Barcelona subway recycles energy from braking into power to charge electric cars from ABC
Barcelona’s subway system is using regenerative braking to help power both its convoys but also recharge electric cars at street levelRead More
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Alphabet’s Wing will deliver DoorDash by drone in Dallas-Fort Worth from the Verge Jess Weatherbed
Image: Wing Wing, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet, is expanding its drone delivery service to DoorDash customers in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Starting today, 50 merchants from malls in Frisco and Fort Worth will be available for drone delivery through the DoorDash app, dropping meals and items to homes “in as little as…
Last meteor shower of the year peaks a few days before Christmas from ABC
The last meteor shower of the year peaks a few days before ChristmasRead More
Tech antitrust is about to get really weird from the Verge Nilay Patel
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump’s second term is a regulatory wild card hanging over Big Tech. Read the full story at The Verge. Read More
Roku snaps up X Games streaming rights from the Verge Emma Roth
Skateboarder Carlos Ribeiro during X Games Ventura 2024. | Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Roku got the exclusive US streaming rights to next year’s X Games Aspen and a “soon-to-be-announced” X Games event in the summer, the company announced on Wednesday. Both events will air on Roku’s free 24/7 sports channel as the service continues…
Supreme Court will hear TikTok ban arguments in January from the Verge Lauren Feiner
Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos from Getty Images The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on whether a bill that could ban TikTok violates the First Amendment. The arguments will take place on January 10th, just over a week before a potential ban could take effect. While the outcome is far from guaranteed,…
Flipboard’s Surf app is a big new idea about the future of social from the Verge David Pierce
Surf’s homepage is just feeds. It’s feeds all the way down. | Image: David Pierce / Flipboard Mike McCue, the CEO of Flipboard and an internet entrepreneur since the Netscape days, is a true believer in the fediverse. He doesn’t love the word: he’d much rather call it “the social web.” But whatever you want…
The New Jersey drone hysteria exposes one salient truth: no one knows anything from the Verge Andrew J. Hawkins
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images Okay, I get it, we’re all sick of the drones. I went to two holiday parties over the weekend in the New Jersey suburbs, and it was all anyone wanted to talk about. The news coverage has been breathless, all-consuming, and most importantly, completely unhinged. No one…
It was a rough year for robotaxis — but not for Waymo from the Verge Andrew J. Hawkins
Photo by Mario Tama / Getty Images While its rivals have been stuck in perpetual testing or forced to shut down completely due to dry coffers, Waymo has quietly amassed a legitimate robotaxi business that continues to grow and evolve. And today, it showed off a few numbers that underscore just how far ahead of…
The Kids Online Safety Act’s last stand from the Verge Lauren Feiner
Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Shutterstock The Kids Online Safety Act was supposed to fix (or break) the internet. Now, after nearly three years of rewrites, it’s got days left to pass. Read the full story at The Verge. Read More