More than five billion of the estimated 16 billion mobile phones possessed worldwide will likely be discarded or stashed away in 2022, experts said Thursday, calling for more recycling of the often hazardous materials they contain. Stacked flat on top of each other, that many disused phones would rise 50,000 Read more…
The company formerly known as Facebook earlier this week announced — and demonstrated — that avatars on its metaverse will soon have legs. While the updates bringing full-body avatars aren’t expected until 2023, Zuckerberg was clearly seen jumping around in the video, giving everyone an early look at the tech. Read more…
Honda Motor and LG Energy Solution on Tuesday said a new multibillion-dollar plant to produce batteries for electric vehicles will be located in Ohio. Construction of the new facility — located about 40 miles southwest of Columbus — is expected to begin in early 2023, followed by mass production of Read more…
The Federal Communications Commission plans to ban all sales of new Huawei and ZTE telecommunications devices in the U.S. — as well as some sales of video surveillance equipment from three other Chinese firms — out of national security concerns, Axios reported Thursday, citing sources. The move, which marks the Read more…
Greece was powered entirely by renewables for the first time ever last week, according to the country’s independent power transmission operator (IPTO). On Monday, IPTO said that renewables accounted for 100% of power generation in Greece for at least five hours, reaching a record high of 3,106 megawatt hours at Read more…
U.S. consumer inflation excluding energy and food accelerated to a new four-decade high in September as prices continued to surge, a sign that persistent cost increases are becoming entrenched in the economy. The Labor Department on Thursday said that the so-called core measure of the consumer price index — which Read more…
Starting in November, Netflix will roll out its ad-supported tier for $6.99 a month, yet another sign that the onetime disruptive upstart streaming service has slowly become a cable package by another name. Netflix announced today that its new Basic with Ads tier is slated to launch on November 3rd, Read more…