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Go back to our roots for a healthier plate and planet

Fast Company Tech

Unlike modern industrial agriculture, which prioritizes monoculture crops and mass production, traditional food systems accentuate biodiversity and soil regeneration. Carlo Stocco is managing director, North America at Felicia and Andriani.

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This Perplexity cofounder wants to help AI breakthroughs graduate from university labs

Fast Company Tech

Laude brings together top academic and industry leaders to guide promising AI research out of the lab and into the world. The new idea was inducement prizes like the X-Prize, and also new labs in North America to tackle big problems and improve AI’s outcomes for public good.” ’ That’s special.”

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Detroit killed the sedan. Trump’s trade war will make them wish they hadn’t

Fast Company Tech

Because the North American auto industry is tightly integrated with suppliers in both countries, Trumps proposed 25% tariffs could increase the cost of new cars in the U.S. auto industry uniquely vulnerable to Trumps economic chaos. by as much as $12,000. Detroits devotion to car bloat has left the U.S.

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Elon Musk Reportedly Begged Donald Trump to Reverse the Tariffs

Futurism

If people wish to work in Europe or wish to work in North America, they should be allowed to do so, in my view," Musk said at a Saturday meeting, via a video link. The mercurial CEO has previously claimed that the "tariff impact on Tesla is still significant" as a result of Trump targeting the auto industry.

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‘Uber for Getting Off Antidepressants’ Launches in the US

Wired

Over 11 percent of US adults took medication for depression in 2023, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Health Interview Survey, which found women were more than twice as likely as men to use the drugs. Prior to joining WIRED she was a features writer at The Ringer and a senior writer at Gizmodo.

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The gas station of the future is not what you think

Recode by Vox

There are already hundreds of thousands of chargers in peoples garages, in supermarket parking lots, in national parks, and yes, even in old-fashioned gas stations. Several people in the EV charging industry told me that, with or without federal funds, progress in the charger space cant be stopped.

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22 Online Gift Stores That Benefit Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The National Retail Federation predicts that holiday sales this year will increase 4.1 The profits from the BeadforLife Store go into training and community programs in Uganda and education in North America. National Geographic Store. National Public Radio(NPR) Shop. National Wildlife Federation Online Store.