Burberry warns of profit drop Trenchcoats Overlooked

British brand impacted by sustained luxury demand decline amid cost-of-living crisis. Burberry cautioned that yearly profits would significantly fall below initial projections, as consumers excluded its pricey trenchcoats, bags, and scarves from their Christmas shopping lists. The high-end British brand noted that trade had been impacted by an ongoing deceleration in luxury demand, prompted by … Read more

NASA reveals silent supersonic plane for flights

During Friday’s launch event, the agency announced intentions to test over US cities to assess noise impact on residents below. Nasa revealed an unprecedented low-noise supersonic aircraft, aligning with the US space agency’s goal to enable commercial supersonic flight. During a collaborative event with Lockheed Martin Skunk Works in Palmdale, California, on Friday, Nasa introduced … Read more

OpenAI launches GPT Store for Chatbots

The novel product models enable the creation of Chatbot agents with distinct personalities or themes. On Wednesday, OpenAI introduced the GPT Store, a platform enabling paid ChatGPT users to purchase and sell customized chatbot agents utilizing the company’s language models. OpenAI, known for its widely popular ChatGPT product that played a pivotal role in the … Read more

White House allocates $623 million for EV charging infrastructure

Funding arises amid worries about insufficient progress in transitioning to zero-carbon transportation to address the climate crisis goals. Amid concerns that the shift to zero-carbon transportation is lagging behind climate crisis goals, Joe Biden’s administration has revealed $623 million in funding to enhance the number of electric vehicle charging points in the US. Distributed through … Read more

Amazon plans layoffs at Twitch, Prime Video.

Internal memo cites identification of cutbacks in investments amid layoffs. Amazon plans to lay off several hundred employees in its streaming and studio operations, as revealed in an internal note sent on Wednesday. This announcement coincided with Twitch, an Amazon subsidiary, disclosing its own plan to lay off approximately 35% of its workforce, totaling 500 … Read more

Instagram, Facebook to conceal harmful teen content

Action taken as global regulators urge Meta to safeguard children from explicit posts on its platforms. On Tuesday, Meta announced its decision to conceal more sensitive content from teenagers on Instagram and Facebook in response to international regulatory demands for the social media company to shield children from harmful material on its platforms. This action … Read more

AI tools like ChatGPT require copyrighted material, according to OpenAI

AI firms face increasing scrutiny over training data content. OpenAI has asserted that developing tools like its innovative chatbot ChatGPT would be impractical without access to copyrighted material. This statement comes as artificial intelligence firms face growing pressure regarding the content used to train their products. Chatbots like ChatGPT and image generators such as Stable … Read more

Self-driving cars spared traffic tickets in San Francisco

California laws lag behind autonomous vehicle proliferation San Francisco police state that autonomous vehicles in the city avoid traffic tickets when the driver’s seat is empty, highlighting persistent legal and safety issues with the advancing technology. Public safety agencies and experts note that California law has yet to align with these vehicles, despite their current … Read more

China recalls 1.6m Teslas for Autopilot, steering issues

The recall impacts most Tesla sales in China, following a recent 2 million-car recall in the US. Tesla is recalling over 1.6 million exported Model S, X, 3, and Y electric vehicles in China due to issues with their automatic assisted steering and door latch controls. This marks Tesla’s largest-ever recall in China and impacts … Read more

UK electric car sales stall, urging VAT reduction

Despite the government’s aim to eliminate petrol, diesel, and hybrid vehicles by 2035, the expansion of electric vehicles remains stagnant. While there has been an almost 18% increase in the registration of new cars in the UK, demand for electric vehicles remains stagnant. This has led the industry to advocate for a VAT cut as … Read more