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Newsweek
a day ago
- Newsweek
Internet Unprepared for TSA Agent's Response to Dog at Airport
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. A video of a dog getting a "full pat down" by a TSA (Transportation Security Administration) official at the airport has gone viral on TikTok. The clip, captured on May 18, was shared by @matthewandpaul and has had three million views since it was posted on May 21. Text overlaid on the clip says: "Guide dog getting full pat down by airport security." The video shows Paul Castle, who is from Seattle, Washington, at the airport security check area with his guide dog Mr. Maple. Castle, who is legally blind and has less than five percent of his vision remaining, was born with a rare eye disease known as Retinitis Pigmentosa. "Mr. Maple always gets a pat down at the airport due to the metal in his harness," Castle told Newsweek. The viral clip shows Mr. Maple walking through a metal detection device, with Castle waiting at the other side of it, standing beside a TSA agent. The agent is seen gently patting his hands around the pup's face and body. A caption shared with the post says: "Should we call it a 'pet down'?" Castle, who got Mr. Maple from Guide Dogs for the Blind in Oregon, has had his guide dog for four years. According to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) website of the U.S. Department of Justice, service animals are defined as dogs of any breed and size that are "trained to perform a task directly related to a person's disability." Service animals are not "required to be certified or go through a professional training program" or "to wear a vest or other ID that indicates they're a service dog," the website notes. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) notes that "airlines are required to recognize dogs as service animals and accept them for transport on flights to, within and from the United States." Viewers on TikTok were delighted by the guide dog in the viral clip, with some wondering why the dog needed to get a full pat down at the airport. Søren B Madsen 🇩🇰 asked "What can a dog hide?" and @wordsofnonsense said "where would he hide something." DamselWithoutDistress wrote: "TSA looking for a secret pocket in his fur?" Eris_christina noted' "definitely suspicious, Mr Maple was bribing the TSA with those kisses." Jaimie Moore wrote: "I feel like the security man just wanted an excuse to pet maple." 1KCA1 said: "Any excuse to pet the pups!!!" A stock image of a Labrador held on a leash in an airport setting. A stock image of a Labrador held on a leash in an airport setting. Getty Do you have funny and adorable videos or pictures of your pet you want to share? Send them to life@ with some details about your best friend and they could appear in our Pet of the Week lineup.
Tom's Guide
6 days ago
- Business
- Tom's Guide
Huge Lego sale from $4 at Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart — 15 deals I'd shop now
Looking to fill your cart with Lego deals? You're in luck. I've been searching the web for the best discounts on Lego sets, and I have a ton of great ones to share. Right now, Amazon has Lego on sale from $5. In particular, you can score great deals on popular Botanicals sets, like the Lego Botanicals Lucky Bamboo on sale from $23 at Amazon. Over at Best Buy, you can score the impressive Lego Architecture Great Pyramid of Giza on sale for $114. Or, if you're on a budget, you can score this cheerful Lego Daffodils set on sale for $7 at Walmart. My favorite Lego deals are listed below. For more savings, see our Amazon promo codes coverage, and check out the Crocs deals I'd buy from $14 at Amazon. If Maple lives on your Animal Crossing island, you pretty much have to get this set. It's a simple 29-piece build that comes with a Maple minifigure and a small pumpkin garden to take care of. Every Lego build starts with sturdy foundations. This Lego Classic Green Baseplate is on sale for just $5, which is perfect if you want to get started on a city or park build. It's square-shaped with 32 studs in each direction. I don't know who was asking for this Airplane vs. Hospital Bed Race Car Pack, but now that it's on sale for just $6, it's tough to resist. Like the name implies, it comes with an airplane and a hospital bed that have been converted into road racers, as well as two minifigure drivers. Bring on spring with this Lego Daffodils building set. This simple build comes with 216 pieces and is great to brighten up your home, whether you display them on a shelf, in a vase or amongst the rest of your plant collection. Add a little sunshine to your day with these pretty Lego sunflowers. This simple build is excellent for anyone of any age or skill level. Plus, you can display them however you like in a vase or amongst real blooms. This Lego Marvel set is on sale for a nice discount, so it makes a great addition to your collection. You get minifigures of Thanos and Iron Man, as well as the Hulkbuster mech and a glider for the figures to pilot. Another great addition to your Lego Botanicals collection is on sale at Amazon. This Lucky Bamboo set comes with three stems in a pot, with a plinth to display it on. There's no watering required, so this is a great way to add some greenery to your home. Who doesn't love dinosaurs? This Lego Classic Creative Dinosaurs set comes with a bunch of colorful bricks, eyes and more. You can either use the instructions to build a T Rex, Pterosaur, Triceratops, Brontosaurus, baby T Rex, palm tree and volcano, or use your imagination to bring your own creations to life. Animal lovers