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Homewood Science Center thanks community for 10 years of support

This year’s Summer Fest was a celebration of 10 years of the Homewood Science Center’s work sharing the wonders of science with the community. The evening’s program also included special recognition to Edie Dobrez, HSC’s executive director. The annual fundraising event brought several hundred people to Idlewild Country Club on[Read More...]

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Aug 2 • 9:18 PM EDT • Science • hfchronicle.com
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Rowing Science: Your Brain on Telemetry? Rowing and Math in 2026

A 2023 study found that doing math problems while rowing the erg caused rowing performance and mecha

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Aug 2 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • row2k.com
Trump frequently announces he's halting strikes in Iran. But they keep happening

The abrupt shifts have been a defining feature of the five-month conflict that has sent prices of oil and basic goods soaring — and the announcements to date have been upended by renewed attacks days or even hours afterward.

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Aug 2 • 5:29 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Google pulls AI feature after users create fake satellite images

Google paused a new AI feature in Google Earth after it created realistic fake satellite images.

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Aug 2 • 4:12 PM EDT • Technology • seekingalpha.com
5 Of The Best Phones OnePlus Ever Made

The best OnePlus phones combined competitive prices with ambitious hardware and features that stood out at the time of release.

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Aug 2 • 3:47 PM EDT • Technology • bgr.com
Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra gets a new 200MP camera feature

Samsung made its foldables a little more Ultra-like last year by equipping the Galaxy Z Fold 7 with a 200MP camera sensor. This year, the company has not introd

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Aug 2 • 2:25 PM EDT • Technology • sammobile.com
Samsung Galaxy S27 Ultra: Weird camera designs and higher prices tipped

We’re halfway between the Galaxy S26 launch and the next big Galaxy Unpacked event and the rumors surrounding the Galaxy S27 series expected in January or February 2027 are starting to heat up. For the first time, four Galaxy S27 phones are set to hit the market at the same time, the top-of-the-line Galaxy S27 Ultra might not only get more expensive, it may also feature a weird camera design if you ask the wrong people.

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Aug 2 • 1:28 PM EDT • Technology • notebookcheck.net
I almost downloaded another app until I found this Samsung Camera feature

It's not perfect, and that's the point

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Aug 2 • 8:15 AM EDT • Technology • androidpolice.com
Study Reveals Hidden Health Risks of Cheap Foods

A new study finds cheap foods contain more additives, sugar, and sodium, raising concerns about nutrition inequity and public health.

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Aug 2 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • foodtank.com
Microsoft's most-underrated gaming feature is steadily gaining traction, but big gaps remain — Xbox Play Anywhere report card

New data shows Xbox Game Pass adoption has improved in recent months, but big app gaps remain. Can Microsoft do more to boost it?

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Aug 2 • 6:00 AM EDT • Technology • windowscentral.com
Texas Longhorns player Michael Taaffe forced to give back Lamborghini Revuelto when he wanted to keep it for at least another year

In a sad turn of events, Texas Longhorns player Michael Taaffe has been forced to give up his beloved Lamborghini Revuelto and return it to Lamborghini Austin

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Aug 2 • 5:11 AM EDT • Technology • supercarblondie.com
Los Alamos Faith & Science Forum Aug. 5 Features ‘Searching For The Origin Of Goodness’ By Dr. John Ambrosiano

Bees on honey. Courtesy photo LAFSF NEWS RELEASE Dr. John Ambrosiano will present “Searching for the Origin of Goodness” Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2026, at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church (TOTH) at 3…

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Aug 1 • 10:48 PM EDT • Science • losalamosreporter.com
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North Carolina Toyota factory's 6-second rope hiring test goes viral at it's ultimate test of hand-eye coordination for working on assembly line

Do you think you have what it takes to work at Toyota? Instead of just turning up with your resume, you have to prove you can do the 6-second rope hiring test

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Aug 1 • 8:18 PM EDT • Technology • supercarblondie.com
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Atlanta Braves Predicted to Trade for Angels’ Jose Soriano

The Atlanta Braves could be on the cusp of acquiring a front-line starter to pair with dominant ace Chris Sale. The MLB trade deadline is just over 48 hours away, and the Braves are featured in several speculative trade rumors. One recent one, per the New York Post’s Jon Heyman, indicates the Braves have interest […] The post Atlanta Braves Predicted to Trade for Angels’ Jose Soriano appeared first on HEAVY.

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Aug 1 • 7:14 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
5 Disadvantages Of Using YouTube Music You Should Know About

YouTube Music offers plenty of content, but some missing features and persistent frustrations may leave listeners wanting more.

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Aug 1 • 2:17 PM EDT • Technology • bgr.com
Beware of spoilers as some fans have reported that Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has broken its street date in some areas

The Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Open Beta came to its conclusion last week. The game is now set to be officially launched on August 6, 2026.Marvel Tokon is set to feature a base roster made up of 20 characters ...

