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Energy and electricity are essential to our daily lives, helping us power our appliances, smart devices, and lights and heat or cool our homes. A large portion of US energy production, such as the ones coming from coal and gas, leads to the release of greenhouse gases. These gasses negatively impact air quality and pollution and contribute to global warming.
Huge Tesla v4 app update brings all you futurists new controls for your increasingly electric existence
It's still slowly rolling out on the Play Store, but you can grab it on APK Mirror
Cars and home energy are two very different markets, unless you're rich enough to be a repeat customer of Tesla. If that's the case, you can manage your car (or cars) and your home's energy output from the same app. The combined Tesla management app is seeing a sizeable overhaul in its 4.0 release. While it isn't up on the Play Store for everyone yet, a few users are seeing it, and it's been posted to APK Mirror.
Texas residents enraged as energy companies remotely raise temperatures on smart thermostats
Remember to read the fine print
It's been only four months since the proudly independent Texas power grid failed under a cold snap, and now it's in danger of a similar fate during the current heat wave. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, sterling public servants that they are, have asked Texans to raise their thermostats to 78 during the hottest part of the day. And for some, they're not asking.
Google is one of the largest and most far-reaching companies in worldwide tech, but it's also known for progressive (if not necessarily selfless) projects that go beyond its standard interests. Those include sponsorships and massive purchases for renewable energy, like buying portions of solar and wind energy production from farms in the US, Chile, and Sweden. According to the latest post on Google's Keyword blog, those purchases combined with renewable energy credits will account for 100% of the company's business operations in 2017.