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How much B6 is safe? What to know about the supplement found in energy drinks
Poisoning caused by too much of the popular nutrient is rare, but cases are ticking up. Experts warn that people may not be aware they’re getting too much.
Analysis: Why the Minnesota deportation impasse will be so hard to solve
What happens now that the tough Minnesota deportation crackdown has turned tragic depends on whether President Donald Trump concludes he simply has an optics problem or whether he’s ready to make genuine changes to unpopular hardline policies that are central to his political identity.
Are men being misled over testosterone?
In part one of a miniseries exploring the popularity of testosterone, Madeleine Finlay hears from Professor Channa Jayasena of Imperial College London, who is chair of the Society for Endocrinology, about how this craze is manifesting in NHS clinics, and from ‘Sam’ who tells Madeleine about his own journey with the hormone
Google to foist Gemini pane on Chrome users in automated browsing push
: The world’s most popular browser has gained a dedicated sidebar for AI browsing
VA reorganization aims to shift health care workforce to hubs with growing veteran population
Congress directed the VA to make similar changes under the first Trump administration, but blocked it from implementing them under the Biden administration.
Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for Jan. 29 #493
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'Halide' Co-Founder Sebastiaan de With Joins Apple's Design Team
Sebastiaan de With, co-founder of the popular iPhone camera app Halide, today announced that he has joined the Human Interface Design team at Apple. "So excited to work with the very best team in the world on my favorite products," he said. This marks a return to Apple for de With, who previously worked on things such as iCloud, MobileMe, and the Find My app. He has also completed design work for other companies, such as Sony, Mozilla, Oracle, HP, and EA, in the past.
DeWine defends hemp beverage ban: Businesses knew the risks
A veto by Gov. Mike DeWine eliminated a provision that would have allowed popular THC drinks to remain on sale through the end of 2026. The governor said Wednesday businesses knew the risks when they got started.
Roadkill is a surprising and untapped source for scientists
Millions of animals unfortunately die on roads each year, but the casualties hold important data.
Disney Afternoon Collection Pops Up On Switch 1 & 2 eShop, Includes Two Additional Games
Digital Eclipse yet to confirm
Samsung teases new privacy feature to hide your Galaxy phone screen from onlookers
Samsung said that the upcoming feature will let you protect selected parts of the screen like notification popup area.
Viral AI assistant Moltbot rapidly gains popularity but poses security risks
The open source "Jarvis" chats via WhatsApp but requires access to your files and accounts.
Investment and Statecraft: The International Politics of Sovereign Wealth Funds - Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
In 1953, Kuwait established the world’s first sovereign wealth fund to invest the country’s oil revenues and generate returns that would reduce its reliance on a single resource. Since then, over 100 separate funds have been created to preserve national wealth and ensure long-term fiscal sustainability. Today, they manage over $10 trillion in global assets. In this discussion with GJIA, political economist Kathryn Lavelle explains the increasingly novel dynamics that surround fund behavior and what the world can come to expect from their growing presence in international financial markets. GJIA: When it comes to the roles sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) play in global markets and politics, what would you say makes them unique? Kathryn Lavelle: Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) operate on behalf of governments as investors. That in itself is a strange relationship. Within them, a core contest takes place between the state’s interests (or sovereign) part of the dynamic, and the money interests (or wealth) part of it, and these two aspects are frequently in contradiction, serving fundamentally different goals. SWFs are also quite fascinating because when you talk to the people who manage these funds, they have an interest in convincing you that the decisions are made almost exclusively on a financial basis—they really will go to great lengths to differentiate their government owners and those who make the management decisions. At the same time, these people ultimately answer to someone in power. Therefore, for most SWFs, it remains deeply unclear who is actually making the investment decisions and for what purposes. Of course, it is not always clear how other vehicles, such as hedge funds and private equity make the decisions they do, but I think what a lot of people find particularly disconcerting about SWFs is that they seem to act on behalf of people who have a different identity from their own. People who could be trying to manipulate politics and markets in a way that would have a long-term effect on their own populations. Regular investors come and go at will, and they only share an interest in profit as far as most of us understand. However, SWFs have that extra “sovereign” part right behind them that obscures their true interest. GJIA: These funds can be found in countries all across the globe, in both authoritarian states and democracies. Would you say SWFs differ in their goals and structures between regime-type? KL: It is not necessarily regime type that makes the goals and structures of SWFs different. It has to do with their economies. Let’s look at a country like China. There’s going to be a debate