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Solar reached 1.4% of U.S. electricity in 2016

Posted in Business on 5th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

The latest figures from the U.S. Department of Energy show that all renewables together made up 15.3% of U.S. generation.

People are Heated Over Whether or Not to Tax Robots over Automated Jobs

Posted in Software on 5th Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

Manufacturing, transportation, and even customer service industries stand to lose jobs to automation in the near future.

Googles Launchpad Accelerator expands to Europe and Africa

Posted in Business on 3rd Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

Google has been mentoring startups in Asia and Latin America since late 2015, when it launched its launchpad accelerator program.

Virgin Galactic spins off dedicated satellite launch company

Posted in Science on 3rd Mar, 2017
by Alex Muller

Virgin Orbit will launch satellites into orbit using the LauncherOne vehicle, which is released from a 747-400 aircraft.

UK robotics research gets 7.3m pledge

Posted in Hardware on 27th Feb, 2017
by Alex Muller

Funding of 7.3m ($22m) for artificial intelligence and robotics research to be carried out by British universities is to be announced by the government.