Environment

Industrials

Norway Dampens its Deep Sea Mining Ambitions

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The move comes as a result of domestic political pressure from Norway’s left-wing party, and marks a major change in tone for the country.

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Energy

After Near Decade of Talks, a Global Carbon Credit Trading Deal at COP29

Countries at the United Nations COP29 climate summit struck a deal on the basic rules to launch an international carbon trading market.

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Patent Drop

Rolls-Royce Patent Could Retrofit Aircraft with Hydrogen Engines

Hydrogen faces a number of hurdles before it can be considered a suitable alternative to jet fuel – namely, cost.

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Patent Drop

Airbus Patent Aims to Clean Up Airplanes’ Earth-Warming Contrails

But stymieing aviation emissions may take more than just workarounds for contrails.

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Personal Finance

US Home Insurers Hit with Worst Underwriting Loss of the Century

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The US homeowners insurance segment took a $15.2 billion net underwriting loss last year, the worst loss this century.

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Big Tech

Microsoft and Occidental Agree to Massive Carbon Credit Deal

Microsoft is is buying 500,000 carbon credits from Occidental Petroleum over the next six years to help reach its carbon-negative goal.

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Big Tech

Meta Looks Back to the Metaverse with Rose-Tinted Ray-Bans

By expanding its partnership with Ray-Ban, Meta is turning its attention back to building futuristic hardware.

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CIO Upside

How CIOs Can Prepare for the Not-So-Distant Quantum Security Threat

‘What’s more concerning is that people are just waiting and doing nothing’

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Artificial Intelligence

The Less You Know, the Better: Tech Moves Toward Data Minimization

‘At the end of the day, wherever that data is, it has to be protected’

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