(Refiles to fix link in paragraph 4) JAKARTA, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has ordered the mobilisation of additional resources to combat wildfires, his government said on Tuesday, as criticism grew at home and abroad over Jakarta’s response to fires that have blanketed…
By Hannah Lang, Alexandra Alper and Michelle Price WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – A Democratic victory in one or both chambers of Congress would not stop President Donald Trump’s administration from handing regulatory breaks to Wall Street banks, prediction markets and crypto firms, but it would give…
By Stephen Nellis NEW YORK, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Apple on Tuesday is expected to show off a new round of smart home products, including an iPad-like device meant to hang on walls or perch on tabletops that will showcase its AI-upgraded Siri virtual assistant.…
By Leo Marchandon Oct 13 (Reuters) – Around 400 scientists, including AI pioneers Geoffrey Hinton and Yoshua Bengio, on Tuesday called for an international body to oversee containment standards and incident reporting for advanced cyber-capable AI systems. The proposed body would set industry-wide containment standards and…
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss, Saeed Azhar and Milana Vinn NEW YORK, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Bank of America’s top leaders had a problem in the first week of August. Veteran banker Amy Lissauer — one of the company’s most senior female executives — was considering jumping to…
By Sergio Limachi LAJA, Bolivia, Oct 13 (Reuters) – In the Bolivian Altiplano, where rising fuel costs are threatening farmers’ livelihoods, local resident Etson Machaca built a small plant that turns plastic bags, old tires and used oil into energy for his tractors. Though the…
By Aditya Soni NEW YORK, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Anthropic and OpenAI have sought significant control over what outside evaluators can publish, concerned that findings could reveal trade secrets, according to two people familiar with the discussions. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said last month that…
By Hugo Lhomedet and Leo Marchandon Oct 13 (Reuters) – Hackers who sabotaged refrigeration systems at hundreds of French supermarkets exploited the growing connectivity of equipment that was once largely mechanical. From refrigerators and heating systems to security cameras and alarm networks, an expanding range…
BUDAPEST, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Hungarian former Prime Minister Viktor Orban has denied directing authorities to seize two Ukrainian cash-in-transit vehicles carrying $82 million in cash and gold, dismissing the claims as politically motivated. Seven Ukrainians transporting the assets were briefly detained by Hungarian authorities…
By Amina Niasse NEW YORK, Oct 13 (Reuters) – UnitedHealth Group on Tuesday raised its 2026 profit forecast as the company tightened spending on medical costs in its health insurance business and improved margins in its Optum clinical care and health technology units. Shares of…
