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Windows 11 trials adjustable taskbar and Start
Microsoft is testing an adjustable taskbar, a resizable Start menu, and a compact option for Windows 11 Insiders before broader rollout.
2026-05-16
Rare Sin Nombre hantavirus case in Chelan County
Health officials in Chelan County report a rare Sin Nombre hantavirus infection, stressing it is unrelated to MV Hondius cruise cases and linked instead to local rodent exposure in Washington.
2026-05-16
US reports zero hantavirus cases, overall risk still low
Health officials report no known hantavirus cases in the United States, while WHO maintains that the global public health risk from the rodent-borne virus remains low but under surveillance.
2026-05-16
Travel
Entertainment
Eye-Level Party Levels Every Guest
An Oakland event used custom foam platforms to equalize guests’ height, turning a casual party into a live experiment in status, posture and eye contact.
2026-05-04
Why Nintendo Keeps Super Mario Galaxy Movie Racing
Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto argues the rapid pace of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie mirrors game design, trading character pauses for dense visual action to hold broad, impatient audiences.
2026-05-03
Letterboxd Owner Quietly Tests the Exit Door
Letterboxd’s controlling investor is exploring a stake sale, forcing the film-focused social platform to weigh new ownership, fresh capital and the risk of losing its loyal cinephile identity.
2026-04-27
Animal
Technology
AcuRite Users Pushed Into Thinner, Paid App
AcuRite is retiring its legacy weather app, forcing users onto the new AcuRite Now platform, which drops several features while adding a subscription tier and tighter cloud control.
2026-05-16
Hotel Vendor Exposes a Million IDs
A hotel check-in technology provider left a cloud storage bucket publicly accessible, exposing about a million passport and driver license images without any password protection.
2026-05-16
OpenAI plugs Codex control into ChatGPT app
OpenAI has wired Codex-style code control into the ChatGPT mobile apps, turning phones into lightweight coding consoles with natural-language prompts and direct execution hooks.
2026-05-15
Car
Health
CDC tightens home rules for hantavirus risk
CDC issues tighter guidance that keeps high‑risk hantavirus contacts at home, restricts visitors and buildings they can enter, and routes any essential travel through local health officials.
2026-05-16
Quarantined Groom Turns Wedding Day Into Daring Rescue Mission
Quarantined travel creator Jake Rosmarin uses meticulous wedding planning as a coping tool while confined in a federal unit after a Hantavirus cruise exposure.
2026-05-16
Ebola resurfaces across central Africa
Ebola outbreaks in Congo and Uganda have produced 246 suspected cases and 65 deaths, with WHO alerted earlier than the US CDC, exposing surveillance and reporting gaps.
2026-05-16
Delicacy
ACGN
Maryland confirms imported measles case
Maryland health officials confirmed an imported measles case in a Baltimore-area resident who traveled abroad and are tracing contacts and urging MMR vaccination.
2026-04-20
Five surreal sci-fi anime for a Pragmata mood
Pragmata’s eerie, low-orbit isolation has clear cousins in five surreal sci-fi anime that mix cosmic dread, fragile humanity and brutal visual imagination.
2026-04-19
Capturing Affection Through Lenses
2024-04-03