In Before Times, you may have wanted faster internet, but you probably didn’t need faster internet. How things change. One pandemic later, and many of us are still working from
Category: Networking and Communication
Internet 2021: Here’s what the year will (and won’t) bring
I’m lucky. I have decent cable internet to my home office. It’s not cable gigabit, which is not the same thing as real fiber gigabit, but at 300Mbps, it’s more
EV fast charger developer Tritium to go public via SPAC merger at $1.2B valuation
Another day, another mobility SPAC deal. This time, it’s Tritium, a Brisbane-based developer and producer of direct current fast EV chargers that is taking the SPAC path to the public
Tesla has installed 200,000 Powerwalls around the world so far
Tesla has installed its 200,000th Powerwall, the company’s home battery storage product, the company said in a tweet on Wednesday. Tesla’s CFO Zachary Kirkhorn told investors during a first-quarter earnings
How much internet speed do you really need?
(Image: Shutterstock) When I first started using the Internet, it wasn’t that far removed from its Arpanet ancestor. When I was at school, I could connect with it at a
Aurora Solar aims to power the growing solar industry with a $250M round C
Aurora Solar had one of those pitches that seemed obvious in retrospect. Instead of going to a house and measuring its roof manually for a solar panel installation, why not
Best internet provider in Nashville 2021: Top ISP picks
OK, so Nashville Tennesee isn’t Chattanooga, which, with its EPB Fiber Optics‘ 10 Gigabit per second (Gbps), has the fastest community internet in the country. But Nashville has far more
Best internet provider in Atlanta 2021: Top ISP picks
Show More (2 items) In all too many places, your internet choices consist of one cable internet provider or one DSL provider. If you’re lucky, you may get fiber as
Dabbel gets $4.4M to cut CO2 by automating HVAC control for commercial buildings
Düsseldorf-based proptech startup Dabbel is using AI to drive energy efficiency savings in commercial buildings. It’s developed cloud-based self-learning building management software that plugs into the existing building management systems
Dabbel gets $4.4M to cut CO2 by automating HVAC for commercial buildings
Düsseldorf-based proptech startup Dabbel is using AI to drive energy efficiency savings in commercial buildings. It’s developed cloud-based self-learning building management software that plugs into the existing building management systems
Crypto and blockchain must accept they have a problem, then lead in sustainability
As the price of bitcoin hits record highs and cryptocurrencies become increasingly mainstream, the industry’s expanding carbon footprint becomes harder to ignore. Just last week, Elon Musk announced that Tesla
Framework’s repairable laptop is up for preorder, starting at $999
Repairability has been a big sticking point for consumer electronics over the past several years. As devices have gotten thinner — and companies have pushed to maintain control over proprietary
Sylvera grabs seed backing from Index to help close the accountability gap around carbon offsetting
U.K.-based startup Sylvera is using satellite, radar and lidar data-fuelled machine learning to bolster transparency around carbon offsetting projects in a bid to boost accountability and credibility — applying independent
The Chromebook turns 10: Cheap, safe, powerful — and still gaining on Windows
A decade ago, I said the Chromebooks would be Windows PC killers. I got that wrong. But I wasn’t as wrong as you might think. Today, Microsoft is hard at
Exeger takes $38M to ramp up production of its flexible solar cells for self-powered gadgets
Sweden’s Exeger, which for over a decade has been developing flexible solar cell technology (called Powerfoyle) that it touts as efficient enough to power gadgets solely with light, has taken