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Phil Jackson Comments on NBA Legend's Celtics Question

Legendary NBA coach Phil Jackson casually dropped basketball knowledge after a 5-time NBA champion asks about Boston Celtics' 'paralysis' in Game 7 loss to Philadelphia 76ers.

May 3 • 9:14 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Cleo Fields, other House candidates ask to join to lawsuit over Louisiana suspending election

U.S. Rep. Cleo Fields has asked a judge to join a lawsuit challenging Gov. Jeff Landry’s suspension of congressional primaries in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling declaring Louisiana’s U.S. House map unconstitutional.

May 3 • 7:25 PM EDT • Politics • nola.com

Ask.com Is Dead, and I’m Begging Its Owners Not to Bring AskJeeves Back as a Chatbot

Let AskJeeves recede into the fog of millennial nostalgia. Permanently.

May 3 • 3:08 PM EDT • Technology • gizmodo.com

College basketball announcer pops up on Kentucky Derby coverage

John Fanta has quickly become a household name in college basketball, but displayed his versatility on the racetrack.

May 3 • 1:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Nancy Guthrie Update: New Footage Shows Masked Man in Same Neighborhood

One neighbor said the new Ring video is ‘disturbing.’

May 3 • 11:48 AM EDT • Entertainment • gjsentinel.com

Nancy Guthrie Update: New Footage Shows Masked Man in Same Neighborhood

One neighbor said the new Ring video is ‘disturbing.’

May 3 • 11:48 AM EDT • Entertainment • fairfieldsuntimes.com

Reggie Fils-Aimé says Amazon once asked Nintendo to break the law

Amazon wanted ‘obscene’ financial support to undercut Walmart.

May 3 • 11:24 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com

Jeeves and Ask.com Shut Down After Almost 30 Years

The pioneering search engine shut down on May 1, after nearly 30 years in operation.

May 3 • 10:13 AM EDT • Technology • nytimes.com

Masked gunman robs employee at business on north side, police searching for suspect

May 3 • 9:57 AM EDT • Business • kens5.com

Follow Sunday's Premier League games live

There are three games in the Premier League on Sunday and BBC Sport will bring you every moment. Bournemouth v Crystal Palace (14:00) - listen on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra Manchester United v Liverpool (15:30) - listen on BBC Radio 5 Live Aston Villa v Tottenham (19:00) Kick-off times BST You can also listen to today's 5 Live Premier League commentaries on most smart speakers. Just say "ask BBC Sounds to play Bournemouth v Crystal Palace" or "ask BBC Sounds to play Man Utd v Liverpool".

May 3 • 7:45 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

This $10 accessory changed how I use my Android phone, and I should have bought it sooner

Multitasking is no longer a chore

May 3 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • androidpolice.com

How do March Madness changes affect Tom Izzo legacy?

Tom Izzo has coached Michigan State basketball to a record 27 straight NCAA Tournament berths. Would an expanded field to 76 teams alter that legacy?

May 3 • 5:07 AM EDT • Sports • freep.com

There’s a Right and Wrong Way to Use Urgent Care

We asked experts when you should use one, and when you’re better off visiting an ER or primary care doctor instead.

May 3 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • nytimes.com

Zack Polanski asked about arrest criticism

May 3 • 4:38 AM EDT • Politics • news.sky.com

Sam Altman asked GPT-5.5 to plan its own party

Sam Altman asked GPT what it would like for its launch celebration. Its suggestions included toasts from its creators (but not the AI itself).

May 3 • 4:30 AM EDT • Business • businessinsider.com

University of Nebraska"Lincoln College of Business

University of NebraskaLincoln College of Business The University of NebraskaLincoln College of Business presented the following at its 41st Annual Advisory Board Awards Celebration: Lifetime Achievement Award to Marc LeBaron,

May 3 • 1:00 AM EDT • Business • omaha.com

Fargo physicist says Bluetooth headphones pose no health risk

Whether hitting the gym, walking the dog, or hopping on a bike, many people are wearing headphones. But with Bluetooth technology more popular than ever, some are asking if wireless headphones are actually safe.

May 2 • 8:53 PM EDT • Health • valleynewslive.com

‘The reality, for better or worse’: Columbia comp sci students and faculty grapple with AI’s disruption of the field

‘The reality, for better or worse’: Columbia comp sci students and faculty grapple with AI’s disruption of the field ‘The reality, for better or worse’: Columbia comp sci students and faculty grapple with AI’s disruption of the field A field that once seemed like a direct path to stable, lucrative work is becoming less certain under AI, students and faculty told Spectator. By Ria Vasishtha and Arjun Menon May 3, 2026 Shanying Liu / Deputy Illustrations Editor Asia Genawi, SEAS ’29, first encountered artificial intelligence during her sophomore year at her high school in Indiana. Back in 2023, policies on AI varied widely—even within the same district—and some schools had no guidance at all. As Genawi began to see the effects of AI trickle into her classroom, she turned to guidance from her home state’s Department of Education, which she said she found “outdated and inaccessible.” Genawi spent the rest of her high school career dedicated to the issue, including writing a 15-page memo exploring varying AI policies across Indiana schools, which she sent to every Indiana state senator and representative whose contact information she was able to find. She later helped draft a bill that would have required public high schools to establish and share their own AI policies with students in an accessible format. But with so many other bills already awaiting referral, hers never made it to committee. When Genawi arrived at Columbia to study computer science, she found that the gaps she had spent years trying to address in Indiana had followed her there. Many students and professors were also grappling with what AI meant for the field. Across Columbia’s undergraduate schools, computer science has become the most popular major—accounting for around 11 percent of degrees awarded in Columbia College, 32 percent in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and 12 percent in the School of General Studies in 2024. While the number of computer science majors in SEAS grew from 166 to 173 during the 2024-25 academic year, the total number across the three schools fell around 4.5 percent from 393 to 375, driven by declines at Columbia College and General Studies. At Barnard, it has grown to become the second most popular major as of 2025, up from third the year prior. The number of degrees awarded have grown fivefold since 2016. Faculty members and students in the department told Spectator that the surge in the major’s popularity has been driven in large part by its apparent promise of a secure, well-paid career path. However, they noted that the recent rise of generative AI has compromised the sense of stability that once defined the field, even as interest in technical skills among students persists. According to data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in 2024, out of 74 majors tracked, computer science had the fifth highest unemployment rate among majors at 7 percent, while computer engineering had the second highest at 7.8 percent. “Anecdotally, people are moving away from CS as a major,” Daniel Bauer, a senior lecturer in the computer science department, said. “They’re still taking some of our classes, right, because they think they need that, but they’re instead majoring in other things.” Bauer described a field that had shifted from what he called a “nerdy outlier discipline” to one that “everyone needs,” a sign that technical skills have become a baseline expectation across industries with the emergence of AI. “A lot of people thought, ‘Oh, it’s a guaranteed path to a stable income. You get a six-figure job right out of your undergrad,’” Bauer said. Now, companies may see AI as a way to reduce demand for entry-level programmers, especially in what he calls “code monkey jobs,” roles where a large number of employees are “just writing out code nine-to-five.” Chris Murphy, a senior lecturer in the computer science department, described the current moment as the convergence of two forces: the downturn of the job market and generative AI coming onto the scene. “Things kind of started to really pick up in 2014, 16,” he said, recalling the years after the weaker 2010 market. Murphy added that this was also a period where “students were getting more experience outside of class than they were inside of class” through internships, jobs, and side projects. Murphy suggested that the earlier momentum helped make computer science feel like both an academic program and a reliable pathway into work. That feeling is harder to sustain now as the industry reconfigures, which is a shift that students are seeing firsthand. Rebecca Yu, SEAS ’27, said that during a recent internship in Big Tech, she saw that “every single tech company was racing to integrate” large language models. She added that her manager said her intern class was the first to complete their assigned projects, which she attributed to the increased efficiency that comes with AI. Frank Liu, SEAS ’29, said that with AI lowering the barrier to coding, companies now expect everyone to write code. “A lot of companies outright say if you’re not using coding in your job, you might get fired for not being productive enough,” Liu said. Yu similarly expressed that students increasingly have to accept AI being a part of industry workflow, adding that many also “make use of it to maximize their productivity.” Richard Li, CC ’28, described a “franticness” among his peers as the pace of change accelerates. He explained how “some new tool” is released regularly, noting that tools rise and fall in prominence within weeks. He has come to believe that he doesn’t need to “match that speed all the time” and keep up with every development. Li has learned that AI tools allow him to “take a breath” and “get back into the loop much easier than before” when he needs to. While some companies specifically target Columbia when hiring, sending representatives to campus career fairs and recruiting large numbers from Columbia, a computer science degree cannot be treated as a static credential, Yu described. “You can’t just get your degree and stop learning after that. You have to always be learning,” Yu said. “That is something you basically have to expect for your job.” AI has not only affected students’ decisions to major in computer science, but also reshaped how the subject is taught. Across departments, faculty members no longer treat work done outside the classroom as a reliable measure of understanding, shifting instead toward in-person exams, quizzes, and attendance checks. While homework once made up as much as 60 to 70 percent of a student’s grade in computer science classes, Murphy said that breakdown has since flipped, with exams and quizzes now accounting for the majority. “The assumption—especially among pessimists—is that they’re using it to do their homework,” Murphy said. “They take the homework assignment. They put it into generative AI. Out comes the solution. Submit solution. The end.” Murphy said that faculty members ranged in their responses from fully prohibiting AI use to actively teaching students how to effectively work with AI. He said he shifted his approach this year after his teaching assistants called his belief that students weren’t using the technology “naïve,” and now permits students to use AI on assignments. His surveys of students in his introductory classes have told a more complicated story than the one so-called pessimists offer: Around 60 to 70 percent of students who reported using AI said they used it to have concepts explained to them, to clarify assignment instructions, to generate test cases, or to create practice questions. “Those are all ways that you might have had a tutor in the past to do that, and now you have this AI essentially as your tutor,” he said. Bauer has taken a different approach, teaching students how to use AI productively without sacrificing the core principles of the discipline. “People who are trained to actually use AI tools productively, while being in charge of designing the overall project, will be very much in demand in the next couple of years,” he said. Over the past year, a working group of computer science faculty has been redesigning the introductory and intermediate programming sequence to integrate generative AI as both a subject and a tool, representatives from SEAS wrote in a statement to Spectator. The effort is “coordinated” across the department, “not course-by-course,” with a systematic assessment of how AI integration is affecting student outcomes underway to shape the next round of changes. The goal, the department explained, is for students to be able to “read, verify, and reason about code, whether they or a model wrote it.” Tony Dear, senior lecturer in the computer science department, is piloting individualized AI feedback in a discrete mathematics course, while a machine learning course is also testing a Socratic AI dialogue system designed to “guide inquiry rather than supply answers,” the statement reads. Beyond individual courses, SEAS funded seven cross-departmental faculty projects in generative AI this past academic year, spanning biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, industrial engineering, and computer science, according to the statement. This phenomenon extends beyond the computer science department. SEAS’ new AI minor, which it announced in November 2025, reflects the University’s attempt to adapt. The minor is specifically designed for noncomputer science majors and aims to provide “essential AI knowledge” while emphasizing practical and responsible use across disciplines, according to the SEAS website. At the center of the minor is AI in Context, a course taught by a team of faculty from the departments of computer science, applied mathematics, philosophy, music, literature, and the Writing Center, the representatives told Spectator. Bauer described it as targeted at students who want to bring AI into fields like economics or biology, rather than as a path into software engineering itself. At the graduate level, SEAS announced a new Master of Science in artificial intelligence in February, with the inaugural cohort starting in the fall. While recognizing how AI has helped them navigate coursework, students also described its rise as isolating, even among members of the Application Development Initiative, one of Columbia’s largest computer science clubs. “As people start to ask AI for questions that they would normally ask students and members, it starts to isolate people” Li said. Alexa Kafka, BC ’27, echoed Li’s sentiment, pointing out that computer science has always been a collaborative discipline with code reviews and pull requests, even as AI makes independent work easier. Despite this, Kafka noted that she hasn’t been to office hours “in at least a year.” Bauer added that faculty are exploring long-term solutions to the assessment problem. “One of the things that we’re trying to do at the department or school level is to maybe move towards computerized testing facilities,” Bauer said, referring to ideas in the department to revitalize computer labs as an alternative to pen-and-paper exams. “We have to accept that this is the reality, for better or worse.” But more exams, students say, does not mean better learning, nor does it reflect how computer science is actually done. “Code is so variable and can be approached in so many directions, there’s never just going to be one correct answer. There can be multiple optimal solutions,” Kafka said. Students also expressed concern that the shift toward exam-heavy grading pulls focus away from the applied, project-based work that better reflects both discipline and industry expectations. ADI has tried to respond more quickly than the curriculum can. Through a vibe coding workshop this past semester, club members said they wanted to help students understand not just that AI exists, but how to use it deliberately. “Vibe coding” refers to the practice of prompting AI to write code for a task or project, and has become widespread enough that ADI felt the gap in formal instruction was worth addressing, according to Sophia Huang, BC ’29. The workshop introduced students to the concept of context engineering, which Shaina Sahu, SEAS ’27, described as not just writing a prompt, but optimizing “the rest of the relevant information that you would feed into the model.” Without that, students said that AI-generated code can fail at scale or introduce difficult-to-detect bugs. Genawi said the shift toward AI has changed what it means to be good at computer science. “I think the shift has kind of gone towards what can you create and what can you do, instead of, what do you know,” she said. Indeed, during ADI DevFest, its annual hackathon, Li said more teams are trying to complete their projects than in years past. While sign-ups have historically outpaced submissions, Li said this is beginning to change because teams “have a tool that completes the vision for them.” While many students see AI as an equalizer that lowers the barrier to entry for coding and technical work, Murphy said it also creates new equity concerns inside the classroom around who can afford stronger tools and who already knows how to use them. “The equity issues I worry about are students who have access to paid versions of things versus free versions of things,” he said. Although popular AI models like ChatGPT and Claude have free versions available, both have paid models that can reach over $100 per month, which output different qualities of code. Murphy also pointed to differences in prior exposure to AI literacy itself. “Students who go to high schools or K-12 education, where they’re taught AI literacy, prompt engineering, context engineering, they understand how to do this, as opposed to students who go to schools who don’t teach that,” he said. “Then they come in, and then they’re somehow expected to know how to use these tools.” For Genawi, those disparities begin long before students arrive on campus. “It’s very interesting to consider how lucky you were geographically,” she said. “To be born where you were is influencing your ability to get access to these spaces.” Students like Yu, though broadly apprehensive about the future of computer science, are not without hope. “I’m optimistic, because I think if you’re truly passionate about CS, there will definitely be a place in the field to do something you want to do,” she said. Senior Staff Writer Ria Vasishtha can be contacted at ria.vasishtha@columbiaspectator.com. Follow Spectator on X @ColumbiaSpec. Staff Writer Arjun Menon can be contacted at arjun.menon@columbiaspectator.com. Follow Spectator on X @ColumbiaSpec. Want to keep up with breaking news? Subscribe to our email newsletter and like Spectator on Facebook. Produced with Spectate by Emily Ta

May 2 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • columbiaspectator.com

ASK A COMMISSIONER: How Do I Support Local Businesses and Stimulate the Economy?

By Mary Faith Bell, Tillamook County Commissioner Recently a constituent asked me on Facebook to provide examples of things I have done in my current term to stimulate the economy and support…

May 2 • 7:25 PM EDT • Business • tillamookcountypioneer.net

BYU Basketball Recruiting Notebook: The Big Man Search Continues

The calendar has flipped to May and BYU is still in pursuit of its starting center for next season. BYU has 12 players slotted in for next season’s roster, but the Cougs still have a gaping hole at center. Khadim Mboup and TCU transfer Adam Stewart are the only two players on the roster that […]

May 2 • 6:46 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

'I Wasn't Going to Do Something Illegal' — Reggie Fils-Aimé Remembers the Phone Call That Made Nintendo Stop Working With Amazon During the DS Era

Reggie Fils-Aimé has opened up about the time an Amazon executive gave him a phone call and asked Nintendo to do something "illegal" during the era of the Nintendo DS.

May 2 • 5:31 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com

Farewell, Jeeves: Ask.com shuts down

Owner IAC says it's discontinuing its search business.

May 2 • 5:11 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com

Reggie Fils-Aimé Says Amazon Asked Nintendo To Break The Law

A recent lecture at NYU suggests the unstable relationship between the gaming and e-commerce giants dates all the way back to the Nintendo DS

May 2 • 1:12 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com

Ask.com shuts down after nearly 30 years, marking the end of Ask Jeeves

After nearly 30 years, Ask.com has officially closed on May 1, 2026. It was the pioneer of question-answering search engines.

May 2 • 11:37 AM EDT • Technology • piunikaweb.com

'Aberdeen not safe yet'

Aberdeen fans, we asked for your views on Friday night's 2-2 draw against Livingston. Chris: To be perfectly honest after last night my worry is Stephen Robinson and his team selection. As time passes my real fear is who Robinson will show the door and who will come in.

May 2 • 8:10 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

West Hancock’s Lucy Woodworth signs to play two sports at Culver Stockton College

West Hancock's Lucy Woodworth will continue her basketball and golf career at Culver Stockton College next year

May 1 • 11:14 PM EDT • Sports • wgem.com

Trump endorses Andy Barr in race to succeed Mitch McConnell

Trump also asked one of Barr’s rivals to drop out of the Republican primary in Kentucky, where the winner of the GOP primary is likely to succeed McConnell.

May 1 • 10:55 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com

Everyday Heroes: Wheelchair basketball team soars to Nationals

In Portland, a wheelchair basketball program is flourishing. These athletes are Everyday Heroes because of their determination to pursue the sport they love.