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Aug 1 • 12:50 PM EDT • Technology • eventhubs.com
Google Briefly Turned Google Earth Into an AI Slop Factory

The company said it's "rolling back" the feature after just one day.

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Aug 1 • 11:00 AM EDT • Technology • gizmodo.com
Google rolls back AI Google Earth feature a day after launch

Google added Nano Banana 2 image generation into Google Earth. Misinformation attempts ensued.

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Aug 1 • 10:48 AM EDT • Technology • mashable.com
ASUS Brings A Floating Structure To Prime AP304 Case For Superior GPU Cooling And Panoramic View Through Curved Side Panel

ASUS Prime AP304 mid-tower chassis features innovative cooling, tool-free GPU installation with a clamp, and panoramic curved glass design.

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Aug 1 • 10:45 AM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
I spent a week with the Galaxy Watch Ultra 2: Why can't I see my workout stats?

The Watch Ultra 2 has many pros, but also some missing features.

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Aug 1 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • phonearena.com
Massive shopping/entertainment zone planned for Fresno corner

The 27-acre development is expected to feature restaurants, stores, a brewery and an entertainment venue.

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Aug 1 • 8:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • fresnobee.com
All In On Swine Health

NPB is going all in on swine health. Learn how the Pork Checkoff is driving swine health progress with the National Swine Health Strategy.

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Aug 1 • 7:00 AM EDT • Health • nationalhogfarmer.com
Microsoft Confirms Plans To Make 8GB RAM Run Efficiently On Windows 11 Systems, Realizing That AI Has Made Lower Memory Configurations The Norm

Meta Description: Microsoft plans to make 8GB RAM run efficiently on Windows 11, acknowledging how AI features are reshaping lower memory configurations

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Aug 1 • 3:11 AM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
Timothy Olyphant says wife makes him wear makeup to cover up this feature

“My wife’s not a huge fan of it,” he said of his “Alien: Earth” makeover.

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Jul 31 • 7:54 PM EDT • Entertainment • yahoo.com
Alphabet rolls back AI image generation in Google Earth over policy violations

Alphabet's Google said on Friday it was rolling back an AI image-generation feature it had introduced in Google ​Earth just a day ago, after users shared ‌images that appeared to violate the company's policies.

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Jul 31 • 7:28 PM EDT • Technology • reuters.com
Long-closed former West LA mall has nearby business dying

What was once a thriving West Los Angeles mall featured in hit movies and music videos has been closed since 2019, crushing numerous nearby businesses, and leaving neighbors frustrated. “The...

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Jul 31 • 7:20 PM EDT • Business • yahoo.com
Test your pop culture: From Hollywood to the Heartland

Test your knowledge of entertainment with this quiz on celebrities, trends and headline-making moments. Featured this week: bikini-clad vacations, an unbelievable survival story, a post-divorce splurge and a romance decades in the making.

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Jul 31 • 5:44 PM EDT • Entertainment • foxnews.com
Staying Hydrated as Fall Sports Kick Off

A sports medicine physician highlights the importance of staying hydrated as two-a-days for football and other fall sports kick off this month.

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Jul 31 • 5:02 PM EDT • Sports • newsroom.clevelandclinic.org
Google Earth's AI image generation function pulled in less than a day

Google pulled its AI image-editing feature from Google Earth within 24 hours of its launch, after users created deepfakes depicting disasters.

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Jul 31 • 4:55 PM EDT • Technology • businessinsider.com
See how Google Earth let people make fake scenes of bombings, riots and destruction

Google put on hold an AI feature in Google Earth just hours after it was introduced. People used it to create AI-manipulated aerial views of horrific scenes.

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Jul 31 • 4:30 PM EDT • Technology • washingtonpost.com
Google Earth releases, swiftly retracts AI feature to make fake satellite images

“What on earth is Google doing?” Misinformation fears spur walk-back of AI tool.

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Jul 31 • 4:21 PM EDT • Technology • arstechnica.com
PlayStations Discs Are the Least of Sony's Problems Right Now

With RAM prices as high as they are, Sony wants to claim its consoles win on affordability.

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Jul 31 • 3:50 PM EDT • Technology • gizmodo.com
Google Earth’s AI deepfake tool only lasted one day

The feature generated believable — but edited — images of the real world.

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Jul 31 • 3:13 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Best of Baltimore party features city's top food, drinks and entertainment of 2026

Preview the best food and drinks, as well as the best entertainment ahead of the upcoming "Best of Baltimore" party.

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Jul 31 • 1:02 PM EDT • Entertainment • wbaltv.com
Official: Diallo joins Parma from Borussia Dortmund

Ousmane Diallo left Borussia Dortmund a year before the end of his contract. The 19-year-old has joined Serie A club Parma as the deal was announced by both sides on Friday.The winger hasn’t feature...

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Jul 31 • 12:38 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
A milestone year for Morgridge Summer Science Camp

On July 31, the 20th annual Morgridge Summer Science Camp said good-bye to its final group of campers. Over the course of three one-week sessions, 75 students along with their teachers, from 13 districts across the state, envisioned their futures in the biomedical sciences at the Discovery Building and UW–Madison’s campus.

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Jul 31 • 12:16 PM EDT • Science • morgridge.org
New Google Earth AI tool could fuel misinformation, experts say

Experts tell BBC Verify Google's new feature which lets people generate fake satellite images could be misused.

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Jul 31 • 12:09 PM EDT • Technology • bbc.com
Coros Update Brings Key Garmin Feature And More To Coros Watches

A significant Coros update sees a big upgrade to live tracking and how sleep scores are calculated, among other upgrades. It's for all current Coros watch users.

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Jul 31 • 11:46 AM EDT • Technology • forbes.com
NYU Faculty Drive Three US Department of Energy Genesis Mission Projects to Accelerate AI-Driven Discovery

Faculty across Arts and Science, Courant, and Tandon will help develop AI tools for quantum computing, decentralized scientific reasoning, and automated hypothesis generation

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Jul 31 • 11:25 AM EDT • Science • nyu.edu
Apple One Premier Is Getting 2 Cool New Features In iOS 27

iOS 27 will add new benefits to Apple One Premier, while some standalone iCloud+ subscribers will receive the same features as well.

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Jul 31 • 11:17 AM EDT • Technology • bgr.com
Smithsonian America 250 exhibit features 3x more liberal items than conservative ones

The Smithsonian's America 250th anniversary exhibit features nearly two dozen items for liberal causes but just seven representing conservatism.

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Jul 31 • 11:00 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Reddit is testing a new way to watch — and listen to — its viral posts

Reddit is developing a new video experience that lets users watch — or simply listen to — its most popular posts, taking inspiration from the viral TikTok videos that pair Reddit stories with gameplay or other footage. CEO Steve Huffman said the feature is already in the works and could begin testing later this year.

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Jul 31 • 10:49 AM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
Giving Back for July

Giving Back recognizes businesses and organizations that are helping our communities. Here’s a look at who gave back for July.

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Jul 31 • 10:12 AM EDT • Business • siouxfalls.business
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iPhone 18 Pro Models Could Be Up to $300 More Expensive, Says Analyst

This year's iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max could be $250-$300 more expensive than existing iPhone 17 Pro models due to higher silicon and memory costs, an analyst claimed today. According to an earnings note by Jeff Pu of GF Securities, higher 2nm silicon and DRAM/NAND costs could drive the price hikes, as Apple grapples with global component shortages owing to the AI infrastructure buildout. Currently, the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max start at $1,099 and $1,199, respectively.

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Jul 31 • 8:27 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
ACC, AMC Team wins Department of War small business awards

The Army Materiel Command Office of Small Business Programs team, which features Army Contracting Command personnel Gherin Fracasso, Anthony Piccolo, and Suzanne Anderson from ACC-New Jersey, earned several Department of War and Department of the Army Small Business Awards for their achievements in Fiscal Year 2025 during a ceremony at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey.

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Jul 31 • 8:00 AM EDT • Business • dvidshub.net
Major Nintendo Switch update adds Mario Sunshine and unreleased Virtual Boy games

Switch Online will add new features and games next month…

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Jul 30 • 9:23 PM EDT • Technology • videogameschronicle.com
Kamin Science Center’s ‘Science of Speed’ brings indoor go-karts, F1 simulators to Pittsburgh

Kamin Science Center’s brand new “Science of Speed” exhibit is off to a blistering start, ahead of its official opening on Saturday. On Thursday, dozens of early access guests were set loose upon the experience that features an indoor, three-level electric go-kart track with tightly coiled turns and railing lights

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Jul 30 • 4:40 PM EDT • Science • triblive.com
Students Take on Airborne Field Research with NASA

The gusty wind didn’t make it easy to hold tight to a balloon so large. The balloon, a scientific instrument called an ozonesonde, was about to be released

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Jul 30 • 4:36 PM EDT • Science • science.nasa.gov
LMH Health doctors provide insight into taking care of your heart

Heart disease continues to be the leading cause of death in the United States, according to the American Heart Association’s 2026 annual report. Despite advances in technology and treatment, prevention and early detection are essential. It’s important to know more about a heart-healthy lifestyle and the signs and symptoms to look for. For those without heart […]

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Jul 30 • 4:35 PM EDT • Health • lmh.org
Day in the Life with Andre Jordan and Jose Capo

In our newest installment of Day in the Life, this photo essay features Andre Jordan, Peer Counselor and Jose Capo, Addiction Counselor who deliver services from our S.H.O.W. mobile unit...

