Business: Robots Helping Retailers Save Billions

CNBC (April 22, 2023) – Outfitted with cameras and sensors, autonomous inventory robots can verify price signs and look for out-of-stock items. Inventory is one of the biggest challenges retailers face.

Chapters: 0:002:07 Introduction 2:085:11 Chapter 1 Empty Shelves 5:129:26 Chapter 2 Inventory robots 9:2712:31 Chapter 3 The future

Missed sales from empty shelves and out-of-stock items cost U.S. retailers $82 billion in 2021, according to NielsenIQ. But an army of inventory robots is being deployed that could help retailers appease angry customers, boost sales and respond to the ongoing worker shortage.

International Art: Apollo Magazine — May 2023

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Apollo Magazine – May 2023 issue:

FEATURES | Jaune Quick-to-See Smith talks to Samuel Reilly about breaking the ‘buckskin ceiling’Grant Lewis on Handel’s art-buying habitElisa Germán talks to Apollo about the watercolours of Richard Foster YardeLouisa McKenzie on wax figures through the agesJonathan Griffin on the creative curating of Walter Hopps
 
REVIEWS | Imogen Tedbury on the experimental side of Giovanni BelliniNicola Shulman on tartan at the V&A DundeeMatthew Sperling looks at Alice Neel’s paintings at the BarbicanWilliam Carruthers digs deeper into the life of a formidable French archaeologistAlice Minter is dazzled by a catalogue of the Louvre’s gold and silver
 
MARKET | Jane Morris on New York’s domination of the art market; plus the latest columns from Emma Crichton-Miller and Samuel Reilly
 
PLUS | Hettie Judah asks if artists are getting screwed over by galleries and museumsRosamund Bartlett on how Sydney Modern is rethinking Australian artDiane Smyth focuses on photography collections in the UKWilliam Aslet on the chequered history of St Mary-le-StrandThomas Marks watches La Grande BouffeChristina Makris drinks rosé at a sculpture park in PiedmontSophie Barling on the potter who turned back timeHelen Stoilas on what not to miss at TEFAF New York; plus our pick of the best exhibitions to see this month

What’s the point of studying fine art?

Enrolment in the humanities is tumbling across the United States, but the numbers for fine art are still holding up

Will Edward Bawden’s lost masterpiece ever be tracked down?

The hunt is on for an epic mural depicting ‘Country Life in Britain’ – but chances are it’s a wild goose chase

Finnish lines – a new look for the Ateneum in Helsinki

Ateneum Art Museum

Finland’s most important art museum has been completely rehung just as questions of culture and national identity are on everyone’s mind

Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London

Monocle on Saturday, April 22, 2023: The weekend’s biggest discussion topics with Georgina Godwin. Plus: Alice Sherwood reviews the papers, Andrew Mueller recaps the week and we discuss Vincent Doumeizel’s new book, ‘The Seaweed Revolution’.

Travel: Petaling Street Market, Kuala Lumpur (4K)

Wind Walk Travel Videos (April 22, 2023) – Exploring Kuala Lumpur’s Chinatown. Petaling Street Market (Jalan Petaling) is a covered market street, known as the shopping district and food market in Kuala Lumpur City Malaysia.

Filmed in March 2023

Finance Preview: Barron’s Magazine – April 24, 2023

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Barron’s Magazine – April 24, 2023:

The Battle for the Future of the Car Is On. Tech Is a Weapon.

The Battle for the Future of the Car Is On. Tech Is a Weapon.

Auto makers are pressing ahead with “software-defined vehicles.” Here are the suppliers helping to make it happen.

Fewer Money Managers Are Bullish on the Stock Market Now

Fewer Money Managers Are Bullish on the Stock Market Now

Professional investors favor bonds over stocks for the next 12 months, according to the Big Money Poll. The biggest risk to the market: recession.

Inside Barry Diller’s Plan to Stop ChatGPT From Destroying the News Business

Inside Barry Diller’s Plan to Stop ChatGPT From Destroying the News Business

Diller, chairman of IAC, says artificial intelligence could be an existential threat to publishers. He’s rallying the industry to fight back.

Front Page: The New York Times — April 22, 2023

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Airman Shared Sensitive Intelligence More Widely and for Longer Than Previously Known

The first leak to Discord appeared to come less than 48 hours into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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A Discord user matching the profile of Jack Teixeira distributed intelligence to a larger chat group, days after the beginning of the Ukraine war.

Supreme Court Ensures, for Now, Broad Access to Abortion Pill

The order halts lower court rulings that would have restricted the drug as an appeal moves forward in a case with profound implications for abortion access and the F.D.A.’s regulatory authority.

The Debt Ceiling Debate Is About More Than Debt

Republicans’ opening bid to avert economic catastrophe by raising the nation’s borrowing limit focuses more on energy policy than reducing debt.

The Obscure G.O.P. Bookkeeper at the Center of the George Santos Mess

Nancy Marks, Mr. Santos’s former campaign treasurer, has her own history of questionable dealings that have aroused interest from federal investigators.