Amazon Delivery Drivers In California Become First To Unionize

The 84 drivers and dispatchers work for one of Amazon’s “delivery service partners” and have joined the Teamsters. Read more »

Intel Let Google Cloud Hack Its New Secure Chips and Found 10 Bugs

To protect its Confidential Computing cloud infrastructure, Google leans on its relationships with chipmakers to gain unusual insight into hardware. Read more »

US Inflation Reduction Act ‘to spur $3 trillion investment in renewable energy tech’

IRA could stimulate $11 trillion of total infrastructure investments by 2050 The US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will spur about $3 trillion of investment in renewable energy technology, according to Goldman Sachs. It could... Read more »

Why Elon Musk is willing to bet Tesla’s profits on driverless cars

The billionaire says cars sold at zero profit can bring in immense sums from driverless software. Elon Musk is years behind on his ambition to render Tesla’s cars fully autonomous. He is now... Read more »

Forget Cars, Green Hydrogen Will Supercharge Crops

Renewable generation projects are set to make this future fuel widely available. And it’s much more versatile than you think. Read more »

AI Isn’t Going to Reinvent the Alphabet Anytime Soon

AI doesn’t understand how humans read well enough to design type on its own. But it can help typographers make their work more accessible. Read more »

The Filthy Truth About Subway Air

Levels of particulate matter in the world’s metro systems far exceed recommended limits—and the deeper you go, the worse it gets. Read more »