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Amjad Masad, Replit’s CEO, said the era of solo software creation has arrived, and all it takes is a few hours and a good prompt.”You can just have a prompt and have an app,” he said on an episode of the “Big Technology Podcast” published Wednesday.”I’d say at least set an afternoon to give it some good effort and try to get your first app. And once you do that, you just get it,” he added.Replit, which lets users build applications through AI-assisted prompts and code autocomplete tools, has seen explosive growth.The company said its annual recurring revenue soared from…

Drugmaker Eli Lilly says its oral, daily GLP-1 pill may offer similar weight loss results as weekly GLP-1 shots.Eli Lilly, the maker of Mounjaro and Zepbound, said Thursday that the company’s new orforglipron pill can offer up to an average of 27.3 pounds of weight loss, according to results from the first of two of its Phase 3 trials that included more than 3,100 overweight or obese adults.Scott Olson/Getty Images – PHOTO: A sign with the company logo sits on the headquarters campus of Eli Lilly and Company on March 17, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana.”With orforglipron, we’re working to transform…

Sel Yackley is a busy woman.She makes jewelry, sings in a choir and knits hats and scarves for the homeless. She also reads with her book club, goes to the gym a few times a week and is active in several civic organizations. According to her Fitbit, she still manages to sleep an average of 7½ hours a night.At 85, Yackley is a “SuperAger.” That is, someone who is 80 or older and retains the memory capacity — based on delayed word recall testing — of a person at least two to three decades younger.Dr. M. Marsel Mesulam, who founded…

A North Carolina judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the 1983 N.C. State men’s basketball team, shutting down the national championship team’s request for name, image and likeness compensation.The team was known as the “Cardiac Pack” for a series of close, nail-biting victories, including a 54-52 win over Houston in the 1983 national championship game. Lorenzo Charles sealed the victory with a buzzer-beating dunk, and coach Jim Valvano rushed the court — a moment that encapsulated the thrill of March Madness and was used in promotions for years.The players filed a suit requesting a jury trial and “reasonable compensation”…

Peggy Goodwin typically likes to spend as much time outside as possible in the too-short Michigan summers, riding her bike or taking a walk.But Goodwin, and the residents of the assisted living facility where she works, have been spending more time indoors lately as smoke from hundreds of wildfires burning in Canada drifts across the border. Goodwin said the skies have turned hazy, the smell of barbecue lingers in the air, and her eyes burn and water if she’s outside too long.”It’s just not pleasant,” she said.Canadian wildfire smoke has worsened air quality in many parts of the United States,…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Max Scherzer vs. Clayton Kershaw sounds like an enticing postseason matchup in October. Fans won’t have to wait that long. The likely Hall of Famers square off Friday in a rare contest between the most recent members of baseball’s 3,000-strikeout club.“You probably aren’t going to see that very often these days,” Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “I have a lot of respect for Max. It’ll be good to see him and hopefully we can have our way with him.”Scherzer is, alongside his left-handed opponent, perhaps one of this generation’s greatest pitchers. He and Kershaw…

Ultra-processed foods make up the bulk of what kids eat — and adults aren’t far behind, a report published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds.About 62% of kids’ and teens’ daily calories came from ultra-processed foods, the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics found, compared with 53% for adults.The report marks the first time CDC has provided estimates about how much ultra-processed foods make up Americans’ diets.Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in May cited ultra-processed foods among his list of top issues that need to be addressed to curb what he says…

President Donald Trump stunned markets Wednesday by announcing 100% tariffs on imported semiconductor chips — but major chip stocks rallied.Taiwanese chip giant TSMC’s stock closed 4.9% higher. In South Korea, Samsung Electronics ended 2.5% higher while SK Hynix reversed losses of over 3% in early trade to close 1.4% up.The rebound came as investors digested news that companies investing in US manufacturing would be exempt. TSMC already operates plants in the US, and both South Korean firms have committed to major US investments.The Trump administration has not released specifics on the tariffs, including when they could come.”The good news for…

Tired: still being on your family phone plan well into your 30s. Wired: hopping onto a plan with your chosen family — your friends. You still get the financial advantage of sharing a joint subscription without the embarrassment of your mom floating the cost of your excessive TikTok habit. Let’s assume your friends are trustworthy enough to keep up on their part of the monthly payment, of course.Americans are drowning in subscriptions. From phone plans to streaming services, fitness apps, and media, consumers are performing what feels like a constant balancing act of sign-ups (and cancellations). While many of these…

Lesley Mathis knows what her daughter said was wrong. But she never expected the 13-year-old girl would get arrested for it.The teenage girl made an offensive joke while chatting online with her classmates, triggering the school’s surveillance software.Before the morning was even over, the Tennessee eighth grader was under arrest. She was interrogated, strip-searched and spent the night in a jail cell, her mother says.Earlier in the day, her friends had teased the teen about her tanned complexion and called her “Mexican,” even though she’s not. When a friend asked what she was planning for Thursday, she wrote: “on Thursday…