When computers took over the factory floor: Economist traces how workers adapted, what it means for AI's future

In the early 1970s, a quiet revolution began in American factories. Lathes, drill presses and milling machines—once guided by ...
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Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening

Whether AI adoption is fast or slow has profound consequences. For the world to reap productivity gains from AI, normal ...
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Geothermal’s time has finally come

Traditional geothermal works only in places where heat of 150°C to 200°C and permeable fractures happen to occur within 4km of the surface. Firms drill almost vertically using conventional drilling ...
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The self-driving taxi revolution begins at last

The number of American cities on the robotaxi roadmap is rising fast. Alphabet-owned Waymo, which has the world’s biggest ...
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What China will dominate next

In medicine, meanwhile, China has turned itself from a copycat maker of generics into the world’s second-largest developer of ...
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Tech billionaires want to make gene-edited babies

M OST STORIES about gene-edited children begin with He Jiankui, a rogue Chinese scientist who, in 2018, announced that he had ...
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