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There’s plenty of column inches given to the environmental advantages of electric vehicles, like reducing air pollution and greenhouse gas emission. But there’s a salty little secret often obscured by those who wax lyrical about EVs — the environmental impact of the lithium mined to make EV batteries. So I decided to take a deep dive into what it is, where it comes from, how it’s mined, its environmental impact, and what we can do to make it greener. And don’t worry — no geology degree is needed. What is
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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Premium wireless headphones occupy a rarified space, far outside the reach of most audio products, and indeed, most people’s budgets. Despite the encroachment of true wireless earbuds, these behemoths have remained a constant presence in the market and are the preferred option, especially among travelers, due to their superior noise cancellation and extended battery life. Sony has ruled this segment for years with its WH-1000X series of headphones. About a... Read more ›
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The Edifier M90 is a jack-of-all-trades desktop and monitor speaker that connects in loads of ways. Read more ›
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Mudflaps play an important role in protecting your vehicle's wheel wells and undercarriage. However, they also may influence your car's fuel efficiency. Read more ›
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For nearly five years after its public listing, the question hanging over One97 Communications, the parent of Paytm, was if… Read more ›
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If you can't locate the extremely in-demand Michelin Pilot Sport 4S, try one of these alternate tires instead. Read more ›
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Open-source PS3 emulator RPCS3 "has been around since 2011," Kotaku notes, and has made 70% of the PlayStation 3's library fully playable, "bolstered in part by the many users who contribute to its GitHub page." But their dev team "took to X today to very kindly and civilly request that users 'stop submitting AI slop code pull requests' to its GitHub page." Then they immediately proceeded to tell the AI-brain-rotted... Read more ›
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Amrisha Agarwal said living in Rishikesh meant her daughter spent time by the Ganges, hiking, or cycling, rather than being glued to screens. Read more ›
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Cloud security used to revolve around firewall rules, static policies, and periodic configuration reviews. That model worked reasonably well when the infrastructure was smaller, and cloud adoption was still limited. Modern environments look very different. Most enterprises now operate across ... Read more ›
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There are many compact cameras on the market, but this one is possibly one of the best available. Unfortunately, that quality comes at a price. Read more ›
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Living in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Peter Millard said he and his wife, Rita, want to stay independent, so they prepare their own meals and do their own housework. Read more ›
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We've only got three episodes of Rivals season 2 releasing in the near future — but boy has the Hulu and Disney+ show's return made an unforgettable impression. Read more ›
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Looking for NYT Strands answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, including the spangram. Read more ›
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Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles. Read more ›
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Looking for Quordle clues? We can help. Plus get the answers to Quordle today and past solutions. Read more ›
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Running a software upgrade on a fridge feels strange, but these are the times we live in. Read more ›
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Finding cheap refurbished Ryobi tools for sale is less of a challenge than you might think, thanks to one specific retailer that has an inside line. Read more ›
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An anonymous reader shared this report from Electrek: A newly revealed Honda patent shows the company developing a simulated electronic clutch system for electric motorcycles, complete with torque-boost launches and even haptic feedback designed to mimic the feel of a combustion engine.... Instead of using a traditional mechanical clutch, the system uses electronics to alter how the motor responds based on clutch lever position. Pull the clutch halfway in, and... Read more ›
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Two years after a Beijing engineer started building dexterous hands inspired by a Japanese cartoon, his company holds 80% of the global market and is doubling its valuation in months. Robotic hands are not, conventionally, the part of a humanoid robot that investors get excited about. The legs walk, the arms lift, and the head, […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Won-Jin Lee, a marketing veteran, takes over the Visual Display business after a quarter of declining TV profits. His predecessor moves to AI and robotics. Samsung Electronics has changed the head of its television business for the first time in more than two years, an unusually direct admission that something is not quite right at […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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A bench trial in Santa Fe could force algorithm changes, age verification, and a $3.7bn mental health fund. Meta has threatened to pull Facebook and Instagram from the state instead. In March, a New Mexico jury reached a verdict that no American jury had reached before. Meta, the company once known as Facebook, had violated […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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A joint venture with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, Goldman Sachs, and General Atlantic will sell Claude into the buyout firms’ portfolio companies. OpenAI’s DeployCo arrived first; this one is bigger. There is a kind of business school question that has been quietly answered over the past month, without anyone formally asking it. The question is: […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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A $725bn hyperscaler capex ramp and a 20% HBM price rise have made the South Korean chipmaker the second-most valuable company on the KOSPI. The harder question is when supply catches demand. There is a small joke in semiconductor circles about which part of an AI server is most expensive. The graphics processor used to […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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The Western debate about China’s industrial rise keeps circling the same question: how much of it is subsidised? The European Commission’s anti-subsidy investigations into Chinese electric vehicles, solar panels, and wind turbines have produced tariff schedules that treat government funding as the primary explanation for Chinese competitiveness. The US Treasury and Commerce departments have imposed […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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The Belgian pharma is buying a two-year-old San Diego biotech for $2bn upfront, the second TCE bet it has placed in months. The thesis: B-cell killers built for cancer can rewire how autoimmune diseases are treated. Candid Therapeutics is two years old. It does not have an approved drug. Its lead programme has been tested […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Three days after suggesting it might target up to $4bn at $40bn, the AI chipmaker has marketed 28 million shares at $115-$125 each, lining the deal up with its February private valuation rather than above it. Cerebras Systems was preparing to seek up to $4bn at a roughly $40bn valuation in its long-awaited initial public […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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After a 30% year-to-date drawdown, Monday’s Q1 results are Palantir’s first chance to argue, not assume, that it does not belong in the broader AI software multiple compression. Until two weeks ago, Palantir was, by some measures, the best-performing large-cap software stock of the AI cycle. It had outpaced Salesforce, Microsoft, Oracle, and Adobe by […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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Blackstone Digital Infrastructure Trust will list on the NYSE under BXDC, targeting newly built data centres leased to hyperscalers. It is the most direct way Wall Street has yet packaged the AI build-out for public investors. For most of the past 18 months, the financial story behind the AI build-out has been a story about […] This story continues at The Next Web Read more ›
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