SoftBank is in talks to invest up to $25 billion (roughly Rs. 2,16,450 crore) in ChatGPT owner OpenAI, according to a person familiar with the matter, as the Japanese conglomerate continues to expand into the sector. SoftBank could invest $15 billion (roughly Rs. 1,29,880 crore) to $25 billion (roughly Rs. 2,16,450 crore) directly into Microsoft-backed OpenAI, some of which may … Read more
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that talks with Ukraine were possible but not with its President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom he deemed “illegitimate”. US President Donald Trump has put pressure on both sides to end the nearly three-year conflict, saying last week that Zelensky wanted to negotiate a “deal” to stop the fighting. “If … Read more
US President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday that Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok and that he would like to see a bidding war over the app. Microsoft declined to comment. TikTok and ByteDance did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for a comment outside regular business hours. TikTok, which has about 170 million American users, was briefly taken offline just before a law requiring … Read more
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan called off reconciliatory talks with the government on Thursday, a week after a court handed him a 14-year jail term on graft charges, his party’s chairman said. Aimed at cooling political instability in the South Asian nation, the talks had started late last year ahead of the judgment … Read more