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GRAIL Announces Integration of the Galleri® Test into Epic Electronic Health Record Platform to Expand Access Nationwide
/PRNewswire/ -- GRAIL, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRAL), a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early when it can be cured, today announced a collaboration...
'They are literally everywhere': The shocking story of how forever chemicals polluted the world
Live Science spoke with Mariah Blake, an investigative journalist and author of the book "They Poisoned The World," about one of the greatest corporate scandals in history.
Bluesky users are mastering the fine art of blaming everything on "vibe coding"
Use of AI coding tools has become a convenient boogeyman for any tech issues.
Marine Science Day returns to Hatfield
Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center will host its annual Marine Science Day from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 11, in Newport.
Is sports betting legal in Alabama? Here's what to know
Sports betting is booming nationwide, but is it still off limits in Alabama? Here's what we know about sports betting laws in AL.
ASUS Zenbook A16 Undercuts Apple’s MacBook Pro Lineup With Its $1,600 Price That Includes Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme, Tons Of RAM & Adequate Storage
Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme notebooks are expected to be expensive, but the ASUS Zenbook A16 defies those practices with its $1,599.99 price tag
The Boundless Deep: Young Tennyson, Science, and the Crisis of Belief by Richard Holmes
Pantheon Review by Walter Cummins The image of Alfred Tennyson I’ve carried for decades goes back to the childhood card game of Authors that depicts him with a stately continence sharpened by a jutting black beard. He’s formidable, his aura superior. Holmes opens his biography of the youthful Tennyson by describing the similar formality of the imposing Tennyson statue at Trinty College Cambridge, sharing the honor with other Trinity greats, including Isaac Newton, Francis Bacon, and Thomas Babington Macaulay. Holmes doesn’t want to chip away at that statue but rather reveal its inner youthful core of the man—tall, handsome, and talented but unformed, emerging from a disturbed family of addicted or insane male siblings and four unusual sisters struggling under a violent alcoholic clergyman father. Alfred was certainly statuesque, but would he end up a block of unformed stone like his equally promising brothers? He was youngest of three equally regarded Tennyson brothers at Cambridge, all bright, handsome, and talented, in fact Alfred regarded by some as less promising than his elders who also wrote poetry. Yet Alfred wrote one of his major poems, “The Kraken,” at twenty, revealing both his talent, his interest in geological forces, and the haunting creature that embodied his anxieties. While Holmes focuses on Tennyson of the 1830s and 1840s, he can’t tell his story without exploring his involvement with the Victorian intellectual upheaval. Tennyson was fascinated by new scientific perspectives, following the latest findings as soon as books and articles were published. He was especially taken with Charles Lyell’s deep studies of geology and the discovery of fossils and a timeline of the planet’s development that did much to question fundamental religious assumptions. The impact of these discoveries is reflected in Tennyson’s poetry and led to the crisis in belief he shared with so many contemporaries. He was especially taken by the cycles of destruction and renewal that informed the struggles he confronted in In Memoriam, Maud, and Idylls of the King. Tennyson was only one of the eventual major figures at Cambridge at the same time, young men just beginning to realize their potential. Charles Darwin was at Christ College, although there is no evidence that he and Tennyson even met as students or later in life. Yet evolution became significant in Tennyson’s thinking and the issues of his poetry. One of Tennyson’s best and most important Cambridge friends was Edward FitzGerald, who became the translator of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám and in their on and off relationship served as Tennyson’s harshest critic. FitzGerald was also a friend of the novelist William Makepeace Thackeray, the two of them partying in Paris as undergraduates. That connection led to a friendship between Thackeray and Tennyson. Others who came to play significant roles in Tennyson’s life were Thomas Carlyle, the Brownings, and the Pre-Raphaelites. Tennyson’s deepest friend at college was Arthur Hallam, who at twenty wrote a glowing review of Tennyson’s first poetry collection, travelled on