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Terabyte-using cable customers double, increasing risk of data cap fees
US cable Internet customers are using an average of 268.7GB per month, and 4.1 percent of households use at least 1TB, according to new research by the …
GoDaddy weakness let bomb threat scammers hijack thousands of big-name domains
Remember the December 13 email blast that threatened to blow up buildings and schools unless recipients paid a $20,000 ransom? It triggered mass evacuations, closures, and lockdowns in the US, …
US appeals court says California can set its own Low Carbon Fuel Standard
Late last week, the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit published an opinion (PDF) stating that California’s regulation of fuel sales based …
Pay for Trump’s border wall with $20 online porn fee, Ariz. lawmaker says
An Arizona state lawmaker has proposed a $20 fee on people who want to view online pornography in order to raise money for building a …
Tesla gets green light to sell Model 3 in Europe

Enlarge / Tesla’s new Model 3 car on display is seen on Friday, January 26, 2018 at the Tesla store in Washington, DC. (credit: Getty Images)
Tesla has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to selling the Model 3 in
Researchers discover state actor’s mobile malware efforts because of YOLO OPSEC
VW’s insane I.D. R electric car is headed to the Nürbugring this summer

Enlarge / On the left, the Volkswagen I.D. R electric racer. On the right, the I.D. Buzz, which goes into production in 2022. (credit: Volkswagen)
2018 was a something of a banner year when it came to hybrids and electric
Report: Toyota and Panasonic to create an electric car-battery spinoff company

Enlarge / This photo taken on June 5, 2009, shows Toyota Motors’ third-generation Prius hybrid vehicle battery module displayed at Panasonic’s EV Energy headquarters in Kosei, Aichi, prefecture. (credit: TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)
According to Nikkei Asian Review, Toyota
Elon Musk has been pitching cheap tunnels from The Boring Company to big names

Enlarge / Plans for a potential tunnel connecting Sydney, Australia, to the West. (credit: Jeremy Buckingham)
Elon Musk—CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and The Boring Company—has been pitching his new tunnel-boring capabilities to curious elected officials as well as the