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US President Barack Obama is pictured here with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg at the private get-together in California. Photo by the White House
US President Barack Obama has met Silicon Valley bosses, including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple's Steve Jobs and Google chief executive Eric Schmidt at a private get-together in California.
The bosses of Twitter, Yahoo and Oracle also attended the meeting with the president, who has set out to encourage American businesses to invest more money in innovation.
Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs was in attendance, despite media reports that his health had taken a turn for the worse.
US newspaper the National Enquirer published pictures, said to be of Jobs, looking emaciated.
He is currently on his third medical leave of absence from Apple since being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2004.
Thursday's meeting with the president was a private event, hosted by venture capitalist John Doerr.
Google has contributed an additional 1 million US dollars to the Institute for Advanced Study in Artificial Intelligence (INSAIT) at Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
Former U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama is set to make her first-ever visit to Romania on September 17 and 18
Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk has announced one of the largest workforce reductions in its history, cutting a total of 9,000 positions worldwide
On Thursday morning, millions of users across Eastern Europe found themselves cut off from essential Google services - the search engine, Gmail, Google Maps, YouTube, Google Drive
A large-scale technical failure disrupted Google’s services on Thursday, affecting users in 47 countries, including Bulgaria
Users across multiple Eastern European countries reported a significant and ongoing outage affecting a suite of Google services, causing widespread disruption to both work and daily life
Former German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel has described Germany’s misunderstanding of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intentions as one of the greatest failures in the country’s foreign policy
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has criticized Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic after his recent remarks to a German publication about selling ammunition to European Union countries
The European Commission has introduced stricter rules on issuing visas to Russian citizens
Romania has urged the United States to reconsider its plan to withdraw hundreds of troops stationed in the country, warning that such a move could undermine NATO’s unity and play into Russia’s hands
Russia currently has the capacity to carry out a limited strike on NATO territory at any time, although whether it will do so depends largely on the stance of Western allies
NATO has regained the upper hand in ammunition production, surpassing Russia after a period during which Moscow outpaced the alliance
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