European adventures with him, and fell in love with his sister Emily. Hallam was also regarded as one more very promising Cambridge student. His sudden death at twenty-two in Vienna from a stroke while travelling with his father devastated many friends, but perhaps Tennyson most of all. He did not write immediate poems of grief but took years to compile those collected in In Memoriam A.H.H., published in 1850, almost twenty years after Hallam’s death For all of Tennyson’s early poetic successes and successes, Holmes reveals him as an often troubled young man suffering periods of depression, fearing planetary upheaval, concerned about supporting himself, disappointed in romances, and worried that he would inherit the family’s mental illness tendencies. Yet despite his seeming withdrawals, he was always writing poetry that he kept private and would not let go, constantly revising. 1850 became a transformative year for Tennyson. He finally consented to publishing In Memoriam with a last-minute prologue that acknowledged God and perhaps convinced the religious Emily Sellwood to marry him after years of pursuit.. He opened up to Emily, revealing his struggles with fears of depression and “weird seizures.” The devastating event of that time was the stillborn death of his unnamed first son. It shook him, but Emily’s faith brought them closer and convinced him to believe in an afterlife. Two later sons survived. With the death of William Wordworth in April of 1950, Tennyson was named poet laureate at age forty-one, reluctantly accepting. It’s as if Tennyson’s life split in half in that year. He lived another forty years, now a recognized success, with the prestige of being an official poet writing patriotic verse, wealthy and revered, no longer the insecure young man seeking an outlet for his immense talent. He earned a place in the Authors deck, now dignified and in 1884 elevated to the peerage as Arthur, Lord Tennyson. Richard Holmes is the author of twenty previous books on the Romantics and Victorians, several of which received awards. The Boundless Deep was shortlisted for the 2025 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. He captures the complex vicissitudes of Tennyson’s youth, illustrated by frequent excerpts from the poetry, placing that life in the full context of the shattering discoveries that led to an upheaval of thought in the Victorian age.
New MacBook Neo With A19 Pro Chip and 12GB RAM Expected Next Year
Apple is planning to release a new MacBook Neo next year, according to Taiwan-based tech columnist and former Bloomberg reporter Tim Culpan. In the latest edition of his Culpium newsletter today, Culpan said the new MacBook Neo will be equipped with a version of the A19 Pro chip from the iPhone 17 Pro models. This means the next edition of the laptop should have an increased 12GB of RAM, as that is how much unified memory the chip has in the iPhone 17 Pro models.
At $150 off, the new MacBook Air is now cheaper than last year’s model
If the new Air’s price increase turned you off, this deal fixes that.
Colin Kaepernick to publish memoir 'The Perilous Fight' in September
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Apple is Reportedly Facing a 'Massive Dilemma' With the MacBook Neo
The all-new MacBook Neo has been such a hit that Apple is facing a "massive dilemma," according to Taiwan-based tech columnist and former Bloomberg reporter Tim Culpan. In the iPhone 16 Pro models, the A18 Pro chip has a 6-core GPU. During the chip manufacturing process, however, sometimes a CPU or GPU core can turn out to be faulty.
Incredible MacBook Neo demand may finish off Apple's A18 Pro stock
The MacBook Neo is a massive success for Apple, with high demand prompting talks between Apple and the supply chain about making more units, and how to solve a possible A18 Pro stock problem.
Apple faces supply chain problem as MacBook Neo demand exceeds expectations
The new MacBook Neo has apparently been a smash hit, and Apple will likely talk up its success at its...
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Analysis, Benchmarks & Efficiency - Serious rival for Apple and a problem for AMD & Intel
Notebookcheck review/analysis of the Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Elite & X2 Elite Extreme mobile ARM processors.
Asus’ lightweight 16-inch laptop is a formidable MacBook Air alternative
Jumbo-sized, yet svelte.
LA business groups unite behind Bass and switch up their playbook
For the first time, the city’s fragmented business interests are coordinating their political efforts.
Boone County health system picks Parkview to expand central Indiana outreach
A public hearing will be held at some point for the community to get familiar with what the agreement entails.
