Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shows off an Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset and Oculus Touch controllers at the Oculus Connect 3 event in San Jose, California, United States, Thursday,…
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Restaurant chains are investing in robots, bringing changes to workers
A member of the White Castle team next to Flippy from Miso Robotics. Courtesy of Miso Robotics Chipotle Mexican Grill tests if a robot can make tortilla chips in stores.…
BP invests in company that provides ‘rapidly deployable’ solar technology
The BP logo displayed outside a petrol station in England on August 15, 2022. Matt Cardy | Getty Images News | Getty Images BP said it was investing A$20 million…
European markets fall after hawkish comments from Fed; Stoxx 600 down 1.6%
ECB hikes rates, forecasts significant hikes ahead as it announces plan to shrink its balance sheet The European Central Bank opted for a lower rate hike at its meeting on…
Google executives warn of reputational risk with ChatGBT-like tool
Google Principal Researcher Jeff Dean speaks at an event in China in 2017. Source: Chris Wong | Google Google employees see all the buzz around ChatGPTthe artificial intelligence chatbot that…
Stocks, Data, News, Fed Meeting
European stocks close lower as markets brace for rate hike decisions The pan-European Stoxx 600 fell 0.4% as investors braced for monetary policy announcements from the United States on Wednesday…
European markets, stocks, news, data and earnings
Stocks on the move: ADP down 12%, Darktrace down 6% Shares of Aéroports de Paris (ADP) plunged more than 12% in mid-afternoon after Royal Schiphol sold its remaining 3.91% stake…
Bethersden residents fight to save historic The George pub near Ashford
A village community is in a race against time to save their beloved 300-year-old pub. Residents of Bethersden, near Ashford, face the challenge of raising £300,000 by Christmas to save…
Campaign to find a new use for the empty Beales store in the Angel Center in Tonbridge, proposed by the Tories and MP Tom Tugendhat
A campaign has been launched to find a new use for a city’s largest shopping area, following the relocation of a department store three years ago. Beales was once a…