Enlarge / The right membrane can make hydrogen production much easier. (credit: Andriy Onufriyenko) With renewable energy becoming cheaper, there’s a growing impetus to find ways of economically storing it. Batteries can handle short-term fluxes in production but may not be able to handle longer-term shortfalls or seasonal changes in power output. Hydrogen is one…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
It’s been quite a roller coaster ride for Bret Taylor over the last year. In one week last December, he was named board chair at Twitter and co-CEO at Salesforce. One year later, he doesn’t have either job. Taylor lost the job as Twitter board chair when Elon Musk took over last month and dissolved…
Once upon a time, I used to write TechCrunch’s travel gifts roundup. It was a fun story to piece together, and I was more than happy to do the honors – and play around with some fun gadgets in the process. We hit the big red pause button on the roundup during the 2020 holiday…
YouTube’s mobile app on iOS devices is currently down for some users. The crashes began on Wednesday afternoon as thousands of iOS users reported the app would close shortly after opening it. Users also reported seeing a message on the app that said, “A serious error occurred.” TechCrunch tried to replicate the problem and experienced…
European Union regulators have fired another warning shot at Elon Musk over his erratic piloting of Twitter since his takeover last month — saying he has “huge work” ahead if the social media site is to avoid falling foul of major new governance rules for digital services which entered into force earlier this month. Reminder:…
If you’re having problems with YouTube on your iPhone, it isn’t just you. Wednesday afternoon saw widespread reports of crashing problems for the YouTube app on iOS. There were nearly 8,000 reports on Downdetector as of 4 p.m. ET, to give you an idea of how many people were feeling the pain. (Full disclosure: Downdetector…
Spencer Platt/Getty Images US stocks soared on Wednesday after Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said slower interest rate hikes are likely.Powell all but confirmed a 50 basis-point rate hike in December, dialing back from the four consecutive 75 basis-point hikes. “It is entirely possible the December hike of 50 basis points could be the last hike,” Fundstrat’s…
Sean Kia. Sean Kia Sean Kia is one of Insider’s Rising Stars of Real Estate for 2022.In two years, he’s raked in hundreds of millions by flipping apartment buildings in the Southwest.He applies the Ford production model to real estate. Here’s how he built his empire. Los Angeles-native Sean Kia, 31, has been a bit…
Fighters from the Free Syrian Army are deployed on a checkpoint in the area of Kafr Jannah on the outskirts of the Syrian town of Afrin on October 19, 2022. Photo by OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images The US military revealed on Wednesday that another ISIS leader was killed recently. CENTCOM said in a…
Getty Images The PACS of three trade associations each reported tens of thousands of dollars in stolen funds. Dozens of candidates and committees have fallen victim in recent years to fraudulent disbursements and theft. Victims include the 2020 presidential campaigns of Joe Biden and Kanye West, now known as Ye. The political action committees of…