Renewable Energy Made Up Half Of New U.S. Energy In 2017
Feb 13, 2018 23:35 pm UTC| Technology
2017 saw one of the fastest adoption rates for renewable energy yet, with about half the added power coming from green sources. This is the fourth time that renewables outpaced natural gas as new additions to the power...
Elon Musk Throws Shade At LIDAR For Driverless Cars, Calls It A Crutch
Feb 13, 2018 23:35 pm UTC| Technology
LIDAR is one of the foremost technologies being used in developing self-driving technology right now, with big names like Googles Waymo and Uber frantically trying to claim supremacy using the tool. In his usual renegade...
Google Sued, Accused Of Knowingly Selling Broken Pixel Phones
Feb 13, 2018 23:32 pm UTC| Technology
When Google launched the first batch of Pixel phones, the products received mixed reactions from the industry. Many critics loved it but just as many had issues with it. Apparently, theres a portion of customers who...
Snapchat Now Lets Users Customize Their Filters
Feb 13, 2018 23:31 pm UTC| Technology
Usually, Snapchat users can only choose from a variety of fun, spontaneous filters on the app in order to take pictures of themselves with and then send it to their friends. Thanks to the new updates for the app, users can...
How the digitalisation of everything is making us more lonely
Feb 08, 2018 14:14 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Technology
The UK government recently appointed its first minister of loneliness. The move came in response to increasing concern of a loneliness epidemic sweeping Western society. Psychologists define loneliness as a subjective,...
Falcon Heavy: amazing launch – but what about the environmental impact?
Feb 08, 2018 14:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
SpaceX has now launched the most powerful spacecraft since the Apollo era the Falcon Heavy rocket setting the bar for future space launches. The most important thing about this reusable spacecraft is that it can carry a...
Amazon's new headquarters: here's what it will take to be the winning city
Feb 08, 2018 13:37 pm UTC| Insights & Views Technology
Cities across the US are locked in fierce competition to host Amazons second headquarters known as HQ2. This is a big race: a shortlist of 20 cities seems to think this particular corporate investment can go a long way to...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects