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By Julie SteenhuysenCHICAGO (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s embrace of an old generic drug called leucovorin for use against a rare disorder that causes autism-like symptoms has triggered a surge in demand from parents who believe it could unlock speech and social connection in their autistic children.That has become a challenge for pediatricians and specialists who caution the science on leucovorin in people with autism is limited and does not support widespread use.In the month since Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary promoted the decades-old drug from GSK, saying it could help “hundreds of thousands” of children with autism,…
2025-10-31T18:43:27Z 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. Indeed’s Work Wellbeing Report, based on data points from 30 million individuals, reveals a troubling trend.Sixty percent of respondents feel stressed at work most of the time. The survey measures 15 dimensions of workplace wellbeing, from happiness and purpose to stress management, forming an overall “Work Wellbeing Index.”In the…
The recent escape of several research monkeys after the truck carrying them overturned on a Mississippi interstate is the latest glimpse into the secretive industry of animal research and the processes that allow key details of what happened to be kept from the public.Three monkeys have remained on the loose since the crash on Tuesday in a rural area along Interstate 59, spilling wooden crates labeled “live monkeys” into the tall grass near the highway. Since then, searchers in masks, face shields and other protective equipment have scoured nearby fields and woods for the missing primates. Five of the 21…
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. 2024 was a big year for OpenAI, from its partnership with Apple for its generative AI offering, Apple Intelligence, the release of GPT-4o with voice capabilities, and the highly-anticipated launch of its text-to-video model Sora. OpenAI also faced its share of internal drama, including the notable exits of high-level execs like co-founder and longtime chief…
The Equity crew was live at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025! Hosts Kirsten Korosec, Max Zeff, and Anthony Ha took over the Builders Stage on Monday morning to kick off the event with the question everyone’s asking: are we in an AI bubble? Between valuations that have tripled in months, $300M seed rounds, and $100B commitments flying around, the money is moving fast — maybe too fast. The Equity team broke down what peak bubble looks like, where the actual business models are (spoiler: a lot of companies are betting on AI data centers), and why some founders are betting against the…
Amazon’s cloud infrastructure service, Amazon Web Services (AWS), is on track to record its strongest year of growth in three years, fueled by the AI industry’s unprecedented demand for computing power. AWS is growing 20% year-over-year and ended the third quarter with $33.1 billion in sales through the first nine months of the year, Amazon announced in its third-quarter earnings release on Thursday. The business segment’s operating income increased to $11.4 billion in Q3, up from $10.4 billion at the same point in 2024. “AWS is growing at a pace we haven’t seen since 2022, re-accelerating to 20.2% YoY,” Andy…
When Ashley Trent picks up the phone at her job as a housing assistance navigator, she often hears someone in a similar situation to her own on the other line. As she helps people in Bloomington, Illinois, without stable housing find somewhere safe to live, the back of her own mind buzzes with thoughts about which bills she will have to skip out on to buy food for her own family next month.”I’m on the phone with somebody that’s in the same boat as I am,” she said. “It’s not like they’re doing so much worse than me. A lot…
AI search startup Perplexity has signed a multi-year licensing deal with Getty Images, which gives it permission to display images from Getty across its AI-powered search and discovery tools. The deal marks a notable shift for the company, which has been hit by allegations of content scraping and plagiarism, and signals an effort to establish more formal content partnerships. Perplexity and Getty have been working together for more than a year, a source familiar with the deal told TechCrunch. Though it was never announced, Getty was part of Perplexity’s Publishers’ Program, a plan to share ad revenue with publishers when…
Apple is predicting a whole lot of iPhones will be beneath Christmas trees this year. CEO Tim Cook said he expects record iPhone sales — and Apple’s biggest quarter in history by revenue — for the holiday quarter.”We are incredibly excited about the strength we’re seeing across our products and services, and we expect the December quarter’s revenue to be the best ever for the company and the best ever for iPhone,” Cook said on Apple’s fourth-quarter fiscal 2025 earnings call on Thursday.The recent launch of the iPhone 17 lineup and iPhone Air will help drive overall revenue growth that…
Apple CEO Tim Cook signaled to investors the company is still open to acquisitions and partnerships to move things forward on the AI front. The comments were made this week during the company’s Q4 2025 earnings call. The exec also offered a brief update about Apple’s next-generation, AI-powered Siri, saying the service was still on track to launch in 2026. “We’re making good progress on it, and as we’ve shared, we expect to release it next year,” Cook said during his opening remarks. One analyst on the call also asked Cook if Apple was still pursuing a three-pronged approach when…