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Minimal Phone 2: first look reveals an OLED display, improved QWERTY keyboard, and 5G support
The Minimal Phone 2 has appeared in an official teaser video that shows off its new design and a couple of features. The compact phone still sports a QWERTY keyboard but now has an OLED display and an aluminum body.
Inside a meme factory: meet one of thousands of Indonesians trading political outrage clicks for Facebook cash
Exclusive: Adira says she doesn’t know much about her target countries or even know who their leaders are. Instead she’s chasing money from Meta, which pays for engagement
Copying Taylor Swift's everyday habits could make you happier, according to science
Science suggests the everyday gestures Swift practices can boost happiness for everyone, not just celebrities
Windows 11's built-in Weather app wastes more than 1 GB of RAM
A new report shows Windows 11's built-in Weather app can consume more than 1 GB of RAM. By comparison, Apple's native Weather app on macOS uses roughly five times less memory under similar conditions.
As some struggle, business and development thrives in downtown Burbank
Your morning catch-up: Downtown Burbank business is booming, Lineage must remove foul odors from its warehouse and more big stories.
Which Suns Player Will Reach the Hall of Fame Next?
As Amar’e Stoudemire prepares for induction, the focus shifts to whether Chris Paul’s leadership, Shawn Marion’s unique versatility, or Devin Booker’s scoring dominance will secure the next call.
'His urine goes on tour around Europe, showing the kings and queens this glowing pee': The weird world of alchemy before chemistry
Editor Hannah Osborne spoke with science writer Kit Chapman about his book "The Age of Alchemy." In it, he explores how, long before modern science existed, people were finding extraordinary ways to solve problems and understand the world around them.
Yankees ‘Baby Bombers’ 2.0 have officially arrived
In the absence of their biggest stars, the Yankees are getting a big boost from their top offensive prospects.
How can a youth sports experience form a life? A US Senator explains
Cory Booker seeks to end "vulture practices" by private equity in youth sports. He shares his life-changing sports story that led him to Stanford.
Small Business Technology News This Week: AI Shopping Searches Surges, Thryv And Wix Partner, Gemini Notebook Gets An Upgrade
AI adoption is accelerating across commerce and industry, as new partnerships and tools help businesses improve sales, cash flow, productivity and efficiency.
D-FW business datebook for the week of Aug. 9
A pivotal CPI report is released Wednesday and local companies including AECOM, Brinker International and Yesway are gearing up to release earnings reports.
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. $MSGE Shares Purchased by Sei Investments Co.
Sei Investments Co. boosted its position in shares of Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (NYSE:MSGE - Free Report) by 83.2% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 43,582 shares of the company's stock after a
CCTV+: Int'l Congress of Basic Science opens in Beijing
/PRNewswire/ -- The 2026 International Congress of Basic Science (ICBS) opened in Beijing on Sunday, drawing more than 1,000 participants, including...
GLP-1s Like Ozempic, Mounjaro May Lower Fracture Risk in Type 2 Diabetes
A new study has found that GLP-1 medications, like Ozempic and Mounjaro, may help reduce the risk of fragility-related fractures in people with type 2 diabetes.
The American Prison Writing Archive Publishes New Book
The American Prison Writing Archive, led by Director and Professor of Political Science Vesla Weaver, has published its first anthology as part of the Building a Prison Witness Collective initiative. Published by Haymarket Books, the anthology titled Harm and Punishment: Incarcerated Writers on Violence and the US Prison is edited by Elizabeth Hinton and Elsa Julien Lora....
Santa Monica Block Fest brings much-needed boost to downtown businesses
The block fests happen every second Saturday of the month from 5 p.m. to midnight and are free to the public.
Top-ranked Sabalenka, Pegula stunned in Toronto fourth round
World number one Aryna Sabalenka and Jessica Pegula were both upset in fourth-round matches on Saturday at the Toronto Masters.Russian 15th seed Shnaider upset world number three Pegula 6-3, 6-3 to book a last-eight date with Poland's Iga Swiatek.
Benson Boone concert at Golden 1 Center postponed due to health reasons
Benson Boone's concert at the Golden 1 Center on Saturday was officially postponed less than an hour before it was scheduled to start.
"I bring receipts!" Sheriff Paula Dance says she will expose the "underbelly of politics"
Pitt County Sheriff Paula Dance posted to Facebook today for the first time since July 17th, stating that she took a temporary leave to protect her Peace."Hey e
I upgraded from the M1 MacBook Air to the M5, and here’s what changed for me
After four years with my M1 MacBook Air, the M5 changed more about my daily workflow than I expected.
