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Kentucky Basketball is officially coming together in Lexington, as players have begun moving into the Wildcat Coal Lodge, with the entire roster expected to be on campus by this weekend. The first to arrive was class of 2026 4-star point guard Mason Williams, which makes sense given that his father, Mo Williams, is an assistant coach for Kentucky and a former NBA veteran who played alongside LeBron James. Williams said on Friday while moving in: “What’s up, BBN. Mason Williams here, just got moved in. Excited to get to work. One thing you all should know about me is I am the hardest worker, and I am ready to meet the guys and get on the floor and practice.” The second arrival was Furman transfer guard Alex Wilkins, who drew heavy interest from multiple programs after his standout NCAA Tournament performance against UConn. Wilkins said upon arrival: “What’s up, y’all. Alex Wilkins here, just got moved in. Excited to get to work. One thing about me, I am here to win games, and I am excited to get the season going.” Lexington native Reece Potter was the third to move in, returning home after two seasons at Miami (OH) and

You went into your Snapchat settings, tapped through the delete confirmation, and now the app won't let you back in the way it used to. Maybe you regret it, maybe a friend asked where your account went, or maybe you just realized your Memories and saved snaps are tied to that login. The good news is that a self-deleted Snapchat account is not gone the instant you confirm it. The hard part is that the clock is already running, and only you can bring it back. Here is exactly what is happening behind the scenes, the only official way to recover the account, and the honest truth about when it can and cannot be saved. What deleting actually did to your account When you delete a Snapchat account, it does not vanish immediately. Per Snapchat Support, the action "will deactivate an account for 30 days, during which time the account can still be reactivated. After 30 more days, the account will be permanently deleted." In other words, you are not in a deleted state yet. You are in a 30-day deactivation window, and that window is the only time recovery is possible. This matters because it changes the whole approach.

Schools became a front line in tech’s attention economy. Joanna Houston knew her son spent time on YouTube at school, but the scale simply surprised her. School records showed that her sixth-grade son in Richmond Hill, Georgia, watched more than 1,500 noneducational YouTube videos on his Chromebook between August and January.  Much of that viewing took place during school hours, turning a device intended for learning into a portal for entertainment. Houston’s discovery shows a growing concern inside American schools. Teachers, parents and administrators increasingly describe classrooms as battlegrounds where lessons compete with notifications, videos and social media feeds designed to capture attention. Newly disclosed internal documents, reviewed by The New York Times through lawsuits filed by more than 1,400 school districts, provide an unusually detailed look at how major technology companies pursued young users during the school day.  The records show social media platforms reaching students in classrooms while educators, parents and company safety teams voiced concerns about academic disruption. Snapchat sent prompts encouraging teenagers to post updates during school hours. Meta recruited high school students to promote Instagram among their peers. TikTok weighed proposals that would limit notifications during class time and ultimately moved in another direction. Google

One of the most interesting parts of vibe coding a horse racing betting app is watching a race evolve as more information gets layered into the analysis. The first pass usually looks a lot like traditional handicapping. Speed figures rise to the top. Big-name connections stand out. Recent stakes winners get the attention you’d expect. But once pace projections, course preferences, running styles, and sustained-speed metrics enter the equation, the picture can change dramatically. That’s exactly what happened with Saturday’s Grade 1 Manhattan Stakes at Saratoga. At first glance, it’s easy to understand why many bettors will gravitate toward Rhetorical, the lightly raced turf star coming off a massive speed figure, or Deterministic, a proven Saratoga turf winner with the speed to control the race. The deeper analysis, however, points in a different direction. After running the full simulation, the app landed on Integration as the most likely winner and the horse offering the most intriguing wagering opportunity. Manhattan Stakes Win Probabilities HorseWin ProbabilityIntegration28%Deterministic18%Bright Picture16%Rhetorical14%Test Score12%Make Me King8%One Stripe2.5%Tiz Dashing1%Battle of Normandy0.5% What’s striking isn’t necessarily that Integration tops the list.  » Read More

