The UN says more aquatic animals were farmed than fished in 2022. That’s the first time in history Posted July 6, 2024 The total global volume of fish, shrimp, clams and other aquatic animals that are harvested by farming has topped the amount fished in the wild from the world's w…
Coffee, sculptures, and financial advice. Banks try to make new branches less intimidating Posted July 5, 2024 After years of closing or mostly neglecting physical bank branches across the U.S., the nation’s largest banks are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on refurbishing old loc…
AI race for chatbot training data could run out of human-written text Posted July 4, 2024 Artificial intelligence (AI) systems like ChatGPT could soon run out of what keeps making them smarter—the tens of trillions of words people have written and shared online. A n…
Ford refurbishes old train station, a former eyesore that had become a symbol of Detroit’s decline Posted July 3, 2024 The once-blighted, monolithic Michigan Central train station was for decades a symbol of Detroit’s decline. It now has new life following a massive six-year, mult…
Inside world’s first ‘cobot hub’ Posted July 2, 2024 The world’s first “cobot hub” has opened in Denmark’s third-largest city, Odense. The new $45 million headquarters for Teradyne-owned Universal Robots and MiR (Mobile Industria…
Poppi faces lawsuit from consumer who questions its gut health claims Posted July 1, 2024 Popular soda brand Poppi is facing a class-action lawsuit filed by a consumer who says its products don’t improve gut health as much as their marketing suggests. …