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…

The corporate war to provide cloud computing for US warfighters is over.Late Friday, the Department of Defense announced that Microsoft has won the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure contract, known as JEDI. The decision was the culmination of a two-year process that also included Google, IBM, and Oracle, and where Amazon was long seen as the…

Zamna — which uses a blockchain to securely share and verify data between airlines and travel authorities to check passenger identities — has raised a $5m seed funding round led…

You’ve probably already heard that HBO’s “Succession” (which recently completed its second season) is amazing. And as three East Coast tech reporters, we were probably the easiest targets for the…

A new space race is forming globally, energized by venture capital and the hype around companies like Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. The privately-funded space industry is…

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the Extra Crunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support, and the money that flows through it all. The…