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Scientists may have finally found how Alzheimer's kills brain cells

Researchers have identified a previously overlooked mechanism of brain cell death that appears to play a major role in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia. The finding could lead to new treatments aimed at slowing neuron loss by interrupting the process before cells are destroyed.

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Jul 5 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Why Doug Jones Keeps Running

Alabama’s upset artist hopes the state is changing enough to elect a Democrat again.

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Jul 5 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • theatlantic.com
Ukraine paying big for foreign fighters, longer contracts could help

Foreign fighters told Business Insider that new contracts and higher pay could fix manpower issues if soldiers stick around long enough.

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Jul 5 • 7:50 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Science & Medicine: Training health care workers to save lives in Texas maternity care deserts

In the nearly half of Texas counties considered maternity care deserts, few health care workers are trained to handle a pregnancy emergency like maternal cardiac arrest. A simulation-based training program from an expert at UT San Antonio's Kate Marmion School of Public Health aims to change that, and reduce preventable deaths in the process.

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Jul 5 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • tpr.org
Science & Medicine: Training health care workers to save lives in Texas maternity care deserts

In the nearly half of Texas counties considered maternity care deserts, few health care workers are trained to handle a pregnancy emergency like maternal cardiac arrest. A simulation-based training program from an expert at UT San Antonio's Kate Marmion School of Public Health aims to change that, and reduce preventable deaths in the process.

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Jul 5 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • tpr.org
Is your mental health worse in Texas' summer? You're not alone.

My kingdom for some dark skies and rain.

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Jul 5 • 5:21 AM EDT • Health • chron.com
Scientists discover the deep sleep circuit that builds muscle, burns fat, and boosts the brain

Researchers have identified the brain circuitry that links deep sleep with the release of growth hormone, revealing how the two regulate each other. The newly discovered feedback loop helps explain why poor sleep can interfere with growth, muscle repair, fat metabolism, and brain function. Understanding this system could pave the way for new therapies for sleep disorders and diseases tied to metabolism and the brain, including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.

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Jul 4 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Falcons training camp spotlight: UDFA running back Cash Jones

Falcons training camp spotlight: Ex Georgia RB Cash Jones must showcase versatility

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Jul 4 • 6:05 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Fireworks, heat, hot dogs and politics: America celebrates its 250th birthday

President Donald Trump plans to speak on the National Mall before what is being billed as a historically enormous fireworks show that will rain down over the nation's capital.

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Jul 4 • 6:01 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Ukrainian drones target more Russian oil infrastructure as fuel crisis adds political pressure on Putin, who shrugs off attacks as ‘not critical’

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack as part of Ukraine’s “long-range sanctions” against Russia.

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Jul 4 • 10:23 AM EDT • Politics • fortune.com
Ravens Training Camp Primer: Defensive Line

A look at the current state of the Baltimore Ravens' defensive line room ahead of training camp.

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Jul 4 • 10:22 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Brain drain leaves Yemen’s health sector in tatters and millions helpless

Yemen's health professionals have been leaving the country in search of higher income and a safer working environment.

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Jul 4 • 9:38 AM EDT • Health • aljazeera.com
California Zephyr: Best and worst parts of the 53-hour Amtrak train

I took the 53-hour California Zephyr, Amtrak's longest train, from Chicago to California. The views and bedroom booking were some of the best parts.

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Jul 4 • 9:34 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Noted neurobiologist and ex-taekwondo captain Chih-Ying Su leaves US for China

As former faculty vice dean swaps San Diego for Shenzhen, her lab offers jobs, training to researchers interested in sensory signalling.

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Jul 4 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • scmp.com
Chinese team’s brain-mimicking chip ‘up to 478 times faster than Nvidia GPU’

New chip performs data storage and computation in a single memory array, enabling real-time modelling of complex brain structures, team says.

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Jul 4 • 7:30 AM EDT • Science • scmp.com
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Ukraine's defense industry edge is tests in days, not months or years

Ukraine's defense companies are iterating much faster than their Western counterparts typically can because they can test their systems more easily.

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Jul 4 • 7:30 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Could We Have Been Wrong About Fish Oil and Brain Health? New Study Raises Major Questions

Fish oil supplements delivered omega-3s to the brain, but a new study found that was not enough to improve cognitive health in older adults at risk for Alzheimer’s.

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Jul 4 • 6:32 AM EDT • Health • scitechdaily.com
Yankees 5, Twins 2: When it rains, it snores

Post rain delay, the Twins quickly surrender the lead and never really give you hope again; you know this story already.

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Jul 3 • 11:04 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Ravens Training Camp Primer: Wide Receivers

A look at the current state of the Baltimore Ravens' wide receiver room ahead of training camp.