Devin Booker reacts to Larry Fitzgerald Hall of Fame enshrinement
GLENDALE – Saturday was a celebratory day for fans across the Valley, as Arizona Cardinals legend Larry Fitzgerald is officially enshrined into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Fans across the state travelled to Canton to cheer on their wide receiver, including Phoenix Suns superstar Devin Booker.
GCSU grant seeks to grow rural business - The Union-Recorder
Georgia College & State University has been awarded more than $700,000 in federal funding to boost business development throughout Georgia, specifically within rural areas.
Cash, Stash, or Slash: Austin Booker
How should the Bears approach a second contract for Austin Booker? It’s an interesting situation. We take a look at it.
VIDEO: Marionville's Paden Grubbs previews upcoming season
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VIDEO: West Plains Head Coach Brock Kenaga previews upcoming season
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Saturday Sports: Congress' plan for college sports; the Red Sox; Venus and Serena
NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss Congress' plan to "protect" college sports and the hottest team in Major League Baseball.
Food Tank’s Weekly News Roundup: U.S. Restores Health Aid, Companies Block Action on UPFs, New Tool Boosts Water Security
This week, the U.S. restores some health aid, corporations slow action on public health, and a tool boosts water security for women farmers.
Social prescribing boosts health checks without raising costs
Patients referred to social prescribing are more likely to seek health care in the short term but could end up needing their primary care physician less often within a year, according to a new study by ...
Colorado Politics Calendar Aug. 10-16
CoPo’s weekly political calendar will help you find political and public-policy events throughout Colorado. It includes candidate and issue campaign events, public policy meetings, court hearings, state and local party conventions, assemblies, debates, rallies, parades, speaking engagements, traveling dignitary appearances, water meetings, book signings, county commission hearings, city council meetings and more. As a subscriber, […]
Missouri should dump the use of junk science in its courtrooms
Missouri patients deserve confidence that the science presented in our courtrooms is credible, reliable and grounded in evidence. When unreliable expert testimony is allowed to influence juries, the consequences extend far beyond the courtroom. Manufactured claims can scare patients away from proven treatments and make medical innovators think twice about investing in research and development […]
AI is booming on the West Coast. So why is unemployment so high there?
A resume with AI skills and over a decade of tech management experience doesn’t mean there’s a position available for many job hunters on the West Coast.
Entertainment for mind, ears, and eyes
The Cover 2 Cover Book Club will discuss the book The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 10 a.m. The novel won the
Full body MOTs - the future of healthcare or a headache for the NHS?
The private body scan industry is booming, but is it doing more harm than good?
Naver expands AI business with factory project, eyes 2027 revenue
Naver is using AI to boost its core businesses while preparing a 200MW AI Factory with Nvidia and Brookfield that could generate revenue in 2027.
Ohio funding scholarships to boost mental health care
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Experts said there is an unprecedented need in Ohio for mental health care, but there aren’t enough professionals to meet the demand. A new state-funded scholarship pr…
All candidates for Ohio governor have this in common
Each of the candidates for Ohio governor now wants to restrict the data center boom, all proposing some form of moratorium unless certain guidelines are met.
Local businesses announce closures ahead of school year
Peggy Jean's Pies, Bud's Classic BBQ, Jazz A Louisiana Kitchen and Speckled Frog Toys & Books announce closures.
Meta Ordered to Pay $567M in Youth Mental Health Lawsuit
Technology giant Meta will pay $567 million into a remediation fund after a New Mexico judge ruled the company behind social media platforms Facebook and Instagram misled consumers about the safety of its products and endangered children. Judge Bryan Biedscheid said Thursday that Meta’s platforms ...
High school sports notebook: Kim Niedbala resigns as the football coach, AD at Union
Kim Niedbala and his wife decided recently to move to eastern Pennsylvania for job opportunities. And just like that, Union lost its football coach, athletic...
New Book Examines Small Business Recovery and Racial Equity After the Pandemic
UCLA Luskin Professor Robert Fairlie explores how government aid, entrepreneurship and racial inequality shaped small business recovery after COVID-19.
Boone Health sues cardiologists, Pulsepoint over alleged noncompete violations
The lawsuit seeks to stop two Columbia cardiologists from offering competing services in the area until May 2027.
Shatema Threadcraft Receives the 2026 Victoria Schuck Award for "The Labors of Resurrection: Black Women, Necromancy, and Morrisonian" -
The Victoria Schuck Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best book published on women and politics. Citation from the Award Committee: The committee found Shatema Threadcraft’s The Labors of Resurrection: [...]
