Month: January 2022
EU drafts plan to label gas and nuclear investments as green
Image Credit: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier After years of fighting between governments for truly climate-friendly investments, the European Union has drawn up plans to label some natural gas and nuclear power projects as “green” investments. The European Commission is expected to propose rules in January to decide whether nuclear and gas projects…
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Samsung’s new M8 monitor has a built-in smart home hub
Samsung is coming to CES with two high-end monitors aimed at very different audiences. As The Vergenotes, the company is starting things off with the Smart Monitor M8. The 32-inch 4K display offers TV functionality like its predecessors, but now includes a SmartThings hub to control compatible smart home devices…
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Tesla delivered close to one million vehicles in 2021
Tesla delivered a record 936,172 vehicles in 2021, as outlined in a report from Tesla, representing an 87 percent increase over the 499,550 vehicle deliveries Tesla made in 2020. The company managed to deliver 308,600 cars in the last quarter of 2021 alone, up from 241,300 deliveries in the third…
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China to cut new energy vehicle subsidies by 30% in 2022
Image Credit: REUTERS/Aly Song China will cut subsidies for New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) such as electric cars by 30% in 2022 and withdraw them all by the end of the year, the Treasury Department said on its website. The subsidies for NEVs would be reduced by 10%, 20% and 30%…
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GERMAN FINANCE MINISTER PLEDGES TAX RELIEF FROM 2023
Image Credit: REUTERS/Annegret Hilse Germany’s new government will offer personal and business tax breaks worth at least 30 billion euros ($ 34.1 billion) during this legislative period, Finance Minister Christian Lindner said on Sunday. “We will relieve people and small and medium-sized businesses by significantly more than 30 billion euros,”…
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Twitter permanently suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal account over COVID-19 misinformation
Twitter has permanently suspended Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal account for repeatedly violating the platform’s rules on COVID-19 misinformation, as noted in a report by CNN. Since the ban only affects Greene’s personal Twitter account, @mtgreenee, she can still access and tweet from her governmental account, @RepMTG. In a…
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