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Jul 30 • 9:05 AM EDT • Technology • nintendoeverything.com

The new "science golden age" looks suspiciously like a grift

This edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ 🚀 Subscribe to PN 🚀 The Trump regime is trying to usher in a “Golden Age in Science” where scientific research is run like a Trump family business, artificial intelligence is all that matters, profit is everything, and expertise is for chumps. Or at least that’s the vision emerging from a new 123-page “Report to the President” from Michael Kratsios, the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. In a normal administration, you could probably skip over learning about a science policy document — but this is no normal administration, and this is no normal science policy document. Instead, it’s Trump’s attempt to end the actual golden age of science that was kicked off in 1945 with the publication of '“The Endless Frontier” by Vannevar Bush. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) [ Harmeet Dhillon demonstrates danger of posting through it ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) Liz Dye · Jul 29 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/harmeet-dhillon-portland) Bush, at President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s request, laid out a vision of federal support for science that centered on funding universities to do basic research, saying that as long as those institutions were “vigorous and healthy and their scientists are free to pursue the truth wherever it may lead, there will be a flow of new scientific knowledge to those who can apply it to practical problems in Government, in industry, or elsewhere.” Kratsios’s report is supposed to be the successor to Bush’s, and even apes the format, but this isn’t really a document about science policy. It’s one about ending science research as we know it in favor of shoveling cash at big tech companies. While it might be temping to wave this away as an aspirational policy document, Trump has already begun to shift billions in research funds to AI projects and has taken a hatchet to science funding across the board. He’s teed up the shift Kratsios proposes here, and since neither Congress nor the Supreme Court seem inclined to stop him from doing whatever he wants with taxpayer money, it isn’t doomering or hyperbole to say we are staring down the barrel of a world where the only “science” the government intends to support is for-profit tech and defense advancements. Science for dummies Part of how you can tell this isn’t a document about science is that you are immediately faced with an absolute wall of business-speak of the worst sort. Did you know we must “tightly couple our science and technology enterprises to ensure that groundbreaking ideas invented in the United States are rapidly prototyped, tested, manufactured, and scaled domestically”? You do now! That tone isn’t surprising, because Kratsios has no background in science or research. He has a bachelor’s in political science and spent most of his career working for Peter Thiel at Thiel Capital. After a stint in the first Trump administration as Chief Technology Officer, where he also did not do any science, Kratsios was tasked in 2020 with overseeing the Pentagon’s research budget for a brief time, a position that, as the Wall Street Journal put it, “carries a great deal of power in terms of dictating investment allocations.” He spent the Biden years at Scale AI as “head of strategy,” which you will also note is neither a science nor a research job. But Scale AI has contracts with the Department of Defense and, as the Washington Post wrote in 2023, “has been aggressively pitching itself as the company that will help the US military in its existential battle with China.” And now you have the necessary background for our new golden age, which is going to be a golden age of taking money away from scientists and universities and giving it to companies like Scale AI. A note from Aaron: Working with brilliant contributors like Lisa takes resources. If you aren’t already a paid subscriber, please become one to support our work. 👇 Subscribe In a genuinely galling move, Katsios spends a lot of time slamming universities because of “administrative burdens on researchers” and the “well-documented inefficiencies” in academia, the message being that those damn universities waste the time of amazing researchers with paperwork. Except it’s the administration that is attempting to impose inefficient, unnecessary burdens on those researchers with a proposed Office of Management and Budget rule that would require senior political appointees to approve every science grant and ensure it aligns with Trump’s personal priorities. Researchers would also have to seek prior government approval to attend conferences or publicize their research. And political appointees could terminate any grant at any time if they feel like it. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/omb-rule-science-funding) [ The murder of expertise ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/omb-rule-science-funding) Lisa Needham · Jun 11 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/omb-rule-science-funding) But when it comes to AI, we’re going to “restore permissionless innovation.” The report proposes to give lucky ducky innovators a pile of cash up front for grants lasting five years or longer, saying “awards should be fully-funded in year one, with all resources earmarked upfront, to minimize administrative burdens and reduce pressure for researchers to generate intermediate results to secure continued funding.” Yeah, wouldn’t want to have to make the Very Special Tech Bros show results or get money parceled out year by year like the plebes at universities. The report also proposes that we should have “fast grants” with “simplified applications requiring just a few pages of writing” because that is definitely how science works, just writing a bit off the dome and getting some cash. