Technology

Photograph: Damien Meyer/Getty Images Paresh Dave Business Jan 25, 2023 7:00 AM Airlines and Cattle Farmers Have Beef With Google’s Climate Math The company offers estimates of the emissions impacts of flights and recipes. Businesses with sales at stake are pushing back. Flying premium from San Francisco to Los Angeles, …

Photograph: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg/Getty Images Morgan Meaker Business Jan 25, 2023 5:39 AM The Rebellion Amazon Can No Longer Ignore Warehouse workers in the UK are walking out for the first time, and they want the world to follow. Last time Amazon employee Darren Westwood was on strike, Amazon didn’t exist. …

Pools of brine containing lithium carbonate and mounds of salt bi-product stretch through a lithium mine in the Atacama Desert in Chile.Photograph: John Moore/Getty Images Aarian MarshallGregory Barber Business Jan 24, 2023 4:56 PM The Earth Is Begging You to Accept Smaller EV Batteries Electric vehicles are selling fast. But …

Is there a chance a fungi could one day mutate in a manner that could take over our brains and bodies? That’s a stretch, scientists say. But actual fungal evolution, and the very real threat these pathogens pose to human health, is almost as concerning as science fiction. Scientists warn …

Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total count at a record-breaking 92. That's more than any other planet in our solar system. Giant planet breaks Saturn's record after astronomers spot 12 new moons in orbit Astronomers have discovered 12 new moons around Jupiter, putting the total …

Rubble pile asteroids are extremely shock resistant which may explain how they've stayed together for almost as long as the solar system is old. It also has important implications for how we might deal with one that's heading towards the Earth. Asteroid dust that made it back to Earth in …

Photograph: Getty Images Will Knight Business Jan 24, 2023 7:00 AM China Is the World’s Biggest Face Recognition Dealer Experts fear sales of the technology also export authoritarian ideas about biometric surveillance. The second largest exporter is the US. Early last year, the government of Bangladesh began weighing an offer …

Illustration: Jacqui VanLiew; Getty Images Vittoria Elliott Business Jan 23, 2023 2:42 PM Meta Lurches Toward Another Moderation Crisis Employees of outsourcing company Majorel have accused it of underpaying moderators and failing to support them. Meta has cut ties with a subcontractor that provided moderators for its African markets, just …

Photograph: David Gannon/Getty Images Jeff Link Business Jan 23, 2023 7:00 AM Tesla’s Problems Go Way Beyond Elon Musk The EV giant is alienating its customers, bringing in less revenue, and falling behind legacy carmakers. For now, Alex Lagetko is holding on to his Tesla stocks. The founder of hedge …

It took minutes for a fire to rip through Erin Watson’s home in Hamilton and destroy everything, and she credits her dog Jack with saving her life. Structural fires such as these are burning hotter and faster, officials say, because buildings and contents are increasingly made from synthetics and petroleum-based …