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Chamber of Commerce Presents Achievement Awards

Event also marked 110th of the chamber’s presence in Oswego [caption id=attachment_10469 align=alignright width=450] Abby Waever and Keara Patterson (in the middle) receive the Community Leadership & Legacy Award, presented to The Alberts Group.[/caption] The Greater Oswego-Fulton Chamber of Commerce (GOFCC) on March 4 hosted its 2026 Annual Meeting, presented by Constellation, at the Lake Ontario Event and Conference Center in Oswego. The event’s theme, Rooted in Community. The meeting celebrated the GOFCC’s 110th anniversary in the Oswego community and 10th anniversary of integration with CenterState CEO. The chamber also unveiled a new logo. “I am proud to say the GOFCC has been a force for business success, growth and opportunity, supporting organizations of every size, connecting neighbors and entrepreneurs and ensuring that every voice in Oswego County is heard,” said GOFCC Executive Director Sara Broadwell. The event featured keynote remarks from Novelis’s Kevin Schutt, vice president, manufacturing and production support at Novelis North America. [caption id=attachment_10454 align=alignright width=450] Maria Hudson of Constellation, holding the award, receives the Nancy L. Premo Woman of Distinction Award.[/caption] The GOFCC recognized the following organizations and individuals with achievement awards: • Oswego County Impact & Excellence Award, presented to Oswego County Office of Mobility Management. This award Honors a small business or nonprofit organization that demonstrates outstanding achievement through innovation, growth and measurable positive impact on Oswego County’s economy or quality of life. • Community Leadership & Legacy Award, presented to The Alberts Group. This award recognizes an individual, business or organization whose long-term leadership, investment or philanthropy has significantly advanced the vitality, resilience and future of Oswego County’s communities. • Nancy L. Premo Woman of Distinction Award, presented to Maria Hudson of Constellation. This award honors a woman in business who has made a meaningful impact on her community, inspired others through her leadership, and exemplified the values of service, integrity and empowerment. This award is presented in tribute to the late Nancy Premo, CenterState CEO’s former vice president of Human Resources.

Apr 11 • 4:39 PM EDT • Business • oswegocountybusiness.com

Seniors: Carol Watson, 72

Owner of Carol Watson Greenhouse and Landscaping in LaFayette enjoys her growing business — still puts in six-, seven-day weeks By Mary Beth Roach Carol Watson, the owner of Carol Watson Greenhouse and Landscaping, has been in gardens since she could walk. Literally. She said she learned to walk in her grandfather’s garden, which was next door to her current home and business in LaFayette. Today, at 72, she is running the business that her mother, Claire, opened in 1981 as Watson Greenhouse. Watson worked part-time for her mom until 1990, when she joined her full time. While she may not have had any formal horticultural experience, she said she learned so much about growing and raising plants from her mom, who had an abundance of energy and talent. Now, after 35 years in the business full time, Watson has no plans to retire, although she joked that she’d like a couple of days off a week. On her seven-acre site, complete with four greenhouses, Watson said her favorite parts of the job are working with and educating her customers; helping some of her young customers build terrariums; conducting occasional class field trips; and supporting local art by decorating the shop with an eclectic mix of pottery from at least four area craftspeople. A one-time employee of the former Dey Bros. department store in Syracuse, Watson said she loves merchandising and enjoys displaying unique pieces of art on shelves and even suspending from ceilings. “We’re creative. We also had top quality plants. We got a reputation of quality plants and unusual products,” she said. It’s tending to her customers and her plants, showcasing the unusual products, and hosting special events to benefit the community that keep her motivated to work six to seven days a week. “I just love it. I love taking care of the plants. I’m one of the few people that really enjoys watering,” she said. And while she has cultivated a solid customer base over the years, she remains savvy in her marketing efforts to draw in new customers. For example, she does a gardening segment on CNY Central television; her active Facebook page has thousands of followers; and she hosts a number of unique events and classes that not only introduce her shop to potential new clients, but some benefit nonprofits as well. About 13 years ago, when the local symphony orchestra was struggling, she said she wanted to help. So, partnering with the group, she began offering concerts, called Soirees, featuring the Syracuse Orchestra’s string quartet. Following up on a suggestion from a customer whose brother is a deejay in retirement, specializing in sock hops, she hosted the greenhouse’s first sock hop. Plants got moved back toward the walls to make room for dancing; a caterer was brought in, offering diner-like food; guests came in period outfits; and proceeds went to the Food Bank of CNY. She is excited about doing it again in October. Via her website, she promotes the greenhouse as an “oasis in the snow,” offering visitors the opportunity to pick up some decorating and gift ideas while taking in the floral and citrus scents. And she also caters to her four-legged friends. Over this past winter, she said, she came up with a “brilliant idea,” although at the time she didn’t appreciate just how brilliant it would become. Feeling it too cold outside to take her dog for a walk, she opted to bring it into the greenhouse. And before long, she was inviting people to bring their dogs into the big greenhouse as well. She looks forward to extending that invitation again this upcoming winter season. For Watson and her customers, the greenhouse is always in season.

Apr 11 • 4:39 PM EDT • Business • oswegocountybusiness.com

Nintendo Prime: Nintendo is spreading fake information internally to patch leaks

Nintendo is an extremely secretive company but in recent weeks they’ve sprung some leaks and it isn’t the first time that it has happened. YouTuber Nintendo Prime says he has heard from his sources…

Apr 11 • 3:24 PM EDT • Technology • mynintendonews.com

Anthropic may soon pass OpenAI on this measure of AI business spending

Anthropic has seen a surge in business spending in recent months, according to Ramp's AI index.