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) [ Tech elites are turning AI into ChatGPTrump ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) Paul Waldman · July 29, 2025 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-ai-action-plan-altman-llms) Oh, and we should have prizes and challenges, where multiple teams compete. The proposed prizes include incentives like “advance procurement commitments,” which means the federal government agrees to buy whatever is being developed. There’s also “regulatory fast-tracking,” making sure all those great AI thingies don’t have to wait too long to be unleashed on a market. These aren’t incentives to do science. These are incentives to develop things with tax dollars that you can then sell to the government for more tax dollars. In the suggestion that might be the most unhinged, the most very opposite of how both government and research work, our new age will include “golden tickets.” That’s where an individual reviewer in an agency — yes, just one person — can “recommend unconventional proposals that may not pass consensus-driven review panels” because somehow this will “surface valuable ideas too divisive for committees and attract higher quality reviewers by empowering them to exercise independent scientific judgment.” Yes, that’s saying that a random person in an agency should be able to shovel money at some idea even if it can’t pass a review panel, and that the opportunity to do so will attract better employees because apparently all the best minds in science are chomping at the bit to be allowed to unilaterally fund AI research based on their personal vibes. But that isn’t at all how actual science works, and actual scientists aren’t unhappy about review panels. They work collaboratively, not siloed in some secret race to create the next AI chatbot. A 2020 study by the National Bureau of Economic Research examined whether peer review panels succeed in helping agencies predict which research ideas will best advance science. Peer review was better at finding “diamond in the rough” applicants than a single government program official. How about that. Trump always wants a taste It’s painfully clear that what Katsios is trying to do here is turn the whole of government science research and funding into the sort of “move fast and break things” paradigm that is the hallmark of big tech. That method works to line the pockets of tech executives, but it isn’t science. There’s a reason the government funds different kinds of research than private tech companies do. What Katsios either fails to understand or deliberately ignores is that the federal government is the main funder of basic research precisely because it can take a long time for it to bear fruit and is not intended to be profitable as such. “Basic” here does not mean rudimentary or simple, but rather research that is designed to advance scientific knowledge instead of achieving a specific outcome or product. Big tech companies don’t widely fund that sort of research, because it doesn’t make them money. Industry dollars account for only about 20 percent of basic research funding, while the government contributes around 60 percent. Big tech companies and startups do, however, rely on and benefit from that basic research. A 2019 study found that 35 percent of all patents obtained by venture-backed startups from 1976 to 2016 cited federally supported research. Basic research funded by the NIH contributed to every single drug the FDA approved from 2010 to 2016. [ ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) [ The Saudi nuclear farce and governance by whim and meme ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) Noah Berlatsky · Jul 27 [ Read full story ](https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-saudi-nuclear-deal) Unlike inventing the next ChatGPT, actual science is slow and iterative. Government funding of research that, on its face, would not appear to lead to any big new invention is actually what underpins those big new inventions. If the government hadn’t funded research into desert lizard venom, we wouldn’t know about semaglutide, and we wouldn’t have Ozempic. If research scientists hadn’t studied how bees optimize nectar foraging within a colony, we wouldn’t have the algorithm that assigns internet traffic across computer servers. The report assiduously ignores that a symbiotic, profitable relationship between the federal government, universities, and private companies already exists. Each federal research dollar generates about $1.50 to $3.00 in long-term economic benefits. The $36 billion the government awarded in NIH research funding in fiscal year 2025 generated $94 billion in new economic activity. Trump’s proposed new golden age is intended to strip those billions from universities, resulting in the dismantling of departments and the shuttering of labs. But Katsios has a plan for that: Universities should just become trade schools to churn out no-show STEM degrees! “Require universities and community colleges to embed practical technical training and externships into STEM curricula. Let hands-on experience and industry credentials count toward degrees.” It’s quite the feat to, on the one hand, strip schools of funding for scientific research while simultaneously demanding to control what is taught and, oh, also, colleges need to give degrees to employees at big tech companies just for being employees at big tech companies. The new golden age would also exacerbate the brain drain Trump’s policies have already caused. Nature found that in the first quarter of 2025, US scientists submitted 32 percent more job applications abroad than in 2024. A March 2025 poll by Nature of roughly 1,600 scientists found that over 1,200 said they were considering leaving the country. Europe is investing $565 million to make it a “magnet for researchers” and provide funding for scientists who relocate. The new golden age is also about embedding Trump’s xenophobia into the fabric of American science. The report complains of an “over-reliance on foreign students” that “creates a security challenge our institutions are ill-equipped to address” and that a “reliance on foreign talent sidelines American students.” This is, to put it mildly, nonsense. International students pay far higher tuition and often receive no financial aid. Their tuition dollars are what make it possible for American students to get financial aid. In the 2023-2024 school year alone, international students contributed $43.8 billion to the US economy and supported over 378,000 jobs. Those 1.1 million international students accounted for only six percent of the total number of students in higher education that year, but were such an economic engine that for every three international students, one job was created or supported. It’s impossible not to wonder whether part of Trump’s loathing for universities and their leading role in scientific research is that there is no way for him to corrupt the process and make money off it in the same way he can by giving millions and billions to Silicon Valley types who, in turn, give him millions in cash. There’s no way for his children to invest in universities that the government then gives no-bid contracts to, fattening the family’s bottom line, which is pretty much the Trump sons’ current venture capital practice. Trump and Katsios’s view of science is narrow, cramped, and wrong. We’re not in a crisis, we’re not a failed state. We’ve been a science superpower for decades, and the only thing that threatens that is Donald Trump. Tech bros are already living high off the hog in this administration. They don’t need any more of our tax dollars. Hopefully this new golden age never comes to pass. Thanks for reading Public Notice. This post is public so feel free to share it. Share We’ll be back with more tomorrow. If you appreciate today’s PN, please do your part to keep us free by signing up for a paid subscription. 🚀 Subscribe to PN 🚀 Thanks for reading, and for your support.

