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On the rare occasions Apple has allowed visitors inside its secretive product design labs, gray blankets covered the tables, shielding any future products from prying eyes.So what might be under the cloth?Apple is famously secretive about what’s around the corner, but it’s left some breadcrumbs here and there for the careful observer. CEO Tim Cook and other executives have dropped subtle hints in recent years on earnings calls and in interviews.Other times, Cook or other execs will be asked about the competition or what Apple’s role in a future product category could look like, and their answers help signal how…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Frederick Richard is taking the fight to make men’s gymnastics matter to a new front: his wardrobe.The charismatic 21-year-old Olympic bronze medalist switched out the stirrup pants that have long been a staple of the men’s uniform for shorts with compression leggings at the U.S. Championships this weekend, firm in his belief that the three-tenths (0.3) deduction he receives every day of competition that he breaks the rules is worth it if it makes his sport more accessible.Even when those tenths add up. Richard edged Fuzzy Benas by less than a quarter of a point for…
Costco didn’t become the third-largest retailer in the world by rushing into things.The warehouse club has instead taken a conservative approach to growing its business over the last four decades.That has served the retailer well, but a robust digital strategy is no longer optional for companies that wish to remain competitive in 2025.”We continue to make progress with technology,” CFO Gary Millerchip said during Costco’s earnings call in May. “One of our key focus areas is building capabilities to deliver more personal, relevant experiences for our members, helping them save time and money.”Costco is still well behind Walmart in adopting…
Hello, Yahoo readers! My name is Kaitlin Reilly, and I am rounding up the best health and wellness tips the internet has to offer this week.Do you start the morning with a glass of OJ? A potential change to orange juice is coming, thanks to a new regulation proposed by the Trump administration calling for it to be made with less sugary oranges, the Washington Post reports. The Food and Drug Administration is proposing to lower the minimum sugar content required for orange juice to be labeled as “pasteurized orange juice,” in response to a request from Florida’s citrus industry,…
Misha Brown was walking into his local Circle K gas station in Austin, Texas, when he says a teenage boy approached him and asked him to buy him “Feel Free.” When Brown said no, he said he believed the boy tried to grab his wallet.Brown, 37, recounted the story in a TikTok last month that has over 23 million views.When he went into the store and told the attendant about the teen, she pointed to Feel Free — an herbal drink sold in small, blue, shot-size bottles that claim to offer “relaxation, productivity and focus” — and told him that…
SEATTLE (AP) — Cal Raleigh launched his major league-leading 44th home run, Julio Rodríguez went deep twice and the surging Seattle Mariners defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 7-4 on Saturday night after retiring Ichiro Suzuki’s No. 51 jersey.Seattle extended its win streak to six, the longest active run in the American League, and moved within a half-game of Houston atop the AL West. After hitting the go-ahead homer in the eighth inning Friday night, Raleigh delivered another three-run shot Saturday to put Seattle up 5-1 in the third. Rodríguez connected on the next pitch from starter Joe Boyle (1-2), who…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit his 40th home run of the season Saturday night in the fifth inning of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 9-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.The two-way Japanese star reached 40 homes for the fourth time in his career, after winning MVP awards in each of the previous three years he did it. Last year, Ohtani hit a career-high 54 home runs in winning the National League MVP in his first year with the Dodgers.On Saturday, Ohtani hit a solo shot 417 feet to center off starter Chris Bassitt to give the Dodgers a…
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Standing half a football field away and with more than a dozen offensive and defensive linemen blocking his view, Cam Little couldn’t see the ball clear the crossbar. But when his Jacksonville Jaguars teammates started screaming and scrambling, Little knew the outcome: a 70-yard field goal that he initially thought set an NFL record. He later learned it wouldn’t count because it happened in a preseason game, a 31-25 loss to Pittsburgh on Saturday night.“It does (stink),” he said. “That means we just have to go out there and make it again.”Little nailed a 70-yarder to…
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — CeeDee Lamb took a big hit and committed a penalty in the Dallas Cowboys’ preseason opener — even though the star receiver wasn’t playing.A sprinting official ran straight into Lamb’s back when the four-time Pro Bowl wideout wandered too close to the field during the second quarter of the Cowboys’ 31-21 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Saturday night, resulting in a 15-yard penalty to Dallas for making contact with an official.Dressed in street clothes, Lamb was watching Joe Milton’s deep pass to Jonathan Mingo and signaling to his teammates while standing in the white…
The AI industry is always talking about breakthroughs in intelligence and benchmark wins, but the biggest story this week is GPT-5 — and how easy it is to use for casual users not paying attention to every development.OpenAI promotes the new and improved capabilities of every iteration of its flagship model. When OpenAI released GPT-4, it said the model “exhibits human-level performance on various professional and academic benchmarks.” GPT-4.5, meanwhile, improved the model’s “ability to recognize patterns, draw connections, and generate creative insights without reasoning.”GPT-5, OpenAI said on Thursday, marks “a significant leap in intelligence over all our previous models,…