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Technophile Anne Goldberg has become accustomed to formatting PowerPoint presentations in her career as a recruiter.As a result, when she found herself between jobs in the fall of 2013, she was happy when a friend paid her a fee to create a slideshow for a relative’s 80th birthday party.The guests loved the display and congratulated Golberg, then 61, on her digital prowess, which dates back to being an early adopter of computers in the 1980s. She thought nothing more of it.Over the next 10 days, she was surprised to receive a series of calls from older adults seeking her advice…

For Lacy Cornelius Boyd, March 19, 2024, was an exciting day. She and her husband had taken their 6-year-old daughter to the Grand Canyon as part of a family road trip. Boyd, her husband and their daughter were planning to stop at McDonald’s before heading home to Oklahoma.Everything was well — until their car hit a patch of black ice.”We were spinning. My husband obviously lost control, and he hit another car head-on,” Boyd recalled. Everything else was a blur.Boyd’s daughter had a broken arm. Her husband and the other driver were fine. Boyd had broken bones in her neck…

Mfonsio Andrew started posting on TikTok to get over her fear of public speaking.The 21-year-old Harvard student grew up shy. When running for school government, her friends had to run her social media accounts. She lost.In 2022, Andrew started posting on TikTok. She tries to be authentic, posting her honest thoughts without over-editing or filming multiple takes.”If you don’t think you’re good at public speaking, post yourself talking,” Andrew said. “You’re just talking to someone. That’s what I thought about.” Mfonsio Andrew said that TikTok made her less shy. Mfonsio Andrew Andrew is one of seven social media users Business…

2026-01-17T10:20:01.262Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads 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. Millennials are reminiscing over what many see as simpler times by sharing 2016 throwbacks. Tech founders were more likely to be celebrated as disruptors in 2016. Net worths and company values have soared, with Musk, Zuckerberg, and Huang leading gains. Forget what you were doing in 2016 — what…

Elon Musk wants a jaw-dropping $79 billion to $134 billion in damages from OpenAI and Microsoft, claiming the AI company defrauded him by jettisoning its nonprofit mission, Bloomberg first reported. The figure comes from expert witness C. Paul Wazzan, a financial economist whose bio says he has been deposed nearly 100 times and testified at trial more than a dozen times in complex commercial litigation cases. Wazzan, who specializes in valuation and damages calculations in high-stakes disputes, determined that Musk is entitled to a hefty portion of OpenAI’s current $500 billion valuation based on his $38 million seed donation when…

The world’s first legally binding agreement to protect marine life in international waters took effect Saturday, marking a historic moment for ocean conservation after nearly two decades of negotiations.The High Seas Treaty will govern nearly half the planet’s surface – the vast ocean areas beyond any country’s control. These waters face mounting threats from destructive fishing practices, shipping, plastic pollution, overfishing and potential deep sea mining, all compounded by climate change. The ocean absorbs carbon dioxide and produces oxygen, making its health critical for addressing the climate crisis.The treaty entered into force 120 days after it reached the threshold of…

OpenAI is turning to the court of public opinion as it wages a legal battle with Elon Musk.While Musk and OpenAI prepare to head to a high-stakes jury trial in April, the two are duking it out online over what exactly happened when Musk split ways with the AI startup he helped cofound.Musk has been using recently unsealed court documents to attack his rival in posts on his social media platform, X. On Friday, OpenAI published a blog titled “The truth Elon left out.”The blog, which provided commentary alongside excerpts from several court documents, alleges that Musk wanted “full control”…

A new analysis of dozens of peer-reviewed medical studies found no link between the use of Tylenol in pregnancy and diagnoses of autism, ADHD or intellectual disabilities in children.The research, published Friday in the journal The Lancet, shows that “the best available human evidence does not support a causal link between prenatal Tylenol exposure and autism, ADHD or intellectual disability,” said Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News medical contributor and editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News.”It’s as definitive as we’re going to get,” she said.The findings support existing recommendations from medical groups like the American College of Obstetricians and…

Runpod, an AI app hosting platform that launched four years ago, has hit a $120 million annual revenue run rate, founders Zhen Lu and Pardeep Singh tell TechCrunch.   Their startup journey is a wild example of how if you build it well and the timing is lucky, they will definitely come. The story includes bootstrapping their way to over $1 million in revenue; landing a $20 million seed round after VC Radhika Malik, a partner at Dell Technologies Capital, saw some Reddit posts; and gaining another key angel investor, Hugging Face co-founder Julien Chaumond, because he was using the product…

Using acetaminophen as directed during pregnancy does not increase a child’s risk of autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or intellectual disability, a major new review published Friday finds.Acetaminophen, also known as paracetamol and by the brand name Tylenol, is one of the most commonly used medications in pregnancy, with doctors often recommending it as the first option for pain or fever, but in limited use.Earlier studies have produced mixed results, with some suggesting the drug may be associated with a raise in the risk of autism or ADHD in children, leaving some pregnant people unsure of how safe it is.Debunking 3 claims about…