Apr 11 • 2:30 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Iowa romance author Denise Williams loves happy endings

Her first book, “How to Fail at Flirting,” was published in 2020. Since then she’s written 10 more. All of them have been in the romance genre, including her most recent release, “The Re-Do List.”

Apr 11 • 1:45 PM EDT • Entertainment • thegazette.com

Gulfstream's Skyward event draws global business aviation leaders to Savannah

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. recently hosted nearly 2,000 attendees from over 30 countries at Skyward, its newly reimagined customer event in Savannah. The three-day conference served as a pivotal gathering to discuss the evolving landscape of business aviation.

Apr 11 • 12:24 PM EDT • Business • griceconnect.com

'iPhone Ultra' Will Solve Two Key Problems

Apple reportedly plans to unveil a foldable iPhone in September, and the device will supposedly solve two problems with foldable smartphones. In case you missed it, a leaker on Chinese social media platform Weibo recently claimed that the foldable iPhone will be named "iPhone Ultra". According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, the device will have improved screen quality and overall durability compared to competing foldables.

Apr 11 • 11:40 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com

“AI polls” are fake polls

A few weeks after Donald Trump’s second presidential win, I took the train up from London (where I was living at the time) to Oxford to attend a conference on polls and forecasts of the 2024 election. Most of the attendees were pollsters or academics, but I also watched presentations from Aaru and Electric Twin, two companies that do what is interchangeably called synthetic sampling, silicon sampling, or synthetic audiences. Stripped of startup jargon, that means they use large language models (LLMs) to simulate responses to public opinion polls by having AI agents take on the role of survey respondents. I had already heard of Aaru thanks to some articles with eye-catching headlines like “No people, no problem: AI chatbots predict elections better than humans” in the months leading up to Election Day. The founders were making some big, some might even say far-fetched claims, such as: “within two years, we will simulate the entire globe — from the way crops are grown in Ukraine to how that impacts production of oil in Iraq, trade through the strait of Malacca, and elections for the mayor of Baltimore.” When Semafor asked Aaru’s cofounders — Cameron Fink and Ned Koh — about my boss, they said “we respect all those who came before us.” Nate (as he so often does) shared his thoughts on Twitter: Fink and Koh were relatively good-natured about this back-and-forth when we spoke at Oxford. They even offered to mail me one of the t-shirts featuring Nate’s quote they apparently had made. I never took them up on the offer, which I now somewhat regret. These synthetic sampling companies fell off my radar for a while, but they do still exist. In fact, Aaru recently received a $1 billion valuation. Is what they’re doing anywhere close to the most important frontier in AI development? Not by a longshot, especially when Anthropic just developed a model so adept at exploiting software vulnerabilities that it’s only being released to 40 companies. Still, silicon sampling is increasingly finding its way into public polling. Axios reported in March that “a majority of people trust their own doctors and nurses” based on findings from Aaru — without mentioning that the “people” in that sentence were actually LLMs. Around the same time, the Public Sentiment Institute “boosted” their online sample of 373 real survey respondents with 114 AI agents.1 (Spoiler alert: even the co-founder of Electric Twin doesn’t think that’s a particularly defensible approach.) Polling companies like Qualtrics and Ipsos are also developing synthetic data panels. So, what should we make of these … “polls”? Let’s get one thing out of the way: whatever they are, they’re not polls in the way that term is usually defined. Subscribe You can’t replace polls with AI On one hand, using LLMs to essentially make up fake survey respondents sort of sounds like the dumbest idea ever, one that will at best imperfectly replicate real polls while introducing all sorts of biases. On the other hand, with LLMs improving at a remarkable, perhaps even alarming rate, maybe that means I’m a dinosaur at the ripe old age of 24 because I still want to rely on polls that talk to actual people. I’m not going to argue that synthetic samples are completely useless. In fact, as I’ll return to later, there is evidence that some techniques can replicate topline survey results quickly and cheaply. But the marketing from certain companies can be slightly optimistic. “No traditional poll will exist by the time the next general election occurs,” said Fink in 2024. We’re just 206 days away from the midterms, and based on the fact that I still have to collect a bunch of polls every day, I’d say he should have run that prediction by a sample of AI agents before the interview.2 To see why synthetic samples can’t replace polls, here’s a quick primer on how they work. The simplest version of these models involves taking a LLM (like ChatGPT or Claude), giving it a demographic profile (e.g., a white, college-educated woman who lives in Utah and makes $70k a year), and then asking it to respond to a survey question. You repeat that process a few thousand times using different demographic profiles and end up with a sample of synthetic survey responses. The actual models used by private companies are more sophisticated than this, usually because they incorporate more hypothesized demographic characteristics for each agent and provide them with extra information. Aaru, for example, feeds agents a diet of news and information they’d be likely to consume, while Electric Twin incorporates their customers’ proprietary data about the audience they’re trying to replicate. The way Ben Warner, the co-founder of Electric Twin, explained it to me was “we have a large amount of data on […] for instance, 5,000 people. Can we make an accurate prediction of how they would respond to another question?” Still, it should be obvious why synthetic samples can’t replace polls. Polling is fundamentally a data collection process. We might use surveys to make predictions by feeding them into election forecasts, but the main purpose of a poll isn’t prediction, it’s gathering new data about what people think and how they feel. Silicon sampling, on the other hand, produces no new data. It’s simply a model: you input LLM training data, demographic prompts, and a bunch of other information, and it spits out a prediction for what a poll would say. We love models here, but models aren’t polls. That difference is an important philosophical sticking point for most pollsters I talk to. “I think politics should stay away from [synthetic sampling], because we’re trying to […] represent the voice of the people,” said Natalie Jackson, a vice president at GQR Insights. Democratic pollster John Hagner told me: “I think I’m just incredibly skeptical of this idea. I don’t think it’s research. At that point, you’re asking the machine to tell you what you already believe.” Hagner has seen some presentations of early synthetic sampling experiments, but so far, “if it’s being used in a campaign, people are keeping it incredibly quiet.”3 But Eli, I hear you saying, aren’t polls themselves increasingly governed by modeling decisions? Indeed they are: pollsters’ choices on which sampling method to use, how to define their likely voter models, and how to weight their samples can and do lead to dramatic differences in the results they publish. Aaru even referenced these limitations in the methodology statement included with that maternal mortality “poll” — although I’m using the term “methodology statement” loosely here, because it doesn’t really explain how the model works at all. We can ignore the (frankly preposterous) implication that synthetic sampling isn’t subject to a separate set of biases. The important point is that there’s still a meaningful difference between using weighting and other statistical techniques on actual polling data and using a model to predict what a poll would say. The latter is far closer to election forecasts or techniques like MRP — potentially useful models, but not a replacement for polls.4 To be fair, other synthetic sampling