Author Archives: Syndicated Content
US agency upgrades probe into 3.2 million Tesla vehicles over FSD crashes
By Akash Sriram and David Shepardson WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Thursday escalated its probe into 3.2 million Tesla vehicles with Full Self-...
Mar 19, 2026
Hegseth wants Pentagon to dump Anthropic's Claude, but military users say it's not so easy
March 19 - Pentagon staffers, former officials and IT contractors who work closely with the U.S. military say they are reluctant to give up Anthropic's AI tools, which they view as superior to alterna...
Mar 19, 2026
Wall Street bank capital to fall 4.8% under new rules, in win for industry
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - Wall Street bank capital would fall 4.8% under softened rules regulators unveiled on Thursday, freeing up billions of dollars for lending, dividends ...
Mar 19, 2026
Facing US oil blockade, Cuban man powers car with charcoal
By Daniel Trotta AGUACATE, Cuba, March 19 (Reuters) - Juan Carlos Pino, a Cuban mechanic with an eighth-grade education, may have found a way to outsmart the U.S. oil blockade. Employing the kind of i...
Mar 19, 2026
Samsung Elec to supply HBM4 chips to OpenAI, South Korean paper says
SEOUL, March 19 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics plans to supply its next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) chips to OpenAI for use in the ChatGPT maker's first in-house artificial intelligence p...
Mar 19, 2026
US stock futures dip as soaring oil prices, Fed outlook spook investors
March 19 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures slipped on Thursday as crude prices soared on intensifying hostilities in the Middle East, fanning inflation worries that have prompted the Federal Reserv...
Mar 19, 2026
Iran considers levying transit fees on ships in Hormuz Strait, lawmaker says
DUBAI, March 19 (Reuters) - Iran is considering a proposal to levy transit fees on vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz, a lawmaker said on Thursday, a potential bid to monetise Tehran's newfo...
Mar 19, 2026
Citi's surprise index shows longest upside run since financial crisis, awaits war impact
By Alun John and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON, March 19 (Reuters) - Global economic growth has continued to outperform expectations for 14 straight months - just as the war in Iran fuels fresh concerns abo...
Mar 19, 2026
Drone attack from Sudan kills 17 in Chad, Chadian government says
N'DJAMENA, March 19 (Reuters) - A cross-border drone attack from Sudan killed 17 people in Chad including mourners attending a funeral service, the Chadian government and local sources said on Thursda...
Mar 19, 2026
Novo Nordisk patent expiry opens door to cheaper weight-loss drugs in India
By Rishika Sadam HYDERABAD, March 19 (Reuters) - India's market for diabetes and weight-loss drugs is set for a shake-up as Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk's patent on semaglutide expires this week, tri...
Mar 19, 2026
