tech
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Could letting consumers fix their iPhones help save the planet?
“If we’re going to solve the climate crisis, we’re going to have to find a way to make all the products in our lives last longer.”
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Big polluters, meet big brother
New satellite- and AI-powered tech wizardry allows governments -- and ordinary folks -- to surveil smokestacks around the globe.
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Google, Facebook, and Microsoft sponsored a conference that promoted climate change denial
The conference was backed by a group founded to spread the “good news” about carbon emissions.
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Apple’s recycling robot wants your old iPhone. Don’t give it to him.
Recycling electronics is a messy business.
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Is Apple trying to be your iUtility?
Apple can sell electricity now. What next?
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“Tiny buses for everyone!” says Elon Musk
Tesla has a new master plan, now that everything else is going so well.
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NASA is designing a new, improved airplane wing
With electric motors in place of fossil fuel-burning jet engines, this test wing could one day make planes more efficient and aerodynamic.
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Paying extra to get that new iPhone faster? It’s a bad deal
Leasing your phone gets you more frequent upgrades, but what does that mean for the planet?
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RIP, obsolete gadget you once thought would change your life
Instead of fawning over new Apple gadgets, take a tour through this house full of old ones.