By AJ Vicens DETROIT (Reuters) – President Joe Biden is calling for tighter cybersecurity standards for federal agencies and contractors in a new executive order
Month: January 2025
Meta to end diversity programs ahead of Trump inauguration
By Katie Paul (Reuters) – Meta Platforms is ending its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs, including those for hiring, training and picking suppliers, it
HPE secures $1 billion AI server deal for Elon Musk’s X, Bloomberg News reports
(Reuters) – Hewlett Packard Enterprise has struck a deal worth over $1 billion to provide Elon Musk’s social media platform X with servers optimized for
US sues Airbnb after host rejected rental to mother with children
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Airbnb was sued by the U.S. government on Friday over a host’s refusal to rent an apartment to a mother
Exclusive-Blackstone mulls $4 billion-plus sale of Liftoff, sources say
By Milana Vinn (Reuters) – Buyout firm Blackstone is weighing strategic options, including a sale, for Liftoff that could value the mobile app marketing provider
Apple clarifies Siri privacy stance after $95 million class action settlement
(Reuters) – Apple clarified on Wednesday that it has never sold the data collected by its Siri voice assistant or used it to create marketing
Aerospace firms gird for protectionism under Trump, Airbus CEO says
By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) -European aerospace companies are bracing for “very strong” protectionism in the United States under the administration of President-elect Donald Trump,
US says it has no plans to increase military presence in Greenland
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Louise Rasmussen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -The United States has no current plans to increase its military presence in Greenland, the U.S. embassy
Musk acknowledges $2 trillion spending cut goal a long shot
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elon Musk, who U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has tapped to oversee a government cost-cutting effort, acknowledged that his declared goal of cutting
Winds, warmth and relentless drought fueled Los Angeles fires, scientists say
By Alison Withers and David Stanway (Reuters) – Scientists said the wind-whipped wildfires tearing across the arid Los Angeles landscape mark the latest in climate-fuelled