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AI startup Perplexity wants to upend search business. News outlet Forbes says it's ripping them off

The artificial intelligence startup Perplexity AI has raised tens of millions of dollars from the likes of Jeff Bezos and other prominent tech...

Biden to nominate Christy Goldsmith Romero as FDIC chair after abrupt departure of predecessor

NEW YORK -- President Joe Biden will nominate Christy Goldsmith Romero to replace Martin Gruenberg as head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.The...

California legislators break with Gov. Newsom over loan to keep state's last nuclear plant running

LOS ANGELES -- The California Legislature signaled its intent on Thursday to cancel a $400 million loan payment to help finance a longer...

Audit finds Minnesota agency's lax oversight fostered theft of $250M from federal food aid program

MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minnesota agency's inadequate oversight of a federal program that was meant to provide food to kids, and its failure to...

Stellantis CEO cites failures in US operations, ready to compete head-on with Chinese EVs

MILAN -- MILAN (AP) — Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares expressed dissatisfaction at the operation of some U.S. plants on Thursday, and took responsibility...

Toxic garlic should have prompted EPA to warn against gardening near Ohio derailment, watchdog says

The Environmental Protection Agency should conduct additional soil studies near the site of a toxic train derailment in Ohio and warn people it...