Each year 36 million trees fall due to decay, disease, natural disasters or clearing for new development. The vast majority of those trees are either burned, sent to a landfill or ground up for mulch, which wastes energy and causes carbon emissions. Now, new technology is being used to find, transport and recycle that wood…
ZHEJIANG, CHINA – MARCH 16 2023: A view of the logo of ERNIE Bot, an AI chatbot service developed by Chinese search engine Baidu, March 16, 2023. Long Wei | Future Publishing | Getty Images Shares of Chinese tech giant Baidu were trading up 10.7% in Asia on Tuesday, as investors appeared to react positively…
Co-founder & CEO of Rippling Parker Conrad speaks onstage during the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco on Oct. 20, 2022 Kimberly White | TechCrunc | Getty Images Human resources software startup Rippling sued competitor Deel in federal district court on Monday, claiming that “Deel cultivated a spy” to orchestrate a trade-secret theft. The employee…
Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD has unveiled a new charging system that it said could make it possible for EVs to charge as quickly as it takes to refill with petrol and announced for the first time that it would build a charging network across China. The so-called “super e-platform” will be capable of…
Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan got sick in the second half of Monday night’s New York Knicks – Miami Heat game, interrupting the action at Madison Square Garden. There was a pause in play with 6:09 left in the third quarter while workers cleaned up the area around Morgan’s seat. The delay lasted for more…
Shoppers at the grand opening of Wegmans supermarket on Feb. 26, 2025 in Lake Grove, New York, U.S. Howard Schnap | Newsday | Getty Images The Wall Street adage to never bet against the U.S. consumer still holds true — to some degree. February’s retail sales, while lower than expected, still registered an increase. For…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway raised its stakes in Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsui & Co., Itochu, Marubeni and Sumitomo — all to 7.4%. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of the largest Japanese trading houses rallied on Tuesday after Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway raised its stakes in them overnight. The 94-year-old investor’s holding company raised its holdings in five…
A BYD Plus DM-i electric vehicle is seen on display at a showroom in the Jing’an district of Shanghai on March 11, 2025. Hector Retamal | Afp | Getty Images Shares of China’s BYD rallied on Tuesday after the company announced a new technology that it claims can charge electric vehicles (EV) almost as quickly…
New South Wales authorities are investigating the possible poisoning and mass deaths of more than 150 little corellas in Newcastle. Kate Randolph, the acting president of Hunter Wildlife Rescue, described the incident as “extremely confronting” and said volunteers and local vets were doing everything they could to rescue surviving, severely sick birds. “Everyone’s working together….
The Israeli military says it is carrying out “extensive strikes” in the Gaza Strip. A spokesperson for Gaza’s Hamas-run Civil Defence agency – the strip’s main emergency response service – told the BBC that at least 34 Palestinians have been killed and 70 others injured. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was targeting what…
