On “Tackling Climate Change with Machine Learning”, with contributors from researchers at University of Pennsylvania, Carnegie Mellon, University of Colorado - Boulder, Harvard, MIT, Cornell, Stanford, DeepMind, Google AI, Microsoft Research and more

As summer 2019 arrives, we share seven books to consider reading - and a music video by David Byrne to watch

Comments on E-commerce, education, on-demand services, privacy, wearables, AI/ML and more

Comments on “The Fate of Food: What We’ll Eat in a Bigger, Hotter, Smarter World”, a book by Amanda Little and media coverage by USA Today, Fresh Air (Terry Gross) and Rolling Stone; along with Beyond Meat’s financial performance.

To reduce many health risks, people need to improve their diet , exercise regularly and not smoke. Agricultural and food technologies will have an increasing role in the availability of affordable and sustainable food offerings.

Comments from the OECD, Brookings Institution, Dimensional Research and Andrew Ng’s “AI For Everyone”

As dozens of proposals are submitted, we highlight a few. Several incorporate sustainable approaches. A modern plan could inspire innovation in other architectural projects.

Comments on Beyond Meat’s IPO, views from Tyson Foods on planet and lab based protein and more

As Uber prepares for its IPO roadshow, comments from Fortune, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Barron’s and more

Comments from PwC’s report “How AI can enable a sustainable future”, Microsoft President Brad Smith on “as we double down on sustainability”, Apple’s “Environmental Responsibility Report” and the Pew Research Center’s “For Earth Day, how Americans see climate change".

From MIT Media lab's “The Future of Agriculture is Computerized", the European Commission’s “Artificial Intelligence ethics guidelines”, the Brookings Institution’s “Credit Denial in the Age of AI” and NY Times “A.I. Is Changing Insurance”

Comments from Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, on “Why and How Capitalism Needs to be Reformed” The firmsis the world’s largest hedge fund with about $125 billion in assets.

Comments from Singularity University’s Peter Diamandis on “Imagining the Smart Cities of 2050” and Ben Green’s upcoming book “The Smart Enough City: Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future (Strong Ideas)”

As the World Wide Web turns 30 years old, consider the comments from its creator Tim Berners-Lee in 1989, his current project, called Solid, and Facebook’s new focus on private, encrypted services.