about exactly how to characterize the regime, but it is a country with many different kinds of sovereign wealth funds, and a particularly opaque state connection to each. At one time, some of the state-owned Chinese oil companies created specialized investment vehicles listed outside Chinese markets that excluded parts of the firms that were more associated with human rights violations. At the same time, the China Investment Corporation (CIC)—China’s largest SWF—draws a lot of concern, not necessarily because of its investment activities, but because of the dynamics of global politics. So, I wouldn’t really tie differences to regime types themselves in a wholesale way, but rather to how such funds are perceived and how they are structured. Saudi Arabia’s SWF is getting all kinds of attention for its involvement in Hollywood, and this takes me right back to when I was a student in the 1980s, when people were concerned about Japanese investment entities buying assets in Hollywood. They aren’t quite the same in financial terms, but it’s the same kind of concern about foreign investment that drives people to be suspicious, and the whole idea that “foreigners are influencing Hollywood.” This holds true across industries, and it reflects where politics are in places like the United States right now. One metric we can try to look at is transparency, where all the funds will tell you, “we are transparent.” The problem you’ll keep running into with this approach is how you value things. When trying to do comparative studies of equity markets, you’ll find that every country doesn’t use Generally Accepted Accounting Principles like we do in the United States. A fund may appear opaque politically and not want people to show what they’re invested in or what their intent with that investment is, but they could also just not be able to report it because of the way it was purchased, or the kinds of shares they purchased. There are some assets out there that really are difficult to put a monetary value on. GJIA: To what extent do domestic politics shape SWF behavior in both the investing “home” country and the recipient “host” country? KL: This depends on the type of fund present and also on the extent to which voters’ political views are able to influence the fund. For example, in a democratic home state like Norway, the SWF doesn’t invest in nuclear weapons or tobacco because of social concerns, but there is a continuing debate over whether it should invest in oil, even though that’s where most of the money comes from. The degree to which Norway will continue to make those investments, and whether they contradict the government’s overall climate goals, is an open question in Norwegian politics. Because of the way the fund’s governance is structured, it may not be easy to resolve. On the other hand, some people consider pension funds, like the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS) in Ohio, to be quasi-SWF. They have a very strict separation between the people who make up the management division and the fund owners. No teacher or professor would want to invest in things that may harm the future of their students. At the same time, a fund manager might see an opportunity in a diversified multinational corporation that offers a good return, despite it deriving part of its revenue from e-cigarettes. These contests are very apparent. Domestic politics can work in host countries too. A good example is Singapore’s SWF, Temasek, investing in Thailand’s telecommunications sector. If you study political economy, you already know that countries everywhere are uncomfortable with foreign ownership of their telecom sectors because a foreign entity could monitor or manipulate our communications with each other. In the case of Temasek, there was significant pushback from Thai citizens surrounding the deal, which went on to influence national political sentiment toward Singapore as a whole, underscoring the risks some SWFs may face with their investment choices. In this case, fund behavior led to the dissolution of the entire Thai government in 2006 and a subsequent coup d’état. GJIA: To address some of this unease, the Santiago Principles were established in 2009 to ostensibly promote trust and transparency. From your perspective, have these mechanisms actually changed fund behavior? KL: In international relations theory, we always like to have a clear set of norms and best practices—the orientation we want the proverbial ship to be going in. In that regard, the Santiago Principles at least got the discussion going about which direction SWFs should take at a time when people were very skittish about the growing size of these funds. Nobody wanted them to be out there and potentially destabilizing economies, so talks about disclosure, conditions for withdrawal, and the independence of managers were helpful when initiated. The biggest stumbling block was that there wasn’t exactly a good way to measure compliance with the Principles, let alone how to hold funds to them. If you read the Principles, they’re overall quite vague. In general, a fund doesn’t want to reveal how and why they make certain investment decisions because that information is proprietary—a fund makes money off of how and why it makes decisions—so how do you reconcile that with loosely-defined ideas of openness? Some decisions might have a political purpose. The bottom line is that trying to figure out and assign a score to compliance is not easy, and it is therefore the reason why the Santiago Principles never really got off the ground to the point where they could truly direct fund behavior. GJIA: Many emerging markets are looking to build their own SWFs from mineral and oil revenues. Historically, have funds shaped development trajectories in these countries? KL: I think the big story in international emerging markets investment is that the investment is increasingly no longer unidirectional. In the past multinational corporations of primarily Western background were the main form of foreign direct investment in a country. That has changed dramatically, to the point where you have companies from so-called “developing countries” taking over companies in the United States. Therefore, the landscape of international investment has changed, and I think SWFs are certainly a possibility to be the next step in the game. Historically, you didn’t need an entire financial vehicle to reinvest commodity revenues in your country, but as emerging markets get more financially sophisticated, their capacity to operate such funds has increased. SWFs would allow treasuries to move from relying on holding foreign exchange assets like cash or government bonds to having broader financial markets and targeted growth areas, while easing pressure on welfare expenditures. GJIA: With their increasing financial weight, do you see the presence of SWFs being a factor in the political choices leaders will have to make with regard to domestic and foreign policy? KL: It will depend on just how big the funds get. One of the reasons people are already apprehensive is because of their scale, and if certain SWFs in certain countries achieve a large-enough size, the presence will absolutely be cause for concern. The other factor political leaders will have to consider are their objectives. It’s not always clear how to define a SWF, or even where its activity is concentrated, but it is certainly a worry from the perspective of national security of opaque external investment. More than that, I think one of the most interesting questions going forward is whether the United States, the home to the world’s largest financial markets, will develop its own fund, for which the Trump administration announced a plan. There have also been several proposals in Congress. Were it to come into being, it would have tremendous weight. At the same time, one of the hallmarks of U.S. capitalism is a lack of government ownership of shares, so it would not be clear how such a fund would be received in domestic politics, or which direction it would take. Given how politically fragmented the country is, a Democratic administration would likely be concerned about different sectors of the economy, such as healthcare, and want investment there, rather than a Republican administration, which might prefer defense industries. No investment vehicle could thrive under conditions of such instability. Moreover, it remains unclear where the money to fund a theoretical U.S. SWF would come from. It would be a fundamentally different entity depending on whether it is financed with debt, economic surplus, commodities, or the sale of state companies, as in the case of Singapore. If it is debt, or government borrowing of some form, then the fund would have to outperform whatever the cost of that debt is, which is not an easy thing to do. I think our political leaders have enough on their plate. Our system has worked well keeping political and investment functions generally separate. We have seen different forms of business rise and fall, and even the perception of different countries, all of which funds are tied to. Unless a major SWF either starts—like in the case of the United States—or collapses—an issue that concerns the Saudis, I don’t see any political tsunamis on the horizon. . . . Kathryn Lavelle is the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor of World Affairs at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Her research explores the exchange between domestic and international and political institutions with a particular emphasis on political economy and multilateralism. Dr. Lavelle’s first book, The Politics of Equity Finance in Emerging Markets, explored the political circumstances that surround large issues of stock in the developing world. After being granted tenure at Case Western, she was awarded an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellowship and named the William A. Steiger fellow, a designation given to the most promising political scientist in her class of fellows. While in Washington during 2006-2007, she worked on the staff of the House Committee on Financial Services on issues related to domestic and international monetary policy. Dr. Lavelle holds a PhD in political science from Northwestern University; an M.A. in government and foreign affairs from the University of Virginia; and a bachelor’s degree in international economics from Georgetown University. She is a permanent member of the New York Council on Foreign Relations. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity and length. Interview conducted by Sid Mehrotra. Image Credit: Jason Leung, Unsplash Content Licenses, via Unsplash
Yes, romance & fantasy novels are political. : It's Been a Minute
How do romantic tropes and fantasies impact how you understand politics?You might be a fan of Romantic Fantasy, or as the internet calls it: Romantasy. Even if you're not, you would recognize the tradwives or fascism. Romantasies combine supernatural characters and plotlines with the rush of a whirlwind romance novel, and, in this episode, we're exploring how the politics of some of these books have an effect on politics in the real world.Brittany is joined by Netta Baker, Advanced Instructor of English at Virginia Tech, and Princess Weekes, video essayist and online pop culture critic. They get into how this genre demolishes misogyny while reinforcing conservative politics.Support Public Media. Join NPR Plus.Follow Brittany Luse on Instagram: @bmluseFor handpicked podcast recommendations every week, subscribe to NPR’s Pod Club newsletter at npr.org/podclub.
