Bad news: your car is a spy. If your vehicle was made in the last few years, you’re probably driving around in a data-harvesting machine that may collect personal information as sensitive as your race, weight, and sexual activity. Volkswagen’s cars reportedly know if you’re fastening your seatbelt and how hard you hit the brakes. … Read more
Accounts that used to regularly engage and tweet about climate-related issues have been dropping like flies on Twitter, less than a year after Elon Musk’s purchase of the company. A report published in the journal Trends in Ecology & Evolution this week found that almost 50% of over 300,000 “environmentally oriented” accounts were no longer … Read more
This story first appeared on Grista non-profit media organization covering climate justice and solutions. Electric vehicle sales in the US set a record last quarter and are on track to break the 1 million mark in 2023, which would be a milestone for the industry. This increase comes despite many vehicle models losing their eligibility … Read more