Enlarge (credit: Financial Times) The world’s largest technology companies are pouring money into the biggest foreign policy think tanks in the US, as they seek to advance the argument that stricter competition rules will benefit China. Google, Amazon, Facebook and Apple are behind an increase in funding to four of Washington’s most prestigious research groups: […]
Toyota introduced the particular Prius Prime in 2016, years after other manufacturers released electric-only models. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin ) Executives at Toyota had a moment of inspiration when typically the company first developed the Prius. That moment, apparently, has long since passed. The Prius was the world’s first mass-produced hybrid car, years ahead of any […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images | fStop Images – Antenna ) The biggest Internet service providers and their trade groups spent $234. 7 million on lobbying and political donations during the most recent two-year congressional cycle, according to a report released yesterday. The ISPs and their trade groups lobbied against strict net neutrality rules and on […]