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Nats begin post-deadline stretch with division series in Philadelphia

Washington opens life after the deadline with the Phillies

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Aug 3 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
USC, Notre Dame renew rivalry series with a key adjustment

USC coach Lincoln Riley said the Trojans could not compromise on scheduling all future games against Notre Dame to early in the season.

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Aug 3 • 12:45 PM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
Madison Night Mares' new head coach leads team to title series

The Night Mares start a three-game championship series Monday against Wausau Ignite, after a coach transition.

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Aug 3 • 12:00 PM EDT • Sports • captimes.com
Horse racing's Triple Crown may be dead

A new deal struck by Churchill Downs and New York Racing Association will feature a six-race series beginning next year — and The Preakness isn't part of it.

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Aug 3 • 11:57 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
SDSU leads international research collaboration to broaden understandi

The series was published in The Lancet Public Health and expands the evidence on sex workers' well-being and occupational safety.

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Aug 3 • 11:25 AM EDT • Health • sdsu.edu
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Attack on Titan 3 launches December 10

Attack on Titan 3 will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch 2, and PC via Steam on December 10, publisher Koei Tecmo and developer Omega Force announced.

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Aug 3 • 11:08 AM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
EXCLUSIVE: Why Was Midnight Club 5 Canceled By Rockstar?

The Midnight Club series ran from 2000-2009, and there was a fifth game even in development, but it was ultimately canceled by Rockstar Games.

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Aug 3 • 11:06 AM EDT • Technology • insider-gaming.com
It’s just good business

Commentary: As I've traveled around our region filming my new documentary series, The Good Business Tour, I've had the opportunity to spend time with entrepreneurs, founders, business owners, nonprofit leaders, educators, and innovators who are building remarkable organizations.

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Aug 3 • 10:00 AM EDT • Business • rbj.net
How to Train, Fuel, and Recover, According to Science

I've spent 17 years writing about how the human body builds fitness, and I distilled the most important lessons into a new ten-part email series. Read the first installment below, and sign up today to get the rest delivered directly to your inbox.

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Aug 3 • 9:30 AM EDT • Science • outsideonline.com
Xbox Disc to Digital Arrives This Month for Xbox One and Series X

Microsoft's internal roadmap for the Disc to Digital feature has been leaked, revealing that the feature will be generally available this month. According to the roadmap, an insider beta of the Disc to Digital feature has been available since July, with general availability for Xbox One and...

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Aug 3 • 8:13 AM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com
[Interview] [Galaxy Unpacked July 2026] Inside the Design Behind the Latest Galaxy Z Series and Galaxy Watch

On July 22 at Galaxy Unpacked July 2026, Samsung Electronics introduced Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra, Galaxy Z Fold8, Galaxy Z Flip8, Galaxy Watch Ultra2 and Galaxy

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Aug 3 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • news.samsung.com
Xbox Series X price hiked by £170 due to rising memory chip costs

Xbox consoles now cost significantly more in the UK, with one model increasing in price by 43%.

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Aug 3 • 7:18 AM EDT • Technology • bbc.com
Red Sox beat the Dodgers 8-4 for 3-game sweep

Ceddanne Rafaela homered for the third straight game and the Boston Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-4 on Sunday night to sweep the three-game series.

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Aug 3 • 7:04 AM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
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Red Sox 1B Willson Contreras back in lineup for series finale against Dodgers

Contreras was struck by a fastball on the side of the helmet in the third inning of the Red Sox's win over the Dodgers on Friday night.

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Aug 3 • 6:59 AM EDT • Sports • spectrumlocalnews.com
Yankees host the Cardinals in first of 3-game series

The New York Yankees start a three-game series at home against the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday

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Aug 3 • 4:09 AM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
Mega Pixel 11 series leak leaves nothing to the imagination

A new Pixel 11 series leak has given away detailed specs and pricing for the Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, and Pixel 11 Pro Fold.

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Aug 3 • 2:52 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
New York Yankees Announced Cody Bellinger Update Before Cardinals Series

On Sunday, the New York Yankees finished their series with the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.The Yankees won by a score of 2-1.They took two out of three games in the series.New York Yankees Announced Cody Bellinger UpdateThe Yankees continue to play without key players such as Cody Bellinger, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton.Bellinger has […] The post New York Yankees Announced Cody Bellinger Update Before Cardinals Series appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 3 • 2:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
This Week’s Japanese Game Releases: MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls, Beast of Reincarnation, more

MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls for PlayStation and PC, and Beast of Reincarnation for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC are the highlights of this week’s Japanese video game releases.

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Aug 3 • 12:23 AM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
Changeable Guardian ESTIQUE for PS5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC launches August 6

AMATA Games will release Cat Hui Trading LLC-developed side-scrolling robot shoot ’em up Changeable Guardian ESTIQUE for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Switch, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Sto…

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Aug 2 • 10:17 PM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com
Blue Jays reportedly trade Kevin Gausman to Cubs, signaling sell-off months after World Series appearance
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Aug 2 • 9:05 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Pixel 11 Made by Google 2026 launch event: How to watch and what to expect

From the new Pixel 11 series, the new Pixel Watch 5, and everything in between, we've got you covered.

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Aug 2 • 8:14 PM EDT • Technology • androidcentral.com
Wake County to highlight National Breastfeeding Awareness Month

August is National Breastfeeding Awareness Month and Wake County Public Health is proud to join the nationwide effort to highlight the importance of breastfeeding for families. Throughout the month, the County will be hosting a series of events, educational opportunities and resources to support and empower parents and caregivers in their infant feeding journey.

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Aug 2 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • wake.gov
Detailed Pixel 11 series leak suggests the situation is worse than expected

The Pixel 11 could cost more and offer less than before.

