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NYC Health + Hospitals/Carter Appoints New Chief Nursing Officer
Today NYC Health + Hospitals announced the appointment of Caroline H. Araullo, MSN-NE, RN, NEA-BC, NPD-BC as the new Chief Nursing Officer at NYC Health +
Sports hospitality veteran Don Dierig named chief operating officer of Sportservice
Delaware North, a global hospitality and entertainment company, today announced the promotion of Don Dierig to chief operating officer of Sportservice, its sports hospitality business. As chief operating officer, Dierig will lead Sportservice’s day-to-day food, beverage and retail operations across the company’s portfolio of sports venues spanning Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the […]
Knicks championship opener vs LeBron's 76ers draws huge ticket prices
Ticket prices are expected to skyrocket when the world champion New York Knicks open their season against the new-look Philadelphia 76ers.
In Protest Of Mass Layoffs, Bethesda Devs Greet Xbox Leadership With A Giant Inflatable Rat
'We heard that Microsoft leadership was coming to our office this week, and decided to make our presence visible'
Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let People Fully Take Over Other Devices On A Call
Zoom screen-sharing bug let people fully take over other devices on a call.
Google’s free streaming service now lets you pick shows and movies to watch
More free stuff to watch.
‘We are professionals’: Coalition of Public Service and Health Care Unions Sue to Block New Department of Education Student Loan Rule That Will Hurt Patient Care and Worsen Staffing Crises
WASHINGTON – A coalition of unions representing hundreds of thousands of public service and health care workers filed a lawsuit this week challenging the Department of Education’s new RISE rule.
Packers Training Camp Recap: Pass-catchers return to practice
WRs Matthew Golden and Jayden Reed returned to practice for the Green Bay Packers, as did TE Josh Whyle
Majority of VA mental health visits are timely, but referrals lag: Watchdog
The VA watchdog found that 80% of referrals for mental health services in the Community Care program were scheduled within 30 days.
Health insurers are dumping Medicare Advantage plans. Here’s how many seniors could be affected.
Older adults could be scrambling for new health coverage next year, especially in rural markets that have fewer insurance choices.
Scientists say U.S. will suffer if White House bars science with China
A proposed Office of Management and Budget rule will ban all research funding for U.S. science collaboration with China, which has surpassed the U.S. as the world’s top investor and producer of science and engineering research and development.
How's the health of Auburn football's safeties? Latest injury updates
With as many as four of Auburn football's safeties impacted by injury in fall camp, how's the position group holding up? Here's the latest.
Trump cheers Alito staying for another Supreme Court term: 'One of the greatest of all time'
President Donald Trump praised Associate Justice Samuel Alito's decision to stay on the U.S. Supreme Court in a social media post on Truth Social.
FDA approves Samsung's Hearing Aid feature on Galaxy Buds
The Galaxy Buds3 Pro and Buds4 Pro just became cost-effective and easy-to-use hearing aid devices. Samsung has been improving its health-tracking features...
NBA Takes a Page From NFL With Schedule Unveiling
The NBA is beginning a three-day schedule reveal.
A 2,000-year-old recipe tested on teeth: the results shock scientists - Futura-Sciences
A Smile Steeped in History For decades, historians knew that voluntary tooth blackening was practiced in Vietnam from the late 1800s, when it was seen as a mark of beauty. But an analysis of skeletons dug up from the Red River Delta has pushed the origins of this tradition back...
Third iOS 27 and iPadOS 27 Public Betas Now Available
Apple today released the third public betas of iOS 27 and iPadOS 27, allowing anyone with a compatible device to download and test the new software. The third betas come two weeks after Apple seeded the second betas. You can get started by signing up on Apple's beta website and then opting in to the public beta by going to Settings > General > Software Update and choosing the iOS 27 or iPadOS 27 Public Beta option.
Columbia man arrested in Paris Road business burglary, police say
CPD has arrested a suspect in connection with a Sunday morning burglary where about $50,000 of merchandise was stolen.
Trump DOJ formally stakes out bold claim that presidential advisers outside government are protected by privilege
Communications that President Donald Trump has with advisers who don’t even work for his administration can be protected by executive privilege, the Justice Department said in a memo Monday evening that comes amid lawsuits and a possible Democratic takeover of Congress.
Coen & Johnson Talk Managing Team Health, Executing Defensive Plan in Year 2
HC Liam Coen and S Antonio Johnson speak with the media following practice on Day 11 of Training Camp.
As Trump Media scraps some businesses, it’s doubling down on Truth Social and the president
The platform is offering a new service that grants fast access to Trump’s posts for a fee.
Small business optimism rebounds to highest level since Aug. 2025: NFIB
Small businesses last month scaled back both actual and planned price increases for the first time this year, the National Federation of Independent Business said.
Kalshi CEO slams founders for being over-reliant on ‘mostly trash’ business advice—he founded his now-$22 billion prediction market as a college grad
Kalshi’s 30-year-old CEO says most business advice is ‘trash’—he doesn’t read management books or listen to podcasts: ‘I’m gonna make it up as I go’
‘Zoomsday’ hack uncovered using fewer than 20 AI prompts
The Zoom vulnerability allowed hackers to take over everyone’s device on a call, security researchers say.
Ascensus Launches Enhanced Small Business 401(k) Solution
Ascensus enhances, rebrands small business retirement offering to Ascensus Essentials, adds 3(16) administrative fiduciary services
How extreme weather is becoming a business expense
Extreme weather is creating growing financial challenges for businesses and households as heat waves, storms, wildfires and heavy rain become more disruptive, The New York Times reports. In Chicago, for example, a bakery owner lost inventory and spent $1,700 on dry ice after a storm caused a power outage, while other businesses have faced higher […]
What’s In The $100 ‘GTA VI’ Ultimate Edition, Which Most Fans Are Buying
While most players are upset the price of gaming is going up, a majority of them are willing to pay $100 for the GTA VI Ultimate Edition. Here's what's inside.
Marvel's Wolverine Limited Edition PS5 Consoles, Controllers Announced, Pre-Orders Next Week
Nice PS5, bub
F.N.B. Corporation Enhances Offering for Ultra-High-Net-Worth Clients and Business Owners with Investment in Family Wealth Advisory Services
/PRNewswire/ -- F.N.B. Corporation (NYSE: FNB) announced today it has further enhanced its Family Wealth offering for ultra-high-net-worth clients with an...
Former OMB, State Budget Leader Lauren Larson Joining the Bipartisan Policy Center as Executive Vice President for Economic and Health Policy
Washington, DC — Today, the Bipartisan Policy Center announced that Lauren Larson will join the organization as executive vice president of economic and health policy on August 25. Larson brings deep expertise in fiscal and health policymaking at the state and federal levels. She will run the economic policy and health programs and lead the … Continued
Health Facts vs. Myths: Detoxing, Water Intake, Steps, More
NBC’s medical contributor Dr. John Torres joins TODAY to sort out fact from common medical myths. He also shares his advice for navigating produce shopping amid the rising numbers of recalls, which include buying locally and staying up to date with CDC and FDA guidelines.
Why GameStop’s bold $56-billion play for eBay is suddenly in doubt
(Bloomberg) -- GameStop Corp., led by Chief Executive Officer Ryan Cohen, is considering withdrawing its $56 billion bid for eBay Inc., according to people familiar with the matter.
Live updates: Christian Gonzalez absent for Patriots-Colts joint practice
The Colts are in Foxboro for what's sure to be a spirited joint practice session with the Patriots. Follow along for updates all day.
A RAPID proposal for breakthrough coverage, and nurses push back on AI
In this edition of STAT Health Tech: Details from CMS and FDA on the RAPID pathway for breakthrough devices, and nurses push back on AI.
Guenther and Ware for Real Clear Science: The Trump Administration’s Most Dangerous Attack on Science Yet
Donald Trump’s assault on the American scientific enterprise has been death by a thousand cuts. But the latest push from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) may just be the kill shot. OMB proposed a rule to “improve government-wide policies and requirements related to the management of grants, cooperative agreements, and other forms of […]
Wix launches Symphony, a new standalone multi-agent system built for business operations
Wix launches Symphony, a new standalone multi-agent system built for business operations - SiliconANGLE
Siouxland Business Spotlight: Hall Monument
Siouxland Business Spotlight host Amy Nilles spoke with Susan Lindgen from Hall Monument to discuss the company’s services.
Siouxland Business Spotlight: Siouxland Community Health Center
Siouxland Business Spotlight host Amy Nilles spoke with Dena Neiman from Siouxland Community Health Center to discuss the company’s services.
Siouxland Business Spotlight: Catholic Charities
Siouxland Business Spotlight host Amy Nilles spoke with Nate Phillips from Catholic Charities to discuss the services they provide to the community.
Siouxland Business Spotlight: Sioux Center Health
Siouxland Business Spotlight host Amy Nilles spoke with Dr. Lorianne Andersen from Sioux Center Health to discuss the company’s services.
Why joint practices matter, explained by Patriots players
The Patriots will host two sets of joint practices this summer.
HRS: "ICE - A Story of Love, Crime and Politics"
Hampton Roads Virginia and Northeastern North Carolina News, Weather, Traffic and Sports.
Blending Fusion Science, AI to Predict DIII-D Tokamak Behavior
Data scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility and partner institutions have developed a deployable machine learning (ML) framework that can adaptively predict changes in a magnetic confinement fusion research machine’s hardware. The innovative method, recently published in the journal Machine Learning with Applications, promises to help make the operation of fusion devices more stable and accelerate humanity’s pursuit of a superabundant
A Zoom Screen-Sharing Bug Let Anyone Take Over Other Devices on a Call
Researchers say it took fewer than 20 prompts for a public AI tool to find a flaw (now fixed) allowing anyone on a Zoom call to hijack another participants’ device.
Colorado New Business Filings Show Growth in q2
New business filings in Colorado increased sharply in the second quarter of 2026, rising both from the previous quarter and a year earlier, according to a new report from the University of Colorado Boulder and the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.
Red Sox score bizarre run on sacrifice fly without tagging up from 3rd base
Seigler scored a bizarre run for Boston in a 2-1 loss to the Blue Jays on a chaotic, inning-ending double play that resulted in a 17-minute delay as umpires sorted out the whole thing.
Crash closes southbound U.S. 41 Business in Venice
The incident happened about 6:45 a.m. at the intersection of U.S. 41 and San Marco Drive.
WHO receives US$4 million from CERF to sustain health services and strengthen health system resilience across Syria
Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic, 11 August 2026 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has received US$4 million from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to protect access to essential health...
OpenAI Courts Business Users With Premium ChatGPT
OpenAI says it will begin offering “Premium” seats for ChatGPT business customers. The new service, announced Monday (Aug. 10), is designed to give
GTA 6 might not cost $100, but most of the people pre-ordering it are buying it at that price, Take-Two reveals
Rockstar put a lot of effort into enticing people into pre-ordering the more expensive Ultimate edition.
The U.S. Healthcare System is Already Mostly Socialized
Now that Abdul El-Sayed is the Democratic nominee for Michigan’s open Senate seat, the outcome of this crucial race will depend mainly on two things: Whether Republicans succeed in demonizing El-Sayed because he’s brown and a Muslim, and whether they succeed in demonizing him as a left-wing radical. I will defer for the now the question of whether bigotry will be effective this year, although I will address it another day. What I want to address instead is El-Sayed’s signature issue — healthcare. Yes, El-Sayed advocates Medicare for All, a position the usual suspects denounce as “socialism.” I will get to the politics of his stance soon. Today, however, I want to talk about the substance. We should be clear that El-Sayed doesn’t even call himself a socialist. On the contrary, he explicitly disavows the label, saying “I’m a capitalist who just knows about capitalism”. In fact, as I explained in a previous post, the policies that El-Sayed advocates qualify him as a social democrat, not a socialist. Still, El-Sayed advocates a system under which the government would pay almost all medical expenses. Isn’t that socialism? Well, if that is the criterion then much of U.S. healthcare is already socialist. In fact, the government’s role is so large that U.S. healthcare is better described as partially privatized socialism than as anything resembling a free market. Let’s start with the raw numbers on health insurance, which pays the bulk of Americans’ medical expenses. Americans receive health insurance either from private companies or from public programs, overwhelmingly Medicare and Medicaid. Here’s what the breakdown of coverage and spending between private and public looked like in 2024: While a majority of Americans with health insurance get it from private companies, well over 100 million of us are covered by government programs instead. And these government programs pay more total dollars for medical bills than the private insurers do. Why do government programs that cover a minority of the population account for a majority of health insurers’ outlays? Mainly because Medicare covers seniors, and we’re expensive. Also, while Medicaid covers many younger Americans, disabled and elderly beneficiaries account for most of its spending. Even by the raw numbers, then, U.S. health insurance looks as much public as private. But that understates the government’s role: Private health insurance in the U.S. is both highly regulated and heavily subsidized. This is obviously true for the insurance coverage purchased by tens of millions of Americans through the exchanges established by the Affordable Care Act. But employment-based health insurance, which covers 161 million Americans, is far more of a government creation than most people realize. For employment-based insurance exists largely because of huge implicit government subsidies that come with major strings attached. Here’s how that works. If your employer pays you $10,000, that’s taxable income. But if your employer pays $10,000 toward a company health insurance plan that meets certain criteria, it isn’t taxable. That’s a huge effective subsidy, running at more than $300 billion a year. Take that subsidy into account, along with the more than $100 billion per year spent subsidizing policies purchased under the ACA, as well as the outlays on Medicare and Medicaid, and net effect is that the government pays for more than two-thirds of Americans’ health insurance. Granted, there are strings attached. Roughly speaking, employment-based health plans can’t discriminate based on medical history — that is, they can’t deny coverage to employees with pre-existing conditions — and they also can’t offer the plans only to highly compensated employees — a health plan that is only for the C-suite is considered taxable income. So given the restrictions of the federal tax code, employer-based health insurance is a lot like Obamacare, which also prohibits discrimination based on medical history and provides subsidies to make insurance affordable to lower-paid workers. The fact is that virtually all of private healthcare insurance is already well under some form of government control through regulation and tax subsidies. How should we think about this system? First of all, is Medicare socialist? Don’t tell anyone, but the way Medicare operates — it covers every senior’s medical expenses, whatever they turn out to be, while being funded by taxes that depend on one’s income — could be summarized by the old Marxist slogan “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.” And back in 1961, when Ronald Reagan was the face of a last-ditch effort by the American Medical Association to block the creation of Medicare, he denounced Medicare as “socialized medicine” and warned that it would destroy our freedom. In reality, American freedom survived until Jan. 20, 2025, while Medicare is immensely popular, with an 82 percent favorable rating in the most recent KFF survey. Medicaid, government health insurance for lower-income Americans, comes in at 73 percent. This is in sharp contrast to public views about private insurers, who are widely disliked if not hated and accused of denying essential care. Furthermore, if Medicare is socialism, then the whole U.S. health insurance system, with the government paying most of the bills and placing conditions on private insurers, is almost equally socialist. If you insist on calling any program the government pays for and regulates socialist, then U.S. healthcare would best be described as a partially privatized form of socialism. And one must ask, what is the point of the part that is privatized? Do private insurers add anything positive? Or are they simply parasites, skimming off money that could have been paying for care? The case for viewing insurers as parasites is strong. Many Medicare benefits are now delivered via Medicare Advantage, that is, plans paid for by the government but run through insurance companies. MedPAC, an independent advisory commission, estimates that last year Medicare Advantage plans were overpaid by $84 billion, thanks to practices such as “upcoding,” in which patients’ health problems are overstated to get larger sums from Medicare. Assessing the waste from employer-based insurance is harder, but most evidence suggests that private insurers have substantially higher administrative costs than Medicare does. Furthermore, the complexity of private insurance, with multiple payers all trying to deny care when they can, is a huge burden both on providers — doctors, nurses, and hospitals — and on patients. What do private insurers offer to compensate for these costs? One must go through intellectual contortions to avoid the conclusion that they are, in fact, parasites. Which brings me back to El-Sayed. In supporting Medicare for All, he’s basically calling for an end to the partial, parasitic privatization of a healthcare system that is already hugely dependent on public funding. When one looks at it that way, it’s not at all a radical proposal. Admittedly, the political lift requires overcoming the opposition to higher taxes to pay for Medicare for All. Political realism rather than economics was the reason I and many other progressives supported Obamacare, with all its complexities, rather than demanding an immediate move to Medicare for All. But the political calculus may very well have shifted since the 2000s, as Americans are fed up with a system of unaffordable premiums, rampant claim denials, and byzantine claim administration. Moreover, funding healthcare insurance through taxation would allow for a much more progressive distribution of the cost. That is, compared to the present system, middle-income households would pay less as high-income households would pay more. And the U.S. would stop wasting large sums on pointless administrative costs. So let’s be clear: El-Sayed’s healthcare platform is perfectly reasonable on the merits of cost, fairness and health efficacy. And with private insurers never more hated, while millions of Americans are losing their health insurance, 2026 may be its time. MUSICAL CODA
Is PENN Entertainment (PENN) A Bargain As Strong Q2 Earnings Lift Valuation Questions?
PENN Entertainment (PENN) drew fresh attention after reporting second quarter 2026 results that met Wall Street revenue expectations and delivered a significant earnings per share beat, with management highlighting strength in retail casinos and improving Interactive profitability. See our latest analysis for PENN Entertainment. Despite the strong Q2 result and recent shelf registration for an employee stock plan, PENN Entertainment’s share price is down 7.42% over the past month but up...
March of Dimes report highlights Arkansas’ gaps in maternity care
Upcoming Medicaid cuts “could lead to additional labor and delivery unit closures and put entire rural hospitals at risk,” according to Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families.
Business Chief Opens Speaker Applications for CXO Summit 2026
London, 11 August 2026 - Business Chief, a BizClik Media brand, has opened speaker applications for the CXO Summit 2026, inviting Chief HR Officers, People & Culture Leaders, Chief Marketing Officers, Chief Finance Officers and CEOs to join its flagship executive event. The summit, which brings together C-suite leaders to address critical challenges facing modern enterprises, from AI disruption to economic uncertainty. The event has already secured an impressive lineup of speakers from global or
We finally know the real "Dark Cherry" color for the iPhone 18 Pro
The iPhone 18 Pro is one of the most anticipated devices, and now, thanks to a new leak, one big debate has finally been settled.
