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Chinese technology enterprise Huawei announced that it will launch the ‘Wheelchair Mode’ for its Active Ring feature this month, specifically developed for wheelchair users worldwide, integrating accessibility functions into the sports and health...

Regency Petroleum Company Ltd expects stronger sales in the wake of Hurricane Melissa. “People are signing up for our membership programme in droves,” according to founder and CEO Andrew Williams in a Financial Gleaner interview. “We’ve kept prices...

Kaya Limited, operator of cannabis stores in Jamaica, reported strong financial gains for the September quarter. But its next report will be coloured by Hurricane Melissa, which inflicted severe damage across the company’s operations, during the...

Artificial intelligence pioneer Yann LeCun said Wednesday he will leave his job as Meta’s chief AI scientist at the end of the year. LeCun said he will be forming a start-up company to pursue research on advanced forms of AI that can “understand...

For technology adopters looking for the next big thing, ‘agentic AI’ is the future. At least, that’s what the marketing pitches and tech industry T-shirts say. What makes an artificial intelligence product ‘agentic’ depends on who’s selling it....

Access Financial Services Limited (AFS), the microlender, said it is bracing for challenging times. Hurricane Melissa disrupted one-fifth of Access Financial Services Limited’s branch network and weakened many customers’ ability to service loans,...

Pan Jamaica Group Limited has added another company to its portfolio, having acquired majority ownership of a juice business based in Copenhagen, Denmark. The terms of the acquisition of Frankly Juice were not disclosed. Those details should emerge...

The United States Federal Reserve’s top banking regulator on Tuesday released new guidelines for the agency’s supervision of the financial system, earning praise from industry trade groups and criticism from her predecessor. In a set of sweeping...

Is it possible to adequately prepare for a Category 5 hurricane? This question was posed in cyberspace where ChatGPT resides. The following was the swift response: “While adequate preparation significantly increases survival chances and minimises...

The market was already primed to expect bad outcomes from the cleanup under way in Jamaica Broilers’ US operations, but when the report finally dropped the scope of the fallout, still rattled investor confidence due to the wipe out of the company’s...

The Bank of Jamaica, BOJ, wants to make it easier for banks to sign up new account holders for greater financial inclusion and access to banking services. Consequently, the central bank plans to introduce an electronic know-your-customer, or eKYC,...