Hilary DeCesare enjoyed professional success in spades, first as a Silicon Valley sales executive and later through her business as a life-transition and executive coach. But when it came to finding a new love match following a divorce, DeCesare for years ground through dating apps, sites, and other avenues without fulfillment. Then it hit her: She needed the same kind of help she would receive if she were trying to accomplish something in any other pursuit at which she wasn’t expert. “I’m going to be in a pickleball tournament in three weeks, so what do I do? I set up…
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Four Balkan countries suffered simultaneous power cuts lasting several hours on Friday as the region sweltered in a summer heatwave.Albania, Bosnia, Montenegro and large areas of the Croatian coast were hit by the afternoon blackouts, brought on by surging demand for power after households switched on air-conditioning to combat the high temperatures.In Bosnia and Croatia, traffic lights were knocked out, causing transport chaos in Sarajevo, Split and other big cities.Suppliers said they had largely restored power by the evening, but were still trying to identify where the failure had occurred in the four countries’ interlinked power systems.The shutdowns were first…
Fisker is just a few days into its Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and the fight over its assets is already charged, with one lawyer claiming the startup has been liquidating assets “outside the court’s supervision.” At issue is the relationship between Fisker and its largest secured lender, Heights Capital Management, an affiliate of financial services company Susquehanna International Group. Heights loaned Fisker more than $500 million in 2023 (with the option to convert that debt to stock in the startup) at a time when the company’s financial distress was looming behind the scenes. That funding was not originally secured by any…
Healthy testosterone isn’t the first thing we think about as women. We tend to be more concerned about estrogen dominance in our younger years and avoiding menopausal symptoms later on. But testosterone is important, too! It affects our sex drive, resilience, and ability to build muscle. If you’re feeling the effects of low testosterone, eating testosterone-boosting foods can help you bounce back. What is Testosterone? Testosterone is an “androgen” — a male sex hormone. It stimulates the development of secondary sexual characteristics as boys grow into men. It helps them put on muscle, deepen their voices, and grow body hair.…
As temperatures and humidity soar outside, what’s happening inside the human body can become a life-or-death battle decided by just a few degrees. The critical danger point outdoors for illness and death from relentless heat is several degrees lower than experts once thought, say researchers who put people in hot boxes to see what happens to them. With much of the United States, Mexico, India and the Middle East suffering through blistering heat waves, worsened by human-caused climate change, several doctors, physiologists and other experts explained to The Associated Press what happens to the human body in such heat. Key body temperature The body’s resting core temperature is typically…
Washington, DC – Representative Jamaal Bowman, one of the newest members of the progressive “squad” in the United States Congress, is facing a fight for his political life. On Tuesday, he defends his seat in the House of Representatives by competing in the Democratic primary for New York’s 16th congressional district. But while incumbents are rarely challenged, Bowman is facing one of the most expensive contests in the history of House primaries. Progressive groups and politicos say the battle is a direct result of Bowman’s vocal criticism of Israel’s war in Gaza, as groups like the American Israel Public Affairs…
Looking to travel across the pond this summer? To celebrate the airline’s 40th birthday, Virgin Atlantic unveiled a new offer to help you save thousands of points on your next award redemption to the United Kingdom, but you’ll need to act quickly.You can get 40% off all award redemptions in economy, premium economy and Upper Class (business class) on any flight operated by Virgin Atlantic, including all routes from the U.S. to London on any date in 2024. This is a better Promo Awards deal than the one we saw in January, which only offered 20% off redemptions for most…
It’s not every day that a startup rallies to stratospheric heights to become the world’s most valuable company and a leading player in the competitive AI chips industry. That’s Nvidia for you. But it doesn’t end there—the tale of Nvidia’s success is still developing, as it single-handedly eclipses all of Europe’s stock markets in market capitalization. As of earlier this week, Nvidia became the world’s most valuable company, thanks to an aggressive rally in its stock that has swayed all of Wall Street. With a $3.2 trillion market cap now, Deutsche Bank in a note on Thursday found that Nvidia…
Fighting around a strategic town in eastern Ukraine has become “extremely difficult”, according to a Ukrainian military unit redeployed to defend it. Officials from Ukraine’s 24th Mechanized Brigade said they have been sent to the town of Chasiv Yar, as Russia continues to launch “mass frontal attacks” on the key settlement. Chasiv Yar sits to the west of Bakhmut and has been the focus of intense Russian attacks since February, after nearby Aviivka fell to Moscow’s forces.The deployment comes as Moscow said it had shot down more than 100 Ukrainian drones in parts of Russia and occupied Crimea overnight, with…
Microsoft launched its range of Copilot Plus PCs earlier this week, and they all come equipped with the new dedicated Copilot key on the keyboard. It’s the first big change to Windows keyboards in 30 years, but all the key does now is launch a Progressive Web App (PWA) version of Copilot.The web app doesn’t even integrate into Windows anymore like the previous Copilot experience did since last year, so you can’t use Copilot to control Windows 11 settings or have it docked as a sidebar anymore. It’s literally just a PWA. Microsoft has even removed the keyboard shortcut to…
Twenty-five years ago a study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed that, in the United States, traumatic life experiences during childhood and adolescence are far more common than was expected. The participants in that study were mostly white, middle-class, well-educated, and in possession of good medical insurance, and yet, only one-third of them reported no serious adverse childhood experiences. In the remaining sample, the vast majority had experienced two or more horrendous childhood events. Subsequent scientific reports from 96 countries have shown that, globally, over half of all children – one billion girls and boys …
If a streaming service sounds too good to be true, it probably is. In the case of Jetflicks, it was too good to be legal. A federal jury in Las Vegas convicted five male defendants for their roles in a complex scheme of scraping popular television shows and award-winning movies from pirate sites and bundling them into a streaming service called Jetflicks, said the Department of Justice in a statement on Thursday. According to the indictment, Jetflicks operated as a subscription-based streamer that allowed users to watch and download copyrighted TV shows and movies without permission from the copyright owners.…