US bank fires a bunch of employees after finding out they were pretending to work
A handful of bankers have been let go by Wells Fargo after the financial giant discovered the staff were “simulating…
Far-right leader Bardella says he needs absolute majority to govern France effectively
PARIS (Reuters) - The leader of France's far-right National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, appealed to voters on Tuesday to hand…
Replika CEO: AI chatbots aren’t just for lonely men
A few weeks ago, a clip of Bumble founder Whitney Wolfe Herd speaking at Bloomberg’s Technology Summit went slightly viral.…
Explainer-France’s snap election: how does it work and what’s next?
PARIS (Reuters) - France holds a parliamentary election on June 30 and July 7. Opinion polls show the far right…
‘Godfather of AI’ emerges out of stealth to back carbon capture startup
Since dramatically quitting Google last year, Geoffrey Hinton, known better as the “Godfather of AI”, has been a harbinger of…
Edward Snowden eviscerates OpenAI’s decision to put a former NSA director on its board: ‘This is a willful, calculated betrayal of the rights of every person on earth’
OpenAI just appointed a former director of the National Security Agency (NSA) to its board of directors, and Edward Snowden…
France says it will sell CAESAR howitzers to Armenia
(Reuters) - France has signed a contract to sell CAESAR self-propelled howitzers to Armenia, Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on…
Finnish law to halt migrants at Russia border makes progress in parliament
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A Finnish government proposal to temporarily reject asylum seekers arriving across the country's border with Russia can…
Soaring temperatures scorch pilgrims on Haj in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH/MINA (Reuters) - Throngs of tightly packed pilgrims struggled through searing heat which has claimed lives during the annual Haj…