(Reuters) – Southwest Airlines Co pilots’ union said on Thursday its members had approved a strike mandate by an overwhelming majority ahead of the busy summer travel season. The Southwest[...]
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Entertainment and Lifestyle
From PaLM to Sidekick, Google serves up a ‘smorgasbord’ of AI
By Greg Bensinger (Reuters) -Google announced a flurry of artificial intelligence products – but users might need AI just to understand them all. The Alphabet Inc unit on Wednesday demonstrated or ref[...]
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Disney shares fall on jitters over streaming subscriber losses
By Aditya Soni (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co shares fell more than 8% on Thursday as a surprise drop in streaming subscribers fanned worries that the media and entertainment company’s success[...]
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Apple supplier Foxconn’s Q1 profit plunges, outlook “conservative”
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) -Apple Inc supplier Foxconn on Thursday posted a 56% plunge in first-quarter net profit, lagging forecasts in its biggest quarterly fall in three years, and said visibili[...]
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Chinese baby product firms seek to age up, sell more abroad as population falls
By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) – For many of China’s manufacturers of baby and children’s products, painful reverberations from last year’s historic decline in the country[...]
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Explainer: How is the new Google AI search different from Bard chatbot?
By Anna Tong (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday demonstrated an updated core search product that embeds more AI in its answers as the company looks to banish doubts that it is[...]
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Disney CEO questions continued Florida investment in clash with DeSantis
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine (Reuters) -Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Bob Iger on Wednesday accused Florida politicians of retaliating against the company and questioned the state’s in[...]
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Disney shares slip as streaming losses narrow but some subscribers leave
By Lisa Richwine and Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co reduced streaming losses by $400 million from the prior quarter but also shed subscribers, the company reported on We[...]
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Airbnb’s gloomy forecast weighs on hotel, airline stocks
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) – A gloomy forecast from vacation rental firm Airbnb weighed on travel-related stocks on Wednesday as an expected slowdown in bookings signaled an impending s[...]
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