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Did you know you can customize Google to filter out garbage? Take these steps for better search results, including adding my work at Lifehacker as a preferred source. Apple has big plans for the next few years. That’s according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, who has a good track record for covering Apple leaks and rumors. Gurman’s most substantial details right now concern a …

A groundbreaking study involving DNA analysis of Beethoven’s remains has provided fresh insights into the composer’s health, genetic lineage, and possible causes behind his legendary hearing loss. Published in Current Biology, the study, led by biochemist Johannes Krause at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, explored Beethoven’s genetic makeup in an effort to uncover the mysteries of his declining …

EXCLUSIVE: There is a big change in the top TV ranks of Netflix. Jinny Howe has been named Head of UCAN (US-Canada) Scripted Series. Reporting to Chief Content Officer Bela Bajaria, she will succeed in the role Peter Friedlander, who will be departing the streamer after almost 14 years. Howe has been a rising star since joining Netflix in 2018, …

It’s a love story, baby, she said, “Yes.” Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged after two years of dating, the singer and athlete confirmed in an Instagram post Tuesday. “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married 🧨,” they captioned several photos of Kelce proposing to Swift in a joint post. Taylor Swift is going to be …

When 40-year-old Lauren ‘Loz’ Antonenko found herself battling crippling fatigue and weight gain in spite of her diligent health and fitness regime, she knew something was wrong. ‘I’d had a pituitary tumour about ten years earlier,’ she told the Daily Mail. ‘But with treatment I eventually shrank it. Once these symptoms started up again, I went for a blood test …

Camps are set on a muddy desert plain on September 2, 2023, after heavy rains turned the annual Burning Man festival site in Nevada’s Black Rock desert into a mud pit. Julie Jammot/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Julie Jammot/Getty Images People descending on the Nevada desert for this year’s Burning Man event are being met with dust and wind, …

For decades, scientists have debated how metformin, the world’s most widely prescribed type 2 diabetes drug, actually works. A new study from Baylor College of Medicine reveals a surprising player: the brain. Credit: Shutterstock Scientists found that metformin acts in the brain through Rap1 to control blood sugar. This insight could lead to more precise diabetes treatments. Metformin has been …

Hurricane Katrina was a terrifying experience for more than a million people affected across the Gulf Coast region. Nearly 1,400 people died, most of them in New Orleans — and 20 years later, some communities are still struggling to recover. The National Hurricane Center says the costliest hurricane in U.S. history — more than $201 billion based on the 2024 …

On a stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness. Bedridden since the previous Christmas, he was ravaged by jaundice, his limbs and abdomen swollen, and every breath a struggle. As his associates sorted through personal belongings, they uncovered a document Beethoven had written a quarter of a century earlier – …

Devon Walker has become the first Saturday Night Live cast member to leave ahead of its 51st season. Walker joined in 2022 as a featured player and was promoted last season ahead of the show’s 50th anniversary. He is expected to be joined by a number of others as Lorne Michaels clears the way for a refresh of the show, …