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A South Carolina measles outbreak has grown to 16 people, including five new cases from schools with low vaccination rates, state health officials said Oct. 14.The South Carolina Department of Health first identified the outbreak of the highly contagious viral disease in the state’s Upstate region in early October. A dozen cases have been concentrated in Spartanburg County, where two elementary schools have nearly 140 students quarantining at home because they weren’t vaccinated against measles.Some cases have been related to travel or through close contacts of known cases. Others have no known source, which state health officials said suggests “measles…
(Reuters) -Healthcare conglomerate Kaiser Permanente said on Tuesday that it is facing a labor strike called by the Alliance of Health Care Unions over wages, but has plans in place to continue operations without interruption.The strike that began earlier in the day is scheduled to end at 7 a.m. on October 19, Kaiser Permanente said.The 31,000 members of United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals are among the 46,000 members of the Alliance of Health Care Unions, which will strike Kaiser mainly on the West Coast in California, Hawaii, and Oregon, the union said in a statement on…
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers went on strike Tuesday to demand better wages and staffing from the California-based health care giant.Organizers say the five-day strike across 500 medical centers and offices in California, Hawaii and Oregon is the largest in the 50-year history of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals. The strike could grow to include 46,000 people.Those on strike, including pharmacists, midwives and rehab therapists, say wages have not kept pace with inflation and there is not enough staffing to keep up with…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has 36 direct reports as of October, according to an internal list obtained by Business Insider, offering a glimpse into the inner circle at the top of the world’s most valuable company.Huang is known for having more direct reports compared to other tech leaders. Previously, in an interview at Stanford in March 2024, Huang said he had 55 direct reports, adding that many were paid the same amount.Some of the executives reporting to Huang, according to the list, include Ian Buck, the architect behind Nvidia’s breakthrough software Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA), as well as CTO…
Allow me to describe an unfortunate scene that unfolded in my home not long ago. It involves my elementary school-aged children and our Alexa device, which is mainly used for kitchen timers, weather, and playing music through Spotify.At some point, my sweet, darling children discovered that they could get funny results by asking Alexa to play songs, through Spotify, that had various potty words.Expanding on this, one of my enterprising children recently asked, “Hey Alexa, play mommy farted,” and indeed, a silly song about farts played. My parenting philosophy is to not deny the universal truth that farts are funny,…
Singer D’Angelo died on Tuesday at age 51 after a battle with cancer, his family announced this week.”After a prolonged and courageous battle with cancer, we are heartbroken to announce that Michael D’Angelo Archer, known to his fans around the world as D’Angelo, has been called home, departing this life today, October 14th, 2025,” his family said in a statement Tuesday.The R&B sensation, who gained widespread fame for hit songs like “Brown Sugar,” “Lady,” and “Untitled (How Does It Feel),” died from pancreatic cancer, a source close to the situation told ABC News.Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images, FILE – PHOTO: In this…
DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Mavericks have again extended the contract of coach Jason Kidd, who led them to the NBA Finals as a coach two seasons ago and a championship as their point guard in 2011. The Mavericks announced Tuesday night that they agreed to a multiyear extension, but didn’t reveal the length or any other details of the deal for Kidd, who is going into his fifth season as their coach. His first multiyear extension came in the middle of the 2024 playoffs when they made the NBA Finals before losing to Boston. “J-Kidd’s basketball resume is one…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced in a post on X Tuesday the company will soon relax some of ChatGPT’s safety restrictions, allowing users to make the chatbot’s responses friendlier or more “human-like,” and for “verified adults” to engage in erotic conversations. “We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right,” said Altman. “In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part…
The Labubu bubble hasn’t burst — yet.The costly and creepy plushies, made popular by Gen Z celebrities and used as bag charms by rich teens, got a much-needed boost from a sexagenarian man.Apple CEO Tim Cook visited a Labubu exhibition in China on Monday, sending the stock of Pop Mart, Labubu’s manufacturer, up as much as 6% on Tuesday.Cook’s appearance at the Shanghai Pop Mart event, where he was seen meeting with Pop Mart CEO Wang Ning and Labubu designer Kasing Lung, inspired rumors of a potential collaboration.A tie-up could come in the form of an Apple TV show, Labubu-adorned…
Are we in an AI bubble?On the one hand, lots of people think we’re in an AI bubble. Including Sam Altman, whose OpenAI may be the single largest cause, and beneficiary, of the AI bubble.On the other hand … vibes?By which I mean: I’ve been in bubbles before. On paper, this most definitely reads like one. In the real world, it feels like something else.My first bubble was the late ’90s dot-com boom, which was a real hoot for quite a while: awesome launch parties for companies you’d never heard of; great Super Bowl ads. But mostly the sense that…