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Explainer: Can Elon Musk renegotiate a lower price for his Twitter deal?

May 11 (Reuters) – Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) shares have plunged to their lowest level since the social media company agreed to sell itself to Elon Musk for $44 billion on April 25, raising questions about whether the world’s richest person will try to renegotiate the deal. On Tuesday, the implied probability of the deal closing […]

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Artificial intelligence

Google unveils artificial intelligence tool for real-world searches

May 11 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Wednesday previewed augmented-reality glasses that display translations of conversations in real time, and it laid out additional plans to bridge the real world and its digital universe of search, Maps and other services using artificial intelligence. Google also teased a tablet to be launched in 2023 […]

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Business

Indexes fall, led by Nasdaq, as inflation data offers little relief to investors

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, US, May 11, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register US consumer prices slow in April; inflation still high Coinbase falls on Q1 revenue slump, net loss Indexes: Dow down 0.1%, S&P down 0.6%, […]

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Business

EXCLUSIVE Google paying more than 300 EU publishers for news, more to come

BRUSSELS, May 11 (Reuters) – Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google has signed deals to pay more than 300 publishers in Germany, France and four other EU countries for their news and will roll out a tool to make it easier for others to sign up too, the company told Reuters. The move to be announced publicly […]

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Mobile

Microsoft to help cover US employees’ travel costs for abortion

May 9 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Monday that it would extend its abortion and gender affirming care services for employees in the United States to include travel expense assistance. Several companies, including Yelp Inc (YELP.N), Citigroup (CN), Levi Strauss & Co (LEVI.N), and Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), have already pledged to cover costs […]

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Business

Musk says he would reverse Twitter ban on Donald Trump

May 10 (Reuters) – Billionaire Elon Musk said on Tuesday he would reverse Twitter’s ban on former US President Donald Trump when he buys the social media platform, the clearest signal yet of Musk’s intention to cut moderation of the site. Musk, the world’s richest person and chief executive of electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc […]

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Markets

Intel launches new AI chips, challenging Nvidia’s market

Visitors are seen at the Intel booth during the China Digital Entertainment Expo and Conference, also known as ChinaJoy, in Shanghai, China July 30, 2021. Picture taken July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register JERUSALEM/SAN FRANCISCO, May 10 (Reuters) – Intel Corp (INTC.O) on Tuesday launched a new […]

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Mobile

‘Taking the pistachio’ – Tesco rapped by watchdog over mobile phone ads

A general view of Tesco Extra store, in Warrington, Britain, January 13, 2022. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) – Britain’s advertising regulator has banned five adverts for Tesco’s (TSCO.L) mobile phone business, saying its use of the words “shiitake” and “pistachio” alluded to expletives and […]

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Internet

Russia downed satellite internet in Ukraine -Western officials

US: Russian hack aimed at disrupting Ukrainian communications UK: Hack was ‘deliberate and malicious’ EU: Attack on Viasat caused ‘indiscriminate’ outages Russia routinely denies it carries out cyberattacks NEWPORT, Wales, May 10 (Reuters) – Russia was behind a massive cyberattack against a satellite internet network which took tens of thousands of modems offline at the […]

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Business

S&P 500, Nasdaq end up but investors cautious before inflation data

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, US, May 9, 2022. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register All eyes on US CPI data on Wednesday Peloton falls as CEO says business “thinly capitalized” NEW YORK, May 10 (Reuters) – The […]