue of prior eras: people assume the gate is still there and never actually try the door. There are certainly other ways Epic (and any EHR) can put its thumb on the scale, but they are not so dumb as to stand in front of a federally mandated API and play bouncer at this exact moment in time. So I think they can and probably should go deeper, as this release is at best parity and at worst behind vertical-specific competition. OpenEvidence did a basic SMART launch with Sutter Health in February, allowing for more convenient evidence search by providers. They then add patient-context (the equivalent SMART on FHIR flow to what we see here) when Cedars-Sinai went enterprise-wide in May. UpToDate has four distinct applications across deeper workflows like patient engagement listed in Epic Showroom and announced a partnership with Epic to power Art at UGM Abridge and other ambient scribes have invested deeply into the deepest bidirectional clinical copilot workflow with integrations well beyond SMART on FHIR. In that light, the “Who is OpenAI primarily targeting here?” is clear. This release brings them into striking distance of OpenEvidence, but not the others quite yet. They are the only one of the three you can reach without building something truly Epic-specific. When will they go further? Competition is a great motivator to overcome the horizontal demons and start building things that can’t be reused: not across industries, not across EHRs, maybe not past the customer you built them for. That’s the price of actually verticalizing. The question is if and when OpenAI will be willing to pay it. Month in Review Here is the monthly review. As a reminder, this is a regular round-up of the month’s posts and other content to surface things you may have missed across regulation, litigation, interoperability, and beyond. AI assistance is used in these bullet summaries so I can focus on articles. Articles Published: None this month Video Content: The Information Exchange: Standards-based Thruple Edition (Aug 14): Back to school for us too, with Brad reporting in from the CMS Health Tech Ecosystem’s one year anniversary in DC. We get into the January CMS-0057 deadline, the fall rulemaking reading list, and why enrollment still keeps most apps off FHIR. The Information Exchange: Epic Dúnadan Edition (Aug 25): A UGM roundup with Ryan Brickner joining for the first time to check our takes against what the building actually thinks. Rangers, Ergo sitting on top of EHI, and a down-market lineup that needs some cuts. Regulatory: Stacked Deck, Bad Hand (Aug 05): ONC’s website refresh took the entire HIT Policy Committee record with it, so I rebuilt the archive and went looking for the regulatory capture story everyone assumes is buried in there. Stacking the deck and winning the hand turn out to be very different things. The Sixth Generation of Patient Access (Aug 19): A quick catalog of the five generations of patient access we’ve layered on since HIPAA, and the two candidates now competing to be the sixth. One is planned. The other is the market routing around the plan entirely. Court cases: Three Cases Walk Into a Docket (Aug 06): Two surprise settlements cleared the board in a single week, and then Judge Maddox dropped ninety-four pages on Vyne v. Henry Schein. The sleeper is a DMCA holding that makes direct-to-database a considerably riskier business model. Epic v. Health Gorilla: Into the MDL (Aug 10): Nine class actions are headed to Miami, and the Panel signaled it wants to bring the case that spawned them along too. That would leave Epic arguing the requests were obviously fraudulent in one courtroom and unknowable in the other. Amazon v. Perplexity: Agents Are Legalized! (Aug 11): The Ninth Circuit vacated the injunction against Comet, holding that the user is the one accessing the servers rather than the company that built the agent. A real win for agentic access, and a much narrower one than the headline suggests. Veeva v. Epic: Come At Me, Bro (Aug 26): Epic’s response brief wants the dismissal affirmed and, unusually, wants the opinion published as precedent. Buried in it is Epic’s own description of what its non-competes actually prohibit, which current and former employees should read closely. EHRs: The Contract Epic Would Never Sign Today (Aug 04): A 1999 SEC exhibit catches Epic licensing nearly its entire product line, Tapestry included, to the company that became TriZetto. The marketing services menu attached to it is the part that will make you blink. Forecast from Verona (Aug 07): The Epic Almanac makes one argument six different ways: the AI is only as good as the networks behind it. Emmie headlines, Art’s context stack is the most ambitious part, and Penny finally gets an autonomous coding date on the calendar. Works With Epic MyChart (Aug 17): Epic’s first new Showroom category since the death of Workshop certifies hardware instead of software, badge on the box and all. Made for iPhone, but for blood pressure cuffs, and rough news for anyone selling the RPM stack sitting in between. UGM Hot Takes 2026 (Aug 20): Everyone else covered the AI announcements, so I went after Savvy deleting the payment gateway, Rangers as Boost with the timer removed, and a down-market lineup with too many entries. Plus the Health Grid tidbits I cannot help myself on. MyChart Central Grows Up (Aug 24): Device data and Emmie turn Epic’s identity hub into a full consumer platform, which is both a logical answer to ChatGPT and a bit of a mistake. It also happens to be the best scraping target Epic has ever shipped. Industry Analysis: The Wrong Yardstick (Aug 12): Vertical software keeps getting judged against Superhuman and Notion, which is the wrong bar entirely. Your user is comparing your product to a whiteboard and forty phone calls before lunch. Primitives vs. Abstractions (Aug 27): Developers want building blocks, systems of record prefer to hand out business logic, and both sides have a real case. There’s no test from the outside that separates the engineering reason from the competitive one, which is why this keeps ending up in court. Cross-industry Comparisons: The Two Kinds of Platform Power (Aug 18): Attention power and record power are different problems that keep getting handed the same regulatory toolkit. Congress’s latest swing at Big Tech shows both what’s possible and where it falls apart. The Dogs of (Platform) War (Aug 21): A CourtListener alert turned up a property management fight with healthcare’s exact shape and none of the Cures Act. Shell prospects, ghost accounts, a notetaker bot that came back to haunt someone, and a lawyer arguing both sides of the same theory in two states. Fractals All the Way Down (Aug 31): Yardi dominates property management right up until you zoom into one segment, where AppFolio owns it outright and Yardi doesn’t appear at all. Where you draw the line around a B2B software market is about to decide an awful lot of cases. Other News: If Judy Had the Courage (Aug 13): A short eulogy for the era when software was allowed to look insane: WinAMP, bold colors, and everything the grey chatbot era has taken from us. External Media: Portland Monthly Health Tech Meetup: Erin O’Brien channeled my own feelings - maybe it’s just because it’s August and beautiful, but the monthly edition of the PDX Health community meetup was a ripper. Make sure to reach out if interested to join for the next one. STAT’s Coverage of Epic This Month: Brittany Trang of STAT did a fantastic job of breaking the FTC investigation that’s been lurking, as well as UGM related coverage, so I had to give her her wish of a meme. Fall Conferences: I’m pumped to be kicking off my fall conference season in NYC at Nabla Accelerate next month, which Chrissy provided the link to apply for. Here’s the rest of my schedule in case you want to meet up: Commonwell (Redwood Shores, CA): Oct 13-14 Open@Epic (Madison, WI): Oct 21-22 eHealthExchange (Austin, TX): Oct 27 Sequoia Project (Austin, TX): Oct 28-29 HLTH (Vegas): Nov 15-18 RSNA (Chicago): Nov 29-Dec 3 Posts I Liked: HTI-6 Should Unbundle API Certification: Josh Mandel makes the case that HTI-6 should split (g)(10) into separate authorization and data certifications, so a PACS or a genomics platform can certify only the role it actually performs. Imaging is the urgent example, but the structure solves a much bigger problem. On implementing ePrior Auth with Epic: Scott Rossignol’s field notes from a live ePrior Auth build on Epic, including the two app registrations nobody warns you about and the CPT mapping problem waiting at the end. CMS-0057 implementations are going to be such a beast. Healthcare point solutions are starting to look a lot like streaming services: Spencer Dorn runs the cable-to-streaming arc against health IT and lands squarely on the bundling half of the cycle. Bundling can be good! It can also be bad! Life is nuanced. Health API Guy is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

