US FTC asks appeals court to pause Microsoft's Activision deal: report

A US appeals court on the West Coast opened a docket on Thursday on the FTC's effort to overturn its loss, but no docket entries requesting a stay were visible in mid-afternoon.

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US House Republicans interrogate FTC's Lina Khan over regulation of Big Tech

Republicans charged that Lina Khan is "harassing" Twitter since its acquisition by Elon Musk, arbitrarily suing large tech companies and declining to recuse herself from certain cases. In April, the committee subpoenaed Khan after an investigation by the panel that concluded the agency went after Musk for political reasons.

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Google’s AI chatbot is trained by humans who say they’re overworked, underpaid and frustrated

It’s an increasingly thankless job. Six current Google contract workers said that as the company entered a AI arms race with rival OpenAI over the past year, the size of their workload and complexity of their tasks increased.

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HCLTech acquires German automotive engineering services provider ASAP for €251 million

ASAP is focussed on future-oriented automotive technologies in areas such as autonomous driving, e-mobility, and connectivity.

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Zomato temporarily halts UPI rollout for new users

The Gurgaon-based company, which has partnered with ICICI Bank to offer the service, confirmed that Zomato UPI suspended onboarding new users, but said it is available to existing users.

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Nvidia deepens bets on AI in drug discovery with Recursion investment

Recursion, whose advisers include AI pioneer Yoshua Bengio, will use its biological and chemical datasets exceeding 23,000 terabytes to train AI models on Nvidia's cloud platform.

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Wipro CEO Thierry Delaporte has my full support, board’s backing: Rishad Premji

Experts have expressed concerns over Wipro's underperformance in terms of growth and operating margins compared to its peers under Delaporte. Last month, Delaporte told ET that he had the full support of the board.

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