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Google offers changes to satisfy EU ad-tech case but they don’t include breakup

Google offers changes to satisfy EU ad-tech case but they don’t include breakup

LONDON (AP) — Google has offered to make major changes to its business practices to resolve a European Union antitrust case targeting its ad-tech business, but they don’t include breaking up the c...

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Shareholders of Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern support $85 billion rail merger

Shareholders of Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern support $85 billion rail merger

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Shareholders of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern backed the railroads’ proposed $85 billion merger to create the nation’s first coast-to-coast rail network. Roughly 99% of bo...

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Anthropic warns of AI-driven hacking campaign linked to China

Anthropic warns of AI-driven hacking campaign linked to China

WASHINGTON (AP) — A team of researchers has uncovered what they say is the first reported use of artificial intelligence to direct a hacking campaign in a largely automated fashion. The AI compan...

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Jordan’s king and Indonesia’s leader hold talks on economic ties and Gaza

Jordan’s king and Indonesia’s leader hold talks on economic ties and Gaza

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Jordan’s king and Indonesia’s leader on Friday held talks as the two longtime friends agreed to strengthen military cooperation and economic ties between the two Muslim-m...

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US investment firm RedBird pulls out of buying Britain’s Telegraph newspaper

US investment firm RedBird pulls out of buying Britain’s Telegraph newspaper

LONDON (AP) — U.S. investment firm RedBird Capital said Friday that it has dropped its offer to buy the publisher of Britain’s 170-year-old conservative Daily Telegraph newspaper for about 500 mil...

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Walmart CEO Doug McMillon to retire in January and US operations chief John Furner will take over

Walmart CEO Doug McMillon to retire in January and US operations chief John Furner will take over

NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart CEO Doug McMillon will retire in January, the retailer announced on Friday. The company said that John Furner, head of U.S. operations and a longtime insider, will take ove...

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