Technology & Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Roundup: Rose Parade / Carvana layoffs / Lane closures

Baton Rouge presence: Baton Rouge will join with the Louisiana Office of Tourism and...

Roundup: World Cup beer sales / Electric vehicles / Amazon

Banned: The sale of all beer with alcohol at the eight World Cup stadiums...

Tech layoffs don’t guarantee job cuts imminent in other sectors

Tech company layoffs are not expected to prompt a tsunami of job losses in...

MasteryPrep acquired by education investing firm 

Baton Rouge-based education tech startup MasteryPrep was acquired this week by investing firm Achieve Partners for an undisclosed amount. 

Forte and Tablada creates virtual tour of recently discovered shipwreck 

Baton Rouge engineering firm Forte & Tablada has created a virtual tour of the...

Louisiana among 40 states to win $391.5M privacy suit against Google 

Forty states, Louisiana among them, won a combined $391.5 million settlement with Google over location tracking practices. 

Energy industry on a ‘data journey’ to create smarter-working oil fields

There are voluminous amounts of data coming out of Louisiana’s oil fields, but not many companies are effectively putting it to use, 10/12 Industry Report

Baton Rouge firm seeking $15B for ‘net-zero LNG’ project

Baton Rouge-based G2 Net-Zero is seeking $15 billion for a project to produce liquefied natural gas while capturing the emissions, says Chas Roemer, who chairs the company. 

Amazon to cut workforce by 10,000; impact on Baton Rouge facility not known  

Amazon is planning to lay off roughly 10,000 people in corporate and technology roles...

LSU researchers working to develop sustainable aviation fuels 

A group of engineering faculty and researchers at LSU are working to develop more...