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I’ve Been in a Long, Abusive Affair With My Favorite Bedroom Appliance. I Finally Dared Ask What It’s Doing to Me.

Every morning I do it again, and again. Maybe that's OK.

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Apr 5 • 5:35 AM EDT • Health • slate.com
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What’s the most attractive genre of entertainment?

Millions of people globally tune in to “beauTV”

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Apr 5 • 5:33 AM EDT • Entertainment • economist.com
The founder of a $2.5 million AI-powered legal business started work at her DA’s office at just 12 years old

Logan Brown, the founder of AI-powered law firm Soxton, lived out her “Legally Blonde” dreams through hometown court hearings as a preteen and attending Harvard Law School.

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Apr 5 • 4:02 AM EDT • Business • fortune.com
Double Take -- Giese: Free market must be part of health care solution

If there is a “next” chapter in the Democrats’ deceitfully presented, deceptively titled and unilaterally imposed “Affordable Care Act,” commonly known as Obamacare, it will be added to a law

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Apr 5 • 1:30 AM EDT • Health • telegraphherald.com
COMMENTARY: Politics and vulgarity are not a good mix

If you have sensed that our politicians are using more vulgarity in public discourse in the last 10 years, you are right. In the past, politicians have only occasionally used slang or made a quick ...

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Apr 5 • 12:01 AM EDT • Politics • reviewjournal.com
White House shuts down speculation about Trump’s absence over health: ‘literally never stops working’
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How the loneliness of working from home can affect mental health: ‘The lab coat mentality is dangerous’

If the office is the place where friendships most often arise, people who work remotely, especially freelancers, are the most vulnerable to isolation, with all that this implies for their wellbeing

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Apr 4 • 11:30 PM EDT • Health • english.elpais.com
Here's The Science on How Peptides Could Boost Your Workout

Do they really work?

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Apr 4 • 10:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencealert.com
Your Odin 3 Might Not Actually Use the Snapdragon 8 Elite, but There’s More to the Story

The Odin 3’s chip story just got messier, as AYN replaces Snapdragon 8 Elite branding with Dragonwing Q8 across its official landing page.

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Apr 4 • 9:04 PM EDT • Technology • retrohandhelds.gg
New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science reopens

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – After eight months of the New Mexico Natural History Museum being closed for renovations, residents finally got to see what the wait was for. The museum closed last summe…

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Apr 4 • 8:29 PM EDT • Science • krqe.com
Scientists trap light in a layer 1,000x thinner than hair

Researchers have created a nanoscale structure that traps infrared light in a layer just 40 nanometers thick—over 1,000 times thinner than a human hair. By using a unique material with exceptional light-bending properties, they can confine and intensify light far beyond previous limits. This setup also dramatically boosts light conversion effects, turning infrared into visible blue light. The advance could pave the way for smaller, faster photonic technologies.

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Apr 4 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Truckloads of food are being wasted because computers won’t approve them

Modern food systems may look stable on the surface, but they are increasingly dependent on digital systems that can quietly become a major point of failure. Today, food must be “recognized” by databases and automated platforms to be transported, sold, or even released, meaning that if systems go down, food can effectively become unusable—even when it’s physically available.

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Apr 4 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Mars dust storms are sparking electricity and rewriting the planet’s chemistry

Mars may look like a quiet, dusty world, but it’s actually buzzing with hidden electrical activity. Powerful dust storms and swirling dust devils generate static electricity strong enough to spark faint glowing discharges across the planet, triggering chemical reactions that reshape its surface and atmosphere. Scientists have now shown that these tiny lightning-like events can create a surprising mix of chemicals—including chlorine compounds and carbonates—and even leave behind distinct isotopic “fingerprints.”

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Apr 4 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Understanding Porsche's 3-Digit Model Names

Porsche's three-digit model names denote cars with different setups. The digits were originally made to denote the company's sequential projects.

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Apr 4 • 7:25 PM EDT • Technology • jalopnik.com
Nose-Picking May Have a Surprise Link With Alzheimer's, Study in Mice Suggests

Do you really need to pick it?

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Apr 4 • 6:34 PM EDT • Science • sciencealert.com
I watched The Godfather again at 64 and cried — not because the movie changed, but because I finally understood that the films we watched in our twenties weren’t just entertainment, they were instruction manuals for masculinity, family, and honor that shaped every major decision I ever made

Last week, I found myself alone in my living room, remote in hand, scrolling through streaming options when The Godfather appeared on screen. It had been years since I’d watched it. Decades, really. Something made me click play, and three hours later, I was sitting there with tears streaming down my face. Not because Sonny […]

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Apr 4 • 6:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • vegoutmag.com
Chucklefish on why Witchbrook has taken a decade to release

Donna Orlowski, the COO of Chucklefish, has explained why Witchbrook has taken so long to release. Back in 2016, the project was first teased. A year later, it was announced as Spellbrook, and then became Witchbrook in 2018. We’ve essentially seen the last decade fly by, but the game has still yet to debut. Orlowski gave some insight into the...