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Aug 2 • 7:34 PM EDT • Technology • phonearena.com
Cowboys countdown to kickoff: Top 100 iconic games

We countdown 100 days until kickoff with a series of the most iconic games in Cowboys history. Today is Day 42

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Aug 2 • 4:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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New York Yankees Get Giancarlo Stanton News During Cubs Series

On Sunday, the New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs will conclude their three-game series at Wrigley Field. The Yankees won the first game by a score of 2-0. They then dropped Saturday’s game by a score of 5-2. Therefore, the winner on Sunday will take the series. New York Yankees Get Giancarlo Stanton News Ahead […] The post New York Yankees Get Giancarlo Stanton News During Cubs Series appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 2 • 3:34 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Xbox Series Price Increased By $230 In UK And Europe

A brand new 1TB Xbox Series X will now set you back roughly $900 in Europe, effective immediately

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Aug 2 • 2:00 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra: Weird camera designs and higher prices tipped

We’re halfway between the Galaxy S26 launch and the next big Galaxy Unpacked event and the rumors surrounding the Galaxy S27 series expected in January or February 2027 are starting to heat up. For the first time, four Galaxy S27 phones are set to hit the market at the same time, the top-of-the-line Galaxy S27 Ultra might not only get more expensive, it may also feature a weird camera design if you ask the wrong people.

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Aug 2 • 1:28 PM EDT • Technology • notebookcheck.net
How to live stream Yankees vs Cubs: MLB, TV channel

The New York Yankees (62-49) and Chicago Cubs (63-48) decide their three-game series on Sunday after the Cubs evened things up with a win on Saturday night at Wrigley Field. How to Watch New York Yankees vs Chicago Cubs Pete…

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Aug 2 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Juliette Lewis apologized to audience after ‘Cape Fear’ screening: ‘It was so disturbing’

Juliette Lewis is reflecting on acting in the 1991 ‘Cape Fear’ movie and making a surprise appearance on Apple TV’s new series of the same name: ‘It was a real trip trying to keep this type of secret.’

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Aug 2 • 12:01 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Xbox console price increases in Europe and UK fully revealed, with Series X now costing €200 more

Xbox had previously said a price hike was coming in August, but only confirmed US prices…

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Aug 2 • 4:34 AM EDT • Technology • videogameschronicle.com
Cubs and Yankees meet, winner takes 3-game series

The Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees meet on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series

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Aug 2 • 4:08 AM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com
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Dodgers acquiring pitcher Tarik Skubal in blockbuster trade

The Dodgers swing a deal for Detroit Tigers ace left-hander Tarik Skubal ahead of the trade deadline, bolstering their hopes for a third straight World Series title.

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Aug 1 • 11:48 PM EDT • Sports • latimes.com
Dodgers acquire Tarik Skubal in blockbuster trade: Two-time Cy Young winner joins vaunted Los Angeles rotation

Skubal will head west as the Dodgers aim for a third straight World Series title

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Aug 1 • 11:36 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
New York Yankees Make Jose Caballero Change During Cubs Series

The New York Yankees got a gem from pitcher Will Warren on Friday night, earning a 2-0 win over the Chicago Cubs in their series opener. On Saturday night, Max Fried will take the mound for New York, while the Cubs will counter with David Peterson. Ahead of first pitch, Yankees manager Aaron Boone made […] The post New York Yankees Make Jose Caballero Change During Cubs Series appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 1 • 9:23 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Chicago Cubs Announce Seiya Suzuki Decision Before Yankees Game

The Chicago Cubs are currently taking on the New York Yankees in an interleague showdown between two of MLB’s most historic franchises. Chicago dropped the first game of its series with the Yankees, and on Saturday, David Peterson (6-7, 5.80 ERA, 77 SO) will get the nod against the Yankees’ starter Max Fried. In the […] The post Chicago Cubs Announce Seiya Suzuki Decision Before Yankees Game appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 1 • 7:57 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Miyamoto reveals the origins of the famous dash mechanic in Super Mario Bros.

According to Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto, the well-known dash mechanic in Super Mario Bros. came about from a coding bug. Miyamoto shared the origins of how it came to be in an interview. The mechanic has existed since the start of the series. When holding the B button while running, Mario’s speed increase and he can more easily navigate obstacles. ...

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Aug 1 • 6:00 PM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
Xbox Series Prices Surge up to €200 in Europe as Microsoft Refuses to Bankroll the Troubled Division

Microsoft has raised Xbox Series S|X prices by up to €200 in Europe and £170 in the United Kingdom, making its sales prospect even more dire.

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Aug 1 • 3:30 PM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
Cowboys countdown to kickoff: Top 100 iconic games

We countdown 100 days until kickoff with a series of the most iconic games in Cowboys history. Today is Day 43

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Aug 1 • 3:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Deals: Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra discounted, Galaxy Z Fold8 series up for pre-order

Pre-order offers on new Galaxy Z foldables and smartwatches include Amazon gift cards. Samsung will begin shipping its recently unveiled Galaxy Z Fold8,...

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Aug 1 • 2:33 PM EDT • Technology • gsmarena.com
Arkansas basketball makes strong debut in summer Bahamas series

For a first game, Arkansas showed a lot of promise in The Bahamas.

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Aug 1 • 1:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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New York Mets Announce Francisco Lindor News During Marlins Series

The New York Mets lost 5-2 to the Miami Marlins on Friday night, but star infielder Francisco Lindor continued his hot stretch at the plate.Lindor collected two hits, including a home run. He now has three home runs over his last five games after launching two on July 27.Mets Announce Lindor NewsDuring the game, the […] The post New York Mets Announce Francisco Lindor News During Marlins Series appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 1 • 3:35 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
How 'The Sopranos' stars are paying tribute to Vincent Pastore

The "Sopranos" family is paying tribute to one of their own. The cast of the Emmy-winning HBO series shared tributes on social media after the death of Vincent Pastore.

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Jul 31 • 6:33 PM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com
Cowboys countdown to kickoff: Top 100 iconic games

We countdown 100 days until kickoff with a series of the most iconic games in Cowboys history. Today is Day 44

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Jul 31 • 6:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Irish Channel businesses, residents impacted by series of power outages

Business owners tell WDSU they have suffered five outages since May.

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Jul 31 • 5:17 PM EDT • Business • wdsu.com
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‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ a new Gregg Araki film, and an ‘Adults’ prequel episode top our Must List

See EW’s top pop culture picks for the week, including ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ the new Gregg Araki film ‘I Want Your Sex,’ and a special prequel episode for FX’s comedy series ‘Adults.’

