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Fenway Park produces home runs like no other ballpark. They don’t get more Fenway than this. During the sixth inning of Monday’s game between the Red Sox and Cleveland Guardians, Boston shortstop Trevor Story hit a fly ball down the right-field line. Advertisement Guardians right fielder Jhonkensy Noel made a play on the ball near the foul pole that at …

We wouldn’t think many aspects of iPhone user interface design could be more straightforward than the time picker in the alarm function – but it appears we would be wrong … Macworld spotted a tweet by someone who found that neither hours nor minutes are loops, but are instead very long lists with a definite end. When the hour passes …

Chase DeMoor got a bit of revenge over rival Natan Marcon at Misfits Boxing 22, but not in the way he had hoped. The Misfits Boxing heavyweight title was on the line in the heated main card matchup of Saturday’s event from the AO Arena in Manchester, England. DeMoor had an egg thrown at his head earlier in the week …

Are “dark patterns” and product design choices to blame for the disturbing phenomenon increasingly referred to as “AI psychosis” by mental health professionals? According to some experts, the answer is yes. AI chatbots are pulling a large number of people into strange mental spirals, in which the human-sounding AI convinces users that they’ve unlocked a sentient being or spiritual entity, …

Being given a medical diagnosis can itself bring relief from pain—even when it doesn’t lead to treatment, experts say. Psychiatrists from James Madison University and Case Western Reserve University say that putting a label on a problem can make symptoms easier to bear, a phenomenon they have dubbed the ‘Rumpelstiltskin Effect’.  The name comes from the fairy tale character whose …

Although pharmaceuticals usually go through decades of development and testing to ensure they are safe and effective, there are thousands of types of drugs on the market and millions of combinations of foods they could be paired with. Scientific reviews suggest food interactions can be a major threat to safe and effective oral pharmacotherapy. Experts are only now starting to …

In a high-resolution satellite image taken by NASA’s Landsat 8 on May 3, 2016, a series of dark, swirling shapes appeared in the clouds above Heard Island, a remote volcanic island in the Southern Ocean. Located roughly 1,000 kilometers north of Antarctica, this uninhabited landmass became the center of attention after the release of the image revealed what looked like …

IN A NUTSHELL 🌌 Astronomers discovered the Midpoint cloud, a Giant Molecular Cloud spanning 650 trillion miles. 🔭 The Green Bank Telescope played a crucial role in identifying this vast structure within the Milky Way. 🌠 The cloud contains dense gas clumps and masers, indicating active star formation. 🚀 Researchers suggest the cloud is vital for transporting matter from the …

Kseniya Alexandrova, former Miss Universe contestant, dies four months after wedding in bizarre car accident – Hindustan Times  Hindustan Times Former Russian Miss Universe contestant, 30, dies after elk smashes through windshield  Fox News Former Miss Universe Contestant, 30, Dead After Elk Crashed Through Her Windshield  People.com 4 Things to Know About Kseniya Alexandrova, the Russian Pageant Queen Who Died at 30  Us Weekly …

The First Descendant developer/publisher Nexon has been accused of using a series of “embarrassing” AI-generated TikTok advertisements, at least one of which is alleged to have imitated a real content creator. As collated by u/iHardlyTriHard on Reddit by scrolling on their For You Page for just 15 minutes, they came across four ads, along with another two “low effort ads …