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The deadline to file a claim for part of a $50 million settlement from The Walt Disney Company is Sept. 8, 2026, for people who subscribed to YouTube TV or DirecTV Stream over the past several years. The settlement stems from a 2022 federal class-action complaint filed by YouTube TV subscribers…
A food-safety expert explains why more recalls aren’t necessarily a bad thing — and how AI plays a role
For a brief period this summer, no fresh produce seemed safe. Lettuce, jalapenos, and blueberries were among a steady stream of recalls and food safety alerts that kept consumers on high alert. Willette M. Crawford, a food science consultant who has spent two decades researching predictive food…
Ripple cofounder says California should allow Chinese EVs for low-income buyers: ‘We’re never going to make that stuff’
Chris Larsen thinks California’s low-income drivers should have access to a car they can’t legally buy today. During an interview on the podcast “On with Kara Swisher,” Larsen, the cofounder and executive chairman of Ripple, said that California should open its market to some Chinese-made electric…
Iran says it captured an ‘advanced’ American underwater drone. The US says it was older, malfunctioning, and ‘dead in the water.’
Iran’s military said it seized an American-made underwater drone near the Strait of Hormuz. The US military said the uncrewed system had malfunctioned and was “dead in the water.” The Navy has employed uncrewed undersea and surface vessels in and around the Middle East for an expanding range of…
The US Army is testing whether reserve drill sergeants could help train a larger force for a major war
The US Army is testing whether it could use reserve drill sergeants and other personnel to quickly expand basic training in the event that a major conflict suddenly needed training pipelines to produce far more soldiers. An experiment called Operation Wildcat Rising put dozens of Army Reserve drill…
The US Navy is applying lessons from USS Abraham Lincoln’s tough deployment to another aircraft carrier preparing to head out
The US Navy’s next aircraft carrier set to deploy will be carrying extra supplies so it can remain self-sufficient for longer, top service officials said on Tuesday, a move intended to address logistics issues that have surfaced on other ships during the Iran war. USS Theodore Roosevelt is…
We regret redshirting our son. Skipping a grade fixed the problem.
Redshirting my son was based on a technicality. He was born in Maryland, a state where children must be 5 before September 1st to enter kindergarten. With his late October birthday, he was ineligible on the cusp of his 5th birthday. Instead, he entered pre-K through the Montgomery County Public…
3 Places You Should Sell Your Gold and 3 Places You Shouldn’t
Right now, gold prices are still high, even after pulling back from the January surge past $5,000 an ounce. That means if you have old jewelry, coins, or bullion sitting in a drawer, you’re probably sitting on a serious pile of cash. If you’re wondering how to turn your gold jewelry into cash while…
You should care about the AI math breakthrough drama even if you’re not a nerd
The big drama in AI land today is decidedly nerdy stuff. But the hubbub highlights a concern everyone should care about: Can what you type into AI help train a machine that one day beats you at your own game? On Monday, Tristan Buckmaster, an NYU mathematician, and Levent Alpöge, a mathematician…
16 actors who transformed into real-life tech company CEOs and founders
Seyfried played Holmes all the way from her time at Stanford in 2003 (where she did the titular dropping out) through to the catastrophic collapse of her company Theranos in 2015, spurred by an exposé published in The Wall Street Journal, in the 2022 Hulu limited series “The Dropout.” Theranos…