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Go ahead and roll your eyes. Shrug your shoulders. Or maybe just juggle your hands in the air.Dictionary.com’s word of the year isn’t even really a word. It’s the viral term “6-7” that kids and teenagers can’t stop repeating and laughing about and parents and teachers can’t make any sense of.The word — if you can call it that — exploded in popularity over the summer. It’s more of an inside joke with an unclear meaning, driven by social media.Dictionary.com says its annual selection is a linguistic time capsule reflecting social trends and events. But the site admitted it too…
Eli Lilly on Thursday reported third-quarter earnings and revenue that topped estimates and hiked its full-year outlook, as the company continued to see strong demand for its blockbuster weight loss drug Zepbound and diabetes treatment Mounjaro.Shares of the company rose more than 3% on Thursday.The pharmaceutical giant now expects its fiscal 2025 revenue to come in between $63 billion and $63.5 billion, up from previous guidance of $60 to $62 billion. Eli Lilly also expects full-year adjusted profit to come in between $23 and $23.70 per share, rising from its previous outlook of $21.75 to $23 a share.Eli Lilly said…
As Jamaican officials continue to assess the damage and look ahead to recovery following Hurricane Melissa’s devastating landfall as a Category 5 storm this week, some of the island country’s key tourism players are providing important updates.Sandals Resorts recently took to Facebook to thankfully confirm that all of its guests and staff rode out the hurricane safely. “Following Hurricane Melissa’s landfall in Jamaica yesterday, we are grateful to share that all guests and team members staying at our resorts are safe,” the all-inclusive resort giant confirmed on Wednesday. “The safety and well-being of our guests and team members remain our…
Most people tracking their health today end up with scattered clues. Their smartwatch shows sleep duration. A fitness app logs steps. A nutrition app counts calories. Yet few tools help people understand how all of this fits together. Bevel, a New York–based startup, believes that’s the missing piece in the shift toward proactive health. The company has raised a $10 million Series A from General Catalyst to scale its AI health companion, which unifies data from wearables and daily habits across sleep, fitness, and nutrition into personalized insights. The investment follows a breakout year for the two-year-old health tech company.…
LONDON (AP) — In the early hours of the morning, while everyone is asleep, something magical is being cooked up on the set of “Harry Potter.” Hagrid, Dobby and Voldemort are all there, but … they’re edible.We’re not talking about the forthcoming HBO TV series, here. The Food Network show “Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking,” back for a second season Sunday, filmed overnight this summer on the same Warner Bros. set of the eight movies.No strangers to that set, twins James and Oliver Phelps are presiding over proceedings, spoons at the ready, as The Associated Press observes. Best known for…
A Chipotle logo is displayed on a sign at a shop on June 1, 2025 in Washington, DC.Kevin Carter | Getty ImagesShares of Chipotle Mexican Grill tumbled as much as 19% in morning trading on Thursday after the company cut its full-year same-store sales forecast for the third straight quarter.Including Thursday’s move, the stock has fallen 45% this year, dragging its market value down to roughly $43 billion. At least five Wall Street analysts have cut their price targets for the stock after the report, anticipating investors’ displeasure with the burrito chain’s shrinking traffic and gloomy outlook.”It’s difficult to call…
Frontier Airlines passengers just got a new way to cover extra fees when flying with the low-cost carrier. The airline just announced that it now allows travelers to use Frontier Miles to purchase fare bundles, which come with add-on services like seat selection, bags, and priority boarding. The bundled fares come in three tiers: economy, premium, and business. The economy bundle starts at 2,000 miles and includes standard seat selection, a carry-on bag, and no change or cancellation fees.The premium bundle which starts at 4,000 miles, includes premium seat selection and a carry-on bag. The business bundle offers the most perks.…
Teenagers are trying to figure out where they fit in a world changing faster than any generation before them. They’re bursting with emotions, hyper-stimulated, and chronically online. And now, AI companies have given them chatbots designed to never stop talking. The results have been catastrophic. One company that understands this fallout is Character.AI, an AI role-playing startup that’s facing lawsuits and public outcry after at least two teenagers died by suicide following prolonged conversations with AI chatbots on its platform. Now, Character.AI is making changes to its platform to protect teenagers and kids, changes that could affect the startup’s bottom…
NEW YORK (AP) — Yes, you’ll get a shot at an extra hour’s sleep. But even with that, it might be one of the most dreaded weekends on the American calendar: the end of daylight saving time.Only 12% of U.S. adults favor the current system of daylight saving time, which has people in most states changing the clocks twice a year, according to a new AP-NORC poll, while 47% are opposed and 40% are neutral.Around the country, the clocks will go back one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday (respective local times) to mark the return to standard time and more…
Brian Roberts, Chairman and CEO of Comcast, attends the annual Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho on July 9th, 2025. David A. Grogan | CNBCComcast reported earnings Thursday, and it could shed light on how executives view regulators’ attitude toward a potential NBCUniversal-Warner Bros. Discovery merger.Warner Bros. Discovery, the owner of TNT Sports, CNN, HBO, Warner Bros. studio and other media assets, officially put itself up for sale after “receiving interest from multiple parties,” WBD CEO David Zaslav said in a statement last week. CNBC reported Comcast is among the interested parties.Several pundits and analysts…