Tesla Cybertruck problems, Boeing scandals, more weight loss drugs: The week’s most popular stories

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A Tesla Cybertruck crash into the Beverly Hills Hotel sign. The whole thing seemed like a messy event and, after some finger-pointing and speculation, it looks like we now know who the real owner of the truck is and who likely crashed it.

John Barnett, 62, was in the process of testifying against the Boeing Company regarding the aircraft manufacturer’s manufacturing processes when he was found dead in South Carolina with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Now, though, a family friend of Barnett’s says that, before he died, he warned her that if he were found dead, it would not be the result of a suicide.

The NTSB investigates Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 after a “door plug” blew off during a flight in January.
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Microsoft’s latest AI product announcement sent its stock to a record high Thursday. Microsoft said Wits Microsoft Copilot for Security tool, which will launch worldwide on April 1, is the AI industry’s “first generative AI solution” for security and IT professionals” and is trained on “large-scale data and threat intelligence” including over 78 trillion security signals that the company processes daily.

A Lukoil oil refinery in Volgograd, Russia, which was not one of the facilities attacked this week.Photo: Reuters photographer (Reuters)

It was a bit of whiplash this week the world of Russian oil.

During the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call in January, IBM announced that it planned to lay off 1.5% of its global workforce.Image: David Ramos (Getty Images)

IBM told employees that it’s slashing jobs in its marketing and communications division. IBM is the latest in a wave of tech companies to announce layoffs early this year.

The FDA has only approved three GLP-1 medications for weight loss. Image: Staff (Reuters)

A natural gas flarePhoto: Bronte Wittpenn (Getty Images)

Despite a Biden administration pause in new natural gas exports, the U.S. still ships a lot of the stuff to the world. Last year it sent 88.9 million metric tons of natural gas abroad, becoming the globe’s biggest supplier. One would imagine that would mean cheaper natural gas for Americans. But it turns out the opposite has become true.

About 60 percent of parents say they are sacrificing their own financial futures for the sake of their adult children.Image: Derrick Boyd (Getty Images)

Getting older is unavoidable, but growing up, well that’s a different story. A new survey found that almost half of parents in the U.S. financially support their adult children in some way.

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Danish pharma giant Novo Nordisk teased promising early-stage trial results of its experimental weight loss pill amycretin. The company told investors that a small trial of the pill found it could be twice as effective as the company’s current blockbuster weight loss drug.

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The crypto world has been thriving in recent months, bringing an end to a long period of hardship. This year alone, Bitcoin has grown by 50%, reaching an all-time high of $72,000. But it isn’t just Bitcoin that’s seeing a meteoric rise. Other cryptocurrencies have also grown by more 100% over the past year, marking the end of a long crypto winter plagued by a string of crypto exchange collapses, scandals, and bankruptcies.

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As the cliche saying goes, the best camera is the one you always have on you. That is why smartphones have become essential pieces of kit. They help document our lives and give us a window into what’s happening at any given time.

Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are the current leaders in the weight loss drug market.Image: Hollie Adams (Reuters)

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There’s so much talk about AI and ChatGPT these days, but what is it really good for? If you’ve been struggling to figure out how to actually use AI in your everyday life, you’re not alone.

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