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The End of Car Keys, Passwords and Fumbling With Your Phone at Checkout
Business, Christopher Mims, Published on 10/01/2022
» For all the attention on tech companies and location tracking in recent years, our gadgets are actually surprisingly bad at knowing precisely where they are at any given moment. That's about to change.
The Unlikely Revolutionaries Who Want to Reboot the Internet
Business, Christopher Mims, Published on 20/12/2021
» The internet hasn't turned out the way it was supposed to.
Move Over, GE. Tech Giants Are the New Leaders of Industry.
Business, Christopher Mims, Published on 29/11/2021
» The eulogies for the corporate conglomerate have been pouring in fast. But in fact, these monsters of modern business are now bigger, more powerful and perhaps more world-consumingly durable than ever -- they also look very different than in the past.
Exxon Sees Green Gold in Algae-Based Fuels. Skeptics See Greenwashing.
Business, Christopher M. Matthews, Published on 05/10/2021
» Some scientists regard Exxon Mobil Corp.'s long-running quest to turn algae into a transportation fuel as little more than a PR stunt. The oil giant says they are wrong.
Getting warehouse automation right
Asia focus, James Christopher, Published on 30/08/2021
» The growth of e-commerce, which accelerated further with the Covid-19 pandemic, has drastically changed the logistics landscape in Southeast Asia. With consumers today increasingly shopping online and expecting fast delivery, brands, their supply chains and logistics players are seeking solutions that will help them fulfil orders more efficiently.
How Artificial Intelligence Is Taking Over Our Gadgets
Business, Christopher Mims, Published on 28/06/2021
» If you think of AI as something futuristic and abstract, start thinking different.
Self-Driving Cars Could Be Decades Away, No Matter What Musk Said
Business, Christopher Mims, Published on 07/06/2021
» In 2015, Elon Musk said self-driving cars that could drive "anywhere" would be here within two or three years.
Elon Musk and Amazon Are Battling to Put Satellite Internet in Your Backyard
Business, Christopher Mims, Published on 23/03/2021
» Cybersecurity specialist Luke McOmie lives entirely off-grid on the side of a mountain in Colorado, where there's no cell service or landline broadband internet. Yet he recently gave a talk at a convention hosted in Japan on the lethality of drones. He was live via satellite -- his own personal satellite internet connection, that is.
What's Missing in the Electric-Vehicle Revolution: Enough Places to Plug In
Business, Christopher Mims, Published on 01/03/2021
» Bradley Wilkinson is the owner of a 2017 Chevrolet Bolt, and the kind of electric-vehicle diehard who knows how to squeeze every last mile of range out of his vehicle.
On 100th Anniversary of 'Robot,' They're Finally Taking Over
Business, Christopher Mims, Published on 25/01/2021
» On Jan. 25, 1921, Karel Capek's play "R.U.R." -- short for "Rossum's Universal Robots" -- premiered in Prague. It was a sensation. Within two years it had been translated into 30 languages, including English, to which it introduced the word "robot."