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Meta has cooked up a Snapchat-like replacement app for Instagram users. Located inside of the Instagram app (as well as a standalone app), the new Instants feature is dedicated to sharing photos with close friends that disappear after viewing or are automatically removed after 24 hours if not viewed. Instants cannot be edited before posting, unlike a post or Story. From the viewers device, screenshots can’t be taken and you cannot record videos that are shared. Meta shared a features overview of Instants, highlighting the ability to undo shares and snoozing Instants. Instants Features Archive: Your shared instants are saved in a private archive that only you can see for up to one year, which you can access on the top right corner of Instants. Recap to Stories: Compile instants from your archive into a recap and post it to Instagram Stories for your followers. Just tap Create recap in your archive to get started. No screenshots: Friends can’t screenshot or record instants you share. Undo: Accidentally sent an instant? Quickly take it back before friends see it by tapping the undo button. You can also delete an instant from your archive to unsend it to friends who haven’t opened

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Ayumu Kojima, Risa Mukai, Mizuki Morisasa, Wakako Tawara, Shunsuke Amagaya, Kenjiro Furusho, Norika Tsutsumi, Yukina Tadokoro, Haruto Otsuka, Miu Fujii, Taro Kishida, Atsushi Kuno, Azusa Tomioka, Shinji Okada, Tsukasa Mori,  , Naoko Goto-Inoue Alaska pollock protein as a functional dietary source for promoting skeletal muscle hypertrophy and lipid metabolic remodeling Ayumu Kojima,  Risa Mukai,  Mizuki Morisasa,  Wakako Tawara,  Shunsuke Amagaya,  Kenjiro Furusho,  Norika Tsutsumi,  Yukina Tadokoro,  Haruto Otsuka,  Miu Fujii x Published: May 13, 2026 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0348366 Figures Abstract Alaska pollock protein (APP) promotes skeletal muscle hypertrophy, particularly in fast-twitch fibers. Using a time-controlled feeding model, plasma collected 90 min after APP intake markedly enhanced C2C12 myotube hypertrophy and contractility. At this time point, plasma glucagon-like peptide-1 levels were significantly elevated, suggesting the involvement of circulating factors associated with APP intake. Proteomic and lipidomic analyses of skeletal muscle identified 2302 proteins and 538 lipids, and revealed pronounced remodeling of lipid metabolism, including a 127% increase in docosahexaenoic acid (DHA)-containing phospholipids in hypertrophied fast-twitch fibers, partially resembling endurance training adaptations. APP also upregulated adipose triglyceride lipase and hormone-sensitive lipase in the skeletal muscle, indicating enhanced lipid

Climbers about to reach the summit of Everest today, along a windy ridge. Photo: Mingma Sherpa/Seven Summit Treks The joint effort of a large Sherpa team has fixed the route to the summit of Everest in record time. However, the hundreds of climbers waiting for their turn after the long delay will have to remain patient. According to meteorologist Marc de Keyser, the weather window is slamming shut today. From now until May 17, the wind will be too strong to summit, de Keyser explained. Here is a detailed explanation, courtesy of his Weather 4 Expeditions meteo service: Upper air pattern and jet stream The upstream branch of the subtropical jet stream is rapidly approaching, and the leading edge is now just west of Nepal. This jet is moving quite rapidly eastward and will move over the Himalaya later today. On Everest, this will lead to a significant wind increase between 18:00 and 21:00 UTC tonight.   This development is associated with the approach of a rather strong high-pressure ridge, which will have a favorable influence on the air mass. will clear most of the clouds above 5,500/6,000m, and this will last for the best part of this period.

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Jay Peters is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Instagram is once again cribbing from competitors like Snapchat and BeReal with a new photo-sharing format it calls “Instants,” which are ephemeral photos that you can’t edit and that you can only share with your close friends or followers that follow you back. Instants are available globally beginning on Wednesday as a feature in the inbox in the Instagram app and as a separate app that’s now in testing in select countries. To access Instants from the Instagram app, go to your DM inbox and look in the bottom-right corner for an icon or a stack of photos. After you post a photo, your friends can emoji react to it and send a reply to your DMs, but after they see it, the photo disappears for them. Instants also disappear after 24 hours, and they can’t be captured in screenshots or screen recordings. However, your Instants will remain in an archive for you for up to a year, and you can reshare them as a recap to your Instagram Stories if you’d like. You can also undo

