With similar symptoms, it can be difficult to tell which illness is which. Here’s what to know.
Source: NYT > Well.
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Trade and private consumption were to blame for Germany’s third-quarter stagnation, a period that saw the European Union enter into a tariff agreement with the US.
Source: Bloomberg Markets.
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The Newtown eatery is counter-suing Ofir Birenbaum, who launched defamation action against the popular restaurant
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An Egyptian restaurant in Sydney is counter-suing a pro-Israel activist over a News Corp stunt, alleging he trespassed on the popular eatery in a bid to get a “negative reaction” from staff.
Ofir Birenbaum went to Cairo Takeaway, a popular restaurant in Sydney’s Newtown, in February wearing a Star of David cap and necklace alongside reporters from the Daily Telegraph. The undercover operation, later revealed to be dubbed “undercover Jew” internally by the paper, made international headlines after it backfired.
Source: World news | The Guardian.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Though the bruised and battered San Francisco 49ers haven’t had many aesthetically pleasing wins this season, they have found ways to get the victory.
It happened again Monday night, as the Niners overcame a litany of first-half mistakes to knock off the Carolina Panthers 20-9 in a game that figures to be pivotal in the NFC playoff chase.
With the win, the 49ers improved to 8-4, including 7-2 against NFC opponents. Carolina fell to 6-6 and 4-3 in NFC games.
According to ESPN’s Football Power Index, the Niners bolstered their playoff hopes from 86% to 91.3% and put the Panthers’ chances in peril, as they dropped from 22.7% to 18%.
Despite quarterback Brock Purdy providing plenty of opportunities for the Panthers to establish a lead and perhaps steal a victory, the Niners’ injury-ravaged defense repeatedly prevented Carolina from capitalizing.
Niners safety Ji’Ayir Brown supplied the biggest spark, coming up with a pair of interceptions, including one in the end zone, and five tackles.
It’s the first time since Week 3 that the Niners have strung together multiple wins. They head to Cleveland to face the Browns on Sunday.
Stat to know: 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey insisted last week that facing his former team for the first time since being traded in 2022 wouldn’t be much different than most other games.
Statistically speaking, that proved true. McCaffrey went over 100 scrimmage yards for the 10th time this season and had at least 50 rushing and 50 receiving yards for the eighth time in 2025. It’s the 14th time he has hit the 50/50 mark since joining the Niners, tied with Frank Gore for the second most in franchise history. McCaffrey needs three more such games to surpass the team’s single-season record he established in 2023.
McCaffrey finished with 142 scrimmage yards on 31 touches.
What to make of the QB performance: For whatever reason, Purdy continued to struggle on “Monday Night Football.” Against the Panthers, he threw three first-half interceptions, the second time he has done that in his career, with his other one coming against Baltimore on MNF in 2023. In five career starts on Monday night, he has thrown 11 interceptions.
Purdy rebounded a bit in the second half as coach Kyle Shanahan dialed up some easy throws on screens and short passes. Purdy finished 23-of-32 for 193 yards with 1 touchdown and 3 picks. But it was still a concerning outing for Purdy after an encouraging return from his right big toe injury last week against Arizona.
Most surprising performance: The defense. Though the offense spent much of the first half committing turnovers and near-turnovers, the Niners’ defense repeatedly answered the bell, allowing three points off those takeaways. The Panthers managed only 230 total yards and 5.3 yards per play, including a season low in yards (72) and first downs (three) in the first half.
For a unit missing end Nick Bosa and linebacker Fred Warner, much has been made of the offense having to carry the load, but San Francisco’s defense delivered when needed Monday night. — Nick Wagoner
Next game: vs. Cleveland Browns (1 p.m. ET, Sunday)
Carolina Panthers (6-6)
Carolina had a chance to take the outright lead in the NFC South for the first time this late in the season since 2017 with a victory, but quarterback Bryce Young couldn’t carry the offense a week after throwing for a franchise-record 448 yards in an overtime win at Atlanta.
The loss left the Panthers half a game behind Tampa Bay (6-5) in the division with their next game against the NFC-leading Los Angeles Rams (8-2). The Panthers close with two of three games against the struggling Bucs but have the hot Seattle Seahawks (8-3) in between them.
Tampa Bay, meanwhile, enters the easiest part of its schedule against the Arizona Cardinals, New Orleans Saints and Falcons.
The Panthers’ reliance on Young has to be concerning after the Niners became the third consecutive team to shut down Carolina’s running game (69 yards on 13 carries). The Panthers might have to face the pass-happy Rams next week without Pro Bowl corner Jaycee Horn, who suffered a concussion late in the first half.
What to make of the QB performance: The first half set the tone. Young had a lower passer rating (25.0) than the 49ers’ Purdy (48.4), even though Purdy threw three interceptions. As a result, the Panthers had their fewest yards (72) and first downs (three) in any half this season. Young’s numbers were slightly better in the second half, but his second interception with 6:27 remaining basically sealed Carolina’s fate and left him 0-2 on MNF and 0-3 in prime-time games.
Biggest hole in the game plan: Stopping former Panthers’ running back McCaffrey. You’d think defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero would have loaded the defense to stop the player Carolina traded to the 49ers midway through the 2022 season, but McCaffrey had 142 scrimmage yards, including a 12-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.
