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TORONTO (AP) — Julio Rodríguez and Jorge Polanco hit three-run homers, Josh Naylor added a two-run drive and the Seattle Mariners took a 2-0 AL Championship Series lead by routing the Toronto Blue Jays 10-3 on Monday.Seattle, the only big league team never to host a World Series game, headed home for Wednesday’s Game 3 needing two more wins in the best-of-seven series to end that drought.Toronto had just six hits, only one after the second inning, and had eight hits in the first two games. Blue Jays star Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was 0 for 3 with a walk and…
2025-10-13T20:37:01Z 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. Amazon Web Services has hired Chet Kapoor as VP of security services and observability. Kapoor, former DataStax CEO, will boost AWS’s security in AI. At DataStax, Kapoor oversaw Astra DB, a database built on the open-source Apache Cassandra project. Amazon Web Services has hired Chet Kapoor, the former CEO…
NEW YORK (AP) — Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch was suspended for one game without pay by the NFL on Monday for unsportsmanlike conduct following a loss at Kansas City.Branch punched Chiefs receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster on Sunday night, setting off a postgame melee.“Your aggressive, non-football act was entirely unwarranted, posed a serious risk of injury, and clearly violated the standards of conduct and sportsmanship expected of NFL players,” Jon Runyan, league vice president of football operations, wrote in a letter to Branch. “Your conduct reflected poorly on the NFL and has no place in our game.”Detroit (4-2) will host NFC…
The tiny African island nation of Cape Verde qualified for the World Cup for the first time on Monday after beating Eswatini 3-0.With a population smaller than that of the U.S. state of Vermont, Cape Verde is the second smallest country to make it to the men’s World Cup since the first tournament in 1930. Here’s a look at the tiniest countries in World Cup history, based on their population when they appeared at the tournament:IcelandWith a population of just over 350,000, Iceland became the smallest country to reach the World Cup when it qualified for the tournament in Russia…
(Reuters) -Several pharmaceutical companies have said they will sell drugs direct to patients in the U.S. and offered discounts following President Donald Trump’s calls to bring down drug prices and cut out “middlemen” like pharmacies, insurers and pharmacy benefit managers.The Trump administration announced in September plans to launch a government-run website called TrumpRx.gov in early 2026, offering reduced prices for prescription drugs.U.S. patients currently pay by far the most for prescription medicines, often nearly three times more than in other developed nations. Trump sent letters to 17 major companies in July demanding they slash U.S. prescription drug prices.Below is an…
The tech industry boarded the AI “crazy train” this summer, and it shows no signs of slowing down.The latest fuel for this boom comes from Wall Street. Some of these projects are now being financed by elaborate borrowing methods and unusual, circular deals.In these moments, I lean on Dakin Campbell, a BI reporter who’s covered Wall Street for almost two decades. He wrote a great story about this AI financing frenzy, so I asked him to weigh in here:Alistair Barr: Structured credit is showing up in AI infrastructure financing. Does that worry you?Dakin Campbell: The easy answer is we have…
I met Richard Murby while waiting in a long line to get into OpenAI’s DevDay conference in San Francisco this week. He’s the director of business development at Devpost, which helps developers participate in hackathons. I asked Richard how he uses AI. Here are his thoughts, which have been edited for clarity and length.What do you use AI for at work?I use AI for three main goals: to help me do my best work, stay organized, and inspire new ideas.I trained a Google Gemini model on my most effective emails, giving it a large sample of my writing and Devpost…
(Reuters) -Roche Diagnostics said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared its and partner Eli Lilly’s blood test as an aid in the initial assessment for Alzheimer’s disease.This comes at the heel of FDA’s nod for Fujirebio Diagnostics’ blood test Lumipulse in May, the first such device to get approval to diagnose the brain-wasting condition.Roche’s test Elecsys measures pTau181, a key protein associated with Alzheimer’s disease. It is intended for patients ages 55 and older presenting signs, symptoms or complaints of cognitive decline.Blood tests could speed up diagnosis of the disease and make it easier to access treatments…
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a landmark bill on Monday that regulates AI companion chatbots, making it the first state in the nation to require AI chatbot operators to implement safety protocols for AI companions. The law, SB 243, is designed to protect children and vulnerable users from some of the harms associated with AI companion chatbot use. It holds companies — from the big labs like Meta and OpenAI to more focused companion startups like Character AI and Replika — legally accountable if their chatbots fail to meet the law’s standards. SB 243 was introduced in January by state…
2025-10-13T14:45:22Z 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. Ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger says we are in an AI bubble, but it won’t burst for “several years.” Gelsinger told CNBC that businesses have yet to see material benefits from AI investments. Other tech leaders, including Sam Altman, have also suggested we may be in an AI bubble. Former…