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ATLANTA (AP) — There is only one way out of this mess for U.S. captain Keegan Bradley and that’s for the Americans to win the Ryder Cup.Anything else will result in endless second-guessing of what Bradley calls the biggest decision of his life. That starts Wednesday when he goes to PGA of America headquarters in Frisco, Texas, and reveals whether the captain is one of his six captain’s picks.Bradley could pick himself and become the first playing captain since Arnold Palmer in 1963. He already has said he would not hand over the job to one of his assistants.Losing captains…
Within 28 hours, AI startup Aurasell raised $30 million in seed funding to take on Salesforce and other legacy sales software companies.Aurasell, which is coming out of stealth and announced the seed funding on Tuesday, aims to automate sales and streamline the disparate tools — and more recently, the AI agents — built on top of customer relationship management (CRM) software like Salesforce. It includes sales tools for forecasting, prospecting, account population, and more.The company closed its seed round in June 2024 and started building last August, said Aurasell cofounder and CEO Jason Eubanks, who briefly worked as a venture…
Drugmaker Eli Lilly says its daily oral GLP-1 pill may help people who have obesity and people with Type 2 diabetes lose approximately 23 pounds or more than 10% of their body weight on average, according to new data released Tuesday morning.Eli Lilly said the oral GLP-1 pill has been shown to reduce hemoglobin A1C levels — a blood test that shows average blood sugar levels over two to three months — by an average of 1.3% to 1.8% in people with diabetes.The Phase 3 trial study results were based on trial participants who took the highest dose of 36…
NEW YORK (AP) — Images of Althea Gibson are everywhere at the U.S. Open, 75 years since she became the first Black player at a major tennis tournament.The American Grand Slam event’s logo is multilayered artwork of her face in profile. Clips of Gibson flash across screens inside Arthur Ashe Stadium. A tribute narrated by Venus Williams is part of the soundtrack during breaks.“The most important part is that we are celebrating it and recognizing it because Althea accomplished so much,” Williams said. “A lot of it has not been given the credit it deserves and the attention and the…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump on Tuesday invited students in grades K-12 to participate in a government-sponsored nationwide contest that is designed to encourage them to work together to use artificial intelligence tools to solve community issues.“As someone who created an AI-powered audio book and championed online safety through the Take It Down Act, I’ve seen firsthand the promise of this powerful technology,” the first lady says in a short video announcing the Presidential AI Challenge. “Now, I pass the torch of innovation to you.”“Just as America once led the world into the skies, we are poised to lead again,”…
Updated 2025-08-26T09:47:01Z 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. Silicon Valley has a long history with psychedelics. Apple cofounder Steve Jobs and OpenAI’s Sam Altman have talked publicly about their experiences. Bill Gates shared details of his experiences trying acid in his memoir. Some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley have dabbled in psychedelics.The psychedelic movement…
The Masters is making a rare change to its qualifying criteria by eliminating invitations to PGA Tour winners in the fall and joining the R&A in recognizing winners of six national opens on every main tour in the world.Augusta National and the R&A announced plans Tuesday to align aspects of their criteria to create a path to the Masters and British Open for winners or top finishers in the South African Open, Australian Open, Japan Open, Spanish Open, Hong Kong Open and Scottish Open.The Opens in South Africa and Australian are among the five oldest in golf.This builds on the…
OpenAI is ramping up its push into healthcare with two high-profile new hires.The AI powerhouse has tapped Nate Gross, the cofounder and former chief strategy officer of Doximity, and Ashley Alexander, former co-head of product at Instagram, to lead the next phase of its healthcare business.Gross joined OpenAI in June, while Alexander assumed her role on Tuesday, according to their LinkedIn profiles. An OpenAI spokesperson said Gross will lead OpenAI’s go-to-market strategy in healthcare, with early goals including co-creating new healthcare technologies with clinicians and researchers. Alexander will be a vice president of product in OpenAI’s health business, building tech…
The new Cadillac F1 team strongly denied reports it was considering hiring fired Red Bull team principal Christian Horner to become part of what will be the 11th team on the Formula 1 grid next season.Horner was abruptly fired following the British Grand Prix last month with no reason given for his termination. The dismissal ended a 20-year stint that included eight F1 drivers’ titles and recent turmoil that followed the team on and off the track.Recent reports claimed that Horner was going to land at Cadillac, which will debut next season. But Dan Towriss, CEO of the Cadillac Formula…
Cadillac played it safe with its first Formula 1 lineup, bypassing an American driver for series veterans Valtteri Bottas and Sergio Pérez. Neither driver has seats on the grid this season but with a combined 16 wins and 527 starts between them, Bottas and Pérez were the pragmatic choices to help build the Cadillac program set to launch in 2026. The hires announced Tuesday bring years of F1 knowledge to Cadillac, a division of U.S. car giant General Motors that will become the 11th team on the grid in 2026.“We believe their experience, their leadership and their technical acumen are…