Brewery’s Super PAC fed up with “anti-science’ school boards, helps parents sue.
IBM says AI can help track carbon pollution across vast supply chains
Companies are under increasing pressure to quantify and reduce their footprints.
Apple tries to block Epic’s court win before it takes effect on December 9
Apple seeks stay of order that it must let iOS apps link to other payment options.
To continue exploring space sustainably, we must act now
We’re at the start of a gold rush in outer space — and our track record for the sustainable development of any environment during gold rushes hasn’t been particularly noteworthy.
Gasoline-powered lawn mowers, leaf blowers to be banned under new California law
Law targets small engines, which can pollute more than passenger vehicles.
Ex-minister predicts ‘huge battleground’ over UK’s plan to set Internet content rules
The former UK minster of state for what is now the digital and culture department, DCMS, has warned of the looming battle in parliament over the exact shape of incoming online safety legislation. In an interview with TechCrunch, Ed Vaizey — a former Conservative Party MP, now Lord Vaizey of Didcot, who was head of […]
It’s a big moment for climate change. Here are 4 books for autumn to understand what’s changing
We’re just weeks away from COP26, the big environmental policy confab where scores of world leaders will descend on Scotland and determine the future of the planet, answering the question, “Should we all die or live?” That’s meant a whole truckload of new books on the subject, as well as renewed attention to older works […]
Everything is accelerating in the exponential age
Buckle up, it’s going to be a wild ride. The pace of change over the last few decades is only set to accelerate in the coming years, as improvements in biology, medicine, spacecraft, manufacturing, software and more continue to transform the very foundations of society, economics and politics. We cover these innovations pretty much daily […]
How culturally deranged is our climate today?
Climate change has been the deepest, most challenging cognitive puzzle for humans to untangle these past years. It’s systems on top of systems, with emergent properties that can easily turn intuitive notions into catastrophic dead ends. Every action has a reaction or ten, and improving one part of the system almost invariably leads to weaknesses […]
The future of China’s work culture
In a late-August ruling, China’s supreme court declared one of the country’s most infamous work practices illegal. Known as “996,” the term is shorthand for a work schedule spanning from 9AM to 9PM, six days per week. Though popularized by the country’s soaring tech firms, often evoking images of hip urban startup employees with stock […]