2024-09-17

Pfizer’s cancer cachexia drug shows positive midstage trial results

Pfizer‘s experimental drug for a common, life-threatening condition that causes cancer patients to lose their appetite and weight showed positive results in a midstage trial, the drugmaker said Saturday.  Patients with the condition, called cancer cachexia, who took Pfizer’s treatment saw improvements in body weight, muscle mass, quality of life and physical function, according to the drugmaker. The results…

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2024-09-16

Hollywood’s secret weapon is an animation studio called Titmouse

Amazon Prime Video’s “The Legend of Vox Machina” is one of the many shows using animation from independent studio Titmouse Animation. Amazon Studios There’s a powerhouse in the entertainment industry that remains unknown to many casual cartoon viewers — it’s called Titmouse Animation. As mainstream theatrical animation is digging itself out of a rut and facing the looming threat…

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2024-09-16

Brazil supreme court unfreezes assets of Elon Musk’s Starlink, X

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 24, 2024.  Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images Brazil’s supreme court announced Friday that it ordered banks to transfer funds from Starlink and X accounts to pay fines the court levied against Elon Musk’s social network. The court’s top…

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2024-09-16

Tesla Semi fire needed 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish

Tesla Semi. Courtesy: Tesla A single-vehicle collision last month involving a Tesla Semi electric truck took 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish and required aircraft to dump fire retardant overhead, according to a preliminary report on Friday from the National Transportation Safety Board. The crash, which occurred on California’s Interstate 80 west of Lake Tahoe, is being investigated by…

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2024-09-15

Strike will ‘jeopardize’ recovery, hurt aircraft production

Union members hold picket signs during a news conference following a vote count on the union contract at the IAM District 751 Main Union Hall in Seattle, Washington, US, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024.  M. Scott Brauer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Boeing CFO Brian West said the labor strike that began just after midnight Friday will hurt aircraft…

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2024-09-15

Adobe shares fall 8% on weak fourth-quarter guidance

Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York City, Feb. 20, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters Shares of Adobe closed down more than 8% on Friday, a day after the software company released third-quarter results that offered worse-than-expected guidance for the fourth quarter. Adobe reported $5.41 billion…

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