Los Angeles / Reuters Volvo’s North American CEO, Lex Kerssemakers, lost his cool as the automaker’s semi-autonomous prototype sporadically refused to drive itself during a press event at the Los Angeles Auto Show. “It can’t find the lane markings!” Kerssemakers griped to Mayor Eric Garcetti, who was at the wheel. “You need to paint the bloody roads here!” Shoddy infrastructure …

Washington / AP Americans are flooding back into the job market at the fastest pace since before the Great Recession, encouraged by steady hiring and some signs of higher pay. The flow has halted, at least temporarily, one of the economy’s more discouraging trends: the sharp decline in the percentage of people either working or looking for work. That figure …

Bloomberg In its 40 years of existence, Apple, which is celebrating its anniversary this week, has revolutionised the history of the personal computer by widening the public’s access to computing and excelling at innovation. Here’s a selection of 10 iconic Apple computers. 1976: the Apple I. This was the very first computer put on sale by the Californian company. Less …