Apple in Talks to License Google Gemini for iPhone, iOS 18 Generative AI Tools

Apple in Talks to License Google Gemini for iPhone, iOS 18 Generative AI Tools

Apple Inc. is in talks to build Google’s Gemini artificial intelligence engine into the iPhone, according to people familiar with the situation, setting the stage for a blockbuster agreement that would shake up the AI industry. The two companies are in active negotiations to let Apple license Gemini, Google’s set of generative AI models, to … Read more

Pilot Seat Blunder Led to Mid-Air Plunge of Latam Boeing 787, WSJ Reports

Pilot Seat Blunder Led to Mid-Air Plunge of Latam Boeing 787, WSJ Reports

A mishap with a cockpit seat may have thrust the pilot into the controls of a Boeing Co. 787 plane flying to New Zealand this week, triggering the sudden plunge that injured 50 passengers, the Wall Street Journal reportedBloomberg Terminal, citing US officials familiar with the investigation. A flight attendant serving a meal on the … Read more

Boeing, Aviation Stocks Fall After Rough Start to Year for Air Travel

Boeing, Aviation Stocks Fall After Rough Start to Year for Air Travel

Updated Jan. 8, 2024 2:26 pm ET A burning inferno on the runway, followed four days later by a midair emergency involving a gaping hole in the side of the plane, isn’t the way the airline industry wanted to start 2024. After a fraught 2023, in which safety specialists and regulators raised alarms about mounting … Read more

Hong Kong’s IPO Drought Casts Pall Over Region’s Businesses

Hong Kong’s IPO Drought Casts Pall Over Region’s Businesses

Updated Jan. 3, 2024 6:23 am ET A dearth of initial public offerings in Hong Kong is causing companies to suffer cash crunches and put off expansion plans, showing how the steep market downturn is taking a toll on businesses that need to raise money.  The Asian financial hub was for years the top international … Read more

Perfect Corp To Reveal Top AI Tech Trends Of 2024 At CES

Perfect Corp To Reveal Top AI Tech Trends Of 2024 At CES

Perfect Corp, the “Beautiful AI” tech solutions provider, will illustrate how advancements in Generative AI and AR technology are transforming the consumer experiences in different ways at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).   CES will take place from January 9 to 12 in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year’s theme, “Beautiful AI,” focuses on the fusion … Read more

Japan to Send U.S. Patriot Missiles, Creating Deeper Pool for Ukraine Air Defenses

Japan to Send U.S. Patriot Missiles, Creating Deeper Pool for Ukraine Air Defenses

Updated Dec. 22, 2023 11:13 am ET TOKYO—Japan will provide Patriot missiles to the U.S., bolstering global stocks as Ukraine defends itself from a new wave of Russian missile attacks, the U.S. and Japanese governments said. Tokyo is set to transfer dozens of the interceptor missiles, which are used to shoot down ballistic missiles and other aerial threats, … Read more

Tencent Leads $80 Billion Rout as China Rekindles Crackdown Fear

Tencent Leads $80 Billion Rout as China Rekindles Crackdown Fear

Tencent Holdings Ltd. led an $80 billion selloff in some of China’s biggest online names, after the surprise imposition of new gaming curbs revived fears Beijing may again be targeting the country’s giant internet sector. The top gaming regulator on Friday publishedBloomberg Terminal draft rules broadly designed to clamp down on practices that encourage players … Read more

Pentagon Is Skeptical of Cheap Generic Drugs Approved by the FDA

Pentagon Is Skeptical of Cheap Generic Drugs Approved by the FDA

One morning in October, US Army Colonel Victor Suarez finished his usual morning workout — a 32-mile bike ride — and then sat down in his home office in Frederick, Maryland. When he opened his email, his stomach dropped. Suarez spent his career getting medicines to military hospitals and combat troops, including those in Iraq … Read more

COP28 Talks Reach Deal on Much-Debated Climate-Damage Fund

COP28 Talks Reach Deal on Much-Debated Climate-Damage Fund

Updated Nov. 30, 2023 9:14 am ET Governments have reached an agreement on the architecture of a United Nations fund to pay for climate-related damage in poor countries, ending a year of contentious talks over where the fund will be located, which countries should benefit and who should finance it. Negotiators from more than 190 … Read more