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Shoppers are wary of digital shelf labels, but a study found they don't lead to price surges

Shoppers are wary of digital shelf labels, but a study found they don't lead to price surges

Digital price labels, which are rapidly replacing paper shelf tags at U.S. supermarkets, haven’t led to demand-based pricing surges , according to a new study that examined five years' worth of prices at one grocery chain.
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Telecom sector ramping up investments in tech as traditional growth areas slow

Telecom sector ramping up investments in tech as traditional growth areas slow

TORONTO — When it comes to competition between Canada's telecommunications giants, there are certain spaces where carriers have traditionally jostled with one another to emerge as the top dog.
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Getty Images and Stability AI face off in British copyright trial that will test AI industry

Getty Images and Stability AI face off in British copyright trial that will test AI industry

LONDON (AP) — Getty Images is facing off against artificial intelligence company Stability AI in a London courtroom for the first major copyright trial of the generative AI industry.
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Nintendo's Switch 2 soups up the graphics, but does it deliver the games?

Nintendo's Switch 2 soups up the graphics, but does it deliver the games?

WASHINGTON (AP) — I'm cruising around Bowser's Castle with my old pal Toad. It's not exactly relaxing, what with all the lava pits and banana peels and turtle shells littering the road.
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Warner Bros. Discovery to split into two companies, dividing cable and streaming services

Warner Bros. Discovery to split into two companies, dividing cable and streaming services

NEW YORK (AP) — Warner Bros. Discovery will calve off cable operations from its streaming service, creating two independent companies as the number of people “cutting the cord” brings with it a sustained upheaval in the entertainment industry.
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Bitcoin is introduced into Africa's largest slum, with risks and rewards

Bitcoin is introduced into Africa's largest slum, with risks and rewards

KIBERA, Kenya (AP) — Dotting the roadside in what is widely considered Africa’s largest urban slum are typical stands selling vegetables. What isn't typical is their acceptance of bitcoin as a form of payment.
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Chinese hackers and user lapses turn smartphones into a 'mobile security crisis'

Chinese hackers and user lapses turn smartphones into a 'mobile security crisis'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cybersecurity investigators noticed a highly unusual software crash — it was affecting a small number of smartphones belonging to people who worked in government, politics, tech and journalism.
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Video shows dolphin calf birth and first breath at Chicago zoo. Mom's friend helped

Video shows dolphin calf birth and first breath at Chicago zoo. Mom's friend helped

CHICAGO (AP) — A bottlenose dolphin at a Chicago zoo gave birth to a calf early Saturday morning with the help of a fellow mom, in a successful birth recorded on video by zoo staff.
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'The road is long': Syrian refugee engineering a fresh start in Montreal

'The road is long': Syrian refugee engineering a fresh start in Montreal

MONTREAL — When Jad Albasha arrived in Quebec in 2016 as a 21-year-old fleeing his war-torn home of Syria, he landed in a snow-covered world that spoke French, a language in which he did not understand a single word.
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Film festival showcases what artificial intelligence can do on the big screen

Film festival showcases what artificial intelligence can do on the big screen

NEW YORK (AP) — Artificial intelligence 's use in movie making is exploding. And a young film festival, now in its junior year, is showcasing what this technology can do on screen today.
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