TECH

Elon Musk tries to stick to spaceships

Elon Musk’s interview with CBS Sunday Morning seemed to get off to an awkward start, as reporter David Pogue asked the SpaceX CEO about his thoughts on his ally Donald Trump’s policies, including growing restrictions on international students. “I think we want to stick to the subject of the day, which is, like, spaceships, as opposed to, you know, presidential...

TECH

Left-leaning influencers embrace Bluesky without abandoning X, Pew says

It’s no surprise that many big, left-leaning social media accounts have recently joined Bluesky — but a new analysis from the Pew Research Center attempts to quantify that shift. This comes as an update to Pew’s news influencer report released in November 2024, which did not include Bluesky in its numbers. The report focused on a relatively small group of...

TECH

Elon Musk is lobbying lawmakers on driverless vehicle rules

Elon Musk may have stepped away from his duties as the lead of the Department of Government Efficiency and adviser to President Trump, but he’s still active in D.C. circles. This time, he’s on the other side, lobbying lawmakers on legislation related to autonomous vehicles, according to a report by Bloomberg that cited unnamed sources. Musk and others in his...

Nature

NIH grant cuts will axe clinical trials abroad — and could leave thousands without care

Diseases caused by HIV and drug-resistant tuberculosis could surge globally as a result of research-grant cuts made by the US National Institutes of Health. Credit: Jekesai Njikizana/AFP via Getty Amita Gupta has spent more than a decade planning and running a US$70-million trial to study a new tuberculosis drug, enrolling nearly 6,000 participants across 13 countries. It might all have...

News

M*A*S*H actress Loretta Swit dies aged 87

Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy awards for her role on the popular comedy TV series M*A*S*H, died on Friday, according to her representative.She died at her home in New York at age 87, her publicist Harlan Boll told the BBC. She likely died of natural causes, although a coroner's report is pending.On M*A*S*H, Swit played US Army nurse Major...

Press Release

Severe thunderstorm warning issued for Central Virginia localities

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for multiple Central Virginia localities Friday evening. The following Central Virginia localities are under a severe thunderstorm warning until 6 p.m. on Friday, May 30: Amelia County Cumberland County Prince Edward County Nottoway County A severe thunderstorm warning means that a severe thunderstorm or storms has been located in...

Religion

Hajj pilgrims leaving the US this week face an anxious homecoming

(RNS) — About two weeks to 10 days before the Eid al-Adha holiday, days before the annual Hajj pilgrimage is about to begin, the messages start pouring in: “Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu — I am leaving for Hajj tomorrow iA (insha’Allah), and I humbly seek your forgiveness for any wrong I may have done, knowingly or unknowingly, in...

Sports

Vikings GM Kwesi Adofo-Mensah signs extension

Feb 25, 2025; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Minnesota Vikings general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah speaks during the NFL Scouting Combine at the Indiana Convention Center. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The Minnesota Vikings announced a multiyear contract extension for general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah on Friday. The Vikings are 34-17 with two postseason appearances since Adofo-Mensah and head coach Kevin O'Connell arrived ahead...

Apps

What’s new in Watch Faces

Posted by Garan Jenkin – Developer Relations Engineer Wear OS has a thriving watch face ecosystem featuring a variety of designs that also aims to minimize battery impact. Developers have embraced the simplicity of creating watch faces using Watch Face Format – in the last year, the number of published watch faces using Watch Face Format has grown by over...

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