High-res ASUS Googlebook renders have leaked, and this thing looks gorgeous
Earlier this week, we covered the initial leaks surrounding the ASUS Googlebook CX9406 - a 2.2-pound ceramic-alloy beast packing Intel's next-gen Panther Lake (Core Ultra Series) silicon, up to...
Sporkies recognition helps boost business at vendors like Saz's
Sporkies veteran Saz's sees a big boost in sales from its finalists, this year Sweet Lemon Berry Cheese Curds.
One of these Googlebook leaks is not like the other
New images of two upcoming Googlebook models have surfaced — but some of them don't look quite right to us.
As GTA 6 publisher Take-Two revises its 2027 net bookings up to $8.2bn, Strauss Zelnick confirms its sales are "well over 90% digital"
First Capcom, now Take-Two: Strauss Zelnick doesn't appear phased by PlayStation's migration to an 'all-digital future'.
Sony WH-1000XM4C price and release date leaked
According to a new leak, the Sony WH-1000XM4C will launch next month, in September, with a €249.99 price tag. At the moment, it's unknown if it is intended to be a refreshed version of the original model or a "Lite" edition.
Microsoft’s Efforts In Making Windows 11 More Efficient Isn’t Just Due To The DRAM Shortage; Analyst Believes MacBook Neo Played A Pivotal Role In This Decision
Microsoft’s RAM optimization push for Windows 11 isn't just about DRAM costs as analyst points to Apple’s budget MacBook Neo as a major catalyst
Lone Geniuses in Political Worlds | Los Angeles Review of Books
Comparing Andy Weir’s and Jules Verne’s political visions of science.
Doctor Reveals the Best Age to Start Building Bone Density
In TODAY.com’s Expert Tip of the Day, a doctor shares the best age to start boosting bone density, which deteriorates as you age.
Back-to-school brain health: Expert tips to boost learning and memory
A UAB neuroscientist shares evidence-based tips on sleep, stress management and study strategies that can improve learning, memory and academic performance throughout the school year.
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed on Historic Michigan Win: “People Are Sick and Tired of This Politics of Hatred”
We speak with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed after his victory in Michigan’s primary race for U.S. Senate sent shockwaves through the Democratic Party. El-Sayed, a former public health official, ran a progressive campaign focused on affordability, Medicare for All, getting money out of politics, and opposing Israel’s genocide in Gaza. He defeated Congressmember Haley Stevens, who was backed by tens of millions in outside spending including by AIPAC, the powerful pro-Israel lobby group. “In an era where many of us can’t afford basic things like groceries or rent or healthcare, the idea that your government is sending your tax dollars to buy bombs and tanks for foreign governments seems anathema,” El-Sayed says. “That money could be spent to fix your potholes, rebuild your kid’s school.” El-Sayed says his focus now is on beating Republican nominee Mike Rogers, whom he calls a “bootlicker for Trumpism,” and to present a positive vision for his party that can lead into the next Democratic presidential administration.
2026 Fall Preview: Logan-Rogersville Football
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Logan-Rogersville had a big first season under head coach Joel Wells last year going 8-3, which was the most wins for the program since a state title run in 2011. “I
Take-Two sticks to annual bookings outlook, says on track for 'GTA VI' November launch
Take-Two Interactive maintained its annual bookings forecast on Friday, but reiterated the November 19 launch date for its highly anticipated title "Grand Theft Auto VI", bringing the blockbuster release one step closer to fans.
Meta Ordered To Pay $567M To Address Kids’ Mental Health Online
The new penalty is in addition to the $375 million in civil penalties that jurors ordered in March against Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram.
Starz Entertainment Corp. Reports Results for the Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2026
/PRNewswire/ -- STARZ (NASDAQ: STRZ) today reported results for the quarter ended June 30, 2026. This press release includes consolidated financial results for...
The Business of Selling People Their Family’s Lost Photos
This online niche sometimes feels like a scam. Is it?
New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567M, overhaul teen protections on Facebook and Instagram
A New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $567 million and implement sweeping new protections for teens using Facebook and Instagram.
China’s Export Boom Rolls On Despite Trade Backlash
China’s factories are finding eager buyers abroad even as weak consumer spending and a prolonged property slump weigh on growth at home.
Court orders Instagram and Facebook's Meta to pay $567M to address kids' mental health online
Judge Bryan Biedscheid said in a ruling late Thursday that the bulk of the money will be used for treatment services for young people.
