In the increasingly urgent race to decarbonize the global economy before atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations reach truly devastating levels, conventional wisdom says we should electrify…
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Many of us are lucky in our professions in that we find our area of focus endlessly fascinating. I know from personal experience that in…
The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has published a report looking at the human rights due diligence performance of the renewables industry and examined…
The second part of our hidden champions series head to Bangladesh, where rapid industrialization is driving increased electricity demand. Already a major off grid market,…
Plans to build a U.K. refinery plant to make green jet fuels out of household waste took a step forward with new funding commitments totaling…
Humans and satellites have a hard time beating a drone’s eye for detail in scanning farming systems from above. Flying below the clouds, collecting and…
EBay said today it is buying a 5.5% stake in e-commerce marketplace Paytm Mall as the global firm makes another push to gain footprint in…
As Facebook continues to lay the foundation for getting some of the world’s largest payment processing and technology companies a seat at the global monetary…
Instagram is hiding the number of likes on posts in several countries, including Australia and Japan, in order to “remove pressure” on users. The trial…
The above image is a shot of Georgia Tech’s latest robot posed next to a penny. The 3D printed bot is roughly two millimeters in…
Wavecell, a cloud-communications platform for companies in Southeast Asia, announced today that it has been acquired by 8×8 in a deal worth about $125 million.…
When carbon emissions pass a critical threshold, it can trigger a spike-like reflex in the carbon cycle, in the form of severe ocean acidification that…
It’s been hard to get away from FaceApp over the last few days, whether it’s your friends posting weird selfies using the app’s aging and…
Altitude Angel, a U.K. startup that provides safety, data and traffic management systems for drones, is launching a de-confliction service for drone flights — available…
Coinbase is taking advantage of its significant user base to give you more information about trading behavior and price correlation. Given that there are now…
Toyota needs more than a secure and steady supply of batteries if it hopes to meet its ambitious global sales goal for electric vehicles. If…
Without the computers on board the Apollo spacecraft, there would have been no moon landing, no triumphant first step, no high-water mark for human space…
SpaceX’s test vehicle, a small-scale demonstration craft for some Starship components, caught fire after what appears to be a fuel leak or dump following an…
Capital is critical when it comes to maintaining the viability of America’s agriculture and farmers across the nation depend on direct loans from the Agriculture Department…
Would the Internet be a better place if we all paid a little less attention to fake Internet points? Instagram is still trying to figure…