Millennium Hotels and Resorts Partners with HXE to Strengthen Global MICE Business Through Digital Innovation
Millennium Hotels and Resorts (MHR), a global hospitality leader with a portfolio spanning key destinations worldwide, has entered into a Strategic Partnership Program agreement with HXE in Singapore. The partnership combines MHR's global hospitality network with HXE's digital MICE platform to create new opportunities for corporate meetings and events while supporting the growing demand for seamless, technology-enabled event planning.
'A great deal'
Tom: Heard incredibly positive things from Sheffield Wednesday fans about the season he spent on loan there. Alexander: He is a great signing - a proven player originated from Manchester City. New senior squad players are noticeably at the younger end of the spectrum.
Health Sciences outreach program helps amplify the voices of people with aphasia
The UK College of Health Sciences is helping people with aphasia reconnect with their communities by partnering with local businesses and organizations to create more communication-friendly spaces. Through a unique outreach program, students work alongside individuals with aphasia to educate employees, reduce communication barriers and make everyday experiences more accessible and welcoming.
Oil prices rise and gold hits two-month high after Trump makes new deal demands on Iran
US president demands compensation for damage incurred by US, complicating standoff with Tehran
Archer Aviation Exec Says Boeing Deal Will ‘Significantly Change the Profile’ as $200 Million Insitu Business Joins Portfolio
Archer Aviation Inc.‘s (NYSE:ACHR) deal with Boeing Co. (NYSE:BA) could significantly reshape the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) company. Insitu’s $200 Million Revenue Business During the company’s second-quarter earnings call on Monday, Archer’s Chief Financial Officer Priya Gupta hailed the company’s acquisition of unmanned aircraft systems manufacturer Insitu, as well as autonomous eVTOL maker Wisk Aero and SkyGrid in an all-stock deal. Read Also: Rocket Lab USA, Hims & Hers,
Radiologists criticize noted neuroscientist podcaster’s claims supporting whole-body MRI
Andrew D. Huberman, PhD, a professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford Medicine, voiced support for these scans in a recent social media post.
Republic Business Credit Partners with Family Office on $2.5MM Credit Facility
Republic Business Credit partnered with a family office to provide a $2.5 million receivables financing facility for its precision metal coating company. The
RTC’s Game Day Express returns for 2026-27 sports season
Get the full list of casino pickup locations and departure schedules as the Regional Transportation Commission kicks off its direct stadium transit service.
Eagles Star Lane Johnson Delivers Good News After Retirement Tease
Barring a Brandon Graham-like change of heart, Philadelphia Eagles star Lane Johnson is likely finished for good after the 2026 NFL season. The veteran offensive lineman made his thoughts on the upcoming season clear following his first practice of the offseason over the weekend. “The plan was always to come back,” Johnson said, regarding the […] The post Eagles Star Lane Johnson Delivers Good News After Retirement Tease appeared first on HEAVY.
Connecticut Democrats weigh generational change as US. Rep. John Larson, 78, faces primary fight
Connecticut Democrats face a choice between U.S. Rep. John Larson and younger challengers for the 1st Congressional District
Homeland Security intensifies pursuit of noncitizens on voter rolls
Immigrants who said they inadvertently registered to vote while obtaining or renewing driver’s licenses are increasingly facing deportation under the Trump administration.
ERAM Holdings Appoints Alok Kumar as CEO to Lead Human Capital Management Business in India
ERAM Holdings, a leading diversified conglomerate headquartered in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is pleased to announce the appointment of Alok Kumar as Chief Executive Officer – ERAM HCM India.
49ers Injuries Continue to Mount as Training Camp Rolls On
The San Francisco 49ers are hoping their growing list of training camp injuries is nothing more than a temporary setback, but the number of players missing practice continues to be a concern as the regular season gets closer. The latest names to miss practice are two of the biggest stars on the roster. Running back…
2 fatally shot while leaving business on Chicago's South Side, police say
Three suspects opened fire on two people as they left a business Monday evening on Chicago's South Side, killing both victims, authorities said.
Australian Business Confidence Drops on Middle East Uncertainty
Australian business confidence snapped three months of gains as uncertainty over the Middle East conflict and persistent energy price strength weighed on the outlook.
Man arrested after $12K sports card theft at Rosemont convention
A man was arrested for contributing to the delinquency of a minor after a $12,000 sports card was stolen at a convention in Rosemont, officials said.
Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Lone Arranger
Read the release on Sen. Ernst's website HERE. Throughout this Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties. RED OAK, Iowa – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: Lone Arranger of Adams County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in each of Iowa's 99 counties. "Lone Arranger has been in full bloom in Adams County for more than 28 years,” said Chair Ernst. "One bouquet at a time, Jessica has created beautiful arrangements for countless occasions – from displays for Governors Chet Culver and Terry Branstad to serving as a longtime vendor at the Adams County Fair. Lone Arranger is beloved for its high-quality products and attentive customer service, all stemming from hard work that has not gone unnoticed." Lone Arranger got its start as the “Flower and Garden Center” founded by Dale and Caroline Jackson out of their home. Over the years, the business passed into the hands of Larry and Sherry Archer, followed by Ros and Darlene Peterson. In 1999, Jessica Wilson purchased the shop after completing two internships there and earning a degree in floriculture from Kirkwood Community College. Today, under Jessica’s leadership, Lone Arranger has continued to grow its presence both locally and beyond. The shop contributed to the award-winning Rain Bird float featured in the 2010 Tournament of Roses Parade and has provided decorations for community organizations and events, including the Adams County Chamber of Commerce. The florist is cherished by Iowans for its versatility to cater to all events, including proms, weddings, and baby showers. Jessica’s “Operation Dream Closet” helps high schoolers in need access free prom attire through donations and has made an exceptional difference in the local community. Stay tuned as Chair Ernst continues to recognize outstanding Iowa small businesses with her Small Business of the Week award. ###
“I stand on the shoulders of giants”: Mark Blaxter on being a bookworm, building a programme from scratch and his love of small wiggly creatures
From aspiring dentist to sequencing specialist, Ashleigh Williams, Advanced Research Assistant at the Wellcome Sanger Institute shares how following her curiosity led to a career full of cutting-edge technologies and unexpected turns.
What Does Alibaba (BABA) Qwen Royalty Model Mean For Its AI Business?
Alibaba Group Holding (NYSE:BABA) plans to introduce a revenue-sharing model for commercial users of its upcoming Qwen3.8-Max open-source AI model. The company aims to monetize open-weight AI deployments through royalties paid by businesses that use Qwen3.8-Max in commercial products and services. This move makes Alibaba the first Chinese AI lab to formally tie open-weight model usage to a royalty-based revenue framework. As large language models start to reshape how software and services...
Chicago taps Fitch senior director as new CFO amid rash of exits
Ashlee Gabrysch, who is no stranger to the city's finances, will be the third person serving as Chicago's chief financial officer in less than a year.
Everything New in iOS 27 Beta 5
We're a little over a month away from the launch of iOS 27, and Apple is continuing to make changes. The fifth beta of iOS 27 changes the look of some app icons and adjusts Liquid Glass, plus it adds some smaller features that make the iPhone just a little nicer to use. App Icons There are updated Liquid Glass icons for Safari, Siri, Settings, Remote, App Store, and Preview. Some of the icons have been entirely redesigned, while others feature more detail than before.
Experts warn Oklahomans should expect health insurance costs to spike
As Oklahoma’s state employees face potential double-digit hikes in health insurance premiums, experts are warning that all Oklahomans should brace for a similar shock this year.
Bills Are ‘Addressing Feedback’ After New Stadium Debut
Obstructed-view seats have become a focal point of the new facility.
'Every life is worth another chance': OKC breaks ground on $12 million mental health crisis center
Oklahoma City leaders broke ground on a new mental health crisis center funded through MAPS 4, designed to provide critical services and ease the strain on emergency rooms, jails and first responders.
CBS Sports believes Youngstown State could upset Kentucky to open Will Stein Era
Is Will Stein on upset alert in his very first game as a head coach? CBS Sports believes Youngstown State could make things interesting.
North Dakota receives $6 million federal grant to expand children's behavioral health services | Health and Human Services North Dakota
North Dakota Health and Human Services (HHS) has been awarded a new $6 million federal grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to expand community-based behavioral health services for children, youth and families in north central and southeastern North Dakota.
Violent crime falls in Scranton under Mayor Cognetti
The decrease comes after the Cognetti administration invested millions of dollars in the local police force.
Todd Blanche is sworn in as attorney general after bruising confirmation fight
Blanche is officially taking command of a Justice Department he has been leading in an acting capacity since Pam Bondi's firing in April
Amid RAM price hikes, Microsoft reportedly raises Windows license cost, forcing OEMs to hike prices even further on hardware
A new report claims Microsoft has raised the cost of the Windows license by up to 10% for certain OEMs, which is much higher than usual.
