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  • Factbox-At a glance: US presidential nominating contests and delegates counts for March 12

    Factbox-At a glance: US presidential nominating contests and delegates counts for March 12

    By Helen Coster (Reuters) -President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump both clinched their parties’ nomination on Tuesday, kicking off the first U.S. presidential election rematch in nearly 70 years. In the Republican race, 161 delegates were up for grabs across the four states holding contests: Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi and Washington. Trump, the sole…

  • Google restricts AI chatbot Gemini from answering queries on global elections

    Google restricts AI chatbot Gemini from answering queries on global elections

    (Reuters) – Google is restricting AI chatbot Gemini from answering questions about the global elections set to happen this year, the Alphabet-owned firm said on Tuesday, as it looks to avoid potential missteps in the deployment of the technology. The update comes at a time when advancements in generative AI, including image and video generation,…

  • Boeing whistleblower found dead of apparent suicide

    Boeing whistleblower found dead of apparent suicide

    (Reuters) -John Barnett, a former Boeing employee who had reportedly raised concerns about the company’s production issues, was found dead of an apparent suicide, according to authorities in South Carolina. Barnett had worked at Boeing for 32 years before leaving the company in 2017, according to the BBC, which previously reported on his efforts to…

  • Apple retreats in fight to defend App Store in Europe

    Apple retreats in fight to defend App Store in Europe

    By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Apple made a major concession in its battle to protect the dominance of its App Store on iPhones and other devices in Europe on Tuesday, saying developers will be free to distribute their apps directly to consumers. Apple announced the changes to comply with the European Union’s Digital Markets…

  • Fed seen on hold until June, with rate-cut pace in focus

    Fed seen on hold until June, with rate-cut pace in focus

    By Ann Saphir (Reuters) -A second straight month of stronger-than-expected inflation has effectively shut the door on the possibility of a Federal Reserve interest-rate cut before June, and makes back-to-back reductions after that look increasingly less likely. Gasoline and shelter prices drove the February consumer price index up 3.2% versus a year earlier, an acceleration…

  • Boeing deliveries slip in February to 27 jetliners

    Boeing deliveries slip in February to 27 jetliners

    By Allison Lampert and David Shepardson (Reuters) – Boeing Co said on Tuesday it had delivered 27 airplanes in February, down one unit from the same month a year ago, as the U.S. planemaker faces curbs on production growth. Boeing is under pressure following a Jan. 5 accident involving a door plug on a 737…

  • Trump calls TikTok a threat but says some kids could ‘go crazy’ without it

    Trump calls TikTok a threat but says some kids could ‘go crazy’ without it

    By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday TikTok was a national security threat but also said a ban on the popular app would hurt some kids and only strengthen Meta Platforms’ Facebook, which the Republican has harshly criticized. Trump reiterated his concerns as lawmakers weigh a bill this week…

  • Stocks dip from record highs with US inflation data on deck

    Stocks dip from record highs with US inflation data on deck

    By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -A gauge of global stocks retreated for a second straight session on Monday, easing further from a record high ahead of U.S. inflation data this week which could heavily influence the Federal Reserve’s interest rate path. Stocks have hit multiple record highs this year, but declined on Friday following…

  • Atomic bomb movie ‘Oppenheimer’ crowned best picture at the Oscars

    Atomic bomb movie ‘Oppenheimer’ crowned best picture at the Oscars

    By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – “Oppenheimer,” the blockbuster biopic about the race to build the first atomic bomb, claimed seven Academy Awards including the prestigious best picture trophy on Sunday as Hollywood celebrated a triumphant year in film. Irish actor Cillian Murphy won best actor for playing theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, leader…

  • Nvidia is sued by authors over AI use of copyrighted works

    Nvidia is sued by authors over AI use of copyrighted works

    By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Nvidia, whose chips power artificial intelligence, has been sued by three authors who said it used their copyrighted books without permission to train its NeMo AI platform. Brian Keene, Abdi Nazemian and Stewart O’Nan said their works were part of a dataset of about 196,640 books that helped train NeMo…