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Apr 4 • 5:00 PM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
Scientists Finally Crack Decades-Old Mystery Behind Statins’ Painful Side Effects

A hidden effect of statins on muscle cells may explain why some patients cannot tolerate them.

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Apr 4 • 4:55 PM EDT • Science • scitechdaily.com
Samsung Messages Is Officially Dead, Here's How to Switch

Samsung is officially handing messaging over to Google, and this is one of the clearest signs that One UI is more integrated with Google apps.

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Apr 4 • 4:20 PM EDT • Technology • sammyguru.com
A Look At Penn Entertainment’s (PENN) Valuation After A Market Rally On Easing Macro Concerns

PENN Entertainment (PENN) moved following a broader market rally tied to potential de-escalation in Iran and more reassuring Federal Reserve comments on interest rates, raising questions about how much of the stock reaction is company specific. See our latest analysis for PENN Entertainment. That move sits within a mixed recent pattern, with a 7-day share price return of 7.26% but a 30-day share price return of 4.52% and a 1-year total shareholder return of 3.36%. Longer term performance,...

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Apr 4 • 3:22 PM EDT • Entertainment • simplywall.st
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New cases of a deadly bacterial disease alarm doctors

The Hib vaccine drastically cut cases of a once feared contagious disease. New cases in unvaccinated kids feed concern that Hib may have a resurgence.

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Apr 4 • 2:44 PM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
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How bringing more grime into your home could actually improve your child’s asthma
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Apr 4 • 2:24 PM EDT • Health • nypost.com
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The Band Really is Back Together

It’s been a loooong hiatus, but the prolonged pause is over: the original lineup of Triumph, has reunited for its first tour in 30 years.

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Apr 4 • 1:02 PM EDT • Entertainment • coastalbreezenews.com
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Gabe Lazo to be UCF head coach instead of assistant under Kim Mulkey

Gabe Lazo will be the next coach of the women's basketball team at UCF. The former Tennessee assistant had initially agreed to work for Kim Mulkey.

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Apr 4 • 12:42 PM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
Medicines watchdog to investigate UK peptide clinics over health claims

Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds several clinics making potentially unlawful claims about benefits of unregulated therapies

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Apr 4 • 12:00 PM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
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Apple CarPlay Just Got Three Popular iPhone Apps

Apple's CarPlay system for accessing iPhone apps on a vehicle's dashboard screen received three popular apps this week: ChatGPT, Google Meet, and Audiomack. CarPlay Ultra in an Aston Martin In addition, WhatsApp is beta testing a revamped CarPlay app that will improve upon the basic Siri-based functionality that was previously available. Make sure you have the latest version of each app and they will automatically appear on CarPlay.

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Apr 4 • 9:22 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Why Spring Cleaning Is Good for Your Home AND Your Health

While spring cleaning might feel like just another thing on your to-do list, it can actually do more for your health than you might expect.

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Apr 4 • 8:24 AM EDT • Health • healthnewshub.org
Nintendo Switch Games Normally $50 Now Only $5 on eShop

Nintendo Switch games that Nintendo fans normally have to pay $50 on the eShop are only $5 for a limited time.

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Apr 4 • 8:10 AM EDT • Technology • comicbook.com
Album Review: 6WA by BigXthaPlug & 600 Entertainment

