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Some 100 light-years from the Solar System dwells the most mathematically perfect planetary system we've ever seen.The star at its center – a temperate orange dwarf called HD 110067 – is orbited by six exoplanets, each of which travels in harmony with its adjacent worlds. Such a perfect chain of orbital resonances is extremely rare, and it means that the system has remained relatively stable and undisturbed since it formed, around a billion years ago.This is interesting in its own right, and scientists are studying it…

People pass by a Wells Fargo bank on May 17, 2023 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesWells Fargo was snared in an industrywide probe into mortgage bankers' use of loan discounts last year, CNBC has learned.The discounts, known as pricing exceptions, are used by mortgage personnel to help secure deals in competitive markets. At Wells Fargo, for instance, bankers could request pricing exceptions that typically lowered a customer's APR by between 25 to 75 basis points.The practice, used for decades across the home…

OpenAI's Sam Altman and ChatGPT are being probed by the FTC over false and harmful statements about real people. AI hallucinations have been a major concern for OpenAI as well as govts. all across the world, which is why regulating it is important…

The US Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into OpenAI Inc., questioning whether its popular ChatGPT conversational AI bot puts consumers' reputations and data at risk, according to a person familiar with the matter.The probe into the Microsoft Corp. -backed startup marks the first official inquiry into a technology that has the potential to change almost every aspect of people's lives and has become almost equally as fascinating for its potential to run awry. FTC Chair Lina Khan, who testified before…

PGA Tour logo during the third round of the Travelers Championship on June 24, 2017, at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut.Fred Kfoury | Icon Sportswire | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — A top Democratic lawmaker launched a probe on Monday into the planned merger of the PGA Tour and Saudi-backed LIV Golf.Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., requested details of the agreement between the two organizations, including how the new combined entity will operate in light of Saudi Arabia's human rights abuses, in letters to PGA…

India's competition watchdog has begun an inquiry into Google after some companies alleged the service fee the US firm charges for in-app payments breaches an earlier antitrust directive, a regulatory order seen by Reuters showed on Friday.Tinder-owner Match Group and Indian startups have asked the watchdog to investigate Google's new User Choice Billing (UCB) system, which they alleged was anti-competitive.The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday issued an order stating "it is of the opinion that an inquiry…

Russia will postpone the launch of an empty space capsule to the International Space Station pending further investigation of a coolant leak on a supply ship docked to the station, the second such leak at a docked Russian craft in two months, the head of Russia's space corporation Roscosmos said Monday. The Soyuz capsule was to be launched in automatic mode on Feb. 20 and dock with the orbiting outpost two days later, to serve as a lifeboat for crew evacuation in case of an emergency. Roscosmos director Yuri Borisov…

Elon Musk’s brain implant company is under investigation by the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) after allegations surfaced today that it may have illegally transported pathogen-laced devices removed from monkeys. An animal welfare group raised concerns in a letter sent to the USDOT today asking it to investigate Musk’s company Neuralink “for violations of the federal hazardous material transportation law and fine it accordingly.”Neuralink aims to develop a device capable of controlling a computer when implanted in…

The investigation into a mass shooting in Monterey Park is focused on the gunman’s prior interactions at two dance studios he targeted and whether jealousy over a relationship was the motive, law enforcement sources said.The sources stressed that the investigation is in its early stages. But detectives believe that 72-year-old Huu Can Tran had frequented the clubs — the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park and the Lai Lai Ballroom & Studio in Alhambra — and that the shooting might have been sparked by a…

Chinese solar maker Trina Solar today announced that it’s going to open a 6.5 gigawatt (GW) silicon solar wafer facility in Vietnam in mid-2023 to supply the US market – and the company also says it will be trade compliant. Chinese solar maker becomes US trade-compliant In December, a preliminary finding from a US Department of Commerce investigation found that four Chinese companies — Trina Solar, BYD Hong Kong, Canadian Solar, and Vina Solar — attempted to bypass US duties by doing minor…