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In Breckenridge, explore a small town with a big summer menu of arts, history, alpine adventure, and elevated food and drink (Photo: Breckenridge Tourism Office)Published June 3, 2026 11:09AMNothing beats a summer escape to the mountains. Breckenridge, Colorado, is an instant base camp for outdoor adventures, of course, as well as rich history, inspired artists, friendly locals, and delicious food. It also has something that’s hard to find: the feeling of true immersion in the mountains. Once you’re here, you’ve got all you need. There’s nowhere you have to be but wherever your feet take you, enjoying the best of…
As tagged sharks continue to move through the water, they are doing more than hunting prey or crossing ocean basins. They are helping us see the ocean more clearly, filling in gaps that have long limited our ability to predict what comes next.gettySomewhere off the Northwest Atlantic, a blue shark (Prionace glauca) glides through shifting layers of water, diving hundreds of feet below the surface before rising again. It is hunting, navigating, living its (best) life. And yet, every movement it makes allows for a piece of technology on its fin to record temperature, depth and location. A trail of…
Explore the peaks and valleys of the Allegheny Range on two wheels (Photo: Pocahontas County)Updated June 3, 2026 09:14AMSome places are just made for biking. Start with just-right rolling terrain, add diverse riding surfaces from singletrack to country roads, and top it all off with epic scenery. That’s Pocahontas County, West Virginia, home to the rolling Allegheny Mountains and shady trails of the Monongahela National Forest and rightfully known as Nature’s Mountain Playground. It’s a place with accessible outdoor adventure for all ages and vibrant mountain towns that ground the experience in welcoming rural communities. And when you explore from…
A prediction market reported U.S. Rep. George Santos to federal prosecutors after he boasted he’d be going to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, then bet against his own attendance, according to a person familiar with the investigation.Kalshi, the online prediction marketplace, referred Santos to the Department of Justice after detecting suspicious trades made by the former congressman ahead of Trump’s Feb. 24 speech, the person said. The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss the matter publicly.Kalshi also reported the trades to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission,…
Published June 3, 2026 05:19AMKey Takeaway: Our top overall pick for the best car camping sleeping bag is the Rumpl Wrap Sack 20 for its hybrid design and wide temperature range. This year, we added two new stellar options for couples, including the versatile Exped MegaSleep Duo and ultra-comfy Zenbivy Overland Double. We also updated pricing and testing notes on sleeping bags we previously included and still highly recommend.Save the paper-thin foam pads and highly compressible sleeping bags for the backcountry. Car camping is your chance to bring the comforts of home with you—like a warm, feature-packed, luxurious sleep setup. In…
The Legend of Vox MachinaAmazonWhile it’s been a great decade for adult-oriented animation, there are some shows that stand above the rest. One is The Legend of Vox Machina, spawned from the web series Critical Role, and now entering its fourth season (in four years, a rarity). With that season, the show has now set a Rotten Tomatoes record I don’t think any Amazon original has beaten. Even in the streaming space overall, this may be a tough metric to overcome.With scores coming in for The Legend of Vox Machina season 4, it currently has a perfect 100% Rotten Tomatoes…
Sleep well, eat well, camp well with these top picks from REICamping essentials from REI. (Photo: REI)Published June 3, 2026 07:35AMThe best way to feel grounded? Sleeping on the ground. No wonder camping has been an American rite of passage for generations. A camping trip is one of the most immersive ways to connect with nature and each other, and getting out there is easier than you think. Camping is allowed on all kinds of public lands, like national and state forests, national parks, Bureau of Land Management land, and wilderness areas, in addition to protected parks and developed campgrounds.…
AI-generated summaries in Google search results take content from online publishers while reducing traffic to their websites—a tricky relationship that has been seemingly inevitable until now. Today, the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) announced that publishers will no longer have to allow Google’s AI-generated tools to use their content in exchange for appearing in the search engine’s traditional links. “In a world first, publishers will now have effective tools to prevent their content being used to power AI features in search, such as AI Overviews,” the CMA stated in its announcement. “This will put publishers, like news organisations, in…
Published June 3, 2026 06:54AMEntrekin eating Ramen at the Cocodona 250 in 2025 (Photo: David Gleisner) In 1992, two physiologists published a paper in the prestigious journal Nature predicting that the gap between men’s and women’s running performances would continue to narrow and eventually disappear entirely. Women would make the rapidest progress in longer events, they predicted: based on previous trends, the best male and female marathoners would be equal in… 1998.It didn’t happen. There’s now considerable evidence that sex differences in physiology give male athletes all but insurmountable advantages in strength, speed, and endurance over their female counterparts in…
Firas Azmeh, President of Mobile Endpoint Security at Lookout.Beyond technical discovery, organizations must operationalize a “compliance-by-design” framework that aligns with the EU AI Act and NIST AI Risk Management Framework.In the past year, the cybersecurity industry has reached a consensus that AI visibility is no longer optional—it is the bedrock of modern enterprise risk management. We have seen significant industry momentum and product innovation focused on “AI Detection and Response” (AIDR). Recent announcements from major security players focus on Windows, macOS and cloud-native endpoints and have been instrumental in validating this urgency. It is a major step forward for the…