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2026-01-13T16:12:02.660Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads 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. Polymarket partnered with the Golden Globes, showing viewers betting odds for each award category. Ultimately, Polymarket bettors guessed correctly 26 out of 28 times. CEO Shayne Coplan took a victory lap on X: “A surreal moment and a highlight for all our team members’ moms.” The Golden Globes is…
Bestselling author Colleen Hoover is sharing a health update with her many readers and fans.The “It Ends with Us” author revealed she was diagnosed with cancer and underwent treatment in an Instagram story photo post Monday, writing, “Second to last day of radiation! I wish I could blame my hair and facial expressions on @texas.oncology but they’ve been great. Hope you never need them, but highly recommend them.”Sam Hodde/Getty Images – PHOTO: Colleen Hoover hosts a “Regretting You” Fan Screening at AMC NorthPark 15 on September 26, 2025, in Dallas, Texas.In an earlier Facebook post on Friday, Hoover wrote that…
Jan 13 (Reuters) – U.S. telehealth firm Ro said on Tuesday it has entered a research collaboration with drugmaker Amgen to examine challenges patients and providers face in accessing obesity treatments, including GLP-1 therapies.The study will use data from Ro’s direct-to-consumer platform to track insurance coverage as well as prior authorization requirements for GLP-1 drugs such as Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic and Eli Lilly’s Zepbound.Weight-loss drugs have reshaped obesity care, but many patients still struggle to obtain them because of coverage gaps, Ro said.While drugmakers built their own direct-to-consumer channels, companies such as Noom, Ro and WeightWatchers are playing a growing…
Apple is launching a new Creator Studio subscription bundle that offers access to six creative apps as well as premium content in iWork apps, the company announced on Tuesday. The bundle costs $12.99 per month or $129 per year and includes access to Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, and Pixelmator Pro on Mac and iPad, as well as Motion, Compressor, and MainStage on Mac. It also includes premium content for Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. Later, the bundle will include Freeform for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. College students and educators can subscribe for $2.99 per month or $29.99 per year. Apple…
2026-01-13T14:17:23.760Z Share Copy link Email Facebook WhatsApp X LinkedIn Bluesky Threads 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. Microsoft unveiled a five-point plan to reduce AI data center impact on US communities. The company aims to reduce rising utility bills and reduce infrastructure strain from data centers. Microsoft also made commitments to local job creation and AI training for residents. Microsoft’s AI data centers need a lot…
Colorado is in the midst of a record-breaking flu season. In the week ending Dec. 27, 2025, 831 people were hospitalized with influenza – the most since the state started tracking flu cases two decades ago. Hospitalizations eased the following week to 737 but still remain higher than prior years.Colorado is among the top five states with the most flu activity in the country, with doctor’s visits for flu-like illness at a 30-year record high, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s weekly influenza surveillance report.I’m an emergency medicine and critical care physician at the University of Colorado.…
Tucked away inside an enormous gated mansion on the outskirts of Los Angeles, a couple was raising nearly two dozen children, most under the age of 3, when their shrouded lives were thrust into public view.Guojun Xuan and Silvia Zhang drew national interest in July after authorities raided their Arcadia home and took 21 kids, mostly surrogate-born, into custody. The raid came after their 2-month-old son was rushed to the hospital with injuries that medical staff suspected were due to child abuse. His trauma was consistent with “either a traffic accident or the child being shaken and/or dropped,” said Arcadia…
Usage of voice AI in sales, marketing, customer support, and consumer applications has shot up in the last few years. As a result, model providers have seen increased business, along with investor interest. On the back of this demand, today, Deepgram said that it has raised $130 million in a Series C round led by AVP at a $1.3 billion dollar valuation. The round also saw existing investors such as Alkeon, In-Q-Tel, Madrona, Tiger, Wing, and Y Combinator put in more money. Plus, new investors like Alumni Ventures, Columbia University, Princeville Capital, Twilio, and SAP joined the round. The company has…
In a world of digital distractions, the CTO of Slack said he has to be intentional about carving out time for deep work.”Sometimes my day is driven by my calendar or driven by my inbox or what’s coming at me,” Parker Harris, who also cofounded Salesforce, told Business Insider.One strategy he uses to limit distractions when he turns to focused work: Keeping the sound of his notifications “completely off.””I hate that knock sound or any other sound,” Harris said about notifications in general. He said he also flips his phone over so he isn’t tempted by it.”I don’t want to…
Slackbot, the automated assistant baked into the Salesforce-owned corporate messaging platform Slack, is entering a new era as an AI agent. And Salesforce CTO Parker Harris hopes it will be as viral as OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The cloud software giant rolled out the new version of Slackbot on Tuesday. This new AI agent version of Slackbot, which is generally available for Business+ and Enterprise+ customers, can find information, draft emails, and schedule meetings, among other things, all within the Slack platform, according to the company. It can also connect to, and interact with, other enterprise products like Microsoft Teams and Google…