PG&E will bury 10,000 miles of power lines so they don't spark wildfires ~enviro energy Article 815 words 10 votes
California’s ambitious fiber-Internet plan approved unanimously by legislature ~tech internet Article 941 words 13 votes
Reflections on the OVH datacenter fire, and the consequences it had for the Pijul project ~comp Article 2519 words 6 votes
Texas’ “failsafe” generators failed, risking weeks-long catastrophe ~enviro energy Article 968 words 7 votes
Solar power's decade of falling costs is thrown into reverse ~enviro energy.renewable Article 5 votes
US White House offers GOP reduced $1.7 trillion dollars infrastructure plan in attempt to compromise ~news usa politics.usa Article 1067 words 10 votes
The filing cabinet was critical to the information infrastructure of the 20th-century. Like most infrastructure, it was usually overlooked. ~humanities.history Article 3354 words 10 votes
Largest fuel pipeline in the United States hit by ransomware attack ~tech security.cyber Article 965 words 31 votes
Beavers chewed through a cable and knocked out internet service to hundreds in a Canadian town ~tech Article 6 votes
The ugly, dangerous, and inefficient stroads found all over the US and Canada ~design urban planning Video 18:28 17 votes
5G: The outsourced elephant in the room ~tech security Article 2838 words, published Jan 20 2020 12 votes
Collapse possible at Manatee County (FL) wastewater reservoir ~enviro pollution.water water.waste Article 1773 words 12 votes
Amtrak responds to Biden's infrastructure plan, proposing >thirty new routes, >twenty route enhancements, and more ~transport PDF 20 votes
Snøhetta, the world's first tunnel for large ships, has been approved and will soon begin looking for contractors in Norway – expected to begin construction in 2022 ~design architecture Article 396 words 6 votes
Conservationists are creating ‘superhighways’ for insects in the UK ~enviro conservation Article 690 words 10 votes
Cycling through the streets of Amsterdam ~design urban planning Video 57:41, published Jun 15 2020 7 votes
Seeking to capitalize on a growing population that is increasingly less poor, American and Chinese tech giants clash in Africa ~tech Link 5 votes
Hosting company OVH had a fire at their Strasbourg, France data center last night, completely destroying the "SBG2" location and damaging others ~tech Article 443 words 31 votes
Why Gothenburg is Europe's most sustainable city – residents and local government have been steadfast in their efforts to reinvent the city's reputation ~enviro sustainability Article 875 words, published Feb 8 2021 8 votes
Lahti in Finland is the European Green Capital for 2021 – a recognition from Brussels for cities that have impressive environmental credentials ~enviro sustainability Article 2024 words 5 votes
Texas' grid operator warns rolling blackouts are possible as winter storm escalates demand for electricity ~enviro energy Article 987 words 31 votes
Nearly 100,000 remain without power in Portland as outages stretch into sixth day ~enviro energy Article 474 words 10 votes
Why winter is a poor argument against bike lanes – substandard infrastructure and maintenance, rather than the cold or the snow, that's keeping cyclists off their wheels ~transport Article 1442 words 14 votes
Tens of thousands of large dams are reaching the end of their expected lifespans, leading to a dramatic rise in failures and posing a serious threat to hundreds of millions living downstream ~engineering Article 2155 words 10 votes
The US is building a bike trail that runs coast-to-coast across twelve states ~hobbies Article 673 words 21 votes
In 2021, we need to fix America’s internet ~tech internet Article 2074 words, published Dec 17 2020 8 votes
Georgia Power receives first nuclear fuel shipment for Vogtle Unit 3 ~enviro climate change energy Article 1009 words 6 votes
Finland's parliament approved a bill designed to protect its networks against cyber threats and espionage – may be used to exclude China's Huawei and ZTE ~tech security.national security.cyber Article 4 votes
Faroe Islands are set to open an under-sea roundabout – the underwater tunnels connect the islands of Streymoy and Eysturoy in a network some 11km long ~engineering Article 13 votes
Animals are using Utah’s largest wildlife overpass earlier than expected ~enviro Article 734 words 11 votes
Current bike lanes aren't good enough (and we can do better) ~transport Video 7:52, published Mar 21 2019 8 votes
The new $45 billion metro system under construction beneath Paris ~transport Article 910 words 12 votes
On the seventh day after the blackout, electricity rotation still does not work in all regions of Amapá (Brazilian state) ~enviro energy Link 6 votes
NASA formally objects to AST & Science proposal for megaconstellation of large satellites, citing risk of "catastrophic collision" ~space satellites Article 941 words 8 votes
Sweden is banning equipment from Chinese telecommunication firms Huawei and ZTE from its new 5G network ~tech Article 365 words 7 votes
Nokia wins Belgian 5G contracts amid US pressure to exclude the Chinese firm Huawei from supplying key telecoms equipment ~tech Article 454 words 6 votes
AT&T shelving DSL may leave hundreds of thousands hanging by a phone line ~tech internet Article 701 words 6 votes