pubs roll out loyalty schemes to lure back drinkers

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Greene King is among several major UK pub groups launching or revamping loyalty programmes in an attempt to lure back customers, as the industry contends with declining alcohol consumption and intense cost pressure. The owner…

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Beyond pilots: A proven framework for scaling AI to production

The era of perpetual AI pilots is over. This year, 65% of AWS Generative AI Innovation Center customer projects moved from concept to production—some launching in just 45 days, as AWS VP Swami Sivasubramanian shared on LinkedIn. These results come from insights gained across more than one thousand customer implementations. The Generative AI Innovation Center…

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Decades-old photosynthesis mystery finally solved

Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have finally solved a long-standing puzzle about the earliest moments of photosynthesis — the vital process through which plants, algae, and certain bacteria capture sunlight to generate oxygen and energy-rich compounds. Their research reveals why the first movements of electrons,…

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