Today's NYT Connections: Sports Edition Hints, Answers for Jan. 28 #492
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Broncos have fired offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi
According to NFL Network insiders Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero, the Denver Broncos have fired offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi. This comes as a bit of a surprise, as Lombardi has been one of Sean Payton’s most trusted coaches in recent seasons. Could this mean that the Broncos are making a play to keep offensive pass […]
This odd vine contradicts long-standing evolutionary theory
‘They don’t follow the classic ideas of how we would have imagined the species evolved.’
Des Moines matcha business combines plants and green tea
Green Finds Cafe is a new matcha pop-up business in town.
NOCD acquires Rebound Health
The move signals virtual behavioral health companies are starting to adopt the platform approach that has become popular in other digital health segments.
NOCD acquires Rebound Health
The move signals virtual behavioral health companies are starting to adopt the platform approach that has become popular in other digital health segments.
How Ejae reinvented herself after her agency crushed her K-pop idol dreams
After a decade of training, she failed to debut as a K-pop artist. Now 10 years later, she’s the star of “KPop Demon Hunters” — and her song “Golden” is nominated for four Grammys and an Oscar.
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AirTag 2: Three tidbits you might have missed
Apple today announced its second-generation AirTag, bringing major improvements to the incredible popular item tracker. Here are three things you...
Fox Entertainment Inks Scripted Vertical Video Deal With Popular Creator Dhar Mann
Fox Entertainment is furthering its ambitions in vertical video, inking a scripted programming pact with Dhar Mann Studios.
Homeland Security executes warrant at popular Arizona sports grill chain ‘Zipps’
Homeland Security agents were at the scene of multiple locations of Valley-based Zipps Sports Grill as part of a criminal investigation, federal authorities said Monday afternoon.
Homeland Security agents raid popular Arizona sports grill chain ‘Zipps’
Multiple locations of Valley-based Zipps Sports Grill have been raided by federal agents.
Fox Entertainment Inks 40-Title Deal With Dhar Mann, Expanding Vertical Microdramas Slate
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Science panel to begin hard structures on coastlines report
The Coastal Resources Commission's science panel will meet Thursday to begin planning a report on the effects of hardened structures on coastlines.
Fox Entertainment Inks 40-Title Deal With Dhar Mann, Expanding Vertical Microdramas Slate
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On Politics: The unwritten rule of politics Mamdani faces with 11 inches of snow
There’s little that bedevils a New York City mayor quite like a snowstorm.John Lindsay, running for re-election in 1969, could not get Queens properly plowed, and 42 people across the city would end up dead. Neither Michael Bloomberg nor Bill de Blasio encountered such carnage, but each of them faced down snow-related controversies: the billionaire Bloomberg for apparently being at his Bermuda retreat when snow struck the city in late 2010, and Bill de Blasio, in early 2014, for not allegedly sufficiently plowing the Upper East Side.Now it’s Zohran Mamdani’s turn to confront the snow. The 34-year-old newly-elected mayor, wildly popular with young leftists, must prove he can manage the city through a monster snowstorm. Partisanship is out the window. More than 11 inches fell on Central Park by the end of Sunday — a Jan. 25 record — and extreme cold is expected to remain in the city for the rest of the week.New Yorkers will, to a degree, be in danger. And it’ll be up to Mamdani to prove he can lead.
Astronomers unveil map of dark matter's distribution in universe
Using observations from the James Webb Space Telescope in a patch of the sky covering almost three times the area of the full moon, scientists have created the most detailed cosmic map to date of the mysterious substance called dark matter that accounts for most of the stuff that populates the universe.
Central New York Business Journal will close after nearly 40 years
The family-owned business also ran popular events, including 40 Under 40.
