A Brain Drain Among Government Scientists Bogs Down Biden’s Climate Ambitions

WASHINGTON — Juliette Hart quit her job last summer as an oceanographer for the United States Geological Survey, where she used climate models to help coastal communities plan for rising seas. She was demoralized after four years of the…

Need developers, project managers or CIOs? Watch out, because the rules of tech hiring are changing

There has always been a tech skills crisis, pretty much ever since the days when computers filled entire rooms and were fed instructions on punch…

Classic-Car Historian Donald Osborne Talks to Road & Track

For the next episode of Inside Track, Road & Track's virtual Q&A series, Hearst Autos chief brand officer Eddie Alterman is sitting down with Donald Osborne, classic-car historian, appraiser, and CEO of Audrain, to chat about…

Wooden Buildings Reach for the Sky

The small city of Vaxjo, population 94,000, sits in the middle of the timberlands of Smaland Province, in southern Sweden. Among municipalities in Sweden, many see Vaxjo as the leader in timber construction, as wooden buildings have been…

Twitter announces first algorithmic bias bounty challenge

Twitter has announced its first algorithmic bias bounty challenge, offering cash prices ranging from $500 to $3,500 for those who can help the social…

Used Car Prices Are Going Nuts! 10 of the Biggest Price Jumps

The chip shortage, the pandemic, the weather, and your rheumatoid arthritis acting up—and everything is conspiring to drive up prices of used cars across America. According to a study by iSeeCars.com, the average used car price in June…

Sunnova, National Grid and SolarEdge Leverage Solar Assets in New England

Sunnova rooftop solar system on a home in Connecticut (Photo: Business Wire) Sunnova Energy International Inc. is partnering with National Grid and SolarEdge Technologies Inc. to utilize…

He thought iPhone users were stupid. Then his Google Pixel stopped working

Some people love Pixel phones. But is the customer service as good? Jason Cipriani/ZDNet …

Augmented Reality App Lets You Play With BMW’s Art Cars

BMW's Art Car program has been in existence since 1975, when Le Mans driver and art lover Hervé Poulain and BMW Motorsport founder Jochen Neerpasch convinced Alexander Calder to create a design for Poulain's 3.0 CSL race car. Nineteen…

Blu Banyan builds software designed specifically for solar installers on the NetSuite platform

By John Goode, Senior Director, Channel Marketing, Oracle NetSuite As the costs of solar power-generating equipment have fallen and public awareness of the benefits of clean energy have grown in recent years, the demand for solar energy…