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A Meta logo is shown on a video screen at LlamaCon 2025, an AI developer conference, in Menlo Park, California, in April  2025.
28 Aug, 2026 0

Time limits, midnight cut-off: Meta’s new rules for kids go further, critics say not enough

Kids under 18 will soon see a host of changes to their Instagram and Facebook experiences, thanks to a historic US$18-billion settlement Meta Platforms reached on Wednesday with 48 US states. Besides…
A John Deere compact tractor.
28 Aug, 2026 0

Deere posts first profit gain in three years, raises outlook

Deere & Company, one of the world’s largest farm and construction equipment manufacturers, posted its first year-over-year profit increase since 2023, driven by surging demand for construction…
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NVIDIA’s Voyager headquarters in the USA.
28 Aug, 2026 0

Nvidia beats Wall Street, outlook on track to beat US$100b in current quarter

Nvidia’s latest quarterly results once again blew past Wall Street’s expectations as revenue for the computer chip company’s high-end artificial intelligence (AI) chips soared, the latest sign that AI…
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang talks with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House about Dulles International Airport modernization, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington, USA.
27 Aug, 2026 0

Strong AI chip demand fuels Nvidia’s Q2 results well beyond Wall Street’s expectations

Nvidia’s latest quarterly results once again blew past Wall Street’s expectations as revenue for the computer chip company’s high-end artificial intelligence chips soared, the latest sign that AI…
26 Aug, 2026 0

JPS net profit grows

Jamaica Public Service Company Ltd (JPS) doubled its net profit for the June 2026 quarter to US$23.5 million, up from US$11.9 million a year earlier, boosted by a US$17.3-million insurance payout that…
26 Aug, 2026 0

Energy ministry seeks independent review of JPS islandwide shutdown

Jamaica’s Energy ministry has commissioned an independent review of the June 5 islandwide power blackout, signalling it will not rely solely on the utility’s own account of the event. “We really want…
26 Aug, 2026 0

Scotia’s Canadian parent sweetened Ja buyout by J$1.3b before deal went public

Scotiabank Canada raised its offer to acquire the outstanding minority stake in Scotia Group Jamaica Ltd by J$1.50 per share – a sweetener worth roughly J$1.3 billion (CDN$10 million) across the…
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26 Aug, 2026 0

Atlantic growing amid rebuilding

Atlantic Hardware & Plumbing Company Ltd (AHPC) expects to deliver double-digit growth this year as post-Hurricane Melissa rebuilding demand and a new agro-distribution business combine to push…
Visitors at the booth for Chinese AI Startup Moonshot’s Kimi K3 during the World AI Conference in Shanghai, China, on July 17, 2026.
26 Aug, 2026 0

Cheaper, open and intelligent

China has a hot new product in the United States: artificial intelligence (AI). San Francisco-based Raffi Krikorian, the chief technology officer at Mozilla, which runs the Firefox browser, switched…