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It’s been more than eight years since Amazon bought Whole Foods, but the two companies still haven’t aligned their setup for the Microsoft software their employees use.That disconnect was flagged in an 8-week Deloitte review of Whole Foods’ use of Microsoft 365 apps earlier this year, according to an internal document obtained by Business Insider.Deloitte found that Whole Foods relies on “fragmented” Microsoft toolsets, has loose security and data-retention practices, and employs a complex user-management setup — all of which contribute to inefficiencies and lower productivity when working with Amazon employees.The consulting firm recommended a 24-month integration plan that would…
Dating apps’ original pitch was to match you with anyone.”Swipe. Match. Chat. Date.” That was Tinder’s promise when it launched more than a decade ago, forecasting the endless cycle so many of its users now bemoan.Now they want to match you with the one.The giants in the dating space — Match Group’s Hinge and Tinder, Grindr, and Bumble — are investing tens of millions into artificial intelligence, hoping to beat each other and the new AI-driven upstarts in the ultimate dating game.While, technically speaking, AI and machine learning have been used by dating app algorithms for years, these generative AI…
Want to make your chatbot more honest with you? Try lying to it.In an episode of “The Diary of a CEO” that aired on December 18, research scientist Yoshua Bengio told the podcast’s host, Steven Bartlett, that he realized AI chatbots were useless at providing feedback on his research ideas because they always said positive things.”I wanted honest advice, honest feedback. But because it is sycophantic, it’s going to lie,” he said.Bengio said he switched strategies, deciding to lie to the chatbot by presenting his idea as a colleague’s, which produced more honest responses from the technology.”If it knows it’s…
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s beloved former Emperor Akihito marked his 92nd birthday Tuesday as his heart condition stabilized, palace officials said, following health concerns earlier this year.Akihito, the father of Emperor Naruhito, was diagnosed in May with insufficient blood flow to the heart muscles but has been in stable condition since he started a new medication in July, the Imperial Household Agency said in a statement.He still enjoys scientific research into goby fish, career work in which he found 10 new species, and he visits a biology lab on the palace compound twice a week, the agency said.Akihito, who has…
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A Croatia man was sentenced Tuesday to 50 years in prison for fatally stabbing a 7-year-old student in an attack at a school that shocked the European Union country where such violence is rare.The attack on Dec. 20, 2024, at the Precko Elementary School in Zagreb also wounded three students and a teacher. The 20-year-old attacker, who was identified only by his intials L.M., was 19 when he walked into his former school wielding a knife and stabbed the children and the teacher. He later tried to kill himself. Police last year said the man had…
By Mrinmay DeyDec 22 (Reuters) – A Baltimore jury ordered Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries to pay over $1.5 billion to a woman who claimed decades of exposure to asbestos in the company’s talc-based products caused her peritoneal mesothelioma, a form of cancer.Jurors in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland, on Monday found the company, two of its subsidiaries and spinoff Kenvue liable for failing to warn plaintiff Cherie Craft that its baby powder contained asbestos.Johnson & Johnson said it will appeal the jury’s decision, which the plaintiff’s law firm said was the largest-ever sum awarded against J&J…
The oldest baby boomers — once the vanguard of an American youth that revolutionized U.S. culture and politics — turn 80 in 2026.The generation that twirled the first plastic hula hoops and dressed up the first Barbie dolls, embraced the TV age, blissed out at Woodstock and protested the Vietnam War — the cohort that didn’t trust anyone over age 30 — now is contributing to the overall aging of America.Boomers becoming octogenarians in 2026 include actor Henry Winkler and baseball Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, singers Cher and Dolly Parton and presidents Donald Trump, George W. Bush and Bill…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Dec. 22 approved a pill version of Novo Nordisk’s weight-loss drug Wegovy.The once-daily tablet — called the Wegovy pill — is the first oral version of glucagon-like peptide-1 drugs, or GLP-1s, Novo Nordisk said in a news release. The drugs were first used to treat diabetes but have since been approved for obesity, which has dramatically expanded the patient pool.The pill is 25 milligrams of semaglutide, the same active ingredient in injectable Wegovy and Ozempic. The pill was approved for chronic weight management in adults with obesity or overweight and at least one…
U.S. regulators 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 U.S. Food and Drug Administration’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., where 100…
VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Kamiali Abdulsalam, Kami for short, has already been in the kitchen for several hours baking a batch of 100 sugar cookies when he pulls out chilled dough for another round — which will be cut into the shapes of snowflakes, trees and holiday presents to later be topped with red and green sprinkles. Mere feet away across the small countertop at the restaurant inside California State Prison Solano is Michael Wilson, a skilled left-hander who finely chops onions for pico de gallo. He was recently promoted from dishwashing duties to a creative role that involves perfecting…