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Eating mostly oatmeal for just two days may significantly reduce cholesterol, according to a clinical trial from the University of Bonn published in Nature Communications. The study focused on people with metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that includes excess body weight, high blood pressure, elevated blood sugar, and abnormal blood lipid levels. Participants followed a calorie restricted plan made up almost entirely of oatmeal for 48 hours. Compared with a control group that also reduced calories but did not eat oats, those on the oat based plan saw a markedly greater improvement in their cholesterol levels. The reduction remained…

Flagler Beach, FL, February 25, 2026 –(PR.com)– Seeking Insights for Solutions (SIS), Inc. announces that the signing of the Endowment/Scholarship Agreement with Bethune-Cookman University took place on February 19, 2026, at the B.J. Moore Center for Faculty Innovation in Daytona Beach, FL. A check for $30,000 was presented to Dr. DeShanna Brown.Both SIS Co-Presidents, Dr. Barbara Holley and Trish Le Net, and the Scholarship Committee, including Co-Chairs Dr. Valerie Herndon and Dr. Robin Hall, attended the signing ceremony. Dr. DeShanna Brown, Associate Vice President for Institutional Advancement, represented BC-U at the signing. Dr. Brown gave a summary of all the activities…

Waymo is bringing its robotaxis to Chicago and Charlotte as part of its push to continue scaling autonomous vehicles, the company said Wednesday. Starting today, Waymo will begin manual mapping and early data collection to lay the groundwork for operations in those cities. Waymo usually enters a new city by first conducting months of manual driving and mapping to understand local road conditions, traffic patterns, and edge cases before gradually introducing autonomous testing and eventually fully driverless operations. While Charlotte — with its suburban-style layout and mild weather — may be an easier use case, Chicago’s harsh winters, heavy traffic,…

Bitcoin price climbed more than 7% today, pushing above $69,000 and marking one of its strongest daily moves during months of sell-offs. The rally follows weeks of compressed trading and comes as several price-based and miner-linked signals point to exhaustion in the recent drawdown. The bitcoin price fell close to 50% from its early-October high near $125,000 to a February low around $60,000. That decline placed bitcoin below its estimated average production cost for the first time since late 2022, a zone that has often aligned with late-stage selling and price stabilization.  Current estimates put average production near $66,000, meaning…

Google on Wednesday announced a series of updates to its Gemini AI-powered features on the Android operating system, the most notable being a new way to use the AI to handle multi-step tasks like ordering an Uber or food delivery. These automations join other Gemini improvements shipping today, including an expansion of scam detection for phone calls and Circle to Search updates that now let you identify all the items on your phone’s screen. The automations, explains Google, allow users to essentially offload their to-do list to Gemini. In practice, however, the types of things that Gemini can manage are…

Wednesday 25 February 2026 5:06 pm Share Facebook Share on Facebook X Share on Twitter LinkedIn Share on LinkedIn WhatsApp Share on WhatsApp Email Share on Email People described the visuals as “cheap” and “AI slop” Gucci has come under fire after using AI to create images promoting its upcoming show at Milan fashion week, raising concerns that the luxury house is cutting corners ahead of a runway debut.The Italian brand posted a series of glossy visuals on social media this week, some labelled ‘created with AI’, to tease creative director Demna Gvasalia’s first show for the house on Friday.The…

Roadworks have been ongoing on the Woodside viaduct in Cowcaddens, east of the Charing Cross junction, since 2021. The works are expected to last until the second part of 2027. However, the works are temporary and a permanent solution has to be found, including the idea of removing a stretch of the motorway completely. Whatever the outcome of the consultation, it will cost between £100million and £500m and involve several more years of disruption. While there have been contractors on the site for more than five years, it has been to safely prop up the viaducts and years of further…

The jury at the inquest into the death of Noah Donohoe has been told that the culvert in the area where he disappeared was “unlocked and could be easily opened”.Noah, a pupil of St Malachy’s College, was 14 when his naked body was found in a storm drain tunnel in North Belfast in June 2020, six days after leaving home on his bike to meet two friends in the Cavehill area of the city.A post-mortem examination found the cause of death was drowning. The jury inquest at Belfast Coroner’s Court is now in its fifth week.Sean McCarry, the regional commander…

Just as the field of artificial intelligence charges toward mainstream adoption, a subtle but significant shift is happening behind the scenes in Silicon Valley’s investment community. Several venture capital firms that helped bankroll OpenAI – once seen as singular in the emerging AI ecosystem – have quietly broadened their bets to include Anthropic, one of OpenAI’s closest rivals in the frontier AI space, according to TechCrunch. The move has set off fresh debate across the industry about whether traditional “investor loyalty” still holds any meaning when the stakes are as high as they are in the world of generative AI.…

Worthing Borough Council is consulting on introducing a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) to tackle “growing problems caused by the feeding of wildlife in the town centre”. The proposal reportedly follows concerns about fouling, property damage and birds pestering people for food, with the council saying the feeding of pigeons is a particular issue. Officials warn that relying on handouts can make wildlife more aggressive and less able to forage for itself, while spilled food and rubbish can attract pests such as rats. Rosey Whorlow, the council’s cabinet member for equalities, inclusion and community safety, said: “We know that many people…