Points of Interest May Vary, Depending on Driver

Jessica Lynn WalkerCar and Driver From the June 2021 issue of Car and Driver.Car manufacturers know you're stressed and bored. To calm and amuse you, some offer spa-like audio tracks and peaceful animations…

E.P.A. to Review Rules on Soot Linked to Deaths, Which Trump Declined to Tighten

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…

Microsoft wants you to calm down about Windows 11 (in a twisted, wonderful way)

Can you hear it? Can you feel it? Screenshot by ZDNet …

GM Removes Stop-Start from Pickups, Big SUVs Due to Chip Shortage

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…

Our Response to Climate Change Is Missing Something Big, Scientists Say

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…

WWDC 2021: A week of reckoning for Apple’s cloud services rivals

This week, while my ZDNet colleagues were covering the 2021 Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, I was on vacation in the Florida Keys, lounging…

2017 Audi R8 Review, Pricing, and Specs

OverviewIt 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…

For Lease: Windmill Space in the Atlantic Between Long Island and New Jersey

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…

Apple’s presentation was ugly. But it hid something very useful

What is all that? Screenshot by ZDNet Jony Ive…

Volkswagen’s New Multivan Gets Hybrid Version, Cool-Looking Two-Tone Color Scheme

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…