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Read More »Republicans attack ‘woke’ Netflix — and ignore YouTube
When Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos entered the Senate office building on Tuesday, he got thrown a curveball. What started as a standard antitrust hearing relating to the Warner Bros. merger quickly devolved into a performative Republican attack about the spread of “woke” ideology on the streaming service. At the same …
Read More »Football gossip: Tonali, Lewandowski, Ronaldo, McTominay, Duran, Lingard
Newcastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali is a target for Juventus, Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo has a release clause in his Al-Nassr contract and Napoli are set to hold talks to extend Scott McTominay’s contract. Newcastle United and Italy midfielder Sandro Tonali, 25, is Serie A side Juventus’ top transfer target …
Read More »Iron Lung’s path to theaters was unique, even if the movie isn’t
As a movie, Iron Lung is occasionally thrilling but mostly forgettable. It’s a small-budget horror flick that has some cool ideas and pulls them off in an extremely efficient way, creating a sense of tension that unfortunately never turns into outright scares. But the most important thing about it is …
Read More »T20 World Cup: Sri Lanka ask Pakistan to reverse decision to not face India
Sri Lanka have written to the Pakistan Cricket Board asking them to reverse their refusal to face India in their T20 World Cup group. The fixture, the biggest and most lucrative in the global game, is due to be played in Sri Lanka’s capital Colombo on 15 February but Pakistan’s …
Read More »How to Watch 2026 Six Nations Rugby Live From Anywhere For Free
When to watch the 2026 Six Nations Thursday, Feb. 5 through Saturday, March 14. Where to watch The 2026 Six Nations will air in the US on Peacock. See at ITV Carries 2026 Six Nations games for free in the UK ITV See at BBC Watch the Six Nations in …
Read More »Immanuel Feyi-Waboso: England wing a doubt for Wales Six Nations match
Immanuel Feyi-Waboso is an injury doubt for England’s Six Nations opener against Wales on Saturday after the wing finished Thursday’s training session prematurely because of a leg injury. “Manny just pulled up at the very end,” defence coach Richard Wigglesworth told Rugby Union Weekly. “His leg’s sore. There was nothing …
Read More »Here’s what Xbox is working on for 2026
Microsoft has a big year ahead for Xbox as it marks its 25-year milestone. After the tough decision to release more Xbox games on rival consoles two years ago, 2026 is a chance to refocus on the platform and celebrate some of Xbox’s biggest franchises. It’s also an opportunity for …
Read More »Why Waymo is having a hard time time stopping for school buses
For years, Alphabet-owned Waymo has tried to set itself apart from other self-driving startups by emphasizing a culture of caution and safety. Now, just ahead of major planned rollouts across the country, it is facing a recurring failure in one of the most sensitive places imaginable: school zones. In December, …
Read More »Are Chelsea-Strasbourg transfer deals bad for football?
Chelsea and Strasbourg came together under Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital’s BlueCo group in 2023. Across the first two years Strasbourg got the best of the deal. Six players left Chelsea for the French club, five on loan and one permanently. Strasbourg were able to spend money they could only …
Read More »@KamalaHQ is relaunching as a Gen Z ‘progressive content hub’
Kamala Harris’ social media strategy in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election was filled with Gen Z dog whistles: viral branding based on pop music, memes, camo hats that were a double entendre. It was an effective way to get attention and news coverage, as well as a mountain …
Read More »Vaginal bacteria don’t always behave the same way, researchers discover
[ Development, composition, and prevalence of VISTA mgCSTs. Credit: mBio (2026). DOI: 10.1128/mbio.0364525 In a new study published today in the journal mBio, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) report that the long-standing view of the vaginal microbiome as either “optimal” or “non-optimal” based on a …
Read More »ExpressVPN’s New Privacy-Focused AI and Email Protection Features Could Be Game-Changers
ExpressVPN, CNET’s current top-rated VPN, announced a handful of significant updates that should help customers use the service to protect their privacy in new ways. In doing so, Express is positioning itself as a fuller online privacy and security suite rather than just a VPN. To supplement its core VPN …
Read More »One dead, three injured after Dublin bus crash | UK News
One person has died, and three others have been hurt after a double-decker bus crashed into pedestrians in Dublin city centre. Ireland’s justice minister confirmed the news to the Irish parliament, adding that those injured are being treated in hospital. It is understood that the incident, in the pedestrianised North …
Read More »Councillors refuse consent for controversial substation plan
SSEN Transmission’s facility has been proposed for a site near Beauly in the Highlands. BBC News
Read More »Amazon’s Alexa Plus Confounds Chris Hemsworth in Super Bowl Ad as the AI Tool Launches
The Alexa Plus AI has been in early access for over a year, but this week all that changes, starting with a Thursday preview at Amazon’s upcoming Super Bowl ad featuring Chris Hemsworth. Let’s look at how our phones and smart speakers are getting this smart voice assistant upgrade. I’ve been …
Read More »Spotify’s Page Match syncs your audiobooks and your physical ones
Spotify has launched a new feature called Page Match that lets you quickly sync your spot in a physical or ebook with an audiobook. Point your camera at a page, and the Spotify app uses computer vision to match text with audio. If you have to jump behind the wheel …
Read More »Autism rates between girls and boys challenged by new study | Science, Climate & Tech News
Autism rates are ‘more or less equal for men and women’, according to a study which challenges previous assumptions about its prevalence. While the neurological and developmental condition is known to be more common in young boys, Swedish researchers found there was a big rise in diagnoses among adolescent girls. …
Read More »Substack data breach exposed users’ emails and phone numbers
Substack is notifying some users that the email addresses and phone numbers linked to their accounts were exposed in a “security incident” last year. In an email to account holders, Substack CEO Chris Best said that a hacker had accessed internal data without authorization in October 2025, but that passwords, …
Read More »AI tool predicts brain age, cancer survival and other disease signals from unlabeled brain MRIs
[ BrainIAC is a generalizable foundation model for neuroimaging that supports diverse downstream clinical tasks, from molecular subtype prediction to brain aging and survival estimation, by enabling efficient adaptation across a wide range of applications. Credit: Divyanshu Tak, Mass General Brigham Mass General Brigham investigators have developed a robust new …
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