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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said it’s “naive” to think the US will shift away from China.”The idea of decoupling for whatever reason, philosophical reasons or national security reasons, it’s not based on any common sense,” Huang said during an episode of the “No Priors” podcast posted on Thursday.Huang, whose company is eagerly awaiting the ability to sell advanced chips in China again, praised President Donald Trump’s approach to navigating the relationship between the world’s two largest economies.”I am optimistic that our relationship with China will improve, that President Trump and the administration has a really, really grounded and common-sense attitude…
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Janell Green Smith had attended hundreds of births as a midwife. Now, it was her turn.As she and her husband prepared to welcome their first child, Green Smith set up a pink and rose gold nursery in their Spartanburg, South Carolina, home. She labeled each dresser drawer for the tiny clothes her daughter would soon wear. She shared ultrasound images with relatives, growing more excited as her February due date drew closer.But Green Smith, 31, was also nervous, according to her sister. She had devoted much of her career to improving health outcomes for women in her…
Small speakers hum as two “Star Wars”-themed Lego lightsabers clash. Lights beam from the top of a Lego-built airplane. A roaring engine sound kicks in as multiple vehicles race across the floor.It’s all part of a high-tech — and polarizing — update from Lego called Smart Play that the toymaker unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this week in Las Vegas.Lego says its new line of chip-based bricks is “one of the most significant evolutions” since the launch of figurines in 1978.At the center of the system is what Lego calls a Smart Brick. It’s the same size as…
Celebrities over 50 are often asked about their tips and tricks for staying healthy.They tend to eat in a balanced way, exercise consistently, and spend their time more deliberately.Many of them also have a positive attitude toward aging, and often say it has made them more confident.If there’s one question celebrities over 50 never stop getting asked, it’s how they stay healthy.Even interviews meant to promote a new movie, book, or company launch often veer into questions about health and diet.After a while, the answers start to sound familiar.From regular exercise to the morning routines they refuse to skip, the…
AI research lab Anthropic continues to land sizable enterprise deals. Its latest entails bringing its large language models to a legacy German insurance giant. Anthropic on Friday announced a deal with Munich, Germany-based global insurance conglomerate Allianz to bring “responsible AI” to the insurance industry. The parties declined to share financial terms of the deal. The partnership is made up of three specific initiatives. The first is making Claude Code, Anthropic’s AI-powered coding tool, available to all of Allianz’s employees. Anthropic and Allianz will also build custom AI agents for Allianz employees that can execute multi-step workflows with a human…
TikTok is preparing to carve off parts of its US business, but not all US workers are joining the new entity.Some US staff were told this week that they will not work for the new joint venture, called TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, led by managing investors Oracle, Silver Lake, and MGX. Instead, they will work for a separate TikTok global entity that will remain under ByteDance’s ownership, called TT Commerce & Global Services LLC.The change, outlined in a memo sent to impacted employees, includes workers who focus on US products that will remain tied to TikTok’s global operations after…
Meta’s Chief Technology Officer and head of Reality Labs, Andrew Bosworth, has called an all-hands meeting for January 14, describing it as the “most important” of the year.Bosworth is also strongly recommending that Reality Labs employees attend the division’s meeting in person, two Meta employees told Business Insider.The emphasis on in-person attendance is unusual for the division, which oversees the company’s wearables, virtual and augmented reality initiatives, and a nascent robotics unit, these employees said. Some managers have told employees to “drop what they’re doing” to attend the all-hands in person, one employee told Business Insider.Meta did not immediately respond…
CES 2026 is in full swing in Las Vegas, with the show floor open to the public after a packed couple of days occupied by press conferences from the likes of Nvidia, Sony, and AMD and previews from Sunday’s Unveiled event. As has been the case for the past two years at CES, AI is at the forefront of many companies’ messaging, though the hardware upgrades and oddities that have long defined the annual event still have their place on the show floor and in adjacent announcements. We’ll be collecting the biggest reveals and surprises here, though you can still catch the spur-of-the-moment reactions and thoughts from…
Gabrielle Guerrero was 15 when doctors told her that her life would never be the same.“They were like, ‘You’re young and energized, but you’ll never be able to walk again without assistance,’” said Guerrero, of Burleson, Texas, a suburb of Fort Worth.She had been riding in an off-road vehicle with her siblings when it hydroplaned and flipped. Guerrero’s left foot caught in the door. After more than two weeks in the hospital and two surgeries, it ultimately had to be partially amputated. Guerrero lost all of her toes and about half of the front of her foot.To get around comfortably,…
Jan 8 (Reuters) – Merck on Thursday said any changes to the U.S. child and adolescent immunization schedule should rest on comprehensive data and guidance from vaccine experts, after federal health officials shifted several shots out of the “universally recommended” category.The Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week moved vaccines for rotavirus, influenza, meningococcal disease and hepatitis A to a “shared clinical decision-making” category, telling parents to consult healthcare providers.Public health specialists warned the rollback could drive preventable hospitalizations and deaths by lowering uptake for routine childhood immunizations.”Clear, evidence-based recommendations remain…