The robots are coming. Autonomous vehicle anyone? Self-drive car hire that self-drives – literally. I might be jumping the gun a bit – but presumably this is the idea. How long will it be before we can hire a self-drive vehicle that drives itself. Waymo, the self-driving car unit of …

Bank bail out cost 5.2 billion euros. I notice in the news today that the Italian government is bailing out two more of its banks at a reported cost of 5.2 billion euros (£4.6 billion; $5.8 billion). This comes not long after the Monte dei Paschi bank bail out. It’s …