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Federal regulators on Thursday approved a new higher-dose version of the blockbuster obesity drug Wegovy that may help users lose more weight and keep it off.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a 7.2-milligram dose of Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide. Previously, the highest approved dose of the drug, taken as a weekly shot, was 2.4 milligrams.The new dose received accelerated review through the FDA’s ultra-fast drug review program. The approval was granted 54 days after the request for review was approved, the agency said in a statement.The new dosage will be available in April at pharmacies in the U.S.,…

Google told employees that it was confident its work with the Department of Defense aligned with the company’s AI principles — and that it was “leaning more” into securing national security work with governments, Business Insider has learned. Loading audio narration… In a Google DeepMind town hall in January, leaders including CEO Demis Hassabis addressed a question from staff that asked how Google was ensuring its partnerships with the Department of Defense and Boston Dynamics weren’t violating the company’s AI policies.Tom Lue, Google DeepMind’s VP of global affairs, said the company has a “robust process” in place to review details…

Meta on Thursday announced that it’s starting to roll out more advanced AI systems to handle content enforcement as it plans to cut back on third-party vendors. Tasks related to content enforcement include catching and removing content about terrorism, child exploitation, drugs, fraud, and scams. The company says it will deploy these more advanced AI systems across its apps once they consistently outperform its current content enforcement methods. At the same time, it will reduce its reliance on third-party vendors for content enforcement. “While we’ll still have people who review content, these systems will be able to take on work…

Vibe coding took the AI community by storm in 2025. Now, Google is trying to start a new trend: “vibe designing.”Google Labs introduced the term on Wednesday while unveiling several new updates to Stitch, an AI-powered tool that uses simple prompts to generate “high-fidelity” UI design and front-end code.It’s the latest shot across the bow of software makers, as AI companies continue to roll out features that directly challenge the products made by those companies.Shares of Figma, which creates a tool for interface and user experience design for website and apps, fell around 8% on Wednesday following Google’s announcement. The…

A pharmaceutical company has recalled nearly 90,000 bottles of children’s ibuprofen for the potential presence of a foreign substance.Strides Pharma, Inc., headquartered in India, has recalled about 89,592 bottles of its Children’s Ibuprofen Oral Suspension, according to a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Enforcement Report. The bottles may contain a foreign substance, as the company received complaints about a gel-like mass and black particles in the product.On March 16, the FDA recognized the recall as a Class II recall, which means “use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where…

DoorDash announced on Thursday that it’s launching a new, stand-alone “Tasks” app that will allow the company to pay its delivery couriers to complete assignments aimed at improving AI and robotic systems. Delivery couriers will be able to earn money by completing activities like filming everyday tasks or recording themselves speaking in another language, DoorDash says. “This data helps AI and robotic systems understand the physical world,” DoorDash wrote in a blog post. “Pay is shown upfront and determined based on effort and complexity of the activity.” Bloomberg reports that the original audio and video footage submitted by workers will…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Education Department is handing off a portion of its student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department, a first step toward shedding management of all student loans as Trump administration officials dismantle the federal education agency.Under an agreement announced Thursday, the Treasury Department will take over management of student loans whose borrowers are in default, meaning they are months behind on payments. Those loans add up to about $180 billion, or 11% of the government’s $1.7 trillion student loan portfolio.Eventually, the Treasury Department is to take responsibility for all student loans, according to the agreement. A…

One of the most thrilling videos I’ve seen in 2026 is the footage shot on a pair of Meta Ray-Ban glasses by a shirtless man who ran onto the field during the Super Bowl. You watch as he yelps with glee, zigging and zagging away from officials as they try to catch him, until eventually one of the New England Patriots tackles him. Loading audio narration… (Business Insider does not condone any form of potentially illegal disruption of sports games, even when it’s very amusing!)This notable act of social deviancy is the perfect thing to capture on Meta Ray-Bans. You…

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — With a black sweatshirt pulled over his head and a glove in hand, Tony Vitello blends in almost as if he’s one of the Giants players.San Francisco’s new manager grabs a piece of gum from a dugout basket then heads out onto the grass at Scottsdale Stadium and gets to work. He lingers for a while in right field, surveying the scene, before making his way to the indoor cage. A short while later, he’s all the way back to home plate, leaning on the right side of the cage, where he fist bumps Heliot Ramos…

NEW YORK (AP) — Before the house is humming and her teenagers ask her to whip up breakfast or chauffeur them to school, Jen Meegan reads her company emails and revisits ideas she drafted the night before.She works for an hour or so, then after the school run shops for groceries or gets gas before returning to focus deeply on her job as head writer and cofounder of Sheer Havoc, a creative services agency.And so goes the rhythm of her day: working in targeted chunks for a few hours, breaking for an hour or two to tend to family and…