Jul 30 • 8:12 AM EDT • Science • publicnotice.co

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Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • pardeehospital.org

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.

Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • iai.tv

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Jul 30 • 5:45 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

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Jul 30 • 5:31 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

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Jul 30 • 4:13 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

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Jul 30 • 1:02 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

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Jul 29 • 11:17 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com

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Jul 29 • 10:09 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

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Jul 29 • 8:04 PM EDT • Health • katu.com

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Jul 29 • 5:24 PM EDT • Technology • techpowerup.com

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Jul 29 • 5:00 PM EDT • Health • mprnews.org

Splatoon Raiders Needs A Retry Button

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Jul 29 • 4:30 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com

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Jul 29 • 3:49 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

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Jul 29 • 3:07 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

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Jul 29 • 2:57 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

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Jul 29 • 2:22 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

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Jul 29 • 1:48 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

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Jul 29 • 1:18 PM EDT • Health • click2houston.com

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Jul 29 • 12:59 PM EDT • Health • hhs.texas.gov

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Jul 29 • 12:30 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

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Jul 29 • 12:30 PM EDT • Health • hhs.gov

Wild horse decisions should be led by science

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Jul 29 • 12:04 PM EDT • Science • azcapitoltimes.com

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Jul 29 • 12:00 PM EDT • Science • businessofhome.com

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Jul 29 • 11:44 AM EDT • Health • insidernj.com

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Jul 29 • 10:58 AM EDT • Health • aha.org

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Jul 29 • 10:27 AM EDT • Entertainment • ksat.com

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Jul 29 • 10:18 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

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Jul 29 • 10:08 AM EDT • Health • hipaajournal.com

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Jul 29 • 9:49 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

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Jul 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

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Jul 29 • 8:51 AM EDT • Health • rider.edu

The Raiders name Kirk Cousins their starting quarterback

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Jul 29 • 8:28 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

OpenAI chief economist says don't copy successful people's career

Ronnie Chatterji said studying high achievers' path is "relatively bad advice" as their career journey was "very context dependent."

