[ (Reuters) – Tesla’s humanoid robot is still in the lab, but it may be ready to sell as soon as the end of next year, chief executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday. Several companies have been betting on humanoid robots to meet potential labor shortages and perform repetitive tasks that could be dangerous or … Read more
[ The convenience of online shopping is hard to beat. But it uses a lot of energy and resources and can lead to more waste. Transportation needed for online shopping spews greenhouse emissions. Three billion trees are cut down every year to produce packaging for all kinds of things, ecommerce included, according to some estimates. … Read more
[ STOCKHOLM (Reuters) -Spotify’s quarterly gross profit topped 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) for the first time after it reined in marketing spending, although that meant the music streaming giant missed its forecast for monthly active users. The Swedish company has been growing its user base for years by offering promotions and investing in podcasts … Read more
[ (Reuters) – Donald Trump is set to secure on Tuesday a stock bonus worth $1.3 billion from the company that operates his social media app Truth Social, equivalent to about half the majority stake he already owns in it, thanks to the wild rally in its shares. The award will take the former U.S. … Read more
[ BRUSSELS (Reuters) – TikTok has submitted a risk assessment report on its new app TikTok Lite to the European Commission, the company said on Tuesday, averting a possible fine. The EU executive had on Monday given the ByteDance-owned company 24 hours to do, saying it has concerns about TikTok Lite’s reward programme and its … Read more
[ NAIROBI, April 23 (Xinhua) — Technology experts on Tuesday lauded China’s electric mobility (e-mobility) technology as Kenyans continue to embrace green modes of transport. Alex Wachira, principal secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum, said in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, that Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) have emerged as a viable alternative to … Read more
[ (Reuters) – Walmart’s majority-owned fintech startup One has started offering buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans for big-ticket items like electronics and power tools at some of the retailer’s U.S. stores, CNBC reported on Tuesday. One will be going head-to-head with some of Walmart’s existing BNPL partners like Affirm, who helped the retail giant … Read more
[ (Reuters) -Apple will hold an event on May 7, the company said on Tuesday, amid reports that it would roll out the long-anticipated revamped versions of iPad Pro and iPad Air next month. The Cupertino, California-based company did not disclose more details about the event that would start at 7 a.m. PT (2 p.m. … Read more
[ AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Alphabet-owned Google is investing 600 million euros ($640.62 million) in a new data centre in the Dutch city of Groningen, it said on Tuesday, adding the investment will create 125 new jobs. Since 2014, Google has invested more than €3.8 billion in data centres and related digital infrastructure in the Netherlands. … Read more
[ (Reuters) – Microsoft said on Tuesday that Coca-Cola had signed a $1.1 billion five-year deal to use its cloud computing and artificial intelligence services. Under the agreement, Microsoft and Coca-Cola will “jointly experiment” with Azure OpenAI. That service uses technology from Microsoft-backed startup and ChatGPT creator OpenAI to let customers build chatbots and other … Read more
