/ Capturing carbon dioxide is just another side to Occidental’s oil business Signage is displayed outside of Occidental Petroleum Corp. offices in Carlsbad, New Mexico, US, on Friday, September 11th, 2020. Oil giant Occidental announced an enormous escalation of its plans to take planet-heating carbon dioxide out of the air. It signed a lease agreement… Continue reading King Ranch will be the site of the largest carbon capture project yet
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Ring is almost ready to release its first car alarm
/ In October, Ring said it plans on releasing the car alarm in the ‘next year or so’ Ring may be getting closer to launching the car alarm it announced over two years ago. A new report from Zatz Not Funny! reveals an image of the device recently added to the Ring Android app as… Continue reading Ring is almost ready to release its first car alarm
Waymo’s robotaxis are now making passenger trips to the Phoenix airport
/ The Alphabet company says it is the first AV operator to conduct ride-hail trips to an airport, signaling the start of a potential lucrative commercial opportunity Waymo is ready to tackle the chaos of airport drop-offs and pickups in Phoenix. The Alphabet company says it is the first autonomous vehicle company to include a… Continue reading Waymo’s robotaxis are now making passenger trips to the Phoenix airport
Why Amazon VP Steve Boom just made the entire music catalog free with Prime
Apple Music raised its rates. Will Amazon Music follow suit? Share this story Photo illustration by Will Joel / The Verge Steve Boom is the VP of Amazon Music, and he has a great name for the music business. He’s on the show because Amazon just announced that it is upgrading the music service that… Continue reading Why Amazon VP Steve Boom just made the entire music catalog free with Prime
Tritium and DC-America are building a coast-to-coast EV fast charging network
/ The American-made and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-funded stations are built on skids for easy and fast deployment DC-America EV stations with Tritium DC fast chargers are built on a skid platform, requiring little digging on-site.Image: Tritium Tritium and DC-America are partnering to build a nationwide EV fast charging network and have qualified for federal funding… Continue reading Tritium and DC-America are building a coast-to-coast EV fast charging network
The Hummer EV e-bike is just as over the top and ridiculous as the electric truck it’s based on
/ GMC is licensing the Hummer brand to an Indiana-based supplier of fat tired e-bikes to local police departments. The result is a dual-motor Class 3 bike with a big battery and lots of power. The Hummer EV e-bike was inevitable.Image: Recon GMC joined forces with the world’s largest supplier of e-bikes for law enforcement… Continue reading The Hummer EV e-bike is just as over the top and ridiculous as the electric truck it’s based on
George Hotz, iPhone hacker and Elon Musk antagonist, is leaving Comma AI
/ Hotz founded the driver-assist technology company as an attempt to make a product that was better than Tesla’s Autopilot. But he said he doesn’t feel capable of running the company anymore. Photo by Michael Zelenko / The Verge George Hotz is stepping down from Comma AI. The 32-year-old CEO, who rose to fame under his… Continue reading George Hotz, iPhone hacker and Elon Musk antagonist, is leaving Comma AI
SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy is scheduled to launch again after three years
Science/ Space / It’s the first National Security Space Launch for the Falcon Heavy rocket A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying satellites for the US Air Force ahead of a launch scheduled for June 24th, 2019, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.Photo by Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images On November 1st, SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy is… Continue reading SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy is scheduled to launch again after three years
TuSimple reportedly under investigation for ties to Chinese firm
/ The autonomous trucking company’s problems are mounting as The Wall Street Journal reports that both the FBI and SEC are probing whether it defrauded investors TuSimple may have defrauded investors by failing to disclose its ties to a Chinese firm.Photo by Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance via Getty Images Autonomous trucking company TuSimple is under investigation… Continue reading TuSimple reportedly under investigation for ties to Chinese firm
The new Fitbit Sense 2 is already 74 percent off at Amazon
/ Overshadowed by Google’s Pixel Watch, the latest (as well as the smartest) Fitbit tracker is already selling at bargain bin price. At $80, it’s far easier to justify getting one if you want stress tracking, built-in GPS, and other features. The Sense 2 that’s $80 at Amazon in the black colorway.Photo by Victoria Song… Continue reading The new Fitbit Sense 2 is already 74 percent off at Amazon