The first fast-food restaurant staffed entirely by robots
World’s first fully autonomous, AI-powered restaurant opens in California In Pasadena, California, the first fully automated fast-food restaurant is set to open in 2024, where robots will handle all operations. Flippy, the…
Ant Group close to buying MultiSafepay in about $200 million deal-sources
By Amy-Jo Crowley LONDON (Reuters) – Ant Group is closing in on a deal to buy Dutch payments firm MultiSafepay as part of the Chinese financial technology group’s latest push…
AI to dominate this year’s CES, even without OpenAI’s Altman on hand
By Max A. Cherney and Abhirup Roy SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – OpenAI boss Sam Altman will not appear at the CES trade show in Las Vegas next week. But the…
Spotify tests AI-generated playlists
There is no doubt that 2023 has been the year of artificial intelligence, which has infected every sector and all the big companies in the technology market. One of the…
Vietnam’s VinFast to set up $500 million EV facilities in India
By Phuong Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast signed an agreement on Saturday to set up its first manufacturing facilities in India, as the ambitious company…
Vulcan rocket’s space debut will be crucial for Boeing-Lockheed venture as sale talks loom
By Joey Roulette WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A lot is riding on the first launch of the new Vulcan rocket by the United Launch Alliance, a joint venture of Boeing and…
India ISRO’s Aditya-L1 solar mission reaches destination
By Nivedita Bhattacharjee BENGALURU (Reuters) – The Indian Space Research Organisation‘s inaugural solar mission, Aditya-L1, has reached its destination within the anticipated four-month timeframe, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on…
Perplexity AI valued at $520 million in funding from Bezos, Nvidia
By Pritam Biswas (Reuters) – Perplexity AI has raised $73.6 million in its latest funding round from a group of investors including U.S. chip designer Nvidia and Amazon founder Jeff…
Apple slides to eight-week low after second rating downgrade in a week
Βy Yuvraj Malik (Reuters) – Apple continued its struggle in the new year on Thursday, plumbing an eight-week low after Piper Sandler handed the tech giant its second downgrade this…
US regulator denies Apple, Disney bids to skip votes on AI
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – Apple and Disney cannot avoid shareholder votes about their use of artificial intelligence put forward by a labor group, the top U.S. securities regulator has…