3 research-backed improv tricks to help manage stress
Stress isn’t just an occasional visitor in our lives—it’s more the houseguest who never got the hint to leave. Between economic uncertainty, workplace upheaval, rounds of layoffs, and the…
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Europe: Stocks edge lower as investors weigh AI volatility; earnings, data in focus
European shares edged lower on Friday (Feb 13) as concerns about potential artificial intelligence (AI)-driven disruptions kept investors cautious, while they also assessed a…
Why Spotify’s developers haven’t written new code in more than a month
Spotify’s most senior engineers don’t type code anymore. In fact, they have not written a single line of code since December, co-CEO Gustav Söderström revealed during a recent earnings…
ICE Is Gearing Up to Build “Mega” Jails
“This effort aims to meet the growing demand for bedspace and streamline the detention and removal process, focusing on non-traditional facilities built specifically to support ICE’s…
Alex Pretti Died Defending an EMT. ICE Wouldn’t Let Her Treat Him.
ICU nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed by a swarm of ICE agents in Minneapolis moments after he assisted a couple of women. One of them, according to new reports, was also a health care…
Trump Is Totally Unbothered by El Paso Airspace Closing for a Balloon
Husted accepted $3,500 from Wexner as recently as July—only two months before he voted to block the release of the Epstein files, according to campaign finance records reviewed by…
41 popular hair extensions have toxic chemicals linked to cancer and other health risks
The global market for hair extensions is booming and is projected to hit $14 billion in annual sales by 2028. What was once a niche luxury item for women is now widely available. However,…
Ghislaine Maxwell Appears to Have Lied on Her Citizenship Application
Ghislaine Maxwell is in another legal bind. The longtime girlfriend and sex-trafficking associate of Jeffrey Epstein was revealed Friday to have lied on her naturalization documents,…
ICE Chief Admits Agents Seem to Have Lied About Why They Shot Someone
On January 14, two ICE officers were involved in a confrontation with two Venezuelan immigrants in Minneapolis that ended with one of the agents shooting one of the men in the leg. The…
Measles 2026 update: These states are seeing new outbreaks as rate of infections trends upward
It’s only February, and an outbreak of measles infections is already inching toward nearly 1,000 cases in the U.S. this year. Infections are spiking as a result of declining vaccination…
Trump Dodges When Asked About Land Strikes: “Don’t Worry About It”
Husted accepted $3,500 from Wexner as recently as July—only two months before he voted to block the release of the Epstein files, according to campaign finance records reviewed by…
AI and Our Collapsing Creative Horizons
The real danger AI poses is to original thought itself. Source link
New DHS Tool to Check Voters’ Citizenship Status Is Already a Mess
The Department of Homeland Security’s new tool to check voters’ citizenship is mistakenly identifying people as noncitizens, according to a report Friday from ProPublica and The Texas…
Wendy’s is closing hundreds of U.S. restaurants as domestic sales slide
Wendy’s is moving ahead with its plans to close hundreds of restaurants, amounting to between 5% and 6% of its total stores in the U.S., according to its fourth-quarter earnings report.…
Ruben Gallego Wants You to Get Paid More for Working on Holidays
This is happening amid long-term trends: Jobs are getting worse, families are getting squeezed by energy and health care costs and priced out of the market for housing, and wages have not…
Schools Nationwide Cancel Picture Day Over Epstein Tie Conspiracy
Husted accepted $3,500 from Wexner as recently as July—only two months before he voted to block the release of the Epstein files, according to campaign finance records reviewed by…
This New York bar hosted an AI dating pop-up where singles matched with chatbots for Valentine’s Day
A quarter of adults younger than 30 say they’ve used AI for companionship, according to Associated Press-NORC polling. The one thing missing? Somewhere to take your AI valentine on a date.…
Ben Affleck has one word for AI-generated creative writing. His take on LLMs is going viral
Could a film industry entirely crafted from AI ever exist? Social media is abuzz with movie scenes made with Seedance 2.0, the latest tech in AI video generation, including everything from…
Dutch Bros is growing fast. Here’s why its expansion plans matter more than its stock bump
Starbucks competitor Dutch Bros saw its stock price rise in premarket trading on Friday after the coffee chain posted double-digit revenue growth in its most recent quarter. However,…
Inflation measure drops to a nearly 5-year low
A key measure of inflation fell to nearly a five-year low last month as apartment rental price growth slowed and gas prices fell, offering some relief to Americans grappling with the sharp…
Epstein Fallout Explodes Around the World—but Not on Team Trump
Husted accepted $3,500 from Wexner as recently as July—only two months before he voted to block the release of the Epstein files, according to campaign finance records reviewed by…
The Folly of Switzerland’s Proposed Population Cap
Swiss voters are being asked to decide on a referendum to limit the country’s population to 10 million people. Source link
ALS stole this musician’s voice. AI let him sing again.
Darling’s last stage performance was over two years ago. By that point, he had already lost the ability to stand and play his instruments and was struggling to sing or speak. But recently,…
Homeland Security Is Locked in Weird Beef With Cardi B
“Fairly long video, had a little piece that had to do with The Lion King, it was shown all over the place long before it was posted,” he continued, ignoring the fact the beloved children’s…