WASHINGTON — The notion of wind farms churning in the Pacific Ocean, creating clean energy to power homes and businesses, has long been dismissed because of logistical challenges posed by a deep ocean floor and opposition from the military, which prefers no obstacles for its Navy ships. But evolving technology and a president determined to […]
EU privacy watchdog the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has started examining whether the bloc’s top institutions and agencies are effectively protecting citizens’ personal data when using Amazon’s AWS and Microsoft’s Azure cloud services. In a separate investigation, the EDPS will also probe whether the European Commission’s use of Microsoft Office 365 is compliant with […]
Elana ScherrCar and Driver Late spring in Los Angeles is layering weather. The mornings are misty and cool, fogged in as if the whole city is wearing a cozy gray sweatshirt. Later in the day, the fog burns off, revealing those famous, hot, blue, California skies. It was in the cozy gray that I started […]
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Thursday said it planned to revise a Trump-era rule that limited the ability of states and tribes to veto pipelines and other energy projects that could pollute their local waterways. The Trump administration finalized the rule last June, saying that curbs on state authority were necessary because too many states […]
Even before the coronavirus pandemic made work from home (WFH) the norm, work-related smartphone notifications intruded in people’s personal time because they often use the same phone for work and their personal life. Google commissioned research firm Qualtrics to run a survey with 3,000 employees to find out what the main BYOD smartphone disruptions […]
Overview Whether buyers are lacing up work boots or wearing suits, the resilient Ram 1500 can be outfitted for any occasion. Choose among three cab styles and three bed lengths to pair with a base V-6, a fuel-efficient diesel, or a yee-haw-inducing Hemi V-8. All benefit from an effortless eight-speed automatic and rear- or all-wheel […]
The Biden administration will require the nation’s pipeline companies to report to the government any time they are hit with a significant cyberattack, and to create 24-hour emergency centers for such episodes, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the secretary of homeland security, said Thursday morning. The move is the first of several, administration officials said Wednesday night, […]
Google has shipped a new JavaScript compiler for its V8 JavaScript engine in Chrome called Sparkplug that promises a much faster web experience – and it does it by ‘cheating’, according to the engineers on the project. Sparkplug is part of Chrome 91, which Google released on Tuesday with security updates but also some key […]
Traxxas These off-road RC cars aren’t like the ones from your childhood. They’re beefier, faster, and built to conquer the limits of your imagination. Construct the most epic bumpy, muddy course, and watch these radio-controlled beasts chew it up. You can either snag a high-speed all-terrain RC car or a full-blown rock crawler—depending on what […]
Kristen Miller, acting director of the Alaska Wilderness League, said the burning of oil produced by the Willow project over its lifetime would create nearly 260 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions — about the equivalent of what is produced by 66 coal-fired power plants. But, she argued, the infrastructure also will lead to […]