In June and July, solar power supply in the European Union jumped to a record high in 2021, and accounted for 10% of the total electricity produced in the region, reads a report by independent climate think-tank Ember on Wednesday. The EU generated around 39 terawatt hours (TWh) of solar power, up from 10.9 TWh…
In a statement, Aerospace startup Boom Supersonic said, it hopes to resurrect supersonic commercial air travel across the Atlantic, which was last seen when British Airways and Air France flew the SST Concorde in the 1970s. Boom Supersonic is aiming to fly 65 passengers from New York to London in little more than three-and-one-half hours,…
On Tuesday, in a statement LG Display Co Ltd said, it plans on investing $2.83 billion (3.3 trillion won) in small- to mid-size organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel facilities. In a regulatory filing it said it will start making the investment starting this month until March 2024. ($1 = 1,164.8800 won)
With the Taliban, a terrorist group, taking over control of Afghanistan, large US tech companies face social media content challenges after the terrorist group created large content for media dissemination. On Monday, Facebook confirmed that it continues to designate the Taliban as a terrorist organization and has banned content supporting it on its platforms. Taliban…
In a statement T-Mobile said, it is investigating a claim made on an online forum which states that personal data of more than 100 million users have been hacked. “We are aware of claims made in an underground forum and have been actively investigating their validity. We do not have any additional information to share at…
In a ruling, a U.S. trade judge found that Alphabet Inc’s Google had infringed on five of Sonos Inc’s patents revolving around smart speakers and related technology. The decision has the potential to lead to an import ban. The ruling by Charles Bullock, the chief administrative law judge of the U.S. International Trade Commission did not…
A U.S. jury has awarded Optis Wireless Technology LLC and several related companies $300 million in damages in a second patent trial against Apple Inc. Previously, the jury had found that Apple had infringed on five Optis wireless standard essential patents and had awarded $506 million in damages; however the U.S. District Judge Rodney Gilstrap…
In a statement U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai and South Korean Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo said, the two discussed supply chain resiliency, climate change and reforming the World Trade Organization. In a virtual meeting, both officials “agreed on the importance of a strong U.S.-Korea bilateral trade relationship and committed to maintaining an open dialogue moving…
In a statement, Illinois, Senator Dick Durbin said, Samsung SDI Co Ltd plans on building a battery plant in central Illinois. Electric-vehicle startup Rivian has a factory in Normal, Illinois. In April it said Samsung SDI would supply battery cells for its vehicles. “We are competing for a major Samsung battery facility. The delegation came in…
China’s Geely Holding-owned Volvo Cars will temporarily stop production at its Swedish plant in Gothenburg because of a shortage of semiconductors. A global crunch of chips has hit carmakers hard, with many forced to cut down on production. Electronic device makers are also struggling to keep up with a pandemic-led demand for gaming consoles, phones,…
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