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Jul 31 • 3:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
The Streaming Bubble Keeps Popping

(Welcome to the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a newsletter on the entertainment industry and business strategy. I write a weekly Streaming Ratings Report and a bi-weekly strategy column, along with occasional deep dives into other topics, like today’s article. Please subscribe.) One of my rules is “never bet against PE [private equity]”. This isn’t to say that I agree with their methods or tactics or strategies or financial innovations (aka shenanigans). Just that in the long arc of financial history, they’ve tended to return very good returns to their shareholders. That said, their forays into entertainment have left me...skeptical. I’ve written before about PE’s production company/celebrity production company roll ups, and those haven’t really worked out. Some PE groups tried to “roll up” an industry that isn’t “roll-up-able” for lack of a better term—since the barrier to entry for starting a production company is very low—often paying top dollar for celebrity production companies at the height of streaming valuations. So yeah maybe we can bet against PE when they venture into filmed entertainment. I’ve also noted that studio lots seemed to be a bubble back in 2022. Sure enough… Yikes! That sure sounds like some private equity guys lost some money. The only caveat being that holding a lot of land in Los Angeles is always valuable. But that wasn’t the pitch and likely real estate investment companies overpaid for said land. I mean, Goldman Sachs had to repossess it after all. (Technically, I’m not sure these buyers were traditional private equity, but PE was buying LA studio lots earlier this decade.) All to say: I call out bubbles when I see them, and they often pop. Anywho, my most famous bubble call was the “streaming bubble”, specifically that the major streamers were making too many shows and films. And that it could all come crashing down. Notably, I made this call before the strikes of 2023, but those strikes potentially accelerated the popping. And now it has indeed popped. One of my most popular articles of last year made that exact case. A year later, it’s time to update that analysis. The bottom line is that the streaming contraction continues. Credit where credit is due, Luminate—an analytics company whose data I use weekly in my streaming ratings report—called this out in a recent report I saw highlighted in both Bloomberg and The Hollywood Reporter. But I’m adding my data to their look, including streaming films and kids TV shows. I’ll also provide some other data that all tells the same picture. Let’s dive in! Subscribe The Number of Streaming TV Shows, Films and Specials Is Declining AGAIN in 2026 Let’s get right to the data, starting with my dataset. Specifically, each week I track every “notable” title to come out on streaming. I try to grab every title on every major streamer, meaning if it’s a first run or original or exclusive, I track it. This helps me call out the “dogs not barking” and the misses/flops each week. So that will be our first series of charts, my weekly collection data. Let’s start with the raw TV show, film and special data, by week. Note: As the years have gone by, I have actually added more sources (going from just one source to five sources) to find new titles, meaning that this data collection is, likely, more accurate now than in the past. Which means my team and I are more likely to have undercounted titles in the past rather than today. I like to cut the data several different ways. Here’s that same look, by quarter, to more sharply show the trends: And here’s the data just looking at the first half of each year. That’s the same data, just cut three different ways with three different time periods. Note that films, TV shows, and specials are all down by 25%, 42% and 17%, respectively, from 2022. The good news is that the number of films and specials actually increased year-over-year from 2025 to 2026, but not enough to offset the 25% decline in TV shows. Now, I also look at kids shows, and here they are pulled out on their own: And here’s that by quarter: This really seems to be a notable area of pullback by the streamers. Kids shows are down 80% from 2022. This reflects some formerly Disney+ shows going to cable TV first, but also pullbacks from HBO Max, Prime Video and Netflix. I also categorize the TV shows by English language and non-English language, and that also reveals a lot of where the drop comes from: And here is by the half-year: In this look, the good news is the drop for English language shows seems to have stabilized in the last year. But the bad news is the long term decline from the 2022 peak. Other Data So I wasn’t the only person to notice this decline in the number of shows. I have a few other data sources for this, though most only go through the end of 2025. As I said, Luminate beat me to the punch, so let’s look at their data. 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… What TV loss streaming didn’t make up for... How Netflix has changed their programming slate over time… Ten more images charting the decline of production... What type of films aren’t being made anymore... The good news (for movie theaters)… And more... ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support.

'Camp Rock 3,' 'Wizards Beyond Waverly Place' and More Arrive to Disney Plus in August 2026

Plus, catch a new Star Wars anime series and more.

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Jul 31 • 2:20 PM EDT • Entertainment • cnet.com
St. Louis Cardinals vs Toronto Blue Jays Series Preview

O, Canada. The St. Louis Cardinals have crossed the border in search of some badly-needed momentum and Toronto just might be a great place to find it as the Blue Jays are reeling. But, if you look at both teams on paper, the Cardinals will need to find their A-game to win the series against […]

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Jul 31 • 1:13 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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'Primarily an itchy nuisance' in Pennsylvania, fleas still pose health risks

This is the latest installment of Pittsburgh Pests, an occasional series examining the insects and other creatures that pose health risks in our region. It...

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Jul 31 • 1:00 PM EDT • Health • post-gazette.com
IRS Summer Series Designed To Protect Small Businesses From Fraud

The IRS and Security Summit partners are conducting a 5-week series on steps tax professionals can take to protect clients from tax-related identity theft threats.

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Jul 31 • 11:49 AM EDT • Business • forbes.com
On The Horizon: Cubs vs. Yankees series preview

The Cubs and Yankees playing is always fun. This year it’s at Wrigley.

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Jul 31 • 11:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Software takes center stage in this Pixel 11 series and Pixel Watch 5 leak

A big Pixel 11 and Pixel Watch 5 leak has delivered dozens of images showing off the software experience on Google's new hardware.

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Jul 31 • 10:55 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
‘Fluff Piece’: Sylvia Brindis (Creator/Star) on Making Entertainment that Inspires Kindness and Develops Critical Thinking in Young Viewers

We recently sat down with Stan Jantz to chat about The Chosen, the Come and See foundation, and an ambitious mission to translate the series into 600 languages and share the authentic Jesus with 1 billion people around the globe.

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Jul 31 • 9:42 AM EDT • Entertainment • thecollision.org
Analysis | Trump’s poll numbers just took another turn for the worse

The president of the United States is more unpopular than he has ever been, according to a series of polls of American voters ahead of the 2026 midterms.

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Jul 31 • 5:35 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
"Insane" demand has the Galaxy Z Fold 8 line generating more pre-orders than the Galaxy S26 series

Since when does a foldable series attract more pre-orders than a popular flagship series?

