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Let’s talk about arms for a second. Or, rather, let’s talk about a lack of arms. It’s a common thread between Jibo, Kuri and now Astro. I suppose one could make the argument that Anki’s Cozmo had arms of a kind, but the overhead forklift wasn’t good for much beyond hooking into a proprietary block. […]

A UK law firm is bringing a class-action style claim over a patient health data scandal that dates back to 2015 and involves the Google-owned AI company DeepMind, after it was quietly passed medical information on over a million patients by an NHS Trust as part of an app development project. Law firm Mishcon de […]

September 30, 2021 IDLIB, Syria (Reuters) – In both the Syrian capital Damascus and parts of the country that have rebelled against its rule during a decade of war, people are facing the same enemy: COVID-19. Intensive care beds have filled up at hospitals across the fractured nation this month because of a COVID-19 surge, […]

Just six months after raising $3.3 million in seed funding, Mexico City-based Higo announced today it has raised $23 million in a Series A round led by Accel. Tiger Global Management also participated in the financing, along with existing backers Haystack, Homebrew, Audacious, Susa Ventures and J Ventures. A number of angel investors also put […]

September 30, 2021 By Steve Scherer OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada on Thursday held its the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to honor the lost children and survivors of indigenous schools, following the gruesome discovery of more than 1,000 unmarked graves https://ift.tt/3usNOeQ at two former schools earlier this year. The so-called residential school https://ift.tt/39S1Zkw […]

September 30, 2021 By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) – In a rehearsal room in west London, actor Derek Elroy delivers a powerful monologue about the devastating 2017 fire at Grenfell Tower, a social housing block just a short distance away. In the role of barrister Leslie Thomas, Elroy’s lines are taken from the public inquiry […]

September 30, 2021 MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s Inter Milan doubled its loss in the 2020-21 financial year ending in June, to 246 million euros, as the soccer club was hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Revenues edged down to 365 million euros ($422.82 million)from 372 million the previous year. The club said on Thursday it […]

September 30, 2021 By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Makiko Yamazaki NEW YORK/TOKYO (Reuters) -Hedge fund Elliott Management said it has built a stake in troubled Japanese industrial conglomerate Toshiba Corp, which is undertaking a strategic review amid pressure from other shareholders. Elliott, one of the world’s most powerful activist investors, which oversees some $48 billion in […]

September 30, 2021 MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia urged Tajikistan and Afghanistan to resolve any dispute in a mutually acceptable manner, saying it had heard reports they were sending troops to their common border, TASS quoted the Russian foreign ministry as saying on Friday. “We observe with concern the growing tensions in Tajik-Afghan relations amid mutually strong […]

September 30, 2021 By Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) -A police officer was jailed for life on Thursday for abducting marketing executive Sarah Everard on a London street as she walked home from a friend’s house then raping and murdering her in a case that shocked Britain and stirred protests over violence against women. Wayne Couzens, […]

September 30, 2021 By Foo Yun Chee LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – A 4.34 billion euro ($5 billion) European Union antitrust fine was based on flawed calculations, Alphabet’s Google said on Thursday, urging Europe’s second-highest court to scrap or reduce what it said was not an appropriate penalty. Google was fined for using its Android mobile operating […]

September 30, 2021 AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Four Dutch political parties, including caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s conservative VVD Party, agreed on Thursday to hold talks on forming a new coalition government, a breakthrough more than six months after a national election. The four parties are the same as had formed Rutte’s previous government, though it had […]

EV startup Lordstown Motors made headlines when it purchased a 6.2 million-square-foot factory from General Motors in 2019. Now, it looks like the strapped-for-cash startup will likely sell that facility to Taiwan’s Foxconn Technology Group. The news was first reported by Bloomberg, who said unnamed sources suggested the deal could close as early as this […]

In 2019, Rivian showed up at the Overland Expo West in Flagstaff, Arizona with a prototype of what is now known as the camp kitchen. Now, with production ready 2022 Rivian R1T electric pickup trucks coming off the assembly line, the final version of the kitchen is ready for prime time. The automaker has made […]

Ola Electric announced this morning that it closed a $200 million round at a $3 billion valuation. The EV company’s parent, Ola, is best known as an Indian ride-hailing platform. Ola itself has raised more than $4.5 billion to date, per Crunchbase data, while Ola Electric is now over the $500 million fundraising mark, if […]

September 30, 2021 (Reuters) – The world’s leading female cyclists will be unleashed for the first time ever on the notorious Paris-Roubaix cobbles on Saturday as they get their chance to race the so-called Hell of the North. In another sign that women’s professional cycling is finally gaining the iconic stages it deserves, the first […]

September 30, 2021 By Shadia Nasralla LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices fell after U.S. trading opened, erasing earlier gains, as higher U.S. crude oil inventories and a strong dollar outweighed bullishness from supply deficit forecasts. U.S. oil dipped $1.00 to $73.83. Brent crude for November delivery was down 62 cents at $78.02 a barrel by 1245 […]

September 30, 2021 By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission on Thursday proposed extending looser state aid rules for virus-hit companies for six months to June 2022 in a bid to slowly wean them off the billions of euros provided by governments across the European Union. The EU executive, tasked with ensuring a […]

September 30, 2021 By Marc Jones and Tom Wilson LONDON (Reuters) – A group of central banks sketched out a potential operating manual for digital cash on Thursday as they aim to strike a balance between keeping up with cryptocurrencies and concerns that the new technology could upend commercial lenders. Worried that the explosion of […]

September 30, 2021 DETROIT (Reuters) – Electric vehicle startup Lordstown Motors Corp is in talks to sell the northeast Ohio assembly plant it acquired from General Motors Co to Taiwan contract manufacturer Foxconn, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. Lordstown and Foxconn are set to announce the deal as soon as this week, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed […]