By Luc Cohen and Hannah Lang NEW YORK (Reuters) – Alex Mashinsky, founder and former CEO of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, pleaded not guilty Thursday to U.S. fraud charges that[...]
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US FTC opens investigation into OpenAI over misleading statements – document
(Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into OpenAI on claims it has run afoul of consumer protection laws by putting personal reputations and data at risk, the strong[...]
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Coinbase leads crypto stock gains after Ripple Labs’ legal victory
By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) – Shares of Coinbase Global Inc surged by nearly 25% on Thursday, ahead of other cryptocurrency and blockchain-related companies, following a landmark legal v[...]
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Microsoft under fire after hacks of US State and Commerce departments
By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In late June, one of cybersecurity expert Steven Adair’s clients got an alert from Microsoft: one of the client’s employees working on human[...]
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Open-source AI model creator Nomic raises $17 million led by Coatue
(Reuters) – AI startup Nomic has raised $17 million in a new funding round from investors led by Coatue, the companies told Reuters. The investment valued New York-based Nomic AI, a team of four[...]
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Twitter seeks termination of FTC order over data practices
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Twitter asked a U.S. court on Thursday to terminate a consent order with the Federal Trade Commission that governed the social media company’s data privacy prote[...]
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Chinese hackers breached US Commerce chief’s emails; Blinken warns Chinese counterpart
By David Shepardson and Christopher Bing WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Gina Raimondo was among a group of senior U.S. officials whose emails were hacked earlier this[...]
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Explainer-Hollywood actors’ strike: How will it hit TV shows and movies?
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Thousands of Hollywood film and television actors voted to strike on Thursday, joining writers who walked off the job 11 weeks ago. How will a walkout by the Screen Actor[...]
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Chip wars: How ‘chiplets’ are emerging as a core part of China’s tech strategy
By Jane Lanhee Lee and Eduardo Baptista (Reuters) – The sale of struggling Silicon Valley startup zGlue’s patents in 2021 was unremarkable except for one detail: The technology it owned, designe[...]
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