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Xbox revenue plunges $1.7bn, with hardware dropping 29% YoY

Platform holder also faced losses during Q4, with content and services revenue falling 10% and hardware dropping 13%

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Jul 30 • 4:21 AM EDT • Technology • gamesindustry.biz
Mario Vargas Llosa by Gerald Martin review – the passions and politics of Peru’s Nobel laureate

This stylish biography of the author traces his journey from left to right, and from ‘posh Lima’ to Cricklewood

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Jul 30 • 2:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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I’ve seen what can confound Farage on his home turf: optimism. People need a politics that offers them that

You can’t blame his constituents in Clacton for their pessimism – because they have been let down for years, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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Jul 30 • 1:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
TripGain Releases 'State of Business Travel in India 2026' Report, Revealing Persistent Gaps Between Digital Adoption and Operational Reality

Conventional wisdom suggests corporate travel technology is primarily about reducing costs and automating bookings. However, a new industry study from TripGain suggests something far more significant is happening.

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Jul 29 • 11:00 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Mobile business owner says he shot and killed man in self defense

Mobile police responded to a deadly shooting at Chips Auto Glass on Halls Mill Road on July 28. Investigators say 25-year-old Evan Bagley came to the business, got into an argument with another man, and pointed a gun at him.

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Jul 29 • 10:26 PM EDT • Business • fox10tv.com
Employment or autonomy? Comparing pathways and tradeoffs for PCPs

Primary care physicians who are on the payrolls of hospitals and health systems enjoy well-supported practice infrastructure and robust peer engagement. But they’re sometimes vexed by red tape and style-cramping oversight. Meanwhile independent PCPs …

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Jul 29 • 8:36 PM EDT • Health • healthexec.com
Neither party is talking about what voters actually care about

Politicians are fixated on social media outrage while voters remain focused on the economy and inflation.

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Jul 29 • 8:13 PM EDT • Politics • detroitnews.com
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Jacksonville business owners say unsafe Northside building ruined their dreams

Two former Jacksonville business owners say they invested thousands of dollars into their dreams, only to watch them collapse — along with the ceilings above them.

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Jul 29 • 6:29 PM EDT • Business • news4jax.com
Florida urges doctors not to prescribe mental health medication for children

Florida's surgeon general has warned doctors not to prescribe antidepressants and other psych drugs for children, instead urging comprehensive evaluations and behavioral therapy as first line treatment options.

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Jul 29 • 6:14 PM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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Todd Blanche’s rocky road: From the Politics Desk

Plus, the Iran war’s hazy future.

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Jul 29 • 5:35 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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John Thune Isn’t Bowing to Trump’s Pressure: ‘Show Me How This Ends’

A standoff over the restrictive voting bill Trump is pushing has left nerves raw at the Capitol, with even the typically staid Thune showing signs of frustration.

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Jul 29 • 5:31 PM EDT • Politics • time.com
Trump increasingly ‘exasperated’ on Iran as top officials can’t agree on strategy

The president erupted at some of his top national security officials during a recent meeting, according to a U.S. official and a person familiar with the discussion.

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Jul 29 • 4:49 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Democrat Ben Wikler explores a 2028 run for Senate in Wisconsin

Some Democratic insiders are rankled by the former state party chair’s ambitions and national book tour, with one saying it feels like he’s “whistling past the graveyard.”

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Jul 29 • 4:03 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Anthony Fauci’s high-profile Senate hearing: what we learned

Six years on from Covid crisis, Republicans still politicizing science – and Fauci remains a political punching bag

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Jul 29 • 4:02 PM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
UT health science center expanding Health Hubs program across Tennessee

A $4 million grant will expand TennesseeCares Health Hubs to 13 locations, bringing preventive care to rural areas.

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Jul 29 • 3:30 PM EDT • Health • commercialappeal.com
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Tinder pauses AI tool after it gave some daters an unsolicited makeover

An in-app “Photo Enhance” tool altered some users’ appearances without their permission. Tinder told NBC News that the unintended changes affected a small number of users.

