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Wisconsin Bell Asks Supreme Court to Review E-Rate Fraud Claims

AT&T Inc. subsidiary Wisconsin Bell Inc. asked the US Supreme Court to review a decision that revived a False Claims Act suit alleging that the company overcharged schools and libraries for telecommunications and information under a $4.5 billion program.

By Daniel Seiden

UnitedHealth CEO Defends Change Healthcare Deal After Hack

UnitedHealth Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018e-e7b2-d583-afbf-e7feaa930001","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Andrew Witty said the cyberattack that interrupted payments throughout the health-care system for weeks would have been harder to recover from if UnitedHealth didn’t own the company that hackers targeted.

Meta, FTC Agree to Pause Challenge to Agency Constitutionality

Meta Platforms Inc. and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to stay proceedings in a case challenging the agency’s constitutionality pending a decision by the Supreme Court in a similar case involving the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A Software Billionaire Is Betting Big on an ‘Insane’ Climate Fix

Atlassian is an enterprise software giant with a global footprint, but while Cannon-Brookes’ efforts to address climate change have made him a household name in Australia, he still has a relatively low profile elsewhere. If his plans to make Australia a renewable energy-exporting powerhouse come true, though, it would make him one of the leading figures in the energy transition.

Power Demand Surge Is Complicating Carbon Goals, Duke CEO Says

The enormous increase in electricity demand driven by manufacturing and artificial intelligence complicates utility Duke Energy Corp.’s goals to cut carbon emissions, Chief Executive Officer Lynn Good said Tuesday.

There’s a Lesson in Humane’s Epic AI Gadget Flop: Dave Lee

The gadget its creators promise might one day replace smartphones, has received a less than warm welcome among tech reviewers.

Goldman Backs AI in Hospitals With Latest Startup Deal

The growth equity unit of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has invested $47.5 million in Kontakt.io, a startup that helps hospital managers make decisions about patients, beds and equipment.

The Solar Revolution Is Dying in Waiting Lines: Mark Gongloff

There’s an old proverb about how the lack of a horseshoe nail can doom a horse, then a rider, then an army, then a kingdom. In terms of the US transition to renewable energy, it’s not hard to see a reliable electrical connection as the missing nail and a livable climate as the ill-fated kingdom.

Chip Startup Rivos Raises More Than $250 Million to Tap AI Boom

Silicon Valley chip developer <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/2301525D%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018e-e65e-d583-afbf-e6def4c70000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Rivos Inc. raised more than $250 million as it works toward bringing out its first product, underscoring the push for new hardware to meet the needs of artificial intelligence.

Meta Oversight Board Is Reviewing Policies Around Deepfake Nudes

<-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/META%20US%20Equity/BQ","_id":"0000018e-e65d-d583-afbf-e6dd07830000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Meta Platforms Inc.’s Oversight Board is investigating the company’s handling of AI-generated deepfakes of an “American public figure,” following a surge of such images depicting singer <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018e-e65d-d583-afbf-e6dd07840000","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Taylor Swift earlier this year.