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Jul 3 • 9:19 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Yankees, Twins in rain delay on Friday night

The weather has also gotten in the way of the Yankees ever winning again.

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Jul 3 • 8:06 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
'She's Special': Harper’s Corner Wire-To-Wire Winner Of Schuylerville

Charles Bigg’s Harper’s Corner made every pole a winning one in Friday’s $200,000 Schuylerville (L), a six-furlong sprint for 2-year-old fillies on opening day at Saratoga Race Course. Trained by Cathal Lynch and piloted by Paco Lopez, the dark bay who became the first stakes winner for her sire, ...

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Jul 3 • 7:53 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
CommonSpirit Health says radiology disruptions delaying some imaging in Chattanooga

WTVC NewsChannel 9 provides coverage of news, sports, weather and community events throughout the Chattanooga, Tennessee area, including East Ridge, East Brainerd, Ooltewah, Middle Valley, Cleveland, Georgetown, Hopewell, Dayton, Dunlap and Jasper, Tennessee, Fort Oglethorpe, Chickamauga and Dalton, Georgia.

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Jul 3 • 1:00 PM EDT • Health • newschannel9.com
LSUA breaks ground on health education campus that will train future healthcare workers

LSU-Alexandria breaks ground on its new 43-million-dollar Health Education Campus. University officials say it...

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Jul 3 • 11:14 AM EDT • Health • louisianaradionetwork.com
Yankees fans have concerns about Gerrit Cole’s form

Your latest responses made it clear that the Cole Train could use some more fuel.

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Jul 3 • 11:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Oura Ring 5 In-Depth Review: Smaller yes, but still worth it?

The Oura Ring 5 In-Depth Review, covering accuracy, new features, size comparisons, and plenty more. I dive into whether or not it's worth it.

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Jul 3 • 10:40 AM EDT • Technology • dcrainmaker.com
Israel's tech employees cost more than US counterparts

Tech workers in Israel are currently 2.4 times more expensive than their counterparts in Poland, Lithuania, Romania, and Ukraine

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Jul 3 • 9:55 AM EDT • Business • jpost.com
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Strength training for seniors is crucial for aging comfortably. This is the equipment you need to start your journey

I asked aging and fitness experts for their recommendations on the best strength-training products for seniors. Here’s what they say is worth buying.

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Jul 3 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • cnn.com
Strengthen Your Business With Lifetime Cybersecurity Training for $53

Get self-paced courses on CISSP, ethical hacking, and GRC through one lifetime membership.

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Jul 3 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • entrepreneur.com
What Is “Pinky Time,” and Can It Really Boost Brain Health?

A social media trend has people doing finger exercises to prevent dementia. Here's what experts think.

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Jul 3 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • health.com
Sony has already started repurposing its lone PlayStation disc factory, and the body of physical gaming isn't even cold

The Sony disc-making operation is already planning to retrain its 300 employees to make microlenses.

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Jul 3 • 5:17 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
News of disease outbreaks can warp our brains in strange and subtle ways

The "behavioural immune system" can drive harsher moral judgement and may even contribute to xenophobia.

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Jul 3 • 5:01 AM EDT • Technology • bbc.com
Comparative Analysis of every Water Starter in Pokémon GO

With Sobble Community Day, Pokémon GO trainers will have every single available -type starter in the franchise with their exclusive Community Day moves, obviously until Pokémon Winds and Waves debuts the undeniably cool Gecqua. Sporting the powerful Hydro Cannon, these Pokémon are known for creating waves in the meta, quite literally! But with types being […]

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Jul 3 • 4:33 AM EDT • Technology • pokemongohub.net
Kolesar Brings Football Mentality to Red Wings

The post Kolesar Brings Football Mentality to Red Wings appeared first on Detroit Hockey Now. One of the newest Detroit Red Wings took up hockey because his parents thought it would be good offseason training […] The post Kolesar Brings Football Mentality to Red Wings appeared first on Detroit Hockey Now.

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Jul 3 • 4:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Argentina vs Cape Verde: World Cup Round of 32: Messi, prediction, kickoff

Lionel Messi's Argentina, the reigning champions, face minnows Cape Verde in a last-32 clash in Miami.

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Jul 3 • 3:42 AM EDT • Sports • aljazeera.com
Apple Responds to Lawsuit Filed by Three YouTube Channels

Earlier this year, three YouTube channels sued Apple, alleging that the company violated the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) by unlawfully accessing and scraping millions of copyrighted YouTube videos to train its AI models. In a class action lawsuit filed with the U.S.

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Jul 2 • 10:47 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Sony’s PlayStation disc factory is already being repurposed

All 300 employees will be retrained, Sony says.

