UK to Spend $12.7 Billion on Compensation in Infected-Blood Scandal
May 19 By William James LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will spend more than 10 billion pounds ($12.70 billion) compensating thousands of people who were treated with blood contaminated with HIV or hepatitis C in the 1970s and 1980s, the Sunday Times reported. The infected blood…
In Canada, Bodies Go Unclaimed as Costs Put Funerals Out of Reach
May 18 By KyawSoe Oo and Anna Mehler Paperny TORONTO (Reuters) – Some Canadian provinces have logged a jump in unclaimed dead bodies in recent years, with next of kin citing funeral costs as a growing reason for not collecting loved ones’ remains. The phenomenon…
US Labor Board Will Suspend Case Against SpaceX Pending Company’s Legal Challenge
May 17 By Daniel Wiessner (Reuters) -The U.S. National Labor Relations Board told a federal judge in Texas that it will suspend an administrative case accusing SpaceX of illegally firing engineers critical of CEO Elon Musk while the rocket maker pursues a lawsuit challenging the…
OpenAI Strikes Deal to Bring Reddit Content to ChatGPT
May 16 By Arasu Kannagi Basil and Manas Mishra in Bengaluru (Reuters) -Reddit has partnered with OpenAI to bring its content to popular chatbot ChatGPT, the companies said on Thursday, sending the social media platform’s shares up 12% in extended trade. The deal underscores Reddit’s…
US Opens Probe Into Alphabet’s Waymo Over ‘Unexpected Behavior’ of Self-Driving Vehicles
May 14 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. auto safety regulators said on Tuesday they have opened an investigation into the performance of Alphabet’s Waymo self-driving vehicles after reports of its robotaxis exhibiting driving behavior that potentially violated traffic safety laws. The National Highway Traffic…
Massachusetts Takes Uber, Lyft to Trial Over Whether Drivers Are Employees
May 13 By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) -Massachusetts’ attorney general took Uber Technologies and Lyft to trial on Monday over allegations that the ride-share companies are misclassifying thousands of drivers in the state as independent contractors to avoid treating them as more costly employees. The…
First Human to Receive Transplanted Pig Kidney Dies
May 12 By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A man with end-stage renal disease who earlier this year became the first human to receive a new kidney from a genetically modified pig has died, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston said. “The Mass General transplant team is…
Body Camera Video Captures First Reactions to Baltimore Bridge Collapse
May 11 By Maria Caspani (This story contains explicit language in paragraph 3) (Reuters) – Body camera video captured the shocked reactions of first responders in the aftermath of the collapse of a Baltimore bridge in March in which six men were killed. The recordings,…
Billionaire Quant Investing Pioneer and Philanthropist James Simons Dies at 86
May 10 By Niket Nishant (Reuters) – Billionaire investor James Simons, the mathematician and Cold War code-breaker who founded one of the world’s most prominent and profitable hedge funds, Renaissance Technologies, has died at 86, his foundation said on Friday. The Simons Foundation did not…
OpenAI Plans to Announce Google Search Competitor on Monday, Sources Say
May 9 By Anna Tong (Reuters) -OpenAI plans to announce its artificial intelligence-powered search product on Monday, according to two sources familiar with the matter, raising the stakes in its competition with search king Google. The announcement date, though subject to change, has not been…