Kingston Fossil Plant, a coal-fired power plant operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority | Photo by Paul Harris / Getty Images A damning new report gives American electric utilities failing grades on addressing climate change. Instead of transitioning quickly to clean energy, according to the report, many utilities in the US are propping up aging…
Monthly Archives: October 2022
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Today, the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of new legislation that would eventually require all mobile phones sold in the EU to use a USB-C port for wired charging. The proposed rules, which lawmakers reached an initial agreement on back in June, mean that Apple is…
This year’s iOS update will make a bigger difference to most people than a new system status indicator. | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge For the past couple of weeks, I’ve been carrying one of the new iPhone 14 models with me as my daily driver. When I’ve met up with friends…
Enlarge / The White House, engulfed in pixels. (credit: Getty Images / Benj Edwards) Today, the White House proposed a “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights,” a set of principles and practices that seek to guide “the design, use, and deployment of automated systems,” with the goal of protecting the rights of Americans in…
The Pixel 4 XL. [credit: Ron Amadeo ] The Pixel 4 is officially hitting its end of life this month after three short years of service. We sometimes see these dead Google phones get one more wrap-up update before Google cuts the cord, but the Android October 2022 update is the end of the line…
Enlarge / The four Nest Wifi Pro colors you can buy for your bird’s-egg-style connectivity. From left: Linen, Snow, Fog, Lemongrass. (credit: Google) Google’s Nest Wifi Pro system, previously seen at the Federal Communications Commission and in accidental retail listings, has been made official. The system expands the wireless powers of a Nest mesh system and…
Enlarge / Elon Musk arrives for the 2022 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022, in New York. (credit: Getty Images | Angela Weiss) Elon Musk has told Twitter he is once again willing to buy the company at the originally agreed-upon price, according to a Bloomberg News report. “Elon…
Enlarge / After the sedan came the SUV: the 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) Mercedes-Benz provided flights from DC to Denver and back, plus two nights in a hotel so we could drive the EQE sedan, which you read about a couple of weeks ago, as well as the EQS SUV. Ars does…
Experts call it a good first step, but much more will need to happen. Deposit Photos The Biden administration and Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced a detailed blueprint towards achieving an AI Bill of Rights focused on protecting Americans’ privacy and safety today. But industry experts warn not much can come out…