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Jun 1, 2021 • 5min
The Ford Lightning F-150 Is the Electric Vehicle of Dystopia
The automaker says the battery inside the pickup can power a home for three days—useful in a world of fires, floods, and freezes.Â
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May 31, 2021 • 8min
All Those Electric Vehicles Pose a Problem for Building Roads
Gas taxes are the largest source of funding for highway construction and maintenance. As more cars plug in, that revenue is shrinking.
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May 28, 2021 • 6min
The Most Radical Thing About Ford's F-150 Lightning? The Cost
After tax credits, the base model of the electric pickup will be cheaper than its gas-fueled sibling, removing what has been a big barrier for EV sales.
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May 27, 2021 • 6min
Roku and YouTube Are Battling for Your Precious TV Data
Connected TV advertising brought in $9 billion last year and is poised to grow as more viewers shift from cable to streaming.
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May 26, 2021 • 8min
Covid Forced America to Make More Stuff. What Happens Now?
A software entrepreneur pivoted to making masks at the start of the pandemic. The experience opened his eyes: “I thought, ‘Wow, the US really is behind.’”
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May 25, 2021 • 8min
Live Audio Apps Lure Creators With Money and Promises
Talk is cheap, unless you’re an in-demand content creator for platforms like Clubhouse and its many clones.
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May 24, 2021 • 10min
GameStop FOMO Inspires a New Wave of Crypto Pump-and-Dumps
Thousands of would-be investors are joining Discord groups that promise big earnings by manipulating the crypto market.
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May 21, 2021 • 7min
DeepMind Wants to Use AI to Transform Soccer
The Alphabet-owned company is working with Liverpool to bring computer vision and statistical learning to the high-stakes world of sports.
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May 20, 2021 • 7min
To Make These Chips More Powerful, IBM Is Growing Them Taller
The company reveals a process that it says can cram two-thirds more transistors on a semiconductor, heralding faster and more efficient electronic devices.
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May 19, 2021 • 6min
Black and Queer AI Groups Say They'll Spurn Google Funding
The move is the latest fallout following the departures of the heads of the company's ethical AI research team and a recruiter.
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