(Reuters) -Tesla is delaying the launch of robotaxi by about two months to October as the design team was told to rework some elements of the car, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the decision. Shares of Tesla, which is betting on self-driving vehicles over less-expensive cars, closed more than 8% down…
By Alexandra Alper and Christopher Bing WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican lawmakers asked the Biden administration for an intelligence assessment of Microsoft’s $1.5 billion investment in UAE-based artificial intelligence firm G42 over concerns about transfer of sensitive technology and G42’s historic ties to China. Representative Michael McCaul, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and John Moolenaar,…
ROME (Reuters) – Foreign Ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies on Thursday denounced Israel’s move to expand its settlements in the occupied West Bank, saying it was “counterproductive to the cause of peace”. Israel announced last month that it was going to legalise five outposts in the West Bank, establish three new…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Discount store operator Dollar General has agreed to pay $12 million in penalty for alleged safety violations that led to blocked exits and fire extinguishers and unsafe storage, requiring the company to improve workplace safety in stores across the U.S. in a settlement with the federal Labor Department, the…