Todd Blanche sworn in as attorney general after bruising confirmation battle
With the confirmation fight behind him, Blanche now faces the challenge of having to navigate the demands of a president who has made no secret his desire to use the law enforcement agency to target his political foes.
Saber's newest game trailer takes a shot at Gearbox's CEO, if you look closely
The first hint that something might be up with the recent debut trailer for Saber Interactive’s Rideshare Stimulator is an unusual choice of words—aside from that second one in the game’s title. “Don’t take your passengers too seriously,” the trailer’s narrator says, as he describes this upcoming game. It a car game about the gig work of driving eccentric people to their destinations, a riff on Crazy Taxi. And then, he says: “When I think I’ve met the randiest of passengers, someone even stranger gets in.” “Randiest”? That suggests “randy,” which usually means having strong sexual desire. Yet none of the oddball backseat occupants featured in the trailer seem particularly lustful. One is an old man who considers his grandson a failure, another shares the theory that birds might control traffic lights, another says he’s banned from an aquarium. A little later, there’s a license plate, shown 63 seconds into the trailer, on the front of an SUV: USB DRV It’s a Texas plate. The symbol between those letters is a cog wheel. If you know, you know. That’s a reference to Texas-based Borderlands game development studio Gearbox Software (their logo features a cog wheel). More specifically, it’s a reference to Gearbox’s CEO Randy Pitchford, who in 2018 found himself explaining the nature of video he’d saved on a USB drive that was found at a Medieval Times restaurant before being returned to the studio: “It was ‘barely legal’ porn. This girl’s handle was ‘Only 18.’” The “girl” in the video had committed a solo sex act that Pitchford, an avid practitioner of magic, found remarkable. “I realized, this is not a sex worker…This is a fucking magician.” Back then, the USB drive was central to competing lawsuits against Gearbox by the studio’s former lawyer and by Gearbox against him. A settlement in late 2019 “exonerated” Pitchford, per the Hollywood Reporter. The USB story has resurfaced at times, now in a trailer from a company that not long ago was corporate brethren with Gearbox. Saber vs. Gearbox The head of Saber told Game File that the reference is payback. “The dig is because Randy took shots at Embracer in Borderlands 4,” Saber CEO Matt Karch told me when I asked him about the license plate. “Without Embracer, Randy is performing magic tricks at birthday parties for a living.” Having interviewed Karch during a cross-country flight in late 2024, I can confirm that Karch was unimpressed with Pitchford during their time both working in the Embracer group. I’d approached him not out of surprise that there was animosity but that it was manifesting publicly now. Gearbox was founded in 1999, worked on a port of Halo early on, and developed hit series such as the loot-based sci-fi shooter Borderlands before it was purchased by The Embracer Group in early 2021 for $363 million (with a possible earn-out of over $1 billion, if certain targets were hit by 2027). Saber was founded in 2001, worked on a remaster of Halo early on, had a big hit with zombie shooter World War Z and was purchased by Embracer in early 2020 for $150 million, with a potential earn-out of up to $375 million. For a few years, the Embracer group was a voracious acquirer of game studios. Then, as investment dried up, it choked. In March 2024, Embracer sold Saber to an investment company controlled by Saber CEO Matt Karch, and it sold Gearbox in an all-stock deal to long-time Borderlands publisher Take Two Interactive. Other studios were shut down. Hundreds of developers were laid off. Gearbox didn’t say much about their Embracer experience, nothing too direct, at least. In the summer 2024, Pitchford told reporter and occasional Game File contributor Nicole Carpenter that Borderlands 4’s story was in some way thematically connected to Gearbox’s experience at Embracer: “There’s this cultural and emotional shift in me, personally, and at the studio. What does it mean to trade some autonomy for organization?” When Borderlands 4 came out, there was something stranger: the matter of “Embracer’s Bluff,” a location in the game featuring an AI-powered toilet and a large trash dump, according to a detailed Kotaku account of the place. Gearbox never commented on it; Take Two never got back to me about it when I asked them last year. By contrast, since Saber exited Embracer, Karch has been one of Embracer’s biggest defenders, casting their management as well-meaning and supportive despite the layoffs and studio closures that resulted from their excessive expansion. Like others, Saber’s Karch saw Embracer’s as a shot. With Rideshare Stimulator’s trailer, he’s returned fire. “It’s amazing to me how fast people forget those who went above and beyond for them,” Karch told Game File. A rep for Gearbox did not comment by press time. Game File is a reader-supported publication. Your backing makes my reporting—including any coverage of trailer-based beefs—possible. Good news! I’m currently running Game File’s first big sale of 2026. You can get a one-year subscription for 23% off. Click here to take advantage of the limited-time offer. And thank you for your support! Item 2: In brief… 🚫 Wal-Mart has laid off the staff of Restart, a games media outlet launched in 2024, Aftermath reports. 