Indiana Tests if the Heartland Can Transform Into a Chip Hub

Indiana Tests if the Heartland Can Transform Into a Chip Hub

Over the past 14 months, Indiana began converting 10,000 acres of corn and bean fields into an innovation park. State leaders met with the chief executives of semiconductor giants in South Korea, Taiwan and Japan. And they hosted top Biden administration officials…

Scouting out the next wave of robot workers

Scouting out the next wave of robot workers

Digit drew a crowd, even here, in a convention center full of robot aficionados. A humanoid warehouse worker, Digit walked upright on goatlike legs and grabbed bins off a shelf with muscular arms made from aerospace-grade aluminum. It then placed the boxes…

Energy-hungry AI could pose a challenge for data centre ESG

Energy-hungry AI could pose a challenge for data centre ESG

Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Sustainability experts have warned of a crunch ahead for the booming data centre industry, as increasing energy usage amid demand for new artificial intelligence-powered technologies…

Amazon Posts 11% Rise in Revenue as Growth Improves

Amazon Posts 11% Rise in Revenue as Growth Improves

All that cost-cutting at Amazon might be paying off. The company isn’t back to the torrid growth of its youth but it managed to beat Wall Street expectations on Thursday. Revenue in the second quarter rose 11 percent to $134.4 billion, the…