Google pushes global agenda to educate workers, lawmakers on AI
By Kenrick Cai SAN FRANCISCO – Alphabet’s (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google, already facing an unprecedented regulatory onslaught, is looking to shape public perception and policies on artificial intelligence ahead of a global wave of AI regulation. A key priority, one executive told…
White House in talks to have Oracle, US investors take over TikTok, NPR reports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is working on a plan to save TikTok that involves tapping software company Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) and a group of outside investors to effectively take control of the app’s global operations, National…
Bangladesh central bank hires ‘Big Four’ audit firms to review banks it says lost $17 billion, FT reports
(Reuters) – Bangladesh’s central bank has hired three “Big Four” accounting firms – EY, Deloitte and KPMG – to audit banks it says lost $17 billion to business people close to the regime of former leader Sheikh Hasina, the Financial…
Analysis-Trump’s high-wire act to transform US power grid won’t be easy
By Tim McLaughlin and Laila Kearney (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s oversight of an increasingly unreliable U.S. power grid requires swift action, he said this week, but there is no easy fix for one of the grid’s most complex and…
Trump administration halts environmental litigation, sidelines lawyers, sources say
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has halted all pending environmental litigation and reassigned four career Justice Department attorneys focused on environmental issues, according to three sources familiar with the matter and a pair of…
Exclusive-FTC chairman says COVID is long over, get back to the office
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission on Friday acknowledged staff anxiety over returning to full-time in the office at an agency where around 80% work from home most of the week, but said the…