Technology

The insect farmers turning to AI to help lower costs

[ad_1] Founded in 2019, Full Circle now employs 14 people, and supplies 49 farms across Thailand. It wants to increase this, but faces a hurdle - soybean-based feed is currently substantially cheaper.Soybean feed is presently around 460 euros ($490; £400) per tonne, compared with €1,400 for insect-based, according to one European comparison earlier this year., externalTo try to reduce the price of its feed, Full Circle is now turning to
Technology

What’s next for World of Warcraft after 20 years?

[ad_1] World of Warcraft is celebrating its 20th birthday this year, but it's just cancelled its biggest party. Fans of the online game have gathered in Anaheim, California, every year since 2005 for BlizzCon.The convention was a place to meet fellow fans of the series, dress up in your best cosplay and get a first look at what was coming next in the huge fantasy world of Azeroth.But game maker
Technology

How fraudsters are getting fake articles onto Facebook

[ad_1] Margaret (not her real name) is a retiree who lives in Buckinghamshire. She was recently conned out of £250 when she fell victim to fake advert on Instagram, which is also owned by Meta.She had been tempted to click on a link to a fictitious ITV article in which presenter Robert Peston (or rather, a scammer pretending it was him), chats about an investment opportunity he had come across.
Technology

How Chinese firms are using Mexico as a backdoor to the US

[ad_1] Mexico's increased trade with the US has also come about in part through a second key aspect of nearshoring in the country: US firms setting up Mexican facilities too, sometimes after relocating production from factories in Asia.Perhaps the standout announcement came from Elon Musk last year, when he unveiled plans for a new Tesla Gigafactory outside Monterrey. However, the electric car company is yet to break ground on the
Technology

Can AI help solve Japan’s labour shortages?

[ad_1] Governments in Japan are also experimenting with AI.Faced with labour shortages, Yokosuka City in Kanagawa prefecture has starting using AI chatbot ChatGPT to help with administrative tasks such as transcribing and summarising meetings."We deal with enormous amount of documents, and it takes a very long time and effort to create those documents," says the city's spokesperson Kohei Ota.Thanks to ChatGPT, "we have calculated after our trial that we save
Technology

Why a deluge of Chinese-made drugs is hard to curb

[ad_1] According to a report published by the US select committee, external on the Chinese Communist Party, the Chinese government provides subsidies to companies openly trafficking illicit synthetic drugs. The report found tens of thousands of posts online advertising illegal drugs and pre-cursors.The study claims that "wholly state owned" companies are involved in the trafficking of drugs. The Chinese government has consistently denied knowledge of the illegal drug trade.Many like
Technology

‘AI helps me to make wine for younger drinkers’

[ad_1] Kara Maraden is in charge of rather a lot of vineyards.The director of viticulture at large US wine firm Foley Family Farms, she is responsible for more than 5,200 acres (2,000 hectares) of vines, scattered across 1,000 miles of California and Oregon.She obviously cannot be everywhere at once, but thanks to AI technology, Ms Maraden can remotely check on the water requirements of individual vineyards from her laptop."I can