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Jul 2 • 9:05 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
The real cause of a common stroke may have been missed for decades

Scientists have discovered that a common type of stroke may have a very different cause than doctors once thought. Instead of fatty plaque clogging arteries, the strongest link was found with enlarged and damaged blood vessels deep within the brain. The finding helps explain why standard treatments like aspirin are often less effective and is driving the search for new therapies that target the brain’s tiny blood vessels directly.

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Jul 2 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Europe’s Health Systems Face a Heat Test

New WHO guidance highlights how extreme heat is straining hospitals, with practical measures now shaping safer care environments across Europe.

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Jul 2 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • medscape.com
Trump's attack on trains taught me a lot about Americans

And spoke with those who want to invoke the 25th Amendment.

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Jul 2 • 7:12 PM EDT • Politics • motherjones.com
Zuckerberg said AI agent progress has been slower than expected

Superintelligence will take time, Zuckerberg tells Meta staff, as the company makes its AI training program opt-in after a data leak.

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Jul 2 • 6:13 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com
Rich Eisen belives he’s done doing play-by-play

Rich Eisen built a second career on NFL Network almost by accident, stepping into the play-by-play chair years after he’d already made his name as a host. It appears that part of his career is now over, as he told Sports Illustrated’s Jimmy Traina that he no longer expects to call games. “No, it is…

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Jul 2 • 5:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
NATO tensions push Europe to chart a path past Washington

Ahead of a major NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey next week, strain on the alliance is pushing European lawmakers toward a new posture—one that is less reliant on Washington.

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Jul 2 • 5:12 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumnews1.com
Thousands need medical attention from ‘already overwhelmed’ Venezuelan healthcare system: Aid worker

Claudia Manresa, Venezuela Regional Manager at Project HOPE joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the urgent humanitarian situation following last week’s twin earthquakes and the strain the disaster is putting on the country's already struggling systems.

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Jul 2 • 5:01 PM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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Businesses Are Stuck in an Efficiency Illusion — Here's Why More Decks Don't Mean Better Decisions

In an AI-accelerated workplace where output is increasingly easy to generate, real professional value comes from judgment, restraint and clarity. Here's why professionals must move beyond volume-based execution and learn to deliver the strategic conviction leaders actually trust.

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Jul 2 • 4:00 PM EDT • Business • entrepreneur.com
Following attack, LG Health\'s nurse scientist\'s violence prevention efforts to be recognized nationally

As the punches rained down on his face, Christian Burchill was paralyzed by shock.

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Jul 2 • 1:15 PM EDT • Health • lancasteronline.com
Tufts University and Bigelow Laboratory Partner to Expand Marine Science Training

Tufts University and Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences have launched a partnership offering graduate students a Marine Science specialization through the Sea Change Semester, combining coursework with hands-on research voyages and laboratory training in Maine.

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Jul 2 • 11:04 AM EDT • Science • ecomagazine.com
Giants' Matt Chapman goes on injured list with abdominal strain

Matt Chapman said his abdominal area had been bothering him over the last several weeks.

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Jul 2 • 10:33 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Live entertainment for Struthers’ Big Boy train celebration announced

Struthers is planning an all-day party to celebrate the historic train's arrival, with several thousand people expected to attend.

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Jul 2 • 10:06 AM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Live entertainment for Struthers’ Big Boy train celebration announced

Struthers is planning an all-day party to celebrate the historic train’s arrival, with several thousand people expected to attend.

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Jul 2 • 10:06 AM EDT • Entertainment • wkbn.com
‘Super movers’ have half the risk of brain decline in old age — even if their brains show signs of dementia
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Jul 2 • 6:28 AM EDT • Health • nypost.com
NC lawmakers consider changes to vehicle child seat laws

A child passenger restraint systems bill that would put more emphasis on a child’s height is moving slowly through state Senate committees.

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Jul 2 • 4:22 AM EDT • Health • northcarolinahealthnews.org
German Prosecutors Charge Ukrainian Suspect Over Nord Stream Explosions

The Nord Stream explosions remain among the most politically sensitive investigations in Europe, given their impact on EU energy security.

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Jul 2 • 2:04 AM EDT • Politics • politicstoday.org
UFC champ Sean Strickland predicts unlikely future title matchup

UFC middleweight champion Sean Strickland believes a fight between him and a training partner at Xtreme Couture is inevitable.

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Jul 1 • 7:55 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Ukraine's General Valery Zaluzhny emerges as a key figure in national politics

While still hypothetical, elections have reportedly been discussed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for the fall, fueling speculation about a possible candidacy by the former commander-in-chief. Like Zaluzhny, several senior officers enjoy strong public support and could play a major role in political life after the war.

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Jul 1 • 7:27 PM EDT • Politics • lemonde.fr
Sudden danger: the science and stakes of flash flood forecasting

Flash floods pose a major threat to lives and property. When it comes to researching them, understanding the rain as it falls is only half the battle. The next step is knowing how the water will move once it hits the ground.

