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Google lays off staff at Waze as it merges mapping products – CNBC
(Reuters) -Google-parent Alphabet is cutting jobs at mapping app Waze as it merges the unit with its own map products, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing an email from the mapping division's head. Googl...
Jun 27, 2023
EU countries, lawmakers reach deal on data rules targeting Big Tech
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -EU countries and EU lawmakers on Tuesday agreed on rules that govern how Big Tech and other companies use European consumer and corporate data, with safeguards agai...
Jun 27, 2023
THL explores sale of healthcare IT firm Nextech – sources
By Milana Vinn (Reuters) - Private equity firm THL Partners is exploring a sale of Nextech Systems LLC that could value the provider of healthcare software at around $1.5 billion, according to people ...
Jun 27, 2023
Bankrupt Three Arrows’ liquidators seek $1.3 billion from fund’s founders – source
By Dietrich Knauth and Jaiveer Shekhawat (Reuters) - Liquidators at bankrupt cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC) are seeking to recover $1.3 billion from the co-founders, a person fam...
Jun 27, 2023
Factbox-Who is behind the sweeping MOVEit hack?
By Raphael Satter (Reuters) - The cl0p ransomware gang is claiming a new set of victims from its hack of the MOVEit file transfer protocol, taking credit on Tuesday for having stolen data from the Uni...
Jun 27, 2023
Tesla charging technology put on fast track to become US industry standard
(Reuters) - Tesla's electric-vehicle charging technology is being put on a fast track to become a U.S. standard, the automotive industry group of engineers that reviews standards said on Tuesday. Tesl...
Jun 27, 2023
New benchmark tests speed of systems training ChatGPT-like chatbots
By Jane Lanhee Lee San Francisco (Reuters) - MLCommons, a group that develops benchmark tests for artificial intelligence (AI) technology, on Tuesday unveiled results for a new test that determines sy...
Jun 27, 2023
AI model startup Reka raises $50 million led by DST Global
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) - Reka, an AI model startup founded by former researchers from Alphabet's DeepMind, has raised $50 million in a fresh round of funding from investors including Yuri Milner's DS...
Jun 27, 2023
Booking.com to launch trip planner partially powered by tech behind ChatGPT
(Reuters) - Booking.com said on Tuesday it would test a trip planner, partially powered by ChatGPT's large language model, on its travel booking app that would allow select travelers in the U.S. to po...
Jun 27, 2023
Bankman-Fried loses bid to toss criminal charges over FTX’s collapse
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Tuesday denied Sam Bankman-Fried's bid to have criminal charges against him thrown out, paving the way for the founder of now-bankrupt cryptocurrency e...
Jun 27, 2023
