Ukraine says Russian missiles kill one, troops press on Avdiivka
The missile strike on Friday morning was the first big salvo Russia has fired at targets, including the Ukrainian capital, in weeks. Russia has mainly been using drones for its overnight attacks.
China’s November consumer prices fall the fastest in 3 years
The consumer price index (CPI) dropped 0.5% both from a year earlier and compared with October, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Saturday.
EU agrees to landmark AI rules as governments aim to regulate products like ChatGPT
EU institutions spent the week hashing out proposals to come up with an agreement on how to regulate tools like ChatGPT.
Google faces controversy over edited Gemini AI demo video
It comes as the company races to challenge OpenAI’s GPT technology.
European stocks close higher after key U.S. jobs report; Anglo American down 19%
European markets closed higher on Friday as traders around the world assessed a key November jobs report out of the U.S.
U.S. approves first gene-editing treatment, Casgevy, for sickle cell disease
Casgevy uses the Nobel Prize-winning technology CRISPR to treat sickle cell disease, a blood disorder that affects about 100,000 Americans.
Rakuten makes first mobile foray into Europe as Japanese tech giant grapples with debt overhang
Hiroshi “Mickey” Mikitani told CNBC that he believes Rakuten’s mobile unit will be “one of the most profitable businesses.”
Inflation expectations plunge in closely watched University of Michigan survey
The latest University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey showed the one-year outlook for the inflation rate slid to 3.1%.
Google weighs Gemini AI project to tell people their life story using phone data, photos
A team at Google has proposed using AI technology to create a “bird’s-eye” view of users’ lives using mobile phone data such as photographs and searches.
Musk’s Scandinavian woes deepen as Tesla loses Swedish court case, Finnish union joins port blockade
Tesla’s troubles with labor unions in Scandinavia deepened, as it lost a legal suit against Sweden’s postal service and Finland joined a solidarity strike.
