By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Some artificial intelligence improvements to Apple’s voice assistant Siri will be delayed until 2026, the company said on Friday. In a statement, Apple said it has “been working on a more personalized Siri, giving it more awareness of your personal context, as well as the ability to take action for […]
Zelenskiy’s approval rating rises in Ukraine after Trump spat, poll shows
By Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s approval rating has risen by 10 percentage points since his White House spat with U.S. President Donald Trump, a poll by a leading Ukrainian pollster showed on Friday. The poll by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) showed that 67% of respondents trusted Zelenskiy in […]
US, Canadian farmers face soaring fertilizer prices amid Trump trade war
By Ed White WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – With only weeks until spring planting on both sides of the border gets underway, Canadian and U.S. farmers, already facing low grain prices, are bracing for another economic blow: even bigger fertilizer bills amid a North American trade war. Some farming supply costs already turned sharply higher due […]
Fed’s Kugler warns on uncertainty and tariff risks to economy
(Reuters) – Federal Reserve Governor Adriana Kugler said Friday it still remains challenging getting a handle on the impact of the Trump tariff regime, in a climate where these sorts of policies could lead to higher inflation pressures. “There is still, I would say, considerable uncertainty” amid the tariff push and “uncertainty can actually really […]
Panama to request legal, financial documents on CK Hutchison-BlackRock port deal
PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – The Panama Maritime Authority, which oversees shipping and port infrastructure in the Central American country, will request all legal and financial documents from a key transaction between CK Hutchison and consortium backed by BlackRock, minister to presidency Juan Carlos Orillac said on Friday. The maritime authority is expected analyze the transaction, […]
Trump’s shipbuilding plan could upend ocean cargo industry, companies warn
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s plan to revitalize the U.S. shipping industry could heap massive costs on ocean transport operators and spawn a new round of supply chain chaos around the world, executives told Reuters. Trump’s administration aims to pay for an American shipbuilding comeback with help from potentially hefty […]
Pentagon software buying process shifts towards more access
By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Defense is shifting how it buys software eyeing greater access to commercial and non-traditional software providers as the Pentagon hopes to rapidly modernize its weapons and business systems. In a memo dated March 6, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the Department of Defense (DoD) […]
Elon Musk’s xAI buys new property in Memphis amid supercomputer expansion
(Reuters) – Elon Musk-owned artificial intelligence firm xAI has bought a 1-million-square-foot property in Southwest Memphis, Tennessee, the Greater Memphis Chamber said on Friday, as the startup looks to expand its AI infrastructure amid intensifying competition in the industry. The new investment builds on the company’s earlier announcement in December, in which it laid out […]