companies are perfectly happy with the distinction between polls and models. Warner compared polling and synthetic sampling to different tools in a toolbox. “The mistake I think we make is we think that these new tools should either work in exactly the same way or somehow replace these old tools,” he said. “Rather than thinking of it as, okay, so we’ve always had the hammer, we’ve always had the screwdriver, now we’ve got a saw. But don’t use a saw to try [to] do the job of a hammer.” A quick comment from Nate Eli didn’t ask me for a comment — rather rude of him, don’t you think? But since I’m editing this story, I figured I’d add a few quick thoughts rather than putting words in his mouth. Beyond the frequently misleading marketing, what bothers me about the AI “poll” hype is that as AI tools make statistical inference cheaper and/or better (note that these are not synonyms) that actually increases the comparative value of collecting original data. You might be able to train a model to make a reasonable estimate of what some hard-to-reach poll respondent would say — say, a young Black man who voted for Trump. (Such a person checks a number of boxes for a voter who is usually hard to reach in surveys.) Indeed, this is closely related to what models like the Silver Bulletin forecast already do. They essentially smooth out the kinks in noisy survey data by making inferences based on past voting patterns or national polls or surveys of other states. But you don’t actually know what these voters think unless you’re reaching them directly. If there’s a shift in opinion among this subgroup, you’re not going to detect it. So if I were running a campaign, I’d invest more in going the extra mile to find a representative sample of those voters. And then I’d hire some smart quants — or Claude? — to figure out the implications for campaign strategy based on proprietary data that my competitors didn’t have access to. -Nate Silver Are these models any good? If synthetic surveys are just a new type of model, the next obvious question is whether the models are at least accurate. The answer very much depends on who you ask. On one end of the spectrum, you have the maximalist argument that synthetic sampling is more accurate than actual polls. “It’s an incredibly challenging problem to go to someone and say ‘hey, we’re going to be more accurate at predicting human behavior than you, even when you talk to your customers directly’,” Koh recently told CNBC. In his view, synthetic sampling isn’t a saw to polling’s hammer, it’s “magic.” There’s certainly evidence that synthetic samples can replicate certain survey toplines. But if Aaru does have any examples of their approach outperforming the polls, they’re keeping those to themselves.5 Aaru’s 2024 election model, for example, had Kamala Harris leading in Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin on November 4th. And although they’ve since taken down their forecast page, they gave Harris a 50.5 percent chance of winning the race on November 2nd.6 After the election, Fink told Semafor he was happy enough with those results because they were “within margin of error,” a term that is completely meaningless when applied to a “sample” of AI agents. And of course, Aaru says their models have improved since 2024, so supposedly now they’d be more accurate than the polls? Still, their stronger argument is on cost: “We are significantly faster and cheaper than traditional polling, and still more accurate,” said Fink. The first two claims are undeniably true, but the third brings us to the opposite end of the spectrum. Both Jackson and Hagner are skeptical that these models are reliable for anything beyond replicating common survey toplines. “I just […] don’t think the machines are what we want when we’re looking for nuanced views. My example on this is people in Arizona and Nevada in 2024 who voted for Trump and voted for expanding abortion in their states on ballot initiatives,” said Jackson. Hagner identified another issue. Maybe the synthetic respondents, like sycophantic LLMs, are inhuman in one important way: they’re too nice. “The reports that have come through at the meetings that I’ve been at are that the early experiments on this, they cannot get respondents to be as racist or sexist or, frankly, as negative as human respondents,” he said. Academic research mostly agrees on this point. While there are some papers that show promising results when using LLMs to replicate polling data, most show that LLMs suffer from various quirks like producing too few “don’t know” responses and can seriously overpredict the favorability of politicians like Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. They also seem to struggle with too little variation between demographic subgroups, so the difference in predicted opinion between Democrats and Republicans, for example, is too small. When I asked Warner about these studies, his response to these papers was that just because academics can’t get synthetic sampling to work doesn’t mean that the technique doesn’t work in general. “Actually, the argument is, okay, yours does not [work]. That does not mean […] for this complex set of machinery, which uses a lot of investment, a lot of time, a lot of money, you can’t get it to work.” Cards on the table, I’m somewhat sympathetic to this argument because academics aren’t exactly great at making election forecasts. Usually, the people with skin in the game are the most accurate. Warner’s argument is that the approach Electric Twin takes — which includes, for example, making multiple predictions for each synthetic respondent using different models and prompts and subsequently averaging those to get a final prediction in a sort of ensemble forecast — produces better results than the simpler academic models. Warner shared a comparison between his method and the method from a recent academic paper with me, and Electric Twin was indeed able to get more accurate replication. But even still, he acknowledged that synthetic sampling “is not a crystal ball.” “If you asked me, do I think using other data sources will be more accurate than asking somebody who they will vote for, I would probably say no. But if you asked me ‘would your system be useful for our turnout modeling today?’ I would say yes.” For better or worse, it looks like the method is already getting more popular in the market research world. Most of the clients Aaru touts these days are businesses like EY and McDonald’s. And AI will probably begin to pop up in other parts of the political polling process. Pollsters are already using it to code open-ended survey responses, and some firms, like YouGov, are testing using LLMs to ask survey respondents questions. More worryingly, one danger to actual polls is that AI agents can be used to infiltrate online surveys. Most online polls use various checks to prevent that from happening, but there’s conflicting evidence on how effective those filters are and how prevalent AI agents currently are in online panels. If those agents ever become impossible to detect, it might spell the end of online polling, but the solution isn’t to replace all of your respondents with ChatGPT. Silver Bulletin is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a subscriber. Subscribe 1 That particular poll obviously doesn’t meet Silver Bulletin standards for aggregation. But we exclude all Public Sentiment Institute polls from our averages because we classify them as an amateur polling firm. 2 You could argue that Fink meant the next presidential election, but (a) I’m also confident we’ll still have real polls in 2028 and (b) in that case he should have asked an LLM to define “general election.” 3 Quick caveat: that’s reporting from a Democratic pollster. It’s possible that Republicans are more willing to use AI in political campaigns. 4 Indeed, Silver Bulletin does not include “polls” produced by MRP in our forecasts or averages, and we think it’s extremely misleading when their practitioners describe them in a way that suggests original data had been collected among a large number of states or Congressional districts. 5 A recent report from Aaru and EY did show two examples of a synthetic estimate being closer than a survey to a real-world benchmark — but I’d take those findings with a grain of salt because the report reads more like an ad and didn’t involve any sort of prediction being made ahead of time. 6 For comparison, our odds for Harris on the same day were 48.2 percent.

