Hondatoday announced some pretty bold electrification plans to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. The Japanese automaker will invest $40 billion (¥5 trillion yen) in its EV segment, including a new lineup, battery production, and software development. 30 new EV models by 2030 Yep, you read that right. 30 new EVs by 2030. This is huge for Honda, especially as it’s currently only offering one electric vehicle — the Honda e — which itself is limited to the European market. The company is planning
Fans of ratings, rejoice! Netflix has introduced a new way for you to display your affection for a show: a double thumbs up. This is the first change of the rating system since 2017, when the company moved from a star system (ergo, one to five), to the like or dislike model (thumbs up and thumbs down) that we’re all familiar with. Now, Netflix is shaking this up again with the launch of a third option — the super like (or, if you want, double thumbs up). Here’s what the ‘double thumbs up’ (or… I
Transitioning from traditional, gas-powered vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) is widely considered one of the most important goals to reduce carbon emissions. In 2020, internal combustion engine powered vehicles were responsible for about one-fifth of Europe’s carbon emissions. It’s unsurprising that the EU is pushing for a switch sooner rather than later, with an aim to reduce road transport emissions by 90% in 2050. While ambitious, this does seem like an achievable goal. In a recent survey
Just two months after Cruise announced the launch of its robotaxi operations in San Francisco, one of its autonomous vehicles had an awkward encounter with… the cops. In a video posted on Instagram last weekend, a Chevrolet Bolt robotaxi gets pulled over by the San Francisco Police Department for not having its headlights on. View this post on Instagram A post shared by B-RadAbroad (@b.rad916) As you can see for yourselves above, the incident feels as if it was comically scripted. After stop
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. If your friends come over to your house, you might need to tell them your WiFi password. And if it’s a complex password, you would need to type it in for them. It becomes annoying and cumbersome if there are more than a couple of friends at your house. But you can speed up the whole process by using a QR Code, which your friends can scan to connect to your net
Apple has long had a strange relationship with gaming. In many respects, the company has happily let competitors like Sony and Microsoft gobble up the lion’s share of the market. Yet, over the past few years, Apple has started to address this gap in its offering. The biggest move Apple made in this space was, of course, Apple Arcade, its mobile gaming subscription. But there are growing signs that the company is looking to build on this, especially with recent revelations it has filed a range of
The Axiom-1 mission to send four private astronauts to the International Space Station is the first of many missions planned by NASA to expand the ISS for commercial use as part of what’s being called the low-Earth orbit economy. The commander of the Axiom-1 mission has emphatically stated that this is not an example of space tourism, as the crew have undergone training and the mission includes plans to conduct biomedical research. Crew members – all men aged 52 to 71 – reportedly paid a whoppin
Elon Musk’s time on Twitter’s board of directors has ended before it even began. On Sunday, the platform’s CEO announced that Elon won’t be accepting a seat on its board after all. That’s just five days after the celebrity billionaire bought a 9.2% stake of Twitter — making him the biggest shareholder of the company — and was appointed a board member. Take a look at CEO Parag Agrawal’s announcement: Elon has decided not to join our board. I sent a brief note to the company, sharing with you all
Technological advances in marketing, logistics, and production have meant that companies big and small can benefit from the wider international market of suppliers and consumers. However, internationalization has also come with its own challenges. Global brands are more sensitive to global events that reverberate across their supply chains and reshape consumer habits. The COVID-19 pandemic brought new challenges to businesses across the globe. Global supply chain disruptions, more people shoppin
Big surprise to folks who know me: Out of all my hobbies, my favorite by far is cycling. I’ve been riding around New York and its environs for more than a decade now, and I love the freedom of exploring far off corners of the city under my own power, as well as traversing the less-far off corners in a more intimate way than I would if I were encased within a two-ton steel box. With the pandemic still raging on, after the mandatory lockdown in the city was lifted and my job became more receptive