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The Future of Student Transportation is Green

Business and Tech

What may surprise you even more is that the student transportation industry is a particularly egregious offender, with over 90 percent of the nation’s 500,000 school buses running on diesel and emitting 8.4 The technology and resources exist to make student transportation more sustainable, both in the short term and the long term.

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Leading The Charge on Electric Vehicles

Business and Tech

Both the automotive industry and policymakers recognize the importance that EVs will play in advancing a cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation future — and what is at stake to ensure the infrastructure framework is in place to support this historic transition. Electric vehicles (EVs) are at an inflection point.

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Customers Demand Contactless Payment Options — Here’s How to Make It Happen

Business and Tech

In 2020 alone, in-store mobile payments grew 29 percent , and the numbers are growing rapidly, with half of all shoppers expected to use contactless payment by 2025. To keep up with the increasing demand for contactless payments, retailers of all sizes and industries must adapt and invest in contactless payment options.

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The Packaging Industry is Massive, and It’s About to Be Disrupted

Leapfrogging

Technology isn’t just for creating new products and services. Disruptive technologies are transforming the packaging that comes with just about everything we buy. That’s not surprising given the packaging and packaging materials industry is expected to exceed $1.3 Transforming the packaging industry isn’t just about start-ups.

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The Case For Humanities In The Era Of AI, Automation, And Technology

Faisal Hoque

As the Fourth Industrial Revolution advances, virtually all job openings will emphasize judgment and decision-making and an ability to manage people and resources. More and more we’re finding ourselves standing at the intersection of humanity and technology. BY FAISAL HOQUE. Some of those “connections” are downright threatening.

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Top 10 CPG Industry Trends For 2020

Acuvate

Developments in technology paved the way for innovations in CPG industry and multiple channels to interact with and engage consumers. Recent years saw a steady growth of direct-to-customer brands, reprisal of pop-up stores and online retailers setting up brick-and-mortar stores, all attributed to the use of cutting-edge technology.

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IdeaScale Climate Innovation Pledge

IdeaScale

IdeaScale’s goal is to reach one million climate innovation ideas by 2025. Climate innovation research shows technology can help reduce these emissions by approximately two-thirds, while other efforts focus on developing new business models. All industries will be affected, including: Oil and gas. This number continues to rise.

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