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Earlier this week, accelerator group Techstars announced changes to its operations. But what was planned internally to be an exciting new chapter for the organization ended up being somewhat of a PR nightmare.  Techstars found itself facing criticism for some of its decisions and execution after announcing it would shut down its Boulder and Seattle accelerators after recently shuttering its Austin-based program, which TechCrunch was first to report in December. For example, Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff said on X…

Despite what Best Buy will tell you, physical media, including Blu-rays, is back in style—spurred along by the panic that comes when streamers remove content and a movie or TV show becomes suddenly very inaccessible. While most Disney content is readily available, there are a few difficult-to-snag titles, something the Disney Movie Club has helped fans circumvent for the past 23 years... until this summer.“After serving over 10 million valued Club Members, we have made the difficult decision to close the Disney Movie…

L eigha Sanderson always wanted to dance, but it was never going to be easy for her. Sanderson, 16, was born with spina bifida, a congenital birth defect in which the spinal cord fails to form properly. She spent her early years in and out of the hospital, undergoing dozens of surgeries; she still regularly struggles with pain and bladder infections, and since she was five, has used a catheter to go to the bathroom. “The school nurse was my best friend growing up,” she says.  Around 2013, when Sanderson…

Kenneth Breslauer, a biophysical chemist at Rutgers, and his brother, George Breslauer, a political scientist at UC Berkeley, have co-authored a paper linking the concepts of stability in cells and social organizations. Their interdisciplinary study reveals striking parallels between the natural and social sciences, offering insights for enhancing institutional and political systems. Credit: SciTechDaily.comA biophysical chemist from Rutgers and their older sibling, a political scientist at Berkeley, explore shared…

They have killed skinny jeans and continue to shame millennials for having side partings in their hair. They think using the crying tears emoji to express laughter is embarrassing. But now comes a surprising gen Z plot twist. One habit that those born between 1997 and 2012 are keen to endorse is reading – and it’s physical books rather than digital that they are thumbing.This week the 22-year-old model Kaia Gerber launched her own book club, Library Science. Gerber, who this month appears on the cover of British Vogue…

Recent research has made significant strides in treating chronic low back pain in people over 60, revealing that hip-focused therapy can effectively reduce disability and improve mobility. This challenges the prevailing notion that older adults should receive less attention for musculoskeletal issues.The first-ever clinical trial focuses on precision medicine specifically for older adults, a group often overlooked in musculoskeletal research.Two decades ago, when Gregory Hicks of the University of Delaware began his…

Maheshkumar Baladaniya highlights that this integration has enhanced efficiency, patient outcomes, and overall healthcare experiences. The healthcare sector is undergoing a digital revolution, and in the realm of Physical Therapy (PT), Maheshkumar Baladaniya, a paediatric physical therapist, is leading the charge by incorporating the latest tech trends, particularly in Health Informatics.Health informatics, utilising cutting-edge technology and data analysis in healthcare, plays a pivotal role in streamlining…

The police department in New South Wales, Australia, has launched an investigation after actor Jacob Elordi was allegedly involved in a physical altercation with Joshua Fox, a radio producer for The Kyle & Jackie O Show on KIIS FM, Variety reports. According to Fox’s own account of the incident, shared during the show’s most recent broadcast, he approached Elordi at a hotel in Sydney and jokingly requested his bath water to gift to his co-worker Jackie O. Not amused with the reference to the viral scene in…

The current menu for film and TV stories about cuisine is all conflict and crisis – kitchens as battlefields, dishes forged in the white-hot skillet of raging tempers. But new French film The Taste of Things couldn’t be further from The Bear or Boiling Point. A controlled simmer is more the temperature of this piece by Vietnamese-born director Tran Anh Hung – the most rapturous hymn to culinary art since such beloved gourmet outings as Babette’s Feast or Eat Drink Man Woman.Set in the 1880s, the film – which won Tran the…

The singer Morrissey is being treated for “physical exhaustion” after cancelling a number of dates on his current tour.His tour manager said on Saturday he had been told to rest for two weeks.“Morrissey is receiving medical supervision for physical exhaustion. He has been ordered to rest and will remain in Zurich,” said a post on the singer’s Instagram page, attributed to tour manager Donnie Knutson.The former Smiths frontman had been due to play at the Honda Centre in Anaheim, California, on Friday, and at the Kia Forum…