Technology

Nadia Olivos, who tends strawberry and raspberry plants at the farm she works at, is finishing up her AgTEC Workforce classes, which aim to give students a leg up in agriculture technology-focused careers.

Is using AI at work helping or hindering? It depends who you ask.

Reza Ehsani, mechanical engineering professor at the University of California, Merced, is one of the professors guiding students to research and develop agriculture tech that could be commercialized.

Electricity demand is surging in the U.S., but there’s years-long wait on the turbines that are a critical component of natural gas power plants.

Drew Ketelsen, vice president and farm manager at HMC Farms, says adopting the latest in agtech has created a safer work environment for field workers, and it has added efficiency to the day-to-day.

Microsoft recently laid off about 3% of its workforce — some 6,000 people. A big chunk of those were reportedly software engineers, aka coders.

Journalist Amanda Hess shares how her relationship with the internet changed during pregnancy.

Natasha Mascarenhas, reporter at The Information, joins Marketplace’s Meghan McCarty Carino on “Tech Bytes: Week in Review.”

Jonathan O’Callaghan, who reports on astronomy and space exploration, covered the recent push to develop in-space manufacturing. He says the unique physics of microgravity could lead to major scientific breakthroughs.

Plus, watch the dollar, folks.