TESLA FOUNDER Elon Musk recently wagered $50m that he’d be able to build the world’s biggest battery within 100 days.

It appears that the Tesla boss has won that bet, having helped officials in South Australia build a battery big enough to stop energy blackouts.

State Premier Jay Weatherill confirmed the news, saying officials are working with Musk to start testing an extremely powerful lithium-ion battery.

As he investigates Trump’s aides, special counsel’s record shows surprising flaws

As Robert Mueller leads a sprawling investigation aimed at the White House, his prosecutorial discretion looms over the Trump presidency.

Uber is facing government scrutiny around the world in the wake of its admission it concealed a massive data breach affecting 57 million drivers and passengers.

The $68bn ride-hailing company acknowledged Tuesday that hackers had stolen the personal information in October 2016, and that Uber had paid them $100,000 to destroy the information and keep the breach quiet.

I’d love lock screen complications in iOS 12

One of the best things about Apple Watch is how the watch face makes so much data so immediately glanceable. That’s thanks to the watchOS take on ”complications”, They’re hyper-dense and provide immediate access to a wealth of information. I’ve become so dependent on complications that, if I’m ever not wearing my Apple Watch, I inevitably find myself staring at my wrist trying to figure out where they’ve all gone.

The new iMac Pro set to release month will be Apple’s fastest Mac by a country mile. With 18 CPU cores, Radeon Vega graphics, and 128GB of RAM, there isn’t much Apple’s newest all-in-one won’t be able to do. But a recent discovery by Apple code spelunker Steven Troughton-Smith suggest an iPhone chip might be along for the ride.

Opinion | We Can’t Trust Facebook to Regulate Itself

I led Facebook’s efforts to fix privacy problems on its developer platform in advance of its 2012 initial public offering. What I saw from the inside was a company that prioritized data collection from its users over protecting them from abuse. As the world contemplates what to do about Facebook in the wake of its role in Russia’s election meddling, it must consider this history. Lawmakers shouldn’t allow Facebook to regulate itself. Because it won’t.