will definitely want to pick up this cute Lego set. It comes with seven figures, five animals and a colorful array of festival booths and balloons. There are also plenty of accessories to help take care of the animals, including food bowls and brushes. Terrify and amaze all visitors with this Lego Jurassic World Dinosaur Fossils T. Rex Skull! This set comes with 577 pieces, allowing you to build a T. Rex Skull, footprint and an information plate. It's perfect for dinosaur lovers aged nine and up. What's better than plants? Tiny Lego plants! This Botanicals set contains a variety of brick greenery, including cacti and colorful flowers. Each one comes in its own pot. Score a nice discount on this Lego Ideas Polaroid Camera. While it doesn't take real photos, it faithfully recreates the OneStep SX-70 and comes with a box of film and cute pictures of Lego minifigures. The iconic design of the Vespa 125 scooter is recreated in this Lego set. It comes in a beautiful pastel blue color and has accessories to boot, including a helmet and a flower vase. The Lego Architecture Great Pyramid of Giza is a truly impressive build, and now you can get it for a lower price. With 1,476 pieces included, you'll be able to recreate the Great Pyramid, surrounded by a river, buildings and foliage. The top even lifts off to reveal a detailed look at the Pyramid's interior. This is a pricy set, but there's nothing better to represent Marvel's Black Panther. Coming with 2,961 pieces, this is an awesome build, and the model even comes with poseable, jointed fingers.
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
SYRUP is fueling Maple's $1.6B on-chain credit machine
SYRUP isn't a meme coin. It's the incentive layer for Maple Finance, the on-chain credit platform managing over $1.6 billion in assets—and growing. In May alone, $60 million in new inflows have poured into the protocol, fueled by a rewards campaign that's equal parts gamified and strategic. Stake 1,000 USDC, and you're eligible for a 300K prize pool. But that's just the front-end. Behind it is a system engineered for capital efficiency and institutional appeal. 'The SYRUP community is built on trust and transparency—the same pillars as Maple,' says Sidney Powell, Maple's co-founder and CEO. Governance is real: $SYRUP stakers vote on protocol decisions. And 20% of all revenue goes toward buying back $SYRUP and redistributing it. One of the few DeFi tokens with an active, recurring buyback—backed by revenue, not hype. Maple's lending model is intentionally disciplined—loans are 172% overcollateralized, prioritizing capital preservation over unchecked growth. SYRUP trades across major venues—Binance, Coinbase, Kraken, KuCoin, Uniswap—giving the token broad reach. But accessibility isn't the challenge. The real value lies in how trust, risk, and governance are structured beneath the surface That trust is extending cross-chain. In a recent announcement from Chainlink, SYRUP-USDC was named among the first assets integrated into the Cross-Chain Token (CCT) standard. The move enables permissionless cross-chain transfers via CCIP, including full Solana support, and adds a new layer of composability to Maple's credit rails. Institutional confidence is growing. Spark allocated $50 million to Maple, reinforcing broader appetite. In Asia, Maple's BTC Yield product—5% APR paid in Bitcoin—is gaining traction with miners and family offices searching for yield without unnecessary complexity. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Hamilton Spectator
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Hamilton Spectator
Auston Matthews and Joseph Woll save the Maple Leafs' season. And now, Game 7
The beleaguered captain scored the first goal (it took until the third period for any shooter to break through), Max Pacioretty backed him up with one of his own and the Leafs beat the Florida Panthers 2-0 Friday night to force Game 7 at Scotiabank Arena on Sunday. Mike Bossy and Mario Lemieux. That's the extent of the list of players who rank ahead of Maple 'That's what you want to play for,' Mitch Marner said of the upcoming Game 7. 'Especially when you're down 3-2 in an away building. You want to bring your best. And I thought we did. The job is going to get harder. So we can't be satisfied.' The good news is that Matthews and the rest of the team's core rose to the occasion in Game 6. They've been facing a lot of heat for failing to produce when it matters the most. Matthews hadn't scored in the first five games of the series. But, set up by Marner, he came through with a 37-foot wrist shot at 6:20 of the third period to break a scoreless tie. 'I've had some good opportunities in the series and I'm just going to continue to shoot, believe that the next one is going in,' Matthews said. 'And so that one felt great.' The next one came on his 24th shot of the series on Florida's Sergei Bobrovsky. 'Such a huge goal,' Pacioretty said. 'That's a situation where no one wants to make a mistake. You could feel the tension on both sides at that point in the game. Just an unbelievable shot from an unbelievable player. And that's why he's our captain.' It was the first time Matthews had scored in the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. He went without a goal over five games two years ago, also against the Panthers. 'Everyone will probably want to talk about the goal and the points, but at the end (Matthews and Marner) were making plays … and winning puck battles to seal that win,' Pacioretty said. 