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Italy temporarily blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns

Mar. 31, 2023 18:20 PM EDT

ROME (AP) — Italy is temporarily blocking the artificial intelligence software ChatGPT in the wake of a data breach as it investigates a possible violation of stringent European Union data protection rules, the government's privacy watchdog said Friday. The Italian Data Protection...

TikTok top attorney reiterates safety measures for users

Mar. 31, 2023 17:24 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The top attorney for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance said Friday the Biden administration hasn't given any feedback to the company since TikTok's CEO testified in Congress last week. During a panel conversation at a conference in San Francisco...

Stocks rally to cap a winning month, quarter for Wall Street

Mar. 31, 2023 16:34 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rallied Friday to close out a winning March and first quarter of the year, feats that looked questionable just a couple weeks ago when Wall Street was tumbling in turmoil. The S&P 500 rose 1.4% to cap a 3.5% gain for the month. It also locked in a second...

Court: 2018 Musk tweet unlawfully threatened UAW efforts

Mar. 31, 2023 16:30 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 2018 Twitter post by Tesla CEO Elon Musk unlawfully threatened Tesla employees with the loss of stock options if they decided to be represented by a union, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of...

Verizon wins FAA technology deal worth up to $2.4 billion

Mar. 31, 2023 13:21 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration has awarded Verizon Communications a contract potentially worth $2.4 billion to upgrade the agency’s technology systems. The FAA said Verizon will build a network that includes secure communications and administrative...

How a little-known agency holds power over TikTok's future

Mar. 31, 2023 10:41 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under pressure from the U.S. government, TikTok is now facing the music with the possibility of a nationwide ban if it defies a government order to sell to an American company — unless the popular social media app can convince a high-powered panel that its data security...

Huawei profit sinks in 2022 amid sanctions, but sales higher

Mar. 31, 2023 08:02 AM EDT

HONG KONG (AP) — Huawei on Friday reported a nearly 70% decline in profit last year amid sanctions and pandemic challenges, but its enterprise sales rose as the Chinese technology giant sought to pivot into digital industries and reduce its vulnerabilities to U.S. sanctions. ...

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit slashing 85% of its workforce

Mar. 31, 2023 07:40 AM EDT

Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit is letting go of almost its entire work force with the satellite launch company finding it difficult to secure funding three months after a failed mission. The company, headquartered in Long Beach, California, will cut 675 jobs, about 85% of its...

BlackBerry: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

Mar. 30, 2023 17:34 PM EDT

WATERLOO, Ontario (AP) — WATERLOO, Ontario (AP) — BlackBerry Ltd. (BB) on Thursday reported a fiscal fourth-quarter loss of $495 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. The Waterloo, Ontario-based company said it had a loss of 85 cents per share....

Man charged in 20-plus calls of false threats in US, Canada

Mar. 30, 2023 14:57 PM EDT

SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. authorities on Thursday said they arrested a Washington state man who made more than 20 “swatting” calls around the country and in Canada, prompting real emergency responses to his fake reports of bombs, shootings or other threats. Ashton Connor Garcia, 20,...