Cybercriminals are always producing new ways to steal from unsuspecting social media users, typically through trying to obtain account login credentials, personal information, or bank and credit card information. Daniel Damien, CEO of AI social media ad agent AdMove AI, has shared the top scams on each social media platform and how to spot them. The most common Facebook scams of 2026 Facebook is undoubtedly one of the most used platforms in the world, with its active user base being typically older and often more vulnerable than on some other platforms, meaning scammers flock to it to target unsuspecting users. With so many active users, fraudsters have a vast pool of potential victims to target. Here are some of the most common ways they try to target you: Phishing scams: Emails or direct messages with sketchy links that download malware or capture login credentials on spoofed websites.  Romance scams: Friend requests and direct messages that attempt to create a romantic connection with the goal of stealing money from the victim. Prizes or job offers: Claims designed to obtain personal information or money from the victim, including “You’ve won!” scams.  Quizzes and games: Designed to trick people into revealing personal details

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In honor of today’s anniversary of D-Day please watch the following 15 minute video: Operation Overlord: OSS and the Battle for France (80th Anniversary) Access National Security News HERE. Access Korean News HERE. National Security News: 1. Cognitive Warfare at the Crossroads: Defining and Developing Capabilities 2. Iran’s Resistance Units Strike Back Against Regime’s Execution Wave – OpEd 3. These LLMs are the best at resisting Russian propaganda 4. Irregular Warfare Is More Than Just SOF: The Need for Statutory Authority for Conventional Forces to Support IW Operations 5. The New Weapon Behind Ukraine’s Battlefield Success 6. Can the Pentagon’s New Innovation System Deliver? 7. Why the U.S. Cannot Afford to Lose Intelligence Partners 8. Radical Empathy: The Counterintuitive Skill That Made Me Better at Everything Else 9. Taiwan and Poland on the Frontline of Hybrid Conflict 10. PRC Cognitive Warfare Targets Japan’s Security Normalization 11. China’s Influence Machine Is No Longer Just Propaganda 12. New report shows misinformation is a threat to (US) election security 13. Why China Weaponized the Thucydides Trap 14. Pete Hegseth’s Missed Chance to Reassure – and Deter – on Taiwan 15. Mass Ukrainian Drone Strikes Target Russian Military Facilities in St. Petersburg 16. Iran Fired Drones Toward Strait of Hormuz With U.S. Shooting Down at Least 4, U.S. Military Says

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This article was originally published by the Chesapeake Bay Journal , an award-winning nonprofit news organization that has been covering environmental issues in the Bay region for more than 30 years. Each summer, motorists traveling on the Pennsylvania Turnpike as it passes south of Harrisburg will see a burst of blooms. Purple coneflowers, oxeye sunflowers, wild bergamots and many more nectar-producing flowers blanket the roadside below the Turnpike Commission’s headquarters there. In 2022, the commission established this pollinator habitat across 1.72 acres, divided into four test plots — each planted with a unique mix of wildflowers that together can support pollinators through their entire life cycles. They also seeded more plots on nearly six acres at the Hickory Run Service Plaza on the turnpike’s northeast extension (Interstate 476) in Carbon County. In the years since, they’ve added plots at five more locations along the turnpike, reaching a total of nearly 25 acres of land planted primarily with flowers and grasses native to Pennsylvania and the surrounding region.  » Read More

Share Entertainment Hollywood producers are rethinking their strategies around what films to green light, who to cast, and how to market, after two low budget films from YouTube creators outperformed big budget franchise films. CNBC's Julia Boorstin talks to Peter Chernin, former Fox studio chief, about how he expects YouTube creators’ presence to grow in Hollywood, as they become a new kind of established brand for studios. 03:06 4 hours ago Julia Boorstin Stephen Desaulniers