By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -U.S. chip design software company Synopsys is set to win conditional EU antitrust approval for its $35 billion buy of Ansys, people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Monday. The biggest technology sector deal since Broadcom’s $69 billion purchase of software maker VMware a year ago, it…
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google’s proposed changes to its search results to comply with EU tech legislation has received the thumbs up from lobbying group Airlines for Europe whose members include Air France KLM and Lufthansa. Google has announced a series of changes in search result formats in recent months following…
By Nora Eckert and David Shepardson DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co is donating $1 million and a fleet of vehicles to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s January inauguration, a company spokesperson said on Monday. Policies on tariffs and electric vehicles that are being considered by the incoming administration would likely affect Detroit carmakers like Ford,…
By Bhanvi Satija (Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Eli Lilly’s weight-loss treatment, Zepbound, for obstructive sleep apnea, making it the first drug greenlighted to directly treat patients with the common sleeping disorder. The regulator approved the drug for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea in adults with obesity, the company…
By David French (Reuters) -Northern Oil and Gas has made an acquisition offer for Granite Ridge Resources, a smaller U.S. producer with operations in basins including the Permian and Eagle Ford, according to people familiar with the matter. Minneapolis, Minnesota-based Northern has submitted at least two offers for Granite Ridge, the sources said, adding the…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday agreed to provide $571.3 million in defense support for Taiwan, the White House said, while the State Department approved the potential sale to the island of $265 million worth of military equipment. The United States is bound by law to provide Chinese-claimed Taiwan with the means…
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) -Alphabet’s Google proposed on Friday a loosening of its agreements with Apple and others to set Google as the default search engine on new devices, in a bid to address a U.S. ruling that it unlawfully dominates online search. The proposal is much narrower than the government’s push to make Google…
(Reuters) – OpenAI said on Friday it was testing new reasoning AI models, o3 and o3 mini, in a sign of growing competition with rivals such as Google to create smarter models capable of tackling complex problems. CEO Sam Altman said the AI startup plans to launch o3 mini by the end of January, and…
(Reuters) -Tesla said on Friday it was recalling 694,304 vehicles in the United States over an issue with the tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS). The TPMS warning light may not remain illuminated between drive cycles, failing to warn the driver of low tire pressure, according to a recall acknowledgement notice. The problem could result in…
By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nippon Steel alleges the White House had “impermissible undue influence” over a national security review of its $14.9 billion bid for U.S. Steel and threatened legal action if the deal is blocked. The accusation was made in a Dec. 17 letter, signed by counsel for Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel…
