The AI telling farmers when to harvest
When the first day of the apple harvest rolled around in Washington State last year, the fruit was ripe and...
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The start-ups hoping to return battery making to the US
As heatwaves scorched Europe this summer, workers at a US battery company noticed an uptick in demand.San Diego-based Unigrid sells...
My hometown shows that high streets have to change or die
The empty building that used to be the home of Marks & Spencer in Aberdeen is one of the first...
Europe’s car makers are in crisis. Will the threat of war rescue them?
BySimon JackBusiness editor and Theo LeggettInternational Business CorrespondentIt's green, bulging and intimidating. Ford's latest vehicle looks like a pick-up truck that has...
X-planes: Are they needed in the new era of drones?
There's a weird and wonderful jet flying over the US. It has the nose of anteater, parts cannibalised from other...
How the oil capital of the US welcomed a solar power boom
Steve Cargil's family has farmed the flat, dry land around Uvalde, a small city in southwest Texas, since 1953.Cargil, 67,...
Spain battles climate change on several fronts
Image caption, Farmer Juan Ángel Izquierdo says it is hard not to worry about wildfiresByGuy HedgecoeBusiness reporterReporting fromMadridIn a small...
The virtual worlds where robots are trained
Freddo the robot walks across the office and takes a plastic bottle offered by a staff member.Given that a robot...
Would you buy branded clothing from your favourite tech firm?
For Natalie Fratto, putting on her dark green jumper from US microchip giant Nvidia is like wearing the kit from...
Aviation faces hotter, stormier skies – and passengers might have to accept more disruption
ByTheo Leggett International business correspondentAs the country sweltered through one of the many heatwaves of a baking summer in late...