Jul 29 • 7:23 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Cleveland WNBA Names Cleveland Clinic as Third Founding Partner and Official Hospital and Sports Medicine Provider

World-renowned hospital system to focus on holistic player care, advancing youth development, health education and community engagement.

Jul 29 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • newsroom.clevelandclinic.org

AI's latest casualty? The health of the people building it.

Lilian Weng of Thinking Machines Lab is the only the latest tech executive to resign due to stress and illness.

Jul 29 • 6:44 AM EDT • Health • businessinsider.com

Splatoon Raiders is currently the 7th greatest game of all time on Metacritic, according to User Score

While not a true indicator of quality, the results at least show a dedicated following…

Jul 29 • 6:34 AM EDT • Technology • videogameschronicle.com

My Cracker Barrel visit left me wanting a new menu

I went to Cracker Barrel and little has changed under the outgoing CEO. Maybe the new boss will freshen up the menu.

Jul 29 • 5:30 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

2 'red lines' in Iran war to watch to know when to de-risk portfolio

While there are several potential red line scenarios, two of them stand out as "edging closer to reality," MRB Partners says.

Jul 29 • 5:25 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

How an 18-year-old's love of origami helped him win $100,000

Hikaru Kuribayashi used origami-inspired technology to win a $100,000 prize at the 2026 Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair in May.

Jul 29 • 5:14 AM EDT • Science • businessinsider.com

Cowboys Receive Clear Message Involving Raiders’ Maxx Crosby

The future of Las Vegas Raiders‘ Maxx Crosby will be a talking point from now until the trade deadline in a couple of months. If Crosby shows that he’s his usual game-wrecking self, teams will call the Silver and Black.Moreover, if Las Vegas gets off to a challenging start, the question will be whether they’ll […] The post Cowboys Receive Clear Message Involving Raiders’ Maxx Crosby appeared first on HEAVY.

Jul 29 • 5:06 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

'Don't Make Me Think' author Steve Krug says social media is terrible

Steve Krug invented the frictionless internet with his book "Don't Make Me Think." Now he's in the frictionmaxxers' corner.

Jul 29 • 4:19 AM EDT • Technology • businessinsider.com

Radiology fires back at report claiming providers ‘gaming’ No Surprises Act

According to the Wall Street Journal, providers scored $15B in payments last year through IDR, triple the figure for 2024, with CMS “actively working to clean it up."

Jul 29 • 3:33 AM EDT • Business • radiologybusiness.com

Strong quake hits Japan's production hub, disrupts business operations

A powerful earthquake centred on Kumamoto in southwestern Japan on Tuesday forced a growing number of manufacturers, retailers and service providers to suspend operations across the region, disrupting supply chains in one of the ​country's key production hubs.

Jul 29 • 2:45 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com

Google DeepMind dismantles Nobel-winning AlphaFold team in strategy shift

Landmark project that solved protein folding gives way to a wider race to build AI systems for scientific discovery

Jul 29 • 12:00 AM EDT • Technology • ft.com

OpenAI's First Devices: Speaker, Smartphone, and More

OpenAI's hardware roadmap has sharpened considerably in recent months, with its first device now identified, a smartphone said to be arriving as soon as next year, and a wider lineup taking shape behind them. AI Smart Speaker OpenAI's first product is a portable, screenless smart speaker developed with former Apple design chief Jony Ive, designed to act as a personal companion in the home rather than a conventional voice assistant.

