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Tech manufacturers wrestle with supply chain emissions

Computer peripherals are small devices with a big environmental footprint

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Cautionary Tales Short – Voting in a Monkey as Mayor

Cautionary Tales episodes are released every other Friday, and so there will be one appearing again next week. Meanwhile, for  Pushkin+ subscribers, I proudly present another Cautionary Tales “Short”. Shownotes The main sources on the Hartlepool elections

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What an abusive chatbot teaches us about the art of conversation

In 1989, several years before the world watched the chess-playing supercomputer Deep Blue vanquish the world champion Garry Kasparov, a computer notched up a different milestone in artificial intelligence that was all but unnoticed. This was largely becau

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The Americas’ Fastest Growing Companies

The FT’s third annual ranking of the region’s businesses by revenue growth rate. Plus: US medtech takes the top spot; Calgary tech scene rivals energy sector; ecommerce giant aims to ‘democratise finance’; why LatAm risks squandering pandemic gains

logo.png  By NB  Apr 29, 2022