U.S. fines LATAM Airlines $1 million over delayed ticket refunds

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT) said on Monday it fined LATAM Airlines Group SA $1 million after the airline and affiliates routinely failed to provide timely refunds to passengers for U.S. flights. The department said since March 2020, it received more than 750 complaints alleging LATAM, the biggest carrier in…

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Marvel, artist’s estate ask for pre-trial wins in superhero copyright fight

By Blake Brittain (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co’s Marvel and the estate of artist Steve Ditko both asked a Manhattan federal judge on Friday to hand them a win without waiting for trial in their copyright dispute over rights to superheroes Spider-Man and Doctor Strange. Marvel urged the court to reject the estate’s effort to…

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Florida’s DeSantis seeks to disqualify judge in Disney case

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawyers for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican mulling a 2024 presidential run, are asking that a federal judge be disqualified from overseeing a dispute between DeSantis and Walt Disney Co, questioning the judge’s impartiality in the case. Lawyers for DeSantis, who is being sued for allegedly targeting Disney for company leadership’s…

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Regulators dust off rule books to tackle generative AI like ChatGPT

By Martin Coulter and Supantha Mukherjee LONDON/STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – As the race to develop more powerful artificial intelligence services like ChatGPT accelerates, some regulators are relying on old laws to control a technology that could upend the way societies and businesses operate. The European Union is at the forefront of drafting new AI rules that…

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Europe’s business jet industry aims for green rebrand

By Joanna Plucinska GENEVA (Reuters) -Europe’s business jet sector is putting its greenest foot forward at its flagship annual conference this week as it faces a downturn in flights on the back of commercial aviation’s rebound and growing pressure to become more sustainable. The European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE), hosted in Geneva, kicks…

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Meta hit by record 1.2 billion euro fine by EU over U.S. data transfers

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Meta was hit on Monday with a record 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) fine by its lead privacy regulator in the European Union for its handling of user information and given five months to stop transferring users’ data to the United States. The fine imposed by Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) concerned…

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Thai jobless rate lowest in 3 years in Q1 as tourism rebounds

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s unemployment rate hit a three-year low in the first quarter, the state planning agency said on Monday, declining to 1.05% from 1.15% in the last three months of 2022 as recovery in the crucial tourism industry strengthened. Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter, driven by…

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Warner Bros Discovery chief booed at Boston University graduation, videos show

(Reuters) -Warner Bros Discovery Chief Executive David Zaslav was booed by students after taking the stage at Boston University to accept his honorary degree and give the 2023 commencement speech, amid an ongoing strike by film and television writers over pay, videos that surfaced on social media show. The Hollywood Reporter first reported the incident…

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