Sussing Out the Mystery of Akio Toyoda’s 5th Brand

Akio Toyoda, the ever-enigmatic godfather of Japan’s motoring industry, is once again stirring the pot. Having already transformed Toyota from a beige maker of reliable washing machines-on-wheels into a company with genuine soul, he’s now teasing what many are calling…

Has Bill Gates done a U-Turn?

Some of us have been trying to tell y’all that there is no such thing as a stable global climate.  Geology tells us that there are frequent hot-spells interspaced with arctic conditions. Now, a recent essay by none-other than the…

Is society ready for Killer Robotaxis?

Waymo, the Google-spawned autonomous car company, claims its robotaxis are 91 percent less likely to crash than us mere mortals behind the wheel. That’s an astonishing figure, if true. And yet, despite this statistically saintly record, the company’s boss calmly…