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It always helps knowing someone else has it worse.Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said the company’s principle is that change has to start at the top, which also applies to its return-to-office policy.”If you’re a senior leader, an executive, you’re five days; if you’re a manager, four days; if you’re an IC, three days,” Tenev said in an episode of the “Cheeky Pint” podcast published on Wednesday. “It’s good because if you’re an individual contributor and you’re doing work, it’s very nice to know that your manager is going through more pain than you.”Tenev, who cofounded the stock trading platform in…
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The NCAA has informed Michigan that the organization will announce the results of its sign-stealing investigation on Friday, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.The person spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to share the details.The NCAA alleged last year in a notice that current coach Sherrone Moore violated rules as an assistant under former coach Jim Harbaugh, who served a three-game suspension in exchange for the Big Ten dropping its investigation into the allegations after the two ended up in court. Moore also was accused of…
NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL can be put on trial over civil claims that Brian Flores and other Black coaches face discrimination, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday, rejecting the league’s attempt to force Flores into arbitration with Commissioner Roger Goodell as the arbitrator.The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan upheld Judge Valerie Caproni’s ruling that Flores can proceed with claims against the league and three teams: the Denver Broncos, the New York Giants and the Houston Texans.In a decision written by Circuit Judge Jose A. Cabranes, the appeals court said the NFL’s arbitration rules forcing Flores…
A group of rabbits in Colorado with grotesque, hornlike growths may seem straight out of a low-budget horror film, but scientists say there’s no reason to be spooked — the furry creatures merely have a relatively common virus.The cottontails recently spotted in Fort Collins are infected with the mostly harmless Shope papillomavirus, which causes wart-like growths that protrude from their faces like metastasizing horns.Viral photos have inspired a fluffle of unflattering nicknames, including “Frankenstein bunnies,” “demon rabbits” and “zombie rabbits.” But their affliction is nothing new, with the virus inspiring ancient folklore and fueling scientific research nearly 100 years ago.The…
Organizers of the Los Angeles Olympics will sell naming rights for a handful of its venues in deals expected to bring multiple millions of dollars to the 2028 Games while breaking down the International Olympic Committee’s long-sacrosanct policy of keeping brand names off its arenas and stadiums.The organizing committee announced the landmark deal Thursday, saying contracts were already in place with two of its founding partners — Honda, which already has naming rights for the arena in Anaheim that will host volleyball, and Comcast, which will have its name on the temporary venue hosting squash.LA28 chairman and CEO Casey Wasserman…
Elon Musk has a Rolodex of feuds: US President Donald Trump, “212” rapper Azealia Banks, and even a British diver who helped save a Thai soccer team stuck in a flooded cave.In 2024, he set his sights on Delaware.Although Delaware is generally considered a business-friendly state with a robust corporate legal system, Musk tried to shatter that reputation after a judge at Delaware’s Court of Chancery denied his multi-billion-dollar pay package, which was approved by Tesla’s board. In typical Musk fashion, he used his X account as a megaphone to blast the court and urged others to incorporate their business…
Every time ChatGPT gets an upgrade, it’s news. But what exactly is ChatGPT?ChatGPT is OpenAI’s flagship AI model. In August 2025, the company unveiled GPT-5, its latest iteration. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says GPT-5 is its most advanced AI model yet, marked by increased general intelligence and enhanced usability, like a “real-time router” that selects the most appropriate model to handle each user request.Here’s everything you need to know.What is ChatGPT?OpenAI is the leading AI startup. Its ultimate mission is to develop artificial general intelligence, or AGI, in a way that benefits humanity as a whole. AGI is a still-theoretical…
Since New York began licensing recreational marijuana stores about three years ago, the state has been using a simple tactic to ensure pot shops are kept a legally-mandated distance from local schools: Measure from the door of the dispensary to the door of the school.But officials recently made a startling admission: They’d misread the law and had been measuring incorrectly the whole time. Now, about 100 cannabis shops are in limbo, crossing their fingers for a legislative fix while wondering whether they’ll have to relocate.The news was like dropping “a grenade in the laps” of business owners, said Osbert Orduña,…
xAI is losing one of its cofounders.Igor Babuschkin, who founded xAI alongside Elon Musk in 2023, said he’s leaving the artificial intelligence startup.In a farewell post on X on Wednesday, Babuschkin wrote that he’s leaving xAI to start Babuschkin Ventures. It will focus on AI safety research and startups developing AI and agentic systems that can “advance humanity and unlock the mysteries of our universe.”In his post, Babuschkin recounted his journey from a CERN particle physics Ph.D. student to helping Musk build xAI from scratch.Babuschkin said he learned two major lessons from Musk.”I learned 2 priceless lessons from Elon: #1…
By Bhanvi Satija(Reuters) -More than one in four U.S. adults with diabetes used one of the injectable medicines that target the GLP-1 protein last year, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday.The wildly popular and effective GLP-1 drugs Mounjaro from Eli Lilly and Ozempic from Novo Nordisk are approved in the United States for treating type 2 diabetes. They are sold as Zepbound and Wegovy, respectively, for weight loss and are being tested for other conditions.Use of the injectable drugs was highest among adults with diabetes aged 50–64 at 33.3%, reflecting the more significant disease burden…