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Jul 30 • 8:20 PM EDT • Technology • phonearena.com
Learning from routine health system data builds better neuroimaging AI models

Nature Medicine - We trained a three-dimensional visual foundation model directly on 5.24 million routine clinical computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image series so that...

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Jul 30 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • nature.com
Washington Nationals vs Atlanta Braves Game Thread

Follow along as the Nats kick off a monster four game series against the first place Atlanta Braves

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Jul 30 • 6:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Workshop teaches entrepreneurs to prepare finances before seeking bank funding

The Tennessee Small Business Development Center and the Holston Business Development Center hosted the first of a three-part workshop series Thursday, helping a

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Jul 30 • 4:28 PM EDT • Business • wcyb.com
Galaxy S27 Release Date: Samsung Plans Huge Battery Life Upgrade

Samsung is bringing silicon-carbon batteries to the Galaxy S27 series, with huge increases. Here's what that means and the risk Samsung is taking.

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Jul 30 • 3:56 PM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
Latest Pixel 11 leak shows Google's next flagships in every color

Leaker Evan Blass has published dozens of images of the unreleased Pixel 11 series, showing the upcoming phones in all their colors.

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Jul 30 • 3:41 PM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
Cowboys countdown to kickoff: Top 100 iconic games

We countdown 100 days until kickoff with a series of the most iconic games in Cowboys history. Today is Day 45

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Jul 30 • 3:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Tori Spelling exits ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ rewatch podcast with Jennie Garth

Tori Spelling has exited the ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ rewatch podcast she hosts with Jennie Garth, with the latter moving forward with the ‘90210MG’ series without her.

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Jul 30 • 2:52 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Series Preview: The Giants could make the Padres question everything

The Padres are on a five-game winning streak. Could losing a single game to the lowly Giants send them into a spiral?

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Jul 30 • 1:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
St. Louis Cardinals vs Chicago Cubs Game Discussion Thursday

After an emotional walk-off victory Wednesday night, it’s the final game of a 4-game series between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs Thursday afternoon at Busch Stadium. Andre Pallante gets the ball for the Cardinals while the Cubs will start Javier Assad. First pitch scheduled for 1:15pm with the TV broadcast available through Cardinals.tv.

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Jul 30 • 1:50 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Pixel 11 series leaks with seemingly official renders, includes all-matte Pixel 11 Pro [Gallery]

Fresh off some leaks showcasing the Pixel 11 Pro Fold in official-looking renders, we’re getting new looks at all three...

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Jul 30 • 1:20 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com
“Clueless” TV series revived, plot details revealed for Alicia Silverstone’s return as Cher

The news comes after a failed attempt to revive the 1995 teen comedy classic “Clueless” as a series at Peacock.

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Jul 30 • 12:58 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Arnold Palmer Invitational joins PGA Tour Championship Series

The Arnold Palmer Invitational joins the PGA Tour Championship Series lineup as the tour continues to slowly reveal its 2028 schedule.

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Jul 30 • 12:36 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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NVIDIA RTX 50-Series GPUs Could See Another 20-30% Price Hike in 2026

We've previously reported on expected price increases for NVIDIA GPU kits that the company sells to OEMs, thanks to the AI boom and its resulting impact on the DRAM supply chain. Now, thanks to a report by Taiwanese publication, Economic Daily Times, it's been revealed that NVIDIA's price hike...

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Jul 30 • 12:09 PM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com
Extract From the Gyldenmist: Dark Fantasy Extraction ARPG Mistfall Hunter Arrives on XBOX

Learn about the dark fantasy world of extraction ARPG Mistfall Hunter, available now on XBOX Series X|S, XBOX on PC, and Game Pass.

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Jul 30 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • news.xbox.com
Outdoor Wi-Fi finally means business

Basic outdoor Wi-Fi can't handle modern IoT and security. The Cisco Wireless 9177 Series redefines connectivity with Wi-Fi 7, URWB, and rugged reliability for mission-critical environments where failure is not an option.

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Jul 30 • 11:00 AM EDT • Business • blogs.cisco.com
Nationals getting healthier in time for Braves series

Jake Irvin will come off the 60-day injured list to make his first start in more than two months when the Washington Nationals open their four-game series against the host Atlanta Braves on Thursday.

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Jul 30 • 9:42 AM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com
Famitsu sales (7/20/26 - 7/26/26) - first week sales revealed for Splatoon Raiders, big Nintendo Switch 2 boost

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows: Switch 2 – 50,168 PS5 Digital Edition – 8,512 Switch Lite – 3,771 Switch OLED – 2,770 Switch – 626 PS5 Pro – 363 PS5 – 309 Xbox Series X – 71 Xbox Series X Digital Edition – 57 Xbox Series X – 23 For comparison’s sake, here are the...

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Jul 30 • 9:05 AM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com
Gears of War: E-Day's Multiplayer Thrives Off Its New Horde Siege Mode

After about 10 hours with the Gears E-Day multiplayer beta, Xbox's long-time shooter series is making some smart gameplay changes.

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Jul 30 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Inforcer raises $50M to help prepare smaller businesses for a new world of AI and security risks

London-based Inforcer just closed a $50 million Series C round led by Insight Partners.

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Jul 30 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • techcrunch.com
Michigan Football 2026 Opponent Preview: Penn State

Next up in our Michigan Football 2026 opponent preview series, we discuss Penn State’s extensive program overhaul and what to expect when the Nittany Lions travel to Ann Arbor:

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Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
After Hobbes vs Rousseau: Politics must move beyond human nature

