Since Trump tariffs, solar jobs have atrophied
This week, an advocacy group called The Solar Foundation released its ninth annual solar jobs report. In 2018 the industry contracted, shedding 8,000 solar jobs, or a loss of …
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Electric car batteries might be worth recycling, but bus batteries aren’t yet
Enlarge / A used lithium-ion electric vehicle battery sits at the 4R Energy Corporation Namie factory in Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on Monday, Mar. 26, 2018. (credit: Akio Kon/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Bloomberg New Energy Finance predicts that
Hackers keep trying to get malicious Windows file onto MacOS
Malware pushers are experimenting with a novel way to infect Mac users that runs executable files that normally execute only on Windows computers.
The files and folders found inside a
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Texas lawmaker wants to ban mobile throttling in disaster areas
Enlarge / Texas’ state flag.
A Texas lawmaker is proposing a state law that would prohibit wireless carriers from throttling mobile Internet service in disaster areas.
Bobby Guerra, a …
SpaceX seeks FCC OK for 1 million satellite broadband Earth stations
SpaceX is seeking US approval to deploy up to 1 million Earth stations to receive transmissions from its planned satellite broadband constellation.
The Federal Communications Commission last year gave SpaceX …
Driverless delivery startup Nuro raises almost $1 billion
Enlarge / Nuro Founders Dave Ferguson and Jiajun Zhu. (credit: Nuro/Greylock)
The autonomous delivery startup Nuro has raised $940 million from The Softbank Vision Fund, making it one of the most lavishly funded startups in the driverless car sector.
Google Play caught hosting an app that steals users’ cryptocurrency
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Google Play has been caught hosting yet another malicious app, this time one that was designed to steal cryptocurrency from unwitting end users, researchers said …
A potted history of Japan’s car industry delights at the Petersen Museum
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This Datsun Model 16 Coupe is actually a pre-war Japanese car. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ]
LOS ANGELES—Like most nerds, I love spending time in a good museum. It doesn’t matter if it’s planes, video games, cars—even