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Jul 30 • 4:02 PM EDT • Health • nychealthandhospitals.org
Delta partners with DraftKings for in-flight-entertainment offering

The feature is launching with Major League Baseball contests.

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Jul 30 • 2:41 PM EDT • Entertainment • ajc.com
Raleigh's bilingual science celebration returns Saturday

Free museum event features experiments, Latin American dance, NASA demos and family fun for all ages.

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Jul 30 • 2:36 PM EDT • Science • axios.com
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Samsung Browser gets a new capability on Galaxy Watches

Samsung makes some of the most feature-rich smartwatches on the market and continues to add capabilities to its One UI Watch apps. The company has now added a u

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Jul 30 • 2:35 PM EDT • Technology • sammobile.com
Leaked Pixel 11 Pro Fold Photos Also Include Mysterious New Camera Bar Feature

Google's next foldable doesn't look all that different, save for the camera bar.

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Jul 30 • 2:07 PM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
LinkedIn adds a button to report AI-generated 'slop'

LinkedIn is introducing new ways to reduce low-quality AI-generated posts, including a “seems like AI slop” reporting option. It's also replacing its own AI writing feature with a proofreading tool.

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Jul 30 • 2:05 PM EDT • Technology • techcrunch.com
Scientists Unearth Mechanism That Helps Plants “Feel Full”

NYU researchers determine how plants sense nitrogen sufficiency—and what this means for addressing global challenges related to fertilizers

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Jul 30 • 12:05 PM EDT • Science • nyu.edu
Outdoor Wi-Fi finally means business

Basic outdoor Wi-Fi can't handle modern IoT and security. The Cisco Wireless 9177 Series redefines connectivity with Wi-Fi 7, URWB, and rugged reliability for mission-critical environments where failure is not an option.

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Jul 30 • 11:00 AM EDT • Business • blogs.cisco.com
Halo: Campaign Evolved PC Looks Stunning

And we shouldn't require mods to add essential features.

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Jul 30 • 10:21 AM EDT • Technology • digitalfoundry.net
Astronomers Looking Through Forgotten Observations Find Bizarre And Beautiful Planet-Wide Rings On Venus

Looking at Venus, captured accidentally in old observations, the team found a truly odd feature that can only be seen in polarized light.

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Jul 30 • 10:03 AM EDT • Science • iflscience.com
vivenu Launches the Live Entertainment Industry's Only Ticketing-Specialized AI

/PRNewswire/ -- vivenu, the ticketing platform for live entertainment enterprises, today announced a comprehensive suite of AI features, including vivenu AI...

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Jul 30 • 9:05 AM EDT • Entertainment • prnewswire.com
DJI Osmo Pocket 4P Lab Test: Rolling Shutter, Dynamic Range and Exposure Latitude

DJI Osmo Pocket 4P Lab Test by CineD, testing rolling shutter, dynamic range and exposure latitude in D-Log and D-Log2.

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Jul 30 • 9:01 AM EDT • Technology • cined.com
Spotify Running Mode helps match tunes to tempo

A new feature for Spotify’s Fitness hub.

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Jul 30 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Spotify Rolls Out New Personalized Running Features For Premium Users

The company is making a big push into fitness, having already partnered with Peloton earlier this year.

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Jul 30 • 9:00 AM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
This new Google Earth feature will change how you explore the world

Google Earth now uses Gemini's Nano Banana 2 to generate images and visual explainers from real-world locations on the web.

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Jul 30 • 8:30 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
After Hobbes vs Rousseau: Politics must move beyond human nature

