David Ashton grew up outside of Sacramento, California, and went to college in San Luis Obispo during the historic drought of the late 2000s.
He spent years driving the 300-mile stretch between Sacramento and San Luis Obispo, enthralled by the never-ending lettuce farms, acres of leafy green plants against a bleak, dry background. The fact that these lush, green crops were grown in drought…
The bZ3X, Toyota’s fully electric SUV, is a hit in China. After delivering over 80,000 units in its first year on the market, the bZ3X was the best-selling EV among joint ventures in China for five months straight.
Toyota bZ3X EV deliveries top 80,000 in one year
After…
“Juiced is back, baby” says the revamped Juiced Bikes website. It also shows us our first glimpse of what are set to become the new e-bike models that will help the re-animated electric bike maker launch its much-awaited comeback tour.
As a quick refresher, Juiced Bikes…
43 GW: Solar tops new US power for the 5th year in a row
March 12, 2026
The US installed 43 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in 2025, marking the fifth straight year that solar has been the largest source of new power added to the grid.
According to the latest “US Solar Market Insight 2025 Year in Review” from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, solar and energy storage together accounted for 79% of all new electricity…
Facing jittery global markets and drooping poll numbers since launching a war on Iran, President Donald Trump has cycled from calls for “unconditional surrender” to sounding amenable to an end state in which Iran trades one hard-line ayatollah for another.
Shifting…
MANILA, Philippines — Japan is working to accelerate the tri-nation GCAP fighter jet collaboration with the U.K. and Italy despite reported fiscal and contract delays, which experts say will unlikely push back target deployment in 2035.
The move comes as the ruling party…
CHRISTCHUCH, New Zealand — The Australian government announced on March 10 it would send an E-7A Wedgetail early-warning aircraft to the Middle East and help replenish United Arab Emirates stocks of AIM-120 air-to-air missiles.
Officials in Canberra said the Wedgetail from the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) No. 2 Squadron would provide a “long-range reconnaissance capability which will…
I was impressed with the Glyph Atom EX40 from the minute I took it out of the box. It’s a looker, and its random and real-world performance were top-notch. Alas, it ain’t cheap, though with the current high price of NAND it’s looking almost like a bargain.
Read on to…
Microsoft outs Xbox Project Helix: ‘We want to break down the artificial barriers between PC and console’
March 12, 2026
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PCWorld reports Microsoft’s Project Helix console aims to eliminate barriers between PC and console gaming through a unified player-first experience.
The next-generation Xbox will feature advanced graphics including neural…
Google’s still struggling to crack PC gaming
March 12, 2026
Do PC gamers long to play mobile games…on the PC? Google continues to think so, and the company is making incremental moves to improve its Google Play platform on the PC.
Google is adding a Steam-like trial period of one hour, called Game Trials, while adding more paid games. An AI-like assistant called Sidekick is also being turned on for some of those games; if you’re still stumped, you can…