Kanye West blocked from traveling to UK following festival booking backlash
(CNN) — Kanye West has been blocked from traveling to the United Kingdom following controversy over the rapper’s planned appearance at a London music festival in July, according to the
MAGA Is Winning Its War Against U.S. Science
Source: NBER With all the other terrible news right now, you may not have noticed that Donald Trump is in the process of killing American science. OK, that’s an exaggeration — but not that much of an exaggeration. The Trump administration’s latest budget proposal calls for a gigantic increase in military spending combined with severe cuts to social programs. But as the chart above shows, it also calls for debilitating reductions in research funding. Furthermore, Trump appointees have already been strangling science by sharply reducing the rate at which research grants are approved. Here, for example, is the number of new grants approved by the National Science Foundation: Source: Nature Large numbers of existing grants have also been frozen or terminated, especially in the study of infectious diseases. Add to this a sharp drop in visas issued to foreign students, who often play a direct role in research and who help support academic departments that do research: Put all of this together, and much U.S. scientific research is set to come to a screeching halt — not a few years from now, but over the course of the next year or two. This new assault on U.S. science is taking place at a time when the role of American science in the world has already been greatly eroded. The chart below, based on research recently reported by the National Bureau of Economic Research, measures national strength in science by the share of publications in highly ranked journals. In the 1990s the United States had more such publications than the rest of the world combined. Since then we’ve dropped into third place — well behind China and slightly below the European Union. And this was before the Trump administration’s attack on science had time to take its full effect. Source Some erosion in U.S. scientific preeminence was inevitable given China’s growing sophistication and wealth. But we’ve also fallen behind Europe, even though everyone says that Europe is lagging economically and technologically. Claims about Europe’s underperformance are, in fact, dubious if one looks hard at the data. But it’s still striking to see America lagging. What’s going on? There are presumably multiple factors behind America’s scientific lag. But even before Trump II the growing hostility of the U.S. right to science surely had some negative effect. And since the rise of MAGA G.O.P. attitudes toward science in general have become overwhelmingly hostile. This is true even for the Republican rank and file: And while I haven’t been able to find good survey data, it’s obvious that the anti-science turn has been even more pronounced — and began earlier — among the Republican political elite. Chris Mooney published The Republican War on Science in 2005, and even then was describing a longstanding trend. Why have Republicans turned so anti-science? Part of the answer is that they believe that scientists don’t support them. And they’re right! A study of who scientists give money to shows that only a small percentage gave money to Republicans even 20 years ago, and that almost none of them donate to Republicans now: Social scientists have always been strongly pro-Democratic, while there used to be a significant number of physical, “hard” scientists supporting the GOP. But these days physicists are almost as uniformly Democratic, or at least non-Republican, as sociologists. Why are there almost no Republican scientists? It’s not a mystery. GOP political orthodoxy includes positions that are at odds with the scientific consensus on multiple issues, ranging from the validity of the theory of evolution, to the reality of climate change, to the efficacy and safety of vaccines. In each case the scientific consensus is solidly grounded in evidence. But even before the rise of MAGA the U.S. right was increasingly hostile to evidence-based policymaking — especially, of course, where the evidence is unfavorable to fossil fuel interests or quack medicine, both financial mainstays of right-wing politics. So scientists don’t support Republicans, and the feeling is mutual. Today’s Republican Party doesn’t like science or scientists. It doesn’t like having its preconceived views challenged by appeals to evidence. It knows that very few scientists are on its side electorally. In general, it sees scientific research as a threat to its grasp on political power. Add in MAGA’s combination of rabid anti-intellectualism and allergy to any hint of criticism, and one has the makings of a drastic anti-science turn in policy. “Ignorance is strength” might was well be an official MAGA motto. And as I said, we aren’t talking about something that will happen over the course of multiple years: The U.S. scientific enterprise is threatened with severe damage, even collapse, over just the next year. There are many reasons to find this prospect horrifying: Think of all the beneficial advances, affecting almost every part of life, that won’t happen because U.S. science — still crucial to the world — has been eviscerated. But think, also, of America’s international standing. Can a nation that has forfeited its role as a leader, or even a contender, in global science, still be a Great Power? No. MUSICAL CODA
🚨 Aaron Ramsey announces his retirement!
A standout name in the Premier League.Aaron Ramsey announced his retirement this Tuesday at noon!The Welsh midfielder is hanging up his boots at 35, six months after the end of his final spell, in Mex...
