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LONDON (AP) — It seemed every time Patrick Surtain II looked, his Denver Broncos teammates were sacking Justin Fields.“I was sitting back watching it, being a fan of it,” the star cornerback said. “It was a pleasure to watch.”The Broncos took down Fields nine times, with the final sack sealing an ugly 13-11 victory over the winless New York Jets on Sunday.Bo Nix threw an early touchdown pass and Wil Lutz kicked a late go-ahead field goal as the Broncos (4-2) won their third in a row.The victory completed a long road trip for the Broncos, who left for London…

When my partner and I began planning a couple’s trip to Tunisia, we decided to do something different. Instead of turning to travel sites, we let AI take the lead.Recently, I’ve outsourced a lot of my life to ChatGPT — from work projects to personal errands. So, I thought, why not travel planning, too?ChatGPT has always been my top choice, but my partner wanted to see what Claude—the one she likes the most—would plan for our Italian holiday.We wanted to see which AI bot planned the best trip. But through this friendly competition, we learned just how differently my partner…

Immigrants selling food, flowers and other merchandise along the sidewalks of California will have new privacy protections intended to keep their identities secret from federal immigration agents. The measure, signed into law this past week by Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, comes on the heels of other recently enacted state laws meant to shield students in schools and patients at health care facilities from the reach of President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement actions. Democratic-led states are adding laws resisting Trump even as he intensifies his deportation campaign by seeking to deploy National Guard troops to Democratic-led cities to reinforce U.S. Immigration…

TORONTO (AP) — Injured Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette is not on the roster for the AL Championship Series against the Seattle Mariners that begins Sunday night in Toronto, but three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer and right-hander Chris Bassitt are both active after missing the Division Series win over the Yankees.Seattle made two changes to the roster that beat Detroit in the Division Series round, with ace right-hander Bryan Woo returning.A first-time All-Star this season, the 25-year-old Woo hasn’t pitched since Sept. 19 because of pectoral inflammation. He went 15-7 with a 2.94 ERA and 198 strikeouts across…

If you’ve got that nagging itch about changing roles, you may be onto something.AWS senior vice president of applied AI solutions Colleen Aubrey has spent over 20 years at Amazon, building its advertising business from the ground up. She’s also a member of the company’s elite S-Team. She told Business Insider that throughout her career, she’s faced numerous challenges — and as she puts it, “pretty much every six months, something significant changes.””We have a new product idea; there’s a new problem to go after; there’s a new customer to get to understand,” Aubrey said.That “constant change” is the reason…

WUHAN, China (AP) — Coco Gauff reeled off four straight games to beat Jessica Pegula 6-4, 7-5 and win the Wuhan Open on Sunday in all-American final.The 21-year-old Gauff won her second title of the year, having won the French Open on clay, and she now has 11 career titles.The third-ranked Gauff served to save the second set at 5-3 down. She held and then broke the sixth-ranked Pegula to love for 5-5.Pegula’s forehand volley at the net landed wide to give Gauff a first match point and, with Pegula on second serve, she clinched it with a forehand winner…

Apple is facing a tough new rival in the era of AI, according to the company’s former CEO.Speaking at the Zeta Live conference in New York City on Thursday, Apple’s former CEO, John Sculley, said OpenAI represented “the first real competitor” that Apple has had “in many decades.””AI has not been a particular strength for them,” Sculley said of Apple.Apple didn’t respond to a request for comment.On some counts, Apple does appear to have fallen behind in the AI race, lacking the consistent product updates that have become customary at companies like OpenAI, Google, Amazon, and Meta. It has experienced…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ian Carter, a 33-year-old job seeker in Redmond, Washington, who previously worked as a technical program manager at Microsoft. It has been edited for length and clarity.On May 13, I was getting lunch at a Panera Bread when I just happened to check my email. When I read it, it felt like a gut punch. I’d been laid off from my Microsoft job.My mind started racing. Could I have done something different? Could I have been better? However, I eventually realized it was simply a business decision. I’d seen the company…

Jeff Smith was dumbfounded when he received a colon cancer screening kit in the mail.The 68-year-old Minnesota man hadn’t asked for the Cologuard test, and his doctor hadn’t mentioned anything about it. And why in the world would he need such a test? Smith has lived most of his life without a colon. As a child, he had ulcerative colitis, an inflammatory bowel disease. Doctors removed his colon.Smith’s experience, which included additional uncomfortable testing after he completed the kit, has some doctors worried about the idea of mailing tests to patients without consulting their doctors first. Early detection of colon…

YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — This may not have been Xander Schauffele’s most prestigious tournament victory, but it should be the American’s most memorable.Schauffele’s shot a 7-under 64 on Sunday to win the Baycurrent Classic in Japan — a country where his mother grew up and where he has many connections.Schauffele, who shot 19-under 265 over four rounds at the Yokohama Country Club, finished one shot ahead of American Max Greyserman, who was also the runner-up at this event a year ago as he chases his first PGA Tour title. Schauffele has maternal grandparents living in Japan and his mother has…