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Alphabet, Tesla rise; Hertz, Logitech fall, Monday, 3/18/2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Monday: Alphabet Inc., up $6.50 to $147.68 Google's parent company is reportedly considering licensing artificial intelligence technology to Apple. Tesla Inc., up $10.31 to...
US applications for jobless claims hold at healthy levels
U.S. applications for jobless benefits were unchanged last week, settling at a healthy level as the labor market continues to show strength in the face of elevated interest rates. Unemployment claims for the week ending March 2 were 217,000, matching the previous week's revised...
Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companies
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was...
California authorizes expansion of Waymo's driverless car services to LA, SF peninsula
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California regulators on Friday authorized Waymo to expand services of its fleet of robotaxis into Los Angeles and to cities on the peninsula south of San Francisco. The California Public Utilities Commission approved Waymo's application for the expansion of...
US applications for jobless benefits rise but remain historically low despite recent layoffs
More Americans applied for jobless benefits last week, but layoffs remain historically low even as more high-profile companies have announced job cuts this year. Applications for unemployment benefits rose by 13,000 to 215,000 for the week ending Feb. 24, the Labor Department...
One Tech Tip: Don't use rice for your device. Here's how to dry out your smartphone
LONDON (AP) — You were walking next to a swimming pool when you slipped and dropped your phone into the water. Or it slipped out of your hand when you were next to a filled bathtub or toilet. However your smartphone got wet, you now need to dry it. But what do you do? There's lots...
Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street slips lower and bitcoin bounces higher
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday after a lackluster day on Wall Street, where selling of technology stocks pulled benchmarks lower. U.S. futures were flat and oil prices fell. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.7% to 38,953.49 after data showed...
Reddit strikes $60M deal allowing Google to train AI models on its posts, unveils IPO plans
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Reddit has struck a deal with Google that allows the search giant to use posts from the online discussion site for training its artificial intelligence models and to improve services such as Google Search. The arrangement, announced Thursday and valued at...
Nvidia's 4Q revenue, profit soar thanks to demand for its chips used for artificial intelligence
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Nvidia Corp., which has seen its value skyrocket over the past year thanks to soaring demand for its graphics chips used for artificial intelligence, posted stronger-than-expected results Wednesday for its latest quarter, with its revenue more than tripling from a year...
Ex-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer discusses the current tech scene from vantage point of her AI startup
Marissa Mayer has long been an inspiration for innovative women battling to break through the gender barriers in a male-dominated technology industry. After graduating from Stanford University, Mayer joined Google in 1999 when the internet search giant was still a startup and then...
