Portugal Used Only Renewables

For 107 hours starting with May 7th, Portugal was able to run exclusively on renewable energy: hydro, solar, and wind. Continue reading →

AI Bots Take Lawyer Jobs

Amidst the worry about more robots taking more working class jobs, an AI bot has just taken a big step Continue reading →

Record Climate Records

We did it again. April was the hottest April on record, and as in the previous months, the record was Continue reading →

Venezuela Collapsing

The extremes of political rhetoric talk about the dire consequences of possible policies, but it is all talk. In Venezuela, Continue reading →

Germany Produces Excess Energy

Germany has been known recently for a dramatic increase in the use of wind and solar energy. For a short Continue reading →

Breakthrough In Batteries

The good news is that we are switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy which then is powering the trend Continue reading →

Bifurcation Of America Continues

America continues to lose the middle class. The upper income population is growing from 17% to 20% since 2000, while the Continue reading →

AIs Building AIs

High on the list of possible ways for the Digital Singularity to occur is software that writes software which gets Continue reading →