Olympic Sports Coaches Show Set for February - West Virginia University Athletics
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The Mountaineer Sports Network from Learfield has announced the February schedule for its popular WVU Olympic Sports Coaches Show live fr...
Gap’s New Chief Entertainment Officer Role Could Be A Game Changer For Gap (GAP)
Gap Inc. recently appointed Pam Kaufman as Executive Vice President, Chief Entertainment Officer, and is opening a new entertainment-focused office on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles to expand its content, licensing, and pop culture collaborations across music, film, sports, gaming, and more. This move signals Gap Inc.’s push to reposition its brands at the center of “fashiontainment,” using entertainment partnerships and cultural storytelling to broaden audience engagement while core brand...
NCAA lied about NIL. College sports have never been more popular
The NCAA lied. You’re shocked, I know. Amateurism was not the glue to college sports' popularity.
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Bay science: Trying to unlock shrimp biology with baking soda
Burrowing shrimp are a well-documented native pest species in Willapa Bay that have been a nuisance to bottom-culture shellfish farmers for over a century. Methods for controlling shrimp populations have […]
Reducing sodium in everyday foods may yield heart-health benefits across populations
Research Highlights: A study in France found that if sodium reduction targets focused on reducing salt in baguettes and other breads, they could lower daily salt intake by 0.35 grams per person and reduce national deaths by more than 1,000. A...
‘Walking sharks’ lay eggs without breaking a sweat
Epaulette sharks surprise scientists with their easy peasy reproductive lives.
Purple Isn’t Real, Science Says. Your Brain Is Just Making It Up.
The human eye does not actually see purple, as purple is not a color on the visual spectrum, scientists say. Here's what's actually happening.
Letters to the Editor: Yes, political extremists are dangerous, but more so when they’re in power
'Wingnuts are dangerous, but mainstream wingnuts even more so. It’s time we all wake up to the reality that there is nothing conservative about MAGA populism,' writes an L.A. Times reader.
In Oregon’s most flippable U.S. House district, why have Republicans struggled to recruit a strong candidate?
The best candidate party leaders have managed to recruit is a two-term Deschutes County commissioner who is staunchly pro-Trump and has yet to secure an endorsement in the district's largest population base.
Should you eat invasive species? We asked an ecologist.
Tuck into some kudzu dip or feral hog sausage—they're delicious and good for the planet.
Building a punk rock roller derby business
Roller Derby brings the thrills, and bruises, to the roller rink. The sport grew in popularity in the 1950s and in recent years has had a surge in fandom.
Colorado is shrinking — time for our elected officials to take notice
By Jon Caldara Something strange is happening in Colorado — strange enough that the political class should notice. People are leaving Colorado. After years of being one of the fastest-growing states in the nation, net in-migration has stopped and may be reversing. According to Federal Reserve Bank data, the last time Colorado’s population took a […]
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This AI thinks it’s the 1800s
What happens when you train an LLM only on limited historical data?
Pokémon cards: The 'liquid asset' increasingly attracting criminals
Cards related to the popular Japanese animation franchise have soared in value over recent years.
Hugely popular KC-area doughnut business opens store. ‘Never get used to it’
Here’s when you can secure one of the famed sourdough doughnuts. Just expect to wait in quite the line.
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Owner of La Popular money service business sentenced to over 3 years for laundering drug money
The owner of La Popular, a money-service business with multiple locations, including in Woodburn, Hillsboro and Beaverton, has been sentenced to prison for laundering drug trafficking funds. On Wednesday, Jan. […]
Stingray-inspired robot cracks the mystery of how rays swim
‘Nature seems to have already solved the problem.’
Halley’s comet may need a new, medieval name
Astronomers suggest the honor should go to an 11th century monk known for a disastrous flying attempt.
Zohran Mamdani’s first NYC snowstorm becomes a major governing test
It will be a make-or-break test for mayors across the country: A weekend snowstorm so intense that it could hit two-thirds of the American population and shut down schools, roads and critical infrastructure for days to come.
U.S. Finalizes Deal With TikTok For Control Of App’s American Business
The deal avoids the threat of the popular app being banned in the U.S. over national security concerns.