Since the great debate between Hobbes and Rousseau, our political theory has been organised around a single question: is human nature essentially good or essentially corrupt? Graham Harman, the philosopher behind object-oriented ontology, argues that this is simply the wrong question to be asking. The real forces governing our collective fate - climate change, artificial intelligence, geography, and pandemics - are non-human; therefore, questions about human nature are not the central ones. Instead, Harman proposes a politics reorganised around our relationship to non-human objects and environments, in which quasi-government institutions incentivise and deter actions with the aim of extending the survival of the human race. “It is easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.” This has become one of the most popular phrases among twenty-first-century intellectuals. Often misattributed to Fredric Jameson, it has been warmly embraced by such influential authors as Slavoj Žižek and the tragically departed Mark Fisher, and has fueled the notion that the major problem with the political Left is that it simply needs to become more speculative and creative. Naturally, this is never a bad idea in any human pursuit. But what if the political distinction between Left, Right, and Center itself results from a failure of imagination? SUGGESTED READING Hobbes vs Rousseau: are we inherently evil? By Robin Douglass This particular division has been with us only since the summer of 1789. During the simmering prelude to the French Revolution, it referred originally to the physical position in the National Assembly of radical figures on one side and loyal monarchists on the other. These positions are linked with two entirely different camps of modern political theory. On the Left we find a series of authors ranging from the moderate (Locke) to the supercharged (Rousseau) to the truly radical (Marx), all of them contending that exploitation of the many by the few justifies revolutionary overthrow of the existing order. On the Right they are countered by the likes of Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Schmitt, a group of thinkers convinced that corrupt human nature can be tamed only by force. In the words of the Nazi supporter Schmitt: “One could test all theories of nature and state and political ideas according to their anthropology and classify these as to whether they consciously or unconsciously presuppose [humans] to be by nature evil or by nature good.” This is the division we continue to face today, even in the daily retail politics of Western democracies.___Our species has regularly proven itself capable of both the noblest gestures and the most scathing cruelties, making it hard to define us as essentially either emancipatory or brutal in our aims.___The most refreshing feature of David Graeber and David Wengrow’s 2021 book The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity was their awareness that the forced choice between Rousseau and Hobbes (as they put it) is no longer sufficient. Our species has regularly proven itself capable of both the noblest gestures and the most scathing cruelties, making it hard to define us as essentially either emancipatory or brutal in our aims. Far from being stationed “beyond good and evil,” we seem to be fully entangled with both. We are not naturally good or evil, Graeber and Wengrow contend, but naturally experimental and imaginative. They rest their case on the archaeological record, which seems to bear witness to numerous episodes of seasonally shifting governments and festivals, which vacillate in the same society (even in the same year) between the egalitarian and the dictatorial. Such praise of political experiment makes a good fit with the generally anarchist position defended by these authors. Yet it is also what I find most disappointing in their position. Although they are right that the forced choice between Hobbes and Rousseau falls short of what our new situation requires, the authors simply replace it with praise for the human being as a political tinkerer and performer. In other words, they give us just another theory of human nature, one that would not have been out of place in the sixteenth or seventeenth century. What other options might we have?___The time is ripe for a retheorization of politics on the basis of something other than human nature… We are not just alienated and limited by objects, but also empowered and unleashed by them___One fresh approach would be to treat politics within a broader framework than human nature, given that the polis does not exist in a vacuum filled exclusively with people. When Bruno Latour went to observe the baboons of Kenya with the San Diego anthropologist Shirley Strum, they jointly concluded that these primates were more socially interdependent than our own species. Each baboon is so reliant on the dynamics of the group that they find themselves locked into constant surveillance of their potentially dangerous peers. The group structure turns out to be inherently volatile. Humans, by contrast, are able to stabilize their societies to a large degree through the mediation of inanimate objects. Although one’s position in society may seem to fluctuate over time, considerable stability is produced through such items as apartment keys, wedding rings, and identification cards, all of them serving to secure us a place distinct from that of our fellows. The Italian philosopher Maurizio Ferraris has written at length about the crucial role of documents in establishing social relations, making him a hero among notaries in his country. Proper names and license plates cement our position amidst other humans, as do symbolic achievements such as graduation from a top university or distinguished wartime service with its various medals and ribbons. None of this is found among baboons, despite their closeness to us on the evolutionary tree: after all, we did share a common ancestor just 25 to 30 million years ago. SUGGESTED VIEWING The goodness paradox With Richard Wrangham The time is ripe for a retheorization of politics on the basis of something other than human nature, whether understood in the manner of the Left or of the Right. We are not just alienated and limited by objects, but also empowered and unleashed by them. But initially, it is true, we face non-human things primarily in the form of constraints. It would be difficult, perhaps impossible, to form a human civilization