Hello, Mercedes here in Singapore. What is worse than a global shortage of semiconductors? A glut of bogus chips, perhaps. Our Big Story this week details how counterfeit and substandard chips are penetrating the supply chain as businesses in need of the technology take some risks they may not normally have to meet demand. Check out how…
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Covid-19 vaccines updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Covid-19 vaccines news. Employers in the UK have been warned by legal advisers that requiring staff to be vaccinated against Covid may prove problematic, as offices start to fill up again after the easing of pandemic restrictions. About 89…
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Future of work updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Future of work news. Brian Cramer has built a growing business helping financial services firms meet their legal obligations by tracking employees’ communications and activities. But, now, demand for such tools is expanding beyond those companies — and…
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Apple Watch Series 7, the latest addition to Apple’s wearable tech family. The Series 7‘s new features have the potential to add more convenience to a lot of everyday tasks, from checking the time to responding to texts and tracking your sleep. Apple unveiled the $399 Apple Watch Series 7 during its product launch event on…
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Climate change updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Climate change news. With the COP26 global climate talks in Glasgow fast approaching, companies are falling over themselves to trumpet their green credentials. In the last week, Rusal unveiled “ultra-low” carbon Budweiser cans, Royal Dutch Shell sold a big…
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Workers have long feared robots would take their jobs. But today, the tables have turned as logistics and delivery companies automate their businesses to tackle labour shortages. The monotony of some jobs makes recruiting and retaining workers harder, a growing problem across a range of sectors. Banks, for example, are automating boring “grunt work” to…
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California has the lowest coronavirus transmission rate of any state following a sharp decline in cases and hospitalizations after a summer surge. The nation’s most populous state is the only one experiencing “substantial” coronavirus transmission, the second-highest level on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s color-coded map. So is Puerto Rico. In all…
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Families and patients have a new online tool to compare COVID-19 vaccination rates among nursing homes, Medicare announced Tuesday, addressing complaints from consumer groups and lawmakers that the critical data had been too difficult to find. The information is now being made available through the ” Care Compare ” feature at Medicare.gov, the online tool…
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The Nikon 50mm f/2.8 Macro Prime lens is part of a pair announced in June. While the lens is designated as a macro, the 50mm focal length makes it more of a walkabout lens with macro capabilities. While Nikon’s legacy macro lenses would still work using the FTZ adapter on the Z-System, the new lenses…
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Ineos Group Ltd updates Sign up to myFT Daily Digest to be the first to know about Ineos Group Ltd news. Ineos is to invest more than £1bn in upgrading its Grangemouth refinery to run on hydrogen, as part of plans to slash emissions from one of Scotland’s largest industrial sites by 60 per cent…
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