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☆ Johnson Controls warns of earnings report delay due to cyberattack
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The logo and trading symbol for Johnson Controls International is displayed on a board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., October 16, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 13 (Reuters) - Building solutions provider Johnson Controls (JCI.N) warned of a delay in reporting its fourth-quarter results due to a previously disclosed cybersecurity incident, sending its shares down 1.3% after the bell. The company now expects to report its fourth-quarter and year-end results by Dec. 14. "The cybersecurity incident caused disruptions to portions of the company's systems that support or provide data used in financial reporting," Johnson Controls said. Johnson Controls said it had largely restored the impacted applications and systems.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Johnson, Abhinav Parmar Organizations: Johnson, New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Johnson Controls, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S

☆ European listing exodus is just beginning: podcast
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Aimee Donnellan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Building materials firm CRH and packaging giant Smurfit Kappa are among a growing list of companies seeking to decamp from Europe to US exchanges. In this Viewsroom podcast, Breakingviews columnists discuss what is prompting groups to leave and why the rot is unlikely to ease. Listen to the podcastFollow @aimeedonnellan on XSubscribe to Breakingviews’ podcasts, Viewsroom and The Exchange. Editing by Oliver TaslicOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

Persons: Oliver Taslic Organizations: Reuters, Thomson Locations: decamp, Europe

☆ Zambia find shows humans have built with wood for 476,000 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-20 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The rarity of wood preservation at early archaeological sites - it is perishable over time - means scientists have little understanding of how early humans used it. "Wood can be shaped into a variety of forms making it an excellent construction material that is strong and durable," Barham added. The Kalambo Falls logs were determined to be from about 476,000 years ago. Wooden tools for foraging and hunting are known from about 400,000 years ago. "Use of wood in this way suggests the cognitive ability to these early humans was greater than we have believed based on stone tools alone."

Persons: Larry Barham, Barham, Geoff, heidelbergensis, Will Dunham, Daniel Wallis Organizations: University of Liverpool, REUTERS, Aberystwyth University, Thomson Locations: Zambia, Handout, Africa's, England, Wales, Morocco, Kalambo, Clay, Israel, Washington

☆ Lacking land, Israel to cover its rooftops with solar panels
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Ari Rabinovitch | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] An aerial view shows solar panels, installed by Nofar Energy, on the rooftops of cowsheds and chicken coops in Kibbutz Or HaNer, Israel June 19, 2023. Cover it in solar panels. You can't just cover the entire Negev desert in solar panels," Eifer said. Roughly 60% will eventually be dual-use, he said, referring to solar panels that serve as roofing as well as to generate power. He said that developed countries often offer broader economic support, like loans and green bonds to promote renewable energy.

Persons: Amir Cohen JERUSALEM, Ron Eifer, Eifer, Benjamin Netanyahu's, Amit Bracha, Adam Teva V'din, Barbara Lewis Organizations: Nofar Energy, REUTERS, Energy, Thomson Locations: Kibbutz, Israel

☆ G7 aims to bridge vast gap with emerging markets, awaits Zelenskiy
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy speaks to the media at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, May 14, 2023. REUTERS/Fabrizio BenschHIROSHIMA, Japan, May 20 (Reuters) - Leaders of the world's richest democracies are looking to bridge a vast gap with emerging economies by focusing on infrastructure and debt relief, officials say, part of a strategy to blunt China's influence in lower-income countries. Russia's war in Ukraine has also unduly hurt low-income countries, the G7 members say. "Low- and middle-income countries are disproportionately affected by Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine," they said in the draft. Reporting by Reuters G7 team in Hiroshima; Writing by David Dolan; Editing by Nick MacfieOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Top French university bans use of ChatGPT to prevent plagiarism
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PARIS, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Sciences Po, one of France's top universities, has banned the use of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence-based chatbot that can generate coherent prose, to prevent fraud and plagiarism. ChatGPT is a free programme that generates original text about virtually any subject in response to a prompt, including articles, essays, jokes and even poetry, raising concerns across industries about plagiarism. The university said on Friday the school had emailed all students and faculty announcing a ban on ChatGPT and all other AI-based tools at Sciences Po. Sciences Po, whose main campus is in Paris, added that punishment for using the software may go as far as exclusion from the institution, or even from French higher education as a whole. "The ChatGPT software is raising important questions for educators and researchers all around the world, with regards to fraud in general, and particularly plagiarism," it said .

But a new U.S. law offering hefty subsidies to local manufacturers of green technology has given the company pause for thought. That is roughly four times what the German government is offering, he said, with cheaper energy prices in the United States on top. The act introduces tax credits related to investment in green technology, plus tax breaks for consumers buying an electric vehicle or other green product made in North America. German carmakers and suppliers, for which the United States is a main export market, are among its biggest victims. "If we don't do anything, a lot will emerge in the United States," said Siemens Energy (ENR1n.DE) Chief Executive Christian Bruch.

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