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A used sedan arrives with a clean report pulled from 151,000 data sources showing zero accidents, but cash repairs and unreported crashes still slip through the system

A clean vehicle history report feels like proof a used car is accident free, but its data sources miss cash repairs and ...
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TOYO completes 2 GW solar module expansion in Texas

TOYO finishes a $357 million solar module expansion in Humble, Texas, reaching 2 GW capacity and planning a 2028 HJT cell ...
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A solar cell reached 31 percent efficiency without a gram of scarce indium inside it, and the replacement costs a fraction as much to produce

A commercial-size tandem solar cell hit 31% certified efficiency without indium, using a cheaper tin oxide layer instead.
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Toyo expands Texas solar factory amid tariff circumvention probe

Toyo cut the ribbon on its expanded Texas solar module plant as a federal circumvention inquiry clouds its cell supply chain.
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Volkswagen recalls 22,524 ID.4 EVs over battery fire risk

Volkswagen is recalling 22,524 ID.4 electric vehicles in the United States after the automaker identified a high-voltage ...
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AWS pledges $1 billion to data center host communities

AWS will invest $1 billion over five years in data center host communities and end NDAs with government agencies, CEO Matt ...
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Intel’s new laptop chips flip their power wiring to the back of the silicon, and the company says an early test version of that design hit 90 percent cell utilization

Inside PowerVia, the backside power delivery system now shipping in Intel's 18A laptop chips, and why it boosts performance per watt by 15 percent.
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A Texas plant will tear apart one retired solar panel every 60 seconds, and still cannot find anywhere to send the thin plastic layer holding each one together

A Texas plant will recycle one solar panel a minute and recover 96% of its metals, but the plastic layer binding each panel still has nowhere to go.
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A charging network built by eight rival automakers passed 180 live sites this month, doubling its US footprint since January, while independent trackers show the industr…

IONNA's automaker-backed charging network doubled to 180 US sites this year as Tesla's Supercharger share slips below its old ...
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Indiana approves $737 million grid plan for Google data center

Indiana regulators approved a $737 million AES Indiana plan to power a new 390-megawatt Google data center in Monrovia.
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A charging network built around CCS plugs is adding 500 Tesla style connectors by year end, and a Los Angeles based operator expects most new electric cars sold in …

EVgo is adding hundreds of NACS connectors to its public charging network as automakers abandon CCS, reshaping who wins at ...
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A $799 pair of smart glasses comes with a wristband that costs $30 to fix on its own, and the warranty plan covering both still charges up to $150 every time a lens cracks

Meta's $799 Ray-Ban Display glasses split repairs into separate fees for lenses, hardware and the Neural Band, inflating true ...