Month: April 2021
The US has a long way to go to make up for its part in the climate crisis
The US plans to officially ratchet up its climate commitments going into Earth Day tomorrow, but many advocates are skeptical that it will be ambitious enough to balance out the nation’s inordinate role in creating the climate crisis. “No possible ethically justifiable story in which the United States does not…
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Bill Nelson backs NASA’s Moon plans, climate change work in confirmation hearing
President Biden’s pick for NASA administrator, former Sen. Bill Nelson, breezed through his Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday, as expected. Facing questions from his “old buddies” about NASA’s commercial partnerships, climate change, and workforce diversity, Nelson’s hearing was uneventful and garnered bipartisan praise. He backed the agency’s current plan to…
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Congress is diving into the App Store fight
For years, tech companies like Facebook and Amazon have faced the brunt of antitrust criticism by Congress, and Apple has gotten far fewer questions. But that changed on Wednesday, when Congress finally sunk its teeth into Apple as part of a hearing titled “Antitrust Applied: Examining Competition in App Stores.”…
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Hyundai stops making the Kona EV for South Korea after battery recall
Hyundai is discontinuing its first mass-market electric SUV, the Kona EV, in South Korea following a massive recall due to a fire risk in the battery pack, the Yonhap news agency reports. The automaker will instead turn its focus to the forthcoming Ioniq 5 (and the EVs that will follow…
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Tweet in 4K: Twitter update adds high-res photos for iOS, Android Twitter phone app
After a short testing period, Twitter’s iOS and Android app now allows users to upload and view 4K images, according to an official company statement. This lets everyone tweet images in the higher resolutions that their phones’ fancy cameras are capable of shooting. Twitter initially allowed select users to try…
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Call of Duty: Warzone now has 100 million players — as does Apex Legends
In the battle royale of battle royale games, there doesn’t need to be a single winner. Call of Duty: Warzone now has 100 million players, the same number Apex Legends achieved just a week ago. They can share a victory royale with Fortnite, with its 350 million-plus players (as of…
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