E-commerce titan Amazon says its advertising business is gaining traction and it is boosting artificial intelligence capabilities at its cloud computing unit, but retail sales still drive the tech giant’s…
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Robots cause company profits to fall—at least at first
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Researchers have found that robots can have a ‘U-shaped’ effect on profits: causing profit margins to fall at first, before eventually rising again. The researchers, from…
Wizz Air orders 75 more Airbus A321neos
Wizz Air is the largest client for the Airbus A321neo. Hungarian low-cost airline Wizz Air has ordered another 75 A321neo aircraft, Airbus said Wednesday, in a deal worth $10 billion…
Meta starts blocking news in Canada
Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, has begun blocking news links in Canada in protest at a new law requiring digital publishers to pay for such content. Meta on…
Musk removes giant, flashing X sign after furor
San Francisco building inspectors had said a new ‘X’ sign atop the headquarters of the tech firm formerly known as Twitter must get the proper permits or be removed. The…
Ryanair pilots’ strike in Belgium cancels almost 100 flights
Pilots say the low-cost Irish airline is failing to honor a collective convention agreed in 2020. A strike by Ryanair pilots in Belgium in an ongoing dispute over working conditions…
‘X’ logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate permit violation
A large, metal “X” sign is seen on top of the downtown building that housed what was once Twitter, now rebranded by its owner, Elon Musk, in San Francisco, Friday,…
Hurricane Maria offered an opportunity to make Puerto Rico’s electric grid more resilient: It hasn’t happened
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain After Hurricane Maria razed the electrical grid in Puerto Rico nearly six years ago, there was a lot of talk about making the energy system more…
Adoption of ‘Industry 4.0’ systems can lead to sustainability across organizations
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Adaptive “smart” technologies and integrated production systems driven by digital transformation are helping to accelerate more sustainable products and industries, Flinders University experts say. Adoption of…
Airbus and Boeing race to boost aircraft production
Airbus and Boeing are racing to boost production rates to meet a surge in orders from airlines. Airbus and Boeing both stepped up deliveries of commercial aircraft in the first…
