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Is Enerkem's Waste Gasification technology a Failure or a promising Climate Solution?🗑️💨♨️🏭
Gasification of waste and biomass🪵 could be an enormously helpful tool to make valuable circular or renewable chemicals. Yet, the list of failed gasification projects is long.
Enerkem looked like it had finally unlocked successful waste gasification, with the world's only waste-to-Methanol/Ethanol plant operating in Edmonton, Canada🇨🇦, since 2014. But in early 2024, it was shut down.…

Is Enerkem's Waste Gasification technology a Failure or a promising Climate Solution?
Repsol wants to build a waste gasification plant to make circular and biogenic Methanol in Spain. The Ecoplanta project will use a technology that previously failed to deliver on its promises in Canada.

Brands complain Amazon's "Buy for Me" AI-powered shopping tool features their products on Amazon without permission and shows descriptions with errors (Allison Smith/Modern Retail)
https://www.modernretail.co/technology/bra

Brands are upset that ‘Buy For Me’ is featuring their products on Amazon without permission
Online merchants say Amazon’s “Buy for Me” AI tool listed their products without permission, forcing them to opt out after the fact.

NBCUniversal's Peacock plans to roll out Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos on live sports in 2026, saying it's the first streamer to use Dolby's full tech suite (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/peacock-dolby-picture-sound…

Peacock To Integrate Dolby Picture And Sound Technology, Calling It A Streaming First
NBCUniversal's Peacock is integrating Dolby's full set of picture and sound technology, calling the move a streaming first.

🔥 Technology on the front line: a robotic complex saved a Ukrainian serviceman! #shorts: https://benborges.xyz/2025/11/06/technology-on-the-front-line.html

Over Wiersma (gratis te lezen),
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/12/05/schrappen-vertragen-blokkeren-h…

Schrappen, vertragen, blokkeren; hoe een onervaren minister krimp van de veestapel tegenhield
Anderhalf jaar stilstand: Eindelijk zou er schot komen in het vastgeroeste stikstofdossier, toen BBB in 2024 de landbouwminister mocht leveren. Maar er kwam niks van terecht. Hoe Femke Wiersma de belangen van de intensieve veehouderij beschermde ten koste van zowat elk ander maatschappelijk belang.

Lyte: Frühere Apple Face ID-Ingenieure lancieren ihr Robotik-Start-up
Die LyteVision-Technologie des Unternehmens soll als visuelles Gehirn von Robotern dienen. Erfahrungen bei Apple und PrimeSense bilden die Grundlage.

In today's 'no shit' news, best not to trust Google AI Overviews or any kind of 'AI' thing for any kind of real, reliable health advice
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/02/google-ai-overviews-ri…

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative restructures to focus on AI and science, led by Biohub research centers, and acquires AI startup Evolutionary Scale's team (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/technology/zuckerberg-chan-initiative-biohub.…

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan Restructure Their Philanthropy
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative said its restructured organization, Biohub, would lead its focus on artificial intelligence and scientific research.

heise meets ... Richard Seidl gewinnt den Deutschen Preis für Software-Qualität
Softwareentwickler müssen mehr tun, um Vertrauen zu schaffen. Nur so könne Technologie ein brauchbares Werkzeug bleiben, um die Zukunft zu gestalten.

The NYT sues Perplexity, claiming the AI startup violated its copyrights and failed to stop using its content despite repeated demands over the past 18 months (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/technology/new-york-times-perplexity-ai-l…

New York Times Sues A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work
Filed in federal court on Friday, the suit joins more than 40 other court disputes between copyright holders and A.I. companies.