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President Donald Trump’s H-1B visa crackdown is putting more pressure on Big Tech and IT outsourcing giants, which are already grappling with tariff threats and other geopolitical turbulence.That’s according to analysts at TD Cowen who assessed the damage from Trump’s new H1-B visa fee over a frantic weekend.For companies like Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and major IT services providers such as Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, and Cognizant — some of the largest H-1B sponsors — the new rules could upend staffing models. Amazon and AWS alone secured more than 12,000 approvals in the 2025 fiscal year to date, according to USCIS…
Ahead of an expected announcement from the Trump administration that Tylenol use in pregnancy is linked to an increased risk of autism in children, the drugmaker and medical experts are pushing back on the claims.According to a report from the Washington Post, officials on Monday plan to tie autism to acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, while also promoting a lesser-known drug called leucovorin, which is used as a treatment for some symptoms in children with autism. The Wall Street Journal previously reported the announcement was in the works, which the Department of Health and Human Services called “speculation” at…
Ahead of the curve — he practically lives there. Before most of the world had even asked ChatGPT its first question, Elad Gil was writing early checks into companies like Perplexity, Character.AI, and Harvey. That’s just a slice of his story. His track record spans seed and Series A investments in over 30 unicorns and involvement with some of the most iconic names in tech, including Stripe, Airbnb, Coinbase, Instacart, Notion, Figma, Flexport, GitLab, and many more. This October, Gil takes the Disrupt Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco for a one-on-one fireside chat. He’ll cover his approach…
A Seattle seafood distributor has recalled more cooked and frozen shrimp sold at Kroger grocery stores across the U.S. because of ongoing concerns about potential radioactive contamination.Aquastar Corp. on Saturday recalled nearly 157,000 additional pounds of shrimp because of possible contamination with cesium 137, a radioactive isotope. The new recall includes nearly 50,000 bags of Kroger Raw Colossal EZ Peel Shrimp, about 18,000 bags of Kroger Mercado Cooked Medium Peeled Tail-Off Shrimp and more than 17,000 bags of AquaStar Peeled Tail-on Shrimp Skewers.The products were sold between June 12 and Sept. 17 at grocery stores in more than 30 states.…
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. (AP) — The Ryder Cup had moments of inspiration in vastly different forms during a quiet Monday start to golf’s most chaotic week. There were tears for the Americans as they gathered on the first tee at sunrise and a strong reminder for Europe as it goes after a rare road win.U.S. captain Keegan Bradley had his entire team on the first tee before the gates open, no one in the massive grandstands that come Friday will be packed with flag-waving fans.He had Chris Mascali, a New York firefighter whose father died during the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks,…
Parents are navigating mixed messaging about childhood vaccinations from federal and state officials.The impact of the mixed messaging is being seen inside doctors offices like pediatrician David Butler’s office in Fort Myers, Florida.First-time father Brandon Gonsalves, who is also a nurse practitioner, told Butler he’s “not too sure yet” what his plans are for future vaccinations for his newborn. Gonsalves decided against vaccinating his baby for hepatitis B, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention currently recommends be done at birth.Last week, the panel that advises the CDC on vaccines delayed a vote that would have recommended moving the…
It takes a lot of computing power to run an AI product – and as the tech industry races to tap the power of AI models, there’s a parallel race underway to build the infrastructure that will power them. On a recent earnings call, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang estimated that between $3 and $4 trillion will be spent on AI infrastructure by the end of the decade – with much of that money coming from AI companies themselves. Along the way, they’re placing immense strain on power grids, and pushing the industry’s building capacity to its limit. Below, we’ve laid…
Nvidia announced Monday it plans to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI as part of a deal to build out massive data centers for training and running AI models. The companies say they signed a letter of intent to deploy 10 gigawatts — enough to power millions of homes — worth of Nvidia systems to power OpenAI’s next generation of AI infrastructure. The deal may help OpenAI as it reduces its reliance on Microsoft, its largest investor and supplier of cloud computing resources. In January, Microsoft announced changes to its partnership with OpenAI, allowing the ChatGPT-maker to build additional…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference is moving to a nine-game league schedule for football while having teams play at least 10 games against power-conference opponents, though there will be variables due to the league’s odd number of football-playing member schools.Commissioner Jim Phillips announced the decision in a statement Monday, saying athletic directors had “overwhelmingly supported” the move after “incredibly intentional” discussions about scheduling options.Going from an eight- to a nine-game model would align the ACC with its power-conference peers in the Big 12, Big Ten and Southeastern conferences after unbalanced scheduling between the conferences had been a…
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco star defensive end Nick Bosa tore the ACL in his right knee and will miss the rest of the season.Bosa hurt his knee in the first half of a win over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday and didn’t return to the game. Bosa gave a thumbs-down to someone in the crowd after the injury, but initial tests did not show a torn ACL although coach Kyle Shanahan said Bosa feared that he had.More tests were done Monday showing that Bosa had torn his ACL and his season was done. “Obviously he’s bummed,” Shanahan…