Harri Weber
From Project Ara to Wave, Google has a rich history of bailing on neat ideas when the going gets tough. Yet unlike those forgone experiments, Google’s augmented reality glasses apparently aren’t doomed to rest in a metaphorical graveyard.
Instead, Google is tip-toeing its spiritual successor to Glass back into...
Citing “disturbing” levels of power used by cryptocurrency miners, a group of Democrats led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren is urging the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy to crack down on the controversial industry.
The letter, signed by four senators and two representatives, calls on regulators to...
Systemiq Capital, a backer of early-stage climate tech startups, says it has secured $70 million to kick off its second fund.
The London-based VC aims to raise as much as $130 million more; that would mark quite a step up for the firm, which says it has funneled $30...
Sundar Pichai, boss of Google and its parent Alphabet, told employees to “be more entrepreneurial” and work with “more hunger” in a staff-wide email that warned of consolidation, several news outlets reported.
Citing the “uncertain global economic outlook,” the CEO said Google would slow its hiring pace for the...
Five and a half years on (well, really 5.69), Tesla’s solar roofs are looking less like a revelation and more like a hobby. Though Elon Must set a goal of 1,000 solar roof installations per week, the company’s latest averages are reportedly a tiny fraction of that figure.
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Over the weekend, Tesla showed off its latest gadget: a solar trailer, featuring extendable panels, a satellite internet terminal and even a lick of matte-black paint.
Tesla may have designed the trailer to add some range to electric vehicles—or, to advertise Starlink’s new $25-per-month “portability” feature, which SpaceX announced...
Elon Musk hasn’t tweeted in 10 days, but his Twitter account is once again news because time is a flat circle.
This is why we must now scrunch our faces, cock our heads to one side and strain to recall a weed joke shared by the chief executive on...
Stacks of teeny lenses that look like inverted pyramids could juice up solar panels, helping them capture more light from any angle on both sunny and overcast days.
Solar panels perform best in direct sunlight, which is why some solar systems track the big fireball across the sky, turning...
The Federal Trade Commission is suing Walmart for sitting by while scammers bilked customers out of more than $197 million, the agency alleged in a statement on Tuesday. It’s seeking a court order that would force Walmart to give money back to customers, on top of civil fines.
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After a 12-year run, Pinterest co-founder Ben Silbermann is stepping down from his perch as CEO of the popular image and link-sharing service.
Following word of Silbermann’s departure, Pinterest’s stock price rose by more than 8% in after-hours trading. That may indicate a sigh of relief from some investors,...
