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By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Two U.S. lawmakers who head a committee focused on China on Friday urged the Biden administration to tighten export restrictions on artificial intelligence chips in the wake of industry lobbying to leave the rules unchanged. Representative Mike Gallagher, a Republican and chair of the House of Representatives select committee on China, and Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat and ranking member of the committee, […]

By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) -France’s privacy watchdog CNIL said on Friday it is aware of ChatGPT-founder Sam Altman’s Worldcoin project and that the legality of its biometric data collection “seems questionable”. Worldcoin, which launched on Monday, requires users to provide their iris scans in exchange for a digital ID and in certain countries free cryptocurrency. Its website says it has signed up 2.1 million people, mostly in a trial […]

(Corrects September 2019 to September 2022) By Jack Queen (Reuters) -A Missouri federal court on Tuesday dismissed U.S. chess prodigy Hans Niemann’s $100 million defamation lawsuit alleging Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and Chess.com falsely accused him of cheating, though his lawyers said they will pursue their claims in state court. U.S. District Court Judge Audrey Fleissig rejected Niemann’s claims that Carlsen and Chess.com broke antitrust laws by colluding to exclude […]

(Reuters) – Yorkshire have been fined 400,000 pounds ($514,000) and handed a 48-point deduction in the County Championship by the Cricket Discipline Commission over their handling of racism allegations made by Azeem Rafiq, the commission said on Friday. Rafiq, a former England Under-19s captain of Pakistani descent, told a British parliamentary committee in 2021 of “inhuman” treatment at Yorkshire and said he had been a victim of institutional racism at […]

By Luana Maria Benedito and Marcela Ayres SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s central bank is poised for its first interest rate cut in three years on Wednesday, with most economists anticipating a small reduction despite government calls for more aggressive action as inflation cools and economic activity loses steam. After pushing the benchmark rate 1,175 basis points higher to combat pandemic-driven inflation and shocks in energy and food prices, policymakers […]

By Moussa Aksar NIAMEY (Reuters) -Niger military officers declared General Abdourahamane Tiani as the new head of state on Friday, saying they had suspended the constitution and dissolved all former institutions after overthrowing President Mohamed Bazoum. Tiani was the head of the presidential guard that shut Bazoum in his palace on Wednesday and then declared it had ousted him because of bad governance and worsening security. The general appeared on […]

HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast said on Friday it is planning to list in the United States next month via a blank-cheque company after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) gave the go ahead to its proposed business combination. VinFast, a unit of Vietnam’s biggest conglomerate Vingroup, announced in May it would go public through a merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Black Spade Acquisition Co. VinFast […]

(Reuters) – Merck said on Friday its blockbuster drug Keytruda, in combination with chemotherapy, met one of the main goals in a late-stage trial testing it in some breast cancer patients. The study showed that the therapy was able to help clear all signs of tumor in patients compared to neo-adjuvant placebo plus chemotherapy. The company said based on recommendation for the data monitoring committee, the study would continue without […]

By Alan Baldwin SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (Reuters) – Team boss Otmar Szafnauer will leave Renault-owned Alpine after Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix with Bruno Famin taking over as interim principal, the Formula One team said on Friday. Alpine said the team’s sporting director Alan Permane, who has been at the Enstone factory for 34 years, was leaving by mutual agreement while chief technical officer Pat Fry is joining Williams in the same […]