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A trial has been set for August 2026 in a lawsuit seeking to block the transfer of a parcel of prime Miami real estate to be used for President Donald Trump’s presidential library. The decision Monday by Circuit Judge Mavel Ruiz in Miami will further delay Miami Dade College’s plans to formally transfer the sizable plot of land to the state of Florida, which intends to gift it to the foundation for the planned library. Miami activist Marvin Dunn, a retired professor and chronicler of local Black history, filed the lawsuit arguing that the college board violated Florida’s Government in…
AI chatbots have been linked to serious mental health harms in heavy users, but there have been few standards for measuring whether they safeguard human wellbeing or just maximize for engagement. A new benchmark dubbed HumaneBench seeks to fill that gap by evaluating whether chatbots prioritize user wellbeing and how easily those protections fail under pressure. “I think we’re in an amplification of the addiction cycle that we saw hardcore with social media and our smartphones and screens,” Erika Anderson, founder of Building Humane Technology, which produced the benchmark, told TechCrunch. “But as we go into that AI landscape, it’s going…
(Reuters) -Abbott Laboratories said on Monday it has begun a correction in the United States for certain FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus glucose monitoring sensors after internal testing showed some units may report falsely low glucose readings.About 3 million sensors are affected in the U.S., roughly half of which are estimated to have expired or already been used, the company said.Abbott has received 736 reports globally of severe adverse events and seven deaths that may be linked to the issue, none of which occurred in the United States.The problem, tied to one production line, could lead to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — A coalition of nursing and other health care organizations are angry over a Trump administration plan that could limit access to student loans in some cases.Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy, public health and some other fields would face tighter federal student loan limits under the plan because it doesn’t consider them professional programs.The revamp is part of Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” passed by Congress.While graduate students could previously borrow loans up to the cost of their degree, the new rules would set caps depending on whether the degree is considered a graduate or professional…
What actually makes a video go viral?Jay Neo, the 21-year-old self-described “content nerd” who formerly worked for YouTube’s most-followed creator, MrBeast, has been obsessed with finding the answer to that question since he was a teenager.Neo spent his teen years running Discord servers for games like Minecraft and making short-form video content.The key metric Neo had his eyes on was retention: Are people sticking around for the whole video? Or are they scrolling away?Neo said he meticulously studied each video’s retention graph to see where people were dropping off. Understanding how and why someone might scroll past a video can…
Short videos are in high demand. Across large platforms like Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok, users are watching billions of videos every day, with companies benefitting massively from this content explosion. For creators, this often means there is pressure to create more content than ever before to be relevant and make a living out of it, especially as more AI-generated slop is infiltrating these platforms. Jay Neo, a creator and former content lead for short videos at MrBeast, thinks AI can help creators understand what is working for them and also help them create new content ideas in that direction.…
Social isolation kills. It increases your risk of death by 30% — roughly the same as smoking cigarettes and much worse than factors such as obesity and sedentary living.Americans are living through what researchers call a friendship recession, spending less time with friends than at any point in recent history.In 2023, the U.S. Surgeon General declared loneliness an epidemic. Deaths from factors like suicide, addiction and alcoholism, referred to as deaths of despair, continue climbing.While doctors routinely check patients’ blood pressure and ask about exercise habits, they rarely assess social health.Public health guidelines urge Americans to eat their vegetables, exercise…
Ordinary and universal, the act of writing changes the brain. From dashing off a heated text message to composing an op-ed, writing allows you to, at once, name your pain and create distance from it. Writing can shift your mental state from overwhelm and despair to grounded clarity — a shift that reflects resilience.Psychology, the media and the wellness industry shape public perceptions of resilience: Social scientists study it, journalists celebrate it, and wellness brands sell it.They all tell a similar story: Resilience is an individual quality that people can strengthen with effort. The American Psychological Association defines resilience as…
It’s the start of Thanksgiving week, the time when home cooks across America suddenly recognize the daunting task ahead.More than 90% of people in the U.S. celebrate the food-centric holiday and more than 1 in 4 attend meals that include more than 10 other people, according to the Pew Research Center.Under that kind of pressure, what host wouldn’t want the best tools to make sure the holiday dinner goes off without a hitch?With that in mind, we asked national food safety experts which kitchen devices and aids are essential to ensure a safe and tasty Thanksgiving meal.Here are their top…
Product demos get all the attention, but software development more often involves things like debugging, quality assurance and testing. It’s the dull but critical work that keeps software running the way it should, and as developers look to automate more of their workloads, it’s increasingly being done by AI. On Monday, the AI testing startup Momentic said it had raised $15 million in a Series A round led by Standard Capital, with participation from Dropbox Ventures. Existing investors at Y Combinator, FCVC, Transpose Platform and Karman Ventures also participated in the round. The new funding builds on a $3.7 million…