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Lloyds Banking Group will train all 67,000 of its employees how to use artificial intelligence (AI) this year. The UK bank has launched an AI Academy, with the aim of reaching its target of all staff being AI literate by the end of 2026. The bank said staff will be given interactive training modules, short courses, articles, podcasts and opportunities for community learning. It will kick off with every member of staff completing a module on responsible, safe and ethical AI use. Lloyds wants its staff to be able to use AI in their everyday roles. “Scaling AI is about…
In a strange twist of fate, a fire broke out this week at the Rad Power Bikes retail store warehouse in Huntington Beach, California, Electrek reports. The structural blaze came less than two months after the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) warned customers to “immediately stop” using and dispose of some of the company’s e-bike batteries due to fire hazard. In December, Rad filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, stating it couldn’t afford to recall the batteries.”We’re working with local authorities to review a thermal incident that occurred at our Huntington Beach store Sunday evening,” a Rad Power Bikes spokesperson…
Last year, Doug Bowser, one of the most ironically named people of all time, announced his impending retirement from Nintendo. Initially taking the role in April of 2019, he served as the chief operating officer and president of Nintendo of America for nearly seven years. Thanks to his regular appearances at public events, during Nintendo Directs, and in interviews, he was also one of the faces of the company, so his departure was big news. However, despite leaving his position just a few weeks ago on December 31, Bowser has already found a new gig – serving on the board…
Watch: Veronika the cow shows off her unique skillsScientists are rethinking what cattle are capable of after an Austrian cow named Veronika was found to use tools with impressive skill. The discovery, reported by researchers in Vienna, suggests cows may have far greater cognitive abilities than previously assumed.Veronika, a cow living in a mountain village in the Austrian countryside, has spent years perfecting the art of scratching herself using sticks, rakes, and brooms. Word of her behaviour eventually reached animal intelligence specialists in Vienna, who found Veronika used both ends of the same object for different tasks. Antonio J Osuna…
Australia’s parliament has voted for sweeping gun law reforms and a crackdown on hate speech, a month after two attackers shot 15 people dead at a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach.Both bills passed the House of Representatives and Senate at a special sitting late on Tuesday. The gun reform measures include a national gun buyback scheme and new checks on firearm licence applications.Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said the Bondi gunmen would not legally have had access to firearms if such a law had been in place prior to the attack, the country’s worst mass shooting in decades.Governing Labor senators…
Aston Villa are targeting Crystal Palace striker Jean-Philippe Mateta in the January transfer window, with Oliver Glasner facing the prospect of losing another key player after claiming he has been “abandoned” by the club’s hierarchy. Mateta has been one of Crystal Palace’s standout performers under Oliver Glasner, but it has been reported that he is open to leaving the club this month. Mateta to Villa, Guessand to Palace? No mention of a swap deal – most likely two separate transfers Mateta open to leaving Palace this month Guessand’s lack of impact means Villa are open to selling Palace want over…
Kia has unveiled a sharp new look for the Niro, bringing it into line with the latest iteration of the brand’s ‘Opposites United’ design language. The new front-end treatment shrinks the silver plastic bar that wrapped around the bonnet of the previous iteration and introduces a taller headlight design similar to those on the Seltos, EV3 and EV9. The front grille has more angular edges than before, too, giving it a chunkier appearance. The flat-black plastic cladding along the flanks is less prominent than previously and it now has a glossy finish, as do the wheel-arch extensions. At the back end, it gets a redesigned rear…
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Image: appshunter.io/Unsplash Revolut is placing a big bet on how people will shop next… not through websites, but through conversations with AI. The fintech giant has unveiled a new strategic direction for Revolut Pay, announcing plans to make its one-tap checkout work seamlessly across all agentic commerce platforms in the UK and the European Economic Area (EEA). At the heart of the move is Revolut Pay’s compatibility with Google’s Agent Payments Protocol (AP2), positioning the company early in a fast-moving mix of payments and artificial intelligence. AP2 was developed with payments and technology companies to support consent-based, agent-led transactions without…
One way to read more in the new year is to incorporate audiobooks as part of your reading habit. Audible is having a sale right now that makes that easier and cheaper to do: you can get three months of access for only $1 per month, or a total of $3. The promotion runs through January 21.An Audible subscription grants one audiobook per month to keep. This can be selected from a massive catalog of new releases and bestsellers. The collection here has just about everything.AmazonHowever, it’s easy to plow through a single book in a month. Users also get…