By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Adobe is in the early stages of allowing third-party generative artificial intelligence tools such as OpenAI’s Sora and others inside its widely used video editing software, the U.S. software maker said on Monday. Adobe’s Premiere Pro app is widely used in the television and film industries. The San Jose,…
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) – IPhone maker Apple on Friday denied violating a court order governing its App Store and urged a California federal judge to reject a request by “Fortnite” developer Epic Games to hold it in contempt. Apple made the arguments in a filing to U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland,…
By Lisa Shumaker (Reuters) – The FBI has opened a federal criminal investigation into the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge as work continues to clear the wreckage after last month’s collapse. In March, a container ship crashed into one of the bridge’s support pillars, sending the span crashing into Baltimore Harbor and…
(Reuters) – U.S. homebuilder confidence held steady in April at the highest since last July, snapping four months of gains with uncertainty about interest rates keeping potential home buyers hesitant, data released Monday showed. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index was unchanged this month at 51. Measures of current sales…
By Jarrett Renshaw and Gram Slattery SCHNECKSVILLE, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -Donald Trump again slammed the judge overseeing his first criminal trial during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, comments that portend a rough-and-tumble several weeks ahead as the former president gears up for court. Trump is expected to be in Manhattan on Monday for the beginning…
(Reuters) – Apple’s smartphone shipments dropped about 10% in the first quarter of 2024, hurt by intensifying competition by Android smartphone makers aiming for the top spot, data from research firm IDC showed on Sunday. Global smartphone shipments increased 7.8% to 289.4 million units during January-March, with Samsung, at 20.8% market share, clinching the top…
By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine’s army chief said on Saturday the situation on the eastern front had worsened in recent days as Russia has intensified its armoured assaults and battles rage for control of a village west of the devastated city of Bakhmut. The statement by Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi more than two years…
PARIS (Reuters) – The European Central Bank (ECB) is increasingly confident that it is winning the fight against inflation, which makes an interest rate cut in June very likely, ECB policymaker Francois Villeroy de Galhau said on Saturday. The ECB held rates at a record high last week but signalled it could start cutting them…
By Anirban Sen (Reuters) -Customer relations software maker Salesforce is in advanced talks to acquire Informatica, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Friday, in the latest sign of increased deal-making in the technology sector. A deal could be announced soon, said the source, who requested anonymity as the discussions are confidential. The…
BEIJING (Reuters) – Floods, droughts, an earthquake and freezing conditions in China caused direct economic losses of 23.76 billion yuan ($3.28 billion) in the first quarter, the government said on Saturday. The emergency management ministry cited damage from several cold spells, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, landslides in Yunnan province…
