Here’s how Michelin plans to make its tires more renewable
The tire company wants a completely sustainable tire by 2050. Enlarge / Tires are a growing source of microplastic pollution. Michelin says it wants to change that. (credit: Getty Images) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle—it's mo.....»»
Norway suspends deep-sea mining projects: govt allies
Norway has suspended plans to start giving licenses for deep-sea mining next year that had faced opposition from environment groups and international institutions, a party allied with the center-left government said on Sunday......»»
Arizona chip plants could make 2nm chips from 2028, claims TSMC
Things haven’t exactly been going to plan with TSMC’s Arizona chip plants, but the company is claiming that the second plant could be making 2nm chips in the US as early as 2028. Previously announced plans talked only of 3nm chips by this date......»»
Might be time to buy EVs, laptops and smartphones ahead of Trump tariffs
Price hikes are widely expected to be passed onto U.S. consumers should the incoming Trump administration carry out its plans to impose across-the-board tariffs on imports......»»
Black Friday weekend streaming deals slash Disney Plus, Max, Hulu, Paramount Plus to as low as $0.99/mo
The best Black Friday streaming deals deliver discounts of up to 90% off plans from Max, Paramount Plus, Hulu, Peacock and Apple TV Plus — and you can get them all weekend long.Save up to 75% with these streaming service deals.Black Friday sales at.....»»
Three new Nothing phones may launch in 2025. Here’s what we know
Nothing has major plans for 2025. The company might announce three new handsets in the year’s first half......»»
Black Friday streaming deals slash Disney Plus, Max, Hulu, Paramount Plus to as low as $0.99/mo
The best Black Friday streaming deals deliver discounts of up to 90% off plans from Max, Paramount Plus, Hulu, Peacock and Apple TV Plus.Save up to 75% with these streaming service deals.Black Friday sales are in full swing at popular streaming servi.....»»
Contentious COP29 deal casts doubt over climate plans
A bitterly-fought climate finance deal reached at COP29 risks weakening emissions-cutting plans from developing countries, observers say, further raising the stakes for new national commitments due early next year......»»
Car tires shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment. Urgent action is needed
Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tons of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our foo.....»»
Black Friday streaming deals slash Disney Plus, Max, Hulu, Paramount Plus to as low $0.99/mo
The best Black Friday streaming deals deliver discounts of up to 90% off plans from Max, Paramount Plus, Hulu, Peacock and Apple TV Plus.Save up to 75% with these streaming service deals.Black Friday sales are in full swing at popular streaming servi.....»»
Biased AI in health care faces crackdown in sweeping Biden admin proposals
The future of the proposals is uncertain as Trump admin comes to office. The Biden administration on Tuesday issued sweeping health care proposals that would see Medicare plans gr.....»»
TikTok is drastically changing who can use beauty filters. Here’s what’s happening
TikTok is introducing new restrictions to better safeguard its younger users. Here’s how it plans to do it......»»
Neuralink Plans to Test Whether Its Brain Implant Can Control a Robotic Arm
Elon Musk’s brain implant company is launching a new study to test whether its wireless device can control a robotic arm......»»
Apple’s app acquisition record hints at a bright future for Pixelmator
Apple bought Pixelmator earlier this fall, in a rare occurrence of the company buying an existing app. Though questions about its plans abound, looking at Apple’s app acquisition history points to a bright future ahead for Pixelmator. more….....»»
Gurman: Apple has no ‘meaningful’ AirPods Max plans after USB-C refresh
According to Mark Gurman’s latest Power On newsletter, Apple has no ‘meaningful’ plans to refresh after the introduction of the USB-C model earlier this year. If you were waiting for a bigger refresh with a newer chip, improved noise cancellat.....»»
Tim Cook and 20 other CEOs met China’s premier to discuss potential issues with Trump plans
Apple CEO Tim Cook and more than 20 other chief execs met China’s premier today to discuss potential trade disruption once Trump takes office in January. However, the report makes it sound like the meeting didn’t achieve much, with some saying.....»»
BLUETTI’s Black Friday deals can bring power to all your 2025 adventures
The year is coming to a close, and many of us are thinking about plans for 2025. If those plans involve any trips outdoors, away from the power grid, you’ll want to check out BLUETTI’s Black Friday deals on portable power stations and more. Their.....»»
Apple’s plans for a Siri evolution keep getting pushed into the future
Apple is reportedly working on the next big digital assistant evolution with what it calls LLM Siri. But the upgrade will take its own sweet time to arrive......»»
Saturday Citations: Sweaty, remarkable humans; ocean level rise projections; closeup of a star in another galaxy
Since we last spoke, researchers at the University of Birmingham have defined the precise shape of a single photon (spoiler: roundish). Economists worry that Trump's grandiose deportation plans could lead to a recession. And astronomers report that t.....»»
A former Orion manager has surprisingly credible plans to fly European astronauts
"I know it's super hard, and I know it was crazy." It would be easy to be cynical about a German-French startup named The Exploration Company, which aims to build an increasingly.....»»
A former Orion engineer has surprisingly credible plans to fly European astronauts
"I know it's super hard, and I know it was crazy." It would be easy to be cynical about a German-French startup named The Exploration Company, which aims to build an increasingly.....»»