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- Riding America’s Straightest Roads
There’s a certain kind of riding that doesn’t involve tight corners, apexes, or braking points. It’s the kind where the horizon is the only curve in sight, and the road feels like it’s been drawn with a ruler across the landscape. For motorcyclists, straight roads can be hypnotic – part meditation, part endurance test, and part opportunity to see just how far you can relax into the machine. These stretches across the United States aren’t just flat and straight – they’re iconic in their own right, often crossing remote deserts, high plains, and agricultural grids that stretch to the edge of perception. Here are some of the most memorable straight-line rides in the country. U.S. Route 50—Nevada’s “Loneliest Road in America” U.S. Route 50 across Nevada is often described as a rite of passage. Between the small towns of Ely and Fallon, long stretches open into near-perfect straightaways across basin-and-range country. The road cuts through empty valleys framed by distant mountain silhouettes, with gas stops sometimes more than 100 miles apart. What makes it interesting for riders isn’t just the straightness – it’s the isolation. Wind is constant, visibility is almost infinite, and traffic is minimal enough that your own engine becomes the dominant sound in the world. Interstate 80 Across Wyoming Interstate 80 through southern Wyoming delivers some of the longest uninterrupted sightlines in the interstate system. The highway runs across high desert plateaus where elevation sits above 6,000 feet, and weather can change fast enough to alter traction in minutes. Riders often underestimate this stretch because it’s “just interstate,” but it behaves differently here – crosswinds are strong, fuel stops are spaced out, and the horizon never seems to get closer no matter how fast you travel. It’s less about speed and more about managing exposure. U.S. Route 160 in Northern Arizona Between Tuba City and the New Mexico border, U.S. Route 160 crosses some of the most remote and expansive landscapes in northern Arizona, including stretches through the Navajo Nation and Hopi lands. The road is long, flat, and visually simple—but the surrounding terrain is anything but. Open desert, volcanic formations, sandstone mesas, and distant buttes create a sense of scale that makes even a straight road feel cinematic. Riders often describe this section as “quiet in motion” – no visual clutter, just road, sky, and distance. U.S. Route 20 Across Nebraska Nebraska’s U.S. 20 is… [TheTopNews] Read More.7 days ago - Crime and Culture star in Podchaser June ranking
Podcast database and intelligence platform Podchaser has released the June edition of its podcast ranker. (It’s HERE.) Unlike other lists which deliver a snapshot leaderboard of podcast consumption, Podchaser highlights the most quickly rising new podcasts. The idea is to… Continue Reading → [TheTopNews] Read More.7 days ago - Dr Oz warns Medicare scammers are stealing billions — and your personal inform...
Medicare fraud is a multibillion-dollar problem that government officials say threatens both taxpayer dollars and Americans’ personal identities.In a July 6 interview with Fox News Digital at the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., Dr. Mehmet Oz warned that every dollar stolen through Medicare fraud is a dollar taxpayers lose – a problem that has worsened since the COVID pandemic."If I had to just pick one thing to focus on to make healthcare more affordable in America, I'd go to health fraud and all the waste and abuse that accompanies it," said Oz, who is the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. "And just to put this in perspective, we think it's about $100 billion a year."BIG MEDICARE CHANGE SLASHES WEIGHT-LOSS DRUG COSTS FOR ELIGIBLE SENIORSMedicare fraud can include billing for services that were never provided, overcharging for medical equipment, using stolen patient or doctor information, or performing unnecessary procedures, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.As the Trump administration ramped up efforts to combat fraud, CMS reported $41.9 billion in Medicare program integrity savings in 2025, up 59% from $26.3 billion in 2024.CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIESMedicare fraud not only harms the federal budget and steals from taxpayers, but exposes seniors to identity theft, unnecessary care, higher premiums and reduced access, Oz cautioned.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTERRemoving corruption from the healthcare system will have the greatest impact among seniors, since "so much of the fraud is perpetrated against them," the administrator said."I'm talking about people tricking seniors to give up their Medicare beneficiary numbers, which is like a credit card basically," he said. "These scammers can take those numbers and use them for all kinds of illegitimate purposes.""People are stealing from you by pretending to send you drugs you don't want, wheelchairs you don't need, [and] services you never asked for or don't benefit from," Oz added.To prevent this, he shared his top advice for seniors: Do not give your Medicare beneficiary number to anybody, do not answer questions on a phone call from an unknown person and do not give away personal information.TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ"These scammers are calling seniors, tricking them, and once they have key information, they can steal it," he said. "And I won't know it and you won't know it.""We want to protect people who need these programs the most," Oz went… [TheTopNews] Read More.7 days ago - RAIN Notes: July 7A comprehensive view (Edison Research) Audio/video journalism pulls in youth & diversity The Economist A long list indeed British Podcast Awards Continue Reading → [TheTopNews] Read More.7 days ago