New Gemini overlay for Wear OS rolling out to Pixel Watch
Gemini on Wear OS is getting a new overlay design that takes after Neural Expressive on Android phones to boost cross-device consistency.
Entertainment Network (India) Ltd (BOM:532700) (Q1 2027) Earnings Call Highlights: Digital ...
Despite a 1.9% dip in domestic revenue, the company's strategic shift toward digital and aggressive cost optimization fueled a significant profitability boost.
Austin Booker Gives Praise to Bears Rookie Defensive Tackle
It's tough to argue that there's a more exciting late-round rookie on the Chicago Bears roster than Jordan van den Berg. Despite being drafted in the 6th round, van den Berg had some great moments at Georgia Tech, but his best trait is the elite athleticism he provides. When looking at the Relative Athletic Score of van den Berg, he has a perfect score of 10.
Wearable ultrasound patch boosts REM sleep without drugs or surgery
A new wearable patch may help people reach REM sleep faster and remain there longer without medication or surgery. In a study of 28 participants, the device shortened the time to REM by 43 minutes and extended it by about 16 minutes. Researchers also observed signs of improved stress regulation and changes in brain circuits tied to emotion.
Court orders Meta to pay $567M to address kids' mental health online
A New Mexico court has ordered Instagram and Facebook parent company Meta to pay $567 million to address harms to young people from its platforms
Entrepreneurship is booming in the U.S. Gen Zers are leading the way.
Young Americans, tired of working for others and boosted by AI, are driving a surge in new businesses.
Jon Gruden "fired up" to broadcast Bucs preseason game
Jon Gruden, who won Super Bowl XXXVII as Tampa Bay's head coach, will be in the broadcast booth as the play-by-play announcer for the Bucs' second preseason game against the Chiefs on Aug. 22.
INTEGRIS Health awards community giving grant to boost Blessing Baskets distribution
INTEGRIS Health is supporting El Reno Blessing Baskets, a non-profit fighting food insecurity, through its community giving fund.Each year INTEGRIS Health gives
Data centers shaping Mississippi's politics and workforce
The Mississippi Marketplace: The state's data centers boom is no longer just a business story. It has also crept into politics and education.
Genius Sports' media surge shows shift beyond sportsbook data
Genius Sports, which provides real-time sports data, reported revenue rose 65% in the second quarter.
Today’s Best Deals: AirPods Pro 3, MTG x Marvel Booster Box, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 for PC
Plus, save on LEGO, a JBL portable speaker, and more.
Beyond IT: A Business Executive’s Playbook for Cyber Risk, Privacy Liability & AI Governance
Join NH Business Review for a candid, business-focused working session designed for executives accountable for protecting their organizations, customers, data, and reputations.
Book Sale Helps Kick Off the Little Falls Canal Celebration
The 39th Little Falls Canal Celebration is bringing a packed schedule of community events to the City.
It looks like Dell’s initial Googlebook will be the XPS 13
As we continue to track the Googlebook devices currently in development ahead of Google’s expected fall launch window, watching the hardware picture come into focus has been pretty fascinating....
Apple increases trade-in offers and adds new Android devices
Can a trade-in boost make up for higher prices?
Sony’s new PS5 Pro beta update automatically enables PSSR 2.0 for every game
Sony’s latest PS5 system software beta enables PSSR 2.0 by default across all PS5 Pro games, promising sharper visuals and fewer frame-rate drops without requiring manual setup.
AHF • ‘We the People’ Coalition Merges Faith & Politics to Engage Black Voters -- L.A. Gospel Concert & Panel, Sat., Aug. 8th
AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the world's largest HIV/AIDS healthcare organization, currently provides medical care and services to more than 1.75 million clients in 45 countries. With more than 7,000 employees worldwide, AHF now has treatment clinics and other operations in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia/Pacific Region, and Europe. To learn more about AHF, please visit our website: www.aidshealth.org, find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aidshealth, and follow us on Twitter: @aidshealthcare and Instagram: @aidshealthcare.
Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings
The launch of these new features reflects Google’s ambitions to transform Google Maps from a navigation tool into an assistant that's capable of helping users complete real-world tasks.
