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By Sean Brodrick On August 8, 202005:00 AM Eastern
Since this horrific pandemic started, the oil & gas industry has gotten hammered. Could things be about to turn?
I think so.
First of all, this year’s swoon in oil and gas is the end of a...
By Jon D. Markman On November 6, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Space mining is a popular science fiction trope. Precious metals are abundant in space, though. At the same time, the most valuable commodity in the outer limits is actually abundant on Earth.
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By Jon D. Markman On November 4, 201902:00 PM Eastern
A journalist rode in a driverless vehicle last week. The tricked-out minivan navigated busy city streets, made an unprotected left-hand turn and even reached speeds of 45 mph.
There wasn’t a...
By Jon D. Markman On October 7, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Very soon, picking up extra work may be as easy as tapping your smartphone to call an Uber.
The Financial Times reported Thursday that Uber Technologies (UBER) is ready to launch a new service...
By Jon D. Markman On May 22, 201902:00 PM Eastern
There is this idea that old businesses can be easily remade into digital upstarts, if managers throw enough money at the process.
But that’s not really true. Just look at General Motors (GM).
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By Jon D. Markman On May 13, 201902:40 PM Eastern
Uber (UBER) raised $8.1 billion last week, the biggest U.S. Initial Public Offering in five years. But it is only the headliner in a bunch of IPOs dropping this month. Others span the spectrum of...
By Jon D. Markman On April 5, 201903:20 PM Eastern
Stocks mostly drifted higher over the past week like snowflakes shifted into reverse, as investors were amused by the latest White House promise that trade talks with China were going swell and...
By Jon D. Markman On March 18, 201905:45 PM Eastern
Automation is being sold to us as a panacea.
Removing irrational human impulses is supposed to make planes, trains, automobiles and other machines safer.
Last week, a cutting-edge Boeing 737...
By Sean Brodrick On February 21, 201911:00 AM Eastern
Lithium and lithium stocks roared like lions through 2017 into 2018 … but they fell asleep in January of last year, and they’ve snoozed ever since. Well, now there’s strong evidence those...
By Jon D. Markman On February 13, 201902:00 PM Eastern
It’s hard to see all the pieces, but artificial intelligence is changing computing in profound new ways.
Axios reported Feb. 6 that Adobe (ADBE), a company best known for its software suite...