The Download: workplace surveillance, and fighting EV fires
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Your boss is watching Working today—whether…
One option for electric vehicle fires? Let them burn.
In the fall of 2024, a trucking company in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, temporarily stored a storm-damaged Tesla at its yard. A few weeks later, the car burst into flames that…
Your boss is watching
A full day’s work for Dora Manriquez, who drives for Uber and Lyft in the San Francisco Bay Area, includes waiting in her car for a two-digit number to appear.…
The Download: dismantling US science leadership, and reproductive care cuts
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The foundations of America’s prosperity are…
The Download: Microsoft’s quantum chip, and explaining rising energy demand
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A new Microsoft chip could lead…
What’s driving electricity demand? It isn’t just AI and data centers.
This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Electricity demand rose by 4.3% in 2024…