BigXthaPlug spent eight months in Nashville making a country-rap album that debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, put “All the Way” with Bailey Zimmerman at No. 4 on the Hot 100, got him a Rolling Stone cover, and filled arenas with Jelly Roll. And then he came back to Dallas, rounded up four of his signees, and made a gangsta-rap record with N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton on the cover. 6WA is the second group release from 600 Entertainment, named after the 600 block of Meadowridge Street in Ferris, Texas, where BigX and his people grew up. The whole thing is loaded with West Coast samples. From N.W.A.’s “8Ball,” Eazy-E’s “Real Muthaphuckkin G’s” and “Boyz-N-The-Hood,” Ice-T’s “6 in the Mornin’,” Snoop Dogg’s “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang” and more. BigX is staking his name on the lineup he built—Rosama, MurdaGang PB, Yung Hood, KevanGotBandz, KaineMusic—and claiming a lineage from 1,400 miles away while insisting Dallas is its own thing. A million dollars in cash, split and handed straight to his mother. That’s the first place BigX goes on “From the Bottom.” He’d probably still be in the streets if he didn’t have his son and daughter. He only started rapping to make life better for Carter. Couldn’t start his car back then, now people get starstruck at Starbucks, and he throws the whole field away in one sentence: “How you think we competin’? You on the same bag, I just made me some millions off country.” Goyard bags off a Nashville payday, and he wants you to know exactly how far he’s come from everybody else. “Safe to Say” does something similar but looser. It’s a straight Ice Cube “It Was a Good Day” flip, and BigX nails it. Wakes up, checks both phones, nobody’s locked up, kid accounts look good. Gets pulled over, only catches a warning. Pulls up on the squad to liquor, ladies, and haze. Rosama takes the second verse and matches him. Wakes up to his girl cleaning his cuticles, twins playing peekaboo, pays off his car, calls a cousin, sees the opps and they don’t trip. Lawyer calls, he beat his case. Rosama is the strongest voice in the 600 camp after BigX, and “Life of a Gangster” is why. Third person, riding low, blacked-out windows, snub-nose revolver. A character who chose sticking people up over selling dope. “Quick eraser like a number-two pencil.” He never breaks character, and his delivery drops lower and slower than anything he does on the group cuts, like he’s telling you something at a cookout that he probably shouldn’t. Then on “Long Live Fre$h” he’s a completely different rapper. “Short-bus diamonds, these bitches retarded,” wide-body Durango he can’t even park. That kind of range matters on a group record. MurdaGang PB’s best verse is on the title track. Feds at his door at 6 AM, cameras busted, flushing dope, ram truck putting everybody on the floor. Yung Hood on “The Hottest” just lays out four reasons to keep hustling. Who wants to be broke, women cost money, you need bail, and home has to be straight. It’s funnier and more honest than most rappers get when they’re trying to explain why they sell drugs. KevanGotBandz on “Ain’t Never Slowin’ Down” talks about his father getting caught on the dope while he’s sitting on $300K somewhere in the hills, which is a specific kind of guilt that doesn’t usually make it onto crew tapes. KaineMusic, the newest signee, takes the back half of “Who Dunnit” and introduces herself in third person—“Took flight just to show these hoes how to perform”—but it’s too short to know if she can hold a full song. The flex tracks fill the middle of the LP and mostly run together. “I Go” is Rosama and PB trading brands, guns, and food punchlines. Rosama’s “anemic, my iron tucked low in this shirt” is a slick gun bar, PB fires back with “.223 with a clip ‘bout as big as a toddler” and “I go Burger King, stay with that whopper.” Quick, funny sometimes, but it’s all shopping lists. “Dopeman” is a chant. “6ixer Party” brings Snoop Dogg, who does exactly what you’d expect Snoop Dogg to do. BigX contributes the night’s wildest overshare: “She say she brought a friend too, well, I’m tryna put sausage on her dental.” These songs move fast and don’t overstay, but three or four of them could trade verses and nobody would catch it. Midway through, The D.O.C. shows up for a spoken-word interlude. Tracy Curry. West Dallas native, former N.W.A affiliate, co-writer on a lot of the records getting sampled on this very album. He thanks BigX for the tribute and then gets direct: “This your time, this DFW time. You need to do it like we do it down here.” Leave bread crumbs so everybody behind you can eat. Keep God in your life. It’s fatherly and generous, and it does raise the question of whether 6WA follows that advice. The album borrows heavy. The cover art, the Eazy-E samples, “Amerikkka’s Most Wanted” opening with a direct “Boyz-N-The-Hood” lift, Yung Hood rapping “Flag on my left side, Crip until I die.” But the stuff that actually stays with you is Dallas. BigX talking about Pleasant Grove, Rosama calling himself a country boy, PB recounting a raid that could’ve been last Tuesday. The record smells most like itself when it smells like Ferris, Texas, and least like Compton. BigX on “The Hottest” says his father was the first person he knew who had chickens. Not the way rappers usually wave at the drug trade. He means his actual father, his actual family. On “600 Degrees,” Rosama compares his chopper’s stutter to a speech disorder, PB claims he still has the block on his back even after leaving the city. BigX closes that one saying he used to spin and smack, and now the plaques are platinum. Thirty-two minutes was right for this. Nobody overstays, Tony Coles and Rance and Charley Cooks keep the production punchy, and BigX gives his signees real room instead of crowding every song. 6WA doesn’t reinvent anything. Five rappers, good beats, short clock. Most of what they say you’ve heard before. Some of it—the million to his mother, the cuticles and peekaboo, the four reasons to hustle—you won’t forget. Solid (★★★½☆) Favorite Track(s): “Safe to Say,” “From the Bottom,” “The Hottest” Subscribe

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Apr 4 • 8:03 AM EDT • Entertainment • shatterthestandards.com
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Does athletic tape really work? Here's what experts say

Kinesiology tape, worn by athletes like Serena Williams, Olympians and the rest of us, may have more of a placebo effect than a performance benefit, new research finds.

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Apr 4 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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A massive arctic thaw is unleashing carbon frozen for thousands of years

A sweeping new study reveals that as Arctic permafrost thaws, it is dramatically reshaping rivers and releasing vast amounts of ancient carbon that had been locked away for thousands of years. By analyzing decades of high-resolution data across northern Alaska, scientists found that runoff is increasing, rivers are carrying more dissolved carbon, and the thawing season is stretching further into the fall. This carbon eventually reaches the ocean, where some of it turns into carbon dioxide, intensifying global warming.

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Apr 4 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Scientists built a quantum battery that breaks the rules of charging

Scientists have taken a major step toward futuristic energy tech by building a working prototype of a quantum battery—one that can charge, store, and release energy using the strange rules of quantum physics instead of chemistry. This tiny, laser-powered device hints at a future where energy storage is not only faster but actually improves as systems get larger, flipping the rules of conventional batteries.