- China’s Answer to AI Sticker Shock
In recent weeks, Silicon Valley has been fawning over an AI model released by a lab in China. The program, called GLM-5.2, has been called a “marvel,” “very good,” and a “step change.” The billionaire venture capitalist Marc Andreessen posted on X that “AI insiders are saying GLM-5.2 is the first Chinese AI model to match and often beat” the top public U.S. models. Guillermo Rauch, the CEO of the AI-coding platform Vercel, said that he is “genuinely impressed, almost shocked” by GLM-5.2’s coding abilities. Or as one AI founder at a San Francisco dinner party recently told me: “Praise GLM-5.2.”In a sense, GLM-5.2 is China’s answer to Claude Code, Anthropic’s agentic assistant that has reshaped the AI boom. This has been the year of AI agents—tools that don’t just chat but promise to do stuff on your behalf, whether coding a website or booking a vacation. Chinese AI models have been steadily improving, but none previously proved capable or consistent enough to be used as agents. Now GLM-5.2, developed by the Chinese company Z.ai, rivals some of OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s top offerings and, by many measures, has leaped ahead of Google Gemini. And it is several times cheaper.[Read: Move over, ChatGPT]Despite Silicon Valley’s awe over GLM-5.2, an inexpensive competitor couldn’t have come at a worst time for America’s frontier AI labs. Having successfully persuaded corporate America to give their products a try, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are now struggling to prove that their tools are worth the money. These bots can be very expensive to use, running up bills into the thousands of dollars, per employee, per month. Uber reportedly spent its entire 2026 budget for Anthropic models in only a few months. Other Big Tech companies including Meta, Amazon, Tesla, and Adobe are also reportedly clamping down on employee AI usage. Citi at one point shut down employee access to OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s most expensive models, according to reporting from 404 Media (which Citi has contested).Even though political leaders and tech executives have framed the U.S. as in the middle of a contentious technological race with China, Americans can still use Chinese models. While it’s too soon to know whether GLM-5.2 is really capable of replacing America’s top-tier AI agents, any firm or developer who is balking at the costs now might have an alternative. The arrival of GLM-5.2 poses a business dilemma for Silicon Valley—and possibly a… [TheTopNews] Read More.7 days ago
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There’s a certain kind of riding that doesn’t involve tight corners, apexes, or braking points. It’s the kind where the horizon is the only curve in sight, and the road feels like it’s been drawn with a ruler across the landscape. For motorcyclists, straight roads can be hypnotic – part meditation, part endurance test, and part opportunity to see just how far you can relax into the machine. These stretches across the United States aren’t just flat and straight – they’re iconic in their own right, often crossing remote deserts, high plains, and agricultural grids that stretch to the edge of perception. Here are some of the most memorable straight-line rides in the country. U.S. Route 50—Nevada’s “Loneliest Road in America” U.S. Route 50 across Nevada is often described as a rite of passage. Between the small towns of Ely and Fallon, long stretches open into near-perfect straightaways across basin-and-range country. The road cuts through empty valleys framed by distant mountain silhouettes, with gas stops sometimes more than 100 miles apart. What makes it interesting for riders isn’t just the straightness – it’s the isolation. Wind is constant, visibility is almost infinite, and traffic is minimal enough that your own engine becomes the dominant sound in the world. Interstate 80 Across Wyoming Interstate 80 through southern Wyoming delivers some of the longest uninterrupted sightlines in the interstate system. The highway runs across high desert plateaus where elevation sits above 6,000 feet, and weather can change fast enough to alter traction in minutes. Riders often underestimate this stretch because it’s “just interstate,” but it behaves differently here – crosswinds are strong, fuel stops are spaced out, and the horizon never seems to get closer no matter how fast you travel. It’s less about speed and more about managing exposure. U.S. Route 160 in Northern Arizona Between Tuba City and the New Mexico border, U.S. Route 160 crosses some of the most remote and expansive landscapes in northern Arizona, including stretches through the Navajo Nation and Hopi lands. The road is long, flat, and visually simple—but the surrounding terrain is anything but. Open desert, volcanic formations, sandstone mesas, and distant buttes create a sense of scale that makes even a straight road feel cinematic. Riders often describe this section as “quiet in motion” – no visual clutter, just road, sky, and distance. U.S. Route 20 Across Nebraska Nebraska’s U.S. 20 is… [TheTopNews] Read More.