Apr 11 • 11:38 AM EDT • Technology • natesilver.net

San Jose faces legal heat over mental health crisis calls

A group of civil rights organizations is ratcheting up the legal pressure on San Jose over longstanding complaints that too often mental health-related emergency calls receive a police response — rather than assistance from mental health professionals.

Apr 11 • 11:30 AM EDT • Health • sanjosespotlight.com

Letting kids swear taught me a better way to parent

By dropping the no-swearing rule, I found a calmer, more connected home — and fewer unnecessary arguments with my kids.

Apr 11 • 11:06 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Midtown High students shine at Future Business Leaders of America conference

Midtown High School’s Future Business Leaders of America chapter recently captured top honors at the Georgia FBLA State Leadership conference

Apr 11 • 9:45 AM EDT • Business • roughdraftatlanta.com

Healthy Baby Network to host 3rd Annual Black Maternal Health Walkathon

Greece, N.Y. — Healthy Baby Network will host its 3rd Annual Black Maternal Health Walkathon on Saturday at The Mall at Greece Ridge, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.The e

Apr 11 • 9:06 AM EDT • Health • 13wham.com

Tigers' Casey Mize hopes sunny skies signal success vs. Marlins

Casey Mize made his most recent start in brutal weather conditions, and the Detroit Tigers right-hander hopes better weather will lead to better results on Saturday when he pitches the middle game of a three-game home series against the Miami Marlins on Saturday afternoon.

Apr 11 • 8:48 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com

Unemployed recent college grad: I've applied to over 1,000 jobs

I studied abroad four times, I earned my master's, and I became a global scholar. But I still can't find a job. All my applications go unanswered.

Apr 11 • 7:07 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, Tested: Big 18-Core Energy for Laptops, Incoming!

Debuting in Asus’ exciting 16-inch Zenbook A16, Qualcomm's 2026 flagship processor looks like a benchmark bombshell ready to shake up the laptop CPU field. We have the receipts.

Apr 11 • 6:15 AM EDT • Technology • pcmag.com

Lima Ridge Elementary principal honored for STEM education leadership

Lima Ridge Elementary Principal Kurt Scheiderer received an award for his commitment to building a strong STEM culture.

Apr 11 • 6:03 AM EDT • Science • newarkadvocate.com

Texas House committee slaps Democrats with nearly $422K in penalties for 2025 quorum break

The Committee on House Administration voted along party lines to fine 50-plus Democratic members more than $8,000 apiece for fleeing the state to try to block a GOP-led congressional redistricting plan.

Apr 11 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • houstonpublicmedia.org

Skyrim’s massive RP server that replaces NPCs with players just broke a new record

Skyrim’s massive new 750 player roleplay server is transforming the 2011 classic into something entirely unprecedented.

