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- Mitch McConnell ‘Not Yet Medically Cleared’ For Senate Return, New Statement Says
His physician said “his bout with childhood polio continues to be a significant factor in his mobility.”
- How Women Content Creators Became The Breakout Story Of The 2026 FIFA World Cup
From official FIFA-aligned correspondent programs to independent breakout stars, women content creators didn't just participate in the 2026 World Cup conversation. In several of the tournament's most cited data points, they led it.
- Review: Avenged Sevenfold’s ‘STATICA’ EP Is Their Most Outlandish Release Yet
Avenged Sevenfold’s latest EP 'STATICA,' isn't the EP fans were expecting or hoping for.
- ‘Fired By America’: A Timeline Of Cracker Barrel CEO Julie Masino’s Exit
Julie Felss Masino, Cracker Barrel’s CEO who oversaw a controversial, and abandoned, logo redesign that sparked a rebuke from President Donald Trump, will exit her post next month.
- Why did a $154 billion CEO just endorse stripping most Americans of voting rights—and taking us back to the 19th century?
Should how much you pay in taxes determine how much your vote counts? Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke seems to think so.
Technology
- Activist charged with felony after giving border agent "duress code" that wiped his phone
The government says destroying his own data during an airport interrogation was illegal.
- Framework Laptop 13 Pro review: Much better battery, much worse price
Framework's latest modular laptop trades one set of problems for another.
- How lasers could help provide fuel for nuclear reactors
Outside the small town of Paducah, Kentucky, a wealth of uranium is locked away in thousands of storage cylinders filled with waste material from a now-closed nuclear enrichment facility. Lasers could help get it out. A company called Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) is looking to reprocess this old material with a new technology called laser…
- What public health professionals can learn from anti-vaccine storytelling
Sometimes, compelling stories beat medical evidence.
- The Download: lasers for nuclear fuel, and organ preservation advances
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How lasers could help provide fuel for nuclear reactors Nuclear power provides about 9% of global electricity today, and that fraction could tick up as countries look to build new reactors.…
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