US Stand Up for Science movement expands to Europe
A grassroots movement by scientists in the US pushing back against threats to academic freedom is setting up a Swiss outpost to take the movement global. Stand Up for Science started in February 2025 to protest against politically-motivated grant cancellations by the Trump administration. Since then, it has organised numerous rallies by scientists and turned into a broader campaigning organisation, supporting “pro-science” political candidates and attempting to impeach Robert F. Kennedy Jr, the health and human services secretary the group accuses of advancing “quack” science. Now, Stand Up for Science is establishing a Swiss office to take some of its campaigning beyond the US, and its leader is urging European academics to organise similar pro-science groups in case they face similar threats in Europe. There will likely be “spillover” to Europe from what the Trump administration is attempting in the US, said Colette Delawalla, chief executive of Stand Up for Science, who last month returned from a tour of Europe. “Are we going to see a Trump-style scientific [. . .] take over in the same way?” she asked.Delawalla, who is doing a PhD in clinical psychology, said she was driven to help found the organisation after the Trump administration started cancelling health research grants in politically taboo topics, such as transgender people, diversity and HIV, in early 2025. Since then, the administration has introduced several other measures that infringe academic and institutional autonomy.It threatened to cut Harvard University’s federal funding unless the university accepted a “critical mass” of new faculty and students to create “viewpoint diversity.” And this year, it proposed explosive new rules that would allow political appointees at research funders to screen grants to make sure they “advance the president's policy priorities.”US scientists have been at times stunned by the volume of announcements, and the country’s researchers were relatively unprepared. “We sit in front of the fire hose every day,” said Delawalla. For this reason, European scientists need to prepare now for similar assaults. “If you've got a little bit of extra time to start thinking through, and making those preparations and building community and solidarity,” then European researchers will “start five steps ahead of where we were.” She plans to return to Paris in September to share experiences with concerned French academics. Is Le Pen the same?During her European tour, Delawalla said that French academics were beginning to worry about a National Rally (RN) victory in presidential elections next year. She said there were “chilling similarities” between Trump and Marine Le Pen, the RN’s likely candidate. However, so far, the RN hasn’t proposed anything nearly as radical as the Trump administration has carried out. Its current manifesto is all but silent on university and research policy. Le Pen’s 2022 manifesto bemoaned a lack of French R&D spending, including in fundamental research, and promised to modernise labs and strip away grant bureaucracy. The party’s 2024 European election manifesto explicitly supported the Erasmus+ student exchange programme, scientific exchange and joint European technology projects. However, a Le Pen victory next year could see France drastically cut its contribution to the EU, which would hit the budget for science and innovation. Meanwhile, more restrictive immigration policies could hit university recruitment of faculty and students. Climate science denial?As heatwaves and wildfires have ravaged France, the RN has sought to distance itself from previous comments casting doubt on climate science.In the UK, the radical-right party Reform UK, now second in the polls, denied climate research in a draft of its 2024 election manifesto, but its leader, Nigel Farage, then appeared to quietly U-turn and said he was “not arguing the science.” By contrast, Trump has repeatedly and explicitly denied climate change science, in 2025 calling it “the greatest con job.” Like the RN, Reform UK has been light on research and university policy. However, it did say in its 2024 manifesto that universities should suffer “heavy financial penalties” for allowing “political bias or cancel culture” on campus, building on laws brought in by a previous Conservative government. Ahead of September state elections in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, the poll-leading Alternative for Germany has proposed abolishing gender studies and postcolonial studies, and promised money for “critical” climate research and studies of Islam. Starts with rhetoricEven if European radical right parties aren’t currently planning the draconian policy measures of the Trump administration, Delawalla said that academics should not be complacent, and fight even small funding restrictions or anti-science talk from the start. “It starts off with sowing distrust about institutions,” she said. “It starts off with these small things, and then all of a sudden it's there.” There are other, more established science and university advocacy groups in the US aside from Stand Up for Science. But the group stands out because of Delawalla’s refusal to attempt to appear politically bipartisan or conciliatory. “I firmly believe that the US is experiencing fascism,” she said. “We’re not trying to win over the super Maga people,” she said, “and we never have been.” The lesson of the US is that even if universities or other institutions capitulate to government demands, this doesn’t save them from cuts and restrictions. “It doesn’t matter what people do,” she said. Global “pseudoscience”Another aim of Stand Up for Science’s push into Europe is to better coordinate a campaign to protect people in poorer countries from what the group describes as “pseudoscientific exploitation,” trials outside the US used to build a case against things like vaccines. Earlier this year, the group sent an investigator to Guinea-Bissau to investigate a controversial, Danish-run Hepatitis B vaccine project funded by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The study would have withheld a proven vaccine from newborns, Stand Up for Science argued in a briefing it presented to Congress, risking their health. Significantly, the research group based in Guinea-Bissau, known as Bandim, focuses on the “non-specific effects” of vaccines: impacts on health beyond preventing the target disease. Related articlesEuropean researchers sound the alarm that Trump rule changes will hit cooperationData corner: which fields of health science is the US curbing? The US ‘golden age’ science strategy: what Europeans need to know The suspicion is that the study was funded as part of an attempt to shop around for results that could help build a case against vaccines in the US, said Delawalla. “This is just code for vaccines cause autism,” she said.Bandim has put out a rebuttal of Stand Up for Science’s criticisms, arguing its work has uncovered a number of vaccine side effects, both positive and negative, which need to be taken into account in public health. However, Congressional Democrats took up the Stand Up for Science cause, and in February, Guinea-Bissau said it had permanently halted the study. WatchdogBut for Delawalla, this is not the end of the fight. Kennedy has made a number of health claims that scientists think lack evidence, such as the idea that seed oils cause inflammation, for example. Delawalla worries that more studies could be launched in poorer countries to fish around for evidence to support this agenda. Stand Up for Science is talking to African science organisations to create a kind of “watchdog” to scrutinise any further trials. “Outsourcing the investigation to some of the most vulnerable children in the world who are desperate [. . .] is fundamentally wrong,” she said.
