By Trevor Hunnicutt and Kanishka Singh SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -The risks of artificial intelligence to national security and the economy need to be addressed, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday, adding he would seek expert advice. “My administration is committed to safeguarding Americans’ rights and safety while protecting privacy, to addressing bias and misinformation,…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – The two people who guaranteed George Santos’ bail will have their names publicly revealed, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday as she rejected the indicted U.S. representative’s claim that disclosure could threaten the guarantors’ safety. U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert in Central Islip, New York, said the names…
LONDON (Reuters) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that the United States would have deep concerns about Chinese military activities in Cuba, after the Wall Street Journal reported that Beijing was planning a new training facility there. Speaking at a press conference in London after wrapping up a trip this week to…
By Humeyra Pamuk BEIJING (Reuters) -The United States on Tuesday pressed its call for military communication channels with China and signalled concern over reports that China plans a military training facility in Cuba following Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Beijing over the weekend. Establishing military-to-military communications is essential to reduce frictions between the…
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist. A deepening sense of caution descends over Asian markets as the trading week reaches its mid-point, as investors give a lukewarm reaction to China’s interest rate cut and await key remarks from Federal Reserve Chair…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick are among the witnesses planned for a five-day evidentiary hearing set to begin this week on the Federal Trade Commission’s legal bid to block the deal, according to a court filing on Tuesday. The FTC is seeking a preliminary…
By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two Federal Reserve policymakers and an economist nominated to join them on the Fed’s Washington-based board on Tuesday said their focus is on bringing down too-high inflation so that the U.S. economy can get back to sustainable growth. Inflation has “started to abate” but the Fed…
By Susan Heavey, Sarah N. Lynch and Jacqueline Thomsen WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon has set an initial trial date of Aug. 14 in Florida on former President Donald Trump’s federal charges of willful retention of classified government records and obstruction of justice, according to a court order on Tuesday. The Justice…
(Reuters) -Visa has hired Chris Suh, the finance chief at Electronic Arts and a former executive at Microsoft, as its new CFO, the payments processor said on Tuesday. Suh is departing the videogame publisher just a year and a half after assuming his role at EA. Prior to that, he was the corporate vice president…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Tuesday proposed a rule that would require cable TV and broadcast satellite operators to disclose to consumers the full pricing for video programming services in promotional materials and on their bills – a plan quickly endorsed by President Joe Biden. The FCC’s…
