19th century Nature account of 1841 train delayed by geomagnetic storm got year wrong—due to a typo. The infamous Carrington Event of 1859 has long been considered the first extreme space weather event, but there have been reports of minor disturbances to telegraph equipment during geomagnetic storms since the…
Kimi Antonelli could not repeat his Monza magic after a crash in qualifying. Formula 1 raced on the streets of Baku, Azerbaijan, this past weekend. Although the race predates Liberty’s acquisition of the sport by a few months, it’s a rather good microcosm of the sport as it exists…
The 500-mile Semi arrives as charging gaps still limit electric trucking. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has insisted investors think of his electric automaker as a robotics and autonomous vehicle company now. He’s targeted a $20 trillion valuation—nearly four times the value of market leader Nvidia—on that premise. But his…
Ads appearing all over the Internet are trying to scam people. Researchers say they recently found Google ads delivering a sophisticated tech support scam that freezes the screens of both Windows and Mac devices and displays messages urgently instructing them to phone a bogus call center. The ads were…
Better thermals and battery life make this iterative update nicer to use. As Apple’s Tim Cook era draws to a close, we’re seeing more experimentation with the iPhone’s design than we’ve seen in a long time, but you wouldn’t know it from the iPhone 18 Pro. This absurdly fast,…
Renewables easily cover changes in US demand, which is rising by 2% in 2026. Normally, we try to update you quarterly on what’s going on with the US electric grid since it provides a nice view of developing trends and smooths out some month-to-month randomness. Unfortunately, I was out…
Microsoft’s new Surface laptops forgo Copilot+ PC branding. Since 2024, Microsoft has tried to sell “Copilot+ PC.” The marketing initiative was aimed at making it easy for people to know which Windows systems were approved to run AI-accelerated workloads locally. But Copilot+ PC branding is nowhere to be found…
The new LFP battery charges from 10 to 70% in 4.5 minutes at just 65˚C. Hype merchants have a habit of overdoing it, but there’s no denying that China is making the US look more than a little antiquated when it comes to electric vehicles. Some of that is…
NASA’s PRIMA mission will use spare parts from Webb to do major science at a lower cost. The first in a new class of space telescopes is on track to reach the launch pad in the early 2030s, NASA announced this week. The PRIMA mission will be the first…
F-Droid’s Android app store has been rebuilt from the ground up. Virtually every Android device comes with the Play Store preloaded, but there are other ways to get apps. F-Droid bills itself as a community-driven source for free and open source Android apps, but its official app store has…
