(Reuters) – Meta Platforms is exploring making earphones powered by artificial intelligence with cameras, The Information reported on Monday citing employees familiar with the matter. A slew of companies, from startups to conglomerates including Meta, are looking to develop AI-based wearable devices to capture growing interest in the sector. The Facebook-parent expects the device, being…
By David Lawder and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. central bank might have begun cutting interest rates in late July had it known that the labor market was cooling as fast as it has been, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Wednesday. “If you ask, you know, if we’d gotten the July…
(Reuters) -Brokerages have raised their year-end targets for the U.S. stocks benchmark S&P 500, spurred by expectations of a “soft landing” for the economy and growing odds the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year. Following are forecasts from some major banks on economic growth, inflation, and how they expect certain asset classes to…
BORGO EGNAZIA, Italy (Reuters) – Pope Francis became the first pontiff to address a Group of Seven summit on Friday, warning world leaders that Artificial Intelligence must never be allowed to get the upper hand over humanity. An array of global chiefs warmly embraced the 87-year-old pope as he made his way around their huge…
By Aditya Soni (Reuters) – Microsoft investors will have one big question when the tech giant reports earnings on Tuesday: has growth in its Azure cloud-computing business picked up enough to justify the billions of dollars being spent on artificial intelligence infrastructure? Widely seen as the front-runner in the race to make money from AI,…
By Anton Bridge TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese technology investor Softbank Group believes it has an advantage over smaller rivals because it can leverage its entire $183.6 billion portfolio to help it build an ecosystem of firms that can employ artificial intelligence, a top executive said on Monday. “Because of the size of our platform, we’re…
(Reuters) – Southwest Airlines’ shares rose about 7% in premarket trade on Monday after the Wall Street Journal reported that activist investor Elliott Investment Management had built a nearly $2 billion stake in the U.S. carrier. According to the Journal’s report on Sunday, Elliott is one of Southwest’s largest investors and plans to push for…
By Isabelle Yr Carlsson and Maggie Fick COPENHAGEN/LONDON (Reuters) – Obesity drug-maker Novo Nordisk will spend $4.1 billion to build a U.S. facility to fill injection pens for its hugely popular weight-loss treatment Wegovy and diabetes drug Ozempic, it said on Monday. Construction of the plant at Novo’s existing main U.S. manufacturing site in Clayton,…
(Reuters) -Analog Devices forecast third-quarter revenue above Wall Street expectations on Wednesday, helped by a rise in demand for its automotive and industrial chips after a prolonged slump, sending its shares up nearly 6% in premarket trading. The company expects revenue of $2.27 billion, plus or minus $100 million, compared with estimates of $2.16 billion,…
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Meta Platforms was charged by EU antitrust regulators on Monday for failing to comply with landmark tech rules as they took aim at the U.S. company’s newly introduced pay or consent advertising model, already the target of privacy regulators and activists’ ire. The tech giant launched the no-ads subscription…
