Musk’s tunneling venture, the Boring Company, is building a zero-emissions subterranean system that shuttles personal vehicles on electrically powered platforms called skates. Free rides will be offered to the public in a few months
Metals firms Alcoa Inc. and Rio Tinto Group are teaming up with tech giant Apple and the Quebec and federal governments to commercialize a process that eliminates harmful emissions from smelting by instead producing oxygen
Google has unveiled a computer assistant that makes convincingly human-sounding phone calls, technology which presents a number of sticky legal and moral issues
A Boston restaurant is using automated cooking pots to make grain bowls. The fast food industry has already undergone significant automation in recent years, but the advent of chef bots could be a sign of what’s on the horizon
The Mars InSight spacecraft, set to launch this weekend, will take the planet’s temperature and pulse. The US$1 billion U.S.-European mission is the first dedicated to studying the innards of Mars
A star-studded U.S. delegation led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer touched down in Beijing May 3
A report from the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada says the Canadian chemistry sector is well positioned to leverage the country’s low-carbon resources: natural gas and natural gas liquids, hydroelectricity and biomass
Before a House of Commons committee, experts discussed how to restrict the sale of highly-sweetened, high-alcohol beverages, following the March death of a Quebec teenager
Trudeau was in Vancouver to both tout the Trans Mountain pipeline project as a solution to B.C.’s gas price woes and to celebrate Amazon’s new expansion in the city, expected to create 3,000 new jobs
The Conference Board of Canada’s latest report suggests blockchain technology could have a massive impact on how the Ottawa handles its services
