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Exclusive: President-elect Donald Trump is considering Washington trade lawyer Jeffrey Kessler to lead the US Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security, according to people familiar with the matter, a key post in the US-China tech war. https://reut.rs/3PyMe6J

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Speaking to Reuters at Reuters NEXT, OpenAI's CFO says that when it comes to 'AI there is not an industry vertical, not a company that's not already got something going.' Sarah Friar explains how governments can make AI work for them, and says that ensuring safety in AI is at the core of all they do at OpenAI

Nearly 15 million Hindus, six times the number expected, took a dip in freezing waters to seek absolution of their sins on Jan. 13, the first day of India's festival that could draw the world's largest single gathering of humanity.    Held every 12 years, the Maha Kumbh Mela or Great Pitcher Festival, as the religious event in the city of Prayagraj in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh is called, attracts more than 400 million visitors, both Indians and tourists.   #Reuters #News #MahaKumbhMela #India Read the full story to find out more ➡️ https://reut.rs/4gRf9Pu 

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Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin called off the launch of its New Glenn rocket after "a few anomalies" during the mission countdown on January 13, postponing by at least a day an inaugural attempt to reach orbit and compete with SpaceX in the satellite launch market.   #Reuters  #News #BlueOrigin #JeffBezos #Rocket #Technology

A U.S. appeals court on Jan. 10 revived a lawsuit by a conservative group opposed to diversity initiatives in medicine that challenged a Pfizer fellowship program designed to boost the pipeline of Black, Latino and Native American people in leadership positions at the drugmaker. U.S. antitrust enforcers weighed in last week on Elon Musk's lawsuit seeking to block OpenAI's conversion to a public company, pointing out legal doctrines that support his claim that OpenAI and Microsoft engaged in anticompetitive practices. The lawyer for TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance offered a warning during Supreme Court arguments over a law that would compel the sale of the short-video app or ban it in the United States: If Congress could do this to TikTok, it could come after other companies, too. U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith, who led the federal cases against Donald Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and mishandling of classified documents, has resigned, as the Republican president-elect prepared to return to the White House. Here’s your legal file 👇

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has postponed the announcement of this year's Oscar nominations for a second time because of the ongoing wildfires in Los Angeles, organizers said. https://reut.rs/42cRkgv

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Greenland wants to work closer with the United States in the area of defense and on exploring the Arctic island's mining resources, Greenlandic Prime Minister Mute Egede told a press conference. https://reut.rs/42dnZCC