🟥 A GTA VI preview is on the way, at last, via an “extended look” that will premiere, unusually, on Netflix at 3pm ET on August 27, then officially go live elsewhere six hours later. Last week, Game File noted that Take Two label Rockstar Games is overdue for showing off GTA VI, based on the timing of the initial hands-off previews of GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2. During a call with investors, Take Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said pre-orders for GTA VI were “unprecedented and astonishing,” but added the company can’t predict how many of those pre-orders represent bonus sales vs. sales that otherwise would have been made at launch. During the same call, Zelnick was noticeably bullish on the future of playing games over streaming cloud connections (predicting wider adoption in three or so years). He sounded unbothered by Sony’s plans to stop making discs for new games (he said the business is 90% digital already and predicted that there could still be limited edition physical editions of games “in the same way there’s still vinyl in the recorded music business.”) 👀 Take Two wrote off $43 million in their spring quarter after deciding “not to proceed with further development of an unannounced title in its pipeline from a third-party developer.” 🤔 Some rare age-demographics from a big publisher: Capcom recently told investors that “users in their 20s account for approximately half of the users of both Pragamata and Resident Evil Requiem.” Item 3: The week ahead Tuesday, August 11 Game releases: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (Switch 2; already out for PC, PS5, Xbox) continues the Bethesda strategy of putting Elder Scrolls games on everything; Royalty Free-For-All is a Smash Bros.-style fighting game featuring public domain characters such as Mother Goose brawling with Oliver Twist in a stage based on the original Little Shop of Horrors movie. Wednesday, August 12 Game release: Pro Jank Footy (PC, console) is an arcade-style Australian Rules Football game with increasingly ridiculous rules, the more you play (I enjoyed the Steam demo) Thursday, August 13 Game release: Super Mario Sunshine (Switch 2, originally released in 2002 on the GameCube) is released for Switch 2’s Nintendo Switch Online service. This game is the black sheep of 3D Mario games. It’s the successor to the breakthrough Super Mario 64 and the rare Mario game built around a single (vacation resort) theme. Mario’s got a water-spraying backpack, a Yoshi pal and a lot of blue coins to collect.
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(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) I hope everyone around the world suffering from record heat waves is doing okay. The temperature is already up in Southern California, but obviously not nearly as bad as parts of Europe. With a super El Nińo coming this year, I worry it will get even worse. Yes, we know what’s causing this heat—it’s the carbon, duh—but we really aren’t making enough progress. I’m not “environmental strategy guy”, but if I were, I’d have some ideas of what I’d try. Honestly, for years I’ve been intrigued by the work of the folks at MEER—whose plan, super simply, is to put up mirrors to reflect heat (while continuing the important work of decarbonization)—but I’m frustrated this idea hasn’t made more progress. (Other geo-engineering groups seem to get better press.) With heat like this—cancelling events, hurting economies and, most importantly, killing people—it seems like the time to push solutions! The “mirrors on the ground” solution has barely been tried.1 While entertainment companies may not “feel the heat”, lots of outdoors/experiential industries—concerts, theme parks and so on—will. Even movie theaters could benefit, since mirrors could help lower AC costs, which I imagine is not an insignificant expense, especially in the hotter areas of the country. So I do think the entertainment industry should prioritize this issue. Anyways, let’s get back into the entertainment strategy. I was about to write, “Hey, this week we don’t have any mergers and entertainment news to dive into,” but that’s not really true, since we had more updates on Paramount-Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. But the big story of the week involves a streamer and a Big Tech platform bundling their respective streamers. So I’ll write about the updates on Paramount buying Warner Bros., Versant making some moves, and a whole lot more. But we start with a surprising deal: Peacock licensing their content to YouTube Premium. Let’s dive in! Subscribe Most Important Story of the Week - Peacock’s Pricey Premium Partnership The story of the week is Comcast’s2 NBC-Universal’s Peacock making a deal with Google’s YouTube’s YouTube Premium subscription product to embed their content. And I’ll say this up front: Someone made a terrific deal. The question is who. And I’ll be honest: I don’t know. Let me explain why, including why this deal exists, the pros and cons for each side, the biggest unknown, and what that says about the streaming wars. Customers Love Bundles (But YouTube Has Its Own Issues) We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… Why customers love bundles… But why I’m worried about YouTube’s integration... How Peacock is trading scale for control… And the reason they likely made this deal... The odd budget math for this deal... Whether or not I think the Paramount-Skydance/WBD deal is more likely after the latest settlement... Versant making moves and why that’s good for Hollywood… Another distributor going out of business… ...and a whole lot more! ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support.
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