Apr 11 • 5:55 AM EDT • Technology • dexerto.com

Arsenal vs. Bournemouth: Mikel Arteta focuses on the here and now in Premier League tititle chase

Despite recent eliminations from both domestic cup competitions, Arsenal remain atop the Premier League with room to spare

Apr 11 • 5:36 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com

Exclusive: US intelligence indicates China is preparing weapons shipment to Iran amid fragile ceasefire, sources say

US intelligence indicates that China is preparing to deliver new air defense systems to Iran within the next few weeks, according to three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments.

Apr 11 • 12:01 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Anthropic closes in on OpenAI as US business use surges

Divergence reflects company’s recent rapid growth owing to strong interest in its Claude Code products

Apr 11 • 12:00 AM EDT • Business • ft.com

In praise of popular science

As a kid, I was enthusiastically and unreservedly in favor of a manned space program. Our destiny lay in the stars, I figured. Get people out there. We need Star Trek here and now. As I got older, I became rather disenchanted with the idea. Humans are expensive, fragile, and inefficient as space cargo. We could flood the solar system with 100 robotic probes for the price of any single manned mission and get back just as useful data. Besides, it turns out space travel is dangerous. Tusk is a reader-supported publication. To support this work, please become a paid subscriber. Subscribe When it came to the recent Artemis II mission, my cynical side didn’t really see the point. Flying around the Moon and back is literally something we did before I was born, and I once owned a Members Only jacket. Apollo 8 circled the Moon ten times and returned to Earth safely the same month that “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” was released. What was the point of repeating a feat that far braver people once did with tin foil and slide rules? Yet I’ve surprised myself with how moving I’ve found the Artemis II mission to be. The photos have been stunning. The crew has been professional and engaging. There have been modest but important milestones — the farthest humans have travelled from Earth; the first woman, person of color, and non-American to leave low-Earth orbit; innovations in communication, and more. One thing that really stood out is that this is really NASA at its finest. Not that this is the most important mission they ever pulled off, but they did this in a competent way that celebrated the achievements and kept the crew and the science at the forefront of the project. This wasn’t some billionaire throwing celebrities or cars into orbit as a vanity project — this was a collective effort to send experts in to do a job and come home safely. We don’t see that sort of thing much these days. I’m guessing few people would describe many government agencies as inspiring, but this one counts for me. We’re living through a profoundly anti-science era, in which pathbreaking, lifesaving discoveries like mRNA vaccines are routinely downplayed or even vilified. As I’ve noted previously, this era is something like that of the Red Scare in the 1940s and 50s, in which “egghead” professors were portrayed as out of touch or even hostile to regular Americans. One of the things that helped break that spell was Sputnik — the Soviet communications satellite that demonstrated that the United States was falling behind in crucial scientific research and applications. Its launch triggered a new appreciation for American science and goaded the federal government into supporting research universities and labs. I’m not saying that Artemis is the equivalent of Sputnik, but it potentially reminds people that there’s some value to scientific endeavors and the human faces attached to them. Despite my love for the show “For All Mankind,” I’m far from convinced that there’s any real value to putting colonies on the Moon or Mars that would justify the capital investment and the massive health risks to the astronauts. But sending scientific good will ambassadors on a trip into space once in a while? Bring it. Share

Apr 10 • 9:54 PM EDT • Science • smotus.substack.com

Local business expands to new market after recent acquisition

A Youngstown business is expanding into newer markets after acquiring J&L Supply Company.

Apr 10 • 9:43 PM EDT • Business • wkbn.com

This business is not about making friends, it's about making money, says Jim Cramer

'Mad Money' host Jim Cramer reflects on his recent interviews with CEOs.

Apr 10 • 7:58 PM EDT • Business • cnbc.com

'Malcolm in the Middle' star Bryan Cranston speaks on stunts, bee stings

Bryan Cranston is looking back on 'Malcolm in the Middle' given the recent Hulu revival, and the comedy icon confirms he was shaved, painted and stung in the name of comedy.

Apr 10 • 7:56 PM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com

Santa Fe business owners, residents sound off south-side homeless shelter plans

The new shelter will be operated by Interfaith Community Shelter on a 1.1-acre plot of land near Santa Fe Place mall.

Apr 10 • 6:00 PM EDT • Business • santafenewmexican.com

The Latest Foldable iPhone Rumors: What's Changed and What We Know Now

Rumors about Apple's first foldable iPhone are picking up now that the device has entered a new testing stage that precedes mass production. If you've been having trouble keeping up with what's new, we've recapped the latest iPhone Fold rumors that have come out over the last few weeks. Naming One rumor claims Apple will call its foldable iPhone the "iPhone Ultra," which doesn't seem out of the question.

Apr 10 • 5:57 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com

Eagles add WR depth by reportedly trading for Dontayvion Wicks with A.J. Brown's future uncertain

Green Bay will receive two future late round picks for Wicks.

Apr 10 • 5:32 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com

Jodi Daniel Quoted by KFF Health News and CNN on Healthcare Privacy Concerns

Wilson Sonsini partner Jodi Daniel was recently quoted in a KFF Health News article, which was also featured by CNN. The piece, titled "Trump’s Personnel Agency Is Asking for Federal Workers’ Medical…

Apr 10 • 5:31 PM EDT • Health • wsgr.com

Science students find mentorship and pathways to career success

Batool Abdulruhman and Alyssa Rivera both grew up in rural Valley communities where doctors are scarce and medical care is difficult to access. Now they are on a path to become doctors practicing in the Valley because of the support and mentorship they received through the Center for Access to Science for All (CASA) in […]

Apr 10 • 5:17 PM EDT • Science • today.fresnostate.edu

Black Maternal Health Week puts focus on improving outcomes

Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a slight decline in maternal deaths, from 18.6 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2023 to 17.9 in 2024. […]

Apr 10 • 4:38 PM EDT • Health • wabe.org

Natasha Lyonne says she took sleeping pill before being escorted off flight, claims she was 'detained' by ICE

Natasha Lyonne says she took a sleeping pill before being escorted off her recent flight to NYC and claimed that she was 'detained' by ICE afterward: 'Sign of the times, I guess.'

