At 37 years old, Grimes is finally connecting the dots. “Got diagnosed [with] ADHD/autism this year and realized I’m prob dyslexic, which is why I can’t spell at all without spellcheck,” the Canadian singer recently shared on X, reflecting on how an earlier diagnosis might have affected her childhood. Her revelation underscores a troubling trend: … Read more
She’s on the move. In January, longtime “Mornings on 1” co-anchor Annika Pergament debuted “The Rush Hour,” a weekday news program that airs from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and covers city politics, mass transit, education, business, and entertainment. “My hope is that people can turn it on at any point in the afternoon and … Read more
The invention of social media’s never-ending scroll birthed an unforeseen addiction to the internet, and now, researchers are attempting to measure screen dependency in new studies. Scientists from the University of Surrey investigated the association between age and internet usage, finding that youth and internet addiction were linked. “We found that the younger you are, … Read more
Almost 15 million Spectrum cable subscribers nationwide — including more than 1.5 million in New York — are in danger of missing Aaron Rodgers’ much-anticipated Jets debut as he takes on in-state rival the Buffalo Bills on “Monday Night Football” because of a bitter financial squabble between Charter Communications and Walt Disney Co. “So now that … Read more
Charter Communications Chief Executive Chris Winfrey said he has a sense of urgency to resolve a distribution dispute with Walt Disney, in remarks on Thursday at a tech conference in San Francisco. Charter is locked in a distribution battle with Disney as the second-largest US cable company negotiates with the media conglomerate over how much its channels are … Read more
Customers of Charter’s Spectrum cable service hoping to watch Florida-Utah on ESPN are being met with a blackout. ESPN went dark on the service on Thursday as the two sides are in a carriage dispute. Wall Street Journal media reporter Joe Flint shared a tweet of the screen on ESPN for Spectrum customers. Customers of … Read more
According to a Rutgers study published earlier this year, autism rates in the US have increased some 500% over the past 16 years. And “profound autism” cases — those who are likely to need around-the clock care for the rest of their lives — now make up one in four diagnoses, according to a recent paper … Read more
Since being ‘late-diagnosed’ with Autism Spectrum Disorder at age 28, I’ve thrown myself into reading about autism, desperate to understand myself and how I went undiagnosed for almost three decades. For a long time, autism was considered a “male” condition, with four times as many boys diagnosed compared to girls. Though this diagnosis gap is slowly closing, many girls, … Read more
Pink-slipped Spectrum NY1 meteorologist Erick Adame doesn’t expect to get his old job back after being let go for appearing an adult cam website but thinks he could be working again soon. “I think it’s a different generation out there,” Adame’s crisis-management representative Howard Bragman told Deadline on Tuesday. “I think younger people just don’t … Read more