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Jul 1 • 2:52 PM EDT • Science • research.noaa.gov
Jacqueline Mosher Joins Industry Entertainment (EXCLUSIVE)

Manager Jacqueline Mosher has joined Industry Entertainment after seven years at Rain Management, Deadline can tell you first.

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Jul 1 • 12:05 PM EDT • Entertainment • deadline.com
Manager Jacqueline Mosher Joins Industry Entertainment

EXCLUSIVE: Manager Jacqueline Mosher has joined Industry Entertainment. Mosher works with a mostly literary-focused client base across film and TV and comes to Industry after seven years at Rain Manag...

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Workout Wednesday: Stretching your way to good health

In this week's "Workout Wednesday," fitness trainer Rhonda Murphy shows us how a few stretching exercises can help us feel at ease!

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Jul 1 • 10:13 AM EDT • Health • abc30.com
Anthropic launches Claude Science AI workbench for researchers

Claude Science connects more than 60 databases and tools in one environment, running on existing Claude models with no specialized biology training

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Jul 1 • 9:43 AM EDT • Science • qz.com
Sony will cease production of discs for new PlayStation games in 2028

New games sold for PlayStation consoles will only be available digitally and won’t be sold on discs effective January 2028, Sony has announced. The move applies to all PlayStation games released from that point on, including those made by Sony and those released by third parties. The PlayStation group calls the change “a natural direction for Sony Interactive Entertainment to adapt to consumer trends as the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs,” according to a PlayStation blog post reviewed by Game File in advance of its publication. As movies, TV and music have shifted from physical media to an age of downloads and streaming, Sony’s move could speed the demise of physical media in a gaming. The industry has offered consumers games via cartridges, cassettes, floppy discs, CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays across a 50-year stretch. Sony has been reporting to investors in recent years that PlayStation games have been increasingly purchased as downloads, not as discs. The most recent figures show nearly four in five purchases of full games for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 were purchased digitally in the past year. Stats like that may cause today’s news to carry an air of the inevitable. But Sony’s declaration for 2028 is still likely to produce a shock, as the biggest gaming platform on the planet that uses game discs leaves them behind. Discs going away, but the fate of game boxes is unknown Sony is committing to still selling games in physical retailers even after they drop discs in 2028. Just how those games will be sold—in boxes with codes inside, as cards marked with digital redemption codes—is unclear. Digital games will also continue to be sold in the online PlayStation Store. New games released for PlayStation consoles prior to January 2028 will be unaffected by the policy change, Sony says. That means the PS5 games of 2027, be they a new Madden, a new God of War, a new Call of Duty, a new Sly Cooper (one can dream?), would still potentially be offered on disc. PlayStation 6 implications Sony’s timeline for a transition to a no-disc era will also spin up more speculation about the timing and configuration of Sony’s next-generation console, the probable PlayStation 6. “This pretty much guarantees that PS6 won’t arrive until 2028 at the earliest,” Piers Harding-Rolls, senior games research analyst at Ampere Analysis tells Game File. Harding-Rolls also concludes from today’s news that “the base version of a PS6 will not include a physical media drive,” as Sony looks to keep costs down on the device. Sony itself is saying nothing about the PS6 today: not its timing, nor how it might or might not support internal or external disc drives in order to run disc-based PS4 and PS5 games, should the console be backwards compatible. The many signs this was coming Industry support for games being released on physical media has been waning. As has consumer interest in them. PC games effectively went all-digital years ago, thanks to the popularity of playing games through Steam and other digital storefronts. The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdowns that kept much of the global population home helped shift shopping patterns toward downloads. Sony’s own data shows PlayStation game downloads being an uncommon consumer choice a decade ago and now becoming the norm. On consoles, physical media has been in such decline that Sony and Microsoft both launched their current gen Xbox Series and PS5 consoles in 2020 with cheaper versions that lacked disc drives. In early 2024, Phil Spencer, then head of Xbox, told me that ““[w]e ship games physically and digitally, and we’re really just following what the customers are doing.” He added that the game industry had become an outlier in still supporting disc-based entertainment, even as movies and TV have bailed on discs in favor of downloads and steaming: “Gaming consoles themselves have kind of become the last consumer electronic device that has a drive. And this is a real issue, just in terms of the number of manufacturers that are actually building drives and the cost associated with those. And when you think about cogs that we’re going to go put in a console—and as you have fewer suppliers and fewer buyers—the cost of the drive does have an impact.” Last year, the Nintendo’s Switch 2, which uses cartridges rather than discs, introduced the concept of game-key cards, which are physical media that contain no game, just a prompt for a download. Even disc-based games aren’t what they once were, now frequently containing just stubs of games rather than the whole thing. The website Does It Play has tested over 3000 games and found that, for example, that the disc version of this year’s hit 007: First Light, only contained the game’s first mission, with the rest needing to be downloaded. Beyond all that, last week brought the news that Grand Theft Auto VI, likely the biggest game launch this decade, will debut for PS5 and Xbox Series without a disc-based version. Today’s big news comes to you for free. Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and ensure more of my work is possible, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Discs helped define PlayStation However the trends in entertainment may be going, it is still remarkable to see PlayStation ditch discs given their importance in PlayStation history: In the late 1990s, the first PlayStation’s support for games on relatively cheap CD-ROMs instead of traditional game cartridges allowed the upstart console to outmaneuver cartridge-based systems from Nintendo and Sega, as it drove down game prices down in the process. (The cheaper disc format even prompted Final Fantasy VII maker Square to taunt Nintendo in a magazine ad, saying that if the game was “available on cartridge, it’d retail for around $1200.”) PlayStation devices often doubled as machines for watching movies and TV on the latest disc-based formats. In the late 2000s, for example, Sony’s pricy PS3 gained traction as a go-to device for playing then-novel Blu-Ray discs. In 2013, Sony effectively roasted the digital game-sharing restrictions proposed by rival Microsoft for its upcoming Xbox One console by showing how games could be shared for the then-upcoming PS4. In a 21-second clip that has over 20 million views on YouTube, one PlayStation executive simply handed a game box—presumably with disc inside—to another, who said “thanks.” Sony’s possible motivations The PlayStation announcement