The dirty road to clean energy: How China’s electric vehicle boom is ravaging the environment Antonia Timmerman, Rest of World The rise of electric vehicles in China is causing devastating environmental impacts in nearby Indonesia, including rising ocean temperatures as a byproduct of coal plants. Upper respiratory infections are also one of the main health…
Monthly Archives: December 2022
The US military has unveiled the B-21 Raider, its first new stealth bomber in 30 years. Northrop Grumman, which developed the aircraft, first showed us a silhouette of the plane covered by a shroud way back in 2015. Now, the Pentagon has officially presented the B-21 at an event at Northrop Grumman’s plant in Palmdale,…
As we approach 2023, experts across a range of companies have unveiled their predictions, insights and even a glance at up-and-coming innovations.Read MoreRead More
When traditional real estate investors embrace virtual land as a viable real asset class, the metaverse may realize its full potential. Read MoreRead More
A cool but minor upgrade to an already excellent robot vacuum, iRobot’s Combo j7 adds a mop to the bot and is worth considering if you’ve got hardwood floors and lots of fluffy rugs. For everyone else, the regular j7 vacuum is still your best bet. Continue reading… Read More
Elon Musk. Win McNamee/Getty Images Neuralink is one of Elon Musk’s strange and futuristic companies. It’s developing neural interface technology — a.k.a. putting microchips in people’s brains. The technology could help study and treat neurological disorders. Elon Musk is known for his high-profile companies like Tesla and SpaceX, but the billionaire also has a handful…
Courtesy of Katelyn Boss Katelyn Boss is a 22-year-old server at a sports bar in Salt Lake City, Utah. She thought it was a waste of time at first. The tips were bad, and her base wage was $2.13 an hour. Then she tried putting her hair in pigtails to get higher tips from male…
Laptop Bethany Dawson A mother is taking MindGeek, who owns Pornhub, to court after a man was convicted of raping her son, filming the content, and uploading it to the site. Her lawyer told Insider that the videos uploaded to the site were “clearly” of a minor. The damage from this case, the lawyer said,…
Janice Gordon flew from Montreal to London last month. Nicolas Economou/Getty Images A British Airways passenger paid more than $400 to get her iPad back after leaving it on a plane. Janice Gordon was told she couldn’t go back on the plane to collect it for security reasons. The lost property office was closed when…
The incident occurred onboard a “Fuxing” bullet train in China. Getty Images A student’s laptop was damaged after a fellow rail passenger unexpectedly reclined his seat. The student, identified as Wang, successfully sued the passenger, identified as Liu, for about $475. The court ruled that Liu neglected his obligation to tell Wang that he planned…