Jul 28 • 9:00 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com

ServiceNow cuts jobs amid global restructuring and AI focus

Amid industry pressure, ServiceNow, overseen by CEO Bill McDermott, reduces workforce while focusing on AI investment and operational efficiency.

Jul 28 • 7:42 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

NFL Catchup: Extensions Galore, Rodgers Makes Another Statement & Raiders' QB Battle

All 32 teams across the NFL have reported to training camp. Here's what to know about what happened across the league on Tuesday.

Jul 28 • 6:52 PM EDT • Sports • foxsports.com

Pennsylvania health insurance providers request steep rate increases for 2027

Health insurance providers in Pennsylvania have requested significant rate increases for 2027, with proposals affecting both individual and small group markets.

Jul 28 • 6:09 PM EDT • Health • wgal.com

Iran Considered Retaliatory Strike on Ukrainian Seaport

A flurry of diplomacy has eased tensions, officials said, after an incident risked triggering a wider war.

Jul 28 • 5:39 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com

GOP governor survives challenge from Bitcoin evangelist in gubernatorial runoff

South Dakota's first gubernatorial primary runoff pitted incumbent Larry Rhoden against outsider Toby Doeden after neither cleared the 35% threshold to win outright.

Jul 28 • 5:39 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com

Report: Sixers trade Broome and 2nd-rounder to Clippers for cash considerations

The Sixers are reportedly sending Johni Broome to Los Angeles in a trade with the Clippers.

Jul 28 • 5:10 PM EDT • Sports • nbcsportsphiladelphia.com

Eva Mendes calls out AI image suggesting Ryan Gosling and Johnny Depp hung out at Comic-Con

Ghost Rider did not visit Ebenezer Scrooge on the streets of San Diego.

Jul 28 • 4:28 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com

SEC’s New Targeting Rule A Win For Common Sense

SEC Media Days 2026 was, as usual, a lot of sizzle and very little steak. But one announcement was significant enough that it merits further consideration. The league announced that beginning in 2026 a player’s first targeting ejection of the season will no longer carry an automatic suspension into the next game. The player is […]

Jul 28 • 3:12 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

The Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce is on the hunt for its next CEO

The Livingston Parish Chamber of Commerce is preparing to search for a new CEO following the resignation of April Wehrs, who led the organization for 15 years. The chamber’s board plans to hire a… Already an INSIDER? Sign in. Already an INSIDER? Sign in

Jul 28 • 3:03 PM EDT • Business • businessreport.com

Exec burnout and overwork: How 10 business leaders stave off burnout

"I ultimately have to admit that the amount of consistent stress and workload have pushed me beyond what my health can sustain physically," Lilian Weng wrote.

Jul 28 • 12:48 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

This South Dakota race shows how wealthy candidates are changing American politics

The incumbent governor faces an unexpected challenge from a self-funded outsider.

Jul 28 • 12:45 PM EDT • Politics • ms.now

Public invited to free Weaverville health and wellness fair

A free health and wellness fair will be held in Weaverville at the Redding Rancheria Trinity Health Center on Wednesday, July 29.

Jul 28 • 11:58 AM EDT • Health • krcrtv.com

MLB Insider Reveals Mets' Stance on Potential Luis Torrens Trade

The New York Mets are reportedly very reluctant to trade catcher Luis Torrens.

Jul 28 • 11:08 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Immersive Experience Bolsters Sphere Entertainment’s (SPHR) Strong Performance

O’Keeffe Stevens Advisory, an investment advisory firm, released its second-quarter 2026 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. During Q2 2026, the market experienced notable dispersion between perceived AI losers and winners. The firm has made investments early in AI infrastructure companies, which yielded gains during market repricing. The second quarter […]

Jul 28 • 10:51 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com

Waffle House looking to move forward with Prairieville project

Restaurant chain Waffle House has filed for a new construction permit to begin work on the company’s first Prairieville location. According to the permit, the building will comprise 1,840 square … Already an INSIDER? Sign in. Already an INSIDER? Sign in

Jul 28 • 10:38 AM EDT • Business • businessreport.com

'Brand New Day' is Tom Holland's grownup Spider-Man movie

Tom Holland’s Spider-Man has battled Thanos, gotten blipped out of existence, lost his mentor and sacrificed relationships to save the world.