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Jul 29 • 3:04 PM EDT • Technology • nbcnews.com
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Andy Reid gives positive update on Eric Bieniemy's wife's health status
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Jul 29 • 3:02 PM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
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Business News: Independent Watch Retailer Collective Horology Sues Trump And Administration Over New Tariffs

California watch retailer files suit alongside spice importer against new tariffs it says have been imposed "unlawfully," causing "severe" negative impact on business.

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Jul 29 • 3:00 PM EDT • Business • hodinkee.com
Cyclosporiasis Outbreak 2026 Map, Foods to Avoid as Parasite Cases Hit 45 States

A massive outbreak of the “explosive diarrhea parasite” cyclospora has been linked to shredded lettuce. Where are cases rising, and what are the other possible sources?

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Jul 29 • 2:56 PM EDT • Health • today.com
Texas health issues alert after 4 Montgomery County residents infected with measles

Texas health officials are warning residents and health care providers to stay alert after four cases of measles were confirmed in an unvaccinated Montgomery County family.

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Jul 29 • 1:18 PM EDT • Health • click2houston.com
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Former Genesco Inc. chairman William S. 'Bill' Wire II dies at 94

In addition to business community leadership, Wire served on boards of more than a dozen nonprofits, including the YMCA and PENCIL foundations

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Jul 29 • 1:18 PM EDT • Business • tennessean.com
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The FCC Just Banned Chinese Humanoid Robots. That's Not the Story Business Leaders Should Focus On

The real lesson behind the FCC's ban isn't politics—it's what China's robotics dominance reveals about cost, manufacturing scale, and competitive strategy. The FCC's ban on foreign-made humanoid robots grabbed headlines.

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Jul 29 • 1:02 PM EDT • Business • inc.com
The Lone Republican Who Voted Against Advancing Bill to Put Tougher Sanctions on Russia

The lawmaker referred to the legislation as the "latest counterproductive attempt to hold Russia accountable for its war against Ukraine."

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Jul 29 • 12:53 PM EDT • Politics • time.com
Nearly 800 employees cut from one of GA's largest healthcare system

Wellstar Health System announced a nearly 800-employee layoff, targeting corporate offices. The company is based in Marietta, Georgia.

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Jul 29 • 12:26 PM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
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US lawmakers press Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccine settlement

The letter notes that Merck earlier this year agreed to pay $50 million to settle litigation over Gardasil.

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Jul 29 • 12:17 PM EDT • Health • detroitnews.com
Valve has released the CAD design files for the Steam Machine's exterior, leaving us asking: how long before someone makes a GabeCube skin?

The release, which has been done under a Creative Commons licence, follows Valve's CAD files for the new Steam Controller.

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Jul 29 • 11:45 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Generate Autonomous Business Insights with AI Agent and MCP Servers

Learn how Amazon Bedrock AgentCore delivers autonomous, cross-system business intelligence through configuration rather than custom code. Using pre-built MCP server connectors, fine-grained access control, and persistent memory, enterprises can query multiple data sources with natural language while enforcing role-based boundaries automatically.

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Jul 29 • 11:34 AM EDT • Business • aws.amazon.com
Should you trust AI to answer your health questions?

More people are turning to ChatGPT and other AI tools for health questions. The answers are fast, and they often sound reassuring and trustworthy, but, as Consumer Reports says, they aren’t always accurate.

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Jul 29 • 11:15 AM EDT • Health • news4jax.com
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How 97 Copies of an Unreleased Version of Super Mario Bros. Duck Hunt Were Discovered in a Wisconsin Warehouse

When Jason Ganos was asked to help sell an old box full of NES cartridges, he figured they would be pre-owned copies of games that had already been circulated in the market. He had no idea that he was about to make a historic discovery that would change his life forever.

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Jul 29 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Consumer confidence falls on worse business, labor views

An indicator of present conditions dropped to the lowest since 2021, while a measure of expectations for the next six months was unchanged.

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Jul 29 • 10:57 AM EDT • Business • detroitnews.com
Explosive diarrhea parasite cases rise by thousands, now in 45 states

There have been 6,707 laboratory-confirmed cases of the explosive diarrhea illness since May 1, the CDC said July 28.