The MacBook Neo is proof that Google’s Pixel plan was right all along
Apple's MacBook Neo validates the Google Pixel strategy by emphasizing user experience and ecosystem growth over raw hardware benchmarks.
How Accurate Are Google’s A.I. Overviews?
The company’s A.I.-generated answers look authoritative, but they draw on an array of sources, from trustworthy sites to Facebook posts.
'Morale boost': NASA carries out Moon mission during tough year for science
As the four Artemis astronauts approached a high point of their lunar mission -- getting slung around the far side of the Moon -- NASA staffers crowded into Houston's famed mission control room Monday...
Bryce Harper answers road boos, fuels Phillies' rally past Giants
Bryce Harper delivered three hits and three RBIs as the Phillies rallied from four down to beat the Giants, 6-4, at Oracle Park.
ASU research looks to help Valley small businesses adapt to AI
While businesses are struggling to keep up with large companies in the Artificial Intelligence boom, local researchers are working to give them an edge.
One Sleep Habit Could Boost Your Heart Health, Study Suggests
A clear message.
One Sleep Habit Could Boost Your Heart Health, Study Suggests
A clear message.
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 PCs reach retail, ASUS launches X2 Elite Extreme laptop with 48GB memory at $1,599
ASUS Zenbook A16 offers 48GB RAM for $1,599 Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 laptop rollout has now reached retail. Best Buy has listed ASUS’s Zenbook A16 with
US health insurance shares jump as Trump administration boosts Medicare payments
UnitedHealth and Humana shares jump as subsidies for certain healthcare programmes to rise more than initially proposed
Medicare delays prior authorization pilot program for key interventional radiology service
CMS officially announced the move on April 6, with it applying to the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model.
Trump administration finalizes better-than-feared Medicare Advantage payment rate in boost to health insurers
The Trump administration will increase average Medicare Advantage payments by 2.48%, or more than $13 billion, in 2027.
The Business of Contemporary Art
Gallery owners discussed the art market at a talk sponsored by Booth’s Arts and Creative Enterprise Initiative.
Democrats face an identity crisis over taxes: From the Politics Desk
Plus, the Iran war stretches into its sixth week.
Oppo Pad Mini leak reveals 3:2 OLED display and 5.39 mm body
A new leak has revealed key details about the Oppo Pad Mini, an upcoming compact Android tablet. It is expected to feature an 8.8-inch OLED display and a high-end Snapdragon chipset.
6 side hustle businesses you can start with $0
While a side hustle can be a great way to start a business or boost your income, many options do have start-up costs.
Arizona cardiology practice paying $3.85M to resolve lawsuit after data breach
The 2023 incident potentially gave an attacker access to the names, addresses and Social Security numbers of thousands of heart patients.
From Jurassic Park to dreams of AI doom, pop culture shapes science more than we like to admit
We all know science influences books, movies and TV – but the influence goes both ways.
U.S. service sector cools in March, inflation heating up amid Iran war
The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has boosted global oil prices by more than 50%
Health Law Navigator: The Compliance Department vs. The Machines: A Playbook for Using AI
In 2026, health care facilities are under relentless pressure to use AI. From diagnostic algorithms that outperform radiologists to predictive
2026 NCAA women’s basketball rankings, final AP Top 25
The 2026 NCAA women’s basketball season is in the books, with the UCLA Bruins emerging as national champions after a dominant win over the South Carolina Gamecocks on Sunday night. UCLA led from beginning to end and put a ribbon…
Mario’s box office boom reveals a bigger trend in themed entertainment
Super Mario Galaxy movie drives a record Easter weekend as theaters see strong attendance, merchandise sales, and ties to theme parks.
Public health has saved hundreds of millions of lives. Is yours one of them? - Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
Last revised April 6, 2026
Capital Resources taps former Josie Tomkow staffer Makayla Paggio to boost fundraising operations
'Her maturity and work ethic served me well, and will be a huge addition to Capital Resources.'
From book bans to basement makeovers: 10 win I Love My Librarian Award for making a difference
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From book bans to basement makeovers: 10 win I Love My Librarian Award for making a difference
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Amazon has the Apple M5 MacBook Air for its best price ever: Save $149
Save $149 on both the 13-inch and 15-inch models — the biggest discount to date.
