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Siemens to acquire drive technology division from ebm-papst
MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Siemens plans to acquire ebm-papst's industrial drive technology division as the German conglomerate seeks to expand it factory automation business, both firms said on Thur...
Mar 21, 2024
Open-source AI models released by Tokyo lab Sakana founded by former Google researchers
By Anna Tong SAN JOSE (Reuters) - Sakana AI, a Tokyo-based artificial intelligence startup founded by two prominent former Google researchers, released AI models on Wednesday it said were built using ...
Mar 21, 2024
Exclusive-India 'screwed up': How the U.S. lobbied New Delhi to reverse laptop rules
By Aditya Kalra, David Lawder and Shivangi Acharya NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - India reversed a laptop licensing policy after behind-the-scenes lobbying by U.S. officials, who however remain conc...
Mar 21, 2024
Tencent's next level up: fewer big foreign franchise games, more in-house
By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) - In a sea change at China's Tencent, an easy-to-play game of cute characters tackling obstacle courses has taken precedence over developing a big-budget sophisticated f...
Mar 21, 2024
Exclusive-AI startup Cohere seeks $5 billion valuation in latest fundraising, source says
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Cohere, an artificial intelligence startup that develops foundation models to compete with ChatGPT creator OpenAI, is in advanced talks to raise $500 million at a valuation o...
Mar 20, 2024
Neuralink shows first brain-chip patient playing online chess
(Reuters) - Elon Musk's brain-chip startup Neuralink livestreamed on Wednesday its first patient implanted with a chip playing online chess. Noland Arbaugh, the 29-year-old patient who was paralyzed b...
Mar 20, 2024
Reddit prices IPO at top of indicated range, sources say
By Echo Wang and Anirban Sen (Reuters) - Social media platform Reddit priced its initial public offering at the top of its targeted range of $31 to $34 per share on Wednesday, according to people fami...
Mar 20, 2024
US DOJ to sue Apple for antitrust violations, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice is poised to sue Apple as soon as Thursday for allegedly violating antitrust laws by blocking rivals from accessing hardware and software features of its iPh...
Mar 20, 2024
Crypto industry surveys US 2024 candidates, looking for friendly lawmakers
By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) - The cryptocurrency industry, a new financial force in the 2024 U.S. election cycle, is surveying candidates for Congress on their views around the digital asset...
Mar 20, 2024
Factbox-Intel latest to get US funds for chips, more grants and loans planned
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Intel Corp on Wednesday was the latest semiconductor company to be awarded billions of dollars in grants and loans from the U.S. government in President Joe Biden's effort to su...
Mar 20, 2024
