Electric cars are better for the environment than fossil fuel-burning vehicles, but they still rely on the grid, which can be variously dirty or clean depending on what sources it uses for its energy.

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The screen-bedecked Alexa device is back—this time with a smaller display.Amazon’s new Echo Show 5 has tough competition. For the past six months I’ve had a similar smart display, the Google Home Hub—recently

Ugh, the Gregorian calendar is so boring. That’s why we’re disrupting monthly series with a lunar cycle-based series about the best patents of the last synodic month, picked by the PatentYogi team. Get

Facebook’s head of global spin and policy, former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, will give a speech later today providing more detail of the company’s plan to set up an ‘independent’ external oversight

Apple says US plans to impose more tariffs on Chinese goods would hurt its "global competitiveness".Apple says US plans to impose more tariffs on Chinese goods would hurt its "global

Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who initiated the call to break up the social networking giant, has termed the new digital currency Libra "frightening”.Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, who initiated

Nashville is banishing the scooters after its first scooter-related death. The city’s Mayor David Briley notified seven scooter companies operating in Nashville he was ending the pilot project and banning

Apple supposedly owes Samsung Display, its OLED supplier, a multimillion-dollar penalty fee. According to a report, it may make good on the penalty by building OLED screens into more of its devices, including

Mobile analytics firm Sensor Tower has released a new report that claims that the top app developers app stores make considerably more money on Apple's App Store compared to Google's Play Store. Source

The crew of Boaty McBoatface, a British research submarine, made a major climate change discovery on its maiden mission.The crew of Boaty McBoatface, a British research submarine, made a major climate

Libra, Facebook’s new cryptocurrency, is expected to have a smaller environmental footprint compared to some of its more notorious blockchain brethren, including bitcoin, according to experts. Its energy

Google today responded to an ongoing controversy involving lyrics provider and annotator Genius Media. Google is claiming it receives all of its song lyrics through third-party providers, and its asked

Sony. Nintendo. Microsoft. Google. Amazon. Walmart. Verizon. Electronic Arts. Nvidia. Each of these companies are giants in their respective fields — and every single one of them is or is said to be testing

A new scam email is circulating amongst Irish Netflix users this week, which appears to be from Netflix itselfA new scam email is circulating amongst Irish Netflix users this week, A new scam email is

The European Union said online platforms must do more to combat disinformation, including sharing data on their efforts.The European Union said online platforms must do more to combat disinformation, including

The smartphone market is still reeling under the first The smartphone market is still reeling under the first ever annual decline in 2018, but is poised to grow in the emerging markets, Counterpoint Research

OnePlus has reportedly fixed the security flaw that OnePlus has reportedly fixed the OnePlus has reportedly fixed the security flaw that existed on the Shot on OnePlus app revealing email addresses of

What does artificial intelligence mean? How does machine learning work? These are tough questions, but important ones to answer. In The Verge’s Real World AI Issue we’re going to look at how this technology

Brian Kenner, Washington, DC’s deputy mayor for planning and economic development, helped lead the Mayor Muriel Bowser administration’s "Obviously DC" campaign. The effort ultimately failed with