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The governor of California Gavin Newsom has blocked a landmark artificial intelligence (AI) safety bill, which had faced strong opposition from major technology companies. The proposed legislation would have imposed some of

US Vice-President Kamala Harris, seeking to sharpen her economic message, pledged to usher in new investments in domestic manufacturing across a range of industries if elected to the White House in November.

The world’s richest person, Elon Musk, has hit back after not being invited to the UK government’s International Investment Summit. He was not invited due to his social media posts during last

The cryptocurrency industry is “rife with fraud and hucksters and grifters”, one of the United States’ top financial regulators has told. The chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary

A new indoor tennis centre in southern Scotland is to go ahead after funding was put in place to meet its rising costs.It was initially hoped the three-court facility at the King

The original letter, which reached the desk of US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939, ultimately contributed to the development of the world’s first atomic bomb A copy of a pivotal letter

Apple iPhone maker Foxconn is expected to invest approximately $37.2 million in the venture, where it holds a 40 per cent equity stake, while the majority partner, HCL Group, will make key

Belfast shipbuilder Harland & Wolff is running out of cash, putting hundreds of jobs at risk, the BBC understands.The firm, famed for building the ill-fated Titanic, is in crisis talks to save

Deep under the Nevada desert in the 1980s the US conducted secret nuclear weapons research. Among the experiments was an effort to see if nuclear fusion, the reaction which powers the sun,

Boeing’s new chief executive Kelly Ortberg has pleaded with workers to not go on strike as it would put the company’s “recovery in jeopardy”.It comes hours ahead of a crucial union vote

Meghan Markle has hit another snag in launching her American Riviera Orchard brand. Days after the Duchess of Sussex suffered another trademark blunder, the US Patent and Trademark Office has denied her

As Dangote Refinery begins local supply of petrol, a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ogun State, Otunba Segun Showunmi, has appealed to the industrialist and owner of the refinery, Alhaji Aliko

Pablo Larraín seems to be fixated on the 20th Century’s most glamorous and wealthy women. The Chilean director’s fact-based dramas include Jackie (2016), which starred Natalie Portman as Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and

Full-time workers’ rights to ask for a four-day working week could be strengthened under government plans to increase flexible working.Employees would still have to work their full hours to receive their full

Low-income consumers feeling a pinch in the economy are leading to lower-than-expected sales for Dollar General, as the budget-friendly retailer slashed its sales and profit outlook for the year. Its shares sank nearly