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WASHINGTON (AP) — Two university hospitals are pioneering new ways to expand lifesaving heart transplants for adults and babies — advances that could help recover would-be heart donations that too often go unused.The new research aims to overcome barriers for using organs from someone who dies when their heart stops. Called DCD, or donation after circulatory death, it involves a controversial recovery technique or the use of expensive machines.Surgeons at Duke and Vanderbilt universities reported Wednesday that they’ve separately devised simpler approaches to retrieve those hearts. In the New England Journal of Medicine, they described successfully transplanting hearts to a…

QpiAI, an Indian startup that claims to integrate AI and quantum computing for enterprise use cases, has raised $32 million in a new funding round co-led by the Indian government as the company aims to expand its presence and develop utility-scale quantum computers for markets around the world. The Indian government’s $750 million National Quantum Mission has co-led QpiAI’s all-equity Series A round, alongside Avataar Ventures, at a post-money valuation of $162 million. The funding reflects India’s broader push to establish itself as a quantum computing power. Launched in 2023, the National Quantum Mission is an Indian government initiative that…

Halfway through 2025, the return-to-office push continues to expand.The effort started to pick up steam last year, when corporate giants like Amazon and AT&T said they would bring their employees back into the office five days a week this year. Sweetgreen, too, said in December that it’s upping support staff’s in-person requirement for 2025.Other major employers, including JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs, have also abandoned the hybrid attendance policy they adopted during the pandemic and instead implemented full return-to-office mandates.Several executives and leaders have said they believe productivity increases when workers are in the office together, while others hope to increase…

Twenty-one children are in the custody of a California child-welfare agency while authorities investigate a Los Angeles-area couple and whether they misled surrogate mothers around the country.Fifteen children were removed from the couple’s opulent home in Arcadia after an abuse allegation in May, and another six living elsewhere were also located, Arcadia police Lt. Kollin Cieadlo said. They range in age from 2 months to 13 years, with most between 1 and 3.“We believe one or two were born biologically to the mother,” he said. “There are some surrogates who have come forward and said they were surrogates for the…

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysAmericans who rely on government-funded food assistance can now use their benefits with Uber Eats for more than 50 grocery and convenience store chains across the country, including Albertson’s, CVS, Smart & Final, Vons, Walgreens and more.On Wednesday, Uber Eats announced it was expanding its list of retailers for households using SNAP — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — or Electronic Benefits Transfer payments, commonly referred to as EBT, for…

Creator economy mergers and acquisitions are on pace for a record year, according to a recent report from the M&A advisory firm Quartermast Advisors.Quartermast tracked 52 deals that had been announced in the first half of the year. According to the firm’s analysis, that’s a 73% year-over-year increase.So far this year, two key players are inking deals in the creator economy: private equity firms and industry incumbents.For instance, private equity firm PSG Equity invested $150 million to take a majority stake in the creator economy startup Uscreen, which helps influencers launch their own apps.”Private equity is looking at some of…

Scale AI interim CEO Jason Droege sent an email to staff saying that it conducted major layoffs because it overhired for its GenAI unit.Scale AI reduced its 1,400-person workforce by 14% on Wednesday in cuts that affected 200 employees in its generative AI division, which helps Big Tech clients like Google and Meta improve their AI chatbots.Scale AI ramped up capacity “too quickly over the past year” on GenAI, leaving other divisions, like its public sector units, “under-resourced,” Droege wrote in the email, which was viewed by Business Insider.”While that felt like the right decision at the time, it’s clear…

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what’s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysDanone U.S. is voluntarily recalling 17 varieties of YoCrunch yogurt sold nationwide “due to the potential presence of plastic pieces in the dome topper,” the company said this week.In a company announcement shared on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration website Monday, Danone U.S. said it initiated the recall in cooperation with the FDA on July 11, 2025, after consumers “reported the presence of plastic pieces in the toppers, which…

AI safety researchers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and other organizations are speaking out publicly against the “reckless” and “completely irresponsible” safety culture at xAI, the billion-dollar AI startup owned by Elon Musk. The criticisms follow weeks of scandals at xAI that have overshadowed the company’s technological advances. Last week, the company’s AI chatbot, Grok, spouted antisemitic comments and repeatedly called itself “MechaHitler.” Shortly after xAI took its chatbot offline to address the problem, it launched an increasingly capable frontier AI model, Grok 4, which TechCrunch and others found to consult Elon Musk’s personal politics for help answering hot-button issues. In the…

Why would a car company be involved in supplying energy for the AI revolution?This is exactly what’s happening with General Motors, one of the largest carmakers in the US.In a move that blurs the lines between automaking and energy infrastructure, GM is entering the power business through a new agreement with Redwood Materials, a startup run by Tesla cofounder JB Straubel.When GM electric vehicle batteries come to the end of their useful lives in cars, the company gives them a second life through a recycling deal with Redwood. The agreement includes new US-manufactured batteries from GM and second-life battery packs…