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Roundtables: How China Got Ahead on EVs

How China Got Ahead on EVs Speakers: Zeyi Yang, China reporter, Amanda Silverman, Features & investigations editor, and Abby Ivory-Ganja, Sr engagement editor In the race to produce and sell more electric... Read more »

This startup wants to fight growing global dengue outbreaks with drones

“From what we’ve seen so far, our method seems to be working well,” says Machado.  This isn’t the only attempt to use drones for the dispersal of disease-fighting mosquitoes—one team ran similar... Read more »

The Download: the world’s most expensive drug, and New York City’s e-bike plan

The news: There is a new most expensive drug ever—a gene therapy that costs as much as a Brooklyn brownstone or a Miami mansion, and more than the average person will earn... Read more »

Why New York City is testing battery swapping for e-bikes

It’s part of the city’s efforts to cut down on the risk of battery fires, some of which have been sparked by e-bike batteries charging inside apartment buildings, according to the fire... Read more »

There is a new most expensive drug in the world. Price tag: $4.25 million

But there’s no denying that super-high prices can signal that a treatment isn’t economically sustainable.  One prior title holder for most expensive drug, the gene therapy Glybera, was purchased only once before... Read more »

Building a more reliable supply chain

For companies producing just about any physical product, the many “black swan” events (catastrophic incidents that are nearly impossible to predict) of the last four years illustrate the importance of supply chain... Read more »

New York City’s plan to stop e-bike battery fires

Existing battery swap networks like Nio’s have mostly included a single company’s equipment, giving the manufacturer control over the vehicle, battery, and swapping equipment. That’s because one of the keys to making... Read more »

An AI-driven “factory of drugs” claims to have hit a big milestone

Zhavoronkov has a track record of implementing cutting-edge AI methods as soon as they’re available. He started Insilico in 2014, shortly after AI started to achieve new breakthroughs in image recognition with... Read more »

The Download: AI drugs, and how AI is improving soccer tactics

I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman is joining Microsoft He’ll head up the company’s consumer arm, developing AI-infused products. (Bloomberg $)+... Read more »

A wave of drugs dreamed up by AI is on its way

Zhavoronkov has a track record of implementing cutting-edge AI methods as soon as they’re available. He started Insilico in 2014, shortly after AI started to achieve new breakthroughs in image recognition with... Read more »