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Tanks, guns and face-painting | The Verge

Tanks, guns and face-painting | The Verge

John Ray

Of all the jarring things I’ve witnessed on the National Mall, nothing will beat the image of the first thing ...

Energy efficiency rollbacks could cost Americans  billion in higher utility bills

Energy efficiency rollbacks could cost Americans $43 billion in higher utility bills

Albert Wagner

The Trump administration’s attempts to gut 12 energy efficiency standards could cost Americans billions of dollars in higher electricity bills. ...

California added record clean energy — can it keep it up?

California added record clean energy — can it keep it up?

Albert Wagner

For three years in a row, California has added a record amount of new clean energy capacity. The amount of ...

Let’s all do a dramatic reading of Trump and Musk’s mean posts

Let’s all do a dramatic reading of Trump and Musk’s mean posts

Albert Wagner

Donald Trump and Elon Musk, two of the most media-addled personalities of our time, are publicly torching their relationship by ...

Young people sue Donald Trump over climate change

Young people sue Donald Trump over climate change

Albert Wagner

A group of young people — as young as 7 and as old as 25 — are suing the Trump ...

How the Loudest Voices in AI Went From ‘Regulate Us’ to ‘Unleash Us’

How the Loudest Voices in AI Went From ‘Regulate Us’ to ‘Unleash Us’

Mickey Vernon

On May 16, 2023, Sam Altman appeared before a subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary. The title of the hearing was ...

Elon Musk sure does want everyone to think he’s leaving politics

Elon Musk sure does want everyone to think he’s leaving politics

Albert Wagner

For the past several months, it seemed like President Donald Trump and Elon Musk were inseparable. The tech billionaire and ...

RFK Jr.‘s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report is riddled with AI slop

RFK Jr.‘s ‘Make America Healthy Again’ report is riddled with AI slop

John Ray

There are some questionable sources underpinning Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s controversial “Make America Healthy Again” commission report. Signs point to ...

Hyundai’s new EV factory is teeming with robots — and wariness about the future

Hyundai’s new EV factory is teeming with robots — and wariness about the future

John Ray

Driving a 2026 Ioniq 9 SUV around the Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant in Georgia can feel like a victory lap ...

Pro-AI, pro-pollution, pro-surveillance: what to know about Trump’s budget

Pro-AI, pro-pollution, pro-surveillance: what to know about Trump’s budget

Albert Wagner

The “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” that House Republicans narrowly passed early Thursday would strip state legislatures of AI oversight ...