UK CTOs can unlock a £5 Billion AI opportunity

When you measure that across the UK’s 465,000 developers, AI has the potential to unlock £5.12 billion in value annually.
Reuters

SoftBank to buy ABB's robot business for $5.4 billion in push to merge AI and robotics

ZURICH/TOKYO, Oct 8 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group (9984.T), opens new tab has agreed to buy the robotics business of Swiss engineering group ABB (ABBN.S), opens new tab in a $5.4 billion deal, as the ...
KWWL

SingleSpeed brewery in Waterloo to merge with two other Iowa breweries

WATERLOO, Iowa — Waterloo is set to become home to a new brewery hub. Backpocket Brewing and Peace Tree Brewing will relocate their production to SingleSpeed Brewing Co.'s Waterloo facility starting ...
Variety

’KPop Demon Hunters’ Soundtrack Dominates for a Second Week at No. 1; Doja Cat’s ‘Vie’ Debuts at No. 4 on Albums Chart

“The KPop Demon Hunters” soundtrack logs a second non-consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. This follows the film’s staggering 15th consecutive week in the Netflix Top 10 during ...
WSOC-TV

Fifth Third Bank to merge with Comerica, forming ninth largest US bank

CHARLOTTE — Fifth Third Bank announced a $10.9 billion all-stock merger with Comerica, creating the ninth largest bank in the United States. The merger will unite Fifth Third’s retail and digital ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

4 takeaways from TCU football’s tougher-than-expected win over Colorado

It wasn’t pretty, but TCU football bounced back from last week’s narrow loss to Arizona State with a 35-21 win over Colorado on Saturday at Amon G. Carter Stadium. TCU quarterback Josh Hoover (10) ...
Wall Street Journal

Axcelis and Veeco to Merge in $4.4 Billion Semiconductor Equipment Deal

Axcelis ACLS-4.31%decrease; red down pointing triangle Technologies and Veeco VECO-4.47%decrease; red down pointing triangle Instruments, semiconductor equipment companies, agreed to merge in an ...
MarketWatch

Axcelis and Veeco to Merge in $4.4B Semiconductor Equipment Deal

Axcelis Technologies and Veeco Instruments, semiconductor equipment companies, agreed to merge in an all-stock transaction, creating a combined company with an enterprise value of $4.4 billion. Veeco ...
American Songwriter

The 4 Best Songs on Billy Joel’s ‘The Stranger’ Never Got the Chart Credit They Deserved

Billy Joel placed “Vienna” right in the middle of his nine-track album, and indeed, it does feel like a turning point in the record. After seeing how Venetian people treated their older population, ...
WAND

Combine and bean field catch fire in Clinton, 1 person sent to hospital

CLINTON, Ill. (WAND) - Clinton firefighters were called out Tuesday afternoon to extinguish a combine fully on fire, which left one person hospitalized. The Clinton Fire Department stated that ...
Microsoft

Formulas, fandom and an AI-fueled future — Microsoft Excel celebrates 40 years

When Andrew Grigolyunovich first started using Excel more than two decades ago, he never imagined the spreadsheet program would land him in Las Vegas or on ESPN. The Latvian financial consultant ...