Jul 28 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • centraloregondaily.com

Spider-Man: Brand New Day' is more like 'Déjà Vu'? A spoiler-free review.

Tom Holland and Zendaya are back in action and yet...

Jul 28 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • mashable.com

In novel program, the Pentagon will pay civilian ambulances for blood

The Pentagon will test paying ambulances for blood transfusions, a move experts hope expands lifesaving prehospital care.

Jul 28 • 8:37 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Will Lazio Continue to Receive Funds From Polymarket?

While Polymarket no longer appears on the official Lazio website, an insider claims the agreement between the two parties remains in effect.Lazio & Polymarket Collaboration Turns Sour After Blacklisti...

Jul 28 • 8:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Double Fine Announces Layoffs Following Split From Xbox

"Only the survival of our studio would ever make us consider such a painful action," says Double Fine head Tim Schafer.

Jul 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Technology • gameinformer.com

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ marks the start of something new: ‘It’s a beginning’

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ team describes the new Marvel film as ‘a beginning.’ ‘It’s a brand new...thing,” Tom Holland says.

Jul 28 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com

What your internet provider, websites and advertisers see

Your internet provider, websites and advertisers can track your browsing activity even without you posting online. Here's how to limit what they see.

Jul 28 • 7:08 AM EDT • Technology • foxnews.com

Amazon winds down most flagship AI models in strategy overhaul, Business Insider reports

Amazon.com is revamping its AI strategy, winding down many of its in-house AI models and sharpening focus on a new frontier-model effort, ​Business Insider reported on Tuesday citing people familiar with the ‌matter.

Jul 28 • 6:34 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com

Thinking Machines Lab cofounder steps down, citing stress and illness

Lilian Weng said repeated illness and the pressure of building an AI startup had become physically unsustainable.

Jul 28 • 6:33 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Liraglutide For Weight Loss: How It Works, Safety Considerations & More

Liraglutide For Weight Loss: How It Works, Safety Considerations & More

Jul 28 • 5:51 AM EDT • Health • forbes.com

Amazon rethinks its AI strategy and winds down many in-house models

Amazon reshapes its AI strategy by deprecating most Nova AI models and shifting resources to Pieter Abbeel's Frontier Model Research initiative.

Jul 28 • 5:00 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Scientists cut and rebuild molecules from the inside to create new chiral nanocarbons

Nanocarbons are molecular-scale carbon structures considered to be the building blocks for next-generation materials. Until now, scientists have built them by fusing small, flat carbon molecules together ...

Jul 28 • 5:00 AM EDT • Science • phys.org

George E. Norcross III to Donate $100 Million to Cooper University Health Care/MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper in Honor of His Parents, George E. Norcross Jr. and Anne Carol Conner Norcross

George E. Norcross III to Donate $100 Million to Cooper University Health Care/MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper in Honor of His Parents, George E. Norcross Jr. and Anne Carol Conner Norcross Three Generations of Norcross Family Members Have Dedicated More Than 50 Years to Cooper Gift Is One of the Largest in New Jersey and[...]

Jul 28 • 4:42 AM EDT • Health • insidernj.com

Splatoon Raiders' User Scores Are Off To A Splashing Start On Metacritic

Nintendo's fresh take receives a glowing reception

Jul 28 • 2:30 AM EDT • Technology • nintendolife.com

Spider Man: Brand New Day First Reactions Praise Tom Holland's Return

Tom Holland is earning rave first reactions for his fourth "Spider-Man" movie, which opens the door to his next era in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Jul 28 • 1:35 AM EDT • Entertainment • variety.com

Paltry Medicare pay fueling imaging access gaps, radiology experts charge

Along with radiology providers, Medicare’s failure to keep pace with inflation is harming patients, too, according to new Neiman Health Policy Institute research.

