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Is Mushroom Coffee Healthy? Here’s What to Know
—Photo-Illustration by TIME (Source Images: Iryna Veklich, vsviridova—Getty Images) There’s quite a buzz around mushroom coffee these days. Some social-media influencers claim the lightly caffeinated beverage can provide a sense of calm, long-lasting energy, laser-sharp focus, and other benefits. But do these fungi-infused beverages deliver on those alleged health benefits? Here’s what to know. …
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OpenAI Says a Group of Its Models Broke Out of Secure Containment and Hacked a Prominent AI Site
OpenAI claims that a group of its AI models broke containment and hacked into the systems of open source AI platform Hugging Face. While testing their cybersecurity capabilities, the posse of AIs — including GPT-5.6 Sol and “an even more capable pre-release model” — “identified and chained vulnerabilities across OpenAI’s research environment and Hugging Face’s…
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California Democrats blast FCC in KABC, KGO license reviews
More than 16 congressional Democrats accused the Federal Communications Commission this week of running a license-review process “tainted by animus and ideology,” demanding the agency back off its early scrutiny of Disney stations, including Los Angeles’ KABC-TV and San Francisco’s KGO-TV — while alleging the FCC has politicized its power. The lawmakers signed letters to…
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Trump hedges midterms on ‘total abstraction’ that’s ‘certain to fail’: columnist
As his favorability among Americans continues to plummet to historic lows, President Donald Trump has recently pivoted to a new messaging strategy – a strategy he’s become “obsessed” with, argued columnist Jamelle Bouie on Wednesday, though one that’s “certain to fail.” Following the recent electoral victories of several progressive candidates in Democratic primary elections, Trump…
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Trump’s bluster backfires as embarrassing book roars off shelves
A tell-all book chronicling Donald Trump’s second term is on pace to become 2026’s bestselling nonfiction title, despite — or perhaps because of — the president’s public efforts to discredit it. “Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump,” written by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, has sold more than…
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Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Defeats the Trolls
In another case of “the internet is not real life,” Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” opened above expectations last weekend, dominating the box office with a massive $264 million global launch. This despite a months-long campaign from far right individuals on social media lamenting Nolan’s decision to cast Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy (a character…
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What Food Safety Experts Are Eating During the Cyclospora Outbreak
—wulingyun—Getty Images If you’ve found yourself staring into your refrigerator wondering whether that bag of lettuce is safe to eat, you’re in good company. Many people are avoiding lettuce in the midst of the ongoing outbreak of Cyclospora, a microscopic parasite that can contaminate fresh produce and cause days—or even weeks—of miserable gastrointestinal illness. It’s…
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‘Unthinkable’: GOP panic-stricken at Trump move ‘ruining’ midterms
Republican campaign operatives are bracing for catastrophe, warning that President Donald Trump’s next move could cost the party its congressional majorities and “ruin his second term,” reports show. Trump has only promised more war after his ceasefire with Iran collapsed, and U.S. deaths have continued to mount — 18 service members killed since the fighting…
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Desi Lydic Mocks Trump for ‘Discovering Climate Change While Standing Next to His Idling Jet’
“The Daily Show” host Desi Lydic didn’t love President Trump’s response to the recent wildfires in Canada, but she sure did enjoy the irony of watching him complain about them while polluting the air himself this week. During Tuesday night’s headlines, Lydic zeroed in on the president’s threat to impose even more tariffs on Canada…
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Heartbroken families break down in tears over extremely rare cancers in kids in rich California enclave
Grieving Orange County families gathered at a community meeting in Ladera Ranch on Tuesday to express their distress over a cluster of extremely rare cancers in children. Multiple cases of Ewing sarcoma, a rare bone and soft-tissue cancer, have occurred in the area and taken the lives of young people prematurely, and even caused the fatal…