By Supantha Mukherjee STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Meta Platforms Inc said on Friday it had removed a network of group accounts targeting Russian-speakers in Moldova, ahead of the country’s Oct. 20 election, for violation of the company’s policy on fake accounts. Moldova, with a population of about 2.5 million people, is located between Romania and Ukraine,…
By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) – Apple has been accused by a U.S. labor board of interfering with workers’ rights to collectively advocate for better working conditions by restricting their use of social media and workplace messaging app Slack, the National Labor Relations Board said on Friday. The NLRB complaint, which was issued on Thursday, accuses…
(Reuters) – Meta Platforms said on Wednesday its artificial intelligence chatbot, Meta AI, will be available in 21 new markets, as it looks to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Technology companies have been trying to attract consumers to their AI chatbots by introducing new features and making them more accessible with support for different languages. Meta…
By Francesca Landini MILAN (Reuters) – Investigators have found that two Italian sub-contractors used cheaper and non-compliant forms of titanium and aluminium to make certain parts for Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner, saving significant sums of money and threatening plane safety, prosecutors said on Saturday. Below are details of the investigation: HOW IT STARTED The investigation by…
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk will invest 864 million reais ($158.2 million) to revamp a plant in Brazil responsible for pumping out a quarter of its insulin production globally, the firm said on Friday. The funds will overhaul the Montes Claros factory, in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais, and implement sustainable…
(Reuters) – Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s joint venture, United Launch Alliance, said on Friday its Vulcan rocket successfully launched its second mission, in what is a crucial step to receive certification for Pentagon missions. Vulcan, developed to replace ULA’s workhorse Atlas V rocket and rival the reusable Falcon 9 from Elon Musk’s SpaceX, took off…
By Zaheer Kachwala (Reuters) -Rivian slashed its full-year production forecast on Friday and missed third-quarter deliveries expectations due to a parts shortage and slowing growth in electric-vehicle demand, sending shares of the startup down nearly 9%. The company said the shortage of the part, used in its R1 SUV and R1T pickups as well as…
MILAN (Reuters) – Stellantis shares fell further on Thursday amid concerns over the sustainability of the automaker’s dividend following a profit warning earlier this week. The shares dropped over 4% to their lowest level since July 2022, bringing their fall this year to more than 43% and cementing their position as worst performers among European…
(Reuters) – Levi Strauss’ shares slumped about 11% in premarket trading on Thursday after it forecast tepid holiday quarter revenue as the denim maker grapples with weak demand from retailers with consumers paring back spending. The company, whose stock has risen about 27% so far this year and was trading at $18.77 premarket, also said…
By Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Tesla handed over fewer vehicles than analysts expected in the third quarter as stiff competition in China and Europe hit demand for its aging models, putting the electric-vehicle maker at risk of its first-ever decline in annual deliveries. Shares of the world’s most valuable automaker fell more than 6% in morning…