2026 Fall Preview: Pleasant Hope Football
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter By Chris Parker Pleasant Hope football is looking to bounce back from an 0-10 season with six offensive and eight defensive starters returning. Daylin Campbell (junior) and Peyton Guy (senior) are
2026 Fall Preview: Hillcrest Football
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter By Chris Parker Hillcrest football is looking to bounce back from an 0-10 season with six offensive and four defensive starters returning this season. The offense will rely on speed. “I
Flutter Entertainment: Let's Not Only Focus On U.S. Sportsbook Growth
Flutter Entertainment plc reported weak Q2 results and a slight downgrade to the 2026 financial guidance. Click here to read an analysis of FLUT stock now.
Insmed Reports Second-Quarter 2026 Financial Results and Provides Business Update
—Total Company Revenues of $425.5 Million for the Second Quarter of 2026— —BRINSUPRI® (brensocatib) Revenues of $309.2 Million for the Second Quarter of 2026,...
Nintendo beats earnings thanks to US tariff refunds it won’t share with gamers
Game sales are also booming.
Paul Davis: FBI to expand Quantum Information Science and Technology Counterintelligence Protection Team
Although I spend most of my day working the computer and phone at my desk in my book-lined basement office, […]
Senate Finance Committee wrestles with how to sustain Social Security benefits
The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing yesterday on how to prevent deep cuts to Social Security benefits in a few years. The math is simple but the politics are not.
Experts share MRI efficiency strategies that could raise revenue by upward of 60%
Workflow redesigns have the potential to improve MRI throughput by 20%, while AI-based protocol optimization could boost efficiencies by another 35%, experts write in Clinical Imaging.
Health-focused message boosts interest in litter cleanup
Framing litter cleanup as a health benefit encourages more people to participate in environmental efforts.
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Best Night Club and Best Place to Shake Your BootyThe BasementLots of night clubs are cool. But walking into The Basement and taking a seat with a swanky cocktail or mocktail, surrounded by polished wood and good lighting, makes you feel a little cooler, too. Which might contribute to one’s confidence at booty shaking. The […]
Dillon Brooks signs extension with Suns
Dillon Brooks' agitator role as the self-proclaimed villain played a part in the Phoenix Suns' cultural shift and playoff appearance in 2025-26.
With nothing to run on, Republicans return to low road ‘gutter’ politics
Donald Trump's disastrous time in office has left campaigning Republicans with very little to boast about to constituents back home. What they are left with instead is their familiar playbook of culture war scare tactics and divisive distortions to try to scare voters into supporting them. Senator Ted Cruz wasted no time to resort to absurd smears when asked about Democratic Senate candidate from Michigan, Abdul El-Sayed.