today cites “consumer preferences” and a shift away from discs among “the broader entertainment industry,” but does not delve into the decision-making process that brought Sony to this point. Sony is not discussing the economics of this move (I asked!), but there are a number of potential factors: Abandoning discs will spare Sony the cost of manufacturing and shipping them, which analysts and industry veterans I spoke to said could account for $1 or so of a game’s retail price. For first-party games, that’s direct savings for Sony, though the amount is limited by the winnowing percentage of people who were even buying the disc-based versions. For third-party games, Sony could pass the savings on to partners or just retain the better profit margin for themselves. As the 2024 comments from Phil Spencer alluded to, leaving discs behind could mean leaving disc-drives behind, allowing Sony to produce consoles more cheaply. Switching to digital-only for games could diminish the risks of copies of new games leaking. It would also seemingly make second-hand sales of used games impossible, pushing more people to buy their own copies of games. These economic benefits for Sony could be boons for the games industry overall, Ampere analyst Piers Harding-Rolls tells Game File. Among other things, it could free publishers and retailers from having to worry about securing an inventory of game discs when trying to sell games, he noted. “If there is a way to streamline the business of games retail, I generally think it’s a good thing for the industry as it removes unnecessary costs,” Harding-Rolls said. “This will help offset pressure on margins from other directions – development and staffing costs for example.” Should the industry shift from game boxes that contain discs to smaller, cheaper game cards, Harding-Rolls said, that reduces pressure on publishers and retailers. “The advantage of everything going digital for the industry is that sales can be tracked much more easily and there is less commercial risk for publishers wanting to continue selling via retail,” he said. The shift to no discs will also likely impact game development timelines, as developers will no longer face the same urgency to have a build ready to submit to PlayStation for the production of a disc, as industry experts noted around GTA VI’s no-disc news last week. Instead, projects may gain weeks of development time, in the event delivery deadlines for platform approval move closer to release date. Preservationists’ likely worries While millions of gamers have shifted to digital, there are still people who associate game discs—and only game discs—with actual ownership of PlayStation games. That portion of the gaming community spoke up last week about wanting to buy a version of GTA VI that they could hold in their hands, could lend to a friend and could potentially pop into a well-preserved PS5 console three decades from now and still see it run. Such gamers didn’t want to worry that they’d merely purchased a digital copy that could lose access to the game if, say, the company behind the game someday turns of the servers that transmit downloadable copies. Digital copies of games are inherently less long-lasting, because consumers aren’t actually buying a game (on a disc), just buying access to the game. The fine print in online gaming shops notes this, as does a recent law that went on the books in California in 2025. That lasw requires game publishers doing business in the state to refrain from words like “sell” when offering digital copies of games, unless they explicitly tell consumers that what’s being sold isn’t the game itself but a potentially revocable license to access it. A Sony spokesperson noted to Game File that “[w]ith all digital content, including games, movies, and music, players are purchasing a personal license for non-commercial use.” Regarding the fears of PlayStation games being lost to time in an all-digital era, the rep also noted that Sony remains “committed to delivering experiences from past generations to the new platforms our players are using.” They noted that PlayStation has used emulation and remasters to keep offering its classic games to modern gamers. It’s true that many consumers have become accustomed to not having physical copies of new music albums or movies, but the relative precariousness of digital copies of games is in fact being highlighted today by…. Sony’s other big announcement: the upcoming closure of the PS3 and PS Vita online stores Sony said today that it will be closing the online marketplaces for its PlayStation 3 console and PS Vita handheld in most countries in July 2027 (sooner elsewhere: August 2026 for the PS3 store Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua; late 2026 for PS3 in other Latin American countries and the Middle East). “We know this news may be disappointing to PS3 and PS Vita players who hold a special place in their hearts for this generation of gaming,” Sony said in its announcement, saying the move “was not an easy decision for us to make.” Sony said that PS3 and Vita marketplaces “are no longer able” to support modern commerce systems, prompting a “need” to close the shops and focus on more modern PlayStation platform stores. The news may spark some deja vu. Sony announced back in March 2021 that it planned to take the PS3, Vita and PlayStation Portable marketplaces offline that summer. The move would have caused some 2,000 digital-only games to become unavailable for new purchasers, according to a VGC analysis at the time. Fans complained loudly. By April 2021, Sony walked back the PS3 and Vita shop closures, with then PlayStation boss Jim Ryan saying “it’s clear that we made the wrong decision here.” This time around, Sony is giving a longer notice period in most regions. The closure of those stores is still likely to cut off access to new purchases of digital-only PS3 and Vita games. The current PlayStation 5 marketplace sells PS5 and PS4 games, as well as a selection of PS1 and PS2 games. It does not sell PS3 games, because games for that platform can’t run on the system (some are offered via a PlayStation Plus streaming option). Vita games also aren’t sold via PS5. Sony says digitally purchased PS3 and Vita games will be downloadable after the stores’ shutdowns “for the foreseeable future.” Sony’s move contrasts with Microsoft’s Xbox platform, which continues to sell and support games from all four Xbox console generations. But it puts it in line with Nintendo, which disabled purchases in the marketplace for its Wii console (a contemporary of the PS3) in 2019. Nintendo discontinued purchases in the online shop for its 3DS portable (a contemporary of the Vita) in 2023. The big questions about Sony’s 2028 post-disc era Will Microsoft follow suit, ending support for new disc-based games on Xbox platforms and therefore all game consoles, too? Whether Microsoft does or not, will third-parties that can no longer release games on discs for PlayStation, simply ditch the disc options across the board? Given the GTA VI no-disc experiment launching this November, will more game publishers decide to forgo disc-based offerings even in 2027? How will no-disc PS5/6 games be packaged and sold in brick-and-mortar retail stores? What becomes of game sharing in an all-digital era? Will Sony modify its current set-up, which currently allows some sharing of digital games across a pair of consoles, to allow more casual lending? (See for example, Nintendo’s year-old system of letting players lend a digital game to another player in a “family group” for up to 14 days.) Will there be a version of a PS6 with a disc drive? Or will a drive be offered as an add-on? And how will gamers who want to retain access to PS4/PS5 disc-based games react to whichever configurations Sony chooses to offer? What will the final disc-based PlayStation game be?

