SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...

June 16 (Reuters) - * ELI LILLY CLOSE TO BUYING GENE-EDITING BIOTECH VERVE THERAPEUTICS- FT * ELI LILLY IS IN ADVANCED TALKS TO BUY GENE EDITING START-UP VERVE THERAPEUTICS FOR UP TO $1.3BN - FT Source text: https://on.ft.com/4e57goZ Further company coverage: ...

June 16 (Reuters) - Eli Lilly ( LLY ) is in advanced talks to acquire gene editing startup Verve Therapeutics ( VERV ) for up to $1.3 billion, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. ...

(Reuters) -Prominent podcasters like Joe Rogan are playing a bigger role in news dissemination in the United States, as are AI chatbots, contributing to the further erosion of traditional media, according to a report released on Tuesday. In the week following the January 2025 U.S. presidential inauguration, more Americans said they got their news from social and video networks than...