A county halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles would be one of the first sites to host a hyperloop track under a plan revealed today by Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, an organization that… Read more »
The hyperloop is happening; well, at least, it will be tested. Elon Musk tweeted today that his team plans to build a test track for pod testing, with Texas as a… Read more »
As I noted in Gigaom’s 2014 roundup, this has been the year of the Uber. The company has expanded across the globe and convinced investors far and wide to chuck billions of… Read more »
In a move designed to ease the growing tensions between deep-pocketed Silicon Valley workers and activists on behalf of lower-income communities forced out of their homes, San Francisco mayor Ed Lee… Read more »
Although the hype around the ‘Internet of Things’ may have reached fever pitch, the surface has just been scratched as to applications that will provide innovations and efficiencies. Many of these… Read more »
Innovation in energy and transportation is still emerging from the startup world, it’s just quieter and mostly not coming from the VC community. Read more »
After weeks of anticipation, Musk’s open-source design is here. While he hopes someone else will take up developing the new transit mode, he said he will build a prototype if no… Read more »
People my age are driving less than they ever have before. Sometimes I want a car, but that’s partly because car-sharing startups haven’t yet taken off in my neighborhood. Read more »