Biden says Elon Musk’s relationships with foreign countries are ‘worthy of being looked at’

President Joe Biden cautioned he wasn’t suggesting that Musk had done “anything inappropriate.” Samuel Corum/Getty Images, Taylor Hill/Getty Images President Joe Biden said Elon Musk’s ties with foreign countries are “worth being looked at.” He added that he wasn’t suggesting Musk is doing “anything inappropriate.” A Saudi prince and a Qatari sovereign fund’s subsidiary are…

The Murdoch-owned New York Post, which long championed Donald Trump, mocks ‘Trumpty Dumpty’ for failing to put the GOP ‘back together again’

Former President Donald Trump talks to supporters at Mar-a-lago on November 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida. Andrew Harnik/AP The New York Post depicted Donald Trump as a nursery-rhyme character for its Thursday cover. The tabloid paper previously endorsed Trump for re-election in 2020, but not in 2016. Many Republicans saw the midterm results as…

Auto sales ‘overshoot’ will make it impossible to prevent the worst effects of climate change

Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images Toyota, Volkswagen, Hyundai, and other major automakers are on track to sell 400 million more diesel and petrol vehicles than is feasible to stave off the worst effects of climate change, Greenpeace Germany concludes in a new report. Transportation currently makes up a quarter of fuel-related…

Wildfire smoke from across continents is changing the Arctic Ocean’s makeup

Global warming is making wildfires more common. In the Arctic Ocean and other nutrient-limited ecosystems, the extra nutrients borne by wildfire smoke can trigger algae blooms. Photo by NASA Earth Observatory/Joshua Stevens, NASA EOSDIS/LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership This article was originally featured on Hakai. In August 2014, the Arctic Ocean near the North…

Best ice scrapers of 2022

Easy snow and ice removal devices for your car. Victoria Morgan via Unsplash We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Whether you live in the Northeast and are used to autumns, winters, and even springs full of shoveling and scarf-wearing or are a…

Waymo can now charge for fully driverless services in San Francisco

The California Department of Motor Vehicles approved an amendment to Waymo’s existing deployment permit Wednesday to include driverless, as well as drivered, operations. Now, Waymo will be able to charge for usage of its autonomous vehicles, which will operate without anyone in the driver’s seat, for services like food and grocery delivery. The upgraded DMV…

Amazon has made history as the first public company ever to lose $1 trillion in market value, as the tech sell-off worsens

Amazon’s share price has almost halved so far this year. Mike Segar/Reuters Amazon has become the first public company ever to lose $1 trillion in market value, per Bloomberg. Its share price closed 4.3% lower at $86.14 on Wednesday, taking its market value down to $879 billion. Amazon’s market value was nearly $1.9 trillion in…