Tag: technology

Many retailers offer 'returnless refunds.' Just don't expect them to talk about it

It’s one of the most under-publicized policies of some of the biggest U.S. retailers: sometimes they give customers full refunds and let them...

A TV as big as a bed? With the holidays approaching, stores stock more supersize sets

NEW YORK -- For some television viewers, size apparently does matter. Forget the 65-inch TVs that were considered bigger than average a decade...

Nevada lithium mine will crush rare plant habitat US said is critical to its survival, lawsuit says

RENO, Nev. -- Conservationists and a Native American tribe are suing the U.S. to try to block a Nevada lithium mine they say...

Nvidia replaces Intel on the Dow index in AI-driven shift for semiconductor industry

Nvidia is replacing Intel on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, ending a 25-year-run for a pioneering semiconductor company that has fallen behind as...

Japan plans automated cargo transport system to relieve shortage of drivers and cut emissions

TOKYO -- Japan is planning to build an automated cargo transport corridor between Tokyo and Osaka, dubbed a “conveyor belt road” by the...

As data center industry booms, an English village becomes a battleground

ABBOTS LANGLEY, England -- Originally built to store crops from peasant farmers, the Tithe Barn on the edge of the English village of...