7 days ago
Podcast database and intelligence platform Podchaser has released the June edition of its podcast ranker. (It’s HERE.) Unlike other lists which deliver a snapshot leaderboard of podcast consumption, Podchaser highlights the most quickly rising new podcasts. The idea is to… Continue Reading → [TheTopNews] Read More.
7 days ago
Medicare fraud is a multibillion-dollar problem that government officials say threatens both taxpayer dollars and Americans’ personal identities.In a July 6 interview with Fox News Digital at the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., Dr. Mehmet Oz warned that every dollar stolen through Medicare fraud is a dollar taxpayers lose – a problem that has worsened since the COVID pandemic."If I had to just pick one thing to focus on to make healthcare more affordable in America, I'd go to health fraud and all the waste and abuse that accompanies it," said Oz, who is the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. "And just to put this in perspective, we think it's about $100 billion a year."BIG MEDICARE CHANGE SLASHES WEIGHT-LOSS DRUG COSTS FOR ELIGIBLE SENIORSMedicare fraud can include billing for services that were never provided, overcharging for medical equipment, using stolen patient or doctor information, or performing unnecessary procedures, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office.As the Trump administration ramped up efforts to combat fraud, CMS reported $41.9 billion in Medicare program integrity savings in 2025, up 59% from $26.3 billion in 2024.CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIESMedicare fraud not only harms the federal budget and steals from taxpayers, but exposes seniors to identity theft, unnecessary care, higher premiums and reduced access, Oz cautioned.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTERRemoving corruption from the healthcare system will have the greatest impact among seniors, since "so much of the fraud is perpetrated against them," the administrator said."I'm talking about people tricking seniors to give up their Medicare beneficiary numbers, which is like a credit card basically," he said. "These scammers can take those numbers and use them for all kinds of illegitimate purposes.""People are stealing from you by pretending to send you drugs you don't want, wheelchairs you don't need, [and] services you never asked for or don't benefit from," Oz added.To prevent this, he shared his top advice for seniors: Do not give your Medicare beneficiary number to anybody, do not answer questions on a phone call from an unknown person and do not give away personal information.TEST YOURSELF WITH OUR LATEST LIFESTYLE QUIZ"These scammers are calling seniors, tricking them, and once they have key information, they can steal it," he said. "And I won't know it and you won't know it.""We want to protect people who need these programs the most," Oz went… [TheTopNews] Read More.
7 days ago
A comprehensive view (Edison Research) Audio/video journalism pulls in youth & diversity The Economist A long list indeed British Podcast Awards Continue Reading → [TheTopNews] Read More.
7 days ago
In recent weeks, Silicon Valley has been fawning over an AI model released by a lab in China. The program, called GLM-5.2, has been called a “marvel,” “very good,” and a “step change.” The billionaire venture capitalist Marc Andreessen posted on X that “AI insiders are saying GLM-5.2 is the first Chinese AI model to match and often beat” the top public U.S. models. Guillermo Rauch, the CEO of the AI-coding platform Vercel, said that he is “genuinely impressed, almost shocked” by GLM-5.2’s coding abilities. Or as one AI founder at a San Francisco dinner party recently told me: “Praise GLM-5.2.”In a sense, GLM-5.2 is China’s answer to Claude Code, Anthropic’s agentic assistant that has reshaped the AI boom. This has been the year of AI agents—tools that don’t just chat but promise to do stuff on your behalf, whether coding a website or booking a vacation. Chinese AI models have been steadily improving, but none previously proved capable or consistent enough to be used as agents. Now GLM-5.2, developed by the Chinese company Z.ai, rivals some of OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s top offerings and, by many measures, has leaped ahead of Google Gemini. And it is several times cheaper.[Read: Move over, ChatGPT]Despite Silicon Valley’s awe over GLM-5.2, an inexpensive competitor couldn’t have come at a worst time for America’s frontier AI labs. Having successfully persuaded corporate America to give their products a try, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are now struggling to prove that their tools are worth the money. These bots can be very expensive to use, running up bills into the thousands of dollars, per employee, per month. Uber reportedly spent its entire 2026 budget for Anthropic models in only a few months. Other Big Tech companies including Meta, Amazon, Tesla, and Adobe are also reportedly clamping down on employee AI usage. Citi at one point shut down employee access to OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s most expensive models, according to reporting from 404 Media (which Citi has contested).Even though political leaders and tech executives have framed the U.S. as in the middle of a contentious technological race with China, Americans can still use Chinese models. While it’s too soon to know whether GLM-5.2 is really capable of replacing America’s top-tier AI agents, any firm or developer who is balking at the costs now might have an alternative. The arrival of GLM-5.2 poses a business dilemma for Silicon Valley—and possibly a… [TheTopNews] Read More.
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