Since the great debate between Hobbes and Rousseau, our political theory has been organised around a single question: is human nature essentially good or essentially corrupt? Graham Harman, the philosopher behind object-oriented ontology, argues that this is simply the wrong question to be asking. The real forces governing our collective fate - climate change, artificial intelligence, geography, and pandemics - are non-human; therefore, questions about human nature are not the central ones. Instead, Harman proposes a politics reorganised around our relationship to non-human objects and environments, in which quasi-government institutions incentivise and deter actions with the aim of extending the survival of the human race. “It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.” This has become one of the most popular phrases among twenty-first-century intellectuals. Often misattributed to Fredric Jameson, it has been warmly embraced by such influential authors as Slavoj Žižek and the tragically departed Mark Fisher, and has fueled the notion that the major problem with the political Left is that it simply needs to become more speculative and creative. Naturally, this is never a bad idea in any human pursuit. But what if the political distinction between Left, Right, and Center itself results from a failure of imagination? SUGGESTED READING Hobbes vs Rousseau: are we inherently evil? By Robin Douglass This particular division has been with us only since the summer of 1789. During the simmering prelude to the French Revolution, it referred originally to the physical position in the National Assembly of radical figures on one side and loyal monarchists on the other. These positions are linked with two entirely different camps of modern political theory. On the Left we find a series of authors ranging from the moderate (Locke) to the supercharged (Rousseau) to the truly radical (Marx), all of them contending that exploitation of the many by the few justifies revolutionary overthrow of the existing order. On the Right they are countered by the likes of Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Schmitt, a group of thinkers convinced that corrupt human nature can be tamed only by force. In the words of the Nazi supporter Schmitt: “One could test all theories of nature and state and political ideas according to their anthropology and classify these as to whether they consciously or unconsciously presuppose [humans] to be by nature evil or by nature good.” This is the division we continue to face today, even in the daily retail politics of Western democracies.___Our species has regularly proven itself capable of both the noblest gestures and the most scathing cruelties, making it hard to define us as essentially either emancipatory or brutal in our aims.___The most refreshing feature of David Graeber and David Wengrow’s 2021 book The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity was their awareness that the forced choice between Rousseau and Hobbes (as they put it) is no longer sufficient. Our species has regularly proven itself capable of both the noblest gestures and the most scathing cruelties, making it hard to define us as essentially either emancipatory or brutal in our aims. Far from being stationed “beyond good and evil,” we seem to be fully entangled with both. We are not naturally good or evil, Graeber and Wengrow contend, but naturally experimental and imaginative. They rest their case on the archaeological record, which seems to bear witness to numerous episodes of seasonally shifting governments and festivals, which vacillate in the same society (even in the same year) between the egalitarian and the dictatorial. Such praise of political experiment makes a good fit with the generally anarchist position defended by these authors. Yet it is also what I find most disappointing in their position. Although they are right that the forced choice between Hobbes and Rousseau falls short of what our new situation requires, the authors simply replace it with praise for the human being as a political tinkerer and performer. In other words, they give us just another theory of human nature, one that would not have been out of place in the sixteenth or seventeenth century. What other options might we have?___The time is ripe for a retheorization of politics on the basis of something other than human nature… We are not just alienated and limited by objects, but also empowered and unleashed by them___One fresh approach would be to treat politics within a broader framework than human nature, given that the polis does not exist in a vacuum filled exclusively with people. When Bruno Latour went to observe the baboons of Kenya with the San Diego anthropologist Shirley Strum, they jointly concluded that these primates were more socially interdependent than our own species. Each baboon is so reliant on the dynamics of the group that they find themselves locked into constant surveillance of their potentially dangerous peers. The group structure turns out to be inherently volatile. Humans, by contrast, are able to stabilize their societies to a large degree through the mediation of inanimate objects. Although one’s position in society may seem to fluctuate over time, considerable stability is produced through such items as apartment keys, wedding rings, and identification cards, all of them serving to secure us a place distinct from that of our fellows. The Italian philosopher Maurizio Ferraris has written at length about the crucial role of documents in establishing social relations, making him a hero among notaries in his country. Proper names and license plates cement our position amidst other humans, as do symbolic achievements such as graduation from a top university or distinguished wartime service with its various medals and ribbons. None of this is found among baboons, despite their closeness to us on the evolutionary tree: after all, we did share a common ancestor just 25 to 30 million years ago. SUGGESTED VIEWING The goodness paradox With Richard Wrangham The time is ripe for a retheorization of politics on the basis of something other than human nature, whether understood in the manner of the Left or of the Right. We are not just alienated and limited by objects, but also empowered and unleashed by them. But initially, it is true, we face non-human things primarily in the form of constraints. It would be difficult, perhaps impossible, to form a human civilization underwater, deep underground, atop Mount Everest, or in outer space. Human dependence on the non-social background takes on subtler form in discussions of political geography, especially unloved on the more idealistic Left. Consider the luckless position of Poland during World War II, sandwiched between Hitler on one side and Stalin on the other. By contrast, note the good fortune of the United States in not having a military peer positioned on any land border. Anglo-American geopolitics, since the writings of the American naval commander Alfred Thayer Mahan and the British geographer Sir Halford Mackinder, has been wedded to the notion that one or more liberal offshore naval powers should prevent any authoritarian “heartland” regime from gaining effective control of Eurasia. That remains the case whether the opponent is the impatient Napoleon, the swashbuckling German Kaiser, the villainous Hitler, the murderous Stalin, or the industrial juggernaut Chinese. In their current Foreign Affairs article “Heartland vs. Rimland,” Michael Beckley and Hal Brands analyze the current and coming state of the world on the basis of these same rather durable principles. In recent years a similar outlook has been embraced, in inverted form, by the Putin-loving Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, an icon of the Rightist intellectual underworld. For Dugin, the Anglo-Saxons are an evil force bent on destroying the spiritually superior people of the land: much like Athens in its failed war with Sparta, or Carthage in its eventual collapse against Rome. But the shared notion on both sides is that any strategy that fails to take geography into account is likely to end up as a defeated form of excessive optimism.___When dealing with environmental degradation, then, we are doing business with forces that promise dire effects on our species as a whole.___More striking for us today than geography is the non-human object called climate, which threatens rimland and heartland equally. Even if we contend that humans are one hundred percent responsible for triggering the climate crisis, it remains non-human in the sense of being an independent force beyond our effective control. In a major work published just before his death in 2002, The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, the American paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould noted the tendency of evolutionary theorists to focus too closely on the fate of individuals in view of their successful or failed adaptation to circumstances. With climate change, however, we confront a force that goes well beyond the scope of any individual life. Whereas Richard Dawkins extended evolutionary questions downward from individuals to the sub-individual gene, Gould pushed it upward, speaking of entire species or clades as impacted by environmental change. The asteroid that struck the Yucatán 66 million years ago is only the most famous example of this sort. In the wake of that catastrophe, large animals needing abundant supplies of food were at a fatal disadvantage by contrast with the smaller birds and mammals of the planet. When dealing with environmental degradation, then, we are doing business with forces that promise dire effects on our species as a whole. The effect is to shift our attention away from individual beings towards the survival of the group.In the United States in particular, the COVID-19 pandemic sparked considerable backlash among those who asserted a nearly absolute degree of individual freedom. In California I encountered those who demanded that their businesses be allowed to reopen, that it was enough to cover their mouths but not their noses, or that they should have the right to enter any public area despite refusing vaccination. Yet public health is probably the clearest argument against libertarianism, which often merely asserts the autonomy of individuals against any claims of the commons. In normal times the individual is worth defending; under conditions that threaten the survival of part or all of our species, compulsion may be our only resort, as with perfectly reasonable blackouts and rations in wartime. To rebuild human society under the constraints of climate change will be one of the great challenges of the century to come, as will our improvised grappling with artificial intelligence. Such phenomena pose existential risks for humanity, and leave far less room for tolerance of individual brattiness. Cases are mounting of devastating wildfires caused by arson. Recently it was reported that there is even a website where one can bet on the location of coming wildfires, raising the specter of deliberate blazes set to collect on wagers. The death penalty has steadily lost support in a world where many stress the infinite value of human life. But if we focus instead on entire ecosystems, those who purposely burn the forests may begin to look worse than serial murderers.___The politics of the future may be splintered by disagreement over such topics as how to manage our environing background and how to permit or restrict the entry of new objects into the political sphere.___So far I have spoken of force, authority, and punishment: measures sure to have greater appeal to those who identify with what we know as the Right. But other implications of the post-anthropocentric world are likely to have different backers. If non-human objects are seen as structuring political space, it stands to reason that they can no longer be introduced solely by the pace of technical breakthrough. Fields ranging from cybernetics to energy will demand increased politicization once they are reconceived not just as products of individual human investment, but as renovations of collective political geography. This need not involve world government, with its inherent risk of tyranny, but may involve quasi-governmental enforcers of prestige along the lines of a less corrupt FIFA or International Olympic Committee, punishing deviant states not with violence but with less tangible incentives.Politics will never lose its historic links with conflict and faction. But rather than factions aligned by differing theories of human nature, the politics of the future may be splintered by disagreement over such topics as how to manage our environing background and how to permit or restrict the entry of new objects into the political sphere. This will prove just as incommensurable with the modern Left/Right spectrum as a globe is with a two-dimensional map.