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Baseball can be a home run for good brain health

Play ball, seniors. The spring sport, which officially ramps up in Toledo on Tuesday with the Mud Hens’ home opener, can stimulate the brain and create ...

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Apr 4 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • toledoblade.com
Tom Pohlad to lead Twins business operations throughout 2026 season

Twins owner Tom Pohlad initially considered hiring a president of business operations after Derek Falvey resigned in January.

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Apr 4 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • startribune.com
How Scientifically Accurate Is ‘Project Hail Mary’? Experts Weigh In

Based on hard science fiction, a genre that prioritizes scientific accuracy, the blockbuster gets a lot right but misses a few things, experts say.

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Apr 4 • 5:01 AM EDT • Science • nytimes.com
A Meat Plant Closed in Nebraska. Then Politics Became a Focus for These Latinos

Politically disconnected young men, especially Latinos, helped fuel President Trump’s victory, but in this economy, they could move to unconventional candidates like Dan Osborn in Nebraska.

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Congress gave money for global HIV work. The Trump administration isn't spending it

U.S. work combatting HIV/AIDS has saved millions of lives globally. Under the Trump administration, funding has been slow in coming and unpredictable, wreaking havoc on people trying to do the work.

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Apr 4 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • npr.org
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‘Racist ideology lodges itself amid austerity politics’: newly elected French mayor on tackling far right

Bally Bagayoko, who was targeted by racist abuse after winning Saint-Denis mayorship, vows to tackle inequality to stem deepening divisions

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Apr 4 • 3:47 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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Body parts wow life science students at pathology lab

If you want to capture the attention of seventh-graders, show them body parts, specifically internal organs.

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Apr 4 • 12:00 AM EDT • Science • thebrunswicknews.com
Does a late state budget really matter? This Albany watchdog says yes

It’s a pattern that one good-government watchdog group doesn’t want you to get too comfortable with.

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Apr 3 • 9:06 PM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
90 Painfully Relatable Programming Memes That Might Just Break Your Brain (New Pics)

Every job has its quirks. But some feel almost like a world of their own. Like programming—we (indirectly) interact with it every day, yet many of us know surprisingly little when it comes to what actually goes on behind the screens. The subreddit ‘Programmer Humor’ is the perfect place to bridge this gap. It allows them—and pretty much everyone involved in computer science—to air their frustrations and give the rest of us a better understanding of what their day-to-day really looks like. Here a

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New Apple TV Waiting for Siri: Here's What's Coming When It Launches

We're long overdue for an Apple TV update, and there have been rumors about an imminent refresh since late last year. It's now sounding like we're not going to get a new version for several months because of Siri delays. If you're holding out for a new model, here's a recap on what to expect when it eventually comes out so you can decide whether to continue to wait, or buy now. Design Apple TV design updates are few and far between, and that's not changing in 2026.

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NASA did eventually solve Artemis II’s Outlook glitch

Even astronauts have issues with Outlook.

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Company backed by Trump sons looks to sell drone interceptors to Gulf states being attacked by Iran

The sales drive by Florida-based Powerus – which announced a deal last month to bring aboard Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. – positions the company to potentially benefit from a war that their father began.

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Apr 3 • 4:17 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Samsung releases the 2026 The Frame Pro and 3 OLED TVs (and one is basically an OLED The Frame)

Samsung's version of an OLED art TV is here. Meanwhile, the LG G6 Wallpaper doesn't even have a release date yet.

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Bob Buckhorn continues fundraising momentum; hits $1.8M banked

He's not officially a candidate yet, but he'll be rife with cash when he is.

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HOMETOWN ENTERTAINMENT: Guitarist Jake Hertzog to perform at the Jefferson Center

Jake Hertzog is a critically-acclaimed guitarist, composer and educator set to perform Friday night in Roanoke.

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Xbox's State Of Decay 3 Finally Returns, Signups Now Live For Alpha Playtests

"A mysterious broadcast calls to all survivors of the blood plague"

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Don't gift children chicks, ducklings for Easter. Here's why

Oregon health officials warn against gifting live poultry for Easter due to Salmonella risk, especially for young children.

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NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani plans an April rally to mark his first 100 days in office

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will host a rally next month to mark 100 days since his inauguration.

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Apr 3 • 2:14 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Here's Why Starfield Will Be Best on PS5 When It Finally Releases Next Week

Bethesda going all-out

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Owlet nursed back to health, thanks to woods visitors, local veterinarian, firefighters

A great-horned owlet originally found on the ground in need of critical care in the UNC Asheville woods is now back home, living a healthy life.

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Warhammer 40K: Apocalypse Rules Aim To Make Playing Big Games Easier

Getting all your miniature on the tabletop is tough enough. Now 40k Apocalypse rules should help speed up the fun of actually playing!

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50-year-old expired salmon found: the shocking discovery that baffles scientists - Futura-Sciences

Unexpected Treasures in Forgotten Cans Decades-old cans tucked away on a shelf might sound like the start of a food safety nightmare, but recently, they’ve become a scientific goldmine instead. In April 2024, the journal Ecology and Evolution published a study that lifted the lid—literally—on an astonishing scientific resource: canned...