Science|Business summer reads of 2026
As most people in the European research and innovation policy bubble are going on a well-deserved summer break, we have come up with a list of our favourite books, podcasts and essays from the past year that ask deeper questions about science, technology and politics.BooksPasteur’s Quadrant: Basic Science and Technological Innovation, by Donald StokesIf you haven’t read Pasteur’s Quadrant yet, now is the time. In the EU and elsewhere, we’re living through a period of dwindling faith that curiosity-driven research automatically leads to economic growth and technological progress. Pasteur’s Quadrant, published in 1997 by the Princeton academic Donald Stokes, is the most influential critique of the standard “linear model” of R&D: the idea that new discoveries made in ivory-tower labs get neatly passed on for commercialisation by start-ups. In reality, Stokes argues, practical applications often inspire more theorical lines of inquiry. Of course, we have long known that things are more complex than the linear model, but even today, it’s still often assumed in Brussels discourse. The book is a useful corrective, and is being used now to argue for new types of scientific institutions. David MatthewsThe Weaponization of Expertise: How Elites Fuel Populism, by Jacob Hale Russel and Dennis PattersonAre society’s problems solvable by technical expertise alone? “If only the benighted would listen,” say Jacob Hale Russel and Dennis Patterson, two professors at Rutgers Law School who got frustrated with how scientists and politicians handled public health communication during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the book, they argue that clichéd mantras about scientific evidence and expertise perpetrated by academics, journalists and politicians have harmed public trust in the very institutions they were trying to defend. Paradoxically, slogans such as “we believe in science,” “follow the science” and “defer to the experts” can fuel mistrust in science, experts and democratic institutions. The authors criticise “condescension” and “technocratic paternalism” in the public discourse and make the case for a more nuanced approach to scientific and expert policy advice that rests on humility, doubt, scepticism and open dialogue. “Most complex social questions in fact revolve around values, not the recitation of unambiguous facts,” they say. Florin ZubascuBreakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future, by Dan WangIn this book, Dan Wang compares the structural differences between the US and Chinese industrial policies, but raises a very timely question for innovation policy wonks: how can advanced manufacturing know-how contribute to technology-intensive economic growth? Wang says technology has three components: the tools, the blueprints and patents, and the process knowledge. The third component represents the “proficiency gained from practical experience, which isn’t easily communicated and requires years of implementation.” According to Wang, rather than seeing tools and blueprints as the ultimate ends of technological progress, policymakers should see them as milestones in the training of better scientists and manufacturers. Over the past decades, China has amassed “process knowledge” because capital flowed to complex fabrication facilities, while investors in the West have parked their money in capital-light businesses such as digital platforms or chip companies that focus on design. As it turns out, thanks to its oversized focus on manufacturing, China has gained remarkable advantages in the global technology race. Florin ZubascuBaltic: The Future of Europe, by Oliver MoodyWhat can Europe learn from the nine countries surrounding the Baltic Sea? Alongside the familiar stories about Estonia's digital transformation, the book examines how the region has used technology, resilience, education, governance and long-term thinking to respond to geopolitical, economic and security challenges. Innovation policy wonks might find fresh perspectives on how innovation can strengthen defence, societal resilience and Europe's capacity to adapt in an uncertain world. Whether or not you agree with all of Oliver Moody's conclusions, the book is a useful guide to a region that is increasingly shaping European debates on security, competitiveness and technology. Goda NaujokaityteThe Invention of Nature, by Andrea Wulf This book chronicles the wild and adventurous life of natural science pioneer Alexander von Humboldt who at some point in the 19th century seems to have been just about the most famous person in the world. Through scientific expeditions to the Andes Mountains and to the depths of Siberia, von Humboldt contributed a host of discoveries and concepts. During his life he met and formed relationships with historical figures as different as Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Simon Bolivar, Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon Bonaparte and Charles Darwin. He is also claimed to be the person in the world with most things named after him, a list that includes an ocean current, a penguin and a region of the Moon. Still venerated in Germany, with numerous scientific institutions named after him, von Humboldt has slipped out of public consciousness in most of the rest of the world. For anyone not familiar with him, this book does a good job of describing his fascinating life. Ole EllekrogCareless People, by Sarah Wynn-WilliamsYou may have heard this referred to as the book Meta doesn’t want you to read. The 2025 memoir from Sarah Wynn-Williams, former director of global public policy at Meta, then just called Facebook, includes explosive claims about everything from a toxic workplace culture to how the company worked with advertisers to target vulnerable teens, and the lengths it was prepared to go to in order to break into China. It’s a fascinating insight into how and why the tech company gradually shifted its approach to policy, whether in the US, Europe or Asia. Meta has denied