Isabella Walker, autor en Straytrees

Nov

02

2026

Critics say Flock Safety lacks safeguards against misuse in Atlanta

Audits, a proposed city ordinance and a push in Washington are testing the license plate reader maker in the city where it was founded. Flock Safety, the license plate reader company built in Atlanta, is under growing pressure at home. Residents are pushing back at public meetings, city leaders are drafting permanent rules and one of Georgia's U.S. senators is pressing for federal limits. The fight in Flock's hometown comes as the startup, valued at $7.5 billion in its last reported funding round, shrinks its workforce and loses customers elsewhere. Officials in all four of metro Atlanta's largest counties have…

Nov

02

2026

By Isabella Walker

Ten companies with notable shifts from fossil fuels reducing carbon emissions

Social Responsibility

There is no trustworthy, universally accepted global top-10 ranking. A company can report a large emissions reduction because it closed coal plants, switched to cleaner power, sold high-emitting assets, or changed how it measures its business. Those changes do not all have the same effect on emissions worldwide.The clearest candidates are electricity companies: their power plants produce substantial direct emissions, and replacing coal generation can cut millions of metric tons of carbon dioxide a year. The ten companies below have reported major reductions or undergone significant shifts away from fossil-fuel generation over roughly the past decade. They are candidates for…

Nov

02

2026

By Isabella Walker

Martha Stewart apologizes for homeless Halloween costume after initial defense

Culture and Entertainment

The 85-year-old lifestyle mogul first defended the look as a way to raise awareness, then posted a fuller apology hours later saying her initial response had fallen short.Martha Stewart has apologized for dressing as a homeless person for Halloween, reversing course within hours of a first statement in which she described the costume as an attempt to draw attention to homelessness.In a message posted to Instagram on Sunday, Nov. 1, the 85-year-old businesswoman said her earlier explanation had not gone far enough and called the costume insensitive and unfunny. "It's hard to admit when you've really screwed up," she wrote,…

Nov

02

2026

By Isabella Walker

Which technologies are the biggest investment magnets outside artificial intelligence?

Science and Technology

Investment outside artificial intelligence is flowing most visibly into technologies that produce electricity, move it, store it, connect people, and improve health and security. Clean energy dominates the largest publicly tracked totals: the International Energy Agency expects global investment in clean energy technologies and infrastructure to reach about $2.2 trillion in 2025.There is no definitive global top-ten ranking. Industry reports count different things: a purchased electric vehicle, a new semiconductor factory, a venture-capital round, and a power-grid upgrade are not directly comparable. The ten technologies below are therefore major investment magnets, not a precise league table. The order broadly reflects…