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Gemma 4 and what makes an open model succeed

Having written a lot of model release blog posts, there’s something much harder about reviewing open models when they drop relative to closed models, especially in 2026. In recent years, there were so few open models, so when Llama 3 was released most people were still doing research on Llama 2 and super happy to get an update. When Qwen 3 was released, the Llama 4 fiasco had just gone down, and a whole research community was emerging to study RL on Qwen 2.5 — it was a no brainer to upgrade. Today, when an open model releases, it’s competing with Qwen 3.5, Kimi K2.5, GLM 5, MiniMax M2.5, GPT-OSS, Arcee Large, Nemotron 3, Olmo 3, and others. The space is populated, but still feels full of hidden opportunity. The potential of open models feels like a dark matter, a potential we know is huge, but few clear recipes and examples for how to unlock it are out there. Agentic AI, OpenClaw, and everything brewing in that space is going to spur mass experimentation in open models to complement the likes of Claude and Codex, not replace them. Especially with open models, the benchmarks at release are an extremely incomplete story. In some ways this is exciting, as new open models have a much higher variance and ability to surprise, but it also points at some structural reasons that make building businesses and great AI experiences around open models harder than the closed alternatives. When a new Claude Opus or GPT drops, spending a few hours with them in my agentic workflows is genuinely a good vibe test. For open models, putting them through this test is a category error. Something else to be said about open models in the era of agents is that they get out of the debate of integration, harnesses, and tools and let us see close to the ground on what exactly is the ability of just a model. Of course, we can’t test some things like search abilities without some tool, but being able to measure exactly the pace of progress of the model alone is a welcome simplification to a systematically opaque AI space. Share The list of factors I’d use to assess a new open-weight model I’m considering investing in includes: Model performance (and size) — how this model performs on benchmarks I care about and how it compares to other models of a similar size. Country of origin — some businesses care deeply about provenance, and if a model was built in China or not. Model license — if a model needs legal approval for use, uptake will be slower at mid-sized and large companies. Tooling at release — many models release with half-broken, or at least substantially slower, implementations in popular software like vLLM, Transformers, SGLANG, etc due to pushing the envelope of architectures or tools. Model fine-tunability — how easy or hard it is to modify the given model to your use-case when you actually try and use it. The core problem is that some of these are immediately available at release, e.g. general performance, license, origin, etc. but others such as tooling take day(s) to week(s) to stabilize, and others are open research questions — with no group systematically monitoring fine-tunability. In the early era of open models, the days of Llama 2 or 3 and Qwen pre v3.5, the architectures were fairly simple and the models tended to work out of the box. Some of this was due to the extremely hard work of the Llama, Qwen, Mistral, etc. developer teams. Some is due to the new models being genuinely harder to work with. When it comes to something like Qwen 3.5 or Nemotron 3, with hybrid models (either gated delta net or mamba layers), the tooling is very rough at release. Things you would expect to “just work” often don’t. I’ve been following this area closely since we released Olmo Hybrid with a similar architecture, and Qwen 3.5 is just starting to work well in the various open-source tools that need to all play nice together for RL research. That’s 1.5 months after the release date! This is just to start really investing more into understanding the behavior of the models. Of course, others started working on these models sooner by investing more engineering resources or relying on partially closed software. The fully open and distributed ecosystem takes a long time to get going on some new models. All of this is lead-in for the most important question for open models — how easy is it to adapt to specific use-cases? This is a different problem for different model sizes. Large MoE open-weight models may be used by entities like Cursor who need complex capabilities in their domain, e.g. Composer 2 trained on Kimi K2.5. Other applications can be built on much smaller models, such as Chroma’s Context-1 model for agentic search, built on GPT-OSS 20B. The question of “which models are fine-tunable” is largely background knowledge known by engineers across the industry. There should be a thriving research area here to support the open ecosystem model. The first step is to understand characteristics of different base and post-trained models to understand what they look like. The second step is to tune pretraining recipes for open models so they’re more flexible. Interconnects AI is a reader-supported publication. Consider becoming a subscriber. Subscribe For The ATOM Project and other Interconnects endeavors, we’ve put in substantial effort to measuring adoption trends in the open ecosystem. Everything takes a long time to unfold after a model is first publicly available — and adaptability is why. What we know for sure now, when Qwen has been going from strength to strength with its releases, is that technical staff across the industry has gotten comfortable working with Qwen models. Countless research methods and datasets were made to work with Qwen. It’ll take patience for any other model family to get to this point — a patience I’m not sure many open model builders have. This takes us to Gemma 4, Google’s latest open models. Gemma 3 was released more than a year ago, in March of 2025, and is a bit underrated. Gemma 4 comes in 4 sizes for now, with a bigger, MoE model of over 100B total parameters rumored but not released yet. The models we have today come in sizes of ~5B dense, 8B dense, 26B total 4B active MoE, and 31B dense. I’m most excited that they’re finally adopting a standard Apache 2.0 open source license. This’ll massively boost adoption. The standard of better licenses for strong open-weight LLMs was set by mostly Chinese open model labs in the last 1-2 years, and now U.S. companies are following suit. I will personally be so happy if the horrible Llama licenses and Gemma terms of service were an ~18-month transient dynamic of the industry being nervous about releasing strong open models. The Gemma 4 scores look very solid, the small models have incredible benchmark scores (especially in general domains like LMArena) and the 31B model rivals the recent Qwen 3.5 27B, which is the leading member of that class. The ~30B size range is an important one, as it’s accessible both to researchers and to enterprises looking to deploy the model in real use-cases. Where the 7B model scale is the default for tinkering and research, a 30B model is the default for seeing if an open model can unlock substantial value in your specific workflow — a good mix of intelligence, low price, tractability for downstream training, etc. This takes us back to the above adoption criteria I mentioned for open models and the bigger question — do I think Gemma 4 will be an overwhelming success? Previous Gemma models have been plagued by tooling issues and poorer performance when being finetuned. Gemma 4’s success is going to be entirely determined by ease of use, to a point where a 5-10% swing on benchmarks wouldn’t matter at all. It’s strong enough, small enough, with the right license, and from the U.S., so many companies are going to slot it in. I’m cautiously optimistic that Gemma 4 is going to work better here. Winds are shifting for open models built in America. We saw GPT-OSS go through a bumpy launch to become an overwhelming success. There’s a collective energy around the likes of Reflection, Arcee, Nemotron, Gemma, Olmo, and peers that show substantial demand for building new stacks around open models. There’s capital to be spent on AI stacks across the economy by those who want more ownership of everything, including the model. After launching The ATOM Project 240 days ago, the conversation is shifting into the next stage. Summer of 2025 was a crisis moment where the U.S. AI scene realized it can’t wait and figure out open models after building AGI. The two markets will capture different areas and proceed in parallel. Now that more companies in the U.S. are releasing strong models, we need to improve the ecosystem so that these models are easy to use, understand, and build value around. It’s the hard work to build another inflection point in these adoption plots I’ve been updating consistently, but that’s the work to be done. Join me in it. More data coming soon! Here’s a sneak peek:

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Missouri sports betting market officially launched: $5,000 in sportsbook sign-up bonuses, promos in April

Missourians can now place sports bets with mobile sportsbooks and get Missouri sports betting offers for the Missouri betting launch

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How I built community after moving off the grid; took time

I moved to an off-grid cabin. At first, I had a hard time meeting people as a remote worker in a rural area, but I eventually built a great community.

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Op/Ed: N.C. under-invests in PK-12 public education

Partly as a consequence of North Carolina’s budgetary austerity, its spending on pre-K-12 public education has sunk to harmfully low levels. We’re chronically short of teachers; turnover is too high; and teaching is a less appealing career for smart professionals. Our children suffer.

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LSU’s new Interdisciplinary Science Building has finally opened. See inside

The Our Lady of the Lake Health Interdisciplinary Science Building has finished construction Wednesday, April 1, 2026, on LSU’s campus in Baton Rouge, La.

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iPhone 18 Pro Launching Later This Year With These 12 New Features

While the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are not expected to launch for more than five more months, there are already plenty of rumors about the devices. It was initially reported that the iPhone 18 Pro models would have fully under-screen Face ID, with only a front camera visible in the top-left corner of the screen. However, the latest rumors indicate that only one Face ID component will be moved under the screen on the devices, which will result in merely a smaller Dynamic Island.

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Ratatan's Nintendo Switch version officially cancelled, dev explains why

It’s now official that the Nintendo Switch version of Ratatan has been cancelled. You may recall that the game was featured in an Indie World Showcase presentation earlier this year. A Nintendo Switch 2 version was announced, but the original Switch version was nowhere to be seen. Now we know what happened. An update was shared on the official Kickstarter...

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I Personally Guarantee You Won't Be Able To Keep A Straight Face While Looking At These 31 Pictures That Are Impossible Not To Laugh At

Just what the doctor ordered.

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Scientists Just Discovered There’s Actually Something Faster than the Speed of Light

Scientists experimentally confirmed what we’ve known to be true for half a century—darkness can “travel” faster than light.

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What do you want to know about how space affects human health?

The Artemis II is flying astronauts to orbit the moon. The deep-space flight is a major opportunity to gather data for even longer, riskier missions, especially Mars. What are your questions about how the body copes with radiation, isolation, or weightlessness, and what scientists hope to learn from the mission?

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Legal docs reveal Miyamoto originally saw Donkey Kong as "a human in a gorilla costume," disclose other names considered for the game/character

Nightmare unlocked

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Computer Science faculty has article published

An article by Dr. Shahin Mehdipour Ataee presenting a software method to automatically detect periodicity in video footage was published.

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Legion Go 2 now costs $2000, twice as much as ROG Xbox Ally X

Best Buy now lists Lenovo Legion Go 2 at 48% above launch price Lenovo launched the Legion Go 2 in the US at $1,349.99 for the Ryzen Z2 Extreme, 32GB, 1TB

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Health and government groups spend millions advertising on websites that promote misinformation, sometimes unintentionally

For years, health and government organizations have spent millions of dollars on advertising that appeared on websites that regularly promote health misinformation — financially supporting this growing health threat, sometimes inadvertently.

