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More protein in your breakfast or snacks won’t give you more muscle without more work – a biologist separates the science from the marketing

Protein powders and protein-fortified versions of all manner of foods line grocery store shelves. But just because something has added protein doesn’t necessarily make it better.

Major alcohol company shrinks workforce by nearly 2,000

Workshop on preparing clay Ganesha idols on August 24

Trump laying groundwork to impose national emergency by sowing election distrust - The Guardian

Trump laying groundwork to impose national emergency by sowing election distrust The Guardian Opinion | Trump’s Election Interference Is Eroding American Democracy The New York Times Fact Sheet: The Trump Administration Is Interfering in the 2026 Midterm Elections To Entrench the

BBC Introducing announce ‘LIVE’ events across the UK for young artists after being axed from Reading & Leeds

The programme will span 10 locations with performances, workshops, open mics and panels The post BBC Introducing announce ‘LIVE’ events across the UK for young artists after being axed from Reading & Leeds appeared first on NME .

A Remote Indigenous Community Built One of Canada’s Fastest Fiber Networks

In February 2024, a young man lay somewhere on the frozen shore of James Bay, Canada, surrounded by snow and darkness, succumbing to hypothermia. When he failed to get home on time, his frantic mother sent a Facebook message to Elizabeth Kataquapit, then chief of the indigenous c

The hidden cost for women of being ‘easy’ to work with

Heather (a pseudonym) was a senior leader at her firm, one level below the C-suite. And the C-suite had some really big personalities. Heather was excellent at reading those personalities. She understood them, anticipated what they needed and often served as the go-between among

When loving where you work becomes a problem

Below, Claire Stapleton shares five key insights from her new book, Don’t Be Evil: Bad Bosses, Fake Promises, and My Escape From Big Tech . Stapleton spent 12 years at Google , joining straight out of college in 2007 and rising to become a senior communications leader at YouTube.

Connectivity issues force FromSoftware to close The Duskbloods network test early

UPDATE 2PM BST: FormSoftware has closed today's The Duskbloods network test early due to connectivity issues. Read more

The reasons Siri may not work on CarPlay

If you're struggling to get Siri to work with your car's CarPlay system, there are some things you can check.

How well do COVID antivirals actually work? Not as well as we thought

New research suggests that with high levels of vaccination and immunity from previous infections, COVID antivirals are no longer working as well.

Web3 gaming network Sandbox stops Base and BNB chain bridging after exploit

The Sandbox disabled bridging on affected networks to isolate tokens and warned users not to trade SAND on Base and BNB, citing an impact of under 0.01% of supply.

Emergency savings shortfall signals 'danger' for working households, Suze Orman says

A new survey shows even a $500 unexpected expense may throw households off track when it comes to big life goals like saving for retirement.

Reform says it will prioritise British-born young workers for social housing

Labour called the plan "unserious and unworkable" and accused Reform of pushing "gimmicks and division".

UK, Canada and Australia condemn Israel for refusing criminal probe into aid worker killings in Gaza

Seven World Central Kitchen workers were killed in the Israeli strike on their convoy in 2024.

Apple @ Work: Most IT leaders want AI to help manage their Macs, but few are ready for it

Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle , the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage, and protect Apple devices at wor

Android 17 protects me without asking; that's exactly how privacy should work

Privacy is better when Android handles the obvious risks first

Will Donald Trump’s new sanctions against Iran work?

The US president says he will impose 'crushing measures' on Tehran.

Aid workers under fire as drones reshape warfare

The UN is warning that aid workers face a deadly and evolving threat, with armed drones reshaping battlefields worldwide – putting humanitarian teams increasingly in the line of fire.

Donalds says he’s ‘working’ with Haitian leaders to stabilize government after end of TPS

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), the GOP nominee for Florida governor, said Sunday he is “working” with leaders in Haiti to stabilize the country after the temporary protected status (TPS) of more than 300,000 Haitians migrants in the U.S. expired. “I’ve actually had meetings with th

Exercise may work better for keeping weight off than losing it

Exercise may not be a powerful weight-loss tool on its own, but it appears to play a much bigger role in preventing lost weight from returning. By preserving muscle, supporting metabolism, improving fat burning, and regulating appetite and blood sugar, regular activity can make l

How to Get Rid of Smelly Shoes—and the Best Deodorizers That Actually Work

These tools stop funk, kill bacteria, and renew your shoes in no time.

The 8 Best Massage Guns for Workout Recovery

A short massage can do wonders before or after a long run.

