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U.S. President Donald Trump said the military could end its Iran offensive in two to three weeks and will shift responsibility for the Strait of Hormuz to countries that rely on it for oil and shipping as the White House announced a prime-time presidential address Wednesday evening on the war.Trump expressed frustration Tuesday with allies who have been unwilling to do more to support the U.S. war effort, telling them to “go get your own oil.” Trump recently has vacillated between insisting there is progress in diplomatic talks with Iran and threatening to widen the war.In an interview with pan-Arab…
Published April 1, 2026 06:00AMBuying used outdoor gear is the definition of a win-win. Most obviously, you won’t have to pay hard-to-swallow retail prices. But the benefits of shopping for used gear aren’t just financial—they’re environmental, too. When you give a piece of secondhand gear a second home, you keep it out of the landfill. Plus, you’re not purchasing a brand-new product that’s likely sourced, at least partially, from nonrenewable resources. Environmental pundits often point out that no matter how sustainably sourced a new product is, buying a used one is always a more eco-minded strategy.It isn’t hard to understand…
SUQIAN, CHINA – JUNE 10: In this photo illustration, the logo of AI Agent is displayed on a smartphone screen on June 10, 2025 in Suqian, Jiangsu Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)VCG via Getty ImagesOn February 27, 2026, Block cut more than 4,000 employees, roughly 40% of its workforce, reducing headcount from over 10,000 to under 6,000 in a single day. CEO Jack Dorsey tied the move directly to AI, writing in his shareholder letter that “a significantly smaller team, using the tools we’re building, can do more and do it better.” Block’s stock surged roughly…
Jackie, the world-famous Big Bear bald eagle, has been melting hearts and educating the public about her species since 2015, thanks to a web camera run by the California nonprofit Friends of Big Bear Valley (FOBBV).A little more than 10 years later, her admirers have the chance to give back.FOBBV and the San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust (SBMLT) have teamed up to raise money to purchase the property with the goal of preserving the open space. These 62 acres, located on the north shore of Big Bear Lake, are vital not only for Jackie but also for her mate Shadow…
Published April 1, 2026 03:11AMThe window to see snowmelt waterfalls may be earlier and tighter this season due to a “snow drought” across the western states through the winter months, but thanks to last-minute weather patten shifts, places like California and Washington have more rain and snow to runoff, stretching the season to witness some gnarly falls. A snowmelt waterfall is a seasonal cascade that surges as the snowpack melts in the subalpine zone (between 3,000 and 8,000 feet in elevation) then diminishes—and in some places disappears—once the snowpack is gone in spring. I recently traveled in Palouse Falls, roughly…
In this film, the anthropomorphic vehicles aren’t there to serve people. AI and self-driving tech are hurtling us toward a world reigned by sentient machine supremacy.Eric Siegel (with ChatGPT)While the masses viewed Pixar’s 2006 film Cars as a charming tale of small-town redemption and high-octane friendship, a more clinical analysis reveals a chilling prophetic document. It is not a fable about racing; it’s a geopolitical warning of Massive Automaton Takeover.In the world of Cars, the transition is already complete. The machines haven’t just gained autonomy – they’ve achieved total existential independence. The movie isn’t only an allegory for artificial general…
Published April 1, 2026 03:16AMIn 1992, an anthropologist named Neil Whitehead arrived in the capital of Guyana, a small, heavily-forested country on the northern edge of South America. From there, he took another small plane from Georgetown to a village in the forest-covered Pakaraima mountains.At the time, Whitehead was researching the archeology of a remote part of the country, near the borders of Venezuela and Brazil. He was working with the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology to document the presence of urn burial sites. The British academic had studied at the University of Oxford, and colleagues say he was a…
There’s a pattern hiding in the biographies of the most brilliant minds: repeatable habits anyone can practice.It has nothing to do with being a genius. You don’t need talent or intelligence, though that helps. Benjamin Franklin taught himself to write by dismantling essays he admired, rewriting them from memory. And comparing his version to the original. Charles Darwin spent years obsessively collecting barnacles (spineless animals that look like small circular white rocks) before publishing anything about evolution. Richard Feynman rebuilt physics from first principles in notebooks he kept purely for himself. None of these men was following a specific rule.…
Advancing AI with multimodal fusion is going to spike the use of AI for mental health purposes.gettyIn today’s column, I examine the use of multimodal fusion in the rapidly evolving realm of AI that provides mental health support. Readers might recall that I’ve previously discussed the emerging use of multimodal media capabilities in generative AI and large language models (LLMs), see my coverage at the link here and the link here. The idea is that rather than primarily focusing on text as a mode of communication with AI, we can add the use of audio, images, video, and other modes…
When professionals hit their cognitive limit, most people assume the problem is lack of time or energy. But in reality, overwhelmed people are taking more action than ever. When overwhelm hits, they start doing even more: more lists, more reorganizing, more inbox management, more clicking between tabs. They are busy, visibly productive, heads down for hours, yet at the end of the day the most important work still hasn’t moved. The productivity mistake almost everyone makes when they’re overwhelmed comes down to taking the wrong action while feeling certain the whole time that they’re taking the right one. A 2025…