By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to fully comply with a previous order lifting its broad freeze on federal spending, after a group of 23 Democratic state attorneys general last week said that some funds remained frozen. U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, ruled that…
(Reuters) -A consortium of investors led by billionaire Elon Musk is offering $97.4 billion to buy the nonprofit that controls artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Musk’s attorney, Marc Toberoff, said he submitted the bid to OpenAI’s board on Monday, according to the report. “It’s time for OpenAI to return…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday it is reversing a four-year-old decision to rename pilot messages and reinstating the prior “Notice to Airmen” term. In December 2021, the FAA under President Joe Biden renamed the messages “Notices to Air Missions,” commonly known as NOTAMs, saying it was “inclusive of all aviators…
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Microsoft has offered to widen the price differential between its Office product sold with its chat and video app Teams and its software sold without the app in a bid to avert a possible EU antitrust fine, according to three sources. The move by the U.S. tech giant…
By Katie Paul NEW YORK (Reuters) – Facebook owner Meta Platforms plans to carry out its expected company-wide layoffs next week while pushing ahead with the expedited hiring of machine learning engineers, it told staffers in internal memos seen by Reuters on Friday. Notices will go out to employees losing their jobs starting at 5…
By Joey Roulette, Marisa Taylor and Aram Roston WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s nominee as Air Force Secretary, currently a top official at the national spy satellite agency, arranged a multibillion-dollar contract solicitation in a way that favored Elon Musk’s SpaceX, according to seven people familiar with the contract. Changes to the requirements for…
(Reuters) -Bank of America Corp increased the compensation for Chief Executive Officer Brian Moynihan by roughly 21% to $35 million for 2024, the lender said in a filing on Friday. That compares with Moynihan’s pay of $29 million in 2023. Last month, the lender’s fourth-quarter profit beat expectations as its traders benefited from a flurry…
(Reuters) -The United States is planning military sales to Israel worth an estimated $7.4 billion that will include missiles and munitions, the Pentagon said on Friday amid a fragile ceasefire in Gaza. Former U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration had notified Congress of a proposed $8 billion arms sale to Israel in January, two U.S. officials…
By Jaspreet Singh (Reuters) – Pinterest’s shares rose 20% on Friday as it forecast first-quarter revenue above estimates, indicating that its AI-powered tools would spur ad spend on the image sharing platform. Pinterest has focused on direct response ads, designed to prompt specific actions like app downloads or website visits. Investments in AI tools such…
PARIS (Reuters) -French prosecutors have opened an investigation into Elon Musk’s X social media platform over alleged algorithmic bias, Franceinfo reported on Friday, citing an official statement. News of the probe comes just days before a major AI summit in Paris, which is due to host global leaders including U.S. Vice President JD Vance and…
