Oscar winning filmmaker Alexander Payne is presiding over the Venice Film Festival’s main competition jury this year, returning for the first time since his Downsizing world premiered on the Lido in 2017. That time around, spending just 36 hours here, everything was “a blur.” Today, he said he’s reveling in a sort of paradise that only became real yesterday. “I …
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For some three billion years, unicellular organisms ruled Earth. Then, around one billion years ago, a new chapter of life began. Early attempts at team living began to stick, paving the way for the evolution of complex organisms, including animals, plants and fungi. Across all known life, the move to multicellularity happened at least 40 times, suggests one study1. But, …
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NEW YORK — James Rowson, the Yankees hitting coach, was asked the question at the center of shortstop Anthony Volpe’s struggles: After three seasons in the big leagues, why can’t he have any consistency at the plate? The Yankees say that’s the next step in Volpe’s growth. When that happens, there won’t be any questions about whether or not he …
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Forty-four attorneys general signed an open letter to 11 chatbot and social media companies on Monday, warning them that they will “answer for it” if they knowingly harm children and urging the companies to see their products “through the eyes of a parent, not a predator.” The letter, addressed to Anthropic, Apple, Chai AI, OpenAI, Character Technologies, Perplexity, Google, Replika, …
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“What is Starfleet?” asks the latest episode of “Strange New Worlds“. It’s a question the “Star Trek” franchise has been getting to grips with for the best part of 60 years. The answer was simple back in “The Next Generation” era, because Jean-Luc Picard was never in it for the money. Instead, noble ideals such as exploration, self-improvement, and the …
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As Cybertruck sales fall, Tesla raised the price of its top-end “Cyberbeast” model by $15k today, bundling some additional software and perks to go along with it. The top-end trim now costs $45k more than its original announced price. Tesla has been having a rough time in sales lately, owing primarily to its bad CEO, Elon Musk. Sales are down …
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LOS ANGELES (KABC) — After a mild July, August is really heating up. What’s the key to staying cool? It might surprise you to learn that an electric fan might not be the answer. When temperatures soar, Wendy Ramos can’t live without her electric fans. “I have it all the time. I have one at work, even at home. I …
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Oh hey there! If you’re here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we’re serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today’s answer. If you just want to be told today’s word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for today’s Wordle solution revealed. But if you’d rather solve it yourself, keep …
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Research led by investigators at Mass General Brigham suggests that the health benefits of more aggressive blood pressure control outweigh concerns about overtreating people with high blood pressure readings. Results of the simulation study are published in Annals of Internal Medicine. The study used data from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) trial, the National Health and Nutrition Examination …
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Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Today’s Wordle puzzle is really hard. It’s got an extremely rare letter, and I just don’t think it’s a very commonly used word either. If you need a …
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