May 1 • 8:09 PM EDT • Sports • katu.com

How I'd Turn a Side Hustle Into a 7-Figure Business in 12 Months Using These 4 AI Tools

Stop using AI for $20 tasks — use it to make $500 decisions (not for content, for growth)

May 1 • 8:00 PM EDT • Business • entrepreneur.com

Punk Politics/Camp Costume is a fashion exhibition curated by (some of my) brilliant Parsons students!

I have the most amazing students. I teach Fashion Journalism at Parsons, as part of its MA Fashion Studies degree, though I have students of all different disciplines throughout the New School in my class — from fine-art photographers to investigative journalists to textile designers. And I learn about all sorts of fascinating things from them, like that designers are adding faux sweat stains to their garments now (part of a trend piece about “anatomy core”) and that real “French girl style” is actually about being “cunti cunta” (aka loud, rude, too much, liberated). So when I found out that some of my students were curating a fashion exhibition opening tonight(!!!), I just knew that it would be brilliant too. Wearable Art is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe It’s called Punk Politics/Camp Costuming1, and it’s up through May 10 at La Sudestada, the wonderful gallery and concept store in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. I asked the exhibit’s lead curator, Ella Birney (a talented costume and knitwear designer from Belfast who also happens to be in my class), all about it. This conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Tell me about the idea of this exhibition and how it came about. Ella Birney: For our Fashion Curation class, we had to pitch [exhibition] proposals to our professor, Jessica [Glasscock], and I really wanted to continue on the themes that I was exploring in my BA when I was studying in London a couple of years ago. My BA was very punk-inspired and very political. Everything I do, as you know from my writing, always has a slight Irish, political twist to it2. So in my BA project, it was looking at knitwear as a conveyor for exploring political identity in somewhere like Ireland, where identity is such a point of contention. And looking at the images that I generated from that project, there was something so camp about the whole thing. Like, it’s so playful and in bad taste to do a political message — like a knitted Union Jack — out of mohair. There’s something very camp about that. So that’s where it kind of became punk politics/camp costuming — looking at how from the 1970s to now there’s been protest through costume and clothing. What was your BA in? It was fashion textiles, knitwear. Very craft heavy, which — craft is never taken seriously either. That’s also a kind of spin [on the punk/camp thing]. The Union Jack knit that you made is included in the show — what is camp about knitting a Union Jack out of mohair? The whole ethos of camp is kind of bad taste, doing things that are tongue in cheek and a bit wink, wink, nudge, nudge. Like, this is a bit silly. Everything I do is like, this is a bit silly. Like, being from the North of Ireland, everything you do is political. So it’s like, everything is going to be looked at in a certain lens anyway, so we may as well lean into it. So the Union Jack was because I come from a mixed marriage — Protestant-Catholic. And in the North of Ireland, that’s still a big deal. And even though I’m a Catholic and brought up in a very like Catholic Nationalist family, there [were] Union Jacks [the symbol of the United Kingdom] on my street. So I was like, then I’m gonna make your Union Jack out of knitwear. And then that kind of all linked back to the punk movement that Vivian Westwood forefronted in the late 70s, [with her stores] Let It Rock and Seditionaries. How did you source your items? Once we decided on this exhibition idea, everyone in the class was put to [think about] what do you think can fit into punk politics/camp costuming and finding designers that fit that brief. Me and my co-curators, Dulcinea Flores and Allison Gramando, made a brief to send out — with a mood board and color stories, stuff like that — and then everyone kind of got to work emailing people. We reached out to other Parsons grads. Even through Instagram stories we’ve been able to reach so many people who were like, Yeah, of course, I’ll write something for this, or Please — let me submit stuff. It actually was quite easy sourcing things. … The Parsons thing gets you quite far. What were some great pieces you got? There’s a Brooklyn-based, nonbinary artist called Buzz Slutsky. I can’t even remember how I found them, but I came across this crazy, shoe thing — they had made all these different shoes out of papier-mâché, and the story behind them is so fantastic, so interesting. They were just so obliging, like, Of course, you can have these for a few weeks. I was really happy about that. And then we have art from a collective here called Art Comes First. And they lent loads of really amazing pieces that just tied everything together. You have your Union Jack knit in the show too. Any other pieces that you made? There’s three of my BA mohair knits. There’s the Union Jack. There’s a mohair with the word “No” — which is based on an old political campaign in Ireland that was “Ulster says no to sodomy.” And then there’s another one that is red, white and blue, like the Union Jack, but has the word “Catholic” on it and lots of holy medals. I’m so happy I got to include those. How many pieces are in the show? Between 49 and 52, something like that. A load of clothing and accessories, shoes. There’s a Brooklyn-based Irish photographer who’s given us photos. There’s also a shopping cart that is an art piece by Art Comes First that has gold knuckle dusters as the handles. There’s also lots of T-shirts, original pins from the 70s and 80s that were from people’s dads. I also brought my record player, and all of [co-curator] Allison’s dad’s original albums so everyone could play records. Oh my gosh! Yeah, it’s cool. Anything else you would like to add? If we get to do an exhibition, why would we not make it political in this day and age? I hope that people come. There’s a lot of history, because it starts back in the 70s. It’s not like chronological or anything, but there are historical objects. I hope people come out of it thinking, out of all the really horrendous decades of the 70s and 80s and 90s, all these amazing subcultures happened. There are horrible political times, but there’s art that comes out of it that lasts. Punk Politics/Camp Costume is on view May 1-10 at La Sudestada, 67 West St. Suite 513, Greenpoint, Brooklyn. RSVP for the opening Friday May 1 6pm-8pm here. There’s also a button-making and patch-making workshop and artist talk May 9. Follow the show’s Instagram page @punkxcamp.parsons. Special shout out to all the students who put on this show: Ella Birney (lead curator), Dulcinea Flores (curator), Allison Gramando (curator), Pierre Sanon (lead exhibition designer), Eliana Daneshvari (exhibition designer), Reilly Lowell (editor), Jess Gayo (researcher/writer), Joyce Gayo (researcher/writer), Maria Magdalena Ugarte Montero (researcher/writer), Cassidy Colarik (exhibition press officer), Shelby Shovein (educator), Sarah Mahnke-Baum (educator), Trinidy Coleman (graphic designer), and Leonie Soravia (project manager). Jessica Glasscock was the faculty advisor. 1 The website is definitely worth checking out. 2 This is true!

