A $5M startup claims rare earth-free electric motor breakthrough [the original Tesla DU used an induction motor...no rare earths]. Link
Everyone Is Afraid Of EV Battery Degradation. It's All The Nissan Leaf's Fault. Link
Oxford electric bus progress 2026: researchers report lower nitrogen dioxide and quieter streets after 159 battery-electric buses entered service [this article strangely does not acknowledge reduced brake dust emissions via regenerative braking and implies it's the same...]. Link
Microsoft's AI drive saw its carbon emissions grow by 25 percent in 2025. The company said it wanted to be carbon negative by 2030. Link
Mechanical Engineer Tom Stanton is working on a supersonic trebuchet. Video
EV Market Stabilizes in Q2, as New Entries Help Slow Sharp Sales Decline. Link
Auburn California Flock Surveillance Cameras Stolen and Dumped in a Canal. Link
Flock cameras coming down in Westland; councilmember says contract not renewed. Link
[Are you a bored, Bay Area, tech nerd with RSU money that you don't know where to spend? After the cancer society donation, there's this...] Giant fighting robots step into the ring at new San Francisco storefront for boxing bots. Link
Group-wide sales of Mercedes-Benz battery-electric vehicles increased 50% year-over-year. Link
Apple allegedly alleges OpenAI encouraged poached Apple employees to bring over confidential presentations, secret prototypes, and key supplier details. Link
China’s optical chip breakthrough boosts AI speed 100-fold using fraction of compute power. Link
Microsoft confirms Secure Boot update failing on some Windows 11 PCs, blocks update due to known issues. Link
Secret Claude tracker shocks users after Anthropic’s anti-surveillance stance. Link
Gartner forecasts global data center electricity consumption set to grow by 26% this year. Link
The Backlash Is So Strong That People With “Pervert Glasses” Are Afraid to Use Them in Public. Link
US citizen is found guilty of helping export tech to Iran in violation of sanctions. Link
Germany’s Renewable Energy Share Reaches 61.8% As Solar And Wind Set New Records In H1 2026. Link
New York Halts Large Data Centers Being Built For A Year. Link
Sony faces an anti-trust complaint in Mexico over ending PlayStation physical media. Link
While ChatGPT (or Claude, or Gemini) is taking its sweet time thinking of an answer, you can now play interactive games right over the chat UI. Link to Chrome Store
Mistral AI Releases Robostral Navigate: An 8B Model Enabling Robots to Navigate Complex Environments Using a Single RGB Camera. Link
