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Volkswagen’s voice assistant integrating ChatGPT into its cars will be able to converse with users in a back-and-forth dialogue by the middle of the year, the carmaker said on ...

ChatGPT was well on its way to becoming a household name even before 2023 kicked off. Just weeks after the Nov. 30 launch of the generative artificial intelligence-powered chatbot, OpenAI, the non-profit ...

A group of critical raw materials may help Europe reduce supply-chain vulnerabilities. By Michael Allen Dr Arne Petter Ratvik is championing high-tech goods for Europe through a low-tech source: fertiliser. ...

In addition to generating clean energy, sea locations with turbines could be used to grow mussels, oysters and seaweed. By Michael Allen Off the coasts of Belgium, Denmark, Germany and ...

Intel (INTC.O) on Wednesday said it was forming a new independent company around its artificial intelligence software efforts with backing from digital-focused asset manager DigitalBridge Group (DBRG.N) and ...

Fines imposed by Russian courts on Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) and YouTube, Meta (META.O), TikTok and Telegram appear to have been settled as the companies are no longer ...

Apple (AAPL.O) on Tuesday fell nearly 3.6 per cent to a seven-week low after Barclays downgraded the shares of the world’s most valuable company on concerns that demand for ...

Five experts who appeared in Horizon Magazine in 2023 outline how their areas of activity will evolve in the coming year and beyond. By Anthony King From sail-powered tankers and new ...

Rivian Automotive (RIVN.O) missed market estimates for fourth-quarter deliveries as tough competition and high interest rates weighed on demand for its electric vehicles, sending the company’s shares down ...

Microsoft (MSFT.O) said it is adding a button to its Windows keyboard that would pull up the tech giant’s Copilot service, in the first change for the device ...

Electric vehicle company Fisker (FSR.N) said on Thursday that it would add dealerships alongside its direct-to-customer distribution model to expand its sales and delivery network. The California-based company, which ...

Tesla (TSLA.O) topped Norway’s car sales for a third straight year in 2023, extending its lead over rivals despite an ongoing conflict between the US electric vehicle maker and ...

T-Mobile US (TMUS.O) said on Wednesday SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday with the first set of Starlink satellites that can beam phone signals from space directly to ...

Indian banks disbursed some employee benefits through digital rupee in December, helping the Reserve Bank of India meet its target of one million daily transactions by end-2023, three sources directly ...

Carrefour (CARR.PA) is telling customers in four European countries it will no longer sell products like Pepsi, Lay’s crisps and 7up because they have become too costly, in ...

US bankruptcy filings surged by 18 per cent in 2023 on the back of higher interest rates, tougher lending standards and the continued runoff of pandemic-era backstops, data published Wednesday showed, although ...

Oil prices rose on Thursday, adding to solid gains in the previous session on persisting concerns over Middle Eastern supply following disruptions at a field in Libya and heightened tensions ...

US chip stocks added to a string of losses on Wednesday, with Wall Street’s main semiconductor benchmark tumbling from record highs following its strongest year since 2009, when the sector ...

Rocket and satellite maker SpaceX on Wednesday was accused by a US labour agency of unlawfully firing eight employees for circulating a letter calling founder and CEO Elon Musk a “...

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS) and affiliate Kia Corp (000270.KS) forecast on Wednesday that their combined global sales will rise about 2 per cent in 2024, even as last year’...

Precisely when the Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates stands as the big unknown for markets and economists as 2024 kicks off, and fresh details about its pivot in that ...

British business leaders have turned more pessimistic about the outlook for the country’s economy and they are holding back on investment decisions, according to a survey published on Wednesday. ...

Global stock markets were lacklustre on Wednesday, while the dollar stayed strong, as market optimism about early US interest rate cuts ebbed and the latest escalation of hostilities in the ...

The dollar eased slightly on Wednesday though it stayed near a two-week high, underpinned by a confluence of factors including elevated US Treasury yields and a cautious turn in risk ...