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- Gen Z and young millennials are driving a great American drinking decline, Gallup poll shows
About two-thirds of 18- to 34-year-olds believe moderate drinking is unhealthy, according to the poll, up from about four in 10 in 2015.
- Chappell Roan Soars Higher Than Ever
Chappell Roan’s “The Subway” debuts at No. 3 on the Hot 100, marking her highest entry and fourth career top 10 on the chart.
- American Eagle Needs To End Its Sydney Sweeney Campaign
American Eagle's campaign with Sydney Sweeney was an opportunity to associate with a rising star. But it's backfiring and it needs to end.
- Bruno Mars Brings Two Of His Classics Back To The Global Charts
Bruno Mars’ “Just the Way You Are” and “Locked Out of Heaven” return to both Billboard global charts, joining his current hits “Die With a Smile” and “Apt.”
- Taylor Swift Has One Very Good Reason To Release A Single Very Soon
With the Grammy eligibility deadline approaching, Taylor Swift may release a single from The Life of a Showgirl before September 1 to compete for major awards.
Technology
- OpenAI, cofounder Sam Altman to take on Neuralink with new startup
Sam Altman says we could soon have "high-bandwidth brain-computer interfaces."
- The Download: Trump’s golden dome, and fueling AI with nuclear power
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. Why Trump’s “golden dome” missile defense idea is another ripped straight from the movies Within a week of his inauguration, President Trump issued an executive order to develop “The Iron Dome for America”…
- Worm invades man’s eyeball, leading doctors to suck out his eye jelly
These parasites are usually found in the skin, but they can invade anything.
- Why Trump’s “golden dome” missile defense idea is another ripped straight from the movies
In 1940, a fresh-faced Ronald Reagan starred as US Secret Service agent Brass Bancroft in Murder in the Air, an action film centered on a fictional “superweapon” that could stop enemy aircraft midflight. A mock newspaper in the movie hails it as the “greatest peace argument ever invented.” The experimental weapon is “the exclusive property…
- Space Force officials take secrecy to new heights ahead of key rocket launch
This will be the first national security mission to fly on United Launch Alliance's Vulcan rocket.
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