May 1 • 3:59 PM EDT • Politics • raquellaneri.substack.com

Anna Grassellino appointed to DOE Office of Science Advisory Committee

Anna Grassellino of Fermilab will serve on SCAC and chair the quantum subcommittee, tasked with advancing national quantum goals.

May 1 • 12:44 PM EDT • Science • news.fnal.gov

Make It Nice: How To Organize A Home Office

Welcome back to Make It Nice, Defector’s best interior design advice column. Today, we have two home office cleanup situations and a delightful bird-related request. Selene asks: I work from home at a computer job and am a hobbyist musician. My partner, who lives with me, has done a phenomenal job making the rest of…

May 1 • 11:42 AM EDT • Technology • defector.com

Tens of thousands could lose Medicaid coverage as Nebraska becomes first state to implement GOP work requirement

Nebraska is launching work requirements in Medicaid on Friday, becoming the first state to implement a key pillar of the Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill.”

May 1 • 10:30 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com

Five Heart Podcast: New Huskers in the NFL, Stadium Renovations, Spring Sports

The latest Five Heart Podcast opens with Greg and Fred returning after a missed week, chatting casually about life, weather, and Husker fandom before diving into key topics. The primary discussion centers on Nebraska’s approved $600 million Memorial Stadium renovation, framed as a necessary long-term investment rather than cosmetic upgrades. They highlight structural needs, maintaining […]

May 1 • 8:11 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Sports Daily: What can we expect? K-State’s new men’s hoops coach discusses his first class

We dive into Kansas State basketball, hearing from new Head Coach Casey Alexander and what to expect with his first class in Manhattan.

May 1 • 7:59 AM EDT • Sports • kwch.com

Deandre Ayton: 'I'm on a whole different mission'

Lakers center Deandre Ayton has played mostly strong basketball so far in the team's playoff series against the Rockets.

Apr 30 • 10:44 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

TekniPlex to Showcase Advanced Material Science Innovations at interpack 2026

Introducing ClearCycle+ next generation stem gaskets and ePressSeal category-defining pressure-sensitive sealing solutions. ePress Seal™ ePress Seal™ ClearCycle+™ ClearCycle+™ Wayne, PA, May 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TekniPlex, a global leader in engineered sealing and material science solutions, will showcase their innovations of next-generation sealing at Interpack 2026, taking place May 7-13 in Düsseldorf, Germany. At Hall 7, Level 1, Booth C25, both TekniPlex Consumer Products - Integrate

Apr 30 • 10:10 PM EDT • Science • finance.yahoo.com

NBA asks regulator to tighten restrictions on prediction markets

The NBA asked the nation's top commodities regulator on Thursday to impose tighter restrictions on players, game officials and team staff to ensure prediction markets don't undermine sports integrity and fan confidence.

Apr 30 • 6:22 PM EDT • Sports • espn.com

Amazon's Prime Video dives into college sports in partnership with Duke men's basketball

Streaming provider Prime Video is diving into college sports by partnering with one of college basketball’s biggest brands: Duke. Amazon and Duke announced Thursday they had reached a multiyear agreement to broadcast three of the Blue Devils’ neutral-site nonconference matchups per season. This m...

Apr 30 • 5:58 PM EDT • Sports • wral.com

“Xbox Mode is here”: Microsoft rolls out console-style experience on Windows 11, barely meeting its own deadline

Xbox Mode launches with support for aggregated game libraries, quick switching to desktop, and reduced background tasks to improve overall gaming performance.

Apr 30 • 5:17 PM EDT • Technology • windowscentral.com

As artificial intelligence show off diagnostic chops, scientists reckon with the way forward

On Thursday, researchers published in Science the results of a study that tested an OpenAI model on diagnostic and clinical reasoning tasks.

Apr 30 • 2:00 PM EDT • Science • statnews.com

Duke entering deal with streaming giant for college basketball games

Duke and Amazon have reached a deal that will see the Blue Devils play three games on their streaming service.

Apr 30 • 1:25 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Amazon to televise 3 marquee Duke basketball games as part of landmark deal

Duke is entering into a first-of-its-kind enterprise partnership with Amazon that also includes the retail giant and streaming service televising three marquee men's college basketball games next season.

Apr 30 • 11:59 AM EDT • Sports • espn.com

New Englanders report significant daily stress linked to politics

When pollsters asked New Englanders recently to identify their recurring stressors, one answer rose to the top: politics.

Apr 30 • 10:01 AM EDT • Politics • bostonglobe.com

Iowa women's basketball offers 2028 California C Eve Fowler

Iowa women's basketball doled out an offer to 2028 California center Eve Fowler.

Apr 30 • 8:55 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Sports Daily: Royals streak snapped; transfer portal news heating up

The nation’s top basketball recruit picked KU. How much of a difference maker will Tyran Stokes be for the Jayhawks?

Apr 30 • 7:56 AM EDT • Sports • kwch.com

Transcribing The Source Of The First DOS For The IBM PC

Doing software archaeology can be a harrowing task, as rarely do you find complete snapshots of particular versions of software. Case in point the development of MS-DOS – also known as IBM PC…

Apr 30 • 7:00 AM EDT • Technology • hackaday.com

Democrats urge CFTC to rein in prediction markets sports betting, insider trading

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., led a letter — first reported by CNBC — to the CFTC asking for stricter rules for companies like Kalshi and Polymarket.

Apr 30 • 5:00 AM EDT • Sports • cnbc.com

Reid Hoffman Thinks Doctors Should Ask AI for a Second Opinion

The LinkedIn cofounder now has an AI drug discovery startup—and thinks not asking chatbots for medical advice is “bordering on committing malpractice.”