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Jul 1 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Opinion: Michigan’s nonprofits are vital infrastructure, not a nice-to-have

Nonprofits work every day standing at the center of some of the hardest realities of our time.

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Jul 1 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • crainsdetroit.com
Lightfoot claims Bally’s work doesn’t violate revolving door rules

Joining Bally’s could help Lightfoot preserve one of her top achievements as mayor, but is hard to square with her reformer credentials, a top watchdog told Crain’s.

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10 questions the Steelers must answer at training camp

When the Steelers get together for training camp, here are the 10 questions they have to answer.

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Jul 1 • 5:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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If you’re at risk of Alzheimer’s, these dietary habits can help, study finds

Research suggests diet remains a relevant factor for brain health even after blood markers of dementia are present.

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Jul 1 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • washingtonpost.com
Quakes strain Venezuela’s health system

LA GUAIRA, Venezuela -- Aid groups warned Tuesday that Venezuela's fragile healthcare system is being pushed to its limits nearly a week after two powerful earthquakes, with damaged and understaffed hospitals getting overwhelmed by the injured and infectious diseases flaring in the disaster zone.

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Jul 1 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • arkansasonline.com
Samsung drops first official Galaxy Z Fold 8 teasers, ‘New Shape, New Joy’ [Gallery]

With less than a month to go, Samsung is kicking off its train of Galaxy Z Fold 8 teasers with...

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Jun 30 • 9:45 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
Taylor Frankie Paul's ex-husband Tate Paul files for restraining order against reality star

Tate Paul, the ex-husband of embattled reality star Taylor Frankie Paul, is now the second of her exes to seek a restraining order against her.

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Jun 30 • 9:14 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Doctor warns of health risks as Massachusetts heat wave intensifies

Massachusetts faces a dangerous heat stretch, and a South Shore Health doctor warns the heat can strain the heart and other organs.