underwater, deep underground, atop Mount Everest, or in outer space. Human dependence on the non-social background takes on subtler form in discussions of political geography, especially unloved on the more idealistic Left. Consider the luckless position of Poland during World War II, sandwiched between Hitler on one side and Stalin on the other. By contrast, note the good fortune of the United States in not having a military peer positioned on any land border. Anglo-American geopolitics, since the writings of the American naval commander Alfred Thayer Mahan and the British geographer Sir Halford Mackinder, has been wedded to the notion that one or more liberal offshore naval powers should prevent any authoritarian “heartland” regime from gaining effective control of Eurasia. That remains the case whether the opponent is the impatient Napoleon, the swashbuckling German Kaiser, the villainous Hitler, the murderous Stalin, or the industrial juggernaut Chinese. In their current Foreign Affairs article “Heartland vs. Rimland,” Michael Beckley and Hal Brands analyze the current and coming state of the world on the basis of these same rather durable principles. In recent years a similar outlook has been embraced, in inverted form, by the Putin-loving Russian philosopher Aleksandr Dugin, an icon of the Rightist intellectual underworld. For Dugin, the Anglo-Saxons are an evil force bent on destroying the spiritually superior people of the land: much like Athens in its failed war with Sparta, or Carthage in its eventual collapse against Rome. But the shared notion on both sides is that any strategy that fails to take geography into account is likely to end up as a defeated form of excessive optimism.___When dealing with environmental degradation, then, we are doing business with forces that promise dire effects on our species as a whole.___More striking for us today than geography is the non-human object called climate, which threatens rimland and heartland equally. Even if we contend that humans are one hundred percent responsible for triggering the climate crisis, it remains non-human in the sense of being an independent force beyond our effective control. In a major work published just before his death in 2002, The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, the American paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould noted the tendency of evolutionary theorists to focus too closely on the fate of individuals in view of their successful or failed adaptation to circumstances. With climate change, however, we confront a force that goes well beyond the scope of any individual life. Whereas Richard Dawkins extended evolutionary questions downward from individuals to the sub-individual gene, Gould pushed it upward, speaking of entire species or clades as impacted by environmental change. The asteroid that struck the Yucatán 66 million years ago is only the most famous example of this sort. In the wake of that catastrophe, large animals needing abundant supplies of food were at a fatal disadvantage by contrast with the smaller birds and mammals of the planet. When dealing with environmental degradation, then, we are doing business with forces that promise dire effects on our species as a whole. The effect is to shift our attention away from individual beings towards the survival of the group.In the United States in particular, the COVID-19 pandemic sparked considerable backlash among those who asserted a nearly absolute degree of individual freedom. In California I encountered those who demanded that their businesses be allowed to reopen, that it was enough to cover their mouths but not their noses, or that they should have the right to enter any public area despite refusing vaccination. Yet public health is probably the clearest argument against libertarianism, which often merely asserts the autonomy of individuals against any claims of the commons. In normal times the individual is worth defending; under conditions that threaten the survival of part or all of our species, compulsion may be our only resort, as with perfectly reasonable blackouts and rations in wartime. To rebuild human society under the constraints of climate change will be one of the great challenges of the century to come, as will our improvised grappling with artificial intelligence. Such phenomena pose existential risks for humanity, and leave far less room for tolerance of individual brattiness. Cases are mounting of devastating wildfires caused by arson. Recently it was reported that there is even a website where one can bet on the location of coming wildfires, raising the specter of deliberate blazes set to collect on wagers. The death penalty has steadily lost support in a world where many stress the infinite value of human life. But if we focus instead on entire ecosystems, those who purposely burn the forests may begin to look worse than serial murderers.___The politics of the future may be splintered by disagreement over such topics as how to manage our environing background and how to permit or restrict the entry of new objects into the political sphere.___So far I have spoken of force, authority, and punishment: measures sure to have greater appeal to those who identify with what we know as the Right. But other implications of the post-anthropocentric world are likely to have different backers. If non-human objects are seen as structuring political space, it stands to reason that they can no longer be introduced solely by the pace of technical breakthrough. Fields ranging from cybernetics to energy will demand increased politicization once they are reconceived not just as products of individual human investment, but as renovations of collective political geography. This need not involve world government, with its inherent risk of tyranny, but may involve quasi-governmental enforcers of prestige along the lines of a less corrupt FIFA or International Olympic Committee, punishing deviant states not with violence but with less tangible incentives.Politics will never lose its historic links with conflict and faction. But rather than factions aligned by differing theories of human nature, the politics of the future may be splintered by disagreement over such topics as how to manage our environing background and how to permit or restrict the entry of new objects into the political sphere. This will prove just as incommensurable with the modern Left/Right spectrum as a globe is with a two-dimensional map.