This game inspired by classic Minecraft dropper maps can't work out whether it wants to rapture you or make you throw up

"I wanna see how much abuse gamers can take," a voice over opens the trailer for Sensory Overload , a game that will likely be taking home the Geoff "IMAX" Keighley Award for Most Appropriate Title For A Video Game later this year. It's a simple concept for a game: you are consta

“We’re going to take things slow": South of Midnight devs now own the rights to all their games again, after quitting Xbox, and are working on a new game

We Happy Few and South of Midnight developers Compulsion Games have announced that they are fully broken up with Microsoft and Xbox, after completing a management buyout. They now once again own the rights to all their own original intellectual properties. Amongst other things, t

Growth without work: The human cost of the AI revolution

In an excerpt from his book “The New Divide: Power, Control & the Cost of AI,” writer Jibu Elias examines the technology’s impact on jobs.

Class act: The working-class game binding London and Canberra

Andy Burnham and Anthony Albanese have found something few world leaders can replicate: a shared obsession with rugby league.

Dishonored was a last-ditch effort by Arkane Studios after years of fruitless contract work, according to the game's co-creator: 'I think we had four months of

Former Arkane Austin head Harvey Smith recently announced his new studio, Black Pony Immersive . As the name suggests will be dedicated to making immersive sims in the tradition of Deus Ex and System Shock . It's a commitment that I wholeheartedly support, though as is always the

People Are Turning to Nicotine Pouches as a Pre-Workout Hack. Experts Are Concerned.

Nicotine pouches are the latest pre-workout trend among lifters and influencers. Experts explain why it may hurt performance more than help it. The post People Are Turning to Nicotine Pouches as a Pre-Workout Hack. Experts Are Concerned. appeared first on Outside Online .

This Coach Is Banned From Working With Kids. Why Is He Still Coaching?

The post This Coach Is Banned From Working With Kids. Why Is He Still Coaching? appeared first on ProPublica .

Set Up a Separate Work Profile on Your Android Phone

It is possible to achieve your desired work-life balance on your smartphone. Just set up separate accounts using this built-in Android feature.

Transistors Changed Everything. Here’s How They Work

How a tiny little electronic switch sparked the computer revolution.

Support networks aim to help kids through the polycrisis

Sometime in the late 2000s, Pim Sullivan-Tailyour was sitting in the back of a car, headed toward her great-grandmother’s tiny town in the south of Thailand. She watched big mountains pass by out the window. She was just six years old but was about to be hit by an adult-size real

The Download: polycrisis support networks and a hydrogen gold rush

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Support networks aim to help kids through the polycrisis Sometime in the late 2000s, six-year-old Pim Sullivan-Tailyour was sitting in the bac

The Treasury’s bond-market intervention isn’t working. So what comes next?

You can’t just sweep $40 trillion in U.S. national debt under a rug and forget about it — or so the bond market appears to be telling Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

My son does not work, yet pays $500 for Affordable Care Act health insurance. Is that fair?

“I see people who have a lot of money but little or no taxable income who still qualify for ACA Marketplace subsidies.”

South Korean survivor fights for workplace harassment ‘justice’

Victims are often expected to keep silent while employers have no clear legal duty to tell them how their cases ended.

53,000 Fukushima nuclear plant workers receive high radiation doses

The workers hit the level of 5 millisieverts per year, a threshold for determining whether those with leukemia are eligible for compensation benefits.

Ivy Tech Receives Approval for Workforce Pell Program

Ivy Tech Receives Approval for Workforce Pell Program Olivia.sanchez Fri, 08/21/2026 - 03:00 AM Byline(s) Olivia Sanchez

Why we must stop talking about artificial general intelligence — and instead build ‘pro-worker’ AI

Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02566-6 Rather than racing to replace people, we should build AI tools that amplify human expertise and expand opportunity.

Too sick to work? States must get their new Medicaid rules right.

Cancer doesn't wait for a billing code to catch up. Neither should the states now deciding what counts as proof of illness.

HP exec reveals the Gen Z ‘superpower’ that he says helps young employees build ‘a healthy relationship with work’

For young Americans, the workplace is the new phoneless frontier. 'It allows us to hyper focus on the task at hand,' says employer

Schools and increasingly teen employers are drawing a hard line against phone use. The benefits for teens can be profound.

Supreme Court chief justice allows work on Trump's $400M White House ballroom to continue for now

The temporary order comes hours before lower-court rulings would have forced a halt to aboveground construction.