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Why Nike is trying to reignite its sportswear business with a hoodie

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iPhone 18 Pro: Twelve Changes Coming to Apple's Next Flagship

We're less than two months out from the launch of Apple's premium next-generation smartphone lineup, and while we're not expecting a dramatic change in terms of functionality, there are still several enhancements rumored to be coming to the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. One thing worth noting is that Apple is reportedly planning a major change to its iPhone release cycle this year, adopting a two-phase rollout starting with the iPhone 18 series.

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Samsung officially confirms Galaxy Tab S12 series is coming

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Braves chat & discussion Chris Sale vs Christian Scott

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Croc 2: Kingdom of the Gobbos remaster announced for PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Switch, and PC

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Jays @ Nationals Game Thread

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Northeast State Community College launching Small Business Series

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Business journalism studies took her to the White House | UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media

The story by UNC Hussman alumni Brennan Doherty ’19 and video by John Roberts ’16 (M.A.) was originally published on unc.edu. This story is part of a four-part series on Carolina alumni working in Washington, D.C. Soon after her 2015 graduation from UNC-Chapel Hill, Megan Cassella was an intern for the Reuters news agency, eagerly awaiting and prepping for a special assignment. “Every now and then they needed an intern to run over to the White House last minute,” Cassella said. “You have to send your information the night before, so I started proactively sending my information to the White House every single night to be able to go the next day if they ever needed an intern.” Since then, she’s made many return trips to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in a career that’s included roles at Reuters, Politico, Barron’s and now CNBC, where she works as an on-air Washington correspondent. A longtime newswriter, Cassella made the move to TV in 2024, appearing on broadcasts multiple times daily to report on the biggest political and business stories. But the keys to doing a good job — knowing how to research, asking insightful questions, building relationships and explaining complex topics to a broad audience — remain the same. Did you know: Outside of the state of North Carolina, the Washington region is home to the largest concentration of Tar Heel alumni in the country. Cassella’s time as a Tar Heel was crucial in sharpening those skills, both in the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media and through roles at student-run publications like The Daily Tar Heel. She excelled in Carolina’s business journalism program with former professor Chris Roush, which led to an internship at The Charlotte Observer and helped Cassella find her journalistic niche. A data journalism course with Associate Professor Ryan Thornburg taught her how to find stories in numbers, and former professor Paul O’Connor’s reporting class took Cassella to the North Carolina Capitol weekly, where she gained invaluable experience interviewing politicians. “Those hands-on experiences that Carolina gave me really kept my interest and have really benefited me since I’ve been up here in D.C.,” said Cassella. “I have UNC to thank for the fact that I even went into business journalism in the first place.” Megan Cassella ’15 “You’ve got to thrive on adrenaline in this job. You’ve got to do well with last-minute changes, with running by the seat of your pants.” Megan Cassella ’15 ‘There’s nothing else like it’ In recent months, Cassella has reported live from the G7 Summit in Geneva, covered the latest developments in the U.S.-Iran war and followed changes to trade policy, including tariffs. “Anything in this realm that influences Wall Street, I’ll be covering,” Cassella said. Her working hours are long and variable. After waking up, Cassella immediately checks her phone to see what news broke overnight. By 8:15 a.m., she usually learns which newscasts she’ll be on, and then she heads to the newsroom, White House or wherever her assignment is. “We want you in the 9 a.m. show and the 11, and then the 3 o’clock show wants you, too,” Cassella said, referring to a hypothetical day. If Cassella gets an exclusive or major news breaks, she might be told, “We want that on TV right now.” Within five minutes, she’d be expected to get to the camera, figure out what to say and deliver the news to a live audience. “It’s exciting. It’s nerve-wracking,” Cassella said. “But there’s nothing else like it.” A well-rounded education Cassella grew up in Maryland, the youngest of four kids. Her oldest brother, Brian Cassella ’05, attended Carolina, became a photojournalist and recently won a Pulitzer Prize. She remembers visiting campus as a young child and loving it. “I just always wanted to go,” she said, and that desire grew when she, like her brother, gravitated toward journalism. But it wasn’t just the journalism school that drew Cassella to Carolina. “It was also the whole liberal arts curriculum,” she said. “Even though I always wanted to be a journalist, I got to college, and I sort of felt I had to think about other things. I had to explore my options and see if that’s what I really wanted.” Did you know: In April UNC-Chapel Hill opened its Carolina in the Capital office in Washington. She combined her journalism schooling with a global studies major and a history minor. That broad range of academic experiences in Chapel Hill molded her, preparing Cassella for a career that’s taken her to the highest levels of political journalism and inside the Oval Office. “When you sit back and remember you’re actually sitting inside the White House and asking questions of the president, it’s a cool feeling,” Cassella said. “No matter who is in office, no matter what administration or party, it’s a privilege to be there.” Megan Cassella on… Being a Tar Heel in Washington: I run into Tar Heels all the time. My husband’s a Tar Heel. We actually met here in Washington, not at Carolina, even though we were the same class. Probably most of our friends are still Tar Heels. Even up here in D.C., we all get together for games and March Madness. And through work, there’s Tar Heels all over the place. It’s often used as a connection. Favorite Franklin Street spot: When we go back, our first stop is always IP3. That’s more my husband’s doing than mine. In college, I was a huge Spanky’s fan. Felt like it was a classic spot. May it rest in peace. Advice to journalism students: Reps, reps, reps! Nothing beats the experience you’ll gain by simply starting to do the work — asking the questions, reporting and writing the stories, doing the TV hits. When you can, go places in person. Talk to more people than you think you’ll need. Read as much as you can, from different sources and on different topics. If you’re not sure how to start your story, that usually means you need more reporting. When you’re not sure, ask.

