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Alex Karp welcomes his haters.”My biggest fans started off as Palantir skeptics and Palantir haters,” Karp said during The New York Times 2025 DealBook Summit. “I believe that someday, almost everyone in this audience is going to agree with me. You may not like me now, but you’re going to agree later.”The longtime iconoclastic CEO of data mining company Palantir is not above a victory lap.”Please turn on the conventional television and see how unhappy those that didn’t invest in us are,” Karp said before signing off on the company’s Q3 2025 earnings call. “Enjoy, get some popcorn. They’re crying.…
Regulators at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday gave the green light to a pill version of the blockbuster weight-loss drug Wegovy, the first daily oral medication to treat obesity.The FDA’s approval handed drugmaker Novo Nordisk an edge over rival Eli Lilly in the race to market an obesity pill. Lilly’s oral drug, orforglipron, is still under review.Both pills are GLP-1 drugs that work like widely used injectables to mimic a natural hormone that controls appetite and feelings of fullness.In recent years, Novo Nordisk’s injectable Wegovy and Lilly’s Zepbound have revolutionized obesity treatment globally and in the U.S.,…
The former Yahoo CEO, Marissa Mayer, refuses to sit on the sidelines of the generative AI revolution. After spending the last six years running Sunshine, a photo-sharing and contact-management startup with little success, the storied tech leader has shuttered the company to launch Dazzle, a new startup focused on building the next generation of AI personal assistants. While Mayer is not yet sharing specifics about Dazzle’s functionality, she has revealed that the new company has raised an $8 million seed round at a $35 million valuation. The round was led by Forerunner’s Kirsten Green, with participation from Kleiner Perkins, Greycroft,…
By Ahmed AbouleneinWASHINGTON, Dec 23 (Reuters) – Enrollment for health insurance under the U.S. Affordable Care Act dipped to 15.6 million for 2026, Mehmet Oz, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator, said on Tuesday, from roughly 16 million last year.The drop comes as federal subsidies, expanded during the pandemic, are set to expire on December 31, leading to sharp premium increases in 2026. Monthly premiums for subsidized ACA plans, also known as Obamacare after the former president, are projected to more than double, rising to an average of $1,904 annually from $888 in 2025.In a social media…
Dec 23 (Reuters) – A patient who was being treated with Pfizer’s hemophilia drug, Hympavzi, as part of a long-term study died after experiencing serious side effects, the company said.The individual died on December 14 after suffering a stroke followed by a brain hemorrhage, according to the European Haemophilia Consortium, a patient support group.The patient was enrolled in a study that was testing Hympavzi in patients with hemophilia A or B with or without inhibitors.”Pfizer, together with the trial investigator and the independent external Data Monitoring Committee, are actively gathering information to better understand the complex, multi-factorial circumstances surrounding this…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin woman who almost killed her sixth-grade classmate to please the fictional horror villain known as Slender Man was ordered back to a state psychiatric hospital Tuesday after she escaped from her group home last month.Waukesha County Circuit Judge K. Scott Wagner granted a state Department of Health Services request to revoke 23-year-old Morgan Geyser’s release privileges. Geyser told the judge through her attorney, Tony Cotton, last week that she would not fight revocation. Wagner then approved the request during a short hearing.Cotton didn’t immediately respond to an email message seeking comment.Geyser and her friend…
Amazon is expanding its AI-powered digital assistant Alexa+ with new capabilities. The company announced on Thursday that it’s adding four new integrations to the service that will allow the assistant to work with Angi, Expedia, Square, and Yelp starting in 2026. These additions allow customers to book hotels, get quotes for home services, and schedule salon appointments, among other things. With Expedia, customers can compare, book, and manage hotel reservations, or tell Alexa their preferences to get personalized recommendations. (e.g. “Can you find me pet-friendly hotels for this weekend in Chicago?”) The new services join Alexa+’s existing integrations with Fodor,…
If you’ve been gaming as long as I have, you’ve watched the medium evolve from simple 2D side-scrollers to sprawling, photo-realistic worlds. And as games have grown more ambitious, the screens we play them on have had to level up, too. Today’s best gaming TVs look nothing like the tiny tube TVs of yesteryear. Modern displays deliver crisp 4K resolution, bright HDR highlights, and ultra-fast refresh rates that make every swing, jump, and dodge feel silky smooth.To get the most out of a PS5, Xbox, Switch 2, or PC, certain display features are essential. That’s where my work as a…
Developers and companies are increasingly deploying AI agents and chatbots within their apps, but so far they’ve mostly been restricted to text. Digital avatar generation company Lemon Slice is working to add a video layer to those chats with a new diffusion model that can create digital avatars from a single image. Called Lemon Slice-2, the model can create a digital avatar that works on top of a knowledge base to play any role required of the AI agent, like addressing customer queries, helping with homework questions, or even working as a mental health support agent. “In the early days…
Creators are ringing in a banner year for influencer marketing, and they might consider sending a thank-you note to Unilever CEO Fernando Fernández.In March, Fernández unveiled a new “influencer-first” strategy. He said the consumer-goods company would work with 20 times the number of influencers it had previously worked with. The owner of well-known brands such as Dove, Hellmann’s, and Vaseline also said that it would spend half of its ad budget on social media, up from 30%.The result has been a galvanizing event for the influencer marketing space, according to marketing consultants and executives, talent agents, and influencer marketing insiders.”Unilever…