PARIS: Engineers have developed a robot that can detect whether people are wearing a mask to guard against COVID-19 and, if not, politely remind them to put one on. The feature is an upgrade of Pepper, a 120 cm (47 inch) high robot with human-like features that is already in operation in some countries welcoming […]
TOKYO: Amazon Japan has submitted a plan to the country’s fair trade regulator on how it will improve practices suspected of violating anti-trust rules, the Asahi Shimbun reported on Friday. The unit of Amazon.com Inc was raided by the Japan Fair Trade Commission in 2018 on suspicion of demanding suppliers shoulder part of the cost […]
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg on Wednesday said the company is giving $20 million to small businesses owned by women, minorities and veterans in the U.S. “We know when crises hit the most vulnerable get hit the hardest,” Sandberg told CNBC’s Jim Cramer on “Mad Money.” The $20 million is coming from Facebook’s $100 million small […]