Wendy’s is moving ahead with its plans to close hundreds of restaurants, amounting to between 5% and 6% of its total stores in the U.S., according to its fourth-quarter earnings report.
In part one of a special five-part oral history, YouTube cofounder Steve Chen, music executive Lyor Cohen, investor Roelof Botha, iJustine, Felicia Day, and others revisit how a Flash-enabled video site became the cultural force of today.
If you want to buy an electric vehicle—or solar panels or a heat pump or home battery—there’s a short window of time to make use of the existing federal tax credits currently available. Under the Inflation Reduction Act, the tax credits were supposed to last 10 years. Now, thanks to the Republican One Big Beautiful Bill, there are only about 10 weeks left to claim the EV tax credits before they disappear. Other clean energy tax credits will expire at the end of the year. Here’s what you need to know if you want to make use of them to help cut emissions and save on your energy bills.
Since 2020, Loop Biotech has been making biodegradable caskets out of mycelium, the root-like structure of mushrooms, and hemp. Unlike traditional wooden caskets, which are often treated with chemicals that leech into the soil, the company’s offerings are made of natural materials that enrich the soil as they biodegrade—a process that only takes 45 days after burial.
Li-CO₂ batteries could be a two-in-one solution to the current problems of storing renewable energy and taking carbon emissions out of the air. They absorb carbon dioxide and convert it into a white powder called lithium carbonate while discharging energy.
Just to be clear, I do think the obvious solution to terrible things like this is vastly expanded public transit so that people don't have to rely on cars to get everywhere, not overhyped technology and driving aids that are still only marginally better than a human driver. I just thought the article was interesting.
Just to be clear, I do think the obvious solution to terrible things like this is vastly expanded public transit so that people don't have to rely on cars to get everywhere, not overhyped technology and driving aids that are still only marginally better than the driver. I just thought the article was interesting.
By banning VPN apps and pressuring tech platforms, the Kremlin is accelerating its long-standing effort to build a tightly controlled sovereign internet—cutting citizens off from the global web.
Zeno, a startup aimed at markets in Africa and India, makes an electric bike that outperforms gas motorcycles and costs less—so customers don’t need a green incentive to buy them.
I make no opinion on the Catholic faith or the Pope, but this just seems unusually lazy to mess up on such a high profile commission. No one spotted this before unveiling??
Zillow projects that U.S. home prices will fall 1.7% between March 2025 and March 2026. Last month, Zillow economists still thought prices would rise this year.
Zillow projects that U.S. home prices will fall 1.7% between March 2025 and March 2026. Last month, Zillow economists still thought prices would rise this year.
With the U.S. government stepping away from AI safety and trillion-dollar companies rewriting their ethical playbooks, the Midas Project is doing the job no one else will: keeping the receipts.
Days before President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office and took actions to stall the transition to clean energy, a disaster unfolded on the other side of the country that may have an outsize effect on the pace of the transition.