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Like pretty much every other tech company in existence, Adobe has leaned heavily into AI over the past several years. The software firm has launched a number of different AI services since 2023, including Firefly — its AI-powered media-generation suite. Now, however, the company’s full-throated embrace of the technology may have led to trouble, as a new lawsuit claims it used pirated books to train one of its AI models. A proposed class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of Elizabeth Lyon, an author from Oregon, claims that Adobe used pirated versions of numerous books — including her own — to train…
As measles continues to spread in the United States, it’s likely that the outbreaks that broke records in 2025 will continue into the new year.In South Carolina, 168 people, mostly schoolchildren, are in quarantine. Most of the state’s 138 cases confirmed since September, nearly all in unvaccinated people, have been centered in Spartanburg County in the northwestern part of the state.“As we identify new cases, and if those cases have susceptible contacts, that’s a new 21-day quarantine period,” Dr. Linda Bell, state epidemiologist for the state Department of Public Health, said Wednesday at what has become a weekly news briefing.That…
Amazon is the prospective tenant that withdrew funding from Fermi America’s massive data-center project, sending the developer’s stock plummeting earlier this month, Business Insider has learned.In September, Fermi, which is developing an 11-gigawatt data-center campus in the Texas Panhandle, said it had agreed to a nonbinding letter of intent with an investment-grade tenant to anchor the project. The tenant would take the first gigawatt of power across 12 facilities.On Friday, December 12, Fermi’s stock plunged by nearly half after a securities filing said an unnamed prospective partner had canceled a $150 million advance to begin construction, known as an Advance…
By Nancy LapidDec 17 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order that would reclassify marijuana and ease federal restrictions on research that could lead to new medical marijuana products. Here is what you need to know:WHAT WOULD THE EXECUTIVE ORDER DO?Presently, under the U.S. Controlled Substances Act, marijuana is listed as a Schedule I substance like heroin, implying it has high potential for abuse and no medical value. The new executive order would move it to the Schedule III classification that includes controlled substances such as codeine, morphine, certain stimulants, and some forms of…
Ventura Foods is recalling thousands of cases of salad dressings sold at retailers including Costco and Publix because the condiments could contain “foreign objects,” according to an alert from the Food and Drug Administration.More than 3,500 cases of different varieties of salad dressing could be contaminated by “black plastic planting material” in granulated onion, an ingredient in the dressings, according to the FDA.Irvine, California-based Ventura Foods initiated the voluntary recall on Nov. 6. The salad dressing products were distributed to seven different retailers at 42 store locations across 27 states. The company is recalling the following types of salad dressing:Creamy…
At just 2 weeks old, Feleena Owens was struggling to breathe.The newborn was coughing so badly, her skin turned a sickly gray-blue color. Her face contorted as she tried to gulp air.“I think the longest she would stop breathing was about 10, 11 seconds,” said her mother, Sophie Owens, 24.Soon, Feleena was airlifted to Dallas, about 80 miles away from the small city of Sulphur Springs, Texas, near where the Owenses lived at the time.“They did tell us that if we didn’t bring her in when we did, there is a high possibility she wouldn’t have seen the next day,”…
Norovirus cases are likely rising in Los Angeles, wastewater data shared by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health shows.Wastewater sampling — which collects water from sewers or treatment systems to analyze for pathogens or pollutants — shows that during the 21-day period ending on Dec. 11, norovirus detection in wastewater rose 154% in Los Angeles and more than 250% in Los Angeles County, according to ABC News’ Los Angeles station KABC”Based on past trends, Public Health expects norovirus activity to rise between November to April, when outbreaks are more common during the cooler months,” the health department said…
A new flu strain that has been dominating cold and flu season overseas is on the rise in the United States.The mutated strain, known as subclade K, originates from the most common flu-causing virus, influenza A, and one of its most common variations, H3N2. This could mean a particularly brutal flu season, especially with the current vaccine being a mismatch to the rapidly-spreading variant.There’s no need to panic yet, though – as we get deeper into flu season and more data becomes available, early evidence is emerging that the vaccine still provides good protection against serious illness from subclade K.As…
Curious just how much time you’re spending on LinkedIn?Well, now you can find out how many days out of the 365-day calendar year you’re logging in — among other stats — from LinkedIn’s “Year in Review” feature.Microsoft-owned LinkedIn is one of many platforms following in Spotify’s footsteps with a personalized end-of-year recap of users’ data. This year, several companies joined in on the Spotify Wrapped fun, including YouTube and Uber Eats (shortly following an SNL spoof).Just a couple of weeks ago, I wrote a wish list of what other apps I wanted “wrapped.” LinkedIn was one of them.Thank you for fulfilling…
Hollywood may be embattled. But it’s still capable of putting out a compelling narrative: On Wednesday morning, news broke that Netflix has won (for now) the right to buy Warner Bros. studio and HBO.A few hours later, news broke that YouTube is going to be the new host of the Oscars.Even the dullest of us can understand this storyline: In a single day, three of old media’s most treasured assets have been acquired by digital usurpers — internet services that used to be dismissed by media giants, and are now giants themselves.If Netflix does end up walking away with most…