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Meta offers to almost halve Facebook, Instagram monthly fees amid concerns
Date: March 19, 2024
Meta offers to almost halve Facebook, Instagram monthly fees amid concerns By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Meta Platforms has offered to almost halve its monthly subscription fee for Facebook and Instagram to 5.99 euros from 9.99 euros, a senior Meta executive said on Tuesday, a move that aims to address concerns from both privacy...
AstraZeneca bets on new cancer treatments with $2 billion Fusion Pharma purchase
Date: March 19, 2024
AstraZeneca bets on new cancer treatments with $2 billion Fusion Pharma purchase By Yadarisa Shabong (Reuters) -AstraZeneca said on Tuesday it will buy clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Fusion Pharmaceuticals Inc for about $2 billion in cash as the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker bets on next-generation cancer treatments. The deal is AstraZeneca’s second this month after it agreed last...
Cryptoverse: AI tokens outpace record-breaking bitcoin
Date: March 19, 2024
Cryptoverse: AI tokens outpace record-breaking bitcoin By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – The artificial intelligence boom has hit the crypto market with a bang. Coins linked to AI-focused crypto projects have jumped alongside tech stocks like Nvidia, driven by insatiable investor appetite for applications like machine-learning. The rise of many AI crypto...
European patent applications hit record high in 2023
Date: March 19, 2024
European patent applications hit record high in 2023 (Reuters) – The European Patent Office (EPA) received a record number of patent applications last year, with the biggest share of fillings coming from the United States, Germany, Japan and China, the office’s register showed on Tuesday. The office said it received 199,275 applications in 2023, 2.9%...
UK royal Kate shown in first video since surgery, Sun says
Date: March 19, 2024
UK royal Kate shown in first video since surgery, Sun says LONDON (Reuters) – Kate, Britain’s Princess of Wales, has been shown looking fit and healthy in the first video taken of her since she underwent surgery two months ago in footage published by the Sun newspaper on its website on Monday. Kate, 42, spent...
World shares cheer China data, as central banks line up
Date: March 19, 2024
World shares cheer China data, as central banks line up By Nell Mackenzie and Koh Gui Qing NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Global stocks rose on Monday while Treasury yields crept higher ahead of this week’s raft of central bank meetings that could end subzero interest rates in Japan and set a blueprint for U.S. rate cuts...