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(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Johnson & Johnson’s drug delivery system for patients with a type of bladder cancer, the drugmaker said on Tuesday, offering a potential alternative to surgically remove the organ.The drug release system, branded as Inlexzo, was approved for patients with a type of high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer who did not respond to treatment with Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) therapy, the current standard-of-care, and are ineligible for, or refuse to undergo bladder removal surgery.About 75% of bladder cancer cases are non-muscle-invasive at the time of diagnosis, according to government data.The approval was based…

Microsoft will pay to use Anthropic’s AI in Office 365 apps, The Information reports, citing two sources. The move means that Anthropic’s tech will help power new features in Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint alongside OpenAI’s, marking the end of Microsoft’s previous reliance solely on the ChatGPT maker for its productivity suite.  Microsoft’s move to diversify its AI partnerships comes amid a growing rift with OpenAI, which has pursued its own infrastructure projects as well as a potential LinkedIn competitor. Microsoft’s Anthropic deal also comes as the company negotiates a new deal with OpenAI to secure access to its AI…

Amazon offers a wide range of Fire TV streaming devices, from compact Fire Sticks to full-fledged smart TVs. All provide access to popular video apps and include Alexa support. The best Fire TV players are also known for their speedy performance and excellent sale prices.Entry-level Fire TV options, like the Fire TV Stick HD, deliver high-definition playback, while the best Fire TV devices, like the second-gen Fire TV Stick 4K Max, support Ultra HD video and Dolby Vision for enhanced color and contrast. Amazon also sells smart TVs with the Fire TV operating system (OS) built in. Though their picture…

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — American pilot and influencer Ethan Guo, who was stuck more than two months at a Chilean air base in Antarctica, made a $30,000 donation Tuesday to a children’s cancer foundation under an agreement with local authorities to avoid trial after landing on the white continent in June.Guo had been charged June 29 with providing false information to ground control and landing without authorization a day earlier at the air base, but a judge in August dropped the charges as part of an agreement with his lawyers and Chilean prosecutors.The agreement called for the pilot to make…

It’s her own application for federal aid.Fallen fintech phenom Charlie Javice, convicted of tricking JPMorgan Chase into paying $175 million for Frank, her student financial aid website, is asking a federal judge for a no-jail sentence and zero restitution.Late Monday, lawyers for Javice, 33, filed nearly 300 pages of legal arguments and support letters ahead of her scheduled September 29 sentencing on four counts of defrauding the largest US bank.A Manhattan jury found in March that Javice falsely told JPMorgan that Frank possessed contact data for more than 4 million high school and early college students, a database that bank…

NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees captain Aaron Judge hit his 359th career home run in the first inning Tuesday night against the Detroit Tigers, breaking a tie with Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra for fifth place on the franchise list.Judge drove a full-count splitter from Casey Mize to right-center field, giving New York a 1-0 lead. The slugger’s 44th homer of the season had an exit velocity of 110.6 mph and traveled 412 feet.Judge’s milestone shot was one of few highlights for the Yankees, who allowed nine runs in the seventh inning of a 12-2 loss and fell three…

At yet another splashy event, Apple on Tuesday introduced its latest lineup of iPhones: the iPhone 17, 17 Pro, 17 Pro Max, and a new slimmer version dubbed the iPhone Air. The “Air” branding is meant to bring to mind other lightweight — and sometimes less expensive — Apple products like the MacBook Air and iPad Air. But it also recalls a time when smartphone makers were chasing an ever-thinner phone. In the AI era, however, it’s not necessarily the device’s size that matters; it’s what the software it runs can do. On this front, Apple has lagged its competitors. …

Was it shorthand, or a Freudian slip?Last Friday, Google filed court documents as it battles a breakup of its advertising technology business. In the filing, Google said the open web “is already in rapid decline.”It seemed like a startling admission for a company that has been arguing that the web is healthier than ever.But when Business Insider contacted Google for comment Monday, a spokesperson said the filing was referring to “open-web display advertising” market — the ads that appear on websites and the adtech infrastructure that facilitates them — rather than the open web itself, meaning websites that are accessible…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Soaring global military expenditures are reducing essential investments in health, education and job creation and don’t guarantee peace, the United Nations chief warned on Tuesday.Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the evidence is clear that heavy military spending often undermines peace by “fueling arms races, deepening mistrust and diverting resources from the very foundations of stability.”With military spending surging to a record $2.7 trillion following a decade-long military build-up, the U.N. studied the impact on U.N. development goals for 2030. The resulting report, “The Security We Need: Rebalancing Military Spending for a Sustainable and Peaceful Future,” is expected…

Kylian Mbappé got France out of trouble, Cristiano Ronaldo helped Portugal do the same with a record-equaling goal, and England finally got its Thomas Tuchel era into gear.Three of Europe’s soccer powerhouses took big steps closer to the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday, all while Erling Haaland scored five goals in an 11-1 win with fresh stitches in his face.England’s statement winNoni Madueke, Ezri Konsa and Marc Guehi all scored their first goals for England, which beat Serbia 5-0 for a win which could be a turning point in Tuchel’s tenure.Despite Tuchel’s recent talk of being prepared to win ugly…