Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
and it's Tuesday, February 10th. You'll be interested
to know. 30 years ago, today, in 1996, a purpose
-built computer called Deep Blue beat the reigning
world chess champion, Garry Kasparov, in a match,
marking a landmark artificial intelligence victory.
This achievement showed that specialized computing
systems could outperform human expertise in strategic
reasoning and inspired broader investment in
research in machine learning and intelligence
systems. So now you know. And now it's time for
the weather report. This morning it's mostly
sunny and it feels like 15 degrees with two mile
per hour wind. The sunset will take place at
510, and it will rise again tomorrow at 642.
It looks like we're in for some partly sunny
skies today, with a high near 33 and a light
southwest breeze at about five miles per hour,
but there's a chance of snow after 4 p .m. Tonight,
expect mostly cloudy conditions with snow, a
low around 26 and light winds. For all you beach
runners out there, the first low tide Tuesday
will be at 1145 with a high tide at 6. The nearshore
gooey at Cape Cod Bay reads 32 degrees for the
water temperature. Looking ahead in the weather.
Wednesday is partly sunny with a chance of light
snow at a high near 37 with a light west wind
of 3 to 9 miles per hour. and only a trace to
less than one -half inch possible. Wednesday
night will be mostly cloudy with a slight chance
of snow before 2 a .m. and a low around 22 as
northwest winds remain near 7 miles per hour.
Thursday and Friday stay cool and partly to mostly
sunny with highs in the low to mid 30s and nights
falling into the mid to upper teens with light
northwest winds. Bonjour, food enthusiast! This
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Sunny mornings send you. In local news, Massachusetts
is cracking down on prediction markets that are
emerging as rivals to sports betting giants like
DraftKings and FanDuel. In response, prediction
market platforms Kalshi and PolyMarket are fighting
back, arguing they should be regulated by the
federal government, not state gaming regulators.
Polymarket recently sued Massachusetts Attorney
General Andrea Joy Campbell in Boston Federal
Court, claiming the state is overstepping its
bounds. This lawsuit follows a court ruling that
temporarily blocked Kalshi from offering sports
wagers in Massachusetts. The U .S. sports betting
market has grown into a multi -billion -dollar
industry, generating nearly $14 billion in gross
revenue in 2024. Now on to sports. Team USA,
Curling, has advanced to the mixed doubles gold
medal game after a stunning upset over the defending
champions. Corey Thies and Corey Drakken finished
the round -robin session with a record of six
wins and three losses, making history as the
first American mixed doubles team to reach the
medal round since the discipline was introduced
in the Winter Olympics in 2018. In the semifinal,
they face Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner
from Team Italy, the 2022 gold medalist. After
a nail -biting match, Team USA won 9 -8, thanks
to a clutch final shot from Thiesse. They will
now compete against Sweden for the gold medal
on Tuesday. In local sports, the Celtics may
face a tough decision in the upcoming NBA expansion
draft, As reports suggest, the league could vote
to add two new teams this summer. If approved,
the Cs would need to protect players from their
deep roster, which could lead to losing a valuable
asset. Top candidates to protect include Jason
Tatum, Jalen Brown, Tarek White, Peyton Pritchard,
Nemeus Queda, and Sam Hauser. The final spot
could come down to rookie players Baylor Scheierman
or Jordan Malsch. with Scheherman currently having
the edge based on recent performance. This scenario
presents a challenging choice for the Cs as they
strategize for the future. Wednesday night, the
34 and 19 Celtics are at home facing the 24 and
29 Bulls. In top news, protein shakes are widely
available and often marketed as convenient meal
alternatives. which may leave you wondering whether
you can have protein shakes instead of meals.
Replacing meals with protein shakes can affect
your body in different ways, depending on the
shake's nutrient content. Most commercial protein
shakes provide 20 to 30 grams of protein per
serving. Protein shakes provide a quick, easy
way to consume protein, making it easier to increase
overall protein intake. When a protein shake
replaces a meal, consider which nutrients may
be missing. In most cases, protein shakes work
best as a supplement, rather than a routine replacement
for whole meals. In business news, Elon Musk
says that SpaceX will prioritize the establishment
of a self -growing city on the moon instead of
a colony on Mars. This decision marks a significant
shift in Musk's space exploration ambitions.
In a post on his social media platform X, Musk
stated that a lunar city could be built within
the next decade. He emphasized that the mission
of SpaceX remains the same, to extend consciousness
and life as we know it to the stars. Musk indicated
that SpaceX would resume a Mars efforts in the
next five to seven years, but building on the
moon would be more efficient. In crypto movement,
Bitcoin is down 9%. to about $70 ,000. Ethereum
is down 8 % to just over $2 ,000. And XRP is
down 10 % to $1 .45. Moving on to a more local
vibe. In our community spotlight on health and
wellness, we are working with a national Pilates
studio to bring you some free classes, so listen
up. Check out Club Pilates. With several locations
in the Boston area, Pilates presents a comprehensive
wellness approach, cultivating strength, reducing
tension, and elevating mental well -being. Scientific
research affirms its benefits. So now you can
check out Club Pilates for a free class. With
locations in Canton, Wellesley, Hingham, Brookline,
and Framingham, just be sure to tell them Sunny
Morning sent you by. And now, back to the show.
Let's talk science. Ripples in spacetime from
a pair of merging black holes have been recorded
in unprecedented detail, enabling physicists
to test predictions of general relativity. The
loudest collision ever recorded has allowed scientists
to confirm that Einstein's theory is correct.
In 2025, an international collaboration detected
a powerful ripple, produced by this merger. The
detectors are more sensitive than when LIGO made
its first detection in 2016. Researchers tested
Stephen Hawking's theorem and found it to be
correct with nearly 100 % confidence. Kief Mittman
and colleagues further tested whether the merger
conforms with Einstein's general relativity.
They found that the measured frequencies matched
closely with Einstein's predictions. And in entertainment
news, YouTube TV is introducing lower -priced
sports and news packages. The Google -owned pay
TV service announced on Monday that it will roll
out more than 10 plans, priced below a full YouTube
TV subscription, which offers more than 100 channels.
This introduction responds to growing consumer
frustration over rising costs, as the service
currently costs $82 a month. The sports plan
will be available this fall for $64 a month,
offering four broadcast networks that carry the
NFL, along with various sports channels. New
subscribers will receive an introductory rate
of $54 a month. Well, all righty, folks. It's
time for the quote of the day. And today, our
quote comes from the American computer scientist
and pioneer of artificial intelligence, Marvin
Minsky. And he said, And that's a wrap for this
morning. You can check out our Instagram, YouTube,
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an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see you
tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
in Boston.