YouTube is making it harder to earn money on YouTube
YouTube is making it harder to earn money on YouTube

Starting February 1st, 2027, creators who want to monetize their channel through YouTube’s Partner Program (YPP) will need at least 1,000 subscribers and either 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year, or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. That’s a sizeable jump from YouTube’s current requirement of 1,000 subscribers with […]

49ers’ Shanahan crashed his Tesla on Autopilot reaching for his phone
49ers’ Shanahan crashed his Tesla on Autopilot reaching for his phone

San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan crashed his Tesla Model S on July 14 while the car was running on Autopilot. He was reaching for a phone that had dropped out of reach, and he took his eyes off the road.
The crash left him with a concussion…

Ford reveals Fathom EV pickup prices in the US and Canada
Ford reveals Fathom EV pickup prices in the US and Canada

Ford’s new electric pickup will go on sale in the US early next year, starting at $28,350. Buyers in Canada won’t have to wait much longer, with pre-orders also set to open in early 2027.

Getting your teen a back-to-school e-bike? Don’t forget this cool-looking protective gear
Getting your teen a back-to-school e-bike? Don’t forget this cool-looking protective gear

Back-to-school season often means shopping for backpacks, notebooks, and maybe even a new ride. For a growing number of families, that ride is an electric bike.
And I’m all for it. Giving teenagers the freedom to get themselves to school, sports practi…

Volvo’s new sedan breaks cover, but it may not be the EV we expected [Images]
Volvo’s new sedan breaks cover, but it may not be the EV we expected [Images]

Volvo is expected to reenter the segment with an all-new sedan, but it may not be as electric as expected.

Four takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s massive AI manifesto
Four takeaways from Mark Zuckerberg’s massive AI manifesto

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has a lot to say about the idealized future he now envisions for humanity co-existing with artificial intelligence – his latest essay spans more than 6,500 words on the matter. The lengthy manifesto Zuckerberg published on Monday, titled “The Future is for Everyone,” broadly lays out his beliefs about how the […]

Archer makes wild deal with Boeing swapping eVTOL startups for equity
Archer makes wild deal with Boeing swapping eVTOL startups for equity

Archer Aviation is buying three of Boeing’s aerospace subsidiaries: autonomous air-taxi developer Wisk Aero, military drone maker Insitu, and airspace-software firm SkyGrid. The deal also hands Boeing a stake in Archer.
Investors loved it. Archer (ACHR…

Musk’s Terafab chip plant will run on gas, not Tesla solar
Musk’s Terafab chip plant will run on gas, not Tesla solar

SpaceX confirmed it will power Terafab, its $16.8 billion chip megafactory in Texas, with its own natural gas power plants and “very large battery arrays.” Tesla solar isn’t in the plan.
That’s despite Tesla being a partner on the project, and despite …

Boeing is selling its air taxi startups to Archer Aviation
Boeing is selling its air taxi startups to Archer Aviation

Boeing is selling three of its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) subsidiaries to Archer Aviation, in addition to taking an undisclosed stake in the San Jose-based company. The subsidiares to be acquired by Archer include Wisk Aero, which has been developing an autonomous electric aircraft; SkyGrid, which is building air traffic management systems to […]

Why does Monarc build its e-bikes with their forks on backward?
Why does Monarc build its e-bikes with their forks on backward?

If you’ve spotted one of Monarc’s new e-bikes, there’s a good chance one of your first thoughts was, “Wait… did they install the fork backwards?”