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Jun 30 • 5:02 PM EDT • Health • wcvb.com
Google kills Tenor GIF API, forcing changes at X, Discord, and more

Tenor still connects to Google apps, but other platforms must look elsewhere for GIFs.

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Jun 30 • 4:38 PM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
Running with purpose: SAU alumni build a business and a ministry one race at a time | News

For Briston and Carley Rains, running is more than a sport. It is a career, a calling, and a ministry. The two Southern Arkansas University graduates are the owners of Texas Outlaw Running…

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Jun 30 • 3:53 PM EDT • Business • web.saumag.edu
Palace Theater and Downtown Gallatin offer July entertainment

Historic Downtown Gallatin, Inc. and the Palace Theater continue to offer plenty of entertainment and shopping choices to Gallatin citizens, both inside the air-conditioned theater and outside in the July heat. The Kids Summer Movie Series continues all month on Fridays from 10 a.m. until noon. July 3 will feature 2025’s “How to Train Your

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Jun 30 • 2:52 PM EDT • Entertainment • mainstreetmediatn.com
Green intends to veto just four bills

The measures span issues in education, housing, school facilities and the rainy day fund

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Jun 30 • 2:15 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Three Steelers with the most to prove in training camp

These Steelers have an important few weeks in Latrobe ahead of them.

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Jun 30 • 1:51 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Your Brain Doesn’t Just Turn Off When You Die. What Really Happens Defies Our Understanding of Reality.

Some scientists suggest that there’s an in-between state that divides life and death.

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Jun 30 • 12:19 PM EDT • Science • popularmechanics.com
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7 things fantasy football players — and fans, too — should know about the Steelers’ offense

Believe it or not, Steelers training camp is only four weeks away. That means fantasy football season is right around the corner, too. One of the Post-Gazette’s...

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Jun 30 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • post-gazette.com
Authentic Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Care Bears

Authentic Brands Group, a global brand and entertainment platform, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the intellectual property of Care Bears, one of the world's most beloved and enduring family entertainment franchises.

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Jun 30 • 11:16 AM EDT • Entertainment • corporate.authentic.com
Community Health Workers Learn Perinatal Outreach Approaches at UAMS Training

LITTLE ROCK — Twenty community health workers (CHWs) from across Arkansas recently gathered in Springdale with a shared goal: to build connections and learn how to better support mothers across the state. Hosted by the UAMS Institute for Community Health Innovation, the three-day Perinatal CHW Upskill Training provided interactive, hands-on…

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Jun 30 • 11:08 AM EDT • Health • news.uams.edu
Nutanix and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Partner to Expand Computer Science Access Across North Carolina

$250,000 Corporate Grant From Nutanix Establishes Endowed Professorship to Fund Public K-12 Teacher Training and Open-Source STEAM Curriculum NCSSM Nutanix Endowed Professorship Charles Robinson, Nutanix Endowed Professor of Computer Science at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics SAN JOSE, Calif., and DURHAM, N.C., June 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), a leader in hybrid multicloud computing, and the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM), t

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Jun 30 • 9:00 AM EDT • Science • finance.yahoo.com
Alleged iPhone 18 Pro Sim Tray Again Shows Dark Cherry Color

Apple's upcoming iPhone 18 Pro models are expected to introduce new color options, including a dark cherry color, and today we may have been given another peek at the rumored finish, courtesy of the Chinese leaker known as Ice Universe. Image shared by leaker Ice Universe In an image posted on Weibo, a SIM tray allegedly from the unreleased iPhone is shown in a dark cherry colour, which could also be described in this grainy example as burgundy, brownish, or purple.

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Jun 30 • 8:23 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Reaching communities close to hostilities in Ukraine

Primary health care teams in Ukraine are reaching 121 locations within 60 km from active hostilities. This is part of the largest primary health care intervention in frontline areas in the country. European Union (EU)-supported teams are delivering essential services to people trapped by constant shelling and severe security constraints in 7 regions where no pharmacies operate, no health facilities function and evacuation remains impossible for residents.

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Jun 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • who.int
The No. 1 Daily Exercise for a Strong Deep Core, According to a Trainer

In TODAY.com’s Expert Tip of the Day, a personal trainer and TODAY.com editor shares her top workout for strengthening the deepest muscles of the midsection.

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Jun 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • today.com
Venezuela health system strained after earthquakes, WHO says

Venezuela's healthcare system is under significant strain, the World ​Health Organization said on Tuesday, with ‌some hospitals damaged and others missing staff after deadly twin earthquakes last week.

