Old seatbelts, truck tarps, and plastic bottles transformed into a very good carryall. Thomas Ricker is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years. I remember the day: a sinewy bicycle messenger skillfully weaved through honking… Continue reading Freitag’s newest messenger bag is made from trash to last
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Clean Technica: Manila International Auto Show Marks 20 Years, Displays More Electrified Vehicles Than Ever Before003968
Sign up for CleanTechnica’s Weekly Substack for Zach and Scott’s in-depth analyses and high level summaries, sign up for our daily newsletter, and/or follow us on Google News! Last Updated on: 12th April 2025, 10:37 am The 2025 Manila International Auto Show opened its doors on April 10. It includes a larger presence than ever… Continue reading Clean Technica: Manila International Auto Show Marks 20 Years, Displays More Electrified Vehicles Than Ever Before003968
Clean Technica: Will New Lower-Cost Tesla Cybertruck Double Cybertruck Sales?003967
Sign up for CleanTechnica’s Weekly Substack for Zach and Scott’s in-depth analyses and high level summaries, sign up for our daily newsletter, and/or follow us on Google News! Last Updated on: 12th April 2025, 01:54 am After sending me 5 emails trying to sell me a Tesla Cybertruck in the past month and a half,… Continue reading Clean Technica: Will New Lower-Cost Tesla Cybertruck Double Cybertruck Sales?003967
Homeland Security Email Tells a US Citizen to ‘Immediately’ Self-Deport
The United States Department of Homeland Security sent an email this week informing people living in the US on a temporary legal status that their “parole” has been revoked and instructed them to leave the country “immediately.” However, the email was also addressed to at least one US citizen, an immigration attorney from Massachusetts. And… Continue reading Homeland Security Email Tells a US Citizen to ‘Immediately’ Self-Deport
Week in Review: Jeff Bezos’ secret EV startup
Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of cool stuff for your reading pleasure this week: Jeff Bezos backs EV startup Slate; a Meta whistleblower accuses the company of collusion; Waymo may use interior camera data; and much more. Let’s get to it! I want this: Slate, an EV startup, has the ambitious… Continue reading Week in Review: Jeff Bezos’ secret EV startup
BrightDrop production paused due to slow demand – it’s still the best EV deal going
A Unifor union rep at the Ontario production facility where GM builds the all electric Chevy BrightDrop van is temporarily halting production of the commercial EV due to slow sales – but with massive discounts, Costco member programs, and state and utility incentives driving costs well below its diesel competitors, it might still be the best… Continue reading BrightDrop production paused due to slow demand – it’s still the best EV deal going
Former Google CEO Tells Congress That 99 Percent of All Electricity Will Be Used to Power Superintelligent AI
In Harlan Ellison’s disturbing 1967 short story “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream,” a sentient superintelligence named AM has taken over the earth’s resources and exterminated humanity after combining the powers of three US, Soviet, and Chinese supercomputers into one. A small group of survivors has been kept alive for AM’s amusement, forced… Continue reading Former Google CEO Tells Congress That 99 Percent of All Electricity Will Be Used to Power Superintelligent AI
OpenAI Is Taking Spammers’ Money to Pollute the Internet at Unprecedented Scale
Sam Altman’s grand vision of democratizing artificial intelligence seems, per a new study, to include an ugly asterisk: it’s monetized, at least in part, by spambots filling the web with AI-generated garbage. According to the cybersecurity firm SentinelOne, search engine optimization (SEO) scammers operated undetected for months using what company’s experts are calling “AkiraBot,” a… Continue reading OpenAI Is Taking Spammers’ Money to Pollute the Internet at Unprecedented Scale
Government Announces Plan to Liquidate Millions of Acres of Forest
Now well into his second term, it’s no secret that Donald Trump wields his emergency powers like Elon Musk uses slurs. That is to say, he does it a lot. So far, Trump’s declared national emergencies to classify drug smugglers as terrorists, the migrant crisis as an invasion, and the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant… Continue reading Government Announces Plan to Liquidate Millions of Acres of Forest
New Research Finds That Dogs Are Incredibly Horrible
Bad news for people who love good puppers: pet dogs seem, per an unsettling new study, to be astonishingly bad for the environment. In an interview with The Guardian, the lead author of a wide-ranging review of canine environmental effects suggested that pet dogs may be as harmful to their surroundings as their much-maligned brethren, housecats.… Continue reading New Research Finds That Dogs Are Incredibly Horrible