Tim Berners-Lee Created The Internet, Now He Wants To Fix It
Tim Berners-Lee invented the internet while he was at CERN in 1989. Today, he is searching for ways to make it live up to his dream.
GM Profit Sharing Takes a Hit & Some UAW Members Blame EVs
Tesla’s recent financial reporting has gotten a lot of attention this week. Its business continues to become less focused on EVs and its already limited lineup is shrinking. Overall, Tesla is not on a positive trajectory. Sales, revenue, and earnings are down, but it is still profitable. However, Tesla was … [continued]
Tesla To Eliminate Model S & Model X To Make Robots
Tesla will stop making the Model S and Model X in the second quarter of this year and begin production of Optimus robots instead.
18,000 New Fast EV Chargers Were Installed In The US In 2025
According to a new report from Paren, about 18,000 new fast EV chargers were installed in the US in 2025. “U.S. fast-charging networks expanded meaningfully in 2025, adding approximately 18,000 new DC fast-charging ports, a ~30% year-over-year increase. Deployment increasingly favored larger, higher-capacity stations, reflecting a continued shift toward sites … [continued]
Data Centers In Space Could Make The Earth Look Like A Porcupine, With Solar Panels
A proposed orbital data center design consists of solar panels branching out from long columns that hold computing hardware.
VinFast Introduces Battery Subscription Program in the Philippines
This story updated on January 28 to add some details on the battery subscription as it applied in the Philippines. As electric vehicle adoption continues to gain momentum in Southeast Asia, VinFast Philippines is once again highlighting battery subscription as a central strategy for lowering the cost barrier to EV … [continued]
Guterres Says It’s Time To Switch To Clean Energy Goals
United Nations secretary-general António Guterres’ message was powerful on January 26, the International Day of Clean Energy. Rather than succumbing to the global powers’ failure to meet goals to cap warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius, he insists “we must pick up the pace” to a “just, orderly and equitable transition … [continued]
Forget Sensors, Tesla’s AI Training Costs Are Soaring
One argument Elon Musk and Tesla fans have made for ages — for about a decade — is that the extra costs of sensors like lidar and radar for self-driving vehicles are not worth it, are illogical, and will be the death of a company like Waymo. Just use cameras … [continued]
Can Europe Go Electric & Remain Sovereign?
The Greenland crisis showed that if Europe shows spine, it can be strong. It must now apply that lesson to industrial policy, or suffer the consequences. By William Todts, Executive DirectorBrussels (EU), T&E “The strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they must,” wrote the Greek historian … [continued]
Trump’s EPA Proposes to Reward States for Being Bad Neighbors
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Trump administration released yet another coal industry handout by proposing to undo the Environmental Protection Agency’s previous disapproval of State Implementation Plans from states failing to meet their Clean Air Act obligations under the federal ozone air quality standard. Previously in 2023 the EPA had … [continued]