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Trooper Steve on Patrol: Inside the ‘toughest 2 minutes in sports’

Trooper Steve on Patrol got a firsthand look at one of the most physically demanding competitions in public safety during a preview of the inaugural All American Challenge & Training Camp.

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TikTok's convinced everyone they have autism — here's what's actually going on
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Xiaomi reveals how much smartphone costs have actually risen due to the DRAM crisis

For the first time, Xiaomi has commented specifically on the impact of the DRAM crisis, revealing the extent to which the rising costs of RAM and flash memory are affecting the production costs of a smartphone.

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Midshipmen Play Host to Holy Cross Saturday Afternoon on CBS Sports Network

Navy (6-4, 2-2 Patriot League) returns home to play host to Holy Cross (5-5, 2-3 Patriot League) on Saturday in a nationally-televised Patriot League contest. Faceoff is slated for 3:06 pm at Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium and the game is presented by Navy Mutual. Navy is led by Joe Amplo, who has put together a 49-37 record in his 7 seasons at the helm of the Mids' program, while Holy Cross' J.L. Reppert has posted a 15-57 record in 6 seasons as the Crusaders' head coach. The contest marks the 22nd meeting in a series that dates back to 2004.

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Gmail finally makes major change users are thrilled about: ‘Long, long, long overdue’

Some people won't be able to change their Gmail, according to the Google Help Center.

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Did Commanders GM Adam Peters provide too much intel?

There are some who think Adam Peters may have actually tipped his hand. We don't agree.

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Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics

Sunburn ... it smells like victory!

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Materials Science and Engineering Weekly Seminar with Dr. Mathias Kläui

Combining The Best Of All Worlds: Altermagnets – A New Class Of MagnetsAbstract While known for a long time, antiferromagnetically ordered systems have previously been considered as “interesting but useless”.

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I replaced 7 daily tasks with NotebookLM — how the mobile app actually saves me time

NotebookLM is great on desktop but it’s even better on your phone

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Still Alive: Bobrovsky Comes Up Big, Florida Panthers Sweep Bruins

SUNRISE — The Florida Panthers always seem to get up for the Boston Bruins. They certainly did on Thursday night. […] This article: Still Alive: Bobrovsky Comes Up Big, Florida Panthers Sweep Bruins originally appeared on Florida Hockey Now.

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Rangers unveil Opening Day entertainment plans and new snacks, including 9th Inning Rally Sombrero
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Pam Bondi’s extreme political loyalty to Trump wasn’t enough to save her job

It’s not unusual for presidents to select attorneys general who share their views and policy preferences. But Trump has gone far beyond what is usually done.

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Dodgers Dominate MLB When it Comes to Bobbleheads

The Los Angeles Dodgers have made headlines recently for their bobbleheads, especially the small Yoshi figurine that pays homage to star pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto. But according to an analysis by Connor Clark for TickPick, other fanbases aren’t as blessed with…

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‘I Think It’s Time’: The Inside Story of Pam Bondi’s Ouster

The attorney general was always on the ropes but thought she was finally on safer footing. She wasn’t.

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UC San Diego School of Medicine Ranked No. 4 Nationally for NIH Funding Among Public Institutions

The University of California San Diego School of Medicine ranked No. 4 among public institutions and No. 14 overall nationwide for NIH funding in 2025 as reported by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR).

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Scientists say BMI gets it wrong for over one third of adults

A new study suggests that one of the most widely used health metrics, BMI, may be getting it wrong for a large portion of the population. By comparing BMI classifications with precise body fat measurements using advanced DXA scans, researchers found that more than one-third of adults were placed in incorrect weight categories. Many people labeled as overweight or obese did not actually have the corresponding body fat levels, while others were missed entirely.

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Kat Abughazaleh expands political network, keeps campaign office open as mutual aid hub after primary loss

On Thursday, Abughazaleh announced in a video that she will help campaigns "integrate mutual aid and direct action into their races," and she plans to help races across the country, "especially in the Midwest."

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Apr 2 • 5:36 PM EDT • Politics • chicago.suntimes.com
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How an upcoming Trump rally in Phoenix could bolster Turning Point's effort to gather voter data

An upcoming Turning Point USA rally in Phoenix with President Donald Trump appears to be part of a larger effort by the conservative organization to collect voter data ahead of the 2026 election cycle.

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Dennis Quaid to Be Honored at Military and Veteran Entertainment Awards

The star will receive the Patriot Ally Award at the May 23 event, in a night hosted by actor and advocate Maurice P. Kerry.

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Dennis Quaid to Be Honored at Military and Veteran Entertainment Event

The star will receive the Patriot Ally Award at the May 23 event, in a night hosted by actor and advocate Maurice P. Kerry.

