Month: March 2026

Salesforce announces an AI-heavy makeover for Slack, with 30 new features

Salesforce announces an AI-heavy makeover for Slack, with 30 new features

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Salesforce, the cloud software giant, has been remaking its business around AI, and at a small gathering in San Francisco on Tuesday, CEO Marc Benioff and his team unveiled the latest results of those efforts: an updated version of Slack, with a plethora of new AI features. The most significant of these is a serious glow-up for its AI agent, Slackbot. The 30 new features, which will be available in the coming months, follow a January update that gave Slackbot agentic capabilities — including the ability to draft emails, schedule meetings, and sift through your inbox for specific information. Perhaps the most notable feature announced Tuesday is what the company calls reusable AI-skills — which allow users to define specific tasks for Slackbot that, once created, can be applied in a variety of different scenarios and contexts. Slackbot comes with a built-in library of AI-skills, Salesforce says, but users can also create their own custom versions. Once these skills are set up, they significantly reduce the work an employee might need to do. For example, …

This DeWalt cordless power tool set is nearly 50% off on Amazon – and I can vouch for it

This DeWalt cordless power tool set is nearly 50% off on Amazon – and I can vouch for it

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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET If you’re looking to bulk up your home tool kit, consider this great deal from DeWalt during Amazon’s Spring Sale: For $139, you can get a DeWalt 20V MAX cordless drill and impact driver set — saving you 46% off the usual price on Amazon right now, and coming close to the lowest price we’ve ever seen it hit. The deal is a part of Amazon’s Big Spring Sale, which ends tonight. Buy the set soon — as discounts will vanish come tomorrow.   Now, I can’t say that I’m much of a tool brand fanboy, but I’ve grown quite fond of DeWalt power tools. It’s a brand that delivers decent tools at fair prices. I’ve owned these exact same tools, and they’ve been heavily used and abused — to the point where both have now and then been used as hammers — and they’re still going strong.  The 20V system is powerful enough to tackle most jobs you’re likely to come across, yet the tool and batteries are light enough that you can …

Tiger Woods pleads not guilty to DUI following car crash where ‘lethargic’ golfer was discovered with highly addictive opioids

Tiger Woods pleads not guilty to DUI following car crash where ‘lethargic’ golfer was discovered with highly addictive opioids

Published by Daniella Wilson

Tiger Woods has pleaded not guilty to the DUI charges he faces following his car crash in Jupiter Island, Florida, on March 27. The pro golfer reportedly clipped a pickup truck with a trailer, which caused his Land Rover to flip onto its driver’s side.vTiger was able to escape from the car, and when authorities arrived on the scene, they reported that his eyes were “bloodshot and glassy” and that his behavior was “lethargic and slow”. According to the affidavit released by the Martin County Sheriff’s Department, police allegedly found two white pills in Tiger’s pockets upon searching him, which were identified as hydrocodone – a strong painkiller and highly addictive opioid used to treat severe chronic pain. When asked if he was taking any prescription medication, he replied: “I take a few.” The 50-year-old cleared his breathalyzer test, yet allegedly refused to submit to a urine test. Tiger told authorities that he was  looking down at his phone while changing the music in his car when the truck ahead of him slowed. © Getty …

Kane’s absence hurt England in defeat to Japan, says Tuchel

Kane’s absence hurt England in defeat to Japan, says Tuchel

Published by Sam Flores

LONDON, March 31 : England can succeed without Harry Kane but it is easier to win when he is in the team, manager Thomas Tuchel said after his side lost limply at home without their injured talismanic captain. Bayern Munich’s prolific striker was ruled out of Tuesday’s friendly against Japan at Wembley due to an injury in training the day before. Without him, England offered little up front and lost 1-0 in their last game on home soil before the World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada. “In the absence of Harry Kane we don’t have the same threat, Bayern Munich in the absence of Harry Kane has not the same threat, no team in the world has the same threat, it’s just normal,” said Tuchel. “Top teams rely on top players and top nations rely on top players, that’s just absolutely normal. “Harry dropped out so we lost not only him as a player, we lost him as a personality; it’s always a bit disrupting if the captain leaves the last training …

The key to coping with a parent’s death may be how many siblings you have

The key to coping with a parent’s death may be how many siblings you have

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Those with a greater number of siblings may find it easier to cope when a parent dies, a new study suggests. Researchers in Finland observed a reduction in the purchase of medication for anxiety and depression among those with more brothers and sisters in the year preceding and following a parent’s death. The correlation was particularly pronounced in women. The analysis also indicated a higher likelihood of seeking medication when a person’s mother passed away than when a father died. Experts scrutinised the buying patterns of drugs such as antidepressants, sedatives, sleeping pills, and anti-anxiety medications over a six-year period, encompassing three years before and three years after a parent’s death. The study focused on patients aged between 35 and 55, who had between zero and three siblings. Your siblings could be key to helping you navigate the loss of a …

The American Heart Association does not want you to follow RFK Jr’s diet

The American Heart Association does not want you to follow RFK Jr’s diet

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Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore There are nine steps heart experts say you should follow to stave off life-threatening disease – and several contradict Health Sec. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s new “MAHA” dietary guidance. While the Trump administration’s January guidelines promote eating animal meat and full-fat dairy products, new guidance released by the American Heart Association calls for more plant-based protein sources. And despite Kennedy’s pledge to end what he claimed was a “war” on protein and saturated fats, the AHA says people should still choose low-fat or fat-free dairy products and replaced saturated fats with sources of unsaturated fats, such as nuts, avocados and seeds. The new guidance is aimed at lowering Americans’ risk of cardiovascular disease and other chronic health conditions, the AHA, which is supported by 30,000 scientific, medical and healthcare professionals, said. More than half of American adults have some type of …

Trump’s ‘Regime Change’ Swerve – The Atlantic

Trump’s ‘Regime Change’ Swerve – The Atlantic

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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. According to President Trump, Iran has undergone not one, but two regime changes already this year—and the new government is far more “reasonable” than its predecessors. “The one regime was decimated, destroyed, they’re all dead. The next regime is mostly dead,” he told reporters on Air Force One this weekend. “And the third regime, we’re dealing with different people than anybody’s dealt with before.” Trump and his Cabinet have been warming to the phrase regime change since the start of his second term. It’s a marked shift from what he campaigned on. As far back as his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention in 2016, he was calling for the country to “abandon the failed policy of nation building and regime change,” and he reiterated those views in his most recent bid for reelection. Last year, around the …

‘Scrubs’ star Judy Reyes is milking Hollywood for all it’s worth

‘Scrubs’ star Judy Reyes is milking Hollywood for all it’s worth

Published by Sam Flores

Judy Reyes is making every moment count. Earlier this year, the Bronx-born Dominican actor reprised her breakthrough TV role as Carla Espinosa on the reboot of the beloved ABC medical sitcom, “Scrubs.” For just four episodes, she returned to Sacred Heart Hospital as head nurse and an exhausted mother of four daughters, whom she parents alongside her onscreen hubby, chief of surgery Dr. Christopher Turk (played by Donald Faison). While fans only caught a quick glimpse of Carla — who is said to be picking up extra shifts elsewhere — her name lingers in the script. “I’m like the Lord,” said Reyes on a recent video call with The Times. “Just when you think you’re getting away with something, there’s Carla!” In reality, Reyes has been splitting her time on set with another ABC workplace drama. Now in its second season, “High Potential” sees Reyes leading a top-notch team of crime solvers as Lieutenant Selena Soto, opposite Kaitlin Olson and Daniel Sunjata. “I don’t know any other way to be!” she said of the role. …