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Jul 29 • 10:30 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
K-pop powerhouse BTS say they will not submit music for 2027 Grammys

K-pop powerhouse BTS say they will not submit their music for consideration at the forthcoming Grammys.

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Jul 29 • 10:27 AM EDT • Entertainment • ksat.com
Exclusive: NCAA flags second Tennessee athletics student worker for sports gambling

For second time in a year, a student worker in the University of Tennessee athletics department was flagged by the NCAA for online sports gambling.

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Jul 29 • 10:02 AM EDT • Sports • knoxnews.com
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Exclusive: NCAA suspends Tennessee football star Arion Carter two games for $427 flight

Tennessee star LB Arion Carter has been suspended for two games by the NCAA because he returned to college after his NFL agent paid for a $427 flight.

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Jul 29 • 9:40 AM EDT • Sports • knoxnews.com
Tentpole Xbox release Halo: Campaign Evolved performs better on the PlayStation 5, with the PS5 Pro providing the best experience

According to a new Digital Foundry article, the PS5 version of the game meets Xbox Series X quality, without cutscene stuttering.

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Jul 29 • 9:37 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Gina Hinojosa closes gap on Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in new poll

A new poll shows Democrat Gina Hinojosa within 3 points of Gov. Greg Abbott, while the Texas AG race between Middleton and Johnson sits at 1 point.

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Jul 29 • 9:33 AM EDT • Politics • usatoday.com
Israel's decades-old US support risks losing Democrats

This month, nearly half of House Democrats voted for a failed amendment to cut off aid to Israel.

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Jul 29 • 9:28 AM EDT • Politics • detroitnews.com
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Teamsters nurses, Corewell Health East reach tentative union contract

This would be the first contract after nurses voted to unionize in 2024.

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Jul 29 • 9:26 AM EDT • Health • freep.com
Sussex County restaurant, a 'local favorite,' for sale after 48 years

One of Sussex County's most unique restaurants is on the market after nearly a half-century in business.

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Jul 29 • 9:19 AM EDT • Business • northjersey.com
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Fetch Scales for Feebas in Pokémon Pokopia

Seek out Prism Scales and collect awesome swimming-themed items during this event.

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Jul 29 • 9:14 AM EDT • Technology • pokemon.com
Dive into Pokémon Pokopia Expansion Pass—Part 1: Bubbly Basin

Rebuild a watery wonderland in Pokémon Pokopia.

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Jul 29 • 9:04 AM EDT • Technology • pokemon.com
How I Got My Career in Foreign Policy: Andrea R. Flores

Andrea Flores has spent more than fifteen years working on immigration policy, including at DHS, the White House, and the ACLU. She spoke with CFR about how her 360-degree perspective has shaped her understanding of the issue and the challenges of advancing immigration reform.

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Jul 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • cfr.org
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 devs are working on a Nintendo Switch 2 version, but note the "big technical challenge" of getting it up and running

Sandfall Interactive knows there is demand for a Switch 2 version of the breakout RPG, and the studio is working on it.

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Jul 29 • 8:01 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Doctor Reveals No. 1 Sign Your Stress Is Becoming a Chronic Condition

In TODAY.com’s Expert Tip of the Day, NBC News medical journalist Dr. Akshay Syal explains the main trait he looks for when diagnosing chronic stress in patients.

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Jul 29 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • today.com
SAPD officers suspended after man in mental health crisis brought gun into hospital, records show

Two San Antonio police officers were handed a month-long suspension after records show they failed to search a man experiencing a mental health crisis who was carrying a stolen gun, according to records reviewed by KSAT Investigates.

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Jul 29 • 7:18 AM EDT • Health • ksat.com
Live updates: Anthony Fauci to face Senate questions on Covid origins

Get live updates and the latest news on the Trump administration as Anthony Fauci faces senators’ questions about the origins of Covid and Sen. Linsey Graham is laid to rest in South Carolina.

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Jul 29 • 7:18 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Aipac’s brand has become toxic. Can its ‘pro-Israel, pro-peace’ rival J Street move in?

J Street’s liberal Zionist politics are landing with the Democratic establishment but the electorate may have moved on

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Jul 29 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
She Wanted to Teach Kids History. Her Idea Became a $700 Million Business

Pleasant Rowland started American Girl with an educational mission, not a toy-industry playbook. Decades later, the company remains one of the most successful toy brands ever created.