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Iterative Health, US Heart & Vascular Partner to Advance Community-Based Cardiovascular Research

April 2, 2026 — Iterative Health and US Heart & Vascular (USHV) have announced a strategic partnership to advance research through community-based innovation in cardiovascular care. "Clinical research is one of the most powerful ways we expand access, improve patient outcomes, and shape the future of cardiovascular care," said Robbie Allen, chief executive officer of US Heart & Vascular. "By partnering with Iterative Health, we are strengthening our ability to bring innovative therapies directly into the communities we serve. This collaboration ensures our physicians and patients have access to leading-edge trials while allowing US Heart & Vascular to remain focused on delivering exceptional, physician-led care." Under the agreement, USHV research sites will join Iterative Health’s global site network, which now spans over 100 sites across three continents. The companies share a commitment to advancing clinical research as a driver of care innovation, and this collaboration represents a major milestone for both organizations, strengthening USHV's leadership in community-based cardiovascular research and expanding Iterative Health's multispecialty focus beyond GI, hepatology, and obesity into cardiology. USHV clinical research sites will gain access to Iterative Health's centralized operational backbone, providing end-to-end support across clinical research operations, services, business development, technology innovation, and corporate functions. The strategic partnership reduces operational complexity and unlocks growth potential for USHV research sites while enabling all USHV physicians to expand access to cutting-edge therapies to the thousands of patients they serve annually. "Innovation in cardiovascular medicine shouldn't be limited to a few academic centers," said Thomas Waggoner, DO, MD, RPVI, FACC, FSCAI, FSVM, RPVI, Structural Cardiologist and Medical Director for Clinical Research at Pima Heart & Vascular, and USHV Physician Champion for Clinical Research. "By expanding community-based research across USHV, we're ensuring more patients have access to clinical trials and breakthrough therapies close to home, where trusted relationships with their physicians already exist." This alliance reinforces Iterative Health's standing as the definitive research partner across specialized therapeutic areas, now spanning GI, hepatology, obesity, and cardiovascular care. Trusted by many of the nation's leading provider organizations and biopharma sponsors, Iterative Health's global site network delivers industry-leading trial performance, accelerating life-changing therapies to market at scale. "Entering cardiology through our strategic partnership with US Heart & Vascular is a defining moment for Iterative Health and reflects the strength of our site-serving model," said Jonathan Ng, founder and CEO of Iterative Health. "Together, we are ensuring that thousands of patients have access to the newest available therapies, and that sponsors have a credible, high-performing partner to accelerate cardiovascular trial success." For more information, visit www.iterative.health and https://usheartandvascular.com/.

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Apr 2 • 4:18 PM EDT • Health • dicardiology.com
University of Plymouth Shares How Science Can Support and Enable the High Seas Treaty - environment coastal & offshore

A group of internationally renowned experts in marine science and policy conducted a wide-ranging review of existing science that can support the implementation of the agreement and the gaps that need to be filled.

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You can’t really “train” your brain. Here’s what you can do instead.

The best ways to protect your cognitive health might surprise you.

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Philadelphia 76ers star rookie receives major NBA acknowledgement

Philadelphia 76ers star rookie V.J. Edgecombe was acknowledged by the NBA for his productive play throughout the month of March. On Thursday, the league announced that Edgecombe has officially been named the Eastern Conference Rookie of the Month for games played in March. The acknowledgement is the first career monthly award for Edgecombe, who becomes the eighth player in Sixers franchise history to be named Rookie of the Month.

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Giants-Mets Series Preview: Good vs. Good enough

The Mets radically reinvented themselves in the offseason while the Giants tinkered. Which strategy will win?

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RFK Jr. To Finally Face The Music For Failed Anti-Science Agenda: Public Health Project Newsletter

Over the last year plus, Trump Health Secretary RFK Jr. has seemingly been everywhere promoting his personal brand and greatest hits of evidence-free anti-science conspiracy theories – everywhere but communities...

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Apr 2 • 2:42 PM EDT • Science • protectourcare.org
NASA astronauts prove that sending an email really is rocket science

NASA Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman faced the most earthly possible conflict while in outer space: his Outlook wasn't working.

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Apr 2 • 2:19 PM EDT • Science • techcrunch.com
NASA astronauts prove that sending an email really is rocket science

NASA Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman faced the most earthly possible conflict while in outer space: his Outlook wasn't working.

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Trump’s ballroom gets the green light from loyalist-stacked commission

President Donald Trump’s sprawling ballroom project officially got the green light on Thursday from a board that oversees planning for federal buildings and land, marking the latest step in an accelerated process that now faces some legal uncertainty.

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Amazon Spring Sale Last Chance TV Deals 2026: Best Prices on OLED, 4K and Smart TVs

Amazon’s spring sale event is officially over, but a few TV deals didn’t get the memo.

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Apr 2 • 2:05 PM EDT • Technology • cnet.com
How we came to be: Scientists get first look at the evolution of early complex animals

WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants and unrecognizably simple animals to the complex creatures that took over the world and would eventually lead to us.

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Mega Crit are working on three new Slay the Spire 2 modes, just don't place any bets on them all making it in

The new modes should appeal to different kinds of people, but only if they end up actually working.

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