US targets Russia with hundreds of sanctions over Ukraine war, Navalny death

By Daphne Psaledakis, David Brunnstrom and Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday imposed extensive sanctions against Russia, targeting more than 500 people and entities to mark the second anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine and retaliate for the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. President Joe Biden said the measures aim…

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Warner Bros Discovery’s bigger-than-expected loss clouds streaming gains; shares skid

(Reuters) -Warner Bros Discovery reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss on Friday, as the media conglomerate battled a weak advertising market and the fallout of the twin Hollywood strikes on content generation. Shares of the company, forged by the union of WarnerMedia and Discovery, tumbled nearly 12%, even as it beat Disney and Paramount to an…

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Google to pause Gemini AI model’s image generation of people due to inaccuracies

(Reuters) -Google is pausing its AI tool that creates images of people following inaccuracies in some historical depictions generated by the model, the latest hiccup in the Alphabet-owned company’s efforts to catch up with rivals OpenAI and Microsoft. Google started offering image generation through its Gemini AI models earlier this month, but over the past…

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Intel signs Microsoft as foundry customer, says on track to overtake TSMC

By Stephen Nellis and Max A. Cherney (Reuters) -Intel said on Wednesday that Microsoft plans to use its services to manufacture a custom computing chip and that the company expects to beat an internal deadline of 2025 to overtake its biggest rival, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, in advanced chip manufacturing. The American chipmaker also gave…

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US inflation data for January made Fed’s job ‘harder,’ Barkin says

By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Inflation data in January, with consumer and wholesale prices rising faster than anticipated, complicate upcoming U.S. central bank interest rate decisions, Richmond Federal Reserve President Thomas Barkin said on Wednesday. The reports released last week “underline the challenge we have had in the recent data,” with a slowdown of…

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