Everyone on earth takes a private vote by pressing a red or blue button. If more than 50% of people press the blue button, everyone survives. If less than 50% of people press the blue button, only ...

is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years. Klumpen isn’t an off-grid cabin, but it ...

Industry Insight from Reuters Events, a part of Thomson Reuters. U.S. grid owners are investing in cost-efficient grid enhancements and virtual power plant schemes to help meet soaring demand but ...

Early last year, a cluster of data centers in Virginia suddenly dropped off the power grid, threatening the stability of the already vulnerable system. The roughly 40 data centers, which had been ...

Within three years, no embedded software developer is going to be writing code. I know it sounds like another one of my controversial statements. But I recently used Claude Code to write the best ...

Touchscreen-heavy interiors are under fire, with new safety rules pushing automakers to bring back real buttons for the features drivers use most. China proposes mandatory physical buttons for key car ...

A group that monitors the U.S. electricity system warns that grid reliability is “worsening” and blackout risks are rising for millions of people. By Brad Plumer Reporting from Washington The ...

A TikTok user’s esoteric comment created a confusing viral moment. By Madison Malone Kircher There’s a TikTok user who goes by Tamara who is marking 2026 using 365 buttons. How is Tamara doing that ...

A generation of people online just realized it’s possible to have a thought and keep it to themselves. Enter “365 buttons,” the cryptic New Year’s resolution that’s now become a meme about time, ...

Initially, touchscreens were a way to make navigation and media easier for the driver, but over time; manufacturers have begun to use screens to control other functions. The justification from the ...

Studies indicate that consumers are dissatisfied with haptic steering wheel inputs and touchscreen-based controls. That is all soon to change. Over the past decade, automakers rushed to replace knobs ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now a major force in the U.S. economy. The rapid expansion of data centers in the United States has emphasized the challenges facing the U.S. electricity sector, which ...