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This article is part of “Build IT: Connectivity,” a series about tech powering better business.Viome is aiming to transform disease detection, starting with the gut.The Washington-based biotech startup offers at-home testing kits that analyze saliva, stool, and blood samples. Using RNA analysis, scientists at Viome can evaluate how genes and gut microbes are behaving in real time.Once the tests are done, AI is applied to the results to generate personalized food and supplement recommendations. Users might be told to avoid spinach to reduce inflammation or take specific probiotics to support digestion and immunity.So far, the company said it has sold…

This article is part of “Build IT: Connectivity,” a series about tech powering better business.Viome is aiming to transform disease detection, starting with the gut.The Washington-based biotech startup offers at-home testing kits that analyze saliva, stool, and blood samples. Using RNA analysis, scientists at Viome can evaluate how genes and gut microbes are behaving in real time.Once the tests are done, AI is applied to the results to generate personalized food and supplement recommendations. Users might be told to avoid spinach to reduce inflammation or take specific probiotics to support digestion and immunity.So far, the company said it has sold…

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — On the 105th day of what was supposed to be a 60-day legislative session, Florida lawmakers passed a bill to allow charter schools to “co-locate” inside traditional public schools. It’s the latest move by the Republican-controlled Legislature to expand school choice in a state that has long been a national model for conservative education policy.The measure to expand what are known as “schools of hope” faced fierce pushback from Democratic lawmakers and public school advocates, and the proposal appeared to die on what was supposed to be the last day of the regularly scheduled session in…

For all the attention AI gets, some entertainment industry veterans think it’s still under-discussed — and underestimated.”We’re in the first inning of generative AI. It’s going to explode — absolutely explode — and people do not see it coming,” said Bill Abbott, the CEO of Great American Media, which showcases family-friendly and faith-based movies.But how are media companies already using AI? Business Insider recently heard from 11 media and entertainment leaders about how they’ve already implemented AI — and the breakthroughs they think it could deliver soon.Execs from companies like A+E Global Media and YouTube shared how AI can bring…

Anysphere launched a new $200-a-month subscription plan for its popular AI coding tool, Cursor, the company announced in a blog post on Monday. The new plan, Ultra, offers users 20x more usage on AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and xAI compared to the company’s $20-a-month subscription plan, Pro. Anysphere also says Cursor users on the Ultra plan will get priority access to new features. Anysphere CEO Michael Truell said in the blog that the Ultra plan was made possible through multi-year partnerships with AI model providers. In the last several months, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind have similarly…

Fifty-five attorneys general around the country have now signed on to a $7.4 billion settlement with drugmaker Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, over the opioid crisis, officials said.Fifteen states initially agreed to the settlement in January. Since then, an additional 34 states, five territories and Washington, D.C., joined the settlement, according to details released Monday by attorneys general involved in the case. Oklahoma reached a separate $270 million settlement in 2019.If the settlement is approved in court, it would end the Sacklers’ control of Purdue, maker of the addictive painkiller OxyContin, and block the family from selling…

Kraft Heinz will remove artificial dyes from its products sold in the U.S. by the end of 2027, the company announced Tuesday. The multinational food company also said it will stop making new products that contain these dyes, effective immediately.Kraft Heinz, the manufacturer of foods such as Jell-O, Capri Sun and Kool-Aid, said in an online statement that 10% of its products contain the dyes and that it has invested in removing the colors or replacing them with natural colors.Kraft Heinz replaced artificial dyes in its Kraft Mac & Cheese product in 2016, while some other products, including Heinz Tomato…

A woman in Georgia whose family said she was brain dead but kept on life support due to the state’s abortion laws has delivered a baby via C-section, according to a local news report.Nurse Adriana Smith was declared brain dead after a sudden health emergency in February when she was about eight weeks pregnant, her mother April Newkirk told 11Alive, an Atlanta-based NBC affiliate. Hospital officials told the family at the time that they could not remove Smith from her life support due to state law that bans most abortions after six weeks, the outlet reported.Smith, whose 31st birthday recently…

Kraft Heinz announced on Tuesday that it would be removing artificial food dyes from its products within the next two years.The company said 10% of its products currently contain FD&C color additives, which are approved for use in food by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), including brands such as Crystal Light, Jell-O and Kool Aid.Pedro Navio, North America president at Kraft Heinz, said in a statement that the company removed artificial colors, preservatives and flavors from its Kraft macaroni and cheese in 2016 and that its Heinz tomato ketchup has never had artificial dyes.MORE: What is Red 40?…

MIAMI (AP) — Almost a year since the Copa America final nearly ended in tragedy, big numbers of soccer fans are back at Hard Rock Stadium — this time for the Club World Cup with heightened security.A combined crowd of nearly 120,000 supporters have watched the opening two games staged in Miami. They have been greeted by extra checkpoints and a heavy police presence.The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office says lessons have been learned from July of last year when ticketless fans rushed the gates at the home of the Miami Dolphins for a match between Argentina and Colombia, leaving fans terrified…