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In The Know by YahooWhy TikTok’s ‘tunnel girl’ is building a shelter beneath her home
She first began digging a tunnel under her suburban home and sharing the process on TikTok in 2022
- Engadget
EVs are way more unreliable than gas-powered cars, Consumer Reports data indicates
Consumer Reports has published an extensive ranking of vehicle reliability, and the results pour cold water on EVs and plug-in hybrids. The survey says electric vehicles suffer from 79 percent more maintenance issues than gas- or diesel-powered ones, while plug-in hybrids have 146 percent more problems.
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‘No more scratching ice in the morning’: Protect your car from the outdoors for just $17
Don't let Jack Frost start nipping at your car — this windshield cover will put Frost in his place.
- TechCrunch
The world's largest aircraft breaks cover in Silicon Valley
As dawn breaks over Silicon Valley, the world is getting its first look at Pathfinder 1, a prototype electric airship that its maker LTA Research hopes will kickstart a new era in climate-friendly air travel, and accelerate the humanitarian work of its funder, Google co-founder Sergey Brin. The airship -- its snow-white steampunk profile visible from the busy 101 highway -- has taken drone technology such as fly-by-wire controls, electric motors and lidar sensing, and supersized them to something longer than three Boeing 737s, potentially able to carry tons of cargo over many hundreds of miles. "It's been 10 years of blood, sweat and tears," LTA CEO Alan Weston told TechCrunch on the eve of the unveiling.
- Engadget
AI is starting to outperform meteorologists
A machine learning-based weather prediction program called “GraphCast” can outperform traditional weather pattern prediction technologies at a 90% verification rate.
- Autoblog
SUVs with the best gas mileage for 2023-2024
These are the top 5 SUVs with the best gas mileage according to the EPA. This list only includes vehicles with internal combustion engines and they are all plug-in hybrids (PHEVs).
- Autoblog
Electric cars are less likely to catch fire than gas cars
'All the data shows that EVs are just much, much less likely to set on fire than their petrol equivalent.'
- Autoblog
The PowerSmart snow blower is $250 off today thanks to Amazon's extended Cyber Monday deals
Looking to save a few hundred dollars on a snow blower? You can get this super high-powered PowerSmart snow blower for 39% off right now!
- Yahoo News
U.S. and China reach a deal on fighting climate change. Here's what it means.
The two superpowers jointly announced on Wednesday they have agreed to a deal to rapidly increase the share of energy that comes from renewable sources and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming.
- Yahoo Life Shopping
Stock up: These genius hand warmers are down to under $1 each!
You know you're gonna need them ... any minute now.
- Autoblog
6 Cyber Monday snow blower deals for 2023 - save up to 35% on EGO, Craftsman, Greenworks and more
Looking to up your snow removal game this winter? Check out these 6 awesome Cyber Monday snow blower deals!
- Autoblog
Junkyard Gem: 2008 Nissan Altima Hybrid Sedan
A very rare 2008 Nissan Altima Hybrid sedan, found in a San Francisco Bay Area self-service car wrecking yard.
- TechCrunch
Courtesy of AI: Weather forecasts for the hour, the week and the century
Machine learning models are taking over in the field of weather forecasting, from a quick "how long will this rain last" to a 10-day outlook, all the way out to century-level predictions. The technology is increasingly important to climate scientists as well as apps and local news stations — and yet it doesn't "understand" the weather any more than you or I do. For decades meteorology and weather forecasting have been largely defined by fitting observations into carefully tuned physics-based models and equations.
- Yahoo Finance
Why Toyota Prius hybrids are a 'bridge' to full EVs
The all-new, super-practical Toyota Prius joined the ranks of the Chevrolet Corvette, Lucid Air EV, and Nissan's “Godzilla” as MotorTrend's Car of the Year.
- Yahoo News
'Deadly cycle' of climate change must change, U.N. chief warns ahead of COP28 summit
The U.N. climate conference known as COP28 begins Thursday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Here are all the key facts and contentious issues to know about ahead of the summit.
- Yahoo News
Climate change is threatening your Thanksgiving cranberries
Between catastrophic floods and longer spells of heat, cranberry farmers are finding their work imperiled by the reality of a rapidly warming planet.
- Yahoo News
Carbon removal is the latest way to fight climate change — but will it take off in time to save the planet?
A handful of companies have begun to pull carbon dioxide out of the air and store it underground in an effort to fight climate change. But challenges remain in ramping up the technology to a large enough scale that will make it affordable and impactful enough to start to halt the rise of global temperatures.
- Engadget
Researchers quantify the carbon footprint of generating AI images
Researchers discovered that generating an image using artificial intelligence has a carbon footprint equivalent to charging a smartphone.
- Yahoo News 360
Has America’s 50-year fight to protect endangered species been successful?
The Endangered Species Act has a remarkable record of preventing plants and animals from disappearing for good, but very few of those creatures have rebounded enough that can survive without our protection.
- TechCrunch
Again Bio's bacteria eats exhaust and spits vinegar (for the climate)
Again Bio says its modified bacteria currently eats about a ton of CO2 per day. The startup is 2.5 years old, and it quietly raised a $10 million seed round in February from ACME Capital, GV (formerly Google Ventures) and Atlantic Labs. Again's whole thing is piping industrial exhaust into a 65-foot-tall bioreactor, where its bacteria feeds on climate pollution and hydrogen, and excretes a useful byproduct: vinegar.