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Valeria Kogan is the CEO of Fermata, a software-development company specializing in agriculture.Her team develops AI tools to reduce crop loss that causes food waste and greenhouse gas emissions.This article is part of “Build IT,” a series about digital-tech trends disrupting industries. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation…
By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Mining giant BHP’s quick fix to a recent six-day strike at its huge Escondida mine in Chile could set the tone for upcoming negotiations elsewhere, with workers emboldened by high copper prices to push for a larger share of the profits. Members of Escondida’s…
Daemon Targaryen (Matt Smith) is plagued with prophetic visions in “House of the Dragon” season two, but his dream in the last episode possibly changes the ending of “Game of Thrones.”In the finale, Alys Rivers (Gayle Rankin) takes Daemon to the weirwood tree in Harrenhal, where he has his final…
There’s a good chance the calendar you might have scrubbed clean months ago is again overgrown with meetings.Data from the calendar management company Clockwise shows that time in meetings tends to go up as the year rolls on. And according to Matt Martin, the company’s CEO and cofounder, that’s true…
It may not feel like it, but there are a lot of cheap flights to be had this summer — and the influx of low-priced, often money-losing economy seats has airlines scrambling.”The unprofitable capacity is just not sustainable,” United Airlines’ chief commercial officer Andrew Nocella told investors Thursday.Despite reporting a 23%…
Apple made waves in the tech industry on Monday when it unveiled its new artificial intelligence system, Apple Intelligence.Although the Worldwide Developer Conference keynote revealed some features that have been long-awaited — like AI — and others that came as a surprise, it doesn’t mean Apple Intelligence is enough to…
Two weeks ago, lots of people in the tech world — and even some people who weren’t in tech — were chatting about Google’s AI-generated answers. And how they sometimes told you to do things like eat rocks or make pizza using glue.This week, I’m still seeing, and hearing, some discussion…
The typical home loan in America is a gift. It’s also a trap.Most US homeowners have loans that guarantee they’ll pay the same amount each month for decades, regardless of inflation or the shifting winds of the economy. These are called 30-year fixed-rate mortgages, and they offer rare bright spots…
Veteran Treatment Courts give convicted US military veterans a shot at rehab and comprehensive care, but similar treatment courts made for the public have more work to do to be of more help.”We don’t have a very robust treatment infrastructure in this country and there are many communities where adequate…
China’s economy expanded by a better-than-expected 5.3% in the first three months of 2024.But analysts are flagging sluggish home and retail sales as a sign of weak demand.The slowdown could hit the bottom line of big US companies such as Apple and Tesla. Economic data gave Beijing a glimmer of…
