April 2024

Fairphone launches easy-to-repair earbuds

April 9, 2024

The right to repair has been a hot topic for several years now, hitting a kind of critical mass with domestic and international legislation. Advocates note that these proposals give users more control over their own property, while expanding products’ shelf life and reducing e-waste. Fairphone is, perhaps, the most prominent hardware company to make […]

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Cruise robotaxis are back in Phoenix — but people are driving them

April 9, 2024

Cruise is redeploying robotaxis in Phoenix after nearly five months of paused operations, the company said in a blog post. The catch? The cars will be in so-called “manual mode,” so they won’t be driving themselves. Cruise will resume manual driving of its autonomous vehicles to create maps and gather road information in certain cities, […]

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Taking AI to the next level in manufacturing

April 9, 2024
Few technological advances have generated as much excitement as AI. In particular, generative AI seems to have taken business discourse to a fever pitch. Many manufacturing leaders express optimism: Research conducted by MIT Technology Review Insights found ambitions for AI development to be stronger in manufacturing than in most other sectors. Manufacturers rightly view AI…