Infrastructure
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Tech
Facebook Renews Its Ambitions to Connect the World
Facebook first revealed its plans to build a 37,000-kilometer subsea cable, named 2Africa, in the spring of 2020, and it…
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Tech
The NYC Subway Wasn’t Built for 21st Century Storms
In just a few hours on Wednesday night, between 6 and 10 inches of rain fell on New York City—more…
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Biden Wants More EVs on Roads. What About Charging Stations?
Last week, President Biden gathered executives of the three biggest US automakers—Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis (which makes Fiat-Chrysler vehicles)—at…
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Tech
Oregon’s Buckled Roads and Melted Cables Are Warning Signs
This week, trapped under a stalled mountain of warm air called a heat dome, the Pacific Northwest got a taste…
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America’s ‘Smart City’ Didn’t Get Much Smarter
In 2016, Columbus, Ohio, beat out 77 other small and midsize US cities for a pot of $50 million that…
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Cars
Toyota GR 86, a 2200-HP Tuatara, and the Latest on Infrastructure
Our test of a 2021 BMW M550i xDrive showed the car fell significantly short of BMW’s claimed zero-to-60-mph time of…
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Tech
When Driving Is (Partially) Automated, People Drive More
Researchers, industry executives, and government officials have long puzzled over how self-driving cars might change the planet. If you could…
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Tech
All Those Electric Vehicles Pose a Problem for Building Roads
Last week, Washington governor Jay Inslee—the guy who, while running for president two years ago, proposed a nationwide ban on…
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Tech
Biden Wants You Out of Your Car and on the Train
The US is car country. Its 4.1-million-mile road network is the world’s most expansive. It has more motor vehicles per…
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Why Biden’s $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan Needs to Go Bigger
US President Joe Biden walks off Air Force One in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on March 31, 2021, where he will unveil…
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