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AI pioneer says its threat to world may be ‘more urgent’ than climate change
By Martin Coulter LONDON (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence could pose a "more urgent" threat to humanity than climate change, AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton told Reuters in an interview on Friday. Geoff...
May 05, 2023
DeSantis signs bill allowing Florida board to cancel Disney deals
By Joseph Ax and Brad Brooks (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a bill into law that gives a new board he controls the power to void development agreements its predecessor body...
May 05, 2023
U.S. Supreme Court halts execution of Oklahoma inmate Glossip
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday halted the execution of Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip, whose case has drawn support from the state's Republican attorney general aft...
May 05, 2023
St. Louis Fed’s Bullard says rate increase this week was good ‘next step’
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The quarter point rate increase approved by the Federal Reserve this week was "a good next step" in the fight against inflation, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said on Fr...
May 05, 2023
Apple’s results send shares surging to nine-month high
By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - Apple's stock surged nearly almost 5% on Friday, hitting a nine-month high and on track for its biggest one-day gain since November after the iPhone maker's quarterly res...
May 05, 2023
Lawmaker and head of NSF warn of delays to funding U.S. tech research
By Jane Lanhee Lee Santa Clara, California (Reuters) - Silicon Valley's U.S. Democratic Representative Ro Khanna and the director of the National Science Foundation (NSF) warned on Friday against dela...
May 05, 2023
U.S. electric-vehicle startups set for another quarter of steep cash burn
By Akash Sriram (Reuters) - U.S. electric-vehicle startups are expected to report another quarter of dwindling cash reserves next week, piling pressure on a group of companies that are struggling to r...
May 05, 2023
OSF Healthcare signs letter of intent with LaSalle-Peru-based hospital
PEORIA, Ill. – OSF Healthcare will be expanding its reach north. OSF and St. Margaret’s Health, based in the LaSalle-Peru area, have signed a letter of intent. It will allow for OSF to pur...
May 05, 2023
US weekly oil & gas rig count falls by the most since February – Baker Hughes
By Scott DiSavino (Reuters) - U.S. energy firms cut the most oil and natural gas rigs in a week since February, energy services firm Baker Hughes Co said in its closely followed report on Friday. The ...
May 05, 2023
U.S. CDC chief Rochelle Walensky stepping down in June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky, a top U.S. public health official, is leaving the institution at the end of June, the CDC said ...
May 05, 2023
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