by Reuters | Jun 30, 2022 | Business, Canada, Economy, Entertainment and Lifestyle, Europe
By Allison Lampert (Reuters) -Piles of luggage beside baggage belts in airports from Canada to Europe are driving further demand for ground handlers, and adding to summer travel chaos as airlines scramble to bring back workers lost during COVID-19. Once a cost-cutting...
by Reuters | Jun 29, 2022 | Business, Entertainment and Lifestyle, US
By Dawn Chmielewski PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) -Chief Executive Bob Chapek introduced Walt Disney Co’s first new cruise ship in a decade on Wednesday, the culmination of the first project the former theme parks executive championed to the company’s...
by Reuters | Jun 23, 2022 | Business, Entertainment and Lifestyle, Technology, US
By Jeffrey Dastin LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc wants to give customers the chance to make Alexa, the company’s voice assistant, sound just like their grandmother — or anyone else. The online retailer is developing a system to let Alexa mimic...
by Reuters | Jun 22, 2022 | Business, Entertainment and Lifestyle, Technology, Top News, US
By Katie Paul (Reuters) – Meta, Microsoft and other tech giants racing to build the emerging metaverse concept have formed a group to foster development of industry standards that would make the companies’ nascent digital worlds compatible with each other....
by Reuters | Jun 18, 2022 | Business, Economy, Entertainment and Lifestyle, Oddly Enough
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A wealthy person has bid a record $19 million to eat lunch with Warren Buffett, in the 21st and final time that the billionaire businessman auctioned a private lunch to benefit a San Francisco charity. The winning bid at the eBay...
by Reuters | Jun 15, 2022 | Entertainment and Lifestyle, Environment, Oddly Enough, Science, Top News
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Happy the elephant will stay at the Bronx Zoo after New York state’s highest court on Tuesday ruled against an animal rights group that said she deserved some of the same rights as humans and should be freed. In a 5-2 decision,...