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An Ohio-based company is recalling mixed nuts sold at Wegmans in 9 U.S. states because they may be contaminated with Salmonella, according to the Food and Drug Administration.The affected products, 34-oz tubs of Deluxe Mixed Nuts Unsalted and 11.5-oz bags of Wegmans Deluxe Mixed Nuts Unsalted, were sold in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C., between Nov. 3 and Dec. 1, according to the FDA’s recall notice.Both items were manufactured by Mellace Family Brands California, which is based in Warren, Ohio.The FDA said the issue came to light after routine testing…
Uber wants advertisers to level up their marketing by tapping into data on the millions of rides and deliveries its users order every day.The ride-hailing giant is announcing the launch of a new insights platform called Uber Intelligence on Monday, the company exclusively told Business Insider.Launched in partnership with the data-connectivity platform LiveRamp, Uber Intelligence will let advertisers securely combine their customer data with Uber’s to help surface insights about their audiences, based on what they eat and where they travel.It uses LiveRamp’s clean room technology, which lets companies aggregate their data in a privacy-safe environment, without sharing or seeing…
2025-12-08T13:01:59.249Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Elon Musk spent the weekend blasting the EU after regulators fined X over “deceptive” blue checkmarks. He boosted posts comparing the EU to authoritarian regimes and calling for exits. The backlash followed a $140 million penalty on X that Musk said was a form of political censorship. Elon Musk…
Many daters on Hinge are getting annoyed with matches who just like their profiles but never bother to start a conversation. It often leads to this awkward silence, putting all the pressure on one person to make the first move. Instead of coming up with something interesting to say, some just fall back on the same old lines or stick to boring small talk, like asking, “How are you?” To address this issue, Hinge unveiled “Convo Starters,” a feature powered by AI that provides personalized tips for initiating conversations. The feature aims to inspire daters and boost their confidence when…
OpenAI released new data Monday showing enterprise usage of its AI tools has surged dramatically over the past year, with ChatGPT message volume growing 8x since November 2024 and workers reporting they’re saving up to an hour daily. The findings arrive a week after CEO Sam Altman sent an internal “code red” memo about the competitive threat of Google. The timing underscores OpenAI’s push to reframe its position as the enterprise AI leader, even as it faces mounting pressures. While close to 36% of U.S. businesses are ChatGPT Enterprise customers compared to 14.3% for Anthropic, per Ramp AI Index, the…
Dec 8 (Reuters) – The Democratic Republic of the Congo is battling its worst cholera outbreak in 25 years which has killed almost 2,000 people since January, the U.N. children’s agency said on Monday.In one case, a quarter of the children in a Kinshasa orphanage – 16 out of 62 – died days after the disease swept through, UNICEF added.”Congolese children should not be so gravely affected by what is a wholly preventable disease,” UNICEF spokesperson John Agbor said.Cholera is a severe and potentially fatal diarrhoeal disease that spreads quickly when sewage and drinking water are not adequately treated.African health…
DETROIT (AP) — Colin Farrell’s had it done — many times. So have Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox. Heck, even Bart Simpson did.Whether it’s Marilyn Monroe’s face, Billy Bob Thornton’s name, a sultry rose or even Bart’s partially inscribed homage to his mother, some tattoos simply have to go for one reason or many others.But the process of taking them off is longer, much more costly and ouch — extremely more painful than getting them put on, according to professionals in the industry.Also, due to health reasons, some souls who braved the ink needle, should be wary of the laser…
The race to get in on the humanoid robot boom is heating up.In a research note released earlier this month, analysts at Morgan Stanley broke down a list of the 25 companies best positioned to dominate the market for humanoid robots, which the investment bank estimates will be worth more than $5 trillion by 2050.The list focuses on companies with expertise in AI and computing chips, cameras and perception, and sensors and movement technology, the analysts said.They added that the list is intended to help investors look beyond humanoid robot manufacturers and focus on the foundational component suppliers who stand…
It was Friday afternoon, and I’d just hit send on my weekly report to Amazon’s Retail vice presidents, detailing what the Global Merchandising team I’d created had accomplished that week.I was 38, and the role — which oversaw standards, best practices, and technology for Amazon’s 200+ site merchandisers — was the biggest of my life by far, one I’d been thrust into just three months after my arrival in Seattle and at Amazon.I was thrilled (and a bit terrified) by the size of the opportunity, and threw myself into it. Two years in, my team had 18 sizable projects underway.…
MANILA, Dec 8 (Reuters) – The Philippines has temporarily banned imports of pigs and pork products from Spain and Taiwan following outbreaks of African swine fever in both locations, Manila’s agriculture ministry has announced.The import freeze, announced separately on Sunday for Spain and Monday for Taiwan, covers live pigs and pork-derived products, including semen used for artificial insemination.”We have to be vigilant in preventing further ASF infections to protect jobs and investments,” Agriculture Minister Francisco Tiu Laurel said in a statement on Monday.The ban on pork from Spain, the European Union’s biggest producer, follows a November 28 report by the…