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Health officials in Washington, D.C., are warning that people may have been exposed to measles in locations across the city.DC Health said in a statement that it “was notified of multiple confirmed cases of measles whose carriers visited multiple locations in the District while contagious.”Among those locations is the annual National March for Life rally, which took place on the National Mall on Jan. 23 and had several high-profile speakers, including Vice President JD Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson.4 times as many measles cases in a few weeks than US typically averages in a whole year: CDCOther locations include:Basilica…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Catherine O’Hara died from a pulmonary embolism, with cancer as the underlying cause.A Los Angeles County death certificate issued Monday lists the pulmonary embolism, which occurs when a blood clot blocks an artery in the lungs, as the immediate cause of the actor’s Jan. 30 death at age 71. Rectal cancer was the long-term cause.The oncologist who signed off on the certificate indicated that he had been treating O’Hara since March of last year, and last saw her on Jan. 27. She died at a hospital in Santa Monica, California.AdvertisementAdvertisementThe beloved Canadian-born comic actor and “SCTV”…
On Monday, Databricks announced it reached a $5.4 billion revenue run rate, growing 65% year-over-year, of which more than $1.4 billion was from its AI products. Co-founder and CEO Ali Ghodsi wanted to share these growth numbers because there’s so much talk about how AI is going to kill the SaaS business, he told TechCrunch. “Everybody’s like, ‘Oh, it’s SaaS. What’s going to happen to all these companies? What’s AI going to do with all these companies?’ For us, it’s just increasing the usage,” he said. To be sure, he also wants to distance Databricks from the SaaS label, given that…
By Maria TsvetkovaNEW YORK, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Two-thirds of nurses who walked out of major hospitals in New York City a month ago have reached preliminary agreements with their employers and may end the strike this week, the union representing 15,000 striking nurses said on Monday.The strike at three healthcare networks – Montefiore, Mount Sinai and NewYork-Presbyterian – led to staffing shortages and a state of emergency declared by New York Governor Kathy Hochul to allow out-of-state and foreign staff to cover for striking nurses.The state of emergency, which took effect on January 9, was set to expire on…
As Anthropic expands into India, a local software company has filed a court complaint saying it was already using the name “Anthropic,” spotlighting how the rapid global push of AI firms can collide with local incumbents. The filing comes amid Anthropic deepening its focus on India, announcing an India office last October and more recently appointing former Microsoft India managing director Irina Ghose to lead its operations in the country, underscoring the South Asian market’s growing importance to global AI companies expanding beyond the U.S. and Europe. In a complaint filed in a commercial court in Karnataka in January, reviewed…
A former Anthropic employee said in a departure letter published Monday that he is leaving the company as he reckons with a “world in peril.”Mrinank Sharma, who said he led the safeguards research team at Anthropic, posted on Monday a letter he sent to colleagues announcing his departure. Sharma explained why he was leaving the artificial intelligence company and outlined his future plans.”I achieved everything I wanted here,” Sharma wrote, citing projects like developing defenses to reduce the risks of AI-assisted bioterrorism and a final project on understanding the effects of AI on humanity.He also said it was time to…
OpenAI on Monday announced it’s beginning to test ads in the U.S. for users on its Free and Go subscription tiers. The newer Go plan is a low-cost subscription at $8 per month in the U.S. and was introduced globally in mid-January. Subscribers to OpenAI’s paid plans, including its Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Education tiers, will not see ads, the company said. OpenAI sought to address concerns about how ads might affect the user experience, stating in a blog post: “Ads do not influence the answers ChatGPT gives you, and we keep your conversations with ChatGPT private from advertisers. Our…
Despite a recent string of shark attacks across the California coast, including the tragic killing of a 55-year-old swimmer, the violent incidents dropped in the United States in 2025 compared to the year prior.At least 28 shark attacks were reported last year in U.S. waters, according to information gathered by USA TODAY and non-profits Global Shark Attack File and TrackingSharks.com.The more than two dozen attacks reported by the organizations are down over the prior year, when 36 people reported being injured by sharks.The International Shark Attack File, run by the Florida Museum of Natural History, classifies the attacks as provoked or unprovoked…
2026-02-09T19:01:01.209Z 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. ChatGPT has hundreds of millions of users, and only a small percentage of them pay to use the service. But OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants to turn those free users into revenue-generating users by showing them ads. This move has been a long time coming, and has real risk:…
Enterprise resource planning software company Workday announced Monday that chief executive Carl Eschenbach was stepping down and leaving the company’s board, effective immediately. Workday co-founder and former CEO Aneel Bhusri will return as CEO. Eschenbach joined Workday in December 2022 as co-CEO alongside Bhusri, and had been operating as the company’s sole CEO since February 2024. Bhusri, who had led the company since 2009 — sometimes as co-CEO, sometimes as sole CEO — has been serving as the company’s executive chairman since 2024. Workday confirmed to TechCrunch that Bhusri is returning to the role permanently, as opposed to taking the helm…