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The husband of Rebecca Grossman testified Tuesday that he has ridden in the car with her hundreds of times and could not ever recall her speeding, despite testimony during her murder trial that shows she was traveling 81 mph in a 45-mph zone when two children were struck and killed on a residential street.Dr. Peter Grossman, the head of the Grossman Burn Center, was the first witness to take the stand for the defense, but prosecutors immediately aimed to focus his attention on his wife’s driving habits.Rebecca Grossman…

Scientists have identified a mutation that significantly boosts the cancer-fighting ability of engineered T cells without causing toxicity. This innovative approach, which works against multiple tumor types in mice, could lead to effective treatments for previously incurable cancers and is advancing toward human trials. Credit: SciTechDaily.comResearchers have engineered T cells with a cancer-derived mutation, boosting their potency against tumors over 100-fold without toxicity, marking a significant advancement in…

Image: Funimation/Studio BonesCome April 2, Funimation is going the way of the dodo. Earlier in the week, Sony revealed it’ll be sunsetting Funimation’s app and website in order to unify both it and Crunchyroll...something the company first revealed all the way back in 2022.Lamar Johnson Loves Beyblades and PokemonWhen Funimation was folded into Crunchyroll back in 2021, subscribers could have both services, and Crunchyroll would often rotate Funimation works in and out of its catalog. Those days will soon be over,…

Google is investigating a devastating Local Service Ads (LSA) tactic that could “nuke competitors out of existence.” When more than one LSA is linked to a Google Business Profile (GBP), the ad becomes invisible, killing off all leads. Alarmingly, competitors can use this loophole to intentionally create an LSA linked to your GBP without your knowledge, preventing your ad from reaching consumers.Why we care. If your GBP has unexpectedly stopped generating leads, it may be due to someone else linking an LSA to your…

Last year, Dorsey founder Megan Strachan got herself a new engagement ring. The one she had worn for the past 10 years felt a bit old, and she wanted to give herself options to go with different outfits. Strachan, whose company sells jewelry made from lab-grown stones, says she was able to upgrade now because of the ubiquity and price point of large lab-grown stones. I wear a ring because of what it signifies, but I don’t wear the same ring every day; I change it,” she says.Until recently, diamonds were the ultimate flex.…

Out of everyone in my circles, I feel like the only person left who hasn’t beaten Baldur’s Gate 3. The FOMO of missing out on everyone’s new favorite toy isn’t something that typically compels me, but god — it’s like I don’t make a dent in exploring Faerûn. I know why; I don’t want to admit this, but at some point, I’ve got to stop picking up every bone, rotten basket, and fork I find. Okay, in my defense, it’s not that bad anymore. I stopped picking up hoards of goblin garbage at the end of Act I, though not of my own…

It was a story straight out of Reefer Madness: A young woman smokes weed and proceeds to stab her date more than 100 times, killing him, before turning the knife on herself and her beloved dog. Tragic, stranger than fiction, and horrifying — the incident captured the headlines for its extreme violence. And, later, gathered even more attention when the woman in question was sentenced to only two years’ probation and 100 hours of community service.  Prosecutors argued that the horrific crime and its attendant…

Credit: Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Instagram's rising stars are a new breed of social media influencer. In fact, many of them aren't even technically human. Take Lil Miquela, otherwise known as Miquela Sousa. The 19-year old Brazilian-American social media star has amassed over 2.6 million followers on the platform and regularly posts…

This year, at least some countries will have to say goodbye to the Netflix Basic subscription tier, the last cheap(ish) way to watch Netflix without ads. While the streaming giant had already severed the $12 Basic subscription tier for new or returning subscribers, anybody who chose to keep paying their monthly tithe to keep that lower price point will find themselves forced to pay more, or else go with the cheaper ad-based tier.Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor PicksCanada and the…

In its Q4 2023 earnings report from earlier today, Netflix announced that starting in Q2 2024, its cheapest ad-free "Basic" plan will be completely gone in Canada and the UK. You haven’t been able to sign up for this tier since last July, but now, even current subscribers will no longer be able to keep their 'Basic' plan, which was originally $10 or £7 per month but bumped up to $12 or £8 in October. In other words, you'll basically be forced into one of the two more expensive ad-free packages (from $16.49 or £11 per…