Apr 30 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • wired.com

Cubs BCB After Dark: Grade the Cubs’ first month

The late-night/early-morning spot for Cubs fans asks you to grade the first month.

Apr 29 • 11:00 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Viewpoint: A career in science is possible, and worth it

Starting a career in science is exciting, but also demanding, with researchers often faced with intense competition, long working hours and high levels of stress. A pioneer in the field of mass spectrometry, Carol Robinson has been there. She speaks with Science|Business on the importance of creating a supportive environment, particularly for women.Robinson did not wake up one day thinking that she would become a scientist. It was only late in school that she developed an interest in chemistry. “The more you work at something, the more you think, actually, this is fascinating. So, I went much further and deeper than I ever needed to pass the exam. And then I loved it,” she says. “I thought, I’m going to give it my all. I’m going to enjoy it while I’m here. But I didn’t think this would be my career for 50 odd years.”She left school at 16 to become a lab technician with the drug company Pfizer, which is where she first worked with mass spectrometry. Fascinated, she was encouraged to take a part-time degree and then a PhD. She went on to do pioneering work in native mass spectrometry, a technique that is used to study protein structures in their natural state, paving the way for breakthroughs in drug discovery. She also broke new ground by becoming the first female professor of chemistry at the University of Cambridge, and then the first female professor of chemistry at the University of Oxford, her current home.She now wants to show young researchers that a career in science is worth it. “Sometimes, I believe the culture isn’t very encouraging, and that’s something I have worked on,” Robinson says.In 2021, she launched the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery at Oxford, whose acronym gives a sense of what she hopes it will achieve. “Maybe it is corny,” she says. “It’s just a reminder that I would like it if we could all be kind to each other and supportive, especially for early-career researchers of either gender, because there’s quite a big attrition rate in science, and maybe it just doesn’t feel like a very friendly place to work.”And yet, a career in science comes with a lot of flexibility. “There are few careers where you have that amount of freedom, to go to conferences, to the library. Just because you didn’t see me didn’t mean I wasn’t working,” she says. “And I’m excited to come in every day. So, I don’t want people to think it’s a terrible place.”Gender equality is also important when it comes to the quality of science as a career. “The more women we have, the better it becomes,” Robinson adds.Imposter syndromeAccording to EU data, women outnumber men in university education but account for just about a third of graduates in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem). And while the number of women working as scientists and engineers in the 27-member bloc is on the rise, their representation remains below that of men, at 41%. This discrepancy is even more pronounced in top-tier functions across these fields, where women fill just 20% of positions.Having supervised many young scientists, Robinson sees that women continue to have a greater propensity than men to doubt their abilities, a feeling she once shared. “When I was doing my PhD at the University at Cambridge, I really felt like an imposter,” she says. “I don’t think I ever felt I deserved to be there or owned it and was proud. I just thought I was lucky.” Later on, she adds, “I was always that person who said, I can’t apply yet because my CV is not strong enough.”She has now made it her job to encourage women to break with this imposter syndrome. For example, rather than calling for volunteers to give a lecture in the groups that she mentors or teaches, which nearly always results in men stepping forward, she goes straight to the women, “because I know they won’t push themselves forward.”But the gender gap in science is not just down to imposter syndrome. The “obvious” reason, Robinson says, and the reason that is on everybody’s mind when discussing workplace gender equality, is the balance between work and raising a family. Her own path was to choose between the two, taking an eight-year break after completing a postdoctoral training fellowship to bring up three children. And she continues to advise women not to work part-time while they raise a family. “You’ll just get half the pay and continue to work full-time because you are not able to fit everything in,” she says. “You should be able to have a family and come back to have the career that you want.”The solution is for men to also take career breaks. “That kind of evens it up, so that it’s not such a big thing for women,” Robinson says. “I always encourage men in my groups to do that. I think it’s important to take your share of the duties.”Support produces resultsAccording to the Women in Stem Network, a UK advocacy group, countries with strong childcare systems and equal pay policies retain more women in technical careers. In Europe, these are primarily found in the Nordic region and parts of central Europe.At the EU level, the European Commission asks all Horizon Europe applicant organisations to have a gender action plan in place. Since this criterion was introduced in 2021, the share of women leading consortia has increased to 31%, against 23% in Horizon 2020. Their overall participation, however, has risen just 1%, to 38%. After trying to weaken the requirement for gender action plans in 2025, the Commission now intends to adopt a plan for supporting women in research and innovation.Related articlesCommission scraps plan to water down gender requirements in HorizonHow gender balance can swing who wins Horizon Europe fundingRobinson herself has benefited from three Advanced Grants from the European Research Council. “I was extremely honoured and privileged to get those, because they really allowed me to fuel my passion,” she says. “Without that, it would have been a much harder slog.”Beyond applying gender rules, she says that more work is needed on translational enterprise, where women are, once again, largely underrepresented. The European Patent Office found that only 13.8% of applications were filed by women in 2022. “We have so many more women doing amazing science; why do they feel it’s not a thing to have a company?” she asks.She founded her own spin-out company, OMass Technologies, in 2016, and remains chair of its scientific advisory board now that it trades as OMass Therapeutics. As for research, Robinson is now studying how changes in the brain may be linked to depression, using port-mortem tissue. “We’re hoping to publish soon,” she says. “We had to consult with a lot of people who knew a lot more about the brain than we did. So, we’ve learnt a lot, and that’s always a lot of fun to learn a new thing. That’s what keeps you going.”

Apr 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net

This AI knew the answers but didn’t understand the questions

For decades, psychologists have debated whether the human mind can be explained by one unified theory or must be broken into separate parts like memory and attention. A recent AI model called Centaur seemed to offer a breakthrough, claiming it could mimic human thinking across 160 different cognitive tasks. But new research is challenging that bold claim, suggesting the model isn’t truly “thinking” at all—it’s just memorizing patterns.

