by iwd | Aug 20, 2024 | Business
(Reuters) – Netflix saw a more than 150% surge in upfront ad commitments for this year, the streaming giant said on Tuesday, thanks in part to the National Football League (NFL) games coming to the platform on Christmas Day. In its second year of upfront...
by iwd | Aug 19, 2024 | General
By Bianca Flowers, Disha Raychaudhuri, Gabriella Borter and Allende Miglietta(Reuters) – Black grassroots organizers are kicking off multi-state bus tours and raising millions of dollars for voter engagement and mobilization efforts in key battleground states,...
by iwd | Aug 19, 2024 | Business
By Max A. Cherney(Reuters) -AMD on Monday said it plans to acquire server maker ZT Systems for $4.9 billion as the company seeks to expand its portfolio of artificial intelligence chips and hardware and battle Nvidia.AMD plans to pay for 75% of the ZT Systems...
by iwd | Aug 19, 2024 | Economy
(Reuters) – Shares of some mpox vaccine and drug developers jumped sharply on Monday in premarket trading, putting them on track to extend gains from last week as concerns over an outbreak of the virus rise.Shares of GeoVax Labs and Tonix Pharmaceuticals led the...
by iwd | Aug 19, 2024 | General
By Gavin JonesROME (Reuters) – Global warming may have contributed to the freak storm that sank a luxury British-flagged yacht off the coast of Sicily on Monday, Italian climatologist Luca Mercalli told Reuters.One man died and six people were missing, including...
by iwd | Aug 18, 2024 | Business
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean artificial-intelligence chip makers Rebellions Inc and Sapeon Korea Inc have signed a definitive merger agreement, the privately held companies said on Sunday. They announced merger negotiations in June. The deal is the latest...
by iwd | Aug 18, 2024 | General
(Reuters) – OpenAI said on Friday it had taken down accounts of an Iranian group for using its ChatGPT chatbot to generate content meant for influencing the U.S. presidential election and other issues.The operation, identified as Storm-2035, used ChatGPT to...
by iwd | Aug 18, 2024 | General
By Nandita Bose and Steve HollandWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris is likely to join President Joe Biden on stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday as he passes the torch to her as the party’s candidate in the...
by iwd | Aug 18, 2024 | General
By Nidal al-MughrabiCAIRO (Reuters) – Israeli strikes killed 19 people in Gaza on Sunday, including six children, Palestinian health authorities said, ahead of a visit to the region by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to try to push forward ceasefire...
by iwd | Aug 17, 2024 | Economy
By Alden BentleyNEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury yields eased on Friday, partly reversing the previous day’s big gains as investors digested data showing a resilient U.S. consumer and inflation trending lower, leaving the Federal Reserve ample scope for a small...
