/ How I hit reset on my homescreen in pursuit of a more peaceful existence. By Allison Johnson, a reviewer with 10 years of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview. Share this story Do we really need all this?Photo by Amelia… Continue reading An iPhone owner’s guide to living off the app grid
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A new and better way to control your smart home
/ Plus, in this week’s Installer: A new app for exploring the fediverse, the next Sonic movie, and ChatGPT takes your phone calls. By David Pierce, editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired. Share this story If you buy something… Continue reading A new and better way to control your smart home
Clean Technica: 52% of Car Sales in China Are Now Plugins! Full Report003762
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! Also: Geely is Rising Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market, with plugins scoring yet another new record, a little more than 1.27 million sales (in a 2.42-million-unit overall market). That’s up 51% year over… Continue reading Clean Technica: 52% of Car Sales in China Are Now Plugins! Full Report003762
DOC finalizes semiconductor awards totaling nearly $7 billion for Samsung, Texas Instruments and Amkor
The US Department of Commerce on Friday announced its awards for Samsung, Texas Instruments and Amkor Technology under the CHIPS Incentives Program, which come to more than $6.75 billion altogether. The program is meant to help expand domestic semiconductor production. Samsung was awarded up to $4.745 billion in direct funding — a smaller amount than… Continue reading DOC finalizes semiconductor awards totaling nearly $7 billion for Samsung, Texas Instruments and Amkor
Canoo put employees on a ‘mandatory unpaid break’ after pausing work at Oklahoma factories this week
After announcing this week that it furloughed 82 employees, EV startup Canoo emailed remaining workers to inform them they were being placed on a “mandatory unpaid break” and would be locked out of the company’s systems at the end of the day Friday, TechCrunch reports. The email viewed by TechCrunch reportedly said the break would… Continue reading Canoo put employees on a ‘mandatory unpaid break’ after pausing work at Oklahoma factories this week
Google proposes alternative remedies for its search monopoly after DOJ demands radical changes
Google has filed a proposal outlining how it would remedy the antitrust violations it’s been accused of by the Department of Justice, after the DOJ called for Google to sell off Chrome and face restrictions that would prevent it from favoring its own search engine in Android. Judge Amit Mehta of the US District Court… Continue reading Google proposes alternative remedies for its search monopoly after DOJ demands radical changes
There’s a Scandal Growing About That Paper About How Black Spatulas Are Killing You
Image by Getty / Futurism Remember that huge panic around black spatulas? It turns out that the whole thing may have just been a crock of crap. A study published in October contended that kitchenware made of black plastics, and especially utensils like spatulas, contained alarmingly high amounts of toxic flame retardants due to the… Continue reading There’s a Scandal Growing About That Paper About How Black Spatulas Are Killing You
Scientists Suggest Harvesting Blood From Mars Colonists to Construct Future City
One crew member collecting blood for 72 weeks could be enough to “construct a small habitat for another crew member.” Blood Drive Future space travelers will have to get creative to build structures on the surface of Mars. Sending all the necessary construction materials across over 140 million miles of space wouldn’t just be a… Continue reading Scientists Suggest Harvesting Blood From Mars Colonists to Construct Future City
Asked to Write a Screenplay, ChatGPT Started Procrastinating and Making Excuses
Perhaps more than any profession, writers are infamous for their quirky and possibly counterproductive on the-job habits. In his heyday, screenwriter Paul Schrader would write exclusively at night, often until five or six in the morning. He fueled this with a lot of alcohol, nicotine, and cocaine (the latter a habit shared by many of… Continue reading Asked to Write a Screenplay, ChatGPT Started Procrastinating and Making Excuses
The Electric Explorer’s Nightmare Launch Shows Everything Ford Gets Right and Wrong About EVs
I asked Amko Leenart, director of design for Ford Europe, about why Ford used VW’s woeful controls in both the Explorer and the Capri, and he told me Ford worked with a partner to better the response on the sliders (but wouldn’t tell me how), then admitted that “we tried to improve it a bit—and… Continue reading The Electric Explorer’s Nightmare Launch Shows Everything Ford Gets Right and Wrong About EVs