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Apple’s lead AI researcher for robotics heads to Meta as part of latest exits

Apple’s lead AI researcher for robotics heads to Meta a...

The Apple Foundation Models team, which the company launched last year as part o...

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Chinese companies turn to generics as patents expire on weight-loss drugs

Chinese companies turn to generics as patents expire on...

U.S. regulators have restricted the sale of cheap copies of the drugs, slowing d...

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Coffee roasters hike prices in Brazil as raw bean costs surge

Coffee roasters hike prices in Brazil as raw bean costs...

The price increases come as the world's top producer of coffee has experienced a...

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Hope in Tokyo as Trump tariffs declared illegal

Hope in Tokyo as Trump tariffs declared illegal

The decision is seen as potentially having some significance.

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Road trips are getting cleaner and quieter as RVs go electric

Road trips are getting cleaner and quieter as RVs go el...

This year, serious alternatives are emerging to the gas-guzzling rigs chugging b...

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Suntory CEO Takeshi Niinami to resign over alleged illegal drug possession: Nikkei

Suntory CEO Takeshi Niinami to resign over alleged ille...

A news conference is set to be held at the company's headquarters in Tokyo at ar...

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Japanese companies near $100 billion milestone in global bond issuance

Japanese companies near $100 billion milestone in globa...

Nomura Holdings and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group have kicked off dollar bond s...

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Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide thanks to ’90s nostalgia

Tamagotchi hatches 100 million shipments worldwide than...

Fueled by nostalgia and "kidults," the Tamagotchi boom shows no sign of slowing.

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Dollar inches up as gold hovers near record high

Dollar inches up as gold hovers near record high

The recovery follows five days of selling, ahead of the return of U.S. traders f...

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Russian influencers are thriving on Telegram

Russian influencers are thriving on Telegram

Since 2021, Telegram’s monthly active users in Russia have risen to 120 million,...

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How Tesla and Waymo's radically different robotaxi approaches will shape the industry

How Tesla and Waymo's radically different robotaxi appr...

The differing strategies have far-reaching implications for the early pecking or...

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Wooden high-rise buildings increasing in Tohoku amid decarbonization trend

Wooden high-rise buildings increasing in Tohoku amid de...

Major real estate developers and construction companies are focusing on wood, pu...

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‘Cool’ Patagonia wants to take used items into the mainstream

‘Cool’ Patagonia wants to take used items into the main...

The American outdoor brand is looking to make the offering of secondhand goods a...

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Techno-utopia rises in Malaysia's $100 billion Forest City flop

Techno-utopia rises in Malaysia's $100 billion Forest C...

Entrepreneurs experiment with "startup societies” defined less by historical ter...

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New Zealand reverses course to let some foreign investors buy homes

New Zealand reverses course to let some foreign investo...

The country will open its housing market to wealthy foreigners who invest in loc...

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Indian PM Modi tours Miyagi chip plant with Ishiba

Indian PM Modi tours Miyagi chip plant with Ishiba

"We hope to work together to strengthen the semiconductor supply chain and enhan...