By Sachin Ravikumar LONDON (Reuters) -Snapchat may have failed to properly assess privacy risks to children from its artificial intelligence chatbot, Britain’s data watchdog said on Friday, adding it would consider the company’s response before making any final enforcement decision. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said if the U.S. company fails to adequately address the…
(Reuters) – Amgen said on Friday it had completed the $27.8 billion acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics after it received the go-ahead from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last month on certain conditions. Under the settlement terms with the FTC following its lawsuit to block the deal, Amgen is prevented from using anti-competitive tactics to…
(Reuters) -Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is being sued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which is trying to compel him to testify as part of a probe into his $44 billion takeover of social media giant Twitter, a Thursday court filing showed. The investigation, which escalates a long-running feud between the SEC…
(Reuters) -Canadian technology company BlackBerry said on Wednesday it would separate its Internet of Things (IoT) and cybersecurity business units and target a subsidiary initial public offering for the IoT business next fiscal year. BlackBerry joins a number of companies that have split their units in recent years, favoring a leaner corporate structure to help…
By David Shepardson (Reuters) -Workers will receive a 19% pay hike over five years under an agreement with Volvo Group-owned Mack Trucks and the United Auto Workers, according to a summary of the tentative agreement seen by Reuters. Workers must still ratify the agreement covering 4,000 hourly workers that includes a $3,500 ratification bonus, improved…
By Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) – Exxon Mobil said on Wednesday big increases in oil, gas and fuel prices would deliver a third-quarter operating profit between $8.3 billion and $11.4 billion, below the year ago’s record earnings but up from its second quarter. Exxon’s snapshot of operating profits, delivered in a securities filing after the…
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Erman (Reuters) -Around 4 million Americans received the updated COVID-19 shots in September, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), even as some people have found it difficult to book vaccination appointments or find the vaccines at no cost. “The Biden-Harris Administration, through HHS, has been…
(Reuters) – Social media giant Meta Platforms said on Wednesday that it has started rolling out generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools that can create content like image backgrounds and variations of written text for all advertisers. The company started testing these tools in May, giving access to a select group of advertisers in a “testing…
By Moira Warburton, Richard Cowan and David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A handful of Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday ousted Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy, as party infighting plunged Congress into further chaos just days after it narrowly averted a government shutdown. The 216-to-210 vote marked the first time in history that the…
By Stephen Nellis and Samrhitha A (Reuters) -Chipmaker Intel on Tuesday said it plans to operate its programmable chip unit as a standalone business starting in January, with plans to hold a public offering for stock in the business over the next two to three years. Intel shares were up more than 2% after the…
