24/10/2024

Business

Ireland fines LinkedIn 310 mn euros over EU data breach

An Irish regulator helping to police European Union data privacy said Thursday it had fined professional networking platform LinkedIn 310 million euros ($335 million) over breaching users' personal data for targeted advertising.

Energy & Green Tech

Huge US lithium mine gets govt approval: company

An enormous lithium mine in the Nevada desert has been granted final government approval, the company that has the concession said Thursday, in a project it predicts will quadruple US production of a mineral critical to the ...

Energy & Green Tech

New performance record for eco-friendly nanocrystal solar cells

In the era of climate change, renewable energies have quickly gained popularity, with solar cells being a prominent example of this shift. For instance, in 2023, installed solar photovoltaic power increased by 28% in Spain ...

Energy & Green Tech

Salt batteries: The fireproof battery

In 1997, the Mercedes-Benz A-Class famously tipped out of a bend during the elk test. One of the causes of the infamous incident: The car was originally designed to be electric. Switching to a combustion engine eliminated ...

Energy & Green Tech

How sustainable are typical electric vehicle batteries?

A fully electric vehicle fleet is globally hailed as a transformative solution to slow climate change. But how green are EV batteries? Will they help save us from a warming planet or add to an ever-increasing problem?

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