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Jul 30 • 8:00 AM EDT • Politics • iai.tv
RISE to Feature Terri Carmichael Jackson, Jessica Caggiano on WNBA

During RISE Women’s Sports last fall, WNBPA Executive Director Terri Carmichael Jackson outlined a vision for a transformational future for the WNBA. A future where player compensation, investment and working conditions finally reflected the league’s explosive growth. Nearly a year later, with a landmark new collective bargaining agreement, record-setting media rights and continued expansion reshaping …

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Jul 30 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
iPhone 18 Pro: Twelve Changes Coming to Apple's Next Flagship

We're less than two months out from the launch of Apple's premium next-generation smartphone lineup, and while we're not expecting a dramatic change in terms of functionality, there are still several enhancements rumored to be coming to the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max. One thing worth noting is that Apple is reportedly planning a major change to its iPhone release cycle this year, adopting a two-phase rollout starting with the iPhone 18 series.

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Jul 30 • 6:43 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Training: The hard work starts in Hong Kong!

Check out the photos as City went out on the pitch at the Kai Tak Sports Park in Hong Kong earlier today... Features City are in Hong Kong! Having landed on Wednesday, they went through a short stretc...

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Jul 30 • 5:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Zacks.com featured highlights include PENN Entertainment, Carriage Services, General Motors and AMN Healthcare Services

PENN Entertainment, Carriage Services, General Motors and AMN Healthcare are highlighted as value stocks with strong cash flow metrics for the second half of 2026.

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Jul 30 • 4:16 AM EDT • Entertainment • finance.yahoo.com
‘Extremely violating’: Tinder pauses AI photo enhancement feature

"It was extremely violating," Rubin said. "Those are not my teeth. That's not what my mouth looks like."

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Jul 30 • 1:08 AM EDT • Technology • tech.yahoo.com
August 8th 'Women in Sports Night' to include a pregame Panel Discussion at the Pub at the Park

The Official Site of Minor League Baseball web site includes features, news, rosters, statistics, schedules, teams, live game radio broadcasts, and video clips.

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Jul 30 • 12:44 AM EDT • Sports • milb.com
Mad about Science: Batoids » Sandpoint Reader

By Brenden BobbyReader Columnist At the library’s Citizen Science events, which take place twice a month at the Waterlife Discovery Center on Lakeshore Drive, I love to ask a fun question of guests that...

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Jul 29 • 9:35 PM EDT • Science • sandpointreader.com
20th Anniversary iPhone Coming Next Year With These 10 Features

Apple's 20th anniversary iPhone is expected to arrive in the fall of 2027 with the most significant redesign the device has seen since the iPhone X. The first iPhone was announced in January 2007 and went on sale that June, meaning the device's 20th anniversary technically falls on June 29, 2027.

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Jul 29 • 9:00 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Science demos, stellar suds: Brewsology to pour at California Science Center

The evening event will feature fine foams and the after-hours opportunity to roam the educational museum.

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Jul 29 • 8:01 PM EDT • Science • nbclosangeles.com
Classic characters are getting free Necromunda rules

See how you’ll be able to use Bounty Hunters, Hangers-On, and more in your games of gang warfare.

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Jul 29 • 8:00 PM EDT • Technology • warhammer-community.com
Official PC Requirements & New Gameplay for Silent Hill: Townfall

Konami has revealed the PC system requirements for Silent Hill: Townfall. We also got a video with 15 minutes of new gameplay footage.

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Jul 29 • 6:14 PM EDT • Technology • dsogaming.com
Person of the Year + TCB 100 Celebration

Featured Event Person of the Year + TCB 100 Celebration December 03, 2026 @ 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm Directions Location Minnesota Orchestra Hall 1111 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis 55403 Description Each December, Twin Cities Business unveils the TCB 100 list, our annual "list of all lists" recognizing the business leaders, innovators, and changemakers poised to

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Jul 29 • 4:21 PM EDT • Business • tcbmag.com
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Steelers camp observations: Day 1 features defensive wins and a roller-coaster debut for Drew Allar

Aaron Rodgers quickly showed the familiarity and comfort he has with running a Mike McCarthy offense as the Steelers took the field at Saint Vincent College...

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Jul 29 • 3:37 PM EDT • Sports • post-gazette.com
Climate extremes are becoming more extreme, worrying scientists

Heat, sea level rise, polar melting: They’re all picking up pace.

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Jul 29 • 2:36 PM EDT • Science • latimes.com
Akron hospitals to host free family health fair with experts, entertainment

Akron Children’s Hospital and Summa Health are hosting a free Mother, Baby and Family Health Fair on Saturday, Aug. 1. The free event will feature professionals from both hospitals who will offer information and answer questions about a variety of specialties.

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Jul 29 • 1:47 PM EDT • Entertainment • cleveland.com
Google Teases The Pixel 11 Pro And Hints At A New Camera Bar Feature

We played spot the difference and noticed this intriguing difference in Google's teaser for the Pixel 11 Pro.

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Jul 29 • 1:40 PM EDT • Technology • engadget.com
American Summer: Steve Guttenberg, Christie Brinkley Film Gets Release

Mia Talerico also stars in Michael W. Gray's coming-of-age feature that hits theaters later this year from Blue Harbor Entertainment.

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Jul 29 • 1:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • hollywoodreporter.com
Pokémon Red & Blue mod transforms the RPG into a sick 3D voxel game

A new mod for the original Pokémon games adopts a new perspective, alongside a wealth of other neat graphical features

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Jul 29 • 11:45 AM EDT • Technology • polygon.com
UAMS Names Wendy N. Nembhard, Ph.D., MPH, as Dean of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) named Wendy N. Nembhard, Ph.D., MPH, as the next dean of the Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, effective Sept. 1.

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Jul 29 • 11:02 AM EDT • Health • news.uams.edu
Windows 11 KB5101684 update released with 42 changes and fixes

​​Microsoft has released the KB5101684 preview cumulative update for Windows 11 24H2 and 25H2, which 42 bug fixes and additional feature improvements for the operating system.

