Saving species, and other storiesWhat’s lost when focusing on the cute and charismatic. Plus: Why Teslas keep catching on fire, the progressive case for more people, and others. This edition of The Highlight is a collaboration from across the Vox newsroom, a wide-ranging exploration… Jan 24 23January 24, 2023Article at Vox
The FAA is struggling. Who can save it?Rebecca Heilweil covered emerging technology, artificial intelligence, and the supply chain. Before any flight takes off, pilots are supposed to read a Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) that outlines any potential safety problems they might encounter… Jan 19 23January 19, 2023Article at Vox
Why Teslas keep catching on fire EVs catch fire far less often than gas-powered cars, but firefighters still need to adapt. When Thayer Smith, a firefighter in Austin, Texas, received the call that a Tesla was on fire, he knew that he’d need to bring backup. It was in the early… Jan 17 23January 17, 2023Article at Vox
5 unintended consequences of the EV revolution Rebecca Heilweil covered emerging technology, artificial intelligence, and the supply chain. The world around us was built to cater to gas-powered cars. Tank trucks carrying thousands of gallons of fuel are a near-ubiquitous presence on the highway.… Jan 12 23January 12, 2023Article at Vox
Elon Musk’s Starlink is only the beginningPaul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images Rebecca Heilweil covered emerging technology, artificial intelligence, and the supply chain. Space internet has the reputation for slow service. With its questionable signal strength and hardly Netflix-friendly… Jan 10 23January 10, 2023Article at Vox
What is generative AI, and why is it suddenly everywhere?Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images Rebecca Heilweil covered emerging technology, artificial intelligence, and the supply chain. Artificial intelligence is suddenly everywhere — or at least, that’s what it seems like to me: A few weeks ago, a… Jan 05 23January 05, 2023Article at Vox
The year EVs outgrew TeslaRebecca Heilweil covered emerging technology, artificial intelligence, and the supply chain. Critics have long dismissed electric vehicles as overly expensive, inconvenient, and unrealistic. But 2022 didn’t hear them. This year has seen record sales… Dec 22 22December 22, 2022Article at Vox
AI is finally good at stuff, and that’s a problemHere’s why you’ve been hearing so much about ChatGPT. Rebecca Heilweil covered emerging technology, artificial intelligence, and the supply chain. A few weeks ago, Wharton professor Ethan Mollick told his MBA students to play around with GPT, an… Dec 07 22December 07, 2022Article at Vox
Elon Musk has Twitter and Tesla problemsIt’s the day before Thanksgiving, and Tesla is in trouble. Share prices for the electric carmaker are down more than 50 percent since the beginning of the year. And now, the company’s mercurial CEO, Elon Musk, is distracted by his shiny new $44… Nov 23 22November 23, 2022Article at Vox
The White House’s plan to colonize the moon, briefly explainedRebecca Heilweil covered emerging technology, artificial intelligence, and the supply chain. The first mission in NASA’s Artemis program finally took the Orion spacecraft on a trip around the moon, a huge step forward for the ambitious plan to bring… Nov 22 22November 22, 2022Article at Vox
What the FTX implosion means for crypto regulationSam Bankman-Fried’s rapid fall has brought the debate over how to regulate crypto to the forefront. Rebecca Heilweil covered emerging technology, artificial intelligence, and the supply chain. Right now, we have far more questions than answers about… Nov 17 22November 17, 2022Article at Vox
NASA’s rules for astronaut posting: No TikTok, don’t embarrass usWhen NASA sent Mike Massimino back to low-Earth orbit to service the Hubble Space Telescope in 2009, agency staffers asked him if he’d mind doing another chore while he was up there: draft the first tweet sent from space. Massimino said yes and… Nov 16 22November 16, 2022Article at Vox
The secret to electric vehicle dominance is buying in bulkRebecca Heilweil covered emerging technology, artificial intelligence, and the supply chain. If you pay attention to car commercials, the electric vehicle transition will involve vast numbers of people trading in their gas-powered sedans, pickups,… Nov 09 22November 09, 2022Article at Vox
The FCC wants to regulate space. Have fun! Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images Rebecca Heilweil covered emerging technology, artificial intelligence, and the supply chain. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to open a bureau specifically devoted to… Nov 03 22November 03, 2022Article at Vox
Rich crypto executives really want voters to care about crypto. Good luck with that.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Rebecca Heilweil covered emerging technology, artificial intelligence, and the supply chain. The crypto industry is constantly trying to sell us something new. This election season, it’s the rise of the… Oct 31 22October 31, 2022Article at Vox
Oops, we forgot to fix the supply chainRebecca Heilweil covered emerging technology, artificial intelligence, and the supply chain. At first glance, it might look like the pandemic-era supply chain chaos is nearly over. Headlines bemoaning shortages of everything from PlayStations and… Oct 19 22October 19, 2022Article at Vox
Under the hood of the electric vehicle revolutionIllustration by Ben Denzer for Vox; Photographs by Emily Elconin for Vox Part of Back to the Future, from The Highlight, Vox’s home for ambitious stories that explain our world. LAKE ORION, Michigan — The battery packs arrive at the General Motors… Oct 17 22October 17, 2022Article at Vox
The race to stop weaponized robotsA group of robot makers recently declared that they’re against the “weaponization” of their robots. Rebecca Heilweil covered emerging technology, artificial intelligence, and the supply chain. A Twitter post featuring a video of a robot dog firing a… Oct 13 22October 13, 2022Article at Vox
“There’s a bit of a cultural issue”: Pete Buttigieg gets real about the EV revolution Recode spoke with the secretary of transportation about winning over rural drivers and surmounting other roadblocks to the EV transition. The electric vehicle revolution has a problem: There aren’t enough EVs or chargers. General Motors’ planned… Oct 13 22October 13, 2022Article at Vox
This next-generation video game requires a prescriptionCourtesy of Akili Rebecca Heilweil covered emerging technology, artificial intelligence, and the supply chain. On the frosty planet of Frigidus, a virtual world full of icy caverns and treacherous waterfalls, your mission is to race down a track and… Oct 06 22October 06, 2022Article at Vox
