WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will reconsider federal limits on fine industrial soot, one of the most common and deadliest forms of air pollution, with an eye toward imposing tough new rules on emissions from power plants, factories and other industrial facilities. The announcement, made Thursday by Michael S. Regan, administrator of the Environmental Protection […]
Can you hear it? Can you feel it? Screenshot by ZDNet You’ve barely slept, right? more Technically Incorrect You’ve spent so much time thinking about it that you’ve hardly been able to focus on a single Zoom call. I mean, Teams call. Your family is ignoring you and your dog once even tried to feed […]
Andi HedrickCar and Driver To reduce the number of chips needed in some of its pickup trucks and larger SUVs, GM will manufacture them without automatic stop-start technology. Versions of the Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet Suburban, Chevrolet Tahoe, and GMC Yukon SUVs are all affected, as well as the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 and GMC Sierra 1500 […]
Some environmental solutions are win-win, helping to rein in global warming and protecting biodiversity, too. But others address one crisis at the expense of the other. Growing trees on grasslands, for example, can destroy the plant and animal life of a rich ecosystem, even if the new trees ultimately suck up carbon. What to do? […]
This week, while my ZDNet colleagues were covering the 2021 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, I was on vacation in the Florida Keys, lounging at the pool, sipping rum drinks with lime, and getting sunburned. Well, I didn’t completely ignore what was going on in Cupertino. I did have my new M1 iPad Pro 12.9″ with […]
Overview It looks great, sounds fantastic, and goes like an autobahn bullet. The Audi R8 is almost everything you could want from a supercar, wrapped in a comfortable, dead-sexy package that can easily be driven on a daily basis. Are there downsides? Sure. For one, it’s a two-seater, so passenger space is limited. And it’s […]
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday announced that it would begin the formal process of selling leases to develop offshore wind farms in shallow waters between Long Island and New Jersey as part of its push to transition the nation to renewable energy. The proposed sale, the first of the Biden administration, includes eight […]
What is all that? Screenshot by ZDNet Jony Ive took one look, cursed very quietly and grabbed a perfectly designed wine glass. “What has happened to those people?” he whispered, as the first molecules of chilled Sauvignon Blanc slid into his throat. This, of course, happened in my imagination. I can’t conceive that Ive would […]
This is Volkswagen‘s new Multivan for the Europe market, and it’s finished in a sweet two-tone paint job. The Multivan is built on VW’s MQB architecture and is available with a choice of two gas engines, a diesel, or a plug-in-hybrid powertrain. There are seven seats, and the five in the rear can be configured […]
The Biden administration plans to restore environmental protections to Tongass National Forest in Alaska, one of the world’s largest intact temperate rain forests, that had been stripped away by former President Donald J. Trump. The administration intends to “repeal or replace” a Trump-era rule which opened about nine million acres, or more than half of […]