Apple's 2026 MacBook Pro Hits All-Time Low Prices on Amazon With Up to $199 Off
Amazon is offering a few all-time low prices on Apple's M5 Pro/M5 Max MacBook Pro, with up to $199 off select models without the need of a membership or clipping a coupon. These deals join Amazon's discounts on the M5 MacBook Air from over the weekend, which are seeing up to $200 in savings. MacBook Pro Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.
Legendary sports agent Leigh Steinberg joins 'GMFB' to discuss his new book
Legendary sports agent Leigh Steinberg wakes up with "GMFB" to discuss his new book "The Comeback - A Playbook for Turning Life's Setbacks Into Victories" and the 30th anniversary of "Jerry Maguire" film.
Kanye West was booked as a festival headliner. Brands are now pulling their sponsorship
Pepsi and brewery company Diageo have withdrawn their sponsorship of the UK’s 2026 Wireless Festival after it was announced that Kanye West would headline the three-day event.
ACES at Factory 52 acquired by Tri-State’s booming pickleball business
Greater Cincinnati’s fast-growing pickleball business has acquired another location.
'They could spend 4 or 5 hours per day underwater': How humans adapted to the most challenging environments
In the book "Adaptable," evolutionary anthropologist Herman Pontzer explores human biology and development, and how people have evolved to survive everywhere on Earth.
Travel blogger’s new book offers ‘52 Weekends in the Pacific Northwest’
Kara Patajo, also known as Your Northwestie Bestie online, treats every day in the Pacific Northwest like an adventure.
3 injured Arsenal stars return to training ahead of Sporting
Arsenal have received a timely boost ahead of the trip to Sporting, with three senior players back in training.Photo by James Fearn/Getty ImagesOne of the main talking points over the international br...
“Why water is special” mystery finally solved.
POSTECH and Stockholm University observe water’s liquid-liquid critical point, published in Science, following the team’s 2017 and 2020 papers in the same journal. Ten years of persistent research leads to a discovery that could rewrite textbooks
Scientists may have found a way to keep your bones strong for life
Scientists have identified a little-known receptor, GPR133, as a powerful regulator of bone strength. By activating it with a newly discovered compound called AP503, they were able to boost bone density in mice and counteract osteoporosis-like damage. The finding opens the door to a new kind of treatment that could not only prevent bone loss but also rebuild weakened bones, offering fresh hope for millions affected by osteoporosis, especially aging populations.
What a Decades-long Study of Arsenic Poisoning Can Tell Us About Human Health
Columbia researchers have spent over twenty-five years promoting access to clean water in Bangladesh — and investigating the impacts of contaminated aquifers.
The Alarming Consequences of Legal Sports Gambling
In his first book, "Everybody Loses," journalist Danny Funt ’15JRN explores the astronomical rise of a high-risk vice.
Surprising things about Amtrak's California Zephyr overnight train
I traveled from Chicago to Emeryville, California, on Amtrak's California Zephyr and booked a bedroom. The 53-hour ride was full of surprises.
I'm still betting on AI after it shrank my business and staff
A marketing CEO of 17 years says AI boosted productivity but cut demand, forced layoffs, and changed pricing.
Want to improve your memory? The right type of exercise can give it a boost
A brief bout of physical exercise can create "ripples" of activity in your brain that help you store and retrieve memories.
Greens powders are booming. But do they really work?
Superfood powders have become a key part of wellness routines, marketed as an easy way to boost energy, promote gut health, and get your daily nutrients. But nutritionists said the benefits of these supplements are largely unproven.
How simple choices boost health after 50
A mostly plant-based diet with healthy proteins and fats can help you thrive as you age.
Wildcat Check-in Week highlights campus mental health support
The University of Kentucky will host its inaugural Wildcat Check-in Week April 6-10, a campuswide initiative focused on mental health and suicide prevention as well as strengthening a culture of care across the UK community.
Thailand plans reforms to boost growth and cut business costs, PM draft statement says
Thailand will pursue broad economic and administrative reforms, aim for faster growth and cut business costs through the use of technology, according to a draft policy statement set to be delivered by the prime minister later this week.
