Tesla has announced plans to triple the size of the Supercharger network within the next two years.
It’s an ambitious goal, but the automaker has fallen short of its growth goals for the fast-charging network in the past.
During Tesla’s Q3 2021 earnings call yesterday, investors asked Tesla about what they are doing to prevent congestion at Superchargers.
It has been a problem in some…
Rogues gallery: Leaked documents reveal lobbying to gut COP26 climate and carbon audit
October 21, 2021
With the opening of the UN-sponsored COP26 climate summit less than two weeks away, a trove of leaked documents obtained by Greenpeace is revealing efforts by of a group of nations furiously lobbying to gut language critical of their carbon-spewing economic interests from a…
Google dropping Play Store subscription fee from 30% to 15% on day one for all Android devs
October 21, 2021
Back in March, Google Play announced that it was cutting commission fees to 15% on the first $1 million in revenue from paid apps and in-app purchases (IAPs) for all Android developers. Google announced today that next year, the Play Store will only take a 15% cut on all…
Pinsta Instant Camera is a new pinhole camera that can shoot directly onto positive 4×5 inch photographic paper where it develops internally, eliminating the need for a darkroom.
The selling point of the new pinhole camera is that it can shoot and print analog photographs in any location. Project creator, Oliver New who started his career fabricating parts used in analog photography print…
The European Space Agency (ESA) captured a video of a “violent mass of fast-moving plasma” that was spit out by the sun. This coronal mass ejection (CME) can cause interference with communications and GPS systems on Earth, but can also deliver some incredible light…
DxO's new PhotoLab 5 and FilmPack 6 get Fujifilm X-Trans support, performance boosts and more
October 21, 2021
DxO has announced the latest versions of DxO PhotoLab and DxO FilmPack. DxO PhotoLab 5 features improved Control Point functionality and new ways to adjust images, more efficient DeepPRIME implementation, improved asset management tools, and for the first time, Fujifilm…
Elon Musk’s Boring Company just won approval from local officials to move forward with building a network of vehicle tunnels underneath Las Vegas. Dubbed the “Vegas Loop,” the system will allow passengers to hitch rides in Teslas to and from places like the hotel casinos on the Las Vegas Strip, the city’s new football stadium, the Las Vegas Convention Center, and McCarran International…
NEID Spectrometer Lights Up Path to Exoplanet Exploration
October 21, 2021
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NEID Spectrometer Lights Up Path to Exoplanet Exploration
A new NASA instrument will look for planets by detecting subtle wobbles from their parent stars. To prepare, it will study the Sun.
As NASA expands its quest to discover…
US Senator Joe Manchin III (D-WV) opposes his own political party’s clean energy program. And since not a single Republican will support the infrastructure bill that contains the program, Manchin has disproportionate power to sink the US plan to decarbonize in order to…
Elon Musk’s Boring Company ‘Tesla in Tunnels’ in Las Vegas to expand throughout the city
October 21, 2021
The Boring Company’s first commercial loop, deployed in Las Vegas, has officially been approved for expansion throughout the city.
Tesla vehicles inside tunnels are going to offer a new transit solution in Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Convention Center Loop is The Boring Company’s first full-scale loop project currently in commercial use.
Elon Musk’s tunneling startup completed the $50 million…
