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Pritzker: Progress made toward assault weapons ban
CHATHAM, Ill. – Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says while time is running out during the lame duck legislation session going on now in Springfield, there is still time to get a ban on assault wea...
Jan 05, 2023
Qualcomm, Iridium partner to bring satellite-based messaging to Android phones
(Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc has partnered with Iridium Communications Inc to provide a satellite-based messaging service on premium smartphones running Google's Android operating system, the chipmaker sa...
Jan 05, 2023
Mercedez-Benz says Nevada approves use of advanced automated driving system
(Reuters) - German carmaker Mercedes-Benz said on Thursday that the state of Nevada has approved its application to deploy advanced automated driving systems on its roads. The company said the Nevada ...
Jan 05, 2023
Venezuela inflation accelerating, heightening risk of return to hyperinflation -economists
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan consumer prices rose at a sharp 37.2% clip in December from November, heightening the risk of a return to hyperinflation, according to estimates by the Venezuelan Financ...
Jan 05, 2023
ChatGPT creator OpenAI in talks for tender offer valuing company at $29 billion – WSJ
(Reuters) - OpenAI, the artificial intelligence research lab behind chatbot ChatGPT, is in talks to sell existing shares in a tender offer that would value the company at about $29 billion, the Wall S...
Jan 05, 2023
Twitter hacked, 200 million user email addresses leaked, researcher says
By Raphael Satter LONDON (Reuters) - Hackers stole the email addresses of more than 200 million Twitter users and posted them on an online hacking forum, a security researcher said Wednesday. The brea...
Jan 05, 2023
Big tech layoffs may further disrupt equity and diversity efforts
By Doyinsola Oladipo NEW YORK (Reuters) - 2023 is shaping up as a challenging year to be a woman or minority working in the tech sector, or even a person with one too many years under their belt. Surg...
Jan 05, 2023
Deutsche Bank names ex-Morgan Stanley executive Heaney as U.S. chairman
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank AG appointed Michael Heaney, a retired Morgan Stanley executive, as chairman of its U.S. arm, the German bank said on Thursday. Heaney had a three-decade career at M...
Jan 05, 2023
U.S. SEC charges hits former BlackRock portfolio manager with $250,000 penalty
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Thursday it has charged a former BlackRock Advisors, LLC portfolio manager for failing to disclose a conflict of interest...
Jan 05, 2023
Iowa woman believed to be longest living American dies, aged 115
By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) - A woman in Iowa believed to be the oldest living person in the United States, having lived through historic events ranging from the two world wars and the Great Depressio...
Jan 05, 2023
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