Forget driverless cars. One company wants autonomous helicopters to spray crops and fight fires
HENNIKER, N.H. -- When Hector Xu was learning to fly a helicopter in college, he recalled having a few “nasty...
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Trump names Brendan Carr, senior GOP leader at FCC, to lead the agency
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday named Brendan Carr, the senior Republican on the Federal Communications...
Trump names Interior-designee Doug Burgum to head new White House council on energy
WASHINGTON -- President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, his choice to head the Interior Department,...
EU slaps Meta with nearly 800M euro fine for ‘abusive’ Marketplace practices
LONDON -- European Union regulators issued their first antitrust fine to Facebook parent Meta on Thursday with a penalty of...
Elon Musk says he and Trump have ‘mandate to delete’ regulations. Ethics laws could limit Musk role
In picking billionaire Elon Musk to be “our cost cutter” for the U.S. government, President-elect Donald Trump won't be the...
US top climate negotiator: ‘We won’t revert back’ as Trump prepares to take over
BAKU, Azerbaijan -- No matter what kind of U-turn President-Elect Donald Trump will make on climate change, America's clean energy...
US agency says Tesla’s public statements imply that its vehicles can drive themselves. They can’t
DETROIT -- The U.S. government's highway safety agency says Tesla is telling drivers in public statements that its vehicles can...
Carbon removal industry calls on U.S. government for regulation in new industry report
The unregulated carbon dioxide removal industry is calling on the U.S. government to implement standards and regulations to boost transparency...
The FAA is opening a new review of safety at Boeing
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Mike Whitaker prepares to testify before a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs,...
Supreme Court allows a rule limiting pollution from coal-fired power plants to remain in effect
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed a Biden administration regulation aimed at limiting planet-warming pollution from coal-fired power...
