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GM Extends Shutdown Citing Chip Shortage

Mar 4, 2021 | Detroit, Manufacturing

General Motors will keep two of its assembly plants shuttered until at least mid-April, another until the end of March and will idle a fourth, all due to a severe shortage of semiconductor chips used in various vehicle parts. But the automaker is doing everything...

Sea-Tac Airport to Test Anti-drone Tech

Mar 4, 2021 | Aerial Vehicles, Aeronautics, Drones

The Federal Aviation Administration this week named Seattle-Tacoma International Airport as one of five airports nationwide to help it develop drone detection and mitigation equipment. Drones can pose a danger to planes, both in the air and on the ground. It is an...

A Better Forecast for Climate Tech

Mar 4, 2021 | Climate

There’s a new wave of interest in what has been renamed “climate tech,” and lots of money is once again flowing. Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy Ventures in January committed an additional $1 billion to investing in startups that can reduce carbon emissions, and one...