Bij zowel mannen als vrouwen is huidkanker over twintig jaar de meest voorkomende vorm van kanker. Het jaarlijkse aantal nieuwe kankerdiagnoses zal naar verwachting met bijna een kwart stijgen. De grootste verklaring daarvoor is de vergrijzing en bevolkingsgroei, maar bij huidkanker speelt er meer mee.

OLYMPIA (ANP/DPA/AFP) - In de Verenigde Staten is een man gearresteerd die wordt beschuldigd van medeplichtigheid aan de reeks dodelijke schietpartijen in de West-Canadese plaats Tumbler Ridge in februari. Dat heeft het Openbaar Ministerie van de staat Washington bekendgemaakt.

De 30-jarige James Cody Bryant zou "herhaaldelijk contact" hebben gehad met de dader van de schietpartijen, aldus het OM. Hij zou haar advies hebben gegeven, geld hebben gestuurd en hebben ingestemd met het live uitzenden van de gruwelijke gebeurtenissen.

Bryant beschikte "over de nodige informatie en middelen om de politie te waarschuwen", maar "koos ervoor om dat niet te doen", stelt het OM. De verdachte kan een levenslange gevangenisstraf krijgen voor "samenzwering om mensen te doden in het buitenland".

Op 10 februari vermoordde een 18-jarige transgendervrouw uit Tumbler Ridge er haar moeder en halfbroer. Vervolgens schoot ze vijf kinderen en een leraar dood in haar voormalige middelbare school. Daarna doodde ze zichzelf.

HubSpot is cutting about 7% of its workforce, or roughly 660 employees, as it restructures into what CEO Yamini Rangan described as a "flatter organization" with fewer management layers. Rangan said the layoffs were "not driven by AI-related efficiencies," though AI remains central to HubSpot's strategy as the company adjusts its organization around AI-driven customer outcomes. Fast Company reports: The layoffs come as investors have spent months questioning whether AI will reduce the need for businesses to pay for software like HubSpot's, a fear dubbed the "SaaSpocalypse." HubSpot's platform helps companies manage their customers, sales, and marketing. The company was removed from the FTSE All-World Index (USD) last month after a decline in its stock price, a report from Simply Wall St noted. The stock is down more than 43% this year as of this writing.

Yamini Rangan, CEO of HubSpot, explicitly told employees in a memo that the layoffs were "not driven by AI-related efficiencies." Rather, the aim was to focus on "aligning our organization with our strategy and how we need to operate going forward," Rangan wrote. She added that the goal is to "build a flatter organization with fewer layers" by cutting back on management.

Still, artificial intelligence has been central to the company's concerns. In August, Rangan blamed AI for why the company "got off to a slow start" in April as HubSpot was trying to adjust its product and pricing. "We're in the middle of a real transition to AI, and we are making deliberate choices to lead in it," she said on an earnings call.

The restructuring is estimated to cost between $65 and $75 million, mostly in severance packages. The company said that laid-off employees will receive 20 weeks of base pay, one week per year of service (capped at 30 weeks), five months of COBRA and Modern Health healthcare benefits, and they will be allowed to keep their laptops.

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Kenrokuen (兼六園) in Kanazawa is justifiably ranked as one of Japan's "three most beautiful gardens" alongside Mito's Kairakuen and Okayama's Korakuen. The spacious grounds used to be the outer garden of Kanazawa Castle and were constructed by the ruling Maeda family over a period of nearly two centuries. Opened to the public in 1871, Kenrokuen features a variety of flowering trees which provide the garden with a different look every season.
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On a photo workshop w/ Lukasz Palka of Eye Explore www.youtube.com/@EYExplore (Highly recommended!)

Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan

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Eva Marie Saint, star of "On the Waterfront" and "North by Northwest," dies at age 102 A reverent summary of a life well imagined and lived. Born on July 4, 1924, in Newark, New Jersey, Saint grew up in upstate New York, and attended Bowling Green State University in Ohio (where she was "Sweater Queen"). Originally planning to become a teacher, Saint began acting in student productions, and changed her career focus.

Moving to New York City, she trained at the Actors Studio with famed acting coach Lee Strasberg, and was hired for a production of "Mister Roberts" alongside Henry Fonda. But she was let go by director Joshua Logan; she found out it was because she was deemed "too innocent" looking. The actor who took her place was Jocelyn Brando (Marlon's sister). When she was starting out, she told Variety in 2021, Saint and a fellow female actor would talk in a made-up language while riding the subway. "We were so frustrated about not getting jobs, so I suggested that we do something so people would notice us," she said. "When we'd start gabbing, we'd get a little audience. People would put down their papers and wonder, what language is that?"

...and Now We're Just More Confused. "A federal lawsuit filed Friday alleges that Starbucks is misleading consumers with a line of "sugar-free" drinks that actually contain a significant amount of sugar. The company denies the allegations, but a quick visit to the Starbucks website reveals that some drinks labeled as sugar-free also have nutrition labels that explain the beverages have as much as 21 grams of sugar."

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Australian adults again able to access the world’s most popular porn site after parent company introduces age checking via Apple devices

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Australian adults will be able to access Pornhub once again after the site brought in age-checking on Apple devices in response to legal requirements that initially saw the site block users.

In March, Aylo, the parent company of the most popular porn site on the internet, blocked Australian users after online safety codes required adult websites verify users as being 18 or older or face potential fines of $49.5m.

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