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ARTICLES BY WILLIAM BOSTON

Jon Krause for WSJ

How AI is making life easier for cybercriminals

5 min read . 27 Dec 2025

Illustration: SAM CHIVERS/WSJ

Drones, AI and robot pickers: Meet the fully autonomous farm

7 min read . 16 Jul 2025

Jann Wendt, chief executive of German startup North.io, which is working to create systems to protect undersea technology.

How AI can protect vital pipelines and cables deep in the ocean

5 min read . 18 Feb 2025

Some doctors are betting that drones can be used to help speed up and reduce the costs of delivering sensitive medical items. (Image: ScaleA Laboratory/WSJ)

Doctors and hospitals look to drones to deliver drugs, supplies—and even organs

5 min read . 18 Feb 2025

For years, the idea of turning off the AC was unthinkable. (Image: Pixabay)

The best ways to cool a home—without turning on the AC

5 min read . 10 Nov 2024

The BYD Co. badge on an electric vehicle, at a BYD showroom. Facing a saturated domestic market and 100% U.S. import tariffs, the likes of BYD, Polestar and SAIC need to expand to Europe to realize their global ambitions. (Photo: Bloomberg)

With millions of jobs at stake, Europe fights China on EVs—reluctantly

6 min read . 12 Jun 2024

UAW President Shawn Fain, wearing polo shirt, attended a watch party on Friday for the VW union vote. (Reuters)

VW works closely with unions in Germany, but UAW may be less cuddly

5 min read . 22 Apr 2024

Demonstrators protest the expansion of Tesla’s plant in Grünheide. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

Elon Musk’s plans to conquer Europe collide with Germany’s culture wars

5 min read . 14 Mar 2024

As automated driving gets closer to reality, car designers and technology companies are giving more thought to what people might actually do in their cars when they no longer have to drive them—including how they may use them to work.

Self-Driving Cars Might Just Transform the Way We Work

6 min read . 19 Feb 2024

Ships traveling through the Red Sea carry about 40% of the goods traded between Europe and Asia. Getty Images)

The Red Sea conflict is scrambling shipping. Europe is bearing the brunt.

5 min read . 19 Jan 2024

Tesla said in a statement Friday that it would stop nearly all production at its factory near Berlin from Jan. 29 and resume production on Feb. 12 because of a lack of components needed at the plant

Tesla to Halt Production at German Car Factory as Red Sea Conflict Hits Supply Chains

1 min read . 12 Jan 2024

Bayer CEO Bill Anderson is contending with his predecessor’s disastrous Monsanto acquisition and the need to re-energize Bayer’s drug pipeline. PHOTO: KRISZTIAN BOCSI/BLOOMBERG NEWS

Bayer CEO Says Breakup Wouldn’t Fix All of the Company’s Ills

5 min read . 25 Nov 2023

In EV Transition, German Carmakers Lag Behind Tesla and China

In EV Transition, German Carmakers Lag Behind Tesla and China

6 min read . 05 Sept 2023

Finance chief Luka Mucic told reporters on Thursday that the job cuts would include layoffs and be spread across the company’s geographic footprint, with most of them happening outside the business-software company’s home base in Germany (Photo: AP)

SAP to cut 3,000 jobs after profit plunges

2 min read . 26 Jan 2023

Ford in talks to sell German plant to China’s BYD

1 min read . 24 Jan 2023

Global sales of fully electric vehicles totaled around 7.8 million units, an increase of as much as 68% from the previous year.

EVs made up 10% of all new cars sold last year

5 min read . 18 Jan 2023

Lamborghini’s designers think the electric GT would still be a two-door with a back seat.

Lamborghini looks to the past as it plans an EV future

5 min read . 13 Dec 2022

Lamborghini looks to the past as it plans an EV future

5 min read . 11 Dec 2022

VW sets price range for Porsche IPO, valuing car maker at up to $78 billion

3 min read . 19 Sept 2022

Volkswagen to list Porsche in one of biggest IPOs in years

4 min read . 06 Sept 2022