FARMINGTON, W.Va. — In Senator Joe Manchin’s hometown, a flood-prone hamlet of about 200 homes that hugs a curve on a shallow creek, the rain is getting worse. Those storms swell the river, called Buffalo Creek, inundating homes along its banks. They burst the streams that spill down the hills on either side of this […]
Pretty, isn’t it? Screenshot by ZDNet Occasionally, you just have to admit why you did something you never thought you’d do. more Technically Incorrect Here, then, is what happened. I happened upon the tale of Google telling a European court something it thought was embarrassing. Embarrassing for Microsoft, that is. Google’s lawyer, Alfonso Lamadrid told […]
Car lovers tend to love Porsches. It’s not surprising, then, that books on Porsches tend to surface with some regularity. Recently, a trio of beautifully photographed, exquisitely laid-out, well-written Porsche-themed coffee table books were published more-or-less simultaneously. So, we’re telling you about them all at once. We also managed to reach out to each of […]
“This is very big, big deal. This is a signal like we’ve never had before in the United States about where we can go with offshore wind,” said Dan Reicher, who served as assistant secretary at the Department of Energy in the Clinton administration and now advises Magellan Wind, which develops projects with offshore floating […]
You may be surprised to learn that not all well-paid tech jobs require rocket scientists. Even some programming languages are actually quite easy to learn, such as Python and Java. So take a close look at these 11 self-paced courses, to see what options are available to you. Because, for a very limited time, they […]
Lucid reveals details of DreamDrive advanced driver-assist system, designed to offer semi-autonomous features and upgrades via OTA updates. The automaker’s system will include driver attention monitoring to make sure drivers keep their eyes on the road and hands on the steering wheel, pointing to Level 2 capability. Lucid says it is working on Level 3 […]
Democratic presidents have tried but failed to enact climate change legislation since the Clinton administration. During a year of record and deadly droughts, wildfires, storms and floods that scientists say are worsened by climate change, Democrats had hoped to finally garner enough political support to enact a strong climate law, even as scientific reports say […]
My daily commute consists of more than two hours a day via commuter rail and walking, while I also run two or three times a week for 30 minutes to an hour each session. Music, podcasts, and audio books are playing during these times and for long term comfort and size, earbuds are my preferred […]
Overview The diminutive 2022 Hyundai Venue might look like it’d fit a piggy bank, but it definitely won’t break the bank. That’s because the Venue is one of the cheapest crossovers sold in America. Don’t confuse its bargain pricing for a lack of desirable features or a cut-rate interior. On the contrary, every Venue has […]
The group’s design, secret until now, recently received provisional patent protection. That burst of innovation — and the pace of improvement at Fortescue and elsewhere — is one of many factors bolstering Dr. Forrest’s optimism. He believes Fortescue can take advantage of technologies that have come down in price (around solar and batteries, for example) […]