A contingent of right-wing online figures and their followers have been using the recent assassination of conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk to punish people they don’t like. That includes a developer at Ghost of Yotei maker Sucker Punch Productions who Sony confirms it has parted ways with after she made a joke on social media about the shooting. “I hope the...
When I first started digging into the lymphatic system years ago, I was amazed that something so important wasn’t talked about more often. We hear plenty about gut health, hormones, and detox, but the lymphatic system connects to all of those. It’s like the body’s hidden superhighway for immune health, inflammation balance, and natural detoxification. Thankfully, it’s finally starting to...
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In a new study, researchers investigated as many as 48 Nuragic figurines (so-called bronzetti) and three copper bun ingots. These objects originate from three prominent Sardinian sanctuaries and one unidentified site, dating to the late Nuragic period of the early first millennium BCE. Nuragic warrior from Padria. Image credit: Rsroberto - CC BY-SA 3.0 Each...
Rainmaker Technology’s bid to deploy cloud-seeding flares on small drones is being met by resistance from the airline pilots union, which has urged the Federal Aviation Administration to consider denying the startup’s request unless it meets stricter safety guidelines. The Federal Aviation Administration’s decision will signal how the regulator views weather-modification by unmanned aerial systems going forward. Rainmaker’s bet on...
A teacher turned $600,000 into $6 million and now has a huge tax bill Source link...
Over the past few days we've been getting a bunch of rumored details regarding Samsung's Galaxy S26 Ultra ahead of its supposed release in January, and today is no different. If you've been wondering what to expect from Samsung's next flagship smartphone in terms of screen size, the answer is allegedly - a very tiny improvement. The S26 Ultra is...
Eccentric food-preparation competitions are usually the domain of eagle-eyed TV execs who must attempt to work out the drama can be spun across 24 weeks and showcase a dozen “characters” for the nation to root for. Filmmaker Constantine Costi manages to go from top to tail in a whip-cracking 75 minutes, chronicling as he does the 2023 edition of the World Porridge-making Championships...
For anyone that has paid even a modicum of attention to the daily images coming out of Palestine, the scenes that make up From Ground Zero will be very familiar. Compiled of 22 shorts, all created since Israel increased their military efforts against Palestine in 2023, this anthology does exactly what the title suggests: it documents the experiences of Palestinians on the...
California has taken a big step toward regulating AI. SB 243 — a bill that would regulate AI companion chatbots in order to protect minors and vulnerable users — passed both the State Assembly and Senate with bipartisan support and now heads to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk. Newsom has until October 12 to either veto the bill or sign it...
Perplexity, the AI-powered search startup that competes with Google by providing conversational answers to user queries, has secured $200 million in new capital at a $20 billion valuation, The Information reported. The fresh funding comes just two months after the company raised $100 million at an $18 billion valuation, according to a July report in Bloomberg. Since its founding three...
