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Rat breeding in RV linked to fatal infection
A man who bred rats in an RV in Berkeley died from leptospirosis, prompting health alerts as the city reports its first human cases in more than a decade.
2026-06-11
Android 17 QPR1 Beta 4 hits Pixel phones
Google ships Android 17 QPR1 Beta 4 to Pixel phones, signaling a stability-focused cycle with minor interface changes and deeper hooks into Google's own services.
2026-06-11
How Much Sleep Your Body Actually Needs
Both short and long sleep are linked to higher disease risk. Most adults function best around seven hours, with brain and metabolic markers worsening as you move away from that midpoint.
2026-06-11
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Entertainment
Funny Women Rewrite The Rules Of May
Eighteen comedians and creators used one morbid boyfriend joke to dominate feeds, bending horror into shareable humor and resetting the tone of online relationships talk.
2026-05-31
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
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Technology
Apple lines up 250 tweaks across all OSs
Apple outlines over 250 changes across iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS, focusing on AI, continuity, accessibility, and media while targeting a broad fall release window.
2026-06-11
Apple and Google back Thread 1.4
Apple and Google are adding support for Thread 1.4, a move that steers the smart home toward a single, border-router-agnostic mesh network for Matter devices.
2026-06-11
Apple teaches Siri a rare skill: restraint
Apple is recasting Siri as a terse, context-aware assistant that trims chatter, shortens answers and times its silence to feel more like a focused tool than a chatty companion.
2026-06-11
Health
OB-GYN group breaks with US on vaccines
A leading OB-GYN group released vaccine guidance for pregnancy that departs from US government advice, exposing gaps in evidence, risk tolerance, and communication strategy.
2026-06-11
Rare rabbit-linked disease alarms Colorado
Colorado health officials report a rare rabbit- and tick-linked illness, expand testing and surveillance, and warn residents to avoid contact with sick wildlife.
2026-06-11
Positioning for the GLP‑1 Innovation Wave
Investors should move beyond injectable GLP‑1 leaders, focus on oral and multi‑agonist pipelines, and model U.S. access and pricing shifts that may reshape Lilly’s weight‑loss dominance.
2026-06-11
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Delicacy
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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