Whereas Mr. Trash Wheel was purpose-built for Baltimore, The Ocean Cleanup designed its barge to be mass-producible. And it’s significantly higher tech: Baltimore’s barge uses a water wheel to power its conveyor belt, with solar power as backup, while The Interceptor is fully solar powered. Trash flows up its belt (Boyan Slat, founder and CEO…

Weave, a developer of patient communications software focused on the dental and optometry market, was the first Utah-headquartered company to graduate from Y Combinator in 2014. Now, it’s poised to…

The International Astronautical Congress met in Washington, DC, last week, and the conference was attended by NASA, the European Space Agency, and several private spaceflight companies, and the takeaway was clear: Humans are going back to the moon—that’s the plan, at least.NASA recently announced a human exploration program called Artemis, which is aiming for a…

Hey everyone. Thank you for welcoming me into you inbox yet again. Last week, I talked about Zuckerberg’s quest to tell us that Facebook has governing principles when he’s really…

The next time someone mentions an "algorithm" in workaday chitchat—so, in T minus 17 seconds—ask if they have any idea what in the godforsaken digitized hell they're talking about. “Um, you know, something something Netflix,” most will manage to mumble. Others (hipsters, mostly) will say the real question is what to do about the doomier…

This is the third version of the Solar Roof tiles from the company and between the pervious versions and now, the company says that it has increased power density, reduced the parts used in the tiles by half and brought down costs substantially compared to the second generation tiles.Musk did point out that there will…

Microsoft's Surface Laptop 3 wants to be great. I want the Surface Laptop 3 to be great. I'd like to see the Microsoft-AMD partnership produce something that sends other brands scurrying back to the drawing board.Alas, that's not the case. Which is not to say that Surface Laptop 3 isn't worth considering. It's a well-made…

As a kid, the first time I carved a pumpkin on my own was a harrowing experience. I apologized to it as I sliced out its little eyes and scooped out its tasty seeds. Every year it got easier, and every year, I found myself enjoying it more. To pumpkins, I'm probably a monster. A…

As the leaves fall and we dig out our thicker socks from the bottom of the drawer, we've started thinking about all the ways we're going to play outside when the weather gets cold. Some of our favorite deals this week include warm pullovers, heated ski boots, and a portable charger to keep your phone…

Elon Musk on Friday afternoon revealed details of the latest version of Tesla’s Solar Glass Roof, announcing that installations have begun and should ramp up in the coming weeks. This third iteration of the electricity-generating house-topper will be cheaper, easier, and faster to install than its predecessors, Musk said in a public Q&A session. That…