Apr 10 • 4:34 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com

America’s Car-Mart in Kirksville abruptly closes after 13 years in business

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. — A car dealership in northeast Missouri abruptly closed this week.

Apr 10 • 4:34 PM EDT • Business • ktvo.com

1st-Round WR Enters Vikings Mock Draft Orbit

Will the Minnesota Vikings actually use their 1st-Round draft pick in two weeks on a wide receiver? Probably not. Can […]

Apr 10 • 3:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Exclusive | Trump Promises Mass Pardons to Staff Before Leaving Office

In a recent meeting, the president said he would pardon those within 200 feet of the Oval Office, according to people familiar with the remarks.

Apr 10 • 3:18 PM EDT • Politics • wsj.com

Epic Games Pins ‘Fortnite’ Comeback on Disney Partnership

Recent updates of the hit game have flopped. A Disney collaboration aims to turn things around.

Apr 10 • 2:36 PM EDT • Technology • bloomberg.com

MSI MPG 322UR QD-OLED X24 Review - Less Expensive and Even Better

MSI MPG 322UR QD-OLED X24 brings fifth generation V-Stripe QD-OLED technology to a 32-inch 4K panel, pairing a 3840×2160 resolution with a 240 Hz refresh rate, a 80 Gbps bandwidth DisplayPort 2.1a UHBR20 interface, and a price tag that undercuts its predecessor by $200. Improved text clarity, higher SDR brightness, and an AI Care Sensor make for a strong all-around package.

Apr 10 • 2:08 PM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com

White House warns staff against insider trading on prediction markets

The White House recently warned staff not to engage in insider trading on prediction markets and other platforms, according to a White House official.

Apr 10 • 1:34 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

MHA Submits Comments on Proposed Behavioral Health Medicaid Policy

The MHA recently submitted comments to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on proposed policy 2553-BH, which addresses reimbursement for specialty behavioral health services based on service location.

Apr 10 • 1:27 PM EDT • Health • mha.org

The Trump administration just updated rules for CDC's vaccine advisory panel, allowing inclusion of RFK Jr. allies

The changes published Thursday come after a recent legal defeat that has at least temporarily halted meetings of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which for decades has recommended how best to use the nation’s vaccines.

Apr 10 • 12:20 PM EDT • Health • pbs.org

Denzel Boston adds Ravens to list of pre-draft visits

Apr 10 • 11:46 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Detroit Lions 2026 NFL Draft Need Analysis: Wide Receiver

The Lions are well stocked at WR for 2026. Is there a chance they add to that position in the draft?

Apr 10 • 11:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

(LETTERS) Letter to Barrasso, Hell’s Half Acre science and funding question

Oil City News publishes letters, cartoons and opinions as a public service. The content does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Oil City News or its

Apr 10 • 11:00 AM EDT • Science • oilcity.news

Title X Funding Restored, but New Rules Raise Concerns

By HealthDay Staff HealthDay ReporterFRIDAY, April 10, 2026 (HealthDay News) — Federal funding for reproductive health clinics is back on track, but some new rules appear to stray from the original goals. Clinics that rely on the Title X program have now received their funding after the Trump ...

Apr 10 • 9:35 AM EDT • Health • usnews.com

Denver Broncos wide receiver Marvin Mims, Jr. talks mental health with Aurora elementary students

Partnering with Aurora Mental Health & Recovery, Mims has prioritized discussing mental health with youth in the area.

Apr 10 • 8:21 AM EDT • Health • cpr.org

Microsoft starts removing unnecessary Copilot buttons in Windows 11

Microsoft has rolled out a Notepad update for Windows Insiders that removes the Copilot branding and icon from within the app, Windows Central has reported.

Apr 10 • 8:03 AM EDT • Technology • engadget.com

Texas Children’s Receives $5 Million Estate Legacy Gift to Advance Pediatric Behavioral Health Services

HOUSTON (April 10, 2026) — Texas Children’s announced a very special $5 million estate gift from Houston philanthropist Barbara LeGrange, who passed away last month. When fully realized, her planned gift commitment — made prior to her passing — will provide critical endowed support, along with $1 million in immediate support, for Texas Children’s Behavioral Health Initiative.

Apr 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • texaschildrens.org

Vitali Prakapenka of the University of Chicago receives the 2026 Gopal K. Shenoy Excellence in Beamline Science Award

Vitali Prakapenka of the University of Chicago is the recipient of the 2026 Gopal K. Shenoy Award for Excellence in Beamline Science for his decades of contributions to the GeoSoilEnviroCARS beamline at the Advanced Photon Source.

Apr 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • anl.gov

Regional business leaders share their perspectives on business advice

This month, we asked: What's the best business advice you've received and why?

Apr 10 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • grandforksherald.com

Some Google Pixel phones hit with bootloop issues following recent updates, fix in the works

Following some of their latest updates, a number of Google Pixel owners are reporting bootloop issues, with Google “working to...