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Tentpole Xbox release Halo: Campaign Evolved performs better on the PlayStation 5, with the PS5 Pro providing the best experience

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New film series captures what healthcare really looks like for everyday Detroiters

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The Science Behind the AI Panic Is Shakier Than You Think

A column by Sascha Lobo Is AI making us dumb? So asked DER SPIEGEL on its cover a while ago. After a few weeks of recovery and a therapeutic intervention with the help of my AI, I feel able to respond. That’s a bit unfair, of course; the article itself is more nuanced than the loud cover, the image of a schoolkid with dull prompt questions, or the subtitle: “AI is conquering the schools, and educators fear a disaster.” The short answer to “Is AI making us dumb?” is: no. The long answer is more interesting, and even carries a preliminary glimmer of the spectacular. Unfortunately, it requires a detour into the sphere of artificial intelligence, into the mogul-field terrain of technology assessment, the attention economy, and the destructive virus of cultural pessimism. Along with narrowing the scope to AI’s effects on education and work rather than on intelligence. Because the honest version of the question would be: Does AI help us learn and work, or not? Generative AI, which set off the still-ongoing hype with ChatGPT, has only existed in relevant distribution since late 2022, early 2023. For a technology-driven transformation of people and society, that is extremely short. For that reason alone, research is still in its infancy. And technology assessment is not a fast discipline anyway. Prominent voices from Elizabeth Eisenstein to RAND to Tom Wheeler say we still cannot conclusively judge the consequences of the printing press. Its invention is a mere 580 years back, and some scholars would rather not circulate assessments that might have to be retracted in two or three hundred years. We’re Going Through Growing Pains A phenomenon that already caused upheaval in social media research makes serious assessment of AI’s consequences even harder: the “moving target” problem of LLM-ology, as the linguist Sean Trott called it in 2025. AI develops so quickly and so unpredictably that researchers often end up studying snapshots of the past. There are concepts, from morphological analysis to anticipatory governance, for keeping research, planning, and regulation halfway meaningful anyway. But even with those, universally valid statements are rare. DER SPIEGEL - The German View is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support our work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe We should therefore treat findings about the interplay between humans and AI as far more procedural and situational. Unfortunately, this challenge comes at the worst possible time. We are going through growing pains: AI’s everyday impact has grown very large very fast, and with it the longing for guidance. Annoyingly, the body of solid knowledge has not exploded along with it. Experts cannot be moved to broad consensus on even banal statements about AI. Sascha Lobo, born in 1975, is an author and strategy consultant focusing on the internet and digital technologies. Together with Jule Lobo, he explores the debates of the day in the podcast “Feel the News – Was Deutschland bewegt” (”What Moves Germany”). Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says software developers are dying out. Bill Gates considers coders one of only three professions that will survive the AI tsunami. Top tech economists find virtually irrefutable arguments both for and against an AI bubble. The same naturally applies to the structurally youth-hostile debate over whether AI is good or bad for young people. The gap between the demand for insight and the supply of solid knowledge creates an orientation vacuum. This vacuum of AI cluelessness is filled, as the attention economy described by Georg Franck in 1998 would have it, with half-knowledge (funnily enough, often AI-generated), marketing, and self-marketing. After all, infinite money is at stake, along with academia’s best current shot at global fame. But this iridescent froth of interpretation operates more by the algorithmic principles of the digital public sphere than by seriously earned insight. That is why dramatized, fear-feeding claims about AI are so promising. It tempts parts of academia into distorted drivel, and parts of the media then sensationalize the published drivel once more. Was the Research Aimed at a Desired Result? How badly this can influence academia and public perception is demonstrated by one of the most-discussed studies on AI’s effects: “Your Brain on ChatGPT.” The MIT study by Nataliya Kosmyna also gets plenty of space in the SPIEGEL cover story. What was measured and interpreted: lower brain activity in people who write with AI assistance, compared to people who only google or write without any tools. As is common with preprints, the study has not yet been peer-reviewed, and it contains substantial weaknesses that experts have sharply criticized. The first round had 54 participants in three groups, the second only 18, who reportedly also came from MIT’s own orbit. There was no preregistration (committing in advance to what you want to find out with which data). In their analysis, Stanković et al. even discovered an opposite effect that the study does not further explain. Some measurement data has not (yet) been published. And the EEG analysis method used is considered too imprecise to support such far-reaching conclusions. The biggest criticism, though, is the suspicion of an activism-driven study. In an interview with Time, lead author Kosmyna said she published the study immediately, rather than after full peer review, because she feared politicians might otherwise decide to put ChatGPT in kindergartens. She considers that absolutely harmful. It is legitimate to hold such a view. It just seems unscientific to approach a study with it, and then to design the setup so that the chance of a fitting desired result remains as high as possible. Ideologies Collide It is not easy to separate genuine AI insights from studies that trivialize and weaken well-founded AI criticism. The same goes for the opposing, AI-enthusiastic narratives, because the pro-AI side works against it with billions in resources. Ideologies collide, fed by egos, PR strategies, moral posturing, and once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. Doomsday marketing makes the search even harder: AI companies can profit from warnings about the dangers of AI, whether through the notoriety of apocalypse narratives or because, in some target groups, danger translates into power. Some seemingly negative findings are therefore quite welcome in the AI industry. If you try to get at the findings presumably less influenced by interest groups, the picture in education seems relatively clear: AI can improve educational outcomes when the right AI is used the right way, namely pedagogically. Simply dumping an AI chatbot into a classroom, by contrast, accomplishes little. Huge surprise. But something else is also obvious: whether they are allowed to or not, kids use AI for school, which is why the controlled integration of AI tools into education is, in the medium term, entirely without alternative. In the world of work, the landscape of findings is more complex and requires more differentiation. A series of serious studies points to an AI effect that suits neither the alarmists, regulation fetishists, and AI opponents, nor the trillion-dollar corporations with their armada of paid scientists, PR professionals, and ecosystems: working with AI helps the inexperienced (at least for now) considerably more than it helps the pros, in certain fields of work, and provided they know how to use it correctly. Missing Domain Knowledge Among the experienced, the professionals, and the high flyers, by contrast, despite frequent time savings, partially negative effects and new problems are emerging. Take the jagged frontier problem: AI solves task A brilliantly and fails completely at task B, even though both look similar even to professionals. Or the verification-cost problem, in which AI’s greater productivity gets eaten up by the enormous effort of checking its output. Or the illusion of competence, because AI makes new domains seem easily penetrable, until you painfully discover that deep domain knowledge is missing. Taken as a whole, the effects of working with AI do lean positive. But the promise that AI works as a turbocharger for everyone and boosts practically everything simply refuses to materialize. The AI magic the world has been feeling since ChatGPT arrived in late 2022 has so far barely shown up in most companies’ numbers. The consulting firm McKinsey has coined a term for this, the “gen AI paradox,” and believes that work processes and corporate structures would have to be rebuilt quite fundamentally to realize AI’s benefits at scale. Reuters just reported that only 3.3 percent of Microsoft’s customers have subscribed to the AI package Copilot. That may be down to the product; in other areas we continue to see soaring successes and new AI triumphs. But after the first quarter of 2026, disillusionment is the word for all too many AI projects at traditional companies: because the promised revolution of AI agents has so far failed to arrive or been postponed, and because of the leveling effect that many of the studies cited here suggest. Against Inequality The societal effects, on the other hand, appear rather encouraging. Many previous technologies operated on the Matthew principle, named for the Gospel verse about giving to those who already have: they tended to reward the more competent and more privileged. AI, however, seems more often to have an equalizing effect once a threshold of access and education is crossed. Some anecdotal insights point in this direction, for example, how an unemployed man in Leipzig successfully defended himself in court in 2025 against fraud accusations from Germany’s federal employment agency — without a lawyer, armed only with ChatGPT. The AI made mistakes and cited invented court rulings, but in the end the man walked away unpunished. And a key capability of artificial intelligence is its capacity to learn: set up correctly and fed with data, it can keep getting better. It is a question of time, or more precisely of AI innovations and training data, until even free AI chatbots write better legal briefs than law graduates with perfect exam scores. Whether that will make anyone dumb is something the world’s press will surely inform us of in due time. Subscribe Leave a comment

