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Sam Altman returns to OpenAI board months after crisis
Sam Altman returns to OpenAI board months after crisis
Technology
by  AFP

CEO Sam Altman will return to the board of OpenAI, the company said on Friday, just months after a boardroom dustup that saw him fired and rehired by the company behind ChatGPT. Altman was also found to have been wrongly fired in an internal investigation that was launched in the days after his chaotic dismissal last year, the company said.

US FDA approves Wegovy to cut risk of heart problems
US FDA approves Wegovy to cut risk of heart problems
Economy
by  AFP

The US Food and Drug Administration has given the green light for a popular anti-obesity drug to be used to prevent serious heart conditions for the first time, in a move likely to expand insurance coverage. The recent surge in popularity of anti-obesity drugs including Wegovy and Ozempic, which mimic a gut hormone to suppress appetite, has padded the profits of the companies that make them.

Apple ends block on EU app store for Fortnite-maker Epic
Apple ends block on EU app store for Fortnite-maker Epic
Technology
by  AFP

Apple reversed course on Friday and will allow Epic Games to develop a competing European app store for iPhones after a feud between the two companies tested a new law governing big tech on the continent. Epic CEO Tim Sweeney called the turnaround "a big win for European rule of law, for the European Commission, and for the freedom of developers worldwide to speak up."