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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers are moving on without Rashawn Slater after the offensive lineman’s torn patellar tendon sidelined him for the season.“It’s like a gut punch,” coach Jim Harbaugh said Friday.The 315-pound lineman was carted off the practice field Thursday after teammates offered consoling hugs.“His right foot slipped out from under him as he was making a set before contact,” Harbaugh said, “and then all his weight came down on his left side and it was too much strain on the patella and it ruptured.”The injury came nearly two weeks after Slater signed a $114…

Pinterest CEO Bill Ready told investors on the company’s second-quarter earnings call that the social app and inspirational bookmarking site could be considered an “AI-enabled shopping assistant.” However, he thinks that the agentic web, where AI agents shop on users’ behalf, is still far in the future. The remarks were made in response to a question about the agentic web, which could impact the search funnel and businesses like Pinterest, which positions itself at the early stages of the shopping journey — around the time when users are seeking ideas that could later turn into purchases. Investors are likely concerned…

There’s growing concern about the safety of consuming a supplement known as kratom, derived from the leaves of a tree native to Southeast Asia that has exploded in popularity in recent years.Used in a variety of products — including drinks, pills, powders and brewed tea leaves — kratom is marketed as an energy booster, relaxant and pain reliever.But it’s increasingly blamed for addiction, seizures and in some instances deaths. Kratom is currently banned in six states and Washington, D.C., and at least 18 states have some form of regulation.”There’s a common misperception that because it’s plant-based … it’s safe or non-addictive, but…

(Reuters) -A shortage of intravenous and injectable saline solutions in the United States has now been resolved, U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner Martin Makary said on Friday.A shortage of IV fluids, which provide nutrients to the body or replenish fluids lost due to injury or illness, had forced hospitals to curtail elective procedures last year.The shortage partly stems from Baxter International’s North Carolina plant getting damaged in Hurricane Helene in September.At that time, the Marion, North Carolina site was producing 60% of the nation’s supply of IV fluids and peritoneal dialysis solutions, amounting to 1.5 million bags daily, according…

OpenAI astounded the tech industry for the second time this week by launching its newest flagship model, GPT-5, just days after releasing two new freely available models under an open source license. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman went so far as to call GPT-5 “the best model in the world.” That may be pride or hyperbole, as TechCrunch’s Maxwell Zeff reports that GPT-5 only slightly outperforms other leading AI models from Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and xAI on some key benchmarks, and slightly lags on others. Still, it’s a model that performs well for a wide variety of uses, particularly coding. And,…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson is considered day-to-day with a dislocated pinkie, a person with knowledge of the injury told The Associated Press on Friday.The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the team hadn’t yet made an official statement.It’s unclear when Richardson will practice next. Indy did not hold practice Friday and is scheduled to do so Saturday in Westfield, Indiana, a suburb on Indianapolis’ northwest side.Richardson was injured on the second possession of the Colts’ preseason game against the Ravens on Thursday night. He was driven into the ground by unblocked Baltimore…

New York City is in crisis. A pocket of the city’s tech community thinks it has the solution.They’re looking to abundance, a fast-rising ideology that says the way out of urban decay is to build: more housing, more transit, more clean energy, and more tech. It’s a Yes-In-My-Backyard worldview aimed squarely at a city drowning in sky-high living costs and rising waters.The city is screaming with an unfocused angst, said Andrew Staniforth, the cofounder and CEO of construction tech startup Assembly OSM, during a “Tech for Abundance” panel Wednesday night in Midtown Manhattan.”I think that’s creating a bit of a…

There’s a new slate of MVPs in the labor market.Over the past several months, a talent war has been rippling through Silicon Valley as companies like OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic vie for an elite group of the best and the brightest working on artificial intelligence.OpenAI CEO Sam Altman called it the “most intense talent market I have seen in my career,” on CNBC’s Squawk Box on Friday, a day after OpenAI released GPT-5, the latest iteration of its flagship model.Altman, however, says that fighting over a chosen few may not be necessary.”I bet it’s much bigger than people think,” he…

The Trump administration is seeking a $1 billion settlement from the University of California, Los Angeles, a White House official said Friday, weeks after the Department of Justice accused the school of antisemitism and other civil rights violations. UCLA is the first public university whose federal grants have been targeted by the administration over allegations of civil rights violations related to antisemitism and affirmative action. The Trump administration has frozen or paused federal funding over similar allegations against private colleges.The White House official did not detail any additional demands from the administration. The person was not authorized to speak publicly…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cleveland Browns rookie quarterback Shedeur Sanders impressed the first half of his NFL preseason debut, throwing two touchdown passes to Kaden Davis against the Carolina Panthers.The first, a 7-yard TD pass to Davis between two defenders, prompted his Hall of Fame father and Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders to take to social media.“Yes Lawd! Yes @ShedeurSanders,” Sanders posted on X.Sanders closed out the first half with a 12-yard TD strike to Davis over the middle to give the Browns a 14-7 lead at the break. Sanders finished the half 11-of-18 passing for 103 yards with…