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Jul 29 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • inc.com
She Wanted to Teach Kids History. Her Idea Became a $700 Million Business

Pleasant Rowland started American Girl with an educational mission, not a toy-industry playbook. Decades later, the company remains one of the most successful toy brands ever created.

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Jul 29 • 7:00 AM EDT • Business • inc.com
Hollywood stars who took method acting very seriously
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Jul 29 • 6:47 AM EDT • Entertainment • usatoday.com
Crazy Taxi: World Tour has competitive multiplayer, and you've got a chance to play it very soon

Crazy Taxi: World Tour may not be about until 2027, but if you're lucky, you could be playing it in a matter of weeks.

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Jul 29 • 6:47 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Pragmata 2 Likely After Sales Success, Publisher Capcom Says

Pragmata, Capcom's sci-fi adventure with a small girl android sidekick, looks likely to get a sequel.

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Jul 29 • 6:15 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
The Hidden Cost of Stress at Work

Policymakers, employers, and professional organizations have opportunities to design work environments that make us healthier, write Lilly Springer, David Slusky, and Anupam B. Jena.

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Jul 29 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • time.com
Scientists look to shark DNA for the genetic signature of time

Aging leaves telltale marks on DNA, and for the first time, scientists have used those molecular signatures to create a model that predicts the age of sharks.

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Jul 29 • 6:00 AM EDT • Science • news4jax.com
A new media ecosystem is taking root on the left, reshaping Democratic politics

A growing number of Americans are swearing off legacy media and turning to a mix of independent podcasts, social media accounts and anti-establishment digital news sites.

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Jul 29 • 5:21 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Sketch comedy, coming-of-age stories part of new IF Theatre season

IF Theatre, the organization that puts on IndyFringe each year, has a packed year-round schedule with a variety of stories for 2026-27.

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Jul 29 • 5:15 AM EDT • Entertainment • indystar.com
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After laying off Battlefield 6 devs, EA boss Andrew Wilson's bonus rose $8m to $38m last year, thanks to the game's success across "all milestones"

Andrew Wilson took home the staggering bonus, alongside his $1.3m base salary.

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Jul 29 • 5:14 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
These are the best things to do in Brevard this weekend, July 31-Aug. 6

Find your weekend adventure: Pops concert, 'Dear Evan Hansen' and pub crawl top our list of Brevard's best things to do.

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The Science Behind the AI Panic Is Shakier Than You Think

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

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Jul 29 • 4:23 AM EDT • Science • derspiegel.substack.com
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Silent Hill: Townfall promises to "massively subvert" your expectations, and it's left me painfully excited

Our hands-on impressions of Silent Hill: Townfall, plus producer Motoi Okamoto and director Jon McKellan's thoughts on evolving the series.

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Jul 29 • 3:00 AM EDT • Technology • eurogamer.net
Clock is ticking on Colorado’s new AI rules

By Aashis Luitel On Jan. 1, organizations using covered automated systems must begin complying with Senate Bill 26-189, Colorado’s new Automated Decision-Making Technology Act. They can identify those systems and start building the processes the statute clearly requires. What they cannot do is confidently finalize two key pieces: the disclosures consumers must receive after an […]

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Jul 29 • 3:00 AM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Zack Polanski will not say sorry to Farage for sharing ‘dangerous’ image

Green party leader says it was ‘a mistake’ and if Farage wants to apologise for times he’s put people in danger he’ll be happy to say sorry

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Jul 29 • 2:31 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Uganda declares itself free of Ebola as Congo continues to struggle with it

Uganda has maintained since the outset that its cases were linked to the larger outbreak in eastern Congo’s remote province of Ituri, which borders Uganda.

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Jul 29 • 1:52 AM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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Top 10 events this weekend: Paddlefest, Chris Stapleton, more goetta

Jam out with Chris Stapleton, cool off at Ohio River Paddlefest, or try a goetta-based creation this weekend.

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Jul 29 • 12:10 AM EDT • Entertainment • cincinnati.com
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A new media ecosystem is taking root on the left, reshaping Democratic politics

More progressive Americans are swearing off traditional media.

