NAIROBI, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Preliminary laboratory results on a sample from a Kenyan patient who was suspected of having Ebola have come back negative, the governor of the county where he is being treated said on Thursday. Kenya reported its first-ever Ebola case on…
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) – More than 120 US lawmakers raised concerns on Thursday about Alphabet’s Google unit acquiring defunct carrier Spirit Airlines’ internal data for $10 million to train artificial intelligence systems. The lawmakers led by Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Steven Horsford said…
Oct 8 (Reuters) – Major League Baseball has proposed shortening its regular season to 154 games from 162 games starting in 2029 along with expanding the Division Series of the playoffs to a best-of-seven contest in a bargaining session on Thursday with the union representing players.…
Oct 8 (Reuters) – Apple appointed insider Steve Smith as head of mergers and acquisitions, while moving Adrian Perica to its services division, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Thursday. Perica, a more than 17-year veteran of Apple’s M&A and corporate development function,…
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) – US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will meet Ukrainian representatives on Friday in Miami to discuss new ideas and try to produce a unified proposal for resolving the war in Ukraine, an American source familiar with…
Oct 8 (Reuters) – Anthropic on Thursday launched tools that allow users to create data dashboards and animations through Claude, as AI companies vie to broaden their suite of workplace productivity applications. Here are some details: • Claude Dashboards, available in beta on paid plans,…
DURBAN/JOHANNESBURG, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Anti-migrant protests in two South African cities including Johannesburg’s Soweto township turned violent on Thursday, with the government blaming disinformation over a court ruling on asylum seekers. In coastal Durban, the second city hit by protests, a Reuters reporter saw…
By Field Level Media Oct 08 (Field Level Media) – Commissioner Tony Petitti sees no reason to make the Big Ten any bigger right now. Petitti said Thursday at Big Ten basketball media days in Chicago there are no active talks or plans regarding expansion…
By Field Level Media Oct 08 (Field Level Media) – The PWHL unveiled the jerseys for its four expansion teams in Detroit, Las Vegas, San Jose, Calif., and Hamilton, Ontario, on Thursday. Produced by official partner Bauer, the jerseys feature each city’s name stitched diagonally…
By Field Level Media Oct 08 (Field Level Media) – Major League Baseball proposed changes to both the regular season and playoffs to the MLB Players Association on Thursday. MLB offered a revised regular-season schedule of 154 games, down from 162, that provides a standard…