Apr 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com

Popular science

Isaiah Keys has beaten the odds, and is asking for help with keeping him on a winning streak. Keys, Warren High School freshman, could be the next student to tour The Planetary Society in California with Bill Nye The Science Guy, as well as appear in Reader’s Digest and receive $20,000 to invest in his […]

Apr 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • timesobserver.com

Sony clarifies recent PlayStation DRM update

PlayStation fans and gaming preservations have been alarmed since late last week that a new 30-day timer attached attached to newly-purchased digital games for PlayStation 4 and 5 might render those games unplayable if the system they’re on is offline for longer than a month. But a rep from Sony told Game File today that new system will require only a single online check before it functions as a perpetual license for the digitally purchased game. That is consistent with a newer theory that emerged by gamers testing the 30-day timer over the last two days. “Players can continue to access and play their purchased games as usual,” a rep for PlayStation told me over email. “A one-time online check is required after purchase to confirm the game’s license, after which no further check-ins are needed.” The rep’s explanation squares with the current understanding among players about what’s happening. A multi-day mystery A post last Friday by YouTuber Lance MacDonald spread awareness over the 30-day timer. Quickly, players began stress-testing the system, removing a battery within their PlayStations and checking what would happen if their systems were offline past the timer window. They noticed that setting a PS4 or PS5 to be the “primary” console—a common Sony-authorized method to retain rights to a digital game—wasn’t overriding the 30-day limit. On Tuesday came the breakthrough: A gamer called Andshrew on the Resetera forums posted the results of some tasting. They found that digital games purchased on PS4/PS5 after some time in mid-April would get a 30-day timer that could then be removed and replaced with a perpetual license that would allow the game to be played offline. The transition to the perpetual license occurred some number of days after the digital game was purchased and the system was connected to the internet. They believed that a PlayStation’s online check-in would trigger the license change no sooner than 15 days after the user had purchased the game. This synced with the theory that Sony’s new system is related to the 14-day window that PlayStation users have to request a refund for digitally purchased games. The new timer/check-in system could be a way to defeat some exploit in that refund system, some users theorized. Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe In a follow-up, I asked the Sony rep if the 15-day timeline is accurate or if the perpetual license can be activated sooner after purchase. If they share more, I’ll update this post. Sony has not said why they’ve introduced the timer and whether it is designed to stop people from exploiting the refund system. But their explanation suggests that this new DRM method should not result in long-term loss of access to digitally purchased games, just because a PlayStation is offline for a month or Sony’s servers are down. Xbox flashback For many some gamers, the initial reporting of the 30-day timer conjured memories of Microsoft’s disastrous May 2013 announcement of the Xbox One, which was going to require an internet-connected check-in once a day, lest your games become unplayable.1 After widespread backlash, Microsoft abandoned that plan, ahead of the Xbox One’s launch. 1 Fun fact: That 24-hour check-in detail was my scoop from an interview I had that day with then-Xbox exec Phil Harrison. I was EiC of Kotaku at the time and rushing from one Xbox One preview appointment on Microsoft’s campus to another. I phoned the news in to reporter Jason Schreier, who wrote it up for the site.

Apr 29 • 7:24 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news

Mike McCarthy Addresses Steelers Placing Tender On Aaron Rodgers: ‘Business Transaction’

One day after news broke that the Pittsburgh Steelers had placed the seldom-used unrestricted tender on quarterback Aaron Rodgers, head coach Mike McCarthy downplayed the move as a mere formality. Asked about the decision during a Wednesday interview with Mark Madden on local radio station 105.9 The X, McCarthy said it was strictly business. “It […]

Apr 29 • 5:02 PM EDT • Business • steelersdepot.com

Dusty May updates health of Michigan basketball commit with cancer

"He has one more procedure before he's out of the weeds," Michigan basketball coach Dusty May said. "All things considered, he's doing well."

Apr 29 • 12:38 PM EDT • Health • sports.yahoo.com

Dusty May updates health of Michigan basketball commit with cancer

"He has one more procedure before he's out of the weeds," Michigan basketball coach Dusty May said. "All things considered, he's doing well."

Apr 29 • 12:38 PM EDT • Health • freep.com

NBA THE RUN launches in June

Three-versus-three street basketball game NBA THE RUN will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam in June, developer Play by Play Studios announced.

Apr 29 • 12:30 PM EDT • Technology • gematsu.com

Gemini app can now generate Google Docs, PDF, Word, and other files

You can now ask the Gemini app to directly generate “downloadable and ready-to-share files.” Google wants you...

Apr 29 • 12:24 PM EDT • Technology • 9to5google.com

HACC reverses course, will continue sports programs for next school year

HACC has reversed course on previously announced sports cutbacks, restoring several programs through the next academic year. On Wednesday, the Harrisburg-based community college stated that it will continue men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s soccer and women’s volleyball through the 2026-27 school year. Last week, HACC stated that it […]

Apr 29 • 11:19 AM EDT • Sports • theburgnews.com

WA Democrat asks: Should cops have to pay taxes?

A proposal from a Washington member of Congress to grant special exemptions to federal, state and local police from paying most income taxes was not well-received online.

Apr 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • seattletimes.com

Spring Sports Wrapped

As classes come to an end, Villanova Athletics wraps up their spring season. Here are some of each team’s highlights from the 2026 spring season. Basketball This spring, men’s basketball returned to the NCAA tournament for the first time in four years. The team traveled to San Diego, CA, facing Utah State in the first...

Apr 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • villanovan.com

Fath Union Sports De Rabat vs. Asc Ville De Dakar - Game Highlights

Fath Union Sports De Rabat vs. Asc Ville De Dakar - Game Highlights

Apr 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • nba.com

Highlights from James Caron Butler Jr's 29 -Al Ahly Sporting Club vs. Maktown Flyers Nigeria

Highlights from James Caron Butler Jr's 29 -Al Ahly Sporting Club vs. Maktown Flyers Nigeria

Apr 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Sports • nba.com

How should Rangers approach Tynecastle showdown?

Following a damaging home defeat to Motherwell, Danny Rohl has plenty to ponder with Rangers' Scottish Premiership title hopes hanging by a thread. A trip to face league leaders Hearts is being billed as a must-win fixture for the Ibrox side, who sit four points off the summit with four games remaining. Having seemingly settled on a 4-2-2-2 shape, Sunday's loss to Jens Berthel Askou's side has thrown Rohl's preferred system into question.