Stat to know: The Panthers were the first team to trail at halftime (10-3) despite having three defensive interceptions since the 2021 Browns (Week 12 at Ravens). Before Monday’s game, Cleveland was the only team to do this over the past 10 years. — David Newton
Next game: at Los Angeles Rams (4:25 p.m. ET, Sunday)
Source: www.espn.com – TOP.
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Imagine crafting materials with properties so exotic, they redefine what’s possible. Think invisibility cloaks, energy sources beyond our wildest dreams, or ultra-fast processors operating at the speed of light. The problem? Designing structures at the nanoscale is incredibly complex and computationally expensive.
Enter the nanophotonic foundation model. This is where AI takes the reins, learning the intricate relationship between a material’s atomic structure and its resulting optical properties. It’s like giving a supercomputer the keys to the materials science lab, allowing it to predict and design with unprecedented speed and accuracy.
Essentially, we’ve built an AI that understands the ‘language’ of light and matter. By training it on a massive dataset of nanostructures and their optical behavior, it can now ‘imagine’ new materials with specific, desired properties. It rapidly suggests new designs for nano-structures to achieve certain optical effects, like bending light in unprecedented ways or absorbing specific wavelengths.
Benefits:
- Speed: Design complex nanostructures in minutes, not months.
- Precision: Achieve unprecedented control over material properties.
- Efficiency: Optimize designs for maximum performance with minimal resources.
- Innovation: Explore a vast design space, unlocking possibilities beyond human intuition.
- Cost Reduction: Lower the barrier to entry for advanced materials development.
- New Applications: Design complex optical devices for computing, sensors, and more.
One practical tip: data quality matters. While the AI is powerful, its predictions are only as good as the data it’s trained on. Ensuring your datasets are clean, accurate, and representative of the real world is crucial.
The ability to design materials with light-bending or manipulating capabilities could usher in a new era of technology. Imagine dynamically adjustable lenses, smart windows that control light and heat, or even advanced sensors capable of detecting single molecules. One entirely new application could be in the field of advanced camouflage, not just for military applications, but also for consumer products or even architectural designs that dynamically blend with their surroundings. While there are many real-world implementation challenges, such as manufacturing tolerances at the nanometer scale and dealing with material defects, these can be overcome using computational modeling. It’s no exaggeration to say that AI-powered nanophotonics has the potential to transform industries and reshape our world.
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Source: DEV Community.
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The iPhone 17 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra are among the best phones you can buy right now thanks to their excellent camera systems and powerful processors. And while they certainly represent the best mobile tech around, you’ll pay handsomely to put them in your pocket. Even more budget-focused phones like the Google Pixel 9A or the Nothing Phone 3A Pro still cost hundreds of dollars and with purse strings remaining tight the world over, it’s never been more critical to get the most value from your purchases.
The best way to do that is simply to keep using your phone longer, spreading that initial costly purchase out over more years, rather than upgrading often.
Doing this isn’t just better for your bank account; it’s much better for the planet, too. Upgrading your handset less often means fewer phones being produced and shipped while fewer older phones end up in a landfill. The good news is that companies like Apple, Google, Samsung and others are supporting their phones with software updates for years longer, meaning the phone you buy today will remain safe to use for years to come.
The rest of it is up to you. Keeping your phone in good working condition for the seven or eight years of software support it might receive takes some effort, plenty of care and a few key strategies.
Here then are the top things you can do to help your phone last as long as possible.
Updating your phone to the latest security update will help keep hackers out and keep your phone free of malicious software that could creep in and slow down your phone. Most phones will automatically prompt you to install the latest updates (and you should), but if you’re on an older phone, head into your settings menu and scroll down to Software Update and click to see if an update is available.
The same is true for your apps, which will also need to be updated to remain compatible with the version of iOS or Android you’re using. It’s good practice to allow apps to be automatically updated in the background, but if not, make sure you go into your app store of choice and check that you’re running the latest versions.
Use a case
If you’ve just bought a shiny new iPhone the best thing you can do to physically protect it is to put it in a case immediately. It’ll not only keep it safe should you accidentally drop it, but it will also help keep it from picking up micro scratches from the keys or coins in your pocket.
Worry not, as it’s pretty easy to replace the battery yourself on most phones to give it a whole new lease on life. iFixit sells a variety of kits and third-party replacement batteries to suit a huge range of phones, so if your battery is on the way out, it’s worth seeing if you can swap it out yourself.
There are a variety of places you can take your phone (not all of them are especially legit) to have your battery replaced — or even other components like a broken screen — and this could be a good option to consider if you’re not especially confident about your skills with a screwdriver.
If you’ve had your phone for a long time and it’s really running slowly, it may even be worth backing up all your important data and doing a full factory reset, starting fresh and only installing the essentials you need.
Clean out your ports
Finally, give your phone a good cleaning as it can have surprisingly helpful outcomes. Pocket fluff can be a real problem for your phone, with the charging port in particular often getting clogged up with bits of nonsense. The result is that when you plug in your charger, it can’t quite connect and as a result, your phone won’t charge.