Monthly Archives: September 2022

How mountains of worm cocoons are turned into expensive silk in Vietnam

Making silk is a tedious process that includes raising hungry worms and hand-pulling silk from cocoons. In Vietnam, traditional craft villages have struggled as cheaper, fake silk floods the market. But families in Nam Cao village saved their silk business by banding together and forming a cooperative. Silk craft villages have dotted Vietnam for hundreds…

Russian seaborne oil exports fall to their lowest level in a year as discounts become less attractive for Asian customers

Pramote Polyamate/Getty Images Russia’s seaborne oil exports fell to their lowest levels since September 2021, according to S&P Global. The discount for Russian Urals crude compared to Brent futures also has been cut in half. That spells trouble for Russia’s energy industry, which could be left with an extra 2.2 million bpd of oil once…

Tesla’s gigafactory is reportedly warning employees about smoke exposure amid the Mosquito Fire and changing air filters, but work continues

Firefighter Davis Sommer lights a backfire to burn off vegetation while battling the Mosquito Fire in the Volcanoville community of El Dorado County, Calif., on Friday, Sept. 9, 2022. Noah Berger via Associated Press Tesla sent a memo to workers at its Nevada gigafactory regarding the Mosquito Fire, CNBC reports. The California wildfire has led…

The iPhone 14 design has changed massively, we just can’t see it

The new iPhone 14 benefits from “incredible” repairability according to one of the leading authorities on the matter. iFixit has completed its teardown of the standard iPhone 14 edition and discovered removing the display and rear glass is simply a case of removing a couple of screws, disconnecting a couple of connectors and removing a…