Bill Gates has thrown some cold water on the Tesla Semi project and recent comments from Elon Musk about the possibility of commercial electric airplanes. Is he right? In recent years, Gates has focused on using his fortune to try and fix major problems in the world. He is getting more attention lately due to
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The kit for the fuel-cell is stored within a shipping container. Siemens Energy A building site for a major infrastructure project in the U.K. has started to use a zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell for heat and power, removing the need for diesel generators. The news comes as low- or zero-emission kit on construction sites around
5:15 PM BST London — Rugby is the antithesis to COVID-19 protocols. It is a sport built on contact and little regard for social distancing. So, as the 2,700 supporters watched their Harlequins lose 41-27 to Bath Rugby, if you allowed your mind trick itself for the briefest moment, it felt like life was back
Boris Johnson has told the EU that a free trade deal must be done by 15 October, otherwise the UK will “move on”. The prime minister said Britain was entering the “final phase” of negotiations, which resume on Tuesday. “There is no sense in thinking about timelines that go beyond that point,” he said. “The
September 6th, 2020 by Zachary Shahan Photo of Tesla rooftop solar panels via Tesla. Last week, I published an article about solar panel prices being 9× more expensive in 2006 than in 2019. The 2019 data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration was already quite irrelevant, though, a few commenters pointed out. Indeed, if you
More than 100,000 people are thought to have taken part in a protest in Minsk against the president of Belarus – amid reports that masked “snatch squads” have been detaining some student demonstrators. Protesters were bundled into vans for taking part in fresh unsanctioned rallies against leader Alexander Lukashenko on the fourth weekend since his
(Credit: Getty | PeopleImages) If your eyes feel tired, it could be that they’re strained from staring at bright glowing screens all day long. We’re all indoors, spending more time than ever staring at computer screens, phones and tablets while we work from home. There are some settings built into the iPhone, Android, macOS and
Rihanna has suffered facial injuries after “flipping over” on an electric scooter, according to reports in the US. It comes after photos emerged of the star with what appeared to be bruising on her face as she sat in a car outside a restaurant in Los Angeles on Friday. Image: Simon Cowell broke his back
A Tesla owner managed to recover his stolen RV thanks to the help of Tesla Sentry Mode that captured the theft on video. Tesla’s Sentry Mode is an integrated surveillance system inside Tesla’s vehicles using the Autopilot cameras around the car. The system detects when there’s a “threat,” which basically consists of anyone or anything
A man walks on a path in front of an oil derrick near the Huntington Beach Oil Fields on April 20, 2020 in Huntington Beach, California. Michael Heiman | Getty Images Oil prices slipped on Friday, on track for a weekly loss, as investors’ focus shifted to lackluster demand and ample fuel supplies, offsetting support
7:14 PM ET Authentic dueled with Tiz the Law in the final turn and upset the heavy favorite to win the Kentucky Derby on Saturday. Ridden by John Velazquez, Authentic led from start to finish and gave trainer Bob Baffert his record-tying sixth Derby champion. Authentic covered 1¼ mile in 2:00.61, the seventh-fastest time ever
Diane Abbott has revealed she turned down an invite to appear on Strictly Come Dancing because she does not have “natural rhythm”. The Hackney MP – who was shadow home secretary under Jeremy Corbyn until he stood down as Labour leader earlier this year – said she “couldn’t possibly” have done the show. Each year,
One man has died and two other people are seriously injured following a “random” series of stabbings in Birmingham city centre. Five others were also injured in what West Midlands Police have described as a “major incident” overnight – and a murder investigation has been launched. One unknown male suspect is being sought but no
A black man left paralysed after being shot seven times by police in the US has released a video from his hospital bed, saying constant pain means it hurts to breathe and even sleep. Jacob Blake, whose shooting in Wisconsin on 23 August has reignited the Black Lives Matter protests over police violence and racial
Extinction Rebellion is being considered for reclassification as an organised crime group following a protest that prevented many national UK newspapers from reaching the stands, according to a report. Ministers are said to be considering protections for “tenets of democracy”, such as courts and the press, after demonstrations prevented the distribution of millions of newspapers
Hundreds of firefighters are battling a huge brush fire at California’s Sierra National Forest, which has left dozens of people injured – including two who are in a critical condition. Cal Fire, the state’s department of forestry and fire protection, said in a tweet that the still-uncontained blaze had ravaged more than 36,000 acres since