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Jul 29 • 12:01 AM EDT • Politics • clickorlando.com
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See which Livonia restaurants failed health checks

Wayne County inspectors found microbial growth and improper storage at several Livonia restaurants this summer.

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Jul 29 • 12:01 AM EDT • Health • detroitnews.com
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Local nonprofits call for changes at Bexar County jail over custody deaths, healthcare concerns

Houston, Dallas and San Antonio are home to the largest county jails in Texas. So far this year, Bexar County has had the highest number of reported deaths while in jail custody, according to data from the Texas Jail Project.

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Jul 28 • 11:34 PM EDT • Health • ksat.com
Thieves caught on camera stealing backflow preventers from Kingwood businesses, cost thousands in repairs

Thieves are accused of repeatedly targeting Kingwood businesses, stealing backflow preventers and leaving property owners with flooded parking lots, broken pipes and repair bills in the thousands.

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Jul 28 • 11:10 PM EDT • Business • click2houston.com
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What parents should know about ultra-processed toddler foods

More parents are beginning to scrutinize the foods they give their children early in life, and a new study suggests they're right to do so.

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Jul 28 • 9:42 PM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
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Lightspeed LA Lays Off Staff as It Shifts LAST SENTINEL's Creative Direction

Lightspeed LA, the developer behind LAST SENTINEL, announced that it’s making a big shift in creative direction that will impact some members of its staff.

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Jul 28 • 9:41 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Politics Chat, July 28, 2026

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

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Jul 28 • 8:14 PM EDT • Politics • heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
Michigan cyclospora outbreak shows signs of improvement as new cases slow

Nationwide, there are more than 18,000 confirmed or suspected cases of cyclosporiasis, the illness caused by a parasite found in human feces, the CDC said Tuesday.

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Jul 28 • 7:55 PM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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Federal judge strikes down City of Houston's minority, woman, small business program as unconstitutional

A federal judge has ruled the City of Houston’s Minority Women and Small Business Enterprise Program is unconstitutional.

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Jul 28 • 5:58 PM EDT • Business • click2houston.com
Opioid funds may save a closing Shasta County health hub

A vital Burney mental health center closes July 31, but officials hope opioid settlement funds can keep it open.

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Jul 28 • 5:42 PM EDT • Health • redding.com
Kentucky governor demands 'honesty' on McConnell's health

Kentucky governor demands 'honesty' on McConnell's health

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Jul 28 • 5:20 PM EDT • Health • nbcnews.com
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How Ken Martin is holding on as DNC chair — for now: From the Politics Desk

Plus, Washington honors Lindsey Graham.

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Jul 28 • 5:06 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Visa posted 14% revenue growth as consumer and business spending held up

The payments company reported net revenue of $11.6 billion and non-GAAP earnings per share of $3.32 for the quarter ended June 30

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Jul 28 • 4:23 PM EDT • Business • qz.com
What is a p-value? An expert explains the most misunderstood number in science

Boiling scientific truth down to a single number has had bad consequences for our understanding of the world.

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Jul 28 • 4:08 PM EDT • Science • theconversation.com
Jake Rogers DFA'd, Javier Báez reinstated from injured list
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Jul 28 • 3:52 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Sports betting industry spending on US midterm elections surpasses $72 million

The industry has become the third-largest corporate donor in the U.S. midterms behind crypto and technology.

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Jul 28 • 3:41 PM EDT • Sports • nbcnews.com
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Billy Bob Thornton inducted into SC Hall of Fame for 'meaningful impact'

Billy Bob Thornton was inducted into the SC Entertainment & Music Hall of Fame following his performance with The Boxmasters on July 27 in Liberty.

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Jul 28 • 3:29 PM EDT • Entertainment • greenvilleonline.com
SEC’s New Targeting Rule A Win For Common Sense

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

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Jul 28 • 3:12 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
This eating habit could help boost brain health, study finds

The study was a six month clinical trial and its findings were presented at NUTRITION 2026, the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition.

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Jul 28 • 2:29 PM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
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Doctors want Yale Bologna Festival to ban youth from event

A health group is urging the mayor of Yale in St. Clair County to restrict the Yale Bologna Festival, citing cancer risks.