Apr 10 • 7:30 AM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com

The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror

Loss Protocol by Paul McAuley; Night Babies by Lucie McKnight Hardy; Honeysuckle by Bar Fridman-Tell; Japanese Gothic by Kylie Lee Baker

Apr 10 • 7:00 AM EDT • Science • theguardian.com

CT health organization receives largest charitable gift in its history. The plan for $5.4 million.

Middlesex Health recently announced “the largest single charitable gift” the organization has received to date, according to a statement.

Apr 10 • 5:30 AM EDT • Health • courant.com

Make Your MacBook Battery Last Longer With This Setting

If you own a MacBook and work from home, it's easy to have your laptop plugged in for hours on end without thinking about the long-term battery life implications. Fortunately, Apple recently added a setting that lets you cap how high your Mac's battery charges, and if you own an iPhone that was released in the last few years, you may already be familiar with it.

Apr 10 • 5:25 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com

Crimson Desert Dev Confirms Boss Rematches, Hard Difficulty, Enemy Territory Recapture, and a Whole Lot More Is Coming Soon

Crimson Desert developer Pearl Abyss has outlined a number of significant changes coming to the game in the coming months, each addressing various community complaints that were highlighted recently. Here's everything you need to know.

Apr 10 • 4:25 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com

ASUS introduces ROG Equalizer 12V-2x6 cable, ASUS to offer discounted upgrade for existing ROG PSU users

Update: ASUS has clarified that the upgrade program will not include a free cable. Eligible users will instead receive a discount on the ROG Equalizer

Apr 10 • 3:59 AM EDT • Technology • videocardz.com

Eureka! Flathead Valley students have their moment at state science fair

Flathead Valley students displayed their fortitude for the scientific method at the Montana Science Fair with Kalispell Montessori School bringing home the first-place Division II trophy for its outstanding performance among small middle schools.

Apr 10 • 3:00 AM EDT • Science • dailyinterlake.com

In private meeting, Trump soothes disenchanted MAHA leaders

White House officials solicited messaging ideas from leaders of the Make America Healthy Again movement, which has soured on some recent administration actions.

Apr 9 • 11:35 PM EDT • Politics • seattletimes.com

Mario Kart World 1.6.1 update out now, patch notes

Mario Kart World just received a new version 1.6.1 update from Nintendo, and you can get the patch notes here.

Apr 9 • 9:05 PM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com

The unprecedented human experiment of Artemis II is only just beginning

Experiments aboard Orion are capturing insights about astronaut health that were never recorded during the Apollo program.

Apr 9 • 8:25 PM EDT • Health • cnn.com

What's really behind Phillies' recent offensive drought

The Phillies have gone cold again, but the numbers suggest the lineup isn’t entirely broken — it just isn’t clicking in its current order.

Apr 9 • 7:00 PM EDT • Sports • nbcsportsphiladelphia.com

Dawand Jones' Health Update - 04.09.26

On today's episode of Cleveland Browns Daily, Tackle Dawand Jones stops by to give us an update on his health and his recovery from last season's injury. The guys hear from our great friend Greg Cosell as he breaks down this year's wide receiver class and

Apr 9 • 5:48 PM EDT • Health • clevelandbrowns.com

Beacon Health names Sarah Paturalski president of Dowagiac hospital

Beacon Health System has named Sarah Paturalski as president of Beacon Dowagiac, tapping a longtime nursing leader who most recently served as interim president

Apr 9 • 4:45 PM EDT • Health • wwmt.com

Automatic military draft registration takes effect in December. Here’s how it would work

Young, eligible men will be automatically registered for the military draft pool starting in December as part of a measure tucked into the annual defense policy bill Congress signed into law late last year.

Apr 9 • 3:25 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Analyst sees MVP potential for Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence

One analyst recently detailed why Jaguars' QB Trevor Lawrence can win an MVP award.

Apr 9 • 2:12 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Guillermo del Toro's masterpiece Pan's Labyrinth Returns in 3D for 20th Anniversary from Cineverse and Fathom Entertainment on October 9

/PRNewswire/ -- Cineverse (Nasdaq: CNVS), an entertainment technology company and studio, has announced that Fathom Entertainment, the leading specialty...

Apr 9 • 2:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • prnewswire.com

Guillermo del Toro's masterpiece Pan's Labyrinth Returns in 3D for 20th Anniversary from Cineverse and Fathom Entertainment on October 9

Cineverse (Nasdaq: CNVS), an entertainment technology company and studio, has announced that Fathom Entertainment, the leading specialty distributor of content to theatrical partners worldwide, will be the theatrical distribution partner for the re-release of Guillermo del Toro's master creation, Pan's Labyrinth. Guillermo del Toro's Pan Labyrinth 20th Anniversary will be released in theaters nationwide on October 9, 2026. The announcement was made ahead of CinemaCon, at which Cineverse will pro

Apr 9 • 2:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com

Gloria Romero Roses nears $200K, touts endorsements in HD 113 bid

About 95% of the donations she received last quarter came from South Florida sources.

Apr 9 • 12:35 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com

School of Business receives AACSB Global Impact Award for use of AI in teaching and learning

The School of Business has been recognized as a winner of AACSB’s inaugural Global Impact Awards for creative and effective use of generative AI in teaching and learning. The Global Impact Awards honor individuals and institutions whose initiatives exemplify innovation, leadership, and measurable impact in business education and [...]

