(Reuters) -Amazon.com Inc said its cloud computing division Amazon Web Services (AWS) and its voice assistant service Alexa were back online after a brief outage on Sunday. Alexa was down for thousands of users in the United States, according to Downdetector, while hundreds of users reported issues with accessing AWS. Users also reported issues accessing…
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s Panasonic Holdings, a battery supplier to electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc, said on Sunday that it is considering building a battery plant in Oklahoma, its third in the United States. “Panasonic has entered into an agreement with the State of Oklahoma that defines the eligibility and terms of the incentives under Oklahoma’s…
By Tim McLaughlin and Sarah N. Lynch BOSTON (Reuters) -A 21-year-old member of the U.S. Air National Guard accused of leaking top secret military intelligence records online was charged on Friday with unlawfully copying and transmitting classified material. Jack Douglas Teixeira of North Dighton, Massachusetts, who was arrested by heavily armed FBI agents at his…
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration on Friday granted a long-awaited license allowing Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch its Starship rocket to orbit for the first time, clearing the way for a test flight crucial to the company’s goals in space. “After a comprehensive license evaluation process, the FAA determined SpaceX…
(Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk is working on launching an artificial intelligence start-up that will rival ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, the Financial Times reported on Friday citing people familiar with his plans. Twitter-owner Musk is assembling a team of AI researchers and engineers, according to the FT report, and is also in discussions with some investors in SpaceX…
By Steve Stecklow, Waylon Cunningham and Hyunjoo Jin (Reuters) – Two U.S. senators have written to Elon Musk, Tesla Inc’s chief executive, questioning him about the sharing by employees of sensitive images recorded by cameras in customers’ vehicles. “This apparent willful disregard for the privacy of Tesla customers is unacceptable and raises serious questions about…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Jack Douglas Teixeira was arrested on Thursday for allegedly leaking a trove of highly classified documents online. Here is what we know about him. FAMILY BACKGROUND The 21-year-old was arrested by a team of heavily-armed FBI agents at his mother and stepfather’s house in North Dighton in Massachusetts on Thursday, and appeared…
(Reuters) -Digital media conglomerate Starboard said on Friday it has bought Parler for an undisclosed sum and will temporarily shut down the social media app popular with U.S. conservatives to give itself time to roll out a revamped version of the platform. The move comes months after the collapse of a deal that would have…
BENGALURU (Reuters) -Reliance Industries Ltd’s Viacom18 will receive an investment of 43.06 billion rupees ($527.84 million) from Bodhi Tree, about 70% less than what was planned by the joint venture between James Murdoch and a former Star India executive. Viacom18 said in a statement late on Thursday that Reliance was now leading the investment in…
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp said on Wednesday it is packing one of its mid-range chips for gamers with more artificial intelligence features to improve graphics, underscoring the importance of gaming for the company despite the segment’s slowing revenue. The new RTX 4070 chip, which Nvidia will start shipping on Thursday, will cost…