RedMagic's new gaming tablet gets a launch timeframe; global version confirmed
The RedMagic has a new flagship Android gaming tablet on the way, and now there's a window for its release. In addition, it has been confirmed that the tablet will get an international version that will be released later.
AI breakthrough cuts energy use by 100x while boosting accuracy
AI is consuming staggering amounts of energy—already over 10% of U.S. electricity—and the demand is only accelerating. Now, researchers have unveiled a radically more efficient approach that could slash AI energy use by up to 100× while actually improving accuracy. By combining neural networks with human-like symbolic reasoning, their system helps robots think more logically instead of relying on brute-force trial and error.
Connecticut bars getting business boost from UConn basketball tournament runs
The UConn men’s basketball team run to the national championship is also bringing a lot of customers to local bars across Connecticut for watch parties. “We had the audio running and everything and as soon as the final buzzer hit, everyone was going crazy. We had a nice little UConn chant going at the end,” Yash Ramchandani, whose family owns…
Trump's respect for King Charles possibly quashed desire to annex Canada, says royal commentator
An upcoming book authored by a prominent royal commentator says U.S. President Donald Trump was primarily interested in annexing Canadian territory just above the U.S. border — and his respect for King Charles may have quashed his interest.
Vikings' J.J. McCarthy gets QB1 confidence boost from former teammate
McCarthy's teammate has all the confidence that he'll prove people wrong.
Boozer recovering physically, emotionally from UConn loss
The Duke forward said Sunday that he suffered a “couple of fractures” during the Blue Devils' loss last week to UConn.
Saturday stop in Swamp boosts Florida in Andrew Beard's recruitment
After a visit with Florida in the Swamp on Saturday, 4-star running back Andrew Beard is becoming more bullish on the Gators.
Vivo X300 Ultra vs Sony Alpha A7 full-frame camera: Who wins?
200MP photos from what is currently probably the best camera flagship phone on the market go up against 24MP shots from a Sony Alpha A7 III setup with a Sony 24-70 lens. Which one comes out ahead in which areas can be judged by anyone based on the available original images.
Amazon Takes Up to $200 Off M5 MacBook Air With New Record Low Prices
Amazon has introduced a few new record low prices on the M5 MacBook Air this weekend, with up to $200 off these notebooks. We're tracking $149 off the 13-inch M5 MacBook Air and up to $200 off the 15-inch models. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with Amazon. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.
Study suggests GLP-1 drugs have mental health perks
The study doesn’t prove causality or determine why GLP-1s could be a boon to people with mental illnesses.
‘Sheriff Country’: Matt Lauria Addresses Possible Mickey & Boone Romance
'Boone really gets tested towards the end of the season.'
The Man Holding MAHA Together
Can RFK Jr.’s book publisher keep the movement alive?
Republicans who want to opt out of Colorado’s primaries get major boost from federal judge’s ruling
The judge ruled the requirement that 75% of the Colorado GOP or the Colorado Democratic Party must support opting out of the primaries before it can happen “constitutes a severe burden on the major parties’ right to association and is therefore unconstitutional."
Book Review: Streetwear's Conquest - Culture Captured, Politics Ignored
Concentrating on the strategies that enabled casualwear to grow worldwide, the book ignores the broader historical and political conditions that encouraged that success in the first place.
Eulogy for the CIA Factbook: The free standard for world facts, long an educational staple, is gone
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Regularly $999, get a MacBook Air for just $200 with this limited-time deal
High-end laptop, low-end price tag.
Rick Bragg returns to Acadiana for book festival: ‘Wouldn't it be good to be Cajun for one day?'
He tried to eat his way out of a broken heart in Acadiana once. Now Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Bragg is coming back — and this time he's bringing his stories to Books Along the Teche Literary Festival in New Iberia.
Maynard D. Pitan Obituary 2026
View Maynard D. Pitan's obituary, send flowers, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
Nearly launched LG Rollable smartphone reveals its innovative internals in teardown video
Even Samsung’s 2026 foldables pale in comparison. If LG had not decided to exit the smartphone business, we could have seen a first rollable smartphone as early as 2021, one that was already more innovative five years ago than anything the foldable phone segment has produced recently, as a teardown shows.
