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India Boss Criticised For Picking AI Bot Over Humans

Suumit Shah, founder of an e-commerce website, said that his firm had laid off 90% of its support staff. Read more

Organised Shoplifting On The Rise, Says Waitrose

The supermarket reports a hike in cases, with an MP saying gangs are "operating with impunity". Read more

New Renault-Geely Engine Firm To Have Headquarters In UK

The deal between France's Renault and the Chinese maker of London taxis will support 19,000 jobs. Read more

You're Too Dumb To Use Click-to-cancel, Big Biz Says With Straight Face

Making it easy to exit subscriptions will just baffle everyone, FTC told The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is consi... Read more

Threads: The BBC Drama Which Affected A Generation Of Viewers

Threads is a social media app for some and a nightmarish BBC movie from 1984 for others. Read more

Canada Probes Nike, Dynasty Gold Over Alleged Use Of Uyghur Forced Labour

Its ethics watchdog is also investigating a gold company over use of forced labour in China operations. Read more

After Meta Hands Over DMs, Mom Pleads Guilty To Giving Daughter Abortion Pills

Facebook messages, obtained via valid warrant, help make case against women A Nebraska mother pleaded guilty on Friday ... Read more

The Mega-strike That Could Take Down Hollywood

Actors prepare to join writers on the picket lines, shutting down TV and film productions. Read more

Intel Pulls Plug On Mini-PC NUCs

How much NUC would a Pat G chuck if a Pat G could chuck NUC? The sun is setting on Intel's Next Unit of Computing, the ... Read more

Judge Shoots Down FTC Attempt To Stall Microsoft-Activision Merger

UK may be final stumbling point to Redmond's gaming ambitions Updated  The FTC's attempt to stall a merger between Mic... Read more

Nutmeg Co-founder Nick Hungerford Dies Aged 43, Months After Setting Up Charity

Nick Hungerford was inspired by his young daughter to set up a charity to support bereaved children. Read more

Microsoft's Deal To Buy Call Of Duty Maker Boosted By US Judge

The Federal Trade Commission in the US had sought to block the proposed merger on competition grounds. Read more

Royal Mail Workers End Long-running Row Over Pay

The deal to end the dispute comes after 115,000 postal workers held 18 days of strikes last year. Read more

Datacenter Industry Sees Demand Growing, But So Are Energy Costs

You gotta spend money to make money – and where are all the staff? Datacenter operators are confident demand for thei... Read more

Should Leaders Place Bets On New PCs Or Generative AI?

Here's a hint: Leaders are putting laptop orders on ice PCs were once the hottest tech item of the pandemic, yet these ... Read more