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The surging number of measles cases around the world is a stark warning sign that outbreaks of other vaccine-preventable diseases could be next, the World Health Organization warned Friday.“It’s crucial to understand why measles matters,” said Dr. Kate O’Brien, director of the WHO’s Department of Immunization, Vaccines and Biologicals. “Its high transmissibility means that even small drops in vaccine coverage can trigger outbreaks, like a fire alarm going off when smoke is detected first.”That is, measles is often the first disease to pop up when vaccination rates overall drop.”When we see measles cases, it signals that gaps are almost certainly…
TV is an endangered species. People aren’t watching it, and don’t want to pay for it. And the companies that own TV networks are trying to find someone — anyone — to buy them.But not that long ago, lots of us were reveling in the “Peak TV” era — a time when inventive TV programming was plentiful and, crucially, popular. A time when you could watch “The Sopranos” on HBO, “Friday Night Lights” on NBC, and “The Shield” on FX.This was also a time when Kevin Reilly had great jobs in TV, where he steered programming at networks including NBC,…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tatiana Birgisson and Jake Stauch, the COO and CEO of Serval, which integrates AI agents in IT service management. Before joining Serval, Birgisson was VP of Growth at Rippling. Birgisson and Stauch are married and live in Oakland. It’s been edited for length and clarity.Jake Stauch: There was this entrepreneurship living group at Duke that was not able to get funding because there were no women in the group.Tatiana Birgisson: 18 guys. Not a good look.JS: Certainly, you could find somebody, and so they did find Tatiana. We were dating different…
(Reuters) -Infertility is an overlooked public health challenge and affordable treatment should be available within national health systems, the World Health Organization said on Friday in its first guideline on the topic.Infertility is estimated to affect more than 1 in 6 people of reproductive age at some point in their lives, the WHO said. But access to care is severely limited, and differs greatly from country to country.It is also often paid for out-of-pocket, leading to catastrophic financial expenditure, the U.N. health agency added. In some countries, a single round of in vitro fertilisation, or IVF, can cost twice as…
The internet helped unknown writers turn blogging into a career. YouTube did the same for content creation. Now, Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai believes vibe coding will similarly make new careers more accessible to non-tech workers.Pichai made the comparison in a recent Google for Developers podcast interview with Logan Kilpatrick, who runs Google’s AI Studio.”It’s making coding so much more enjoyable,” Pichai said, as people can easily experiment with building apps and websites with no prior coding knowledge. “Things are getting more approachable, it’s getting exciting again, and the amazing thing is, it’s only going to get better.”From HR…
Tech CEOs can’t stop talking about data centers in space.”Obviously, it’s a moonshot,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai said on the “Google AI: Release Notes” podcast this week.He acknowledged that the notion seems “crazy” today, but “when you truly step back and envision the amount of compute we’re going to need, it starts making sense and it’s a matter of time.”Pichai was referring to Project Suncatcher, a new long-term research bet that Google announced in November. The goal of Project Suncatcher is to “one day scale machine learning in space,” according to a company blog post.The Google CEO didn’t offer much…
2025-11-27T21:57:33.371Z 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. Prominent figures like RFK Jr. and Alex Jones tweeted AI-generated Thanksgiving photos. The trend follows the launch of Google Gemini’s Nano Banana Pro a week ago. Nano Banana Pro could make the same jokey photos look indistinguishable from AI by next year. Mashed potato recipes aren’t the only things…
While you’ve been sweating the details over Thanksgiving, famed investor Michael Burry – the one portrayed by Christian Bale played in “The Big Short” – has been waging an increasingly aggressive war against Nvidia. It’s a battle worth watching because Burry might actually win it. What makes this different from every other warning about an AI bubble is that Burry now has the audience and the freedom from regulatory constraints to potentially become the catalyst for the very collapse he’s predicting. He’s betting against the AI boom, but he’s also proactively trying to convince his growing number of followers that…
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has attracted a lot of attention for his raspy voice, which results from a neurological voice disorder called spasmodic dysphonia.Kennedy, 71, says that in his 40s he developed a neurological disease that “robbed him of his strong speaking voice.” Kennedy first publicly spoke of the quiver he had noticed in his voice in a 2004 interview with journalist Diane Rehm, who also had spasmodic dysphonia.In 2005, Kennedy was receiving shots of botulinum toxin, the neurotoxin that is now used in Botox as well as to treat migraines and other conditions, every…
The iPhone may feel ubiquitous, but Apple has consistently lagged behind rival Samsung in terms of global smartphone market share.Tim Cook’s newest iteration, though, is breaking through — and returning Apple to the top of the industry.A new report from Counterpoint Research projects that Apple will be the leading smartphone producer in 2025, marking the first time since 2011 that it has held that title.Shipments of iPhones in 2025 are expected to be 10% higher than they were in 2024, Counterpoint senior analyst Yang Wang wrote on LinkedIn about the report, thanks to “strong momentum for the iPhone 17 series.”…