Apr 29 • 7:53 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

This week in Santa Cruz County business: Joby’s big ride in NYC, training for emerging aviation careers, Java Junction shutters River Street café

Joby's electric air taxi takes Manhattan, a Monterey Bay nonprofit launches a forward-looking job training initiative and the end of the line for a Gateway Plaza coffee spot are all part of Jessica M. Pasko's weekly look at local business.

Apr 29 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • lookout.co

Nebraska star named Softball on Sports Illustrated Player of the Week

A Nebraska senior has been named the Softball on Sports Illustrated Player of the Week.

Apr 29 • 6:29 AM EDT • Sports • cornhuskerswire.usatoday.com

Who's women's basketball's GOAT? From Cheryl Miller to Caitlin Clark, we weigh the case

Women's basketball has grown by leaps and bounds since the first organized game was played in 1893. Who are the greatest players in U.S. history?

Apr 29 • 6:06 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com

America’s Broken Politics Are Dragging It Down a Fiscal Black Hole

Few any longer dispute that America’s public debt is growing unsustainably and that, sooner or later, the task of reining it in will be unavoidable. Oddly, this presumption of inevitability has bred a kind of complacency. In the end, whether we like it or not, the problem will have to be solved. Therefore, it will be solved. So what’s the hurry?

Apr 29 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • bloomberg.com

Nadiyah Byard, A Two Sport Standout

Augusta, Ga. - Most collegiate student-athletes grew up playing multiple sports. Many times it wouldn't be until late in their high school career they decided which sport to focus all their attention to. In college, other than runners in cross country and track, very few do more than one sport. For Augusta University's Nadiyah Byard, she not only competed in basketball for the Jaguars, but is focusing on the high jump for the Jaguars.

Apr 29 • 5:08 AM EDT • Sports • augustajags.com

Here are the 2025-26 Athletes of the Season for girls' winter sports

See which Section 4 athletes, in girls' basketball, wrestling, track, and bowling, were voted as having made the most impact during the winter season.

Apr 29 • 4:00 AM EDT • Sports • pressconnects.com

What is the chance of Alisson leaving this summer?

The future of Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson has been the subject of several questions sent in via our club Ask Me Anything form. When Arne Slot was asked last week about the possibility of Alisson leaving this summer, the Liverpool head coach did not guarantee he would stay. If the Brazilian, who has been linked with Juventus, was to leave, then it would mean Liverpool losing another experienced campaigner, with Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson already confirming their exits this summer.

Apr 29 • 3:58 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Gasperini wants Dybala to stay

The future of Roma and Paulo Dybala will be decided in the coming days. Gasperini has asked Dan and Ryan Friedkin to meet to outline the path forward for next season. It will likely be a video call, w...

Apr 29 • 2:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

CT’s next generation isn’t waiting. They’re leading.

CT's young people are not waiting their turn to step into the political arena. They are organizing, asking hard questions, and leading.

Apr 29 • 12:01 AM EDT • Politics • ctmirror.org

Notre Dame Women’s Basketball: KK Bransford transfers to UCLA

A big surprise and defection from the Notre Dame Women’s basketball program.

Apr 28 • 11:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Paige Bueckers Draws Attention After Showing Her Improved Physique

Paige Bueckers was asked to flex during media day. Now, the moment is trending online.

Apr 28 • 11:04 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com

Time to Leave the College Nest. Now What?

Searching for a job right after graduation can be a perilous task. Here's what I learned from my journey that might help others.

Apr 28 • 9:00 PM EDT • Business • hawaiibusiness.com

US Seeks New Nominees for Key Preventive Health Panel

By Deena Beasley April 28 (Reuters) - ⁠The ⁠U.S. Department of ⁠Health and Human Services, overseen by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., on Tuesday asked ‌for nominations to the ‌influential task force that decides ⁠which ⁠preventive medical care is provided at no cost to patients. The Preventive ...

Apr 28 • 8:39 PM EDT • Health • usnews.com

Vermont pays $566K in damages to Christian school it banned from all sports competitions for years

Vermont agencies pay $566K to a Christian school banned from sports and academic competitions after its girls' team forfeited over a trans athlete.

Apr 28 • 7:43 PM EDT • Sports • foxnews.com

NCAA to expand March Madness men's and women's college basketball tournaments to 76 teams in 2027

Sources tell CBS Sports that the long-discussed addition of more teams in the NCAA men's and women's tournaments will begin next March

Apr 28 • 6:15 PM EDT • Sports • cbssports.com

Former Microsoft engineer shares the question he asked before quitting

Kun Chen, an ex-Microsoft and Meta engineer, said that he asked himself a question to determine whether he was still growing in his role.

Apr 28 • 6:09 PM EDT • Technology • businessinsider.com

From sick care to health care: one way rural health funding could change Alaska

A coalition of providers in Alaska is prioritizing preventative and whole-person care while federal funding for the state incentivizes more programs like it.

Apr 28 • 5:57 PM EDT • Health • alaskapublic.org

Claude Gains Integrations With Adobe, Blender, SketchUp and Other Creative Apps

Anthropic today updated Claude with new connectors aimed at creative professionals, adding integrations for Ableton, Adobe, Affinity, Autodesk Fusion, Blender, Resolume Arena and Wire, SketchUp, and Splice. Connectors are tools that Claude can use to access other platforms and help with completing tasks. Anthropic says that Claude can open up new ways for creatives to work and take on larger-scale projects.

Apr 28 • 5:41 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com

Mental health care providers worry some patients will suffer after insurance organization wants money back

Northeast Ohio mental health providers fear some of their patients might have to go without care after a major insurance organization said it needs to recoup significant money.

Apr 28 • 4:59 PM EDT • Health • news5cleveland.com

Ex-Nebraska coach admits sexual relationship with player, records show

A former Nebraska women's basketball player's Title IX lawsuit against the university continues with a scandalous recent admission, court records show.

Apr 28 • 3:31 PM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com