COVID-19 isn’t making much run fast—not least the productivity of tech journalists. But it might just push global rail travel back on track. The pandemic’s deadly spread has kept people indoors worldwide,…
Progress Speeds Up on Dubai to Abu Dhabi UAE Hyperloop
Five years after Elon Musk imagined the Hyperloop, two companies are vying to make it a reality between the United Arab Emirates’ two most prominent cities. The proposed Hyperloop between Dubai and…
Elon Musk: Down, Not Yet Out
Is Elon Musk really, as Wired posited yesterday, “broken”? Sure, the Tesla and SpaceX chief may have come across even more unhinged than usual these past months, missing deadlines, making grand statements and…
Musk’s Moon Ambitions Outpace Any Other
By the time Howard Hughes built his H-4 Hercules flying boat, also known as the ‘Spruce Goose’, he was an engineering prodigy, having leveraged a fortune and innovated radios, aviation and other…
Here Are the Biggest Tech Stories of 2017
Few years have polarized public opinion as the one about to end. 2016 has seen political upheaval, heightened conflict and a sense, generally, that the things we once took for granted aren’t…
Tesla Acquires SolarCity – But Markets are Unsure
Tesla has officially acquired SolarCity, the largest American provider of solar energy services. The deal, which was sealed this morning, was approved by over 85% of Tesla shareholders, and marks another significant step…