After months with Bitwarden, I found a free offline password manager that works better

I prefer to save my passwords locally and offline

Apple is laying off staffers working on the Vision Pro and Siri

Apple is laying off staff on the Siri and the Vision Pro teams, according to Bloomberg. The cuts include "largely shutting down" a Vision Pro gaming team and "reducing the size" of the team that makes Vision Pro immersive content, the publication says. More than 200 jobs were cut

NT government pursues Fair Work action over firefighters, corrections dispute

LinkedIn says its AI slop button is working

LinkedIn says its AI slop button is working.

Doomscrolling at work wastes time, but the real cost is what happens after

Article URL: https://stories.tamu.edu/news/2026/08/13/doomscrolling-at-work-wastes-time-but-the-real-cost-is-what-happens-after/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49407305 Points: 15 # Comments: 8

Hyundai Workers Go On Strike For The First Time In A Decade And Robots Are Partly To Blame

Hyundai and Kia employees walked off the line in what was reportedly their first full strike in a decade

One person injured in clash between rival groups of BJP workers

Local BJP leader Arun Biswal alleged that no permission from the party leadership was taken to organise the feast; he also alleged that local fish and mutton traders were subjected to extortion for the feast.

Bring a Product Manager Mindset to Your Next Engineering Job

If you haven’t already seen a job listing for a “product engineer,” you probably will soon. The job everyone’s suddenly hiring for, this role is like a cross between a product manager and an engineer (as the name suggests). And it’s a hiring trend worth paying attention to. Compa

Gaining Leadership Backing for Your Innovations

This article is part of our exclusive career advice series in partnership with the IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society. Imagine this: You have a strong idea for a new product for your company. Your coworkers encourage you to move forward because they believe it cou

Brad Pitt brought on as executive producer for Peter Zumthor documentary

American actor Brad Pitt has joined German filmmaker Wim Wenders on the production of a documentary exploring the works of Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. Set to premiere at the Venice Film Festival next month, From Inside Out – The Architecture of Peter Zumthor will be a 3D film

GTA VI: all the news on Rockstar’s next entry in the Grand Theft Auto series

It’s been over a decade and two console generations since GTA V came out, and its sequel is still a work in progress. GTA VI has faced multiple delays, with developer Rockstar Games bumping back its predicted release date twice, first to May 26th, 2026, then again to November 19t

The Trace and Block Club Chicago are hiring a Staff Writer

The Trace, in partnership with Block Club Chicago, is looking for a full-time staff writer to cover the impact of gun violence on Chicago’s neighborhoods. The staff writer in this role, which is funded by The Trace but based in Block Club’s newsroom, will cover gun violence, publ

Brian Robert Jones Shares Comedic Musical Theater Album About The Louisiana Purchase (And Hayley Williams Is On It)

If you've seen a Vampire Weekend, Paramore, or Hayley Williams show in recent years, Brian Robert Jones was the guitarist onstage with the big afro. When not playing sideman for some of the best alt-leaning pop-rockers in the biz, Jones has been working on a behemoth project of h

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles composer Kumi Tanioka says that she didn't make the new, very likely AI-generated album on her Spotify page

Well, here's something that's a bit of a bummer. You'll probably best know Kumi Tanioka as the composer behind Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, though her work can also be found across the likes of Final Fantasy 11, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, and more recently, Yoshi and

Victor Niederhoffer, Trader Who Went Boom and Bust (Twice), Dies at 82

He pioneered a technique for using computers to predict short-term movements in stock prices, something that proved to be hugely lucrative — when it worked.

Microsoft blames RGB peripherals for crashing Windows 11 — RGB software is causing blue screens, crashes, and game freezes

Like clockwork, it's a new month and a new OS-breaking bug has been discovered in Windows 11's latest monthly update, KB5121003. Users reported random system instability, with games freezing or outright crashing, and even BSODs in worst-case scenarios. Microsoft investigated the

Enthusiast mods GTX 1080 Ti with a dual-tower CPU cooler, sees up to 32°C reduction in temps — Mod yields 30W power savings and 9% higher FPS

TrashBench is back with another project that might seem deranged at first, but it actually ended up working out pretty well. Taking a grinder to the stock cooler of an Nvidia GTX 1070, he attached a fully-fledged CPU cooler with RGB fans to see if that'd cool the die better than

Sleuth identifies dozens of studies that used the wrong antibody

Nature, Published online: 21 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02352-4 The case is the latest example of a scientific workhorse being misused in experiments.

