BEIJING (Reuters) – Tesla Inc has raised prices for its new Model S and Model X vehicles in China by 19,000 yuan ($2,751), its website showed on Friday. ($1 = 6.9060 Chinese yuan renminbi) (Reporting by Shanghai newsroom and Liz Lee; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Hollywood writers have for decades penned sci-fi scripts featuring machines taking over the world. Now, they are fighting to make sure robots do not take their jobs. The Writers Guild of America is seeking to restrict the use of artificial intelligence in writing film and television…
By Andrew Hay ACEQUIA DE LA SIERRA, New Mexico (Reuters) – Rivers are roaring in northern New Mexico after a big snowpack. But sacred pastures Jimmy Sanchez’s family has irrigated for seven generations are dry. Sanchez has labored in snow, mud and ice to clear centuries-old irrigation ditches of fallen trees and debris left in…
By Steve Gorman (Reuters) -Conservation groups sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Monday, challenging its approval of expanded rocket launch operations by Elon Musk’s SpaceX next to a national wildlife refuge in South Texas without requiring greater environmental study. The lawsuit comes 11 days after SpaceX made good on a new FAA license to send…
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to decide whether the government can require commercial fishermen to help fund a program monitoring herring catches off New England’s coast in a case that could undercut the regulatory power of federal agencies. The justices took up an appeal by New Jersey-based…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration plans to study companies’ use of technology to monitor and manage workers, which it said on Monday is becoming increasingly common and can cause “serious risks to workers.” The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, in a blog post, sought comments from employees about their experience with…
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Barely five weeks after the last bout of heavy rain and snow in California’s historically wet winter, firefighters on Friday battled the state’s first large wildfire of the year in rugged foothills east of Los Angeles. The Nob fire has scorched some 200 acres of brush and grass…
By Steve Gorman, Joey Roulette and David Shepardson (Reuters) – While the spectacle of SpaceX’s new Starship rocket blowing up over the Gulf of Mexico riveted the public’s attention, it was the explosive nature of the launch at ground level that was drawing heightened scrutiny from the government this week. The shattering force of last…
(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pfizer Inc’s next-generation vaccine to prevent pneumococcal disease in children aged six weeks to 17 years, the company said late on Thursday. The vaccine, Prevnar 20, offers more protection against the disease versus the company’s widely-used Prevnar 13 vaccine, by targeting seven more serotypes…
By Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Trade consultations requested by the United States on Mexico’s plan to limit the use of genetically modified corn are an “unacceptable violation” of Mexican law and feed the interests of seed “oligopolies,” a top Mexican official said on Thursday. The United States, Mexico’s main trading partner, requested the…
