Bidding on a classic car this month? Learn what ‘numbers-matching’ means
Collectors from all over the world descend on Scottsdale this month to find some of the rarest vehicles ever made. By Eric Hill | Rose Law Group attorney working in the fields of automotive investment and renewable energy The holidays are over, but for car enthusiasts, the fun is only beginning this month as auction season […]
Read More →Drone on the range: Farmers take to the skies to save water and money
By Miles Wilson and Dylan McKim | Cronkite News MARICOPA – Farmers for decades have used huge machines to plant, grow and harvest their crops, but more and more Arizona farmers today are using tiny, remote-controlled aircraft to boost yields and save water and money. Kelly Thorp, an agricultural engineer for the Department of Agriculture’s […]
Read More →Amazon’s race to build a fast delivery network: ‘The human cost of this is too much’
New documents and interviews reveal how time after time, the e-commerce giant put speed, profit, and explosive growth before public safety Demonstrators hold signs outside Jeff Bezos’s penthouse during a protest in New York City on Dec. 2./ Bloomberg / Getty Images By Ken Bensinger, Caroline O’Donovan, James Bandler, Patricia Callahan, Doris Burke | ProPublica and […]
Read More →Regional News: California sets off privacy Scramble
Photo Illustration by Doug Chayk By Jeff John Roberts | FORTUNE A new state law that goes into effect this year has major national implications for businesses and consumers. THIS YEAR, many Americans will get a powerful tool to protect their online privacy. A sweeping new law will require millions of businesses to tell consumers […]
Read More →Nikola Motor Company announces plans to reveal revolutionary battery tech at Nikola World 2020
By Rofida Khairalla | Maricopa Monitor Nikola Motor Company has announced that the battery cell technology it plans to implement in its electric vehicles could dramatically change the battery industry, so much so that the company is hoping to share the advancements with other equipment manufacturers and even competitors. “Nikola is in discussion with customers […]
Read More →Digital Cities 2019 revealed, and Arizona cities are winners
By Patrick Groves, Government Technology | Governing The winners of this year’s Digital Cities Survey from the Center for Digital Government are those making smart investments in technologies from infrastructure and citizen engagement to data storage and cybersecurity. The IT leaders and elected officials of these top cities have braced themselves for the next decade […]
Read More →Boeing eyes Southern Arizona site for space-capsule landings
Teams from NASA, Boeing and the White Sands Missile Range, rehearse landing and crew extraction from Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner, which will be used to carry humans to the International Space Station, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019 at the White Sands Missile Range outside Las Cruces, New Mexico. Using a convoy of vehicles Boeing uses to […]
Read More →Where the drone jobs will land includes Arizona
Photo: Matthew Horwood/Getty By Kaveh Waddell | Axios A predicted wave of new jobs in the drone industry may spread beyond the usual tech hotbeds, attached not just to research universities in wealthy areas but to delivery and logistics hubs, construction sites and big industrial installations. Why it matters: It’s not yet clear how much […]
Read More →The future of privacy starts in California
Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios By Jennifer A. Kingson, Kia Kokalitcheva | Axios A landmark privacy law in California, which kicks in Jan. 1, will give Golden State residents the right to find out what a company knows about them and get it deleted — and to stop the company from selling it. Why it matters: It […]
Read More →[REGIONAL NEWS] Lockheed Martin wins NASA contract for Orion program, which will send first woman to the moon
NASA sees Orion as key to deep-space exploration, part of path to Mars Technicians working on the Orion Structural Test Article Crew Module at the Lockheed Martin Space Waterton Facility. April 16, 2018 Littleton, CO /Photo by Joe Amon/The Denver Post By Judith Kohler | The Denver Post Lockheed Martin has won a contract from […]
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