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  • Florida bans local governments from pursuing net-zero emissions goals

    Gov. Ron DeSantis calls it a crackdown on "radical climate policies."

  • Ars Live, today: The latest on the aftermath of the New Glenn catastrophe

    Join us on the livestream at 1 pm ET and ask questions about the aftermath of New Glenn.

  • The Download: AI “coworkers” and stratospheric internet

    This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI agents are not your “coworkers” Imagine coming in to work to learn that a new underling will report to you. The worker is not a person but an AI tool—one…

  • Agriculture is ready for AI, but its data isn’t

    Artificial intelligence is transforming what is possible in agriculture, but industry leaders should be wary of investing in AI without first laying the groundwork.  The use cases are promising, especially for an industry navigating volatile fertilizer costs, unpredictable weather, and margins that leave little room for error. Research shows AI-enabled predictive models can improve crop…

  • Building tech in the world’s secret R&D hub

    Apple. Anthropic. Disney Research. Google. Meta. Microsoft. NVIDIA. OpenAI. Few places outside Silicon Valley can claim R&D hubs from all of these companies. Fewer still are concentrated in a city of just over 400,000 people—roughly half the size of San Francisco. Over the past two decades, however, many of the world’s most influential technology companies…

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