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Elon Musk faces skeptics as Tesla gets ready to unveil ‘Optimus’ robot
Date: September 20, 2022
By Hyunjoo Jin SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk blamed overreliance on factory robots for sending the electric carmaker to “production hell” four years ago, saying humans were better at certain jobs. My, how times have changed. Musk’s Texas company now is floating ambitious plans to deploy thousands of humanoid robots, known...
Cryptoverse: After Merge, ether heads for a $20 billion Shanghai splurge
Date: September 20, 2022
By Medha Singh and Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – The Merge came, saw and conquered. Not that you’d guess from crypto prices. The Ethereum blockchain’s mega-upgrade finally went live on Sept. 15, moving it to a less energy-intensive “proof of stake” (PoS) system with hardly a hiccup. Even though anticipation of the event had seen...
British monarchy’s fashion mantle passes to younger generation
Date: September 20, 2022
By Mimosa Spencer and Richa Naidu PARIS/LONDON (Reuters) – The death of Queen Elizabeth II marks a shift in the relationship between fashion and the British monarchy, with younger members of the royal family, notably Catherine, Princess of Wales, likely taking on a greater public role. The late queen had a precise fashion formula –...
Queen Elizabeth’s coffin lowered into vault ahead of private burial
Date: September 19, 2022
By Michael Holden, Kate Holton and Alistair Smout WINDSOR, England (Reuters) – Queen Elizabeth’s coffin was lowered into a vault at Windsor Castle, her final resting place, on Monday after a day of inimitable pageantry that drew world leaders to her funeral and huge crowds to the streets to say farewell to a revered monarch....
Royals’ grief for queen shows through ceremonial pageantry
Date: September 19, 2022
By Estelle Shirbon LONDON (Reuters) -Queen Elizabeth’s closest relatives were ashen-faced throughout Monday’s solemn funeral rituals in London and Windsor, silently playing their parts in meticulously choreographed processions that nevertheless betrayed the high emotions of the day. Elizabeth’s son King Charles and his three younger siblings, Anne, Andrew and Edward, followed the gun carriage pulled...
In Westminster Abbey, the deafening sound of silence to honour Queen Elizabeth
Date: September 19, 2022
By Michael Holden WESTMINSTER ABBEY, London (Reuters) – As the last notes of the poignant Last Post trumpet fanfare echoed around the vaulted ceilings of London’s historic Westminster Abbey, a deep silence pervaded the majestic gothic cathedral. In the building where for a thousand years the monarchs of England and later Britain have been crowned,...