LONDON, UK - The CEO of the biggest power company in the US had a problem. A Democratic state senator was proposing a law that could cut into Florida Power & Light’s (FPL) profits. Landlords would be able to sell cheap rooftop solar power directly to their tenants – bypassing FPL and its monopoly on electricity. “I
DETROIT - The U.S. economy today in some ways offers the most favorable conditions workers have had in years. The unemployment rate is as low as it has been in two decades, having bounced back from a COVID-induced spike in 2020. Simultaneously, the wave of quits and job switches now known as the Great Resignation
GRAND RAPIDS – Three foundations committed to innovation in education are investing in REP4, a program designed to put student ideas at the center of the future of education. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Meridian Foundation and the Steelcase Foundation together are investing in the effort that is in its second year to
TROY - Hearing talk about AI technology and robot learning probably conjures images from The Matrix, but today’s tech is more about improving our workforce than robots taking it over. The manufacturing staffing model of yesterday has been upgraded to include automation for the benefit, not detriment, of manufacturing jobs. The future workforce will either upskill to
WASHINGTON DC - North American Electric Reliability Corp. expects 500 GW of solar and 400 GW of wind to come online over the next decade, and officials say some work is needed to accommodate the shift away from fossil fuels. “If we’re going to reliably integrate these resources over the next 10 years, we’ve really
DETROIT - A record number of potential U.S. homebuyers are seeking to relocate, according to a report published last week by real estate brokerage firm Redfin. The report ranked the cities Redfin users appeared most likely to try to leave — San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York topped the list, but Detroit came in
TORONTO, Can. - Researchers in Toronto used a photonic quantum computer chip to solve a sampling problem that went way beyond the fastest computers and algorithms. The paper the researchers published says that the Borealis quantum chip took only 36 microseconds to solve a problem that would take supercomputers and algorithms 9,000 years to figure out. Yes, you read that
DETROIT - In 1972, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) presented a fascinating study called The Limits to Growth. The aim of the study was to find out how long we have until the end of civilization as we know it. To do this, they created a computer model that was fed with a
LONDON, UK - Scientists have long been looking for a way to develop nuclear fusion, which could offer a limitless source of clean power as the world begins to phase out fossil fuels. Fusion, which is the energy that powers the sun and other stars, combines light elements in the form of hot, charged particles
NEW YORK - The number of employees who are considering quitting their jobs right now is around 40%, a number that hasn’t changed much in recent months. A survey by Microsoft in March found that 41 percent of workers were thinking about leaving their jobs, and another survey last week by McKinsey put that number at 40 percent. “This isn’t