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Tearing down 2 RenCen towers is the only viable option, Bedrock says

Bedrock made its case during a Community Benefits Ordinance meeting Tuesday night in Detroit.

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Taiwanese Hardware Manufacturers Sell Out NVIDIA RTX Spark Laptop Stock Ahead of Launch

News out of Taiwan suggests that both ASUS and MSI have sold their entire production run of NVIDIA RTX Spark based laptops before a single unit has shipped. It would appear that allocation of the MediaTek co-developed chip has been pretty sparse by NVIDIA, which is one reason for the first stock...

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Sep 1 • 10:38 PM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com
Too much coffee may weaken bones, study finds

Following nearly 10,000 older women for 10 years, researchers found that tea drinking was associated with slightly higher hip bone density. Moderate coffee consumption did not appear harmful, but drinking more than five cups a day was linked to lower bone density. The findings suggest tea may offer a small bone-health boost, while excessive coffee could carry some drawbacks.

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Sep 1 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
New research: For lower costs without worse outcomes, vertically integrate healthy health systems with certain health plans

Hospital-operated Medicare Advantage plans can help streamline post-hospitalization care of discharged inpatients while cutting episode-of-care costs and maintaining good patient outcomes.

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Sep 1 • 7:29 PM EDT • Health • healthexec.com