Amazon shares tumble as it joins the Big Tech AI spending spree
Kali HaysTechnology reporterReutersAmazon has joined other US tech giants in announcing a huge increase in spending on artificial intelligence (AI) projects and infrastructure.Reporting its annual financial figures on Thursday, Amazon…
Making robots useful and affordable will need better motors
Can robots ever be graceful?Chris BaraniukTechnology ReporterJame BrutonJames Bruton and his version of the At-At walker from Star WarsBritish YouTuber James Bruton wanted to build a giant walking robot from…
Canada’s auto industry plan signals latest pivot away from US
Danielle KayeBusiness reporterBloomberg via Getty ImagesCarney announced the new measures at the Martinrea auto parts manufacturing facility in Woodbridge, Ontario.Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled a plan to bolster Canada's…
Bitcoin price hits lowest level since Trump took office
Kali HaysTechnology reporterGetty ImagesThe price of Bitcoin has fallen to its lowest level in 15 months despite US president Donald Trump's personal and public support of cryptocurrency.A single Bitcoin is…
Wedgwood to cut jobs at Staffordshire’s Barlaston factory
Liz CopperandRichard Price,West MidlandsGetty ImagesThe Wedgwood factory at Barlaston shut temporarily at the end of last year due to "lower consumer demand"Jobs are set to be cut at ceramics firm…
Clothing chain Quiz enters administration with 109 job losses
Quiz enters administration for third timeEmma Simpson,Business correspondentandEmer Moreau,Business reporterQUIZQuiz has 40 shops in the UKFashion chain Quiz has entered administration for the third time in six years, with 109…
Bank hints at rate cuts, but don’t expect Covid-era mortgage deals
Dharshini DavidDeputy economics editorGetty ImagesMortgage rates are unlikely to go back to the lows of 2020There were no treats for borrowers from the Bank of England on Thursday as it…
Portsmouth Water installs huge wall at Havant Thicket reservoir
A major engineering milestone has been reached on what is set to become the UK's first new reservoir in more than three decades.Portsmouth Water said teams at Havant Thicket Reservoir…
Safe Hands funeral firm executives face fraud charges in court
Natasha TurneyandCaroline Lowbridge,East MidlandsPA MediaNeil Debenham and Richard Wells both appeared at the short hearing at Westminster Magistrates' CourtTwo men have appeared in court charged with fraud following the collapse…
North Sea tanker crash: The deafening silence that implicated Solong captain
Silence and inaction - how audio helped prove captain guilty of North Sea tanker crashJosh MartinandSimon Browning,Business reportersPA MediaThe Solong billows smoke following the crash in March 2025The 30 minutes…
Why Target is under fire over Minnesota ICE raids
Danielle KayeBusiness reporterReutersDemonstrators participate in a protest at a Target store to pressure the company to do more to protect employees and community members from ongoing immigration enforcement, in West…