2 h. ago White House Moves to Pick the Pool Reporters Who Cover Trump

In announcing plans to handpick the reporters who can ask the president questions, the White House is breaking decades of precedent.

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3 h. ago Tumblr backs Tapestry, a timeline app for the open social web

Automattic-owned blogging site and social platform Tumblr has financially backed Tapestry, the newly launched app designed to organize feeds from across the open web, including RSS, Mastodon, Bluesky, and others. Launched as a Kickstarter project in January 2024, Tapestry went on to raise over $177,000 via crowdfunding for its app, which opened up to the […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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4 h. ago ‘This year is extra special’: Boston Marathon duo to run their 11th race together

Matt Brown and Lucas Carr are raising funds for the Matt Brown Foundation, which supports those affected by illness or injury, particularly paralysis. The post ‘This year is extra special’: Boston Marathon duo to run their 11th race together appeared first on Boston.com.

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4 h. ago Upheaval and firings at CDC raise fears about disease outbreak response

Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne diseases.

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5 h. ago Analysis | NCAA tournament bracketology: So what’s the deal with Memphis?

Analysis | NCAA tournament bracketology: So what’s the deal with Memphis?  The Washington Post

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7 h. ago How is Pope Francis doing? The Vatican says he rested well and met church officials

Pope Francis "rested well throughout the night" in the hospital, the Vatican says, and even met with Vatican officials to sign several documents linked to sainthood designations on Monday.

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7 h. ago How's Pope Francis doing? His condition remains critical but stable, the Vatican says

Pope Francis' condition remains critical but stable and he was able to do some work while still in the hospital with double pneumonia, the Vatican said in a Tuesday evening update.

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7 h. ago 50 years after a seminal conference, big questions about biotechnology remain

In 1975, researchers met to discuss the emerging field of biotechnology. The issues surrounding the field today are familiar.

Technology

7 h. ago Pope Francis' health status and prognosis: Doctor gives update

Is Pope Francis going to live? Is he going to die? Will he remain as pope? Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News senior medical analyst, shares his expert insights on the pope's condition and prognosis.

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7 h. ago Consider broader US economic health when reading tariff headlines

Consider broader US economic health when reading tariff headlines  UBS

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8 h. ago Mitico raises $4.3M seed round to capture CO2 using ‘prehistoric chemistry’

Mitico thinks that it has found a way to slash the cost of carbon capture using a simple salt that’s been tweaked for industrial duty. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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9 h. ago Why the good news about the mpox outbreak of 2025 isn't really good after all

The case counts seem to be dropping. But health officials say that's because violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo makes it difficult to get good data. And now U.S. assistance is being disrupted.

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9 h. ago Quantum Machines raises $170M, says it’s working with more than half of all quantum computing companies

Quantum computing remains a holy grail in the world of technology, but with some important breakthroughs in the last several months, investors are betting on the more promising startups in the space to make the concept of super-efficient particle- and electron-based computing a reality. In the latest development, Quantum Machines, an Israeli startup that provides […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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9 h. ago Serverless cloud platform Koyeb now lets developers spin up Tenstorrent’s AI accelerators

Just a few weeks after chipmaker Tenstorrent raised nearly $700 million in funding, developers can now try out Tenstorrent’s AI accelerators on Koyeb. Tenstorrent sells AI processors built around the RISC-V instruction set architecture, and has developed its own open-source neural network library, TT-NN, and open-source low-level programming model, TT-Metalium. Tenstorrent is part of a […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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9 h. ago From deportations to health care, state lawmakers are key for much of Trump's domestic agenda

Federal power only goes so far. State governors and legislatures have wide authority over local law enforcement, schools, health and how cities and counties handle immigration.

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9 h. ago Stay on top of your heart health with the help of these 6 monitoring tools

Track your heart health easily with the help of these six monitoring devices

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9 h. ago U.K. to Raise Defense Spending to 2.5% of G.D.P. by 2027, Starmer Says

Prime Minister Keir Starmer set out a timeline to increase British spending on defense, now 2.3 percent. He is scheduled to meet with President Trump this week.

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12 h. ago Column | Can the Caps keep up with the NHL’s best? The question might be backward.

Column | Can the Caps keep up with the NHL’s best? The question might be backward.  The Washington Post

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13 h. ago Health care workers are rushing to learn about immigration law in case of ICE raids

A policy change by the Trump administration allows immigration agents to enter and arrest people in health facilities. Some clinics are training health workers to support patients in the event of arrests.

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13 h. ago Drugs that reduce dementia risk — and others that increase it

A new study found that some medications could have the unintended benefit of reducing dementia risk, while others could increase the risk. A doctor comments on the findings.

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