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 24 (Reuters) - OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman had a call with Microsoft ( MSFT ) CEO Satya Nadella on Monday and discussed their future working partnership, Altman said in a New York Times podcast on Tuesday. Altman also said that he had productive talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on artificial intelligence and credited him with understanding the...

* Nike has lost market share with women * Kipyegon's run unlikely to have immediate business impact, say experts * Nike to commercialize breathable new sports bra by 2028 By Nicholas P. Brown and Helen Reid NEW YORK/LONDON, June 25 (Reuters) - Nike is betting its endeavor to help Kenyan athlete Faith Kipyegon run a mile in under four minutes...

(Reuters) -OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman had a call with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Monday and discussed their future working partnership, Altman said in a New York Times podcast on Tuesday. Altman also said that he had productive talks with U.S. President Donald Trump on artificial intelligence and credited him with understanding the geopolitical and economic importance of the...