An army of inventory robots is being deployed to help retailers appease angry customers, boost sales and respond to the ongoing worker shortage.Story Published at: April 22, 2023 at 02:00PM
How A.I.-powered robots are changing retail
Bill Gates says A.I. chatbots will teach kids to read within 18 months: You’ll be ‘stunned by how it helps’
Bill Gates said this week he believes it won’t be long before artificial intelligence can be ‘as good a tutor as any human ever could’ for students.Story Published at: April 22, 2023 at 01:30PM
Google’s 80-acre San Jose mega-campus is on hold as company reckons with economic slowdown
Construction of Google’s 7.3 million square foot campus in San Jose, California, has been halted as the company’s cost-cutting efforts stifle development. Story Published at: April 21, 2023 at 08:39PM
Elon Musk had a rough week across his empire — Tesla, Twitter and SpaceX
Elon Musk’s week was capped on Friday when institutional shareholders in Tesla admonished the company’s board of directors to rein in the “over-committed” CEO.Story Published at: April 21, 2023 at 07:43PM
‘Utterly irresponsible’: SVB failure was caused by a banking — not tech — crisis, top VC says
Anne Glover, CEO and co-founder of Amadeus Capital, said Friday that the SVB crisis was caused by “utterly irresponsible” practices by Silicon Valley Bank.Story Published at: April 21, 2023 at 04:55PM
MIT neuroscientist: The No. 1 skill that sets people with ‘excellent memory’ apart from those who struggle—’it’s rare’
Memory skills vary from one person to another. MIT Sloan neuroscientist Dr. Tara Swart Bieber shares how she trains her brain to prevent memory decline as we age.Story Published at: April 21, 2023 at 03:10PM
Twitter drops labels for President Joe Biden, state-affiliated and government-funded media
The labels for both government officials and state-affiliated media were introduced in 2020 as part of an effort to protect political discourse on the platform.Story Published at: April 21, 2023 at 03:55PM
Oxford malaria vaccine rollout could have ‘major’ implications in sub-Saharan Africa, economist says
Nigeria this week joined Ghana in provisionally approving a new malaria vaccine developed by scientists at the University of Oxford.Story Published at: April 21, 2023 at 12:39PM
A recession is coming — and stock markets won’t come through it unscathed, strategist says
The latest U.S. economic data suggests a recession is coming, according to the chief executive of financial advisory firm Longview Economics.Story Published at: April 21, 2023 at 10:47AM
Economists and policymakers were fretting about a wage-price spiral. Not any more
Higher wages haven’t produced a 1970s-style wage-price spiral. In fact, some economists say wages can and should continue to rise. Story Published at: April 21, 2023 at 06:17AM