Biopic revisits a Hollywood icon's early years
Hollywood never met an origin story it did not want to repackage, but this one comes armed with Toby Jones, Lesley Manville, and Harry Lawtey. If the performances match the pedigree, we might get nostalgia with actual nuance instead of another glossy myth refill.
Youth leaders declare loneliness a global health emergency
At WHO headquarters in Geneva, nearly 400 delegates from over 40 countries at the Global Model WHO 2025 labeled loneliness and social isolation a public health crisis, adopting a Youth Declaration on Social Connection. They want national strategies, community investment, and inclusive digital policies, echoing WHO findings that one in six people are affected and social disconnection is linked to 871,000 deaths a year, with young adults and lower income communities hit hardest. Memo to ministers and platform moguls: less vanity engagement, more real-world belonging, plus serious follow-through on mental health, vaccine hesitancy, digital health, and the AI mess you keep promising to fix.
Fall River endures three-hour street takeover
Police say 50 to 100 riders on dirt bikes, scooters, ATVs, and motorcycles blocked roads from 3:15 to 6 p.m., running lights and pulling stunts like it was an audition for a traffic cone circus. Five people were arrested, including Christopher Frias, 34, Dylan Ploude, 24, Aaron Pimental, 20, Yethziel Medina, 19, and Jerron Butler, 36, on charges ranging from negligent operation to assault and battery on an officer. The department says it is fed up and will bring more friends next time, so riders might consider showing up with licenses instead of action cameras.
One testing approach for chips and clinics
A new method could serve both semiconductor defect checks, a projected 39 billion dollar market in 2025, and medical lab tests worth about 125 billion dollars. If it scales, the same screening logic that boosts fab yields could streamline patient diagnostics, a rare case where your phone and your health might benefit before the profit margins do.
Ireland fines Coinbase for monitoring failures
Ireland's central bank hit Coinbase with a 21.5 million euro, 24.7 million dollar, penalty for transaction monitoring lapses, some tied to potentially criminal activity. The crypto giant vowed to reinvent finance, then forgot compliance 101, and regulators still managed to find the wallet when it was time to collect.
Composite metal foam could toughen hazmat rail cars
Researchers report composite metal foam can withstand impacts that would punch holes in conventional railroad tank cars, while weighing far less than solid steel. That points to lighter, tougher tankers and better protection for the towns they pass through, for once a foam that shields communities as much as corporate reputations.
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