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UnitedHealth suspends annual forecast, CEO Andrew Witty steps down in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 56 points 1 week ago (4 children)

suspended its annual forecast citing higher-than-expected medical costs and said CEO Andrew Witty has decided to step down for personal reasons, effective immediately

Stephen Hemsley, who served as CEO from 2006-2017, will take over from Witty.

No 2 week notice?

Some retailers have broken Doom: The Dark Ages' street date, and huge spoilers are already out there [Eurogamer] in c/gaming@beehaw.org

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 1 points 1 week ago

I need to know the origins of the BFG.

Has the machine uprising already begun? In China, a humanoid robot suddenly attacked terrified engineers during testing in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 4 points 1 week ago

My software bugs only slap me in the face metaphorically.

Zero ships from China are bound for California’s top ports. Officials haven’t seen that since the pandemic in c/news@lemmy.world

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Are they just stopping at another country and having a ship from that country import?

"I don't know" how much Borderlands 4 will cost, Gearbox boss says, but it had "more than twice the development budget for Borderlands 3" and "it might be" $80 like some Nintendo and Xbox games in c/games@lemmy.world

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 4 points 1 week ago

Think of how many more pixels you’re getting though.

What are your Favorite ADHD related Life Hacks? in c/adhd@lemmy.world

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Timers are probably the sole reason I have a smart watch.

Does alcohol speed up evolution? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 12 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

More alcohol, more bad decisions, more babies, more opportunities for evolution.

I avoided buying a key fob in c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago

Next step is just not using the key fob.

Not difficult to understand in c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 7 points 2 weeks ago

You use the other AI to fill it in on the resume.

Are We All Becoming More Hostile Online? in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 39 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

I’ve always been a terse asshole.

After an Arizona man was shot, an AI video of him addresses his killer in court in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You’re killing me.

After an Arizona man was shot, an AI video of him addresses his killer in court in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

Oh - then that’s fucked up. Synthesizing some narrative to potentially coerce an outcome seems like a slippery slope. (Not necessarily saying that’s exactly what happened here.)