And even though it will take extensive scientific analysis to link climate change to last week’s cataclysmic floods in Europe, a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture and is already causing heavier rainfall in many storms around the world. There is little doubt that extreme weather events will continue to be more frequent and more intense […]
Seventeen-year-old New York-based hosting firm Squarespace has been dubbed by one Wall Street stock analyst “the iPhone of hosting.” That description is apt in more ways than one. Like the iPhone, there is a slick quality to many elements of Squarespace that is user friendly, especially to people with limited technical acumen, such as picking […]
Five years ago, I spent a few days down Mexico way driving a Can-Am Maverick X3 X RS side-by-side. That naming jumble translates to “factory Baja racer,” and Baja buggies are wide. That X3 is a full six-feet wide, which, besides increasing stability, looks cool as hell—like a predatory creature from another galaxy, or a […]
ST. HELENA, Calif. — Last September, a wildfire tore through one of Dario Sattui’s Napa Valley wineries, destroying millions of dollars in property and equipment, along with 9,000 cases of wine. November brought a second disaster: Mr. Sattui realized the precious crop of cabernet grapes that survived the fire had been ruined by the smoke. […]
Did you know that the Big Five tech companies – Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook – don’t really care if you have a college degree? If you’ve been wanting to learn how to code, but haven’t been able to find just the right courses at affordable prices, then look no further than Build a […]
Justin SullivanGetty Images The backlog of available new-car inventory is getting cleaned out after production was hit by the pandemic and related problems including the chip shortage, according to the data and analytics team at Black Book. New-car sales in June were down around 14 percent compared to pre-pandemic numbers from 2019, according to the […]
ST. HELENA, Calif. — Last September, a wildfire tore through one of Dario Sattui’s Napa Valley wineries, destroying millions of dollars in property and equipment, along with 9,000 cases of wine. November brought a second disaster: Mr. Sattui realized the precious crop of cabernet grapes that survived the fire had been ruined by the smoke. […]
Oh, iPhone people. Please stop. Imagine there’s no heaven. Imagine there’s just the purgatory of Earth, where cheap thrills and pain are distributed in distinctly unequal measures. Imagine, too, that some of these cheap thrills and pain are created by humans who sneer at other humans for their gadget choices. Yes, still. I was oddly […]
Thierry MonasseGetty Images An EU plan seeks to mandate average new-car emissions to drop 55 percent from 2030 and by 100 percent from 2035. New-car sales from 2035 onward would effectively be zero-emission under the proposed legislation, which still has to be voted on. The plan would also mandate EV charging stations every 37 miles […]
Maxeon Solar Technologies is expanding its AC Energy Solutions lineup with the launch of the new Performance 3 AC panel. This release, which follows the introduction of the premium Maxeon 5 AC panel in late 2020, combines solar panel technology from Maxeon with advanced microinverter technology, offering a customizable solar […]