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DoorDash to buy Instacart for $17 billion in big consolidation for grocery delivery14:00 DoorDash is gobbling up Instacart in a $17 billion acquisition that will supercharge its grocery delivery business Mongolian mining company says copper exports have dropped due to China border restrictions12:56 The operator of one of Mongolia’s largest copper mines says its exports of copper concentrate to China have dropped by about 70% in the past two weeks due to restrictions at a border crossing Fire briefly triggers emergency at South Carolina lab on former nuclear weapons site12:56 A fire at a national lab in South Carolina that is on a site that once made key parts for nuclear bombs has triggered an emergency response that shut down incoming traffic and restricted air and rail service in the area Rush is on to patch AI-discovered software vulnerability that could impact 70% of websites worldwide12:56 Governments and corporations worked throughout the night to update software after the AI-assisted discovery of vulnerabilities in a programming language vital to about 70% of websites globally Meta ordered to pay $25 billion for deceiving users about privacy on Facebook12:56 A judge has ordered Meta to pay New Mexico $25 billion after a jury found the company liable for deceiving users about privacy and content moderation on Facebook Cryptocurrency companies can keep paying interest-like rewards: Bank regulators12:56 Federal bank regulators have announced that cryptocurrency companies can continue offering interest-like rewards to customers New UN initiative will aim to tackle the military uses of AI12:56 The United Nations is launching a new initiative on the military uses of artificial intelligence, aimed at addressing some dire concerns about the threat the rapidly developing technology could pose to humanity New York enacts ban on 'unsafe' chatbot behavior with kids23:08 New York is enacting farther-reaching restrictions ban on certain chatbot behaviors to protect children using artificial intelligence Google misses revenue expectations, Alphabet stock sinks in early after-hours trading22:37 Alphabet Inc., Google's parent company, reported strong revenue growth in its third quarter, but it fell short of Wall Street expectations FDA scientists opposed the Trump administration's effort to ease peptides access18:22 Food and Drug Administration scientists did not support an effort by President Donald Trump's administration to loosen rules on unproven peptide drugs South Korea fines Google and Apple over unfair app market practices28.října South Korea on Wednesday fined Google and Apple a combined $47.6 million, saying they abused their dominance in app store markets by forcing local developers onto their own payment systems and by unfairly delaying app reviews Microsoft offers quarter of global workforce voluntary buyouts26.října Microsoft has offered 60,000 employees, or about 27% of its global workforce, voluntary buyouts as the software giant spends heavily on artificial intelligence As the US and China form AI blocs, countries are increasingly torn between them25.října With the two leading AI powers, the United States and China, forming their own AI blocs, other countries are maneuvering to harness the strengths of both groupings without alienating either and risking losing out |