Plug-in hybrids get plugged in more than you might think

​Toyota is the latest automaker to report PHEV charging stats, and they’re encouraging.  Plug-in hybrid powertrains were developed to be the best of both worlds: a combustion engine and fuel tank that can handle those longer journeys exactly the same as a non-hybrid car, with an electric motor and…

Leaving the V8 in the past: The all-electric Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door

​The 0–60 time is impressive, the miles/kWh number even more so.  At a star-studded event that closed downtown Los Angeles’ Sixth Street Viaduct last night, Mercedes and AMG unveiled the next generation of performance electric vehicles. The new four-door GT Coupe arrives in the midst of a pivotal period,…

Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users

Google publishes exploit code before patch, reported 29 months earlier, is fixed.  Google on Wednesday published exploit code for an unfixed vulnerability in its Chromium browser codebase that threatens millions of people using Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and virtually all other Chromium-based browsers. The proof-of-concept code exploits the Browser Fetch…

Chickens without eggs? De-extinction company creates artificial egg.

In the process, Colossal may have handed a useful tool to developmental biology. On Tuesday, biotech startup Colossal announced its newest development on the road to its announced goal: reversing the extinction of species, in this case, avian species. The development itself is essentially an artificial eggshell, one that…