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Three cardboard boxes with the Amazon logo are seen on a conveyor belt
Amazon uses an AI model that does a smarter job of selecting the right box, bag, or wrapper for each of the millions of unique items sold through the company's warehouses.
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An electric vehicle charges in California
An electric vehicle charges in Torrance, California.
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With bamboo-based products on the rise, we wanted to see how they compared to their plastic and paper counterparts.

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Yellow robotic arms sort recyclables on a conveyer belt.
AI could modernize the waste industry and boost recycling rates.
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Screenshot of Google map showing nearby EV charging stations.
EVs with Google's built-in maps should show nearby chargers along the route in the coming months.
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The Stickney Water Reclamation Plant in Illinois is one of the largest wastewater-treatment facilities in the world, serving about 2.3 million people and cleaning an average of 700 million gallons of wastewater a day.

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In the span of a few years, lionfish spread from the coast of the US to the Bahamas and throughout the Caribbean. The invasive species is devastating ecosystems, eating everything in its path.