Apr 9 • 12:29 PM EDT • Business • inside.wfu.edu

North of North Creators to Receive WIE Canada Honors

The ‘North of North’ indigenous comedy creators and showrunners will receive the Breakthrough Award on May 28 in Toronto.

Apr 9 • 12:14 PM EDT • Entertainment • hollywoodreporter.com

Trump Totally Wants to Appoint His Own Pope, Doesn’t He?

Apparently, the White House and the Vatican are feuding. The historical precedents for this kind of power struggle are so absolutely delicious.

Apr 9 • 11:53 AM EDT • Politics • esquire.com

Physics Professor Receives Prestigious Science Fellowship

A Georgetown University physics professor was named to a prestigious scientific association to honor her work on rheology, the movement and deformation of material caused by external forces, the university announced March 30. Emanuela Del Gado’s research focuses on soft matter — material that exists between solids and liquids, such as gel, glass and plastic —...

Apr 9 • 11:10 AM EDT • Science • thehoya.com

Political oversight reaches Texas college classrooms, with Texas Tech and A&M at the forefront

Public universities across Texas have instituted sweeping changes to course teachings and offerings in recent months, in a bid to appease concerns from Republican lawmakers that they're indoctrinating students with what they consider to be liberal ideas.

Apr 9 • 9:25 AM EDT • Politics • houstonpublicmedia.org

CB&I Completes Acquisition of Petrofac Asset Solutions Business

/PRNewswire/ -- CB&I today announced the completion of an asset sale agreement, previously announced on December 24, 2025, to acquire Petrofac's Asset...

Apr 9 • 9:07 AM EDT • Business • prnewswire.com

ULM Political Science faculty and students participate in state meeting

Political Science faculty and graduate students from the University of Louisiana Monroe recently participated in the Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Political Science Association (LPSA), held Friday, February 27, at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, La.

Apr 9 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • ulm.edu

ULM Political Science faculty and students participate in state meeting

Political Science faculty and graduate students from the University of Louisiana Monroe recently participated in the Annual Meeting of the Louisiana Political Science Association (LPSA), held Friday, February 27, at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, La.

Apr 9 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • ulm.edu

How Colorado Prioritizes Public Health Data Modernization

The Pew Charitable Trusts recently spoke to Colorado’s Department of Public Health and Environment’s (CDPHE’s) state epidemiologist Dr. Rachel Herlihy and COVID-19 surveillance program manager Alicia Cronquist, MPH, about how updates to the state’s public health data reporting policies will help the agency’s efforts to protect Coloradans from communicable diseases, such as flu, salmonella, measles, and HIV.

Apr 9 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • pew.org

Eurobites: DT beams up Starlink for business broadband

Also in today's EMEA regional roundup: lenders take control of Gigaclear; Liquid C2 offers Google Cloud experience; Ofcom replaces a Lord with a Knight.

Apr 9 • 7:25 AM EDT • Business • lightreading.com

'We Released a Game With Flaws for a Number of Reasons' — Samson Dev Promises Improvements Amid 'Mixed' Reception

The creative director of Samson has promised the team is "committed to the future" of the game despite launching to a 'Mixed' reception on Steam amid complaints about performance, gameplay, optimization, and more.

Apr 9 • 7:14 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com

Burcum: Out-of-state ownership might be the right prescription for Allina Health

"Minnesota is on the verge of a momentous health care deal, with California-based Sutter Health recently moving to acquire Minneapolis-based Allina Health," columnist Jill Burcum writes.

Apr 9 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • startribune.com

Women in business meet in empowerment symposium

The East St. Tammany Business Alliance recently held their Business & Bubbles Women’s Empowerment Symposium at the Harbor Center, an annual women-focused, signature event that brings together women in business

Apr 9 • 5:45 AM EDT • Business • nola.com

Democrats push to pass Iran war powers resolution despite House recess, accusing Trump of ‘unhinged behavior’

Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democrat leader, will use pro forma session to try to pass measure requiring president to withdraw US forces from Middle East

Apr 9 • 5:42 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com

Trump promised to clamp down on health insurers. His policies are enriching them

In December, Trump said he would summon health insurance execs to the White House. It doesn't seem a meeting ever happened.

Apr 9 • 4:30 AM EDT • Health • statnews.com

Cash expects a tough match in Italy

Bologna have become a familiar face for the Aston Villa faithful in recent times. Not only did the sides play eachother in the group stage of the Europa League earlier this season, but they also met in last season's Champions League campaign. Unai Emery's side came out on top on both occaisions, but Villa defender Matty Cash is not expecting an easy ride.

Apr 9 • 3:47 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Seven & i delays listing of North America business

Seven & i Holdings said on Thursday it has pushed back the timing ​of the listing of its North ‌American operations to the financial year starting April 2027 or later, rather than in the second ​half of 2026.

Apr 9 • 3:19 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com

Goldman warns of 'very painful' gas shock if disruptions persist

Qatar, which accounts for roughly one-fifth of global liquefied natural gas supply, has seen its infrastructure knocked offline following recent attacks.

Apr 9 • 3:08 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Local man named Ohio’s Small Business Person of the Year

A local business owner has received big recognition in the state.

Apr 8 • 10:54 PM EDT • Business • wkbn.com

After 39 years on air, Melinda Mayo turns the mic down to put health first

For 39 years Melinda Mayo has been a trusted voice in Arkansas, but recently that voice began to change.Melinda says, "Almost like when you're coming down with

Apr 8 • 8:24 PM EDT • Health • katv.com