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Jul 28 • 1:54 PM EDT • Health • freep.com
20 science facts that sound completely made up

Science facts that sound fake but are true, from cube-shaped wombat droppings to a pulsar spinning 716 times a second, all confirmed by research

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Jul 28 • 1:44 PM EDT • Science • qz.com
Mosquitos in Brazoria County test positive for West Nile Virus

A batch of mosquitos collected in Brazoria County have tested positive for the West Nile Virus, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.

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Jul 28 • 12:56 PM EDT • Health • click2houston.com
A Political Candidate Says She Joined Dating Apps to Find Love, Not Voters. Then Bumble and Hinge Banned Her

Alina Bonsell says her post-match icebreaker was a joke. Her case tests when political disclosure on dating apps becomes campaign solicitation.

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Jul 28 • 12:45 PM EDT • Politics • inc.com
Under pressure over China backers, Mercedes CEO pledges to defend U.S. business

The U.S. Senate ⁠Commerce ‌Committee approved legislation last week to toughen a ban on ⁠Chinese automakers entering the U.S. market.

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Jul 28 • 12:33 PM EDT • Business • cnbc.com
Sony Confirms PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for August 2026, Headlined by Dying Light 2: Stay Human

Sony has confirmed the PlayStation Plus monthly games lineup for August 2026 — and it includes Dying Light 2: Stay Human: Reloaded Edition.

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Jul 28 • 11:51 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Will DC hospitals have to give Trump, Konza Health your ER records?

A federal agency is reportedly demanding hospitals to turn over ER records of patients. Could it affect Washington DC-area patients?

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Jul 28 • 11:10 AM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
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3 Plant-Based Proteins That Also Boost Gut Health, Per a Dietitian

These protein-rich plant foods also support healthy digestion.

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Jul 28 • 11:04 AM EDT • Health • today.com
Pistons teaching sports business aspects through Youth Council

The Pistons Youth Council will host its fourth annual Family Fun Day on Saturday, executing the lessons learned about the business side of sports.

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Jul 28 • 10:36 AM EDT • Business • detroitnews.com
Lobbying ban tackles one gap in Michigan ethics and transparency laws

Michigan is a laggard on ethics and transparency, but a waiting period for lobbying by former public officials brings the state in line with others.

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Jul 28 • 10:19 AM EDT • Politics • freep.com
3 Mexican restaurants receive low health inspection scores: See list

El Paso health inspectors released new scores for restaurants. Find out which spots earned a perfect grade.

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Jul 28 • 10:01 AM EDT • Health • elpasotimes.com
This value predicts future quality of life. In Australia, it’s tanking

More than 600 scientists are sounding the alarm that our standard of living is under threat.

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Jul 28 • 10:01 AM EDT • Science • smh.com.au
New data suggests layoffs will affect 14,259 people by the end of 2026, up 78% from first forecast of the year

"The pace of layoffs is accelerating faster than our models initially predicted"

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Jul 28 • 9:44 AM EDT • Technology • gamesindustry.biz
Cyclosporiasis cases show ‘vulnerabilities’ in US food safety system, experts say

US states and federal government tracking cases as outbreak comes amid cuts to public health funding

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Jul 28 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • theguardian.com
Stellantis sells car-sharing business as Filosa focuses on automaking

Free2move was part of former CEO Carlos Tavares' push into mobility services beyond vehicle manufacturing.

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Jul 28 • 8:58 AM EDT • Business • detroitnews.com
Politics & Power: Voting rights, election fears & the battle for Congress in 2026 midterms

A former White House attorney is warning that a series of executive actions — from changes to voting rules to the removal of election oversight officials — may be laying the groundwork for unprecedented federal intervention in the upcoming midterm elections.

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Jul 28 • 8:35 AM EDT • Politics • news4jax.com
Microsoft is launching its first cybersecurity AI model at half the cost of rivals

MAI-Cyber-1-Flash, paired with GPT-5.4 inside Microsoft's MDASH harness, outperforms models from Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI on a key benchmark

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Jul 28 • 8:18 AM EDT • Technology • qz.com