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Jun 30 • 5:47 AM EDT • Health • reuters.com
Venezuela Health System Strained After Earthquakes, WHO Says

By Emma Farge GENEVA, June ⁠30 (Reuters) - ⁠Venezuela's healthcare system ⁠is under significant strain, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, with some ‌hospitals damaged and others ‌missing staff after deadly twin ⁠earthquakes ⁠last week. More than 1,700 people have been killed and 5,000 ...

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Jun 30 • 5:47 AM EDT • Health • usnews.com
Steel boss mulls reopening of Dearborn Works blast furnace

Cleveland-Cliffs CEO Lourenco Goncalves said the company is closer to resuming idled production — if automotive demand increases.

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Jun 30 • 5:45 AM EDT • Business • crainsdetroit.com
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Predicting winners for NFL's remaining QB competitions: Who wins starting gigs?

Five NFL teams are set to enter training camp with quarterback competitions lingering. Who will emerge as QB1 in each battle?

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Jun 30 • 5:17 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
Expelled from Neptune HS, Harvard-trained doctor now NYC health chief

Dr. Alister Martin faced unusual obstacles on his path to becoming New York City health commissioner, getting expelled from Neptune High School.

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Jun 30 • 5:16 AM EDT • Health • app.com
Serena Williams’ Wimbledon comeback and how elite athletes in their 40s return to the arena

Sports science, training optimization, and a good old-fashioned dose of aura can all lend a hand.

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Jun 30 • 5:01 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com
Weird Science: Space enthusiasts helping train AI system to unlock deep secrets of spiral galaxies

Led by Dr. Patrick Treuthardt of the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, the project asks everyday volunteers to review automated, color-coded maps of spiral galaxy arms.

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Jun 30 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • bpr.org
Ozempic Might Be Making Your Team Less Driven. Here’s the Science

New reports on GLP-1 drugs and the brain’s “wanting” system have direct implications for how leaders motivate, reward, build teams, and sustain culture.

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Jun 30 • 4:30 AM EDT • Science • inc.com
South Coast youth basketball team wins national title

The Leaders In Training seventh grade boys basketball team capped its season by winning the Zero Gravity National Championship.

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Jun 30 • 4:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Monaco parcel bomb blast severely wounds Ukrainian oligarch

Source says Vadym Yermolaiev was one of two adults left with life-threatening injuries after apartment blast on Monday

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Jun 30 • 3:30 AM EDT • Business • theguardian.com
Eagles’ post-A.J. Brown offense will define training camp

In addition to the continuing evolution of the Eagles' offense, an NFL writer points to the new additions at wide receiver.

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Jun 30 • 12:31 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Browns QB Shedeur Sanders Gets Bad News on Future

The Cleveland Browns’ quarterback competition remains open heading into training camp, but the momentum appears to be favoring Deshaun Watson, not Shedeur Sanders. The post Browns QB Shedeur Sanders Gets Bad News on Future appeared first on HEAVY.

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Jun 29 • 9:28 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Scientists say creatine may help fight depression

Creatine is best known as a muscle-building supplement, but scientists are now investigating whether it could also help treat depression by boosting the brain's energy supply. A new review examined five randomized clinical trials involving 238 participants and found mixed results. Two studies, both involving women with major depressive disorder, reported that adding creatine to standard treatment improved symptoms, while three others found no meaningful benefit.

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Jun 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Scientists may have finally found how Alzheimer's spreads through the brain

A common brain protein may be giving Alzheimer’s disease an unexpected way to spread, carrying toxic Tau proteins from damaged neurons into healthy ones. By blocking these harmful protein packages before they reach new cells, researchers believe it may one day be possible to slow the disease's relentless progression.

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Jun 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Dodgers Reinstate Teoscar Hernández from Injured List

The Los Angeles Dodgers brought back outfielder Teoscar Hernández from the injured list with a hamstring strain on Monday.

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Jun 29 • 4:16 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
SGMC Health Welcomes 32 Resident Physicians

SGMC Health welcomes its newest cohort of resident physicians as they begin their clinical training, representing a significant milestone in the continued advancement of the organization’s Graduate Medical Education (GME) program.

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Jun 29 • 3:49 PM EDT • Health • sgmc.org
Browns to have nine open training camp practices
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Jun 29 • 3:47 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Slotkin Joins Michigan Delegation Urging Small Business Administration to Approve Disaster Declaration

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, joined members of the Michigan Congressional Delegation in urging the Small Business Administration (SBA) to support Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s request for an administrative disaster declaration following the severe thunderstorms, tornadoes, high winds, large hail and torrential rainfall across the state in April. […]

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Jun 29 • 3:27 PM EDT • Business • slotkin.senate.gov
How to spot an AI-generated face, according to science

Training people to pay attention to the right visual cues nearly doubled how accurately they could spot AI-generated faces

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Jun 29 • 3:00 PM EDT • Science • scientificamerican.com