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Charlie Sheen said fatherhood quickly occupied his life when he got sober eight years ago.“It turned into just an interesting daily grind of just sudden responsibility and, you know, having to answer the call and it was amazing,” Sheen said Monday, telling an audience that once he “finally put down the bottle,” his children started coming to his home.Sheen sat down with actor and writer David Duchovny during an event at 92nd Street Y, New York on Monday to discuss the writing process behind his memoir, “The Book of Sheen,” his journey through sobriety and his passion for acting.The actor…

AI needs a better brain — and Edo Liberty is building it. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, happening October 27–29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, Pinecone founder and CEO Edo Liberty will explain why the next wave of AI-native apps won’t be driven by bigger models, but by smarter search. With 10,000+ startup and VC leaders expected to be at Disrupt, this AI Stage fireside chat and presentation is a must-attend session. The future of AI isn’t more data — it’s better retrieval As AI becomes more embedded in every workflow, the real differentiator isn’t just the algorithm — it’s…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A decade-long slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders’ scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to results released Tuesday from an exam known as the nation’s report card. Eighth-grade students also lost significant ground in science skills, according to the results from the National Assessment of Education Progress.The assessments were the first since the pandemic for eighth graders in science and 12th graders in reading and math. They reflect a downward drift across grade levels and subject areas in previous releases from…

by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 10:25 AM ET, Mon September 8, 2025 The World Travel & Tourism Council has announced that President & CEO Julia Simpson will be unable to attend the Global Summit being held in Rome later this month due to illness. In the announcement, WTTC said that Gloria Guevara, the former President & CEO, will lead the event on an interim basis.  Gloria Guevara, WTTC interim CEO said: “I am honoured to support the organisation and its Members during this time and lead the Global Summit in Rome. I send my best wishes to Julia.”The Global Summit is…

Social networking startup Bluesky is rolling out one of users’ most in-demand features — no, not an edit button! — bookmarks. The company on Monday announced the new addition, which it calls Saved Posts. The feature is accessible through a new bookmark icon underneath each post, next to the heart for favoriting. Your saved posts can then be viewed at any time from the new “Saved” section in the app’s main navigation. While it may seem redundant to have both likes and bookmarks on a social app since both offer a way to mark a post to be referenced later,…

by Lacey Pfalz Last updated: 10:35 AM ET, Mon September 8, 2025 The $600 million Royal Caribbean port redevelopment project in Mahahual, Mexico is earning the support of the local government. The plan, announced in November 2024 by President and CEO of Royal Caribbean International Michael Bayley and Governor Mara Lezama, will transform Quintana Roo with the plan, which would create Perfect Day Mexico at the Mahahual cruise port.  Perfect Day Mexico will be able to accommodate 21,000 guests each day, welcoming 2.6 million to 5 million visitors a year, creating over 1,000 jobs through 2027 and nearly 1,000 more direct…

Nuclear startup Deep Fission announced Monday that it has gone public in a reverse merger, netting the company $30 million. No, it’s not 2021. The startup is proposing to build small, cylindrical nuclear power plants and lower them into 30-inch diameter holes drilled one mile down into the Earth. By burying the reactors, the company hopes to solve several problems that plague current reactors, including concerns over meltdowns and potential terrorist attacks. Deep Fission’s 15-megawatt reactors are cooled using pressurized water, the same type found in nuclear submarines and many existing power plants. Earlier this year, Deep Fission inked a…

JetBlue’s flights are about to get more efficient and easier on the environment, thanks to a new fuel optimization tool the airline is rolling out. The New York-based carrier has announced that it will be the first airline in the United States to integrate the SkyBreathe MyFuelCoach platform into its operations. The app allows pilots to analyze their fuel use from previous flights and offers personalized suggestions on how to improve efficiency and reduce emissions on future flights. More than 75 international airlines already use SkyBreathe.The platform uses historical flight data and machine learning to create its tailored recommendations. In addition…

X enthusiast and Reddit shareholder Sam Altman had an epiphany on Monday: Bots have made it impossible to determine whether social media posts are really written by humans, he posted. The realization came while reading (and sharing) some posts from the r/Claudecode subreddit, which were praising OpenAI Codex. OpenAI launched the software programming service that takes on Anthropic’s Claude Code in May. Lately, that subreddit has been so filled with posts from self-proclaimed Code users announcing that they moved to Codex that one Reddit user even joked: “Is it possible to switch to codex without posting a topic on Reddit?”…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — For decades, Kent Broussard had dreamed about joining Louisiana State University’s prestigious marching band. But, as dreams far too often go, it fell to the wayside. That is, until Broussard retired. After years of hard work — including taking up running with a weighted vest, marching through his neighborhood while hauling a 30 pound (14 kilograms) sousaphone, applying and getting accepted to LSU as a student and re-learning his instrument — the retired accountant made his debut on the field of Tiger Stadium during the football team’s home opener Saturday. The 66-year-old LSU freshman, is…