Musk is seeking unspecified monetary damages from what he calls "ill-gotten gains" by the ChatGPT owner.

Startup founded by former OpenAI staff is aiming to more than double its annualized revenue run rate this year

Anthropic is planning a $10bn fundraise that would value the Claude chatbot maker at $350bn, according to multiple reports published on Wednesday.

The new valuation represents an increase of nearly double from about four months ago, per CNBC, which reported that the company had signed a term sheet that stipulated the $350bn figure. The round could close within weeks, although the size and terms could change. Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and Coatue Management are planning to lead the financing, the Wall Street Journal reported.

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• Last 16: Côte d’Ivoire 3-0 Burkina Faso

• Algeria break DR Congo in extra time to reach last eight

Amad Diallo scored one goal and created another to continue his excellent form in Morocco as the defending champions Côte d’Ivoire eased past Burkina Faso 3-0 in their Africa Cup of Nations last-16 game in Marrakech on Tuesday.

Côte d’Ivoire will face the seven-time winners Egypt in a heavyweight quarter-final in Agadir on Saturday, a repeat of the 2006 decider where the north African side triumphed on penalties after a 0-0 draw.

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Bangladesh was scheduled to play three cricket matches in Kolkata next month, but concern about players’ safety has spiked

Bangladesh will not play their Twenty20 World Cup matches in India, with the country’s cricket board saying they are concerned for the safety of their players amid growing tensions between the countries.

Bangladesh were scheduled to play three Twenty20 World Cup matches in Kolkata next month, with the 7 February to 8 March tournament being co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka.

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© Photograph: Eranga Jayawardena/AP

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• Last 16: Morocco 1-0 Tanzania (Brahim 64)

• Cameroon await in last eight after beating South Africa

Brahim Díaz scored his fourth goal for Morocco at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations to put the hosts into the quarter-finals with a nervous 1-0 victory over Tanzania in Rabat.

Morocco dominated possession but Tanzania had opportunities to cause a huge shock, and it took a fine strike from Brahim to book a place in the last eight.

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Junta says turnout in first vote in five years is 52%, which observers have described as low compared to past polls

Myanmar’s military-backed Union Solidarity and Development party (USDP) is leading after the first phase of a contentious general election, early results cited by state media showed, in the first vote since a 2021 coup.

Having sparked a nationwide rebellion after crushing pro-democracy protests in the wake of its coup, the ruling junta has said the three-phase vote would bring political stability to the impoverished nation.

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Executive chair Richard Baker to replace Marc Metrick after company misses $100m interest payment on debt

Saks Global said on Friday that its CEO, Marc Metrick, has stepped down and named executive chair, Richard Baker, as his successor, amid reports that the luxury retailer is preparing for bankruptcy.

The change at the top comes days after the Wall Street Journal reported that the Neiman Marcus parent company is preparing for bankruptcy after missing an interest payment exceeding $100m on debt from its Neiman merger.

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© Photograph: Kathy Willens/AP

29 ‌décembre (Reuters) - Meta a déclaré lundi son intention d'acquérir la start-up d'intelligence artificielle Manus, fondée par des entrepreneurs chinois, alors que le ‍géant technologique accélère l’intégration de capacités avancées d’IA dans l’ensemble de ses plateformes. Les termes financiers de la transaction n’ont pas été divulgués, une source proche du dossier estimant toutefois la valorisation de Manus, basée ‍à Singapour, entre 2 et 3 milliards de dollars (1,70 ‍et 2,55 milliards d'euros). Manus n'a pas répondu immédiatement à une demande de commentaire.

STOCKHOLM, ‌2 janvier (Reuters) - Une grande majorité des nouvelles voitures immatriculées en Norvège l'année dernière étaient entièrement électriques, ‍ont montré les données officielles vendredi. Le transition rapide vers l'électrification de la Norvège, pays producteur de pétrole, contraste avec le reste de l'Europe, où la faible demande ‍de voitures électriques (VE) a incité l'Union ‍européenne, le mois dernier, à revenir sur son projet d'interdiction des voitures à ⁠moteur à combustion interne pour 2035. Grâce aux incitations fiscales, ​95,9% de toutes les nouvelles voitures immatriculées en Norvège en 2025 étaient des VE, ​ce chiffre atteignant presque 98% en décembre.