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The future of the most important partnership in technology depends on Microsoft’s access to the artificial intelligence powering ChatGPT.When OpenAI first demoed a breakthrough feature in May 2024, allowing users to talk to its AI just like a person, it looked as if the company did so in lock-step with its partner and investor, Microsoft. Soon after OpenAI demoed this voice capability for its new GPT-4o model, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella included it in a keynote speech at the company’s Build developer conference.Behind the scenes, Microsoft had little knowledge of the feature until days before the demo, people involved in…

Katherine Heigl thinks a strongly worded letter should be sent to whoever’s responsible for moms experiencing perimenopause while parenting teens.The Emmy-award winning actor, best known for her roles in “Grey’s Anatomy,” “27 Dresses,” and “Firefly Lane,” has three children with her husband Josh Kelley: two daughters, Naleigh, 15, and Adalaide, 13, as well as a son, Joshua, 8.Heigl, 46, told Business Insider that everyone’s hormones changing at once is “really difficult,” but she prioritizes her and her kids’ physical and mental health as best she can, even if it sometimes means making the same “kid-friendly” dinners on repeat.Speaking to BI…

After 13 years of deploying robots into its warehouses, Amazon reached a new milestone. The tech behemoth now has 1 million robots in its warehouses, the company announced Monday. This one millionth robot was recently delivered to an Amazon fulfillment facility in Japan. That figure puts Amazon on track to reach another landmark: Its vast network of warehouses may soon have the same number of robots working as people, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal. The WSJ also reported that 75% of Amazon’s global deliveries are now assisted in some way by a robot. TechCrunch reached out to…

After 13 years of deploying robots into its warehouses, Amazon reached a new milestone. The tech behemoth now has 1 million robots in its warehouses, the company announced Monday. This one millionth robot was recently delivered to an Amazon fulfillment facility in Japan. That figure puts Amazon on track to reach another landmark: Its vast network of warehouses may soon have the same number of robots working as people, according to reporting from The Wall Street Journal. The WSJ also reported that 75% of Amazon’s global deliveries are now assisted in some way by a robot. TechCrunch reached out to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The University of Pennsylvania has agreed to ban transgender women from its women’s sports teams to resolve a federal civil rights case that found the school violated the rights of female athletes.The U.S. Education Department announced the voluntary agreement Tuesday. The case focused on Lia Thomas, the transgender swimmer who last competed for the Ivy League school in Philadelphia in 2022, when she became the first openly transgender athlete to win a Division I title.It’s part of the Trump administration’s broader attempt to remove transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s sports.Under the agreement, Penn agreed to restore…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is withholding more than $6 billion in federal grants for afterschool and summer programs, English language instruction, adult literacy and more as part of a review to ensure grants align with President Donald Trump’s priorities.The move leaves states and schools in limbo as they budget for programs this summer and in the upcoming school year, introducing new uncertainty about when — or if — they will receive the money. It also sets the stage for a clash with Democrats, who say the administration is flouting the law by holding back money Congress appropriated.Without the…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The lives of four University of Idaho students were cut short in 2022 when a masked intruder entered their rental house and stabbed them to death as they slept — a crime that shocked the nation and ended their hopes and dreams.Madison Mogen was a marketing major who ran a social media campaign for the Greek restaurant where she worked. Kaylee Goncalves was a senior planning a post-graduation trip to Europe. Xana Kernodle was a marketing major who was the kind of person who lifted a room. And Ethan Chapin was a freshman whose fellow triplets…

Can what you eat affect the way you sleep or the types of dreams you have? A recent study asked just that.In the study, published Monday in the journal Frontiers in Psychology, 40.2% of participants reported certain eating habits affected their sleep.The study used data from online surveys taken by 1,082 college-aged participants who submitted their experiences from January to April 2023. The survey asked about more than a dozen food groups, including dairy, desserts and sweets, fruit and meat.Around 25% of participants said at least one of the food groups worsened their sleep and about 20% said at least…

Grammarly announced Tuesday the acquisition of email client Superhuman in a push to build out its AI for its productivity suite. Neither companies provided details about the financial terms of the deal. Superhuman was founded by Rahul Vohra, Vivek Sodera, and Conrad Irwin. The company raised more than $114 million in funding from backers including a16z, IVP, and Tiger Global, with its last valuation at $825 million, according to data from venture data analytics firm Traxcn. “With Superhuman, we can deliver that future to millions more professionals while giving our existing users another surface for agent collaboration that simply doesn’t…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark was ruled out of the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup final on Tuesday with a strained groin, her third straight absence for the Indiana Fever.The Fever announced on their pregame injury report that Clark would sit against the Minnesota Lynx in the championship game of the league’s in-season tournament. The game does not count toward the regular-season standings.Clark, the first overall pick in the 2024 draft and one of the two captains selected for the WNBA All-Star Game later this month, never missed a game in college at Iowa or with the Fever as a rookie until…