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The recall of some Weaver Nut Company chocolate products was classified by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as Class I, the federal agency’s highest risk level.The voluntary recall issued on June 17 warned that potential undeclared milk allergens pose health risks to some with allergies or severe sensitivity to milk.The issue was discovered after a customer complaint revealed that a shipment misaligned with product requirements, the FDA said. A lab test later confirmed the presence of undeclared milk. That batch was sold to customers at various retail and grocery store outlets across the United States.There have been no reports…

Palmer Luckey, CEO of defense tech giant Anduril Industries, is quietly building a new digital banking venture — and we now know more about who will be helping him.The startup, Erebor, is raising $225 million at a $2 billion valuation, Business Insider reported in July. It has backing from Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and Joe Lonsdale’s 8VC. It filed for a national bank charter in June, and will serve clients like crypto companies and startups — a niche once occupied by Silicon Valley Bank.While little has been publicly revealed about Erebor so far, documents obtained by Business Insider shed some…

This summer is shaping up to be one of the worst tick seasons in recent years, according to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data.Emergency room visits related to tick bites have spiked in 2025, reaching their highest point in five years nationwide, according to the CDC’s Tick Bite Data Tracker. The Northeast has been hit particularly hard, with tick bites accounting for 283 ER visits per 100,000 during the peak month of May, up from 209 around the same time in 2024.The CDC reported by July 6 that the number of emergency department visits for tick bites had…

NEW YORK (AP) — Cody Bellinger hit three two-run homers against his former team and was robbed of a fourth, Aaron Judge made a trio of outstanding catches and the New York Yankees routed the Chicago Cubs 11-0 on Friday night for their fifth straight victory following a a six-game losing streak.Carlos Rodón (10-6), who became a three-time All-Star when he was added to the AL roster before the game, allowed four hits in eight innings with eight strikeouts and one walk.Bellinger, who played for the Cubs in 2023 and ’24, had his first three-homer game and tied his career…

People have been particularly hyped about all things pickles this summer, and one hot new trend swirling around the internet is using the bright, briney solution as a potential hydration beverage.From sipping it straight to mixing it with lemonade, the applications for the liquid are pretty straightforward. But are there actually any health benefits to back it up?Why are people drinking pickle juice for hydration?”Pickle juice or brine can be beneficial for hydration because it contains sodium, comparable to some electrolyte replacements, and small amounts of potassium,” registered dietitian and sports dietetics specialist Maura Donovan told “Good Morning America.”Not everyone…

How convincing will Andrew Garfield be as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman?Movie-goers will be able to decide for themselves in 2026, when a movie about Altman’s dramatic five-day firing and re-hiring at OpenAI is set to come out.The $40 million film, “Artificial,” is funded by Amazon. And, as Puck News reports after obtaining an early draft of the script, the movie could ruffle some feathers in the Big Tech world.The movie will focus on OpenAI co-founder and former board member Ilya Sutskever’s reported role in trying to push Altman out, per Puck News. Few people end up looking good in the…

Breakfast cereal could use a lucky charm.U.S. sales of the colorfully packaged morning staple have been in a decades-long decline, a trend back in the spotlight with news that Italian confectioner Ferrero Group plans to purchase WK Kellogg, maker of Corn Flakes, Froot Loops, Rice Krispies and other familiar brands.Except for a brief period during the coronavirus pandemic, when many workers were home and had time to sit down with a bowl of cereal and milk, sales of cold cereal have steadily fallen for at least 25 years, experts say.In the 52 weeks ending July 3, 2021, Americans bought nearly…

Software engineer workflows have been transformed in recent years by an influx of AI coding tools like Cursor and GitHub Copilot, which promise to enhance productivity by automatically writing lines of code, fixing bugs, and testing changes. The tools are powered by AI models from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic, and xAI that have rapidly increased their performance on a range of software engineering tests in recent years. However, a new study published Thursday by the non-profit AI research group METR calls into question the extent to which today’s AI coding tools enhance productivity for experienced developers. METR conducted a randomized…

Central Texas is continuing to recover from one of the deadliest floods in the state’s history, which killed more than 120 people, many of whom were children.While there is an economic toll from floods due to the damage it causes to property, commerce and transportation, there is a risk to public health as well.Although rainwater is not harmful, flooding increases the risk of injury, illness and death. Heavy rainfall can cause waterways to overflow and overwhelm sewer and septic systems, environmental health experts told ABC News.FEMA maps underestimated risk in catastrophic Texas flood, data shows Floodwaters can be contaminated with…

Hugging Face’s new programmable Reachy Mini bots launched this week. The AI robots are open source, Raspberry Pi-powered, and come with cartoonish antennae and big googly eyes. They don’t do much out of the box. And that’s kind of the point. Today, on TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, hosts Kirsten Korosec, Max Zeff, and Anthony Ha dig into the launch of Reachy Mini, which pulled in a surprising $500,000 in sales in its first 24 hours. As open source companies like Hugging Face explore physical products, Kirsten and Max agree that Reachy Mini might be the Seinfeld of AI hardware: the bots…