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A Statistic That Sums It Up: 15 percent.That’s the median weight loss experienced by people who take Wegovy, a drug from Novo Nordisk.The new drugs are the first truly effective obesity medicines. They act by stemming people’s appetites and cravings for food. Many patients started by taking Ozempic, a diabetes drug also by Novo Nordisk that led to weight loss as a side effect. But many more patients are asking for Wegovy, which is approved for obesity. Mounjaro, made by Eli Lilly and approved for treating diabetes, is expected to be approved soon for obesity. People taking it lose a…

Tesla reported a rise in profit for the second quarter after the company, led by Elon Musk, cut prices in response to increased competition and higher borrowing costs for car buyers.The company said on Wednesday that it earned $2.7 billion from April through June, up from $2.5 billion in the first quarter this year and $2.3 billion in the second quarter of 2022. Sales rose 7 percent, to $25 billion, from the first quarter.Lower average sales prices, as well as the cost to produce a new pickup truck, weighed on profit, Tesla said.Tesla might have to cut prices further, Mr.…

A Ukrainian maritime drone damaged a Russian warship on the Black Sea on Friday, the most serious strike on Moscow’s navy since last year, demonstrating both the escalating conflict at sea and the growing range and capability of Ukraine’s uncrewed vehicles.The drone slammed into the ship and detonated its explosive payload near the Russian port of Novorossiysk, a key naval and shipping hub on the northeastern shore of the Black Sea, hundreds of miles from the nearest Ukrainian-controlled territory.The New York Times verified multiple videos and photographs of a Ropucha-class landing ship listing to its port side, both being guided…

Hey girls, no internet for you. Eva Mendes has revealed that her and Ryan Gosling’s daughters Esmeralda, 8, and Amada, 7, remain strictly offline. On Aug. 3, the 2 Fast 2 Furious actress shared on her Instagram a video of herself shaking her head no during an interview, with the caption, “When my kids ask me if they’re old enough to go on the internet, social media or anything requiring wifi.” Mendes later wrote in the comments, “I’m just sharing what I feel now, but I know it’s gonna get harder as they get older.” The Place Beyond The Pines actress’ post was met with…

The walls around Victor Wembanyama, as he sat for a news conference Friday night at the Thomas and Mack Center, were plastered with images of past winners of the Las Vegas Summer League tournament. There were N.B.A. stars who played there in the early days of their careers and a photo of LeBron James from 2018, when he showed up wearing gold shorts that said “Lakers” on the front in his first public appearance after signing with the team.The summer league debuted the year after James’s rookie season, so its first marquee rookie was Dwight Howard, the top pick in…

Non-partisan voters now make up Nevada’s largest group of registered voters, according to new data from the secretary of state.  Voter registration statistics released earlier this week show nearly 32 percent of roughly 1.9 million active voters in Nevada are non-partisan.  The more than 605,000 registered non-partisans edge out the almost 602,000 registered Democrats in the state, as well as 551,000 registered Republicans.  That’s roughly 74,000 more non-partisan voters in Nevada than this time last year, before the midterm elections.  At this point in 2019, ahead of the 2020 general election, just over 346,000 voters in the state were nonpartisan. …

That new formula will gradually replace the original, as the couple cautiously reopens Ample Hills stores in Manhattan and Queens, and a new production facility and scoop shop in Industry City in Brooklyn. So far, they have no expansion plans beyond New York City. “We said yes one too many times,” Mr. Smith said.Will their attempt at a second act go smoother than the first?Their plan has a recent precedent: Last year, the Crumbs founders, Mia and Jason Bauer, bought back their brand for $300 and reinvented it as a supermarket and direct-to-consumer operation, with no stores. Their cupcakes and cookie jars are…

Jess Search, a producer on dozens of important documentaries and a catalyst on many more as one of the directors of Doc Society, a nonprofit organization she helped found in 2005 that supports documentary filmmakers, died on July 31 in London. She was 54.Doc Society said in a statement that the death, in a hospital, was caused by brain cancer. Search had announced last month that she was stepping away from the organization because of her illness.Search had been a central figure in the documentary scene in Britain and beyond for years. She was gender nonconforming (she used the pronouns…

Owners of the N.F.L.’s 31 other teams unanimously approved the sale of the Washington Commanders to a group led by Josh Harris, the private equity billionaire, who agreed to pay a record $6.05 billion to Daniel Snyder, the scandal-plagued owner of the team.The figure surpassed the previous highest price paid for an American sports team, the $4.65 billion a group led by the Walmart heir Rob Walton paid last year for the Denver Broncos. The Commanders transaction is expected to formally close as early as Friday. Snyder bought the team in 1999 for $800 million.“Josh will be a great addition…

Head over to our on-demand library to view sessions from VB Transform 2023. Register Here Salesforce is moving the needle on AI. The Marc Benioff-led CRM leader today announced the launch of Einstein Studio, a new “bring-your-own-model” experience that allows enterprises to connect and train their own AI models on proprietary data within Salesforce. The offering streamlines the AI project lifecycle, making it possible for data science and engineering teams to manage and deploy models more quickly, efficiently and at a lower cost. Once trained, these models can power any sales, service, marketing, commerce and IT application within Salesforce, the…