NASA just dropped the closest image ever taken of Jupiter...

Blizzard to unveil its "Next Chapter" with showcases for Diablo, Overwatch, WoW, and more Blizzard Entertainment has announced four game showcases focused on its most popular games, and it's teasing big announcements and sneak peeks for fans.

Blizzard Entertainment has announced four game showcases focused on its most popular games, and it's teasing big announcements and sneak peeks for fans. #Blizzard #NextChapter

Yep. Still don’t like SOCCER now

The unemployment rate for 20- to 24-year-olds is 9.2%, its highest level since 2016. #EconSky

This popular free Windows 11/10 app update install manager just got faster This popular Windows app that allows managing various packages and app updates has gotten faster thanks to underlying code improvements.

This popular Windows app that allows managing various packages and app updates has gotten faster thanks to underlying code improvements. #Windows11 #Microsoft

Windows 11 is finally getting shared Bluetooth audio support The ability to share audio to several headphones is finally coming to Windows 11, but there is a catch.

The ability to share audio to several headphones is finally coming to Windows 11, but there is a catch. #Windows11 #Bluetooth

Clipboard History is such an underrated Windows feature Microsoft should do a better job of promoting Clipboard History in Windows to actually improve productivity rather than marketing AI slop.

Microsoft should do a better job of promoting Clipboard History in Windows to actually improve productivity rather than marketing AI slop. #Windows #Clipboard #Microsoft

Firefox 143 is out with the ability to pin sites to taskbar, Copilot integration, and more Firefox 143 is now available for download, and it adds some useful features like the ability to pin websites as apps to the taskbar, new audio codec support, and more.

Firefox 143 is now available for download, and it adds some useful features like the ability to pin websites as apps to the taskbar, new audio codec support, and more. #Firefox143 #Mozilla

If you bought a Framework Laptop 13 at its original launch, it required a lot of blind faith. The idea of a laptop you could upgrade yourself was spectacular in theory, but here we are, more than four years later, seeing Framework’s grand ambitions come to fruition.

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Republican plans to cap student borrowing could shatter an everyday profession One GOP senator said anyone paying more than $100K to go to med school is "making a huge mistake." But the median cost of attending one is more than double that for the class of 2025.

There are 100k students in med school each year. Room and board is about 100k per year. For 10b a year, med school could be free. We would see a wholesale change in the profession, career paths and the cost of care.

It would change the economics for every financial decision doctors

Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown Iran S04 E06 Dailymotion video by L3arnTV

If you’re an American should watch the Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown ep on Iran. A deeply humanizing look at a country full of people just like you and me. I watched it after Anthony died and it moved in ways that are hard to relay. I also immediately ran out to try kabob koobideh and tahdig.

A Starter Guide to Protecting Your Data From Hackers and Corporations Hackers. AI data scrapes. Government surveillance. Yeah, thinking about where to start when it comes to protecting your online privacy can be overwhelming. Here’s a simple guide for you—and anyone…

Thinking about where to start when it comes to protecting your online privacy can be overwhelming. And even if you think you have nothing to hide, you still have something to lose.

Here’s a simple guide to the basics: password managers, VPNs, and more.

Trump Cuts Are Killing a Tiny Office That Keeps Measurements of the World Accurate A tiny but crucial agency that maintains physical coordinates like latitude and longitude in the US is struggling as the Trump administration forces out federal employees.

The work of NGS, says Tim Burch, the executive director of the National Society of Professional Surveyors, “is kind of like oxygen. You don’t know you need it until it’s not there."

Yeah, the 5 people that use it will not like it because they have to change to an app that’s used by the rest of the 99% of people.

🚀 Just published a blog on .NET Aspire, and why you should absolutely give it a try, even if you’re not a .NET dev.

🧠 What it is
⚠️ Misconceptions
🛠 Real-world usage
📦 Easy local setups
🔍 Built-in observability

Read here 👉
intrepid-developer.com/blog/why-you...

#dotnet #aspire #cloudnative

I agree. One use case I have found it’s not super great for is disconnected applications, or apps only internal to a company on premise, with no cloud connectivity. It’s still nice to have a dashboard but it stops there.

Still has the same problem the iPhone app has: it won’t shut up when you are trying to talk to it. It says “I’m listening” but it lies.

Meet Browser Operator — Opera's new AI agent running natively to preserve user privacy while browsing Opera promises its new AI agent will preserve user privacy as it runs natively and doesn't send sensitive credentials to the cloud or third-party vendors.

Meet 'Browser Operator' — Opera's new AI agent running natively to preserve user privacy while browsing.

DETAILS (and how to get it): www.windowscentral.com/software-app... 🏄

@carlfranklin.bsky.social surprised you don't update your handle to @franklin.net!

Future Samsung Galaxy Buds might transmit audio over UWB instead of Bluetooth Samsung has filed a patent for wireless earphones that will use ultra-wideband (UWB) for transmitting audio instead of Bluetooth.

Samsung has filed a patent for wireless earphones that will use ultra-wideband (UWB) for transmitting audio instead of Bluetooth. #Samsung #GalaxyBuds #UWB

How a Duty To Spend Wisely on Worker Benefits Could Loosen PBMs’ Grip on Drug Prices - KFF Health News As criticism of pharmacy benefit managers heats up, fear of lawsuits is driving some big employers to drop the “Big Three” PBMs — or force them to change.

How a duty to spend wisely on worker benefits could loosen PBMs’ grip on drug prices @mcuban.bsky.social @costplusdrugs.com @kffhealthnews.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Eric Bricker, MD on LinkedIn: #medicare #traditional #advantage #partd #supplement #traditionalmedicare… | 53 comments All of #Medicare Explained in 12-Min: #Traditional Medicare vs. Medicare #Advantage vs. #PartD vs. Medicare #Supplement. #TraditionalMedicare Consists of Part… | 53 comments on LinkedIn

This is a great explainer of how Medicare and Medicare Advantage works.
www.linkedin.com/posts/ericbr...

Microsoft backtracks DALL-E 3 AI's 'PR16' upgrade after backlash as Grok gets an Unhinged Mode: "Bing has become useless" Bing Image Creator rolled back to its previous model after a new update failed to quickly deliver high-quality images.

Microsoft backtracks Bing Image Creator's DALL-E 3 'PR16' upgrade after backlash while Grok gets an 'Unhinged Mode.'

"Bing has become useless for me."

READ: www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/microsoft-... 👇

A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found. Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....

Outraged by Jan 6, he spent two years getting inside the top ranks of militias like the Oath Keepers. He was stunningly successful. He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors, cops & government attorneys.

This is his story. www.propublica.org/article/ap3-...

Incase is launching Microsoft's canceled "Compact Ergonomic Keyboard" today. It has a Copilot key, but it's not cheap.

DETAILS:

Mark Cuban Says 'This Is Single-Payer': How His Healthcare Model Could Transform The U.S. Healthcare System Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban has been vocal about reshaping the U.S. health care system for years. During recent appearances on podcasts Fishbowl with Jules Terpak and Ground Truths with Dr. Er...

finance.yahoo.com/news/mark-cu...

Built-in metrics in .NET - .NET Review the metrics built-in for the .NET runtime and libraries.

Did you know that .NET has LOTS of useful metrics built in:

learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet...

#dotnet

GitHub - BlazorPuzzle/Puzzle-60 Contribute to BlazorPuzzle/Puzzle-60 development by creating an account on GitHub.

Hey #Blazor Puzzle fans, there's still time to get your solution in for puzzle 60 github.com/blazorPuzzle... in which we ask you to create a currency input component from the solution of puzzle 59!

The closest known black hole to Earth is just 1,560 light-years away.Credit|NASA

acceptable excuses for being late-

5-10 minutes: "sorry i'm late"

10-20 minutes: "sorry i'm late i ate a big lunch"

20-30 minutes: "sorry i'm late i ate a big plate of pasta for lunch"

30+ minutes: "sorry i'm late i ate a big plate of pasta for breakfast took a nap then ate more pasta"