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Are We Losing Our Minds to AI?
—Getty Images AI now helps people with wedding toasts, tax returns, and processing the trauma of war. The technology’s generality lets it occupy roles that used to be human-only: assistant, tutor, friend, lover, therapist. It is endlessly patient, always available, and—unlike any prior tool—an active participant in our cognitive lives. While past tools let us…
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Sheinbaum defies U.S. demand to extradite Mexican governor on drug charges
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum denounced the U.S. prosecution of a sitting Mexican governor and other officials on drug trafficking charges as “political,” and said Thursday that Mexico would not comply with Washington’s demands that the accused be arrested and extradited to the United States. “We are not permitting a foreign government to say what…
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Trump turns against ‘very disloyal’ GOP senator in furious rant: ‘Vote him out of office’
President Donald Trump blasted a Republican senator — claiming he has been playing “political games” and pushing back against the president’s nominee for surgeon general — calling for voters to unseat him in the Republican primary. Casey Means, the Make America Healthy Again movement’s pick for surgeon general, has faced a stagnant Senate confirmation after…
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Taye Diggs to Launch His Own Microdramas Platform, Microhouse Films, This Spring
Taye Diggs was one of the first traditional entertainment stars to enter the microdramas space. Now, he’s launching his own verticals venture. His new platform Microhouse Films will launch this spring, the company announced Thursday. Diggs partnered to create the vertical storytelling app alongside Hallmark producer Autumn Federici, Emmy Award-winning producer Shelby Stone, former NFL…
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Cole Tomas Allen, Torrance man accused of trying to kill Trump at press gala, to remain jailed until trial
Cole Tomas Allen, the 31-year-old Torrance man charged with trying to kill President Trump at last weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Assn. dinner, will remain in federal jail pending trial. Allen agreed to his ongoing detention during a brief hearing in federal court in Washington, D.C., on Thursday. “He’s conceding detention at this time,” one of…
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Trump insider hit with unexpected fact check from Fox Business host: ‘Look at the numbers’
One of President Donald Trump’s top economic advisers was met with a fact check during an appearance on Fox Business. Kevin Hassett, director of the National Economic Council, appeared Thursday morning on “Varney & Co.,” where host Stuart Varney confronted him with bad economic polling amid the war in Iran. “Another poll on the public…
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Original ‘Blair Witch’ Cast and Filmmakers to Return for Reboot
The new “Blair Witch” movie is bringing in some familiar faces. Joshua Leonard and Michael C. Williams, who starred in “The Blair Witch Project” in 1999, as well as original directors Eduardo Sánchez, Daniel Myrick and Gregg Hale, who will serve as executive producers on the new “Blair Witch” film for Lionsgate and Blumhouse-Atomic Monster.…
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Trump critics blame president’s rhetoric for WHCA dinner shooting
Critics of President Donald Trump have pointed blame at the president after the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner descended into chaos on Saturday as a shooter allegedly attempted to assassinate the president and members of his Cabinet. “Chaos follows him. And you are less safe, right? If you decide to go into his orbit, you have…
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Scientists Are Starting to Unlock the Nanoscale Secrets of the Immune System
The immune system operates at a scale scientists are only just beginning to be able to see. That new view could change how diseases like cancer are tackled. Speaking at WIRED Health on April 16, Daniel Davis, an immunologist at Imperial College London, detailed how researchers are using advanced microscopes to uncover previously invisible dynamics…
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Patrick Muldoon’s cause of death confirmed after actor-producer was found at his home
An official cause of death for actor-producer Patrick Muldoon has been confirmed. The “Melrose Place” and “Days of Our Lives” veteran suffered a myocardial infarction — a heart attack — according to a death certificate reviewed by People. Muldoon, 57, died April 19 at his Beverly Hills home. Muldoon’s sister, Shana Muldoon Zappa, told TMZ…