Hidden behind a store in southern New Hampshire, Walmart’s latest weapon in its food fight against Amazon.com is now fully operational. The nation’s biggest grocer last week unveiled the Alphabot, an automated, 20,000-square-foot warehouse that could …
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The net number of new jobs created by IDA Ireland-backed companies last year was down slightly on the previous year. A total of 21,844 new positions were created by multinationals here in 250 projects in the 12 months to the end of December, slightly fewer …
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Facebook and eBay have removed hundreds of groups and accounts engaged in trading fake reviews, after the U.K. antitrust regulator flagged concerns over them in June. Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said Wednesday that the two firms …
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Live. How quantum computing might go mainstream Dr. Chris Bernhardt, professor of mathematics at Fairfield University, tells Tonya Hall that quantum computing could eventually be useful for everyone through different problem solving processes.
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A strong job market and low mortgage rates should sustain the housing market in 2020. The problem will be finding enough homes for buyers. With unemployment hovering at a 50-year low and interest rates well below historical norms, the real estate industry …
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