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Weight-loss drugs may be slimming America faster than anyone expected
The obesity rate in the U.S. is continuing its downward trend. The news comes three years after obesity rates hit a record high. In 2022,…
Susan Darwin
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Canva introduces an AI fix-it button
Generative AI ranges from gimmicky to powerful, depending on its context. But the biggest shortcoming is that whatever you make isn’t…
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England v Australia: Tane Edmed to start at fly-half for Australia at Allianz Stadium
Tane Edmed will start at fly-half for Australia when they face England at Allianz Stadium on Saturday, while Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, Max…
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Trump-Xi summit brings a tactical truce
U.S. President Donald Trump hailed a meeting with China’s Xi Jinping as “amazing” and “12” on a 10-point scale, but the agreement the two…
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Starbucks finally said how many U.S. stores it closed: The list of locations was bigger than many estimates
Starbucks released its fourth-quarter earnings on Wednesday, October 30, finally providing an official figure for its recent wave of store…
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Trump hails 'amazing' meeting with Xi in South Korea
Laura Bicker,China correspondent , Anthony Zurcher,North America correspondent and Flora Drury US President Donald Trump and his Chinese…
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More than a million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide each week
Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. I’m Mark Sullivan, a…
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Navan IPO: Stock price will be closely watched today as travel startup goes public on the Nasdaq amid the shutdown
I-P-Go! Navan, a travel-tech firm based in Silicon Valley, priced its initial public offering at $25 per share, raising roughly $923…
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Helicopter crashes into field in Doncaster
A helicopter has crashed in a field in Doncaster, police have confirmed. Emergency services were called to Ings Lane, Bentley, at about…
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Millions of borrowers will be eligible for student loan forgiveness after AFT union sues Trump administration
The Trump administration has agreed to resume student loan forgiveness for an estimated 2.5 million borrowers who are enrolled in certain…
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No inquiry into 1974 IRA Birmingham pub bombings
The government has announced it will not establish a public inquiry into the IRA's 1974 Birmingham pub bombings. Twenty-one people died…
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The Download: Introducing the new conspiracy age
—Greg Linden, a former data scientist at Microsoft, pokes fun at Meta’s beleaguered Reality Labs’ earnings in a post on Bluesky. One more…
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How much trouble is Rachel Reeves in over rental rule break?
Henry ZeffmanChief political correspondent Well, at least nobody is asking Rachel Reeves about tax rises today. Not that this will feel…
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How the Fed’s rate cut will impact your finances
The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter point Wednesday for the second time since September. Before that, it had…
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Chipotle stock price crashes as Gen Z and millennials burdened by student debt and unemployment stay away
Fast-casual restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) is seeing its stock price plummet this morning after reporting…
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Leveraging the clinician’s expertise with agentic AI
Letting doctors be doctorsbe doctors Current ambient AI assistants, which gained mainstream traction in 2023, are already able to record,…
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Trump says nuclear weapons testing to resume in US after more than 30 years
President Donald Trump has called on US military leaders to resume testing nuclear weapons in order to keep pace with other countries such…
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AI made her a billionaire. Now she’s using it to help creators maximize their earnings
In April 2025, Lucy Guo became the youngest female self-made billionaire after Meta paid $14.3 billion for a 49% stake in Scale AI, the…
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Four thoughts from Bill Gates on climate tech
Gates buys offsets to cancel out his own personal emissions, to the tune of about $9 million a year, he said at the roundtable, but…
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Lily Allen to tour West End Girl album in UK theatres
Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporter Singer Lily Allen has announced she will perform her new album in its entirety when she tours the UK…
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Why it’s so hard to bust the weather control conspiracy theory
What we cannot do The versions of weather modification that the conspiracy theorists envision most often—significantly altering monsoons…
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How conspiracy theories infiltrated the doctor’s office
I’d say that the rate of how much vaccines are talked about now is significantly lower, and covid doesn’t really come up anymore. But…
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Can “The Simpsons” really predict the future?
It’s not like we would’ve made that knowing what was going to come, which we didn’t. And people have advanced conspiracy theories that…
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It’s never been easier to be a conspiracy theorist
The witch craze could not have traveled as far or lasted as long without the printing press. Malleus Maleficarum (Hammer of the Witches),…