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Earlier this month, Anthropic launched Cowork, a new agentic tool designed to take the benefits of its AI coding assistant Claude Code and transform it into a more general-use tool that non-coders could benefit from. Now Anthropic has launched a new feature within Cowork to make it even more powerful for enterprise users. Behold, the plug-in. The idea behind plug-ins is simple: They are designed to automate “specialized” tasks within a company’s various departments. Whether that function is drafting content for the marketing department, reviewing risks in documents for a firm’s legal team, or drafting responses for customer support, the plug-in…
Protesters across the United States staged a nationwide “blackout” strike calling for no work, no school and no shopping to oppose the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement. EDS NOTE: OBSCENITY – People gather during a protest Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) EDS NOTE: OBSCENITY – People gather during a protest Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Add AP News on Google Add AP News as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Share Read More Photos of Vice President JD Vance, left, and other members of the Trump administration dressed…
A project inside Google is attempting to supercharge employees with cutting-edge AI abilities — and hopes to turn the company into an “AI-powered workplace.”The initiative, codenamed “Project EAT,” was spun up inside Google’s “AI and Infrastructure” unit, according to internal documents reviewed by Business Insider.The unit, internally abbreviated AI2 and led by company veteran Amin Vahdat, spearheads work on data centers, chips, and other key ingredients that underpin Google’s AI technologies.According to internal documents, Project EAT was created to help employees adopt various AI products and standardize their use across the organization.Project EAT was created in May 2025 and began…
Barbara Tuszynski was concerned about her vision but confident in her insurance coverage when she went to an eye clinic last May.The retiree, 70, was diagnosed with glaucoma in her right eye in 2019. She had a laser procedure to treat it in 2022, and she uses medicated drops in both eyes to prevent more damage. She is supposed to be checked regularly, she said.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. During the May appointment, Tuszynski’s optometrist examined her eyes and reassured her that the glaucoma had not worsened.Tuszynski, who…
Michael Burry says Elon Musk is a true visionary — but the future he’s building is much further away than he thinks.”Elon is an American treasure but also a desperately incentivized futurist even earlier than me,” the investor of “The Big Short” fame posted on X late Thursday.Burry, known for making premature but ultimately correct predictions, likely meant the Tesla and SpaceX CEO stands to profit enormously from his vision becoming reality, so he’s highly motivated to hype it as much as he can.”I am glad he is here in America,” Burry wrote on his Substack. “He will go down…
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas A&M University is ending its women’s and gender studies program, changing the syllabuses of hundreds of courses and canceling six classes as part of a new policy that limits how professors can discuss some race and gender topics, school officials announced Friday.The changes to and cancellation of courses comes months after a viral video of a student confronting an instructor over her lessons threw Texas A&M, one of the largest universities in the country, into upheaval.University officials tried to reassure the campus that the impacts of the new policy would be minimal, affecting only a small…
Three cases of measles have been confirmed among federal immigration detainees in Arizona, according to health officials.The Pinal County Public Health Services District on Jan. 16 reported its first measles case in a decade and has since confirmed two more. All three cases “are associated with individuals in federal custody,” Pinal County Public Health Services District spokesperson Jassmin Castro wrote in a Jan. 27 email to Arizona Republic, part of the USA TODAY Network.The potential outbreak comes as migrants in other detention centers in the United States describe sick children and a lack of health care resources while inside, and…
From blocking out a snoring partner to dialing down distractions at work or while traveling, a good pair of earplugs can make a noticeable difference in your day and your sleep.Today’s earplugs go far beyond basic foam, offering options designed for sleeping, concerts, swimming and everyday noise exposure.Earplugs are small devices placed in the ear canal to help reduce sound, limit exposure to loud environments and, in some cases, keep water out.Most earplugs are made from foam, silicone or rubber, and choosing the right material, size and fit can go a long way toward comfort and effectiveness.Ahead, we’ve rounded up…
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ALLEROD, Denmark, Jan 30 (Reuters) – A play examining the meteoric rise of Danish weight-loss drug giant Novo Nordisk will premiere on Saturday at a theatre outside Copenhagen.”The Golden Calf” tells the story of August and Marie Krogh, the Danish couple who founded Nordisk Insulinlaboratorium in 1923, a precursor to Novo Nordisk that’s now valued at $200 billion.The company had a market capitalization larger than the entire Danish economy at its peak and is now battling with U.S. rival Eli Lilly to dominate the global obesity drug market.”It’s a piece of our common story about these two scientists who get…