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Trump’s surgeon general nominee is running the wellness grifter playbook perfectly

This is Optimizer, a weekly newsletter sent every Friday from Verge senior reviewer Victoria Song that dissects and discusses the latest gizmos and potions that swear they’re going to change your life. We’ll be taking a break next week and…

TriZetto confirms 3.4M people’s health and personal data was stolen during breach

Health tech giant TriZetto has confirmed that more than 3.4 million people’s personal and health information was stolen in a 2024 cyberattack, which the company failed to detect for almost a year. The tech company, owned by multinational conglomerate Cognizant,…

Jones Mercury FASE Snowboard Bindings Review: The Best Fast Entry System

The biggest change is in the highback of the binding, which is called the AutoBack in the FASE system. While it can still fold all the way forward for travel and low-hanging chairlifts, when it’s open it leans much farther…

Why Yuri Gagarin wasn’t the first in space – and who beat him to it

Were these the first people to reach space? Heritage Image Partnership Ltd /Alamy If you were to take off from Earth on a clear day – the kind you want for a launch – you’d see the sky change colours…

Japan eyes distant island for nuclear waste dump

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Nuclear power is on the rise around the world, but with it comes an extremely pressing question: where will all of the radioactive waste…

Astronomers discover giant cosmic sheet around the Milky Way

Nearly a century ago, astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that almost all galaxies are receding from the Milky Way. This observation became a cornerstone of modern cosmology because it provided key evidence that the universe is expanding and that it began…

Anthropic says it will challenge Defense Department’s supply chain risk designation in court

In a new blog post, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has admitted that it received a letter from the Defense Department, officially labeling it a supply chain risk. He said he doesn’t “believe this action is legally sound,” and that his…

Amazon.com says things are fixed after some issues with logging in and checking out

If you were having issues shopping on Amazon or loading your playlists on Amazon Music on Thursday, you weren’t alone. For over three hours today, Downdetector showed a sizable spike in people reporting issues with checkout, search, and logging in….

Anthropic to challenge DOD’s supply-chain label in court

Dario Amodei said Thursday that Anthropic plans to challenge the Department of Defense’s decision to label the AI firm a supply-chain risk in court, a designation he has called “legally unsound.” The statement comes a few hours after the DOD…

Here’s Every Country Directly Impacted by the War on Iran

On February 28, United States and Israeli forces launched a series of strikes on Iran, kicking off turmoil in the Middle East. Pete Hegseth, the secretary of the Department of Defense, said in a recent press conference that the operation…