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Goldman Sachs hires Amazon exec in senior AI engineering role
By Saeed Azhar NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs has hired Daniel Marcu from Amazon.com as its global head of artificial intelligence engineering and science to help develop and refine artificial int...
Thomson Reuters Jan 29, 2025
Trump officials discussing tightening curbs on Nvidia's China sales, Bloomberg reports
(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering tightening restrictions on artificial intelligence leader Nvidia's sales of its H20 chips designed for the China market, Bloombe...
Thomson Reuters Jan 29, 2025
DeepSeek's global success received by Chinese with pride and glee
By Eduardo Baptista and Alessandro Diviggiano BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese bloggers, state media and local citizens have welcomed DeepSeek's global success with pride and glee, with some saying the hom...
Thomson Reuters Jan 29, 2025
Alphabet's Waymo to test its autonomous driving technology in over 10 new cities
(Reuters) - Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo announced on Wednesday it plans to expand testing of its autonomous driving technology in over 10 new cities in 2025. After testing the Waymo Driver in m...
Thomson Reuters Jan 29, 2025
Exclusive-Netflix expands toy business with ‘Stranger Things’ licensing deal
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine (Reuters) - Netflix is expanding its presence in the toy business, striking its first master licensing deal with the company behind the popular Squishmallows plus...
Thomson Reuters Jan 29, 2025
Trump's Commerce secretary pick says Biden-era chips investments need review
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for Commerce secretary Howard Lutnick said on Wednesday that the Biden-era subsidies for U.S. semiconductor manufacturing are an "excellent...
Thomson Reuters Jan 29, 2025
Irish data regulator requests information from DeepSeek on data processing
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's Data Protection Commission has requested information from Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek about data processing conducted in relation to Irish users, it said ...
Thomson Reuters Jan 29, 2025
Factbox-Italy's privacy watchdog taking on big tech
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's data protection authority has called on the Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) model DeepSeek to provide answers on its use of personal data. The agency, also known as the G...
Thomson Reuters Jan 29, 2025
Lawsuit accuses Amazon of secretly tracking consumers through cellphones
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Amazon.com was sued on Wednesday by consumers who accused the retailing giant of secretly tracking their movements through their cellphones, and selling data it collect...
Thomson Reuters Jan 29, 2025
EU proposes ban on video game sales to Russia in new sanctions
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission included restrictions on sales of video games and joysticks to Russia in its 16th package of sanctions on Moscow, the proposal document showed. The restric...
Thomson Reuters Jan 29, 2025