'I've never been as good as them, but I've been in their shoes a little bit where you're judged on one thing as a player. But they bring so much to this team and, as a group, it doesn't go unnoticed. And it showed tonight. Pacioretty followed up with a backhander at 14:17 on a feed from Bobby McMann. Both Matthews and Matthew Knies had injury scares during the game. Matthews took a stick from Aleksander Barkov off a second-period faceoff that got under his visor. There was no penalty on the play, but Matthews left the game briefly. 'I just caught it in the eye,' he said. 'A little scary there, but I had some trouble seeing, so they just wanted to go check it out in the room and let it calm down. I was kind of able to get some decent vision back and finally get back out there.' Knies took a reverse hit from Aaron Ekblad in the second period. He left the game in obvious discomfort and played sparingly in the third period. 'I used him in situational play more than anything,' Berube said. 'Down the stretch (I asked him) if he was good to go or he wasn't good to go. So it was more for me just talking to him on the bench to understand where he was at the time.' If there was a template of a game that Berube has been preaching , none fit it better than Game 6. It was tight, grinding hockey where forechecks produced what few chances either side could muster. Florida laid out big hits. The Leafs tried for big plays. Penalty kills outdid power plays. And goalies stopped what defencemen didn't block. 'We played a simple game tonight and we were determined,' Berube said. 'That stands out for me more than anything. Determination. On our toes. Skating over the puck, doing all the little things right. We managed the puck really well.' The bar was set by Matthews, Berube said. 'Consistently, every night, he plays a 200-foot game for me. He touches all areas of the game. And he got a big goal for us tonight. 'It starts with his determination. His leadership that way rubs off on the rest of our team.' Joseph Woll became the first Leafs goaltender to post a shutout in a game when facing elimination since Curtis Joseph in Game 5 of the 2002 Eastern Conference final. Woll stopped 22 Florida shots, none bigger than a tip-in attempt from Jesper Boqvist with the game still in doubt. 'We just did a great job of playing the way we knew how to play,' Woll said. 'The biggest thing I saw was guys put their body on the line, especially the last couple of minutes when there were a ton a blocked shots.' The winner of Sunday's game will face the Carolina Hurricanes in the East final. The Leafs, if they win, would have home-ice advantage. The last time the Leafs won a Game 7 was 2004, when they beat Ottawa in the first round. Florida did it a year ago, beating Edmonton to win the Stanley Cup.
Irish Independent
14-05-2025
- Irish Independent
Criminals need just 20 images of one child to produce deep fake, cyber experts say
Parents who share pictures of their children online have been warned that these images could expose them to serious risks and long-term problems, such as identity theft and fraud. Other risks include extortion or exploitation, allowing cyber criminals to create bank accounts and claim benefits in their name. A new research of 2,000 parents with children under 16 in the UK, conducted by Perspectus Global and commissioned by Proton, showed that parents upload an average of 63 photos to social media every month. The majority of these photos – 59pc – include family photos, with one in five parents – 21pc – uploading such pictures multiple times a week, while two in five – 38pc – several times a month. Professor Carsten Maple from the University of Warwick in England and the Alan Turing Institute warned that parents are "unwittingly opening their children up to possible exploitation by criminals who want to use their data for their own purposes". 'It takes just 20 images for sophisticated AI tools to create a realistic profile of someone, or even a 30-second video," he said. 'But it's not just images that can be used, social media posts also reveal sensitive information such as location data and key life moments, that can effectively be used to create an online profile for children long before they're old enough to consent to it. 'Oversharing by parents can lead to numerous problems for the child in the future, including digital records that can be extremely difficult and painful to remove, leading to mental anguish, negative reputations and harm to others," he added. Professor Maple also warned that 'it's not just criminal gangs who can use the data', as Big Tech companies also use images posted on their platforms for their own agendas. It comes as only a few months ago, Instagram changed its user agreement to allow it to use people's images to train its AI. ADVERTISEMENT The professor added that many cloud storage services, such as Google Drive and Photos, use personal information in ways that many parents are unaware of. More than half – 56pc – of respondents said their family photos are uploaded to cloud storage, with an estimated 185 photos of their children on their phone and cloud. When asked what information they think tech companies can access, almost half – 48pc – did not know that data from pictures stored on a cloud can be accessed and used by the companies that hold them. Parents have been advised to think about what they are sharing; ensure their personal moments are held using secure storage; read the small print and set their privacy and security settings; be aware of phishing scams; and be aware of free public wi-fi. They have also been asked to set clear ground rules with their children; use parental controls, filters in search engines, antivirus software; and model healthy online habits.
