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By Rishika Sadam HYDERABAD (Reuters) -Eli Lilly launched its blockbuster diabetes and weight-loss drug Mounjaro in India on Thursday, beating rival Novo Nordisk for a much-awaited entry into the world’s most populous country grappling with increasing rates of obesity and diabetes. U.S.-based Lilly and Danish Novo Nordisk have seen skyrocketing global demand for their innovative weight-loss drugs, with investor interest also boosting the drugmakers’ valuations. Mounjaro, a once-weekly injection approved by India’s drug regulator, is … Read more…

(Reuters) – Apple is shaking up its executive ranks to get its AI efforts back on track after months of delays, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday citing people familiar with the situation. Some AI improvements to voice assistant Siri will be delayed until 2026, Apple had said earlier this month without giving any reason for the delays. Mike Rockwell, vice president in charge of the Vision Products Group, will now be in charge of the … Read more…

By Jaspreet Singh and Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Perplexity AI is in talks to raise funds at an $18 billion valuation, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday, as the Nvidia-backed startup looks to grow and capture soaring demand for its search tools. The jump in valuation doubles the previous $9 billion figure, reported by Reuters in November. Perplexity is an AI startup that provides information by searching the internet, just like ChatGPT … Read more…

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Amazon lost its fight against a record 746 million euro ($812.4 million) fine handed out by Luxembourg’s privacy regulator four years ago as a court sided with the watchdog, according to a statement on the regulator’s website. The Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) said the country’s administrative court dismissed Amazon’s appeal in a March 18 ruling. The watchdog had penalised Amazon for processing personal data in … Read more…

(Reuters) -Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Wednesday that orders for some 3.6 million of its flagship “Blackwell” chips from four top cloud service providers “under represented” demand, since they did not include orders from key customer Meta. Facebook-owner Meta Platforms is among the largest buyers of Nvidia chips and Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of the social media giant, said early last year the company planned to use Blackwell chips to train the company’s open-source large … Read more…

By Nicholas P. Brown and Ananya Mariam Rajesh (Reuters) – Nike is expected to post its steepest revenue decline in nearly five years in its quarterly results on Thursday, as its new products failed to open the wallets of Americans reluctant to snap up non-essential items like sporting goods and clothing. Downloads of Nike mobile apps for the quarter were down 35% from a year earlier, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. Foot traffic … Read more…

By Kalea Hall and Abhirup Roy (Reuters) – General Motors will use artificial intelligence chips and software from Nvidia to develop autonomous vehicle technology for its vehicles and improve workflow at its factories, the companies said on Tuesday. Traditional automakers have struggled to commercialize autonomous technology that has been more challenging and expensive than expected but has emerged as a way to boost sales and rake in subscription revenue from motorists. The companies plan to … Read more…