- Associated Press Finance
Colorado the first state to move forward with attempt to regulate AI’s hidden role in American life
Only one of seven bills aimed at preventing AI’s penchant to discriminate when making consequential decisions — including who gets hired, money for a home or medical care — has passed. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis hesitantly signed the bill on Friday. Colorado’s bill and those that faltered in Washington, Connecticut and elsewhere faced battles on many fronts, including between civil rights groups and the tech industry, and lawmakers wary of wading into a technology few yet understand and governo
- Reuters
Morning Bid: PMIs to lead as central banks wait on rates
Flash Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) figures in the euro zone, the UK and the United States take centre stage on Thursday, and investors will be on the lookout for whether the global growth narrative is showing signs of change. Strategists at S&P Global Market Intelligence noted that after the composite PMI in the United States came in below its euro zone and UK counterparts last month, May's flash PMI numbers will be eagerly awaited to "gauge whether global growth momentum has shifted" from t
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Regional final softball: Aledo bests Burleson Centennial, Keller falls to Denton Guyer
Aledo softball took down Burleson Centennial in a regional final pitchers duel.
- Thomson Reuters StreetEvents
Q2 2024 Analog Devices Inc Earnings Call
Q2 2024 Analog Devices Inc Earnings Call
- The Guardian
Country diary: A walled garden that lived, died and lives again
The Marches, Shropshire: The grand Llandorfa Hall is long gone, but the garden is overgrown and liberated, haunted with the same obsession that brought it into being
- Associated Press Finance
Sony says focus is on creativity, with games, movies, music, sensors, IP, and not gadgets
Japanese electronics and entertainment company Sony says it’s focusing on creativity in movies, animation and video games, rather than old-fashioned gadgetry. Its chief executive, Kenichiro Yoshida, outlined the company’s strategy Thursday, saying Sony was helping creative professionals deliver what he called “kando,” or a moving experience. Yoshida did not speak about reports Tokyo-based Sony and Apollo Global Management are interested in buying Paramount Global.
- BBC
Taiwan condemns China drills as 'irrational provocations'
The military manoeuvres come three days after William Lai was sworn in as Taiwan's president.