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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee’s Jacob Misiorowski made an extra effort to avoid getting caught up in all the hype surrounding the rookie flamethrower’s highly anticipated matchup with Pittsburgh’s Paul Skenes.“It was just one of those things that you wanted to try and calm yourself down as much as possible and stay off the Internet because I feel like everything I swiped was me and Skenes, me and Skenes, me and Skenes,” Misiorowski said after the Brewers’ 4-2 victory over the Pirates on Wednesday. “I had to mute it, turn it off.”The way he’s pitching, Misiorowski better get accustomed to the…

After a number of lightning injuries within just five days, lightning safety specialist John Jensenius is pleading with people to bear one simple message in mind.Head to a safe place at the first signs of a developing or approaching storm, said Jensenius, a lightning expert with the National Lightning Safety Council and a retired National Weather Service meteorologist.More than 30 people were injured by lightning strikes across the nation June 20-24, Jensenius said. Based on media reports in many cases, the injured weren’t following lightning safety recommendations, he said.Lingering under the beach canopy? Hate to leave the pool? Trying to…

Getty Images dropped its primary claims of copyright infringement against Stability AI on Wednesday at London’s High Court, narrowing one of the most closely watched legal fights over how AI companies use copyrighted content to train their models.  The move doesn’t end the case entirely – Getty is still pursuing other claims as well as a separate lawsuit in the U.S. – but it underscores the gray areas surrounding the future of content ownership and usage in the age of generative AI. The development also comes just a day after a U.S. judge sided with Anthropic in a similar dispute…

As AI companies rave about how their products are revolutionizing productivity, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wants the tech industry to put its money where its automated mouth is. In a recent interview with podcaster Joe Rogan, Sanders argued that the time saved with AI tools should be given back to workers to spend with their families. “Technology is gonna work to improve us, not just the people who own the technology and the CEOs of large corporations,” Sanders said. “You are a worker, your productivity is increasing because we give you AI, right? Instead of throwing you out on the…

DETROIT (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of a 14-year-old student who said a teacher humiliated her for refusing to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance in protest of U.S. support of Israel’s war in Gaza.Danielle Khalaf’s teacher told her, “Since you live in this country and enjoy its freedom, if you don’t like it, you should go back to your country,” according to the lawsuit.Danielle, whose family is of Palestinian descent, declined to recite the Pledge over three days in January. “We can only marvel at the conviction and incredible courage it…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration said Wednesday that California must change its policies allowing transgender girls to compete on sports teams consistent with their gender identity.The U.S. Department of Education said it determined California’s education department and governing body for high school sports are violating Title IX, a federal law banning sex discrimination in education. The federal government said California must agree to change its policies in 10 days or “risk imminent enforcement action.” The administration could otherwise refer the state to the U.S. Justice Department, the Education Department said.California, though, said it has no plans to change…

AI-native startups are rewriting the rules of what early traction looks like — and too often, investors are still playing by the old ones. At TechCrunch All Stage, happening in Boston on July 15, Kleida Martiro, partner at Glasswing Ventures, will lead a breakout that cuts straight to the core of this disconnect. Her session, Winning Capital in a Competitive Market: How to Fund Your AI-Native Startup, on the Foundation Stage, explores how early-stage AI founders can frame their growth story in a way that resonates with forward-thinking investors — and filter out the ones still stuck in SaaS-era metrics.…

What if extreme heat not only leaves you feeling exhausted but actually makes you age faster?Scientists already know that extreme heat increases the risk of heat stroke, cardiovascular disease, kidney dysfunction and even death. I see these effects often in my work as a researcher studying how environmental stressors influence the aging process. But until now, little research has explored how heat affects biological aging: the gradual deterioration of cells and tissues that increases the risk of age-related diseases.Research my team and I published in the journal Science Advances in March 2025 suggests that long-term exposure to extreme heat may…

Several people attending an outdoor high school graduation ceremony in New Jersey during the widespread heat wave in the U.S. were taken to the hospital, while dozens more were treated at the scene, according to officials.On Monday, June 23, nine people were taken to the hospital by emergency medical technicians, while 50 others declined hospital care and were treated on site at Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, said Fire Department Chief Alex Alicea according to the Bergen Record, a part of the USA TODAY Network.Paterson is about 20 miles northwest of New York City.Graduates were in folding chairs on the turf,…

Google is launching a new agentic AI tool that will put its Gemini AI models closer to where developers are already coding. The company announced on Wednesday the launch of Gemini CLI, an agentic AI tool designed to run locally from your terminal. The new tool connects Google’s Gemini AI models to local codebases, and it allows developers to make natural language requests, such as asking Gemini CLI to explain confusing sections of code, write new features, debug code, or run commands. Gemini CLI is part of Google’s efforts to get developers using its AI models in their coding workflows.…