the allegations in the book, and last year won an emergency ruling to prevent Wynn-Williams from promoting it. In response, the author is now suing her former employer. If that doesn’t make you want to read it. Martin GreenacrePodcastsThe Europeans: Europe’s anti-ElonThis podcast is a great choice for a light-hearted dose of European policy and culture news. Most of it has little to do with research, innovation and technology, but this particular podcast features an interview with Mastadon’s founder Eugen Rochko. He talks about his experience running an open-source, federated, European-made social media platform, and leaving it all behind. The conversation, which starts 14 minutes in, gently encourages us to reflect on what kind of technology we, as Europeans, want to make. Goda NaujokaityteSolarpunk and how we escape dystopiaNew technologies are very often taken from science fiction. Alberto Santos-Dumont, inventor the airship, was inspired as a child by the adventure stories of Jules Verne. OpenAI’s attempt to build a personal assistant with the voice of Scarlett Johansson was lifted from the 2013 film Her, completely ignoring the movie’s cautionary message. So if we want better tech, we need to imagine it first. Unfortunately, the state of current sci-fi is relentlessly dystopian, giving inventors precious few ideas or hope. However, a new genre, Solarpunk, which envisages a technologically advanced but ecologically harmonious future, is now taking off. The actual tech the genre imagines, such as permaculture, renewable energy or community repair workshops, while nice, isn’t all that inspiring or ambitious. But it’s a first step towards rescuing sci-fi from its pessimistic Blade Runner rut. David MatthewsEveryday AbundanceLaunched in June, Everyday Abundance is a podcast that tells the stories of the inventions we now take so for granted that we barely given them a second thought. For example, the washing machine, which liberated women from a lifetime “bent over washtubs and washboards.” Or modern dentistry, which ended the reality that “tooth pain was simply part of human life.” Historians of technology, Virginia Postrel and Charles C Mann are very much on the optimistic end of the spectrum when it comes to the capacity of invention to improve human life. Here, they set out their case: if it wasn’t for progress, you might be hunched over a washtub with toothache rather than reading these words. David Matthews‘We will not know what we lost’: Conservation fallout a year after USAID shutdownSince his return to the White House, Donald Trump has been on a mission to undermine science. He slashed jobs at federal agencies, terminated grants in some research areas, took unprecedented control over university affairs and, within hours of his inauguration, suspended the US Agency for International Development. While its initial focus was to administer health and food aid around the world, it had since expanded to conservation projects. The result? Some of these projects were stopped abruptly. In this Mongabay podcast, environmental reporter Michelle Nijhuis tells the story of the EcoGuard conservation programme in Liberia, whose local patrols had helped protect rainforests, monitor endangered wildlife and track illegal threats. From one day to the next, these were left without salaries. Luckily, she notes, the initiative was able to get emergency funding from international NGOs, but its future remains “incredibly uncertain.” Juliette PortalaEssaysThe Mars Delusion, by Henry WismayerWhy is humankind so fixated on establishing a colony on Mars? asks London-based writer Henry Wismayer. From space evangelists promoting Martian settlement as an insurance policy, to billionaire Jeff Bezos, who said humans should settle on Mars “because it’s cool,” the mission is not running short of advocates. However, in this essay, Wismayer reminds us that some critics expect any future Mars pioneer to end up “irradiated, sick, mad and dead.” Scientists have already looked into the possible effects of prolonged exposure to Martian gravity, and it’s not pretty: muscle shrinking, bones weakening, changes to the central nervous system and other biological modifications to make us all reconsider the journey. “Some researchers have forecast that the future settler, after generations of evolutionary conditioning, will look less like an Übermensch and more like ET,” Wismayer writes. Juliette Portala
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Fall sports Senior Media Day
Seniors, mark your calendars for our fall sports Senior Media Day photo shoot, which will take place on Monday, Sept. 14, at 3:30 p.m.! All seniors playing a fall sport should report to the third-floor balcony area at Albany High promptly at 3:30 p.m. to get their photograph taken by John Wong Photography. Photographs taken on our fall sports Senior Media Day will be utilized for the creation of large, weatherproof senior banners. Each senior will be featured in their own individual banner. We extend our heartfelt thanks to the Albany Booster Club for funding our senior banners, which will be proudly displayed at our senior night events. Thanks to our booster club's support, each senior will get to keep their banner as a memento of their hard work and dedication as a Falcon student-athlete. There is no sitting fee for the Senior Media Day photo shoot. Students and families will be given the opportunity to purchase photos separately if they so choose. Senior Media Day photo shoots for winter and spring sports will be publicized leading up to each season. In addition to our Senior Media Day photo shoots, seniors will also be asked to participate in our sports photo sessions each season for all student-athletes in grades 9-12, facilitated by Upstate Images. Upstate Images provides our sports photography for our Albany High yearbook and students and families will be given the opportunity to purchase individual and/or team photos if they so choose. More details will be available at the start of the fall sports season.