By Reuters Published June 17, 2025 Rollout of generative AI and agents will reduce Amazon‘s total corporate workforce in the next few years, Andy Jassy, CEO of the online retailer said in a note to employees on Tuesday. Reuters Artificial intelligence is reshaping the global workforce by automating routine and repetitive tasks, and industry leaders…
Rachel Reeves has insisted ministers “never dismissed the concerns of victims” of grooming gangs, as she defended the decision to launch a national inquiry after months of pressure. The chancellor said Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer was focused on victims “and not grandstanding”. Sir Keir has faced criticism for resisting calls for such an inquiry,…
Philippa Roxby Health reporter Mills/Laity family photograph/PA Wire Martha Mills died from sepsis in a London hospital in 2021 The failings of a doctor responsible for Martha Mills’ care, who died from sepsis, amounted to “gross negligence” and were “particularly grave”, a medical tribunal says. Her death gave rise to Martha’s Rule in hundreds of…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The smile on Cameron Ward‘s face said it all when asked what he wanted to get his dad, Calvin, for Father’s Day. “Shopping for Father’s Day, that’s the hardest shopping to do,” Ward told ESPN. “I mean what do you get for someone who already has everything? I don’t know what I’m…
Klaudia Sygula hasn’t been on the roster for long, but there have been more ups and downs than many UFC athletes encounter in their entire careers. If the name isn’t ringing a bell, Sygula (6-2 MMA, 0-1 UFC) gets why. Her debut wasn’t great. She knows it, but says that wasn’t her. Even as she…
Catherine Burns Health correspondent Vicki Loader Health producer BBC More than 1,000 GPs in England have shared their views about the assisted dying bill with BBC News If you ask these three doctors about being GPs, their answers are remarkably similar. “It can be the best job in the world,” one tells me. It’s “a…
Nordstrom is set to open a new neighborhood service hub in Brooklyn on June 26, expanding its footprint in New York. Nordstrom Local Upper East Side. – Nordstrom Located at 154 N 7th Street, Nordstrom Local Williamsburg will span 3,000 square feet and provide a variety of services. Notably, customers will be able to pick…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. An Air India flight to London Gatwick has crashed in Ahmedabad in western India shortly after take-off, according to local police. Police in Gujarat state told the Financial Times that the plane crashed “within 10…
IT IS Common lore in Silicon Valley that no company has a bigger moat than Nvidia, the world’s dominant supplier of chips for artificial intelligence (AI). That was true until January 27th, when a Chinese firm called DeepSeek, bearing an AI model that it said cost less than $6m to train, blew a nearly $600bn…
One of the current hot research topics is the combination of two of the most recent technological breakthroughs: machine learning and quantum computing. An experimental study shows that already small-scale quantum computers can boost the performance of machine learning algorithms. This was demonstrated on a photonic quantum processor by an international team of researchers of…
