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The likelihood of recurrence of atrial arrhythmia in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation (AFib) was lower for those who received pulsed field ablation (PFA) as first-line therapy when compared to those who first tried antiarrhythmic drug (AAD) therapy, according to results from the AVANT-GUARD trial published April 25 in NEJM. Oussama M. Wazni, MD, et al., randomized 310 patients with persistent AFib 2:1 to receive either PFA or AAD. An additional group of 100 patients were enrolled to undergo PFA for the primary safety endpoint alone. All patients received an insertable cardiac monitor. The primary effectiveness endpoint was short-term success – defined as procedural success in the PFA group and the absence of ablation 90 days after treatment initiation in the AAD group – and long-term success – defined as no recurrence of atrial arrhythmias, repeat ablation, or need for AAD from 90 days to 12 months and freedom from amiodarone use at any time. The authors found that 128 out of 207 patients in the PFA group (Kaplan-Meier estimate, 56%; 95% CI, 48-63) and 40 out of 103 patients in the AAD group (Kaplan-Meier estimate, 30%; 95% CI, 21-40) saw treatment success. The hazard ratio for composite treatment failure

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The ShinyHunters extortion gang stole personal information belonging to over 119,000 people after hacking the Vimeo online video platform in April, according to data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned. Vimeo is a video hosting and streaming platform publicly traded on the Nasdaq stock market, with over 300 million registered users and over 1,100 employees, and reported revenues of $417 million for FY2024. The company disclosed on April 27 that customer and user data had been accessed without authorization following a recent breach at Anodot, a data anomaly detection company. "Our initial findings suggest that the databases accessed primarily contain technical data, video titles and metadata, and, in some cases, customer email addresses," Vimeo said. However, the company said the attack didn't cause any disruptions and that the threat actors didn't gain access to affected individuals' credentials or financial information. Vimeo also disabled all Anodot credentials after detecting the breach and removed the Anodot integration with its systems to cut off the attackers' access. "The data accessed does not include Vimeo video content, valid user login credentials, or payment card information. Vimeo user and customer login credentials are secure. This incident did not cause any disruption to our systems

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Article Open access Published: 05 May 2026 Sarah Haider-Nash 1 & David Durand-Delacre 2   Humanities and Social Sciences Communications , Article number:  (2026) Cite this article We are providing an unedited version of this manuscript to give early access to its findings. Before final publication, the manuscript will undergo further editing. Please note there may be errors present which affect the content, and all legal disclaimers apply. Subjects Abstract YouTube is an increasingly popular source of both mainstream and independent news as well as entertainment. This includes content about climate change and migration which is increasingly being uploaded to the platform. Yet to date, the majority of discourse and frame analysis about climate migration has focused on written text in print media and minimal attention has been paid to alternative media sources and formats. Against the background of the growing trend towards online video-based news, we close this gap with an analysis of representations of climate migration available on YouTube. As a basis for the analysis, we built a database of 239 English-language videos published between January 2009 and December 2023. We apply frame analysis to a sub-sample of 65 videos from the database, identifying key assumptions made about climate

Encinitas City Hall on Feb. 26, 2026. (Iran Martinez Jr./inewsource) Why this matters Issues of speech and sensitivity are important in every community. This one in Encinitas has been discussed publicly for months. The city of Encinitas has rejected a claim that it violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when a committee member made a social media post during Black History Month that critics said  demeaned the Black community.  It’s the latest reprieve for Urban Forest Advisory Committee member Steven Houbeck and the latest rejection for a group of community members who have called for his removal. Last month, four of five City Council members decided not to remove him from his post. In a February post on the popular “Encinitas Insider” Facebook page, Houbeck characterized an email Superintendent Anne Staffieri of San Dieguito Union High School District sent to parents as “depicting Black contributions to American history.” He wrote that a video showed “scenes of blacks dressed in tribal gear banging on drums.” Community members were upset by Houbeck’s use of the term “blacks” and his description of a beloved artform.  » Read More

Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. Facebook and Instagram have a new way to detect and remove users under 13: AI bone structure analysis. In a blog post on Tuesday, Meta — Facebook and Instagram’s parent company — says its AI system will scan photos and videos posted to its platforms for “general themes and visual cues,” including height and bone structure. “We want to be clear: this is not facial recognition,” Meta says in the blog post, adding that it “does not identify the specific person in the image.” This system is part of Meta’s efforts to keep kids under 13 off its platforms, and will also analyze posts, comments, bios, and captions to search for “contextual clues” that someone might be underage. Meta’s AI-powered facial analysis, which is only available in “select” countries including the US ahead of a wider rollout,  » Read More

More than 119,000 Vimeo users's email addresses were extracted in a breach traced to a third-party analytics vendor, according to Have I Been Pwned. The incident first surfaced in April when the ShinyHunters crew added Vimeo to its growing "pay or leak" hit list, claiming it had pulled hundreds of gigabytes of data and threatening to dump the lot unless a deal was struck. That dump has since landed, and breach notification service Have I Been Pwned now puts a number on at least part of the fallout: 119,000 unique email addresses, in some cases paired with names. Vimeo last week confirmed that data was taken, but stopped short of saying how many people were affected. The company pinned the incident on Anodot, a third-party analytics provider used across its systems, and said the attacker gained access via that integration rather than breaking into Vimeo directly. Anodot has not said anything publicly, but its status page shows the incident kicked off on April 4. According to Vimeo, the stolen databases were heavy on technical data, video titles, metadata, and some customer email addresses. The company has been keen to stress what was not included: no actual video content, no valid

Social and digital channels continue to redefine how brands connect, engage and inspire — but it’s the talented teams and individuals behind the work who make the real impact. From crafting scroll-stopping content to building thriving online communities, this year’s finalists are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the digital space. PR Daily’s 2026 Social Media & Digital Awards honor the most innovative, strategic and results-driven work across a wide range of categories, including social media campaigns, video, influencer marketing, digital storytelling, analytics and more. These finalists exemplify the creativity, agility and insight required to succeed in today’s fast-moving digital landscape — raising the bar for the entire industry. In addition to category honors, the program recognizes standout achievements such as Campaign, Agency and Team of the Year — celebrating those whose work not only captured attention but delivered measurable impact. “Congratulations to this year’s finalists,” said Brendan Gannon, senior marketing manager for Ragan’s and PR Daily’s Award programs. “Your work demonstrates the power of digital communications to inform, engage and drive real results. The level of innovation and storytelling we saw this year made selecting finalists an exciting challenge for our judges.” Browse the full list of finalists

An American travel blogger shared a teary social media update while trapped aboard the cruise ship at the center of a suspected hantavirus outbreak. Three people have died amid the suspected outbreak aboard the MV Hondius, which departed Ushuaia in southern Argentina on March 20 and was due to arrive in Cape Verde, off the coast of West Africa, on May 4. Travel blogger Jake Rosmarin, who has over 44,000 followers on Instagram, was aboard the ship when the suspected outbreak, a rare infection passed from rodents to humans, typically through their urine, droppings or saliva, struck. The infection can be fatal as it has no cure. “I am currently on board the MV Hondius, and what’s happening right now is very real for all of us here,” Rosmarin said in a video shared Monday on Instagram. “We’re not just a story, we’re not just headlines. We’re people. People with families, with lives, with people waiting for us at home.” “There’s a lot of uncertainty, and that’s the hardest part,” Rosmarin added. An American travel blogger is one of the 149 passengers stuck aboard the MV Hondius ship, where a suspected hantavirus outbreak has killed three people (@jakerosmarin/Instagram) Three people