"You get what you pay for" is an adage that appears to hold true for domestic appliances such as dryers, freezers, ovens and washing machines, according to new research. Since cheaper devices often cost more to run than pricier equivalents, apparent bargains can be short-lived when consumers who buy cheaper models are left paying more in the end.
The proposals would immunise an owner from prosecution if his or her autonomous car crashes, with passengers also exempt. Charles said the bill could “deliver one of the world’s most comprehensive legal frameworks for self-driving vehicles, with safety at its core.” Car makers are to face fines and potential criminal suits, depending on the gravity of the incident.
Too lazy to write your own emails? Struggling to find the right words? Swamped by the inbox influx, the drafting deluge? Corporate subscribers to Microsoft software will soon have access to Copilot, an AI bot that can do your emailing for you. "Microsoft 365 Copilot will be generally available for enterprise customers on November 1, 2023, along with Microsoft 365 Chat, a new AI assistant that will completely transform the way you work," the company announced in a recent statement. The Copilot bot works by trying to mimic a user’s writing style, reading messages and knocking out replies designed to look like the real thing - a development that could further fuel concerns about AI getting out of its lane and taking over jobs and aspects of human interaction.
The post-lockdown holidaymaker is increasingly likely to prioritize airport quality when booking flights and choosing destinations, going by a newly-published global survey. "As demand has skyrocketed post-pandemic amid lingering staff and resource shortages for airlines and airports, the resulting disruptions to air travel have taken their toll on passengers’ experience," according to the Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques (SITA), citing its new 2023 Passenger IT Insights report. SITA's findings were published as the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is made up of around 300 airlines that carry over 80% of the world's passengers, said global traffic in July neared 96% of the pre-Covid level and was up 26% year-on-year But the post-Covid travel experience has, by all accounts, been hit-and-miss. Pent-up demand, unleashed when travel restrictions were lifted, ran into an industry that seemed unprepared for a long-awa
Almost 2,000 pubs have gone out of business in Ireland since 2005, a decline of around 25% that was accelerated by the country’s long Covid lockdowns. With inflation reducing consumer spending power and surging costs for electricity and fuel making it more expensive to run a business, many of the country’s pubs face a "real fight for survival," according to a report published by the Drinks Industry Group of Ireland (DIGI). The pandemic years of 2020 and 2021 saw 349 pubs go out of business, with a further 108 closing in 2022 while the pub industry was "fighting to recover trade" after the lockdowns, said report author Anthony Foley of Dublin City University Business School.