White House and China finalize deal to sell control of U.S. TikTok business to investors backed by Trump administration
The popular short-form video platform has been subject to years of scrutiny across the political aisle in the U.S. over its Chinese ownership.
HOMETOWN ENTERTAINMENT: The weekend calendar features live music from a legendary actor, along with a pop culture convention and more
If you want to venture out this weekend, there are lots of things to keep you busy
Popular spirits distillery permanently shuts down, no bankruptcy
A challenging business funding and financing environment forced the spirits distillery to permanently close its doors.
550-pound Ice Age kangaroos could still hop
Just probably not as far as today’s marsupials.
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Oregon business owner gets prison for laundering drug money to Mexico
Mother of three children, all U.S. citizens, now faces deportation after using her La Popular stores to transfer millions in drug proceeds.
James Webb Space Telescope solves a comet crystal mystery
A 'cosmic highway' may explain the journeys of some space silicates.
Snow isn’t actually white
Winter wonderlands are only possible thanks to a sparkly light trick.
Halo x MOPOP Supper Fan Club
We’ve teamed up with Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture (MOPOP) to offer a Spartan-sized Supper Fan Club in December just before Halo Fest!
How Playing Pokémon Became the Ultimate Test of AI’s Intelligence
Nintendo’s original Pokémon games are becoming a popular and strangely effective way to test and benchmark new artificial-intelligence models. “We’re all a whole bunch of nerds,” said the man behind the trend.
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Popular alcohol brands could be forced to sell off inventory after bankruptcy setback
Stoli vodka and Kentucky Owl bourbon makers face potential asset liquidation as creditors push to convert Chapter 11 bankruptcy to Chapter 7 proceedings.
January STAR TREK Merch Roundup: Factory Entertainment’s Klingon Communicator Prop Replica, Funko POPs, Books, and More!
It’s time to check in on the world of STAR TREK licensed merchandise, and everything that’s been announced so far in the new year!
OpenAI CFO defends ads in ChatGPT as ‘strong business model’
One of OpenAI’s top executives defended the company’s addition of ads to its popular chatbot ChatGPT as a way to democratize access to artificial intelligence.
OpenAI CFO Defends Ads in ChatGPT as ‘Strong Business Model’
One of OpenAI’s top executives defended the company’s addition of ads to its popular chatbot ChatGPT as a way to democratize access to artificial intelligence.
Popular mall retailer closing all locations after 25 years (report)
In its heyday, the company operated over 700 stores across 48 states.
The only thing limiting Taylor Swift’s popularity is partisan polarization
Although she’s the world’s reigning pop star, attitudes toward Swift are split markedly along both partisan and gender lines.
NIST’s Most Popular Reference Materials and What They Tell Us About the Science of Measurement
NIST develops and sells more than 1,300 standard reference materials that are critical to supporting American industry and conducting research.
Entertainment Journalist Zuri Hall on Her New ‘Not About Sports’ Talk Show, Interviewing Oprah Winfrey and ‘Heated Rivalry’
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Entertainment Journalist Zuri Hall on Her New ‘Not About Sports’ Talk Show, Interviewing Oprah Winfrey and ‘Heated Rivalry’
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Entertainment Journalist Zuri Hall on Her New ‘Not About Sports’ Talk Show, Interviewing Oprah Winfrey and ‘Heated Rivalry’
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Netflix Debated Launching a Theatrical Movie Business Before Warner Bros. Deal, Co-CEOs Say
Netflix in the past debated whether to launch its own business to distribute original films in theaters, but that fell short of its top priorities, co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters said.
Trump’s deeply unpopular presidency so far
A year after his inauguration, polls show he’s as unpopular as ever and many Americans dislike his major policies.
Glaz Entertainment Turns 20, Eyes Return to Theaters With Sony Pictures Brazil Deal (Exclusive)
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System76 Continues Driving More Improvements Into The COSMIC Desktop
Following the December launch of Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS and the first major COSMIC desktop release, System76 software engineers have continued making improvements to their Rust-based desktop environment.
Nick DiCeglie's fix to an unpopular hurricane recovery law gains steam with Judiciary Committee approval
'It is clear that we need clarification and a fix, and Senate Bill 840 is a solution we have all been hoping for.'
SM Entertainment targets M&A deals and AI tech integration as K-pop giant outlines ‘NEXT 3.0’ strategy
The K-pop powerhouse is also aiming to build Asia’s “largest and most respected publishing company” via its Kreation Music Rights (KMR) subsidiary…
Nova Launcher has a new lease on life, and that probably means ads are coming
Nova Launcher has new owners committing to the future of the popular Android homescreen, but also proposing ads.
Women's Health Investment Outlook
Despite women and girls making up nearly half the world’s population, women’s health has captured just 6% of private healthcare investment. More than 25 organizations from the investment community, industry, philanthropies and beyond provided insights for this report, which addresses critical gaps in understanding investment flows in women’s health, market opportunity and unmet need. To quantify private investment flows in women’s healthcare over the past five years, the report introduces the Women’s Health Investment Index. Major areas of unmet need and opportunity across high-burden, high-prevalence conditions that affect women uniquely, differently and disproportionately – such as cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, menopause and Alzheimer’s disease – have been overlooked. A recent analysis by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) estimates that effectively addressing these four therapeutic areas for women in the US could unlock a $100 billion-plus market opportunity by 2030.
The influencer racing to save Thailand’s most endangered sea mammal
Amateur conservationist and social media influencer Theerasak 'Pop' Saksritawee has a rare bond with Thailand’s critically endangered dugongs. Pop raises an urgent alarm — before Thailand’s dugongs vanish forever
Australian Open 2026: How Alexandra Eala and Melbourne Park were overwhelmed by her popularity
Alexandra Eala may have only played one Australian Open singles match but she was the biggest first-round draw by far at Melbourne Park.
Trump targets a familiar villain for soaring health costs
President Donald Trump and Congress are intensifying pressure on health insurance executives, responding to popular anger about high premiums and denials.
SM Entertainment founder eyes return as non-compete nears end
With several high-profile K-pop comebacks lined up this year — including BTS, Big Bang, Exo and Wanna One — industry attention is also turning to a different ki
Women's Health Investment Outlook
Despite women and girls making up nearly half the world’s population, women’s health has captured just 6% of private healthcare investment. More than 25 organizations from the investment community, industry, philanthropies and beyond provided insights for this report, which addresses critical gaps in understanding investment flows in women’s health, market opportunity and unmet need. To quantify private investment flows in women’s healthcare over the past five years, the report introduces the Women’s Health Investment Index. Major areas of unmet need and opportunity across high-burden, high-prevalence conditions that affect women uniquely, differently and disproportionately – such as cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, menopause and Alzheimer’s disease – have been overlooked. A recent analysis by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) estimates that effectively addressing these four therapeutic areas for women in the US could unlock a $100 billion-plus market opportunity by 2030.
RedMagic relaunches powerful OLED gaming tablet with new version
RedMagic has kicked off 2026 by refreshing one of its popular gaming tablets. Available to order globally, the new model adopts a golden finish with a gold-plated cooling system and sapphire glass back plate to distinguish itself from RedMagic's original models.
Veronika the Cow shocks scientists by using a tool
The 13-year-old bovine is crushing stereotypes of bovine intelligence.
A CT drive-through business so popular staff serves customers in parking lots is opening new site
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Major Popeyes franchisee with over 130 locations files for bankruptcy
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Decades of suffering: Long-term mental health outcomes of Kurdish chemical gas attacks
Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed is a clinical psychologist and researcher specializing in trauma, somatic symptoms, and psychopathology in conflict-affected populations. He has worked for over a decade with survivors of massacres in the Kurdistan Region, integrating clinical practice with research. He is also a lecturer at the Institute of Psychotherapy and Psychotraumatology at the University of Duhok. His current research focuses on validating psychological instruments for Kurdish communities and exploring genetic and phenomic factors related to trauma-related disorders. In a new study in Frontiers in Psychiatry, he and colleagues showed exceptionally high levels of trauma among survivors of a notorious atrocity: the 1988 chemical attack on Halabja in Kurdistan. In this editorial, he summarizes their findings.
Here’s Brunch, a pop-up, weekend email about the 2026 Legislative Session
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