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Want the latest Bay Area sports news delivered to your inbox? Sign up here to receive regular email newsletters, including “The Dime.” Can the 49ers survive without Brock Purdy on the field? If Sunday’s matchup with the New Orleans Saints was any indication, backup Mac Jones is more than capable as a fill-in. Jones lacks Purdy’s mobility and the knack …

TOKYO (AP) — Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone became the first woman in nearly 40 years to crack 48 seconds in the 400 meters Thursday, running 47.78 in an historically fast one-lap race at the world championships. Pushed by second-place finisher Marileidy Paulino, who clocked a 47.98 of he own on the rain-slickened track in Tokyo, McLaughlin-Levrone captured her first global title in …

He sprinted off the Gillette Stadium field after a halftime interview, giving a sly look back at the NBC camera in mid-stride. At that moment — his Miami Dolphins up 14 points on Bill Belichick’s New England Patriots, his offbeat swag undeniable — Mike McDaniel commanded his surroundings as masterfully as Chris Rock doing an HBO standup special. And everyone …

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the Federal Reserve widely expected Wednesday to reduce its key interest rate by a quarter-point to about 4.1%, economists and Wall Street investors will be looking for signals about next steps: How deeply might the Fed cut in the next few months? There are typically two different approaches the central bank takes to lowering borrowing costs: …

Scientists in Australia are deep-freezing the shoot tips of a critically endangered tree to preserve its DNA in case the species goes extinct. Only 380 specimens of the angle-stemmed myrtle (Gossia gonoclada) remain in the wild, with about 300 of them concentrated in the City of Logan area in southeast Queensland. If scientists manage to cryopreserve a diverse collection of …

Mortgage Rates Are Finally Falling. Here’s Why They Can Move Fast.  The Wall Street Journal Mortgage rates are falling fast. Is it a good time to buy a home?  ABC News When to refinance your mortgage? What you need to know  Fortune What’s next? Mortgage rate predictions for the next 5 years  Yahoo Finance Don’t expect mortgage rates to fall after the Fed’s interest-rate …

With the iPhone 17 Pro and iPhone 17 Pro Max, Apple announced that they’ll be capable of charging even faster than previous iPhone models: up to 50% in just 20 minutes. While that is true, it’s thanks to a brand new USB-PD specification, which isn’t widely available on the market yet. In short, you’ll need to buy Apple’s new 40W …

For AI researchers Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares, authors of the new, unambiguously titled book If Anyone Builds it, Everyone Dies, it’s time to freak out about the technology. “Humans have a long history of not wanting to sound alarmist,” Yudkowsky said in an interview with Semafor before the book’s publication next week. “Will some people be turned off? Maybe. …

A new study indicates that the collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation — which would be a catastrophic climate event — can no longer be considered an unlikely scenario. What’s happening? Scientists have demonstrated through new analysis that the collapse of a crucial system of ocean currents due to human-caused pollution is far more likely than previously thought. According …

Here’s How Fast Artificial Sweeteners Could Be Aging Your Brain  Money Talks News Study links high intake of artificial sweeteners to faster cognitive decline  News-Medical Sugar Substitutes Not So Sweet for Brain Health  Medscape Sweeteners can harm cognitive health equivalent to 1.6 years of ageing, study finds  The Guardian Midlife Brain Power Drops as Artificial Sweetener Use Rises  MedPage Today Source link