New bill is biggest challenge to locked-down farm equipment: The Agriculture Right to Repair Act could challenge current business models, but expect manufacturers to fight to protect their intellectual property.

"We remain especially concerned about recent cyberattacks on Ukrainian civilian digital targets, including the financial sector, agriculture sector, emergency response services, humanitarian aid efforts, and energy sector organizations and enterprises," the company said. The company has also suspended sales in Russia. Netflix has reportedly halted all Russian productions and content acquisitions.

These entrepreneurial companies look to transform agriculture, recycling, materials, and transportation, but some of the biggest bets center on climate technologies. According to PitchBook, global investments in climate tech more than doubled year over year in 2021 to over $30 billion with the jump even larger in the US, where climate VC investing surpassed $16 billion.

Risk assessment for insurance, loan origination, and investing will improve from the vast increase in sensors within agriculture, industries, and smart cities, and drones will add even more information for insurance adjustments. Authentication of identity and payments will become more secure. Smartphone apps will be able to track biometric signals to identify inconsistencies and reduce fraud.

As more investment flows toward green energy, sustainable agriculture, and organic consumer products, business incentives will begin to realign as process takes more precedence over profits. Automotive. No Easy Answers for Automakers as Drivers Demand Clean Vehicles.

Included in this “other” bucket are automotive, industrial supplies, manufacturing, energy, professional services, logistics and shipping, and agriculture. We believe that several of these sectors, like professional services and manufacturing, are probably bigger than travel, but we don’t have enough granularity into those markets to publish an industry-specific forecast.

Agriculture: Farmers can use 5G-enabled IoT devices to monitor field conditions and receive rapid alerts when crops need watering, pesticides, or fertilizer. Energy: Remote monitoring of smart sensors in energy plants can be used to more accurately analyze and adjust energy levels.

UK consumers continue to spend. However, as the realities of Brexit finally hit in 2020, the purse strings will tighten. And with ecommerce becoming an ever-greater portion of total UK retail sales, the effect on the high street will be marked. A hard delineation between the online and offline worlds isn’t necessarily helpful, though, as those lines between “clicks and bricks” continue to blur.

Farming and agriculture was another hotbed of activity. In its second year at CES, John Deere demonstrated sensors on its farm equipment that make farms more productive and sustainable.