This fall a new hands-on, research-driven course will be offered in which students will work with Troy University’s art collections to research their histories, and the people, communities and cultural contexts connected to them.  Art, Memory and Cultural Documentation (ART 3343), will be taught by Mellon Fellow Will Jacks, an assistant professor in the Department of Art and Design, as part of the Mellon-funded initiative “(Re)reading Alabama’s Cultural Archives: Connecting Place to its Multitudes.”  “Rather than approaching artworks only through lectures, this experiential learning environment asks students work directly with the artwork, researching their histories and the people and communities around them,” Jacks said. “Then they will take that research and build contextual content around it through photographs, audio interviews, and video recordings with individuals and organizations that are somehow connected to and impacted by the art.” Dr. Priya Menon, the Mellon grant’s Project Lead, said the course is one of five being developed through the grant to deepen students’ understanding of the culture of Alabama. While the broader initiative spans multiple disciplines, ART 3343 focuses specifically on Alabama art through collections housed at TROY’s International Art Center. “It addresses a clear gap by foregrounding local and regional archives that have remained underexamined, while

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The 2026 Academic All-District® Women’s Tennis Team, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation’s top student-athletes for their combined performances on the courts and in the classroom. This year, senior Zoe Hammond and junior Julia Zhu have been recognized for their hard work. Individuals are nominated on behalf of each school, in which they must be at least a sophomore academically and athletically, have a 3.50 GPA, and compete in 75% of team scored competitions throughout the season. Hammond, who received this honor for the third consecutive year, completed her B.A. in Economics a year ago as a junior. This year, Hammond finished two graduate certificates in Business Analytics and Technical Writing. Throughout college, she upheld an impressive 4.0 GPA in both her undergraduate and graduate studies and intends to attend law school in the next few years. Zhu received the Academic All-District honor for the second consecutive year as a Wildcat. She is studying Public Health and has earned a 3.92 GPA while doing so. Both of these Wildcats hold national rankings of their own for their play, No. 78 Hammond and No. 109 Zhu, and are once again recognized for their work in the

Meta is adding an ‘incognito’ mode to WhatsApp’s AI chatbot, giving users private, temporary conversations that aren’t saved or accessible by Meta. By: AP via Scripps News Group Meta Platforms said Wednesday it's rolling out an “incognito” mode for WhatsApp users to have private conversations with its AI chatbot, a move intended to ease privacy concerns about sensitive information that users share in chats. The social media company said in a blog post that incognito chat mode provides a way to have private, temporary conversations with Meta AI, its artificial intelligence assistant that's been available on WhatsApp for a few years. Messages will be processed in a “secure environment" that even Meta can't access, won't be saved by default and will disappear when exiting a session, Meta said. RELATED STORY | Google settles $5B lawsuit over tracking people using 'incognito mode' Generative AI systems have been dogged by privacy concerns because the large language models that underpin these systems are trained on vast troves of data, sometimes including personal information provided by users themselves in their conversations with AI chatbots. Rival chatbot makers already have some privacy features. Google's Gemini chatbot has the option to disable chat history and opt

A Montreal-based civil lawyer arrested last week and facing several charges involving alleged sexual abuse of minors might have other victims, the Montreal police say. Daniel Rochefort, 72, was arrested by the Montreal police and was charged on Friday with producing “material of abuse and pedo-sexual exploitation” and corrupting children. On the latter count, he is alleged to have communicated with an investigator posing as a 12-year-old girl through telecommunication. He was detained over the weekend and when he appeared before a judge at the Montreal courthouse on Monday, he learned he faces another series of charges. In the more recent case, Rochefort faces four counts each of sexual interference and invitation to sexual touching. He is also charged with sexual assault. All of the charges involve the same person, a minor. The alleged offences took place between 2007 and 2012, and some are alleged to have taken place in a foreign country. Rochefort remains detained and has another court hearing scheduled for later this week. “Investigative teams from the two specialized units have reason to believe that Daniel Rochefort may have had other victims. The events he is accused of allegedly took place between 2007 and 2026,” the Montreal

Messages will be processed in a “secure environment" that Meta can't access, won't be saved by default and will disappear when exiting a session. LONDON, UK — Meta Platforms said Wednesday it's rolling out an “incognito” mode for WhatsApp users to have private conversations with its AI chatbot, a move intended to ease privacy concerns about sensitive information that users share in chats. The social media company said in a blog post that incognito chat mode provides a way to have private, temporary conversations with Meta AI, its artificial intelligence assistant that's been available on WhatsApp for a few years. Messages will be processed in a “secure environment" that even Meta can't access, won't be saved by default and will disappear when exiting a session, Meta said. Generative AI systems have been dogged by privacy concerns because the large language models that underpin these systems are trained on vast troves of data, sometimes including personal information provided by users themselves in their conversations with AI chatbots. Rival chatbot makers already have some privacy features. Google's Gemini chatbot has the option to disable chat history and opt out of allowing one's data to be used in training its AI models. ChatGPT has similar controls. Meta