Jul 28 • 1:21 AM EDT • Business • radiologybusiness.com

Boxing’s top 10 pound-for-pound men’s fighters, ranked by the sport’s insiders

A panel of experts from across the sport deliver their verdicts on the best fighters on the planet

Jul 28 • 12:05 AM EDT • Sports • nytimes.com

Health provider announces RRH partnership prematurely

WATERTOWN — After months of Chapter 11 bankruptcy hearings, closures and the ending of services at several of its facilities, North Star Health Alliance on Thursday announced that it would

Jul 27 • 11:45 PM EDT • Health • thedailynewsonline.com

Haywood County considers offering 2 land parcels to local businesses

Jul 27 • 9:10 PM EDT • Business • wlos.com

Dario Amodei clears the air on banning open-weight AI models

Amodei said he never advocated for banning open-weight AI models and doesn't believe a ban to be effective in making AI safer.

Jul 27 • 9:09 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Game Thread: Yankees (59-46) at White Sox (55-49)

The Bronx Bombers face off against the South Siders in tonight’s series opener

Jul 27 • 7:25 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Mets Could Implement Bold Blueprint for Potential Sean Manaea Blockbuster

New York Mets veteran left-hander Sean Manaea does not seem like a valuable trade chip. Buried in the rotation due to a youth push and his own rough season, the southpaw still could command a decent yield in a trade. Is it considered a smart move by general manager David Stearns or a salary dump […] The post Mets Could Implement Bold Blueprint for Potential Sean Manaea Blockbuster appeared first on HEAVY.

Jul 27 • 7:22 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Nintendo just debuted the hardest boss in its 136-year history

Pudyin your place

Jul 27 • 6:00 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com

Iran War Enters 6th Month and a Period of Greater Uncertainty

Here is a rundown of the major events of the war, as both sides consider their next moves.

Jul 27 • 3:53 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com

Amtrak roomette vs. first class: Which train ticket is better?

I took a 15-hour Amtrak trip in a roomette for $400. Then I took a three-hour trip in first class on the Amtrak NextGen Acela train for $450.

Jul 27 • 3:32 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Has AI reached the singularity? Experts disagree with Sam Altman

Sam Altman says we're in the singularity. Most of the AI academics and authors Business Insider spoke to say the bar has not been met.

Jul 27 • 2:17 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Better health care: Clemson, Prisma examine human factors

Clemson University faculty and Prisma Health clinicians have launched interdisciplinary research into system processes and procedures, or "human factors," that may impact patient experiences and job satisfaction among healthcare providers.

Jul 27 • 1:41 PM EDT • Health • news.clemson.edu

The cost of running the White House

It costs millions of dollars to run the president's official residence and workplace. Here's a breakdown.

Jul 27 • 1:30 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Apple dethrones Nvidia as world's most valuable company after stock moves

Nvidia has been hit by volatility as investors rethink parts of the AI thesis, while Apple is the top stock in the Magnificent Seven this year.

Jul 27 • 1:02 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Huge PS5 sale lets you stock up on physical discs before they disappear forever

The sale includes a ton of PS5 first-party bangers

Jul 27 • 12:50 PM EDT • Technology • polygon.com

Business Insider presents: "Dear Nizar, Dear Maryam"

Amid a thousand days of destruction and deepening famine, a food blogger carves out a memory of Gaza for his children.

Jul 27 • 12:11 PM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

Robert Downey Jr. reacts to Ryan Gosling joining the MCU (exclusive)

Robert Downey Jr. is thrilled that Ryan Gosling is joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe — and he has an inspired idea for a Ghost Rider team-up.

Jul 27 • 11:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com

Nintendo’s ‘Splatoon Raiders’ Just Set A Metacritic Score Record

Believe it or not, Splatoon Raiders has just set a Metacritic score record for Nintendo. Players are positively loving the game.

Jul 27 • 10:47 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com