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Target is continuing to invest in its tech workforce as it tries to recapture the success it saw a few years ago.EVP and operating chief Michael Fiddelke told investors in May that harnessing tech and AI would be critical to his work in the company’s newly formed office that aims to accelerate its growth plan.The Bullseye retailer has long brought a tech-savviness to its business that has set it apart from most other retailers: it first launched its e-commerce website in 1999, and its early engagement with mobile pickup and delivery services gave Target a massive lift during the COVID-19…

Hello, Yahoo readers! My name is Kaitlin Reilly, and I’m here to deliver the best health and wellness tips the internet has to offer this week.One small thing you can do for your health? Consider your caffeine intake — just like some of the people Yahoo’s Natalie Rahhal spoke with recently. A June 2025 Yahoo/YouGov poll of nearly 1,600 U.S. adults found that 81% of Americans drink caffeine, and nearly 30% of them have tried to give it up.Should you be one of them? While the Food and Drug Administration says that 400 mg or less of caffeine per day…

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — It is like any other church in Nigeria ‘s megacity of Lagos. A lectern faces rows of plastic chairs. A biblical quote is written on a beam above. There is a music section, with a set of drums. Sash-wearing church wardens move around to enforce order.But it is also different. For hours, the only sounds are exclamations and thunderous bursts of drums, with their vibrations the cues for when to pray, kneel or respond to the preacher’s calls for “Hallelujah.”This is a church for deaf people in Somolu, a mixed-income suburb, where about 50 to 60…

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Lando Norris held off his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in a tense finish to win the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday and boost his Formula 1 title chances heading into the mid-season break. Norris clung on with worn tires as Piastri loomed behind him in the final laps. He claimed McLaren’s 200th F1 win by less than a second to cut Piastri’s standings lead to nine points from 16.“I’m dead. It was tough, it was tough,” Norris said. “The final stint, with Oscar catching, I was pushing flat out.”Norris briefly dropped to fifth on the first…

SINGAPORE (AP) — The United States, which had a frustrating swim world championships, ended on a high note Sunday with a record in the women’s 4×100 medley relay in the last event of the eight-day championships.The Americans swam a time of 3 minutes, 49.34 seconds, breaking their own old record mark of 3:49.63.The United States finished with nine gold medals and 29 overall, ahead of Australia with eight gold and 20 overall. France and Canada were next in the gold-medal count with four gold medals. The 18-year-old Canadian star Summer McIntosh won all four.The Americans battled a case of “acute…

2025-08-03T00:24:32Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp 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. Elon Musk posted on X that Grok Imagine, his new AI-powered text-to-video generator, “is AI Vine.” Vine was a beloved short-form video service purchased by Twitter in 2012 and discontinued in 2017. Musk now says he’s working to restore Vine’s video archive. You might soon have a new favorite…

Apple CEO Tim Cook held an hourlong all-hands meeting in which he told employees that the company needs to win in AI, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The meeting came after an earnings call in which Cook told investors and analysts that Apple would “significantly” increase its AI investments. It seems he had a similar message for Apple employees, reportedly telling them, “Apple must do this. Apple will do this. This is sort of ours to grab.” Despite launching a variety of AI-powered features in the past year under the Apple Intelligence umbrella, the company’s promised upgrades to its voice…

MONTREAL (AP) — Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko upset top-seeded Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-4 on Saturday night to reach the National Bank Open quarterfinals.“Your support was incredible,” Mboko told the crowd in French after a chorus of “Olé, Olé, Olé!” chants echoed around the venue. “I’m really happy to win today. .. It’s incredible. I’m so happy to beat such a great champion.”Gauff dropped to 2-3 since winning the French Open. She followed the major victory with opening losses in Berlin and Wimbledon, then overcame double-fault problems to win two three-set matches in Montreal. Gauff had five double-faults Saturday after having…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi exited Inter Miami’s Leagues Cup match against Necaxa on Saturday night after suffering an apparent hamstring injury in the opening minutes.Messi was running toward the penalty area between two defenders when he appeared to get tripped in the eighth minute. He fell to the ground and slammed his fist in frustration before walking toward midfield as play continued.He then sat on the pitch near Inter Miami’s bench as trainers came and worked on his right upper thigh area for a couple of minutes.He was subbed out in the 11th for Federico Redondo and…

OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones does not intend to trade Micah Parsons after the star defensive end said he wants to leave the team amid a breakdown in negotiating a contract extension.“Surely you guys have been around this stuff and know how to recognize negotiation talk, that type of thing. And so that’s where I put that,” Jones said after practice Saturday, one day after Parsons posted on social media to request a trade.No stranger to public and prolonged disputes with standout players, Jones insisted the standoff with Parsons is no different than…