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  • AI startup Wonderful’s valuation more than doubles to $5 billion in latest funding round

    AI startup Wonderful’s valuation more than doubles to $5 billion in latest funding round

    Sept 2 : Wonderful, an AI operating system provider for enterprise, said on Wednesday its valuation had more than doubled to $5 billion in less than six months as businesses increasingly adopted AI.The company raised $550 million in a funding round led by global software investor Insight Partners, with partic

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  • Yen gains sharply against US dollar

    Yen gains sharply against US dollar

    Sept 2 : The Japanese yen gained sharply against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday, after having retraced over the last month approximately half of its increases made after a rare joint intervention by the U.S. and Japan at the end of July. It was not immediately clear what prompted the move. The yen, which had

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  • Google defeats US bid to force ad tech sale

    Google defeats US bid to force ad tech sale

    Sept 2 : Alphabet’s Google escaped a breakup of its advertising technology business on Wednesday, when a judge in Virginia rejected U.S. antitrust enforcers’ bid to force a sale of Google’s online advertising exchange.While the ad exchange is a small part of Google’s business, the ruling is the second powerfu

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  • Lawson to drive for Red Bull in Monza with Hadjar still injured

    Lawson to drive for Red Bull in Monza with Hadjar still injured

    Sept 2 : Liam Lawson will continue to drive for Red Bull at the Italian Grand Prix after the Formula One team announced on Wednesday that Isack Hadjar remains sidelined with a wrist injury that forced him to miss the Dutch Grand Prix last month.New Zealand’s Lawson races for Racing Bulls, which is Red Bull’s

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  • US government backs OpenAI in New York Times copyright case

    US government backs OpenAI in New York Times copyright case

    Sept 2 : The Trump administration has filed a brief supporting OpenAI in its dispute with the New York Times and several other newspapers over the company’s use of their work to train the large language models behind ChatGPT, saying AI training generally makes fair use of copyrighted material.The brief, file

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  • Berkshire CEO Abel says AI to help power growth

    Berkshire CEO Abel says AI to help power growth

    NEW YORK, Sept 2 : Berkshire Hathaway CEO Greg Abel said on Wednesday he sees significant opportunities for the conglomerate from the buildout of AI data centers, after Berkshire made Alphabet its third-largest common stock holding.Abel separately said American consumers remain under stress from elevated inf

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  • Woods gets 5-year license suspension in plea deal

    Woods gets 5-year license suspension in plea deal

    MARTIN COUNTY, Florida, Sept 2 : Tiger Woods will have his license suspended for five years after reaching a plea deal on Wednesday related to his impaired-driving case.The 15-times major champion, who initially pleaded not guilty, was present for the change-of-plea hearing when Judge Darren Steele said two

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  • Europe may accelerate space launches to meet satellite demand

    Europe may accelerate space launches to meet satellite demand

    PARIS, Sept 2 : The European Space Agency is weighing an increase in the planned launch schedules of Ariane 6 and Vega-C rockets in coming years to overcome a potential bottleneck in satellite launches, the head of the 23-nation body said on Wednesday.Director General Josef Aschbacher told a group of reporter

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  • Owkin signs AI drug discovery deal with Boehringer for cancer, immunology

    Owkin signs AI drug discovery deal with Boehringer for cancer, immunology

    Sept 2 : AI company Owkin said on Wednesday it has signed a licensing deal with Germany’s Boehringer Ingelheim, giving the drugmaker access to its AI research platform and patient data to speed up discovery of drugs for cancer and immunity-related diseases.The deal adds Boehringer to a growing list of drugmak

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  • US eyes airlines, digital assets as Iran-related targets, Bessent says

    US eyes airlines, digital assets as Iran-related targets, Bessent says

    WASHINGTON, Sept 2 : U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday said airlines, the maritime industry and digital assets could be possible targets as the Trump administration continues its planned efforts to squeeze Iran’s economy.Bessent, asked about Russian support for Iran in an interview on Fox New

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