Bandai Namco Entertainment Booth Report From AnimeJapan 2026! Exhibits Including New SAO Action Game Echoes of Aincrad and New Illustrations by abec
AnimeJapan 2026, one of Japan's largest anime events, was held at Tokyo Big Sight on Saturday, March 28 and Sunday, March 29, 2026. In this article, we report on the Bandai Namco Entertainment booth at this event!
Apple Confirms Its Impressive MacBook Pro Offer
The MacBook Pro M5 has an impressive discount in the Apple Store.
Scientists trap light in a layer 1,000x thinner than hair
Researchers have created a nanoscale structure that traps infrared light in a layer just 40 nanometers thick—over 1,000 times thinner than a human hair. By using a unique material with exceptional light-bending properties, they can confine and intensify light far beyond previous limits. This setup also dramatically boosts light conversion effects, turning infrared into visible blue light. The advance could pave the way for smaller, faster photonic technologies.
Small Business Workshop on Social Media Marketing
If you’ve boosted posts and gotten little to no results, you’re not alone.
New mentorship training aims to boost student mental health support at South Dakota Mines
South Dakota Mines launched a state-funded pilot to expand Peer2Peer mentorship through fraternities and sororities, training students to support peers’ mental health.
🎥 Ben White's nightmare continues with shocking FA Cup mistake
It's not easy being Ben White at the moment.The Arsenal defender found himself booed by England supporters on his long-awaited international return, and things have not gotten much better at club leve...
Booming business: Miami’s secret side hustlers
Junior primary education major Georgia Palko worked at Bagel and Deli, but was looking for some extra cash. After calling her dad with a bright idea, she moved forward with her plan to sell sweet treats on Valentine's Day. With around $50 worth of strawberries, a college house kitchen and a side hustler mindset, she sold 300 strawberries to mothers and lovers.
Downtown Redding bookstore on the move. This new cafe an early hit
This week in the Buzz: Find out where Shop Around the Corner Books is moving. A new cafe has been buzzing with business. And a downtown eatery closes.
Nintendo Switch Games Normally $50 Now Only $5 on eShop
Nintendo Switch games that Nintendo fans normally have to pay $50 on the eShop are only $5 for a limited time.
Album Review: 6WA by BigXthaPlug & 600 Entertainment
BigXthaPlug spent eight months in Nashville making a country-rap album that debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200, put “All the Way” with Bailey Zimmerman at No. 4 on the Hot 100, got him a Rolling Stone cover, and filled arenas with Jelly Roll. And then he came back to Dallas, rounded up four of his signees, and made a gangsta-rap record with N.W.A’s Straight Outta Compton on the cover. 6WA is the second group release from 600 Entertainment, named after the 600 block of Meadowridge Street in Ferris, Texas, where BigX and his people grew up. The whole thing is loaded with West Coast samples. From N.W.A.’s “8Ball,” Eazy-E’s “Real Muthaphuckkin G’s” and “Boyz-N-The-Hood,” Ice-T’s “6 in the Mornin’,” Snoop Dogg’s “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang” and more. BigX is staking his name on the lineup he built—Rosama, MurdaGang PB, Yung Hood, KevanGotBandz, KaineMusic—and claiming a lineage from 1,400 miles away while insisting Dallas is its own thing. A million dollars in cash, split and handed straight to his mother. That’s the first place BigX goes on “From the Bottom.” He’d probably still be in the streets if he didn’t have his son and daughter. He only started rapping to make life better for Carter. Couldn’t start his car back then, now people get starstruck at Starbucks, and he throws the whole field away in one sentence: “How you think we competin’? You on the same bag, I just made me some millions off country.” Goyard bags off a Nashville payday, and he wants you to know exactly how far he’s come from everybody else. “Safe to Say” does something similar but looser. It’s a straight Ice Cube “It Was a Good Day” flip, and BigX nails it. Wakes up, checks both phones, nobody’s locked up, kid accounts look good. Gets pulled over, only catches a warning. Pulls up on the squad to liquor, ladies, and