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Cricket-IPL's business value soars above $20 billion, says report

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IPL's business value soars above $20 billion, says report

The business value of the Indian Premier League, the world's richest Twenty20 series, has soared more ​than 11% to $20.6 billion this year, according to U.S.-based ‌investment bank Houlihan Lokey.

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Jul 29 • 2:57 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Innovation Connector Launches Business Impact Masterclasses to Strengthen East Central Indiana Businesses

By Ted A. Baker, CEO, Muncie Innovation Connector, Inc.— MUNCIE, IN—The Innovation Connector is deepening its commitment to entrepreneurial and business excellence with the launch of its new Business Impact Masterclasses, a four-part professional education series that helps entrepreneurs, startups, nonprofit leaders, and established businesses grow through practical, action-oriented learning. Beginning in September 2026, the Business Impact Masterclasses will replace the annual Innovation Connector Business Showcase Week, marking the next evolution of the organization’s business education programming. This initiative reflects the Innovation Connector’s commitment to delivering premium educational experiences that empower entrepreneurs, strengthen organizations, and accelerate business growth. Through expert-led...

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Jul 29 • 1:51 AM EDT • Business • munciejournal.com
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San Francisco Giants Get Jonah Cox News During Brewers Series

On Tuesday night, the San Francisco Giants are back at Oracle Park for the second game of their series with the Milwaukee Brewers.They are coming off a 3-0 win on Monday night.San Francisco Giants Announce Jonah Cox NewsDuring their series with the Brewers, the Giants announced an update on Jonah Cox.He has been out since […] The post San Francisco Giants Get Jonah Cox News During Brewers Series appeared first on HEAVY.

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Jul 28 • 11:34 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Cowboys countdown to kickoff: Top 100 iconic games

We countdown 100 days until kickoff with a series of the most iconic games in Cowboys history. Today is Day 47

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Jul 28 • 6:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Anez Cooper’s development is a test for the Jets

Through the summer, we will be counting down the Jets roster player by player. We continue the series by discussing Anez Cooper. Name: Anez Cooper Number: 72 Year With Jets: 1st Projected Role: Developmental guard His 2025: Cooper started at right guard in all 16 games for the national runner up Miami Hurricanes and earned Second Team All-ACC honors. The […]

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Jul 28 • 5:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com