News

BBC reports from Iranian-Armenian border

For over two weeks, demonstrations rocked Iran and, according to a human rights group, more than 2,600 protesters have been killed. Protesters have been met with deadly force by authorities, masked by a near total shutdown of the internet and communication services. Reporting from the Iranian-Armenian border, the BBC's Middle East correspondent, Hugo Bachega, described the "anger and frustration" of...

Religion

The US — and its churches — can’t look away from MLK’s warnings about power any longer

(RNS) — Nearly six decades ago, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. stood in the pulpit of Riverside Church in New York City and delivered a most controversial sermon, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.” In that historic address, he named the “giant triplets” of racism, extreme materialism and militarism as intertwined evils corroding the soul of our nation....

Science

NASA brings Crew-11 home early in rare medical evacuation

NASA's SpaceX Crew-11 mission has successfully concluded with a safe splashdown in the Pacific Ocean early Thursday morning, just off the coast of San Diego. The landing brought to a close a mission that lasted more than five months aboard the International Space Station. The returning crew included NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)...

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Vitamin A may be helping cancer hide from the immune system

Researchers at the Princeton University Branch of the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research have uncovered new ways a vitamin A-derived molecule can interfere with the immune system's ability to fight cancer. The molecule, known as all-trans retinoic acid, was found to weaken natural anti-cancer immune responses and, under certain conditions, reduce the effectiveness of a promising type of cancer vaccine....

Sports

Drake Maye Faces His Biggest Test Yet as Patriots Meet Texans

NFL MVP voters select a winner based on regular-season merit, leaving playoff performance ostensibly out of sight.If New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye tackles his greatest challenge to date in Sunday’s AFC Divisional clash with Houston, however, he’ll have earned other accolades befitting his rising star.Maye leads the second-seeded Patriots into a matchup against the Texans and their elite defense...

Travel

10 Best Things To Do in Norway

Norway has to be one of the most magical places. I mean, dramatic fjords, colourful fishing villages, Viking history, trolls and folklore, the northern lights, the midnight sun, jaw-dropping scenic drives, and some of the best hiking on the planet…what more could you want?! If you’re planning a trip to this spectacular part of the world, these are 10 of...

Apps

LLM flexibility, Agent Mode improvements, and new agentic experiences in Android Studio Otter 3 Feature Drop

Posted by Sandhya Mohan, Senior Product Manager and Trevor Johns, Developer Relations EngineerWe are excited to announce that Android Studio Otter 3 Feature Drop is now stable! This feature-packed release brings a huge update to your agentic workflows in Android Studio, and offers you more flexibility and control for how you use AI to help you build Android apps. Bring Your Own...

Business

ChatGPT tests ads as a new era of AI begins

Two days after Google insisted there are no current plans for ads in its Gemini AI app, OpenAI announced Friday that it is starting to test ads in ChatGPT. OpenAI CEO of applications Fidji Simo said in a blog post that ads will begin appearing at the bottom of the chatbot’s answers for free users and for Go subscribers (who...

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