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Facebook Tweet Email Link At 62, Phyllis Jones felt trapped in darkness. She was traumatized by her mother’s recent death, ongoing pandemic stress and an increasingly toxic work environment. A sudden panic attack led to a medical leave. Her depression worsened until the day her 33-year-old son sadly told her, “Mom, I didn’t think I would have to be your caregiver at this stage in your life.” “For me, that was the wake-up call,” Jones, now 66, told CNN. “That’s when I found the POINTER study and my life changed. What I accomplished during the study was phenomenal — I’m…
Not everyone is happy that the Trump administration gave Nvidia the green light to start selling its H20 advanced AI chips in China again. A group of 20 national security experts and former government officials wrote a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick on Monday urging the Trump administration to reverse its recent decision to let Nvidia resume selling its H20 AI chips in China. The letter called the Trump administration’s recent decision a “strategic misstep” that will have detrimental effects on the U.S.’s AI “edge” for both military and civilian use cases. The letter specifically…
WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s official: Older Americans worried about cognitive decline can stay sharper for longer by exercising both their bodies and their brains and eating healthier.That’s according to initial results released Monday from a rigorous U.S. study of lifestyle changes in seniors at risk of developing dementia. People following a combination of healthier habits slowed typical age-related cognitive decline — achieving scores on brain tests as if they were a year or two younger, researchers reported in JAMA and at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference.It’s not too late to get started — study participants were in their 60s and…
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — U.S. singer Ciara is one of the first public figures to become a citizen of Benin under a recent law by the small West African country granting citizenship to descendants of slaves.The Grammy-winning performer’s acquisition of citizenship at a ceremony Saturday in the city of Cotonou is part of a broader initiative by Benin to attract the Black diaspora, acknowledge the country’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, and promote tourism focused on slavery-related sites of remembrance.“By legally recognizing these children of Africa, Benin is healing a historical wound. It is an act of justice, but…
The U.S. State Department has elevated its travel advisory from level one to level two for Americans traveling to Cambodia and Thailand amid escalating border tensions between the two Southeast Asian nations.The conflict over disputed territory along the countries’ 500-mile shared border has resulted in at least 32 deaths and forced tens of thousands of residents to evacuate. The State Department has issued its most severe level four warning, advising Americans to avoid all but essential travel within 30 miles (50 kilometers) of the Thai-Cambodian border due to active fighting between the two militaries. “Do not travel to areas within…
Tesla has signed a $16.5 billion deal to get its next-generation chips from Samsung. “Samsung’s giant new Texas fab will be dedicated to making Tesla’s next-generation AI6 chip,” Elon Musk posted on X late Sunday evening. “The strategic importance of this is hard to overstate.” Tesla’s AI6 (AKA Hardware 6) chip is the company’s bet on an all-in-one chip design that can scale from powering its driver assistance system known as Full Self-Driving (Supervised) to Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robots, all the way to high-performance AI training in data centers. Musk noted Tesla is working with TSMC to make AI5 chips,…
Facebook Tweet Email Link A French resort town has introduced fines for people found to be walking around topless or in their swimsuits anywhere other than on the beach. Authorities in Les Sables d’Olonne, located in the Vendée region on France’s Atlantic coast, have announced fines of up to 150 euros ($175) for those walking around the town “half-naked,” according to a Facebook post from mayor Yannick Moreau, published Tuesday. Railing against topless men, Moreau criticized the “indecent behavior.” “It’s a question of respect for locals who don’t want people wandering around their town half naked,” he wrote. “It’s also…
Jack Haley (1898 – 1979) as the Tin Man, Bert Lahr (1895 – 1967) as the Cowardly Lion, Judy Garland (1922 – 1969) as Dorothy, Ray Bolger (1904 – 1987) as the Scarecrow and Frank Morgan (1890 – 1949) as the Doorman to the Emerald City in “The Wizard of Oz.”Silver Screen Collection | Moviepix | Getty ImagesThe Las Vegas Sphere will soon screen 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz” in a new immersive film experience.The project places viewers inside the world of Oz using the Sphere’s 160,000-square-foot wraparound screen. The film will play in 16K resolution with full spatial audio…
Dark Tourism embraces sites associated with death, tragedy and the macabre. Though it may be a new description, it’s certainly not a new phenomenon. Travelers into this morbid side of travel have a penchant for places historically associated with death and tragedy. But even those not totally into the deep dive of the morbid and grim, are fascinated with places and events which stir up complicated ethical issues and show us the darker side of humanity.Notorious prisons are part of the dark tourism fascination. And travelers don’t have to just read about their histories in a book or story, they…
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! The poll results are in (from last week’s edition) and it’s clear what you want: Analysis with a capital A. You also want scoops, a bit of a news roundup, and deals, but far and away you’re looking for analysis. I’ve always sprinkled my thoughts and insights throughout the newsletter, but over the next few weeks and months you’ll see me push further into analysis. On that note, earnings season is upon us and…