2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1575+ words) Cattle rancher and tech CEO Michael Samadi is convinced these artificial minds are far from just tools. Has he glimpsed digital consciousness – or simply been seduced by an algorithm? One afternoon, while relaxing at his 66-acre cattle ranch two hours…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (489+ words) In-store inflation rises to an annual 1.5% in August, according to a survey for the British Retail Consortium The pace of price rises in UK shops rose to its highest level in two years in August, a trade body index shows,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (792+ words) Reporting season shows how consumers are responding to cost of living pressures and how retailers are responding Australians are buying less pizza but more weight-loss drugs. They love “dupes” but don’t enjoy writing letters. Here are five key takeaways from…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (694+ words) I need to buy a smart television big enough to read ransom notes – and I’m taking no prisoners Fourteen years ago, I received a text from my eldest son claiming he’d just found the TV face down on the sitting…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (630+ words) Supermarket chain says ‘human error’, not its Facewatch technology, to blame for ejecting a customer Sainsbury’s has paused the use of AI face scanning in one of its stores after a customer was wrongly identified as a shoplifter and ejected…...