Microsoft announces new multibillion-dollar investment in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI
Microsoft announced a new multiyear, multibillion-dollar investment with the artificial intelligence lab OpenAI, according to a release Monday.
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Germany won’t block Poland from giving Ukraine tanks, minister says
Ukrainian troops dig in for winter defenses The German government will not object if Poland decides to send Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine, Germany’s top diplomat said Sunday, indicating …
Thousands of Israelis protest against new government’s far-right policies
Thousands of Israelis protest against new government’s far-right policies Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets Saturday to protest against the newly formed right-wing government under Prime Minister …
Google employees scramble for answers after layoffs hit long-tenured and recently promoted employees
Employees have rallied to find out who’s been laid off while demanding answers from leadership.
Investigative journalist critical of Rwanda’s government killed in a car accident
John Williams Ntwali, one of Rwanda’s few journalists who published stories critical of the government, has died. Ntwali was the sole fatality in a car accident in Kigali on Wednesday, …
Feds seize almost $700 million of FTX assets in Sam Bankman-Fried criminal case
Federal prosecutors seized nearly $700 million in cash and assets connected to Sam Bankman-Fried, primarily in the form of Robinhood shares.
Google to lay off 12,000 people — read the memo CEO Sundar Pichai sent to staff
Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO, said in an email sent to the company’s staff Friday that the firm will lay off 12,000 employees.
Peru police use tear gas to block protesters from marching
What’s behind the deadly protests in Peru Police fired tear gas to try to subdue thousands of protesters who poured into the Peruvian capital Thursday, many from remote Andean regions, …
Netflix founder Reed Hastings is giving up his CEO role
Hastings co-founded Netflix in 1997. Ted Sarandos was promoted to co-CEO alongside Hastings in July 2020.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to resign
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, whose empathetic handling of the nation’s worst mass-shooting and health-driven response to the coronavirus pandemic led her to become an international icon, but who …