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EU calls in X to talk Grok after antisemitic outbursts – POLITICO

EU calls in X to talk Grok after antisemitic outbursts – POLITICO

X said it had removed the posts and that the problem was not related to the chatbot’s underlying large language model. Still, the Commission has called the company in for a “technical meeting” on Grok, spokesperson Thomas Regnier said. X is designated as a very large online platform under the EU’s Digital Services Act, meaning it has to follow strict …

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Waters to buy Becton unit in a $17.5 billion deal amid tariff pressures – Reuters

Waters to buy Becton unit in a $17.5 billion deal amid tariff pressures  Reuters Waters and BD’s Biosciences & Diagnostic Solutions Business to Combine, Creating a Life Science and Diagnostics Leader Focused on Regulated, High-Volume Testing  Becton Dickinson Becton Dickinson Biosciences & Diagnostics Unit to Merge With Waters Corp. in $17.5 Billion Deal  The Wall Street Journal Why Waters Corporation (WAT) Stock Is …

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Why Gov. Greg Abbott won’t release his emails with Elon Musk

Why Gov. Greg Abbott won’t release his emails with Elon Musk

The language Abbott’s office used appears to be fairly boilerplate. Paxton’s office, in an explanation of the common-law privacy exception on its website, mentions that “personal financial information” that doesn’t deal with government transactions “is generally highly intimate or embarrassing and must be withheld.” But Bill Aleshire, a Texas-based attorney specializing in public records law, was appalled that the governor …

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Tesla Faces First Federal Jury Trial Tied to Its Autopilot System – The New York Times

Tesla Faces First Federal Jury Trial Tied to Its Autopilot System  The New York Times Elon Musk looms over jury selection in Tesla Autopilot fatality trial  CNBC A lawsuit against Tesla and its driver-assistance technology goes to trial in Florida  NPR Tesla faces federal trial over deadly Key Largo autopilot crash  WPLG Local 10 As Elon Musk pushes Robotaxis, Tesla trial begins over fatal …

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The latest tariffs against the EU, Mexico, and Brazil are also the most dangerous.

The latest tariffs against the EU, Mexico, and Brazil are also the most dangerous.

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Once again, President Donald Trump is delaying his own tariffs. In April, after introducing jaw-droppingly high, possibly chatbot-calculated “reciprocal” tariffs that he planned to impose on all the United States’ major trading partners, Trump agreed to back off from …

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Federal Reserve Board – Agencies issue joint statement on risk-management considerations for crypto-asset safekeeping

Federal Reserve Board – Agencies issue joint statement on risk-management considerations for crypto-asset safekeeping

Please enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser or access the information through the links provided below. July 14, 2025 Agencies issue joint statement on risk-management considerations for crypto-asset safekeeping Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Federal Reserve Board Office of the Comptroller of the Currency For release at 1:30 …

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Meta’s New Superintelligence Lab Is Discussing Major A.I. Strategy Changes – The New York Times

Meta’s New Superintelligence Lab Is Discussing Major A.I. Strategy Changes  The New York Times Meta keeps AI spending spree going — plus Amazon shuts down Prime Day critics  CNBC Meta’s Days of Giving Away AI for Free Are Numbered  Bloomberg Meta’s Zuckerberg pledges hundreds of billions for AI data centers in superintelligence push  Reuters Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is building a 5GW AI data …

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Starbucks to require corporate staff work from office four days a week – Financial Times

Starbucks to require corporate staff work from office four days a week – Financial Times

Starbucks to require corporate staff work from office four days a week  Financial Times Starbucks employees to return to the office four days a week — or take a payout  CNBC Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol increases in-office mandate — offers exit payouts to opt out  Yahoo Finance Starbucks takes aim at remote work, says some employees may need to relocate to headquarters  AP News …

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