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US judge won't block Meta from laying off workers who filed AI discrimination lawsuit

US judge won't block Meta from laying off workers who filed AI discrimination lawsuit

By Daniel Wiessner July 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday rejected a bid by 26 employees of Meta…

July 18, 2026

Kenya investigating cybersecurity incident affecting president's website

JOHANNESBURG, July 18 (Reuters) - Kenya's Ministry of Information, Communications and the Digital Economy said on Saturday it was investigating…

July 18, 2026

Trump Media pitched $100,000 monthly fee for fastest feed of US president's posts, sources say

(Corrects Sherman quote in paragraph 16 to say "wildly," not "widely") By Anirban Sen, Jaspreet Singh and Courtney Rozen NEW…

July 18, 2026

France blocks access to Polymarket website

By Sudip Kar-Gupta PARIS, July 17 (Reuters) - France has blocked access to the Polymarket betting website, the country's gambling…

July 18, 2026

US data center protests go national as backlash grows

By Valerie Volcovici and Lisa Baertlein July 18 (Reuters) - Opponents of the rapid buildout of data centers plan to hold…

July 18, 2026

Shanghai Xingshu launches first constellation of its space-based computing project

SHANGHAI, July 18 - Shanghai Xingshu Tiansuan Space Technology Co. on Saturday said it had launched the first constellation of…

July 18, 2026

Shanghai Xingshu launches first constellation of its space-based computing project

SHANGHAI, July 18 - Shanghai Xingshu Tiansuan Space Technology Co. on Saturday said it had launched the first constellation of…

July 18, 2026

US judge won't block Meta from laying off workers who filed AI discrimination lawsuit

By Daniel Wiessner July 17 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday rejected a bid by 26 employees of Meta…

July 18, 2026

China's DeepSeek to raise fresh capital at $74 billion valuation ahead of onshore IPO, sources say

HONG KONG/BEIJING, July 15 (Reuters) - Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is planning to launch a fresh fundraising round at a…

July 18, 2026

Musk's SpaceX in talks to provide computing power to the Pentagon, WSJ reports

July 17 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's SpaceX is in talks to provide the U.S. Department of Defense with access to data…

July 18, 2026