America’s power grid consists of 3,000 public and private sector power companies, with 55,000 substations scattered across the country. On the CBS News show 60 Minutes, reporter Bill Whitaker notes that each grid hold grid-powering transformers — then tells the story of “the most serious attack on our power grid Read more…
In the most important environmental case in more than a decade, the Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments in a dispute that could restrict or even eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to control the pollution that is heating the planet. A decision by the high court, with its Read more…
Apple may be working on a device with a 20-inch foldable display, which Apple tracker Mark Gurman describes as an “iPad / MacBook hybrid” in Bloomberg’s Power On newsletter. The Verge: Gurman says that Apple is, indeed, exploring the possibility of a folding device of the sort, backing up the Read more…
Toyota said it will suspend domestic factory operations on Tuesday, losing around 13,000 cars of output, after a supplier of plastic parts and electronic components was hit by a suspected cyber attack. No information was immediately available about who was behind the possible attack or the motive. The attack comes Read more…
Disney World’s “Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser” hotel will be expensive and immersive, writes SFGate. (“For two adults, the starting price is about $5,000. For three adults and one child, it’s nearly $6,000.”) And while the hotel doesn’t open to paid guests until Tuesday, free previews have already been given to Read more…
Hacking group Anonymous has said that it will support Ukraine in its fight against Russia, and has already claimed an attack on the state-controlled TV network Russia Today…. While the fight on the ground was happening, Russia Today’s servers were taken offline. The broadcaster has been criticised for putting out Read more…
The New York times reports that two extensive new studies released today “point to a market in Wuhan, China as the origin of the coronavirus pandemic.” The researchers analyzed data from a range of sources to look for clues to how the pandemic arose. They concluded that the coronavirus was Read more…