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Linda Yaccarino is done cleaning up after Elon Musk.When she joined the platform formerly known as Twitter in June 2023, investors and ad industry professionals heralded her as a potential savior. The Madison Avenue veteran was tasked with turning around the platform’s ad business, which foundered when Elon Musk purchased the company then known as Twitter in 2022.But within her first couple of months in the top job, her most important responsibility crystallized: She would be a highly visible clean-up crew for Musk.”It became pretty clear straight away” her main role would be to “try to keep morale going internally,” Bruce…

NEW YORK (AP) — One game into his major league career, Cam Schlittler is the hardest-throwing member of the New York Yankees’ rotation.Schlittler used his 100 mph fastball to shut down Cal Raleigh and the Seattle Mariners during an eye-opening debut Wednesday night, pitching the Yankees to a 9-6 victory before a throng of friends and family members in the crowd.“Obviously, it’s been my goal my whole life,” Schlittler said. “I don’t think I’ve really processed it yet.” One of the team’s top-rated prospects, the 6-foot-6 Schlittler struck out seven over 5 1/3 innings to earn the win. He threw…

Cluely, an AI startup that uses a hidden in-browser window to analyze online conversations, has shot to fame with the controversial claim that its “undetectability” feature lets users “cheat on everything.” The company’s co-founder, Roy Lee, was suspended from Columbia University for boasting that he used Cluely, originally called Interview Coder, to “cheat” on a coding test when he was applying for a developer job at Amazon. On Tuesday, another Columbia University student, Patrick Shen, announced on X that he had built Truely, a product designed to help catch “cheaters” who use Cluely. Marketing itself as an “anti-Cluely,” Truely claims…

Mondelēz Global LLC has voluntarily recalled four carton sizes of Ritz Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches after discovering some products were mislabeled, according to a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcement issued Tuesday.The affected products, which are manufactured in the U.S. and distributed nationwide, include individually wrapped sandwiches that may be incorrectly labeled as the cheese variety, even though they contain peanut butter.Oscar Mayer turkey bacon recalled nationwide over listeria risk, USDA warnsWhile the outer cartons are correctly labeled and include an allergen advisory noting the product “contains peanuts,” the mislabeling on the individual packs could pose a serious risk to…

Microsoft’s chief commercial officer Judson Althoff said during a presentation this week that AI tools are boosting productivity across sales, customer service, and software engineering, Bloomberg reports. Althoff noted AI has been so useful that Microsoft was able to save more than $500 million last year in its call center alone.  The internal remarks come a week after Microsoft laid off more than 9,000 workers, the company’s third round of layoffs this year that put the total number of affected employees somewhere around 15,000.  For employees who lost their jobs while working at a company that is reporting impressive cost-savings…

Fungal infections are getting harder to treat as they grow more resistant to available drugs, according to research published Wednesday in The Lancet Microbe.The study focused on infections caused by Aspergillus fumigatus, a fungus that is ubiquitous in soil and decaying matter around the world. Aspergillus spores are inhaled all the time, usually without causing any problems. But in people who are immunocompromised or who have underlying lung conditions, Aspergillus can be dangerous.The fungus is one of the World Health Organization’s top concerns on its list of priority fungi, which notes that death rates for people with drug-resistant Aspergillus infections…

PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Suns have signed star guard Devin Booker to a two-year, $145 million maximum contract extension through the 2029-30 season, two people with direct knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press.The people spoke Wednesday on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been announced.The 28-year-old Booker has been one of the NBA’s best shooting guards, earning four All-Star appearances in 10 NBA seasons. The two-time all-NBA player has averaged 24.4 points since Phoenix took him out of Kentucky with the 13th overall pick in the 2015 draft.Booker averaged 25.6 points, 7.1 assists and 4.1…

A top venture capitalist firm is following in Elon Musk’s footsteps and ditching Delaware.Andreessen Horowitz announced Wednesday it will move its primary business — AH Capital Management — to Nevada. Although Delaware has historically been a business-friendly state, a series of court rulings have led some executives to question whether that’s still true.”In particular, Delaware courts can at times appear biased against technology startup founders and their boards,” the firm said in a blog posted to its website.The firm added that the “legal uncertainty” has caused concern among “entrepreneurs and their professional investors who often sit on their boards.””As a…

Olivia Munn is opening up about her mom’s breast cancer diagnosis.The “Your Friends and Neighbors” star, 45, took to Instagram on Wednesday and revealed that her mom was diagnosed with Stage 1 HER2 breast cancer after Munn’s own breast cancer diagnosis in 2023.”Going through cancer is really hard,” Munn wrote in a statement shared in the post. “But there’s something about watching a loved one go through it that is even more heartbreaking.”Olivia Munn speaks out about breast cancer, fertility issues in 1st TV interview since surgeriesIn the statement, Munn wrote that she “urged my mother and sister to take…

Garry Tan says too many business students today are being taught to fudge the truth — and warns that going down that road could lead to serious consequences, like jail time.Speaking to an audience of undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. students during a live recording of Y Combinator’s Lightcone Podcast, Tan criticized unnamed academic entrepreneurship programs that he claimed teach a “fake it till you make it” attitude.”I’m very worried about them because what we’re coming to understand is they are teaching you to lie,” Tan told the audience at Y Combinator’s AI Startup School conference. “Software is the most empowering…