Hanson forced to intervene after One Nation MP says party’s migration target ‘not too different’ from Labor’s

David Farley says party wants 100,000 migrant rural workers in addition to the 130,000 migration target it considers the ‘true’ number Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The One Nation MP David Farle

‘Embryonic’: lost novel by French film-maker Éric Rohmer is republished

English translation of Élisabeth, the New Wave director’s 1946 book about young lovers in prewar Paris, receives rave reviews as precursor to auteur’s cinematic work In the dog days of the second world war, 24-year-old Maurice Schérer wrote a tale of young lovers in prewar small-

How Elgato Can Level Up Your WFH Setup - From Lighting, To Audio, And More

Elgato's range of products features plenty to get you working more productively, and more comfortably.

Siobahn Day Grady Wants Everyone to Be AI Literate

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the skills employers expect from new graduates. In response, universities are scrambling to launch new courses, research centers, and industry partnerships that prepare students for today’s workforce. But building a cutting-edge AI curriculum

IEEE Publishing Ethics Team Upholds Research Integrity

Given a rising number of publishing misconduct allegations , IEEE in 2022 created the Publishing Ethics Team as a centralized department to assist in handling claims. The group also works to increase the organization’s visibility in the broader publishing ethics area and helps IE

Cars Communicating Badly Is an Already-Solved Problem

The history of networking is full of tools that repurposed solutions to very different kinds of problems first. Wi-Fi’s origins trace back , in part, to a team of Australian radio astronomers trying to detect signals from evaporating black holes. But the data-processing tools the

Inside the Data Bottleneck Slowing Visual and Physical AI

A survey of over 700 professionals examines how visual and physical AI teams build systems, why models fail, and where data work drives production. Download this free whitepaper now!

IEEE Presidents’ Scholarship Honors Teen Innovators

About 16 percent of the global population—more than 1 billion people—live with some form of disability, according to the World Health Organization . Many of the disabilities affect independence and mobility. Three high school students working on inventions to help people with dis

BAPE and ©SAINT Mxxxxxx Serve Up Aged Streetwear and Can Stools

Summary BAPE and ©SAINT Mxxxxxx rework 1990s American subcultural motifs through a distressed "new vintage" lens.Features graphic tees, long-sleeves, socks and a collectible Can Stool.Drops today via ©SAINT Mxxxxxx retailers and August 23 via BAPE. BAPE has partnered with ©SAINT

Amid political and economic pressure, Brazil sees a rise in land conflicts and the murders of Indigenous people

Growing cases of violence against Indigenous people are linked to an impasse on the framework of rights and pressure against land demarcation, says the organization that advocates for Indigenous rights

Emergency declared in Nevada as wildfire forces evacuation of 14,000 people

Firefighters in Nevada are struggling to contain a fast-growing wildfire which has already forced the evacuation of nearly 14,000 people. A state of emergency has been called, meaning federal responders are working alongside local firefighters to try and keep it from residential

Ground beef prices are soaring. Trump’s fix has U.S. ranchers worried

With most Americans still feeling the pinch of persistent inflation, President Trump wants to make one pricey grocery staple cheaper. “Today, I concluded a deal to substantially lower the price of ground beef for working American families,” Trump said in a Truth Social post share

Mortal Shell 2 review

In the increasingly crowded Soulslike genre, a game's opening minutes need to do a lot of work. The good news for Mortal Shell 2 is its opening is superb, starting as well as it continues, and condensing the magic of its next 30-odd hours into a few minutes with aplomb. Read more

Are digital cameras still worth buying in 2026?

Yes, so long as you're willing to put in the work (and money) for better photos.

OpenAI calls for California to strengthen its AI safety laws

The AI leader said that the state's SB 53 framework should "be amended to expand safeguards."

Building Your Own Electric Honda ATV Is Quite the DIY Project

There's plenty of off-the-shelf parts available, but making them fit required plenty of work. The post Building Your Own Electric Honda ATV Is Quite the DIY Project appeared first on The Drive .

Visualisation has become more than creating "a single visual output" says Chaos

Promotion: according to software company Chaos, AI-assisted tools, advances in rendering technologies, and shifting client expectations are transforming the architecture industry's visualisation workflows into a flexible communication tool. Chaos explained that utilising artifici

Colourful cultural artefact storehouse among projects from London School of Architecture

Dezeen School Shows: a proposal for a storehouse in Brent, UK, that keeps cultural artefacts is among the student projects from the London School of Architecture. Also featured is a project that proposes "river rights" as a framework for rethinking our relationship with the natur