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Elizabeth Warren wants to know what the Pentagon is doing with xAI, Elon Musk’s company

Elizabeth Warren wants to know what the Pentagon is doing with xAI, Elon Musk’s company

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is pressing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the department’s $200 million contract with Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI. Warren sent a letter to the secretary last Thursday demanding more information about the Pentagon’s deal with xAI, the company behind the occasionally hate- and misinformation-spewing chatbot Grok, to address issues of national…

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Jaishankar, Rubio could meet on UNGA sidelines

Jaishankar, Rubio could meet on UNGA sidelines

Washington : In an effort to advance the recent improvement in their ties, New Delhi and Washington are planning a high-level meeting between external affairs minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, people aware of the matter said on Sunday. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and India’s External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam…

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Downing Street: Charges dropped in China ‘spy’ case ‘extremely disappointing’

Downing Street: Charges dropped in China ‘spy’ case ‘extremely disappointing’

Christopher Cash, 30, from Whitechapel, east London, and Christopher Berry, 33, of Witney, Oxfordshire, were each charged with the offence of spying under the Official Secrets Act. The pair had denied allegations that they collected and communicated information which could be “useful to an enemy” between December 2021 and February 2023 and were set to…

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Nasdaq supports reforms to reduce burden on public companies, CEO Friedman says

Nasdaq supports reforms to reduce burden on public companies, CEO Friedman says

(Reuters) -Nasdaq CEO Adena Friedman on Monday advocated to provide public companies the option to report either quarterly or semi-annually, as the exchange operator reinforces its support for reforms to reduce reporting burden on publicly listed companies. The comments come after U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday renewed calls for ending quarterly reports for companies,…

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