haze. Rosama takes the second verse and matches him. Wakes up to his girl cleaning his cuticles, twins playing peekaboo, pays off his car, calls a cousin, sees the opps and they don’t trip. Lawyer calls, he beat his case. Rosama is the strongest voice in the 600 camp after BigX, and “Life of a Gangster” is why. Third person, riding low, blacked-out windows, snub-nose revolver. A character who chose sticking people up over selling dope. “Quick eraser like a number-two pencil.” He never breaks character, and his delivery drops lower and slower than anything he does on the group cuts, like he’s telling you something at a cookout that he probably shouldn’t. Then on “Long Live Fre$h” he’s a completely different rapper. “Short-bus diamonds, these bitches retarded,” wide-body Durango he can’t even park. That kind of range matters on a group record. MurdaGang PB’s best verse is on the title track. Feds at his door at 6 AM, cameras busted, flushing dope, ram truck putting everybody on the floor. Yung Hood on “The Hottest” just lays out four reasons to keep hustling. Who wants to be broke, women cost money, you need bail, and home has to be straight. It’s funnier and more honest than most rappers get when they’re trying to explain why they sell drugs. KevanGotBandz on “Ain’t Never Slowin’ Down” talks about his father getting caught on the dope while he’s sitting on $300K somewhere in the hills, which is a specific kind of guilt that doesn’t usually make it onto crew tapes. KaineMusic, the newest signee, takes the back half of “Who Dunnit” and introduces herself in third person—“Took flight just to show these hoes how to perform”—but it’s too short to know if she can hold a full song. The flex tracks fill the middle of the LP and mostly run together. “I Go” is Rosama and PB trading brands, guns, and food punchlines. Rosama’s “anemic, my iron tucked low in this shirt” is a slick gun bar, PB fires back with “.223 with a clip ‘bout as big as a toddler” and “I go Burger King, stay with that whopper.” Quick, funny sometimes, but it’s all shopping lists. “Dopeman” is a chant. “6ixer Party” brings Snoop Dogg, who does exactly what you’d expect Snoop Dogg to do. BigX contributes the night’s wildest overshare: “She say she brought a friend too, well, I’m tryna put sausage on her dental.” These songs move fast and don’t overstay, but three or four of them could trade verses and nobody would catch it. Midway through, The D.O.C. shows up for a spoken-word interlude. Tracy Curry. West Dallas native, former N.W.A affiliate, co-writer on a lot of the records getting sampled on this very album. He thanks BigX for the tribute and then gets direct: “This your time, this DFW time. You need to do it like we do it down here.” Leave bread crumbs so everybody behind you can eat. Keep God in your life. It’s fatherly and generous, and it does raise the question of whether 6WA follows that advice. The album borrows heavy. The cover art, the Eazy-E samples, “Amerikkka’s Most Wanted” opening with a direct “Boyz-N-The-Hood” lift, Yung Hood rapping “Flag on my left side, Crip until I die.” But the stuff that actually stays with you is Dallas. BigX talking about Pleasant Grove, Rosama calling himself a country boy, PB recounting a raid that could’ve been last Tuesday. The record smells most like itself when it smells like Ferris, Texas, and least like Compton. BigX on “The Hottest” says his father was the first person he knew who had chickens. Not the way rappers usually wave at the drug trade. He means his actual father, his actual family. On “600 Degrees,” Rosama compares his chopper’s stutter to a speech disorder, PB claims he still has the block on his back even after leaving the city. BigX closes that one saying he used to spin and smack, and now the plaques are platinum. Thirty-two minutes was right for this. Nobody overstays, Tony Coles and Rance and Charley Cooks keep the production punchy, and BigX gives his signees real room instead of crowding every song. 6WA doesn’t reinvent anything. Five rappers, good beats, short clock. Most of what they say you’ve heard before. Some of it—the million to his mother, the cuticles and peekaboo, the four reasons to hustle—you won’t forget. Solid (★★★½☆) Favorite Track(s): “Safe to Say,” “From the Bottom,” “The Hottest” Subscribe
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