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- Insurers Get 2.5% Medicare Advantage Rate Increase Bigger Than Earlier Flat Proposal
The Trump administration announced a 2.48% payment increase for Medicare Advantage plans for 2027, a much bigger boost than an earlier proposal that kept rates flat.
- A $400 million ballroom was just the beginning. Now, Trump plans to spend $174 million more on renovations
Nearly all of the funding comes from donors, the White House said.
- U.S. Denies Iran’s Claim It Struck USS Tripoli, With 3,500 On Board
Rumors circulated online that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps targeted the ship carrying about 3,500 U.S. troops.
- ‘The Boys’ Season 5 Rotten Tomatoes Reviews Are Super
Eric Kripke’s super-twisted superhero series "The Boys" earns a stellar review score on Rotten Tomatoes as the series heads into its fifth and final season.
- Trump threatens to ‘take out’ all of Iran in one night. From blackout bombs to ‘discombobulators,’ here’s what that could actually mean
The U.S. has a range of options that fall short of completely leveling the country or its vital infrastructure.
Technology
- NASA's Moon ship and rocket seem to be working well, so what about the landers?
Lori Glaze: "We have seen real commitment to try and do that... from both Blue and from SpaceX."
- Teardown of unreleased LG Rollable shows why rollable phones aren't a thing
LG almost released a rollable smartphone in 2021, and this is what it looked like inside.
- The one piece of data that could actually shed light on your job and AI
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. Within Silicon Valley’s orbit, an AI-fueled jobs apocalypse is spoken about as a given. The mood is so grim that a societal impacts researcher at Anthropic, responding Wednesday to a call for…
- Used EV sales spike alongside gas prices
The market for new cars has slumped as Americans look for deals on used EVs.
- Why will today's lunar flyby only beam back low-resolution video?
"Don't expect hi-res video."
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