Author: Reuters
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Republican impeachment probe ‘baseless,’ US president’s son Hunter Biden says
By Makini Brice WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden struck a defiant tone on Wednesday at a Republican-led House of Representatives impeachment inquiry into his father, calling it a “baseless” partisan pursuit against his family. “For more than a year, your committees have hunted me in your partisan political pursuit of my…
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Reliance, Disney to merge India media assets to create $8.5 billion powerhouse
By Aditya Kalra, Dawn Chmielewski and Munsif Vengattil NEW DELHI/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -India’s top conglomerate Reliance Industries and Walt Disney on Wednesday announced the merger of their India TV and streaming media assets, creating an $8.5 billion entertainment juggernaut far ahead of rivals in the world’s most populous nation. Reliance, led by Asia’s richest man…
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US law on domestic abuse should cover carmakers, FCC chair says
By Dan Levine and Kristina Cooke (Reuters) -The chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday proposed a potential new rule that would subject automakers that sell internet-connected cars to a telecommunications law intended to protect domestic violence survivors. Cases of technology-enabled stalking involving cars are emerging as automakers add ever more sophisticated features, such…
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Applied Materials receives new subpoenas on China shipments
(Reuters) -A federal investigation into semiconductor equipment supplier Applied Materials involving China shipments has widened to other U.S. agencies, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a company filing on Tuesday. The filing said the company had received an SEC subpoena and another subpoena related to China shipments from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for…
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Supreme Court grapples with the legality of US ban on gun ‘bump stocks’
By Andrew Chung and John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Supreme Court justices struggled over technical aspects of “bump stocks” on Wednesday as they considered the legality of a ban imposed under former President Donald Trump on these devices that enable semiautomatic weapons to fire rapidly like machine guns in the latest case targeting a firearms…
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Meta plans launch of new AI language model Llama 3 in July, The Information reports
(Reuters) – Meta Platforms is planning to release the newest version of its artificial-intelligence large language model Llama 3 in July which would give better responses to contentious questions posed by users, The Information reported on Wednesday. Meta researchers are trying to “loosen up” the model so that it could at least provide context to…
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Biden, Republican Johnson hold ‘intense’ Ukraine talks at White House
By Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden and top Democrats and Republicans in Congress on Tuesday made progress toward avoiding a partial government shutdown at the end of the week, but have not cut a deal on paying for weapons for Ukraine’s battle against Russia. “We’ve got a lot of work…
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OpenAI says New York Times ‘hacked’ ChatGPT to build copyright lawsuit
By Blake Brittain (Reuters) -OpenAI has asked a federal judge to dismiss parts of the New York Times’ copyright lawsuit against it, arguing that the newspaper “hacked” its chatbot ChatGPT and other artificial-intelligence systems to generate misleading evidence for the case. OpenAI said in a filing in Manhattan federal court on Monday that the Times…
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South Korea’s Yoon says won’t back down over medical reforms as doctors strike
By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed on Tuesday to go ahead with a plan to increase the number of students admitted into medical schools to improve healthcare in South Korea, and said there was no justification for the protests this reform had triggered. More than 9,000 young…
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Warner Bros Discovery halts merger talks with Paramount Global, CNBC reports
(Reuters) – Warner Bros Discovery is no longer pursuing a merger with Paramount Global, halting talks after several months of kicking the tires on merging the media companies, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Samrhitha Arunasalam in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)