Remember the Tesla Semi? The long-gestating, heavy-duty truck first introduced in concept form in 2017 is finally in volume production as of April 2026 — nearly a decade after its initial introduction. On Thursday evening, the company held yet another event for the Semi to demonstrate to customers and investors that the long wait was
Waymo’s commercial robotaxi ramp-up looks expansive, both in geographic reach and in ridership. And by almost every measure, it is — until you pay attention to where the bulk of those robotaxis are actually showing up. The numbers over the past two years reflect the kind of commercial rollout you’d expect from a deep-pocketed company
Experts say that though the National Institutes of Health’s total budget suggests that little has changed for the agency and its grantees, that top line masks deeper disruptions. Eva Revolver for NPR hide caption toggle caption Eva Revolver for NPR The National Institutes of Health (NIH) wields a $47.5 billion budget. More than 80% of
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Michelle Gudiño Prestamo, a 41-year-old human resources manager at a major footwear company in Mississippi. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I’m the distribution center human resources manager at a major footwear company. I started at the company in 2019. Before this job,
Peatland fires in Indonesia, which can be exacerbated by El Niño, release a huge amount of carbon dioxide.Credit: Sigit Prasetya/NurPhoto via Getty As a climate scientist who studies land and ocean temperature records, I start each day by pulling observations and forecasts of the El Niño weather pattern from 14 leading models into a real-time
Disney Plus recently updated its subscriber agreement in Europe, and the change is causing confusion for customers worldwide, including in the US. Reports began circulating that the streaming service will allow ads to be inserted into content across all of its plans, leading some subscribers to believe that changes are coming to all ad-free subscriptions,
