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The Miami-based Skelcore is expanding fast. Now, Canadians will get to experience the brand’s distinct, design-focused take on fitness equipment Fast-growing fitness equipment brand Skelcore is expanding its North American footprint in a new distribution partnership with Canadian supplier Dotmar Fitness Equipment. The agreement brings Skelcore’s products across Canada as Dotmar distributes the brand’s full product range, including plate-loaded and selectorized strength machines, racks, cardio and HIIT equipment, recovery tools, Pilates systems, weights and accessories. “We’re thrilled to enter the Canadian market with Dotmar Fitness,” said Skelcore founder and CEO Marc Ackermann. “Their strong reputation, customer-first approach, and nationwide presence…
The Programmed Data Processor-1 (PDP-1) is perhaps most recognizable as the home of Spacewar!, one of the world’s first video games, but as the video above proves, it also works as an enormous and very slow iPod, too.In the video, Boards of Canada’s “Olson” is playing off of paper tape that’s carefully fed and programmed into the PDP-1 by engineer and Computer History Museum docent Peter Samson. It’s the final product of Joe Lynch’s PDP-1.music project, an attempt to translate the short and atmospheric song into something the PDP-1 can reproduce.As Lynch writes on GitHub, the “Harmony Compiler” used to…
WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Attorney General Letitia James was charged Thursday as part of a mortgage fraud investigation aggressively pushed by the Trump administration, becoming the latest foe of the president to be prosecuted by his Justice Department, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. James, who infuriated President Donald Trump by suing him and his company for fraud in a case that played out as he was running for office, was indicted on a single count of bank fraud following a presentation to a grand jury in Virginia by a prosecutor who was hastily appointed…
The Entertainment Software Association has released its Power of Play report, which presents a snapshot of who is playing video games, and why, all around the world. There are a lot of interesting data points here from more than 24,000 respondents, all of whom are older than 16 and play at least weekly. The doubters who think gaming is just for kids may be surprised to learn that the average age of the respondents is 41 years old, and the gender split is nearly even between men and women.One of the most intriguing aspects to the report were the benefits…
WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of gridlock, the Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza came together in a matter of days after a deft maneuver — or perhaps a misunderstanding — by President Donald Trump that boxed in the two adversaries.Either way, efforts to wind down the devastating war unleashed by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel have seen a breakthrough, and the last 48 hostages — 20 of them believed to be alive — are set to be returned under the agreement announced Wednesday.Major questions remain, including over governance and reconstruction of a territory that largely has been destroyed as…
The Bitcoin price rise is not going to slowing down, according to market expert Anthony Pompliano. The well-known investor and founder of Professional Capital Management believes the top cryptocurrency still has a long way to go. In a recent video post on X, Pompliano revealed that Bitcoin’s value will continue to grow as long as governments and central banks continue to print more money. Anthony Pompliano Links Bitcoin Price Endless Rise To Global Money Printing During an interview with CNBC, Pompliano said Bitcoin’s rally is far from over. According to him, when more money enters the system, the value of…
Crypto chartist Dark Defender says XRP’s current monthly structure has flipped back to the same high-momentum regime that preceded its 2017–2018 vertical run, arguing that a fresh impulsive wave is underway after last year’s breakout. In a detailed thread accompanying a multi-year monthly chart, the analyst urged followers to segment XRP’s history into “Left – Middle – Right,” contrasting a 2017 impulsive setup, a 2021 corrective detour, and what he calls today’s renewed continuation phase. XRP Is Repeating 2017 On the left side of the chart, Dark Defender highlights the 2017 template: candles closing above prior highs, price holding above…
Artificial intelligence companies have been working at breakneck speeds to develop the best and most powerful tools, but that rapid development hasn’t always been coupled with clear understandings of AI’s limitations or weaknesses. Today, Anthropic released a report on how attackers can influence the development of a large language model.The study centered on a type of attack called poisoning, where an LLM is pretrained on malicious content intended to make it learn dangerous or unwanted behaviors. The key finding from this study is that a bad actor doesn’t need to control a percentage of the pretraining materials to get the…
Fitness and healthcare continue to merge as telehealth platform Superpower joins SoulCycle’s Fall Challenge to bring biomarker insights into the cycling studio We’ve heard of the gym-as-a-clinic model, but now it’s getting a boutique spin — literally. Superpower, the preventative health app that landed $30 million in a Series A round earlier this year after a $4 million pre-seed in 2023, is teaming up with SoulCycle to bring science into the cycling studio. The San Francisco-based company has been named the official partner of SoulCycle’s Fall Challenge, which kicks off this week and runs through November. Across 15 high-intensity rides, participants will…
Microsoft is making a major push into healthcare AI, aiming to establish itself as a leader in the field and reduce its reliance on partner OpenAI. The Wall Street Journal reports that in a bid to catch up in the fiercely competitive AI race, Microsoft is turning its attention to the healthcare sector. The tech giant plans to roll out a significant update to its Copilot chatbot, leveraging a new partnership with Harvard Medical School to provide what it claims is more reliable and credible health information to users. The upcoming version of Copilot will reportedly incorporate information from Harvard…