Will it become my friend? Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/ZDNET AI is an adorable venture into the unknown, for all involved. Everyone knows it’s garlanded with vast opportunity and the occasional imperfection — which may, to some, make it pleasingly human. I didn’t hesitate, therefore, to download the Microsoft Copilot app onto my iPhone. Especially as … Read more
Hispanolistic | E+ | Getty Images Don’t expect the sofa you buy today to go the distance. “In the last 15 years, there’s been a shift to disposable furniture,” according to David Koehler, chairman of Johnny Janosik, a furniture retailer with stores in Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. For most consumers, that’s okay. Attitudes have … Read more
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In 1919, an entrepreneur named Nils Halvorsen Norheim set up an automated factory for making flatbreads near Barkåker in Norway, the first of its kind in the country. A century on, his great-great-granddaughter found herself peering into an oven in a tiny kitchen in Trondheim, doing some baking of her own—but instead of making food, … Read more