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Linda Hamilton, 69, says she is embracing the lines on her face.”I have just completely surrendered to the fact that this is the face that I’ve earned,” the actor said.Hamilton said her twin sister’s death five years ago pushed her to start tackling her bucket-list goals.Linda Hamilton, 69, says she’s feeling at home in her own skin.Speaking to AARP in an interview published on Wednesday, the “The Terminator” actor said she wants to age with grace by embracing the lines and features that show the life she has lived.”I do not spend a moment trying to look younger on any…
Norovirus cases, often referred to as the “stomach bug,” have nearly doubled since the beginning of fall and are rising just in time for Thanksgiving.Wastewater data maintained by WasteWaterSCAN, a Stanford University-led tool for tracking the spread of disease, reported norovirus activity as being “high” nationally the week ending Nov. 11, representing a 52% increase in the median concentration compared to October, meaning more of the virus has been detected in the wastewater of more communities nationwide.The highly contagious disease has been steadily increasing since September, a typical pattern for viruses that spread most widely during colder months.The week ending…
NEW YORK (AP) — While reflecting on what we’re thankful for during the holiday season, we often focus on the external: the company of loved ones. The nourishment of a shared meal. The homes in which we gather.But how often do we turn the lens of gratitude toward ourselves?It’s fairly uncommon, because people generally are more comfortable expressing gratefulness to others. But psychologists say taking the time to thank ourselves for the qualities that carried us through life can be healthy and important, even if doing it feels awkward or arouses fears of appearing egotistical.One reason self-gratitude doesn’t come naturally:…
A top Louisiana health official has been appointed principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).With no permanent director of the CDC, Dr. Ralph Abraham, Louisiana’s surgeon general, will be the highest ranked official at the agency with a medical degree.Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ousted the former director, Susan Monarez, earlier this year after she refused to preemptively greenlight vaccine recommendations from the agency’s advisory panel. Jim O’Neill, Kennedy’s deputy, currently serves as the acting CDC director.CDC webpage says link between autism and vaccines has been ignored, despite several studies finding…
Last year was monumental for the AI industry in the U.S. and beyond. There were 49 startups that raised funding rounds worth $100 million or more in 2024, per our count at TechCrunch; three companies raised more than one “mega-round,” and seven companies raised rounds that were $1 billion in size or larger. How will 2025 compare? As we enter near the final month of the year, 2025 has already matched 2024 in terms of companies raising rounds that are $100 million and larger. There are also significantly more companies that have raised multiple funding rounds larger than $100 million this year compared to last. Here…
Google’s engineers have been on an AI sprint in recent weeks. Now, with a big launch in the rearview mirror, CEO Sundar Pichai says it’s time to catch up on some sleep.”I think some folks need some sleep,” Pichai said on the “Google AI: Release Notes” podcast released Wednesday. He added that hopefully he and his teams “get a bit of rest.”On November 18, Google released its latest AI model, Gemini 3, and the company is now edging toward a $4 trillion market cap. Its stock price has surged nearly 70% this year — including a 12% jump following Gemini…
In August, parents Matthew and Maria Raine sued OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman, over their 16-year-old son Adam’s suicide, accusing the company of wrongful death. On Tuesday, OpenAI responded to the lawsuit with a filing of its own, arguing that it shouldn’t be held responsible for the teenager’s death. OpenAI claims that over roughly nine months of usage, ChatGPT directed Raine to seek help more than 100 times. But according to his parents’ lawsuit, Raine was able to circumvent the company’s safety features to get ChatGPT to give him “technical specifications for everything from drug overdoses to drowning to…
A nasty, highly contagious virus is spreading across the country ahead of the holiday season — and it’s not the flu or Covid.Norovirus, also called the “winter vomiting disease,” has been rising across the nation since as early as mid-October, especially in states like Louisiana, Michigan and Indiana, according to data from WastewaterSCAN, an academic program through Stanford University in partnership with Emory University.With data through Nov. 21, Amanda Bidwell, scientific program manager for the WastewaterSCAN program, said norovirus wastewater concentrations have increased nationwide by 69% since October.“Right now, we’re in the high category for norovirus at the national level,”…
The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers about 19 types of cookware that may contain lead, increasing the risk that the toxic metal could wind up in people’s food.Consumers should check whether they have the items in their homes, and throw them away if they do, the FDA said in an alert posted on its website.”Do not donate or refurbish this cookware,” the agency noted.The suspect cookware, all manufactured outside the U.S. and mostly in India, is made from aluminum, aluminum alloys and brass that have been tested by the FDA and state agencies, with the results showing that…
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership with Apple for its generative AI offering, Apple Intelligence, the release of GPT-4o with voice capabilities, and the highly-anticipated launch of its text-to-video model Sora. OpenAI also faced its share of internal drama, including the notable exits of high-level execs like co-founder and longtime chief…