Kraft Heinz to tap AB InBev's BEES e-commerce platform to boost biz in Mexico, Colombia, Peru
Mar 23, 2023 10:02 am UTC| Life Technology Economy Business
Kraft Heinz will use AB InBevs BEES e-commerce platform to increase distribution points and expand the number of items available to retailers in Mexico, Colombia, and Peru. The deal, according to the Heinz Baked Beans...
Panera Bread adds Amazon palm recognition scanner to its stores
Mar 23, 2023 09:47 am UTC| Business Technology
Panera Bread, an American chain store of bakery-café fast-casual restaurants, announced it would be adding Amazon Ones contactless technology to its 200 stores across the country. Amazon also said that the bakery is...
Logitech expands retail reach in Singapore with Watsons rollout
Mar 19, 2023 08:28 am UTC| Technology Business Economy Life
Logitech and Watsons are collaborating to sell lifestyle and technology items in-store throughout Singapore. Watsons will sell Logitechs K380 Multi-Device Bluetooth Keyboard, Pebble Wireless Mouse M350, Lift Vertical...
Samsung to invest $230 billion in building mega chip cluster
Mar 18, 2023 06:09 am UTC| Technology Economy Business
Samsung Electronics will invest $230 billion over the next 20 years chip-making mega cluster, which will be established in Gyeonggi Province by 2042. Samsungs five new semiconductor plants would anchor South Koreas...
Samsung steals Xiaomi’s crown in India’s smartphone market
Mar 18, 2023 06:03 am UTC| Technology Economy Business Life
Samsung Electronics took a 20 percent market share in India in the last quarter of 2022 to take the top spot in the worlds second-biggest market for devices over erstwhile leader Xiaomi Corp., who had an 18 percent market...
TikTok bans: what the evidence says about security and privacy concerns
Mar 15, 2023 15:46 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
The UK prime minister, Rishi Sunak, recently hinted that he may ban the social media application TikTok from devices used by government employees. His comments follow similar bans by the European Commission and US...
ChatGPT: why it will probably remain just a tool that does inefficient work more efficiently
Mar 15, 2023 15:46 pm UTC| Technology
ChatGPT is a remarkable technological development, capable of writing compelling prose that comes across as natural, coherent and knowledgeable. But it has its limits, and can be made to say silly things. I managed to...
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