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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Manny Machado of the San Diego Padres got his 2,000th career hit Monday night against the Arizona Diamondbacks with a sharp single off the glove of diving shortstop Geraldo Perdomo. The milestone hit came against starter Zac Gallen leading off the fourth inning. Machado received a standing ovation from the crowd at Petco Park, where he’s been a fan favorite since joining the Padres in 2019.“Doing it in front of the home crowd definitely is a lot better, and hopefully there’s more,” Machado said after San Diego’s 6-3 loss.The All-Star slugger singled to left field in…
The CEO of Anysphere, the company behind the popular AI-powered coding environment Cursor, apologized Friday for a poorly communicated pricing change to its $20-per-month Pro plan. The changes resulted in some users complaining that they unexpectedly faced additional costs. “We recognize that we didn’t handle this pricing rollout well and we’re sorry,” said Anysphere CEO Michael Truell in a blog post. “Our communication was not clear enough and came as a surprise to many of you.” Truell is referring to a June 16 update to Cursor’s Pro plan. Instead of Pro users getting 500 fast responses on advanced AI models…
NEW YORK (AP) — Barnard College has settled a lawsuit that accused the college of not doing enough to combat antisemitism on campus, agreeing to a litany of demands that include banning masks at protests and refusing to meet or negotiate with a coalition of pro-Palestinian student groups, according to a statement released Monday.The Manhattan college, an all-women’s affiliate of Columbia University, will also establish a new Title VI coordinator to enforce against claims of discrimination. Beginning next semester, all students and staff will receive a message conveying a “zero tolerance” policy for harassment of Jewish and Israeli students. The…
Now might be a good time to pull the trigger if you’re thinking about buying an electric vehicle.President Donald Trump signed the Big Beautiful Bill into effect on Friday. That means the $7,500 tax credit established under former President Joe Biden’s EV initiative will expire on September 30.”If you’re in the market for an EV and you’re ready to commit to a new car, you should do that,” Joseph Yoon, consumer insights analyst at car shopping website Edmunds, told Business Insider.Revised rules for the $7,500 federal tax credit went into effect last year and limited the number of EVs that…
Several major medical organizations are suing Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Department of Health and Human Services over actions they call a “public health emergency that demands immediate legal action and correction.”The lawsuit was filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.The move follows several recent high-profile anti-vaccine actions by Kennedy, including firing all members of a key vaccine panel of experts and removing a recommendation that children and pregnant women get a Covid shot.“He’s doing everything he possibly can to undermine vaccine confidence,” said Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American…
2025-07-07T20:24:32Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn 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. Apple’s “F1: The Movie” is a box office hit, grossing $293 million globally so far. The film, starring Brad Pitt and Damson Idris, surpassed Apple’s previous highest-grossing film. Apple’s other films, despite star power, underperformed, leading to strategy changes. Apple’s highly anticipated (and highly marketed) “F1: The Movie” seems to be paying…
Some ChatGPT subscribers are reporting a new feature appearing in their drop-down list of available tools called “Study Together.” The mode is apparently the chatbot’s way of becoming a better educational tool. Rather than providing answers to prompts, some say it asks more questions and requires the human to answer, like OpenAI’s answer to Google’s LearnLM. Some also wonder whether it will have a mode where more than one human can join the chat in a study group mode. OpenAI did not respond to our request for comment but, for what it’s worth, ChatGPT told us, “OpenAI hasn’t officially announced…
Americans may need to download a new version of CapCut to keep using its video-editing tools.The app’s owner, ByteDance, has laid out plans to split US users into a new version of CapCut called “CapCut US,” according to documentation viewed by Business Insider. Setting up a US-specific app could be part of a broader plan to comply with a 2024 law that required ByteDance to separate from TikTok and its other US assets or essentially cease operating in the country.ByteDance is similarly planning to create a separate US version of TikTok, The Information reported on Sunday. The plan to split…
Emergency rooms across the country are seeing a spike in tick bite cases, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.July has already seen the highest number of tick-related ER visits since 2017, with the Northeast region reporting the most cases, the CDC said.Young children and elderly adults appear particularly vulnerable, with those under 10 and over 70 years old having the highest rates of emergency room visits, according to the CDC.STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images – PHOTO: A person itches a bite in an undated stock photo.For residents in the New York tristate area, the threat is…
Paolo Banchero has checked a lot of boxes since joining the Orlando Magic. Won rookie of the year, been an All-Star, helped the team to the playoffs twice.And now, the Magic are betting on there being more — much more.Banchero has signed the richest contract in Magic history, the team announced Monday night. The five-year extension is worth $239 million and could reach about $287 million should he become eligible for a supermax deal, a person with knowledge of the agreement said.The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the terms were not revealed by either…