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Jul 29 • 9:56 AM EDT • Technology • bleepingcomputer.com
iPhone Driver's Licenses May Soon Expand to Another US State

Driver's licenses and IDs may soon be available in Apple Wallet for iPhone and Apple Watch users living in Oklahoma. MacRumors discovered signs of an Oklahoma ID in Apple's backend. With input from Apple, a House bill was passed in March 2026 that allows Service Oklahoma to issue mobile or digital versions of state identification cards, driver's licenses or permits – suggesting this is Apple taking preparatory steps for future Wallet integration.

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Jul 29 • 9:15 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Taufer Leads Team Awarded $9M by NSF To Enable US Transition to AI-Driven Discovery

A project led by Michela Taufer has been awarded $9 million by the National Science Foundation to accelerate AI-driven scientific discovery.

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Jul 29 • 9:13 AM EDT • Science • news.utk.edu
Can Anyone Spare a Buck For Texas?

One of America’s most competitive Senate races features a surprising dynamic: No Republicans are spending money yet.

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Jul 29 • 9:00 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
The week in politics (July 29, 2026)

On Wednesday's show: We discuss the latest developments in politics in our weekly roundup. And we reflect on the role the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee had on Houston and the city’s desegregation more than 50 years ago.

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Jul 29 • 7:00 AM EDT • Politics • houstonpublicmedia.org
Cleveland WNBA Names Cleveland Clinic as Third Founding Partner and Official Hospital and Sports Medicine Provider

World-renowned hospital system to focus on holistic player care, advancing youth development, health education and community engagement.

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Jul 29 • 7:00 AM EDT • Sports • newsroom.clevelandclinic.org
Madison Comedy Week features 90 comedians at nine venues

Now in its eighth year, Madison Comedy Week offers locals a chance to see talented up-and-coming comedians across the city.

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Jul 29 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • captimes.com
IBBA® Announces the Results from the 2026 Annual Conference for Business Brokers

The International Business Brokers Association® (IBBA) presents key moments from the 2026 IBBA Annual Conference, held May 29–31 at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. The conference convened Business Brokers from the USA and Canada for two days of education, networking and professional development not found anywhere else. The keynote address, "Resilience and Embracing Change," was delivered by Olympic medalist Noelle Pikus Pace. Her presentation featured valuable perspectives to turn personal and pr

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Jul 29 • 4:00 AM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
What Health Informatics Means in Physical Therapy

Physical therapists are well positioned to use informatics to improve education, communication and patient-centered care.

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Jul 29 • 12:01 AM EDT • Health • consultqd.clevelandclinic.org
OpenAI's First Devices: Speaker, Smartphone, and More

OpenAI's hardware roadmap has sharpened considerably in recent months, with its first device now identified, a smartphone said to be arriving as soon as next year, and a wider lineup taking shape behind them. AI Smart Speaker OpenAI's first product is a portable, screenless smart speaker developed with former Apple design chief Jony Ive, designed to act as a personal companion in the home rather than a conventional voice assistant.

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Jul 28 • 9:00 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
White Dwarf 527: The Inside Scoop on Warhammer 40,000

Miniatures and rules for the new edition of Warhammer 40,000, solo missions in the Jade Abbey, and more.

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Jul 28 • 8:00 PM EDT • Technology • warhammer-community.com
Apple Home Hub smart speaker with a display is coming this year, here are its features

A new report claims Apple is diligently working on releasing it as soon as possible. According to a new report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is...

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Jul 28 • 7:32 PM EDT • Technology • gsmarena.com
Tencent's Lightspeed LA shifts direction for Last Sentinel game and lays off 80 staff

Lightspeed LA is laying off 80 staff members and it is shifting its creative and development direction for Last Sentinel.

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Jul 28 • 7:26 PM EDT • Technology • gamesbeat.com
Six of 11 Massachusetts congress members score ‘F’ grades in integrity: Group

Six members of the Massachusetts federal delegation received failing grades in the Political Integrity Index — an analysis of their stock trading, contributions from corporate PACs, and more.

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Jul 28 • 4:20 PM EDT • Politics • bostonherald.com
Dispatches From Postdoctoral Scholars: The ‘Front Lines' of Health Science Research

This year’s annual Postdoc Research Day featured dozens of scholars from almost 30 departments on campus highlighting their collective efforts to improve human health.

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Jul 28 • 4:02 PM EDT • Science • news.cuanschutz.edu
Dispatches From Postdoctoral Scholars: The ‘Front Lines' of Health Science Research

This year’s annual Postdoc Research Day featured dozens of scholars from almost 30 departments on campus highlighting their collective efforts to improve human health.

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Jul 28 • 4:02 PM EDT • Health • news.cuanschutz.edu