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Hey, I’m no fan of school, honest. Despite that, even I would often feel like Biden when he asked a certain Presidential candidate “will you shut up, man?” after the class “clown” made the 37th unfunny joke in a row.A Redditor and her daughter were stuck in a similar situation when the daughter said something similar (albeit a bit more wordy) to a fellow classmate who just couldn’t stop disrupting class with dancing and singing. The worst part of the whole thing was that the girl who was told off demanded an apology and…

December 20, 20234min readA deep-learning algorithm helped identify new compounds that are effective against antibiotic-resistant infections in mice, opening the door to AI-guided drug discoveryBy Tanya Lewis Antibiotic resistance is among the biggest global threats to human health. It was directly responsible for an estimated 1.27 million deaths in 2019 and contributed to nearly five million more. The problem only got worse during the COVID pandemic. And no new classes of antibiotics have been developed for decades.Now…

It’s been another tumultuous school year at Tinseltown High, marked by a nearly two-semester-long class walkout. Thankfully, the gossip, snark and scandal have gone uninterrupted, as chronicled in THR’s annual overview of the year’s highs and lows. Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood; ABC via Getty Images; Neilson Barnard/Getty Images; Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images; Chris Jackson/Getty Images for the Invictus Games…

The Huawei Watch 4 Pro launched earlier this year, and we managed to get our hands on a review unit not long ago. After using the watch for about two weeks, I’m ready to share my thoughts on it. There’s actually a lot to talk about here, even though the biggest difference between previous models lies in the software department, not the hardware. That’s not to say the hardware is not great here, because it is, but we’ll get to that soon. The Watch 4 Pro is Huawei’s most powerful smartwatch to date. It’s the most powerful…

A proposed class action lawsuit has accused Apple of accepting a form of bribe from Visa and Mastercard to ensure their dominance over point-of-sale payment card services for Apple Pay transactions, according to . As a result, the lawsuit says merchants have been forced to pay higher fees.The companies are being sued by beverage retailer Mirage Wine & Spirits in Illinois on behalf of “all merchants in the United States that accepted Apple Pay as a method of payment at the physical point-of-sale.” According to the…

A new class action lawsuit filed this week in the U.S. District Court in D.C. accuses Google and parent company Alphabet of anticompetitive behavior in violation of U.S. antitrust law, the Sherman Act, and others, on behalf of news publishers. The case, filed by Arkansas-based publisher Helena World Chronicle, argues that Google “siphons off” news publishers’ content, their readers and ad revenue through anticompetitive means. It also specifically cites new AI technologies like Google’s Search Generative Experience…

If you used Apple’s feature with at least one other person and bought a subscription to an app through the App Store between 2015 and 2019, you might just get a settlement of up to $50 from the company. MacRumors that Apple will pay $25 million to settle a class action lawsuit that accuses the tech giant of misleading customers over Family Sharing.The feature lets up to six family members share app subscriptions with each other but allows individual developers to forbid people from sharing a single subscription if they…

Adam Driver cemented his status as one of the all-time great Saturday Night Live hosts this week. During his fourth hosting stint, accompanied by musical guest Olivia Rodrigo, the Oscar-nominated star of Marriage Story and the upcoming Ferrari kicked things off with an opening monologue behind the piano, wherein the actor serenaded Santa (and demonstrated some truly impressive ivory-twinkling skills) while mocking Tesla Cybertruck buyers and his own eggnog fixation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG2EK2xIXIw…

Sometimes a teacher receives no help from parents or school administration with a student who interrupts the lessons or makes others uncomfortable and gets to navigate using their skills, experience, and… humor.This Redditor shared how she addressed a student hurling swear words at her by pretending these were compliments and asked if she was a jerk to do so because the student ended up crying.More info: RedditA teacher who has a lot of experience with goofy kids and loves teaching them still had a problem with one such…

LAS VEGAS —  LeBron James had just gotten knocked to the floor by Zion Williamson, New Orleans’ door-frame-shaped power forward, when the refs blew the whistle and signaled for a first-quarter charge.James sprang to his feet and sprinted — like, really sprinted — down the floor to the far corner where he was the first player back ready for the next possession.It was a signal. The miles run on his tires hadn’t disrupted the treads. And he was going to show the young guys he still had plenty to give.More than an hour…