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By James Pearson, Raphael Satter and Zeba Siddiqui (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department warned on Thursday that China was capable of launching cyber attacks against critical infrastructure, including oil and gas pipelines and rail systems, after researchers discovered a Chinese hacking group had been spying on such networks. A multi-nation alert issued Wednesday revealed the Chinese cyberespionage campaign had been aimed at military and government targets in the United States. […]

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The founder of the far-right militant Oath Keepers Stewart Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Thursday for seditious conspiracy, the longest sentence imposed to date over the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot that sought to keep Donald Trump in the White House. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta delivered the sentence after a defiant Rhodes stood before him in an orange […]

By Karen Freifeld WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A top U.S. lawmaker on Thursday asked for more detail on the Biden administration’s proposed executive order on U.S. investments in China, questioning whether the planned restrictions would be effective. Republican U.S. Representative Patrick McHenry, chair of the House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, requesting information related to the proposal ahead of Yellen’s June 7 […]

By Greg Bensinger (Reuters) – OpenAI, the startup behind the wildly popular ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot, said Thursday it will award 10 equal grants from a fund of $1 million for experiments that explore democratic processes to determine how AI software should be governed to address bias and other factors. The $100,000 grants will go to recipients who present compelling frameworks for answering such questions as whether AI ought to […]

(Reuters) – Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Ford CEO Jim Farley on Thursday will discuss efforts on “accelerating EV adoption in North America” during an online Twitter discussion, Ford said. The Twitter spaces conversation will take place at 5:30 p.m. ET. Musk also owns Twitter. (Reporting by David Shepardson) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The founder of the far-right militant Oath Keepers Stewart Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Thursday for seditious conspiracy in a failed bid to keep Donald Trump in the White House, marking the longest sentence handed down to date in connection with the Jan. 6 attack. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta delivered the sentence after a defiant Rhodes stood before him […]

By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The founder of the far-right militant Oath Keepers Stewart Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Thursday for seditious conspiracy in a failed bid to keep Donald Trump in the White House, marking the longest sentence handed down to date in connection with the Jan. 6 attack. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta delivered the sentence after a defiant Rhodes stood before him […]

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Russia’s Wagner private army started handing over its positions in Bakhmut to regular Russian troops on Thursday, five days after declaring full control of the devastated eastern Ukrainian city following the longest and bloodiest battle of the war. Moscow says capturing Bakhmut opens the way to advances in the eastern industrial region known as the Donbas. Kyiv says the battle drew Russian forces into the […]

By Pavel Polityuk KYIV (Reuters) -Russia’s Wagner private army started handing over its positions in Bakhmut to regular Russian troops on Thursday, five days after declaring full control of the devastated eastern Ukrainian city following the longest and bloodiest battle of the war. Moscow says capturing Bakhmut opens the way to advances in the eastern industrial region known as the Donbas. Kyiv says the battle drew Russian forces into the […]