PaylPal launches purchase, holding, selling of cryptocurrencies in UK

On Monday, in a statement PayPal Holdings Inc said, it will allow customers in the UK to purchase, hold and sell bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from this week onwards. The roll-out marks the first international expansion of PayPal’s cryptocurrencies services outside of the United States; it could potentially trigger the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies as a…

Tesla Will Likely Launch Prototype Humanoid Robot Next Year: Musk

The United States based electric car maker Tesla Inc would possibly launch a “Tesla Bot” humanoid robot prototype sometime next year, said the company’s Chief Executive Elon Musk. The robot will be designed specifically for undertaking dangerous, repetitive, or boring tasks that humans do not like to do. A range of jobs from attaching bolts…

Intel Offers Details Of Its New Chip Sourcing Strategy And Partnership With Rival TSMC

United States based Intel Corp announced its plans for sourcing subcomponents of its chips from external factories as a part of its turnaround strategy, new details of which were provided by the company earlier this week. The company plans to source chip components from suppliers including through partnerships with rival Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC),…

Walmart Increases Forecast With Customers Returning To Its Stores While Online Sale Slows

Consumers in the United States stepped out of their home more with the lifting of Covid-19 pandemic related restrictions and into stores and were reported to make purchases of more clothes, travel gear and back-to-school merchandise, which drove Walmart Inc to increase it annual U.S. same-store sales forecast. The company also beat analysts’ estimates for…

7 British organizations form consortium to develop solid state batteries for EVs

On Thursday, a group of 7 British organizations including startup Britishvolt, battery materials company Johnson Matthey, and Oxford University said, they had formed a consortium to develop solid-state batteries for electric vehicles. The group plans on building a facility to develop technologies and prototypes for the mass production of solid-state batteries. The consortium also includes…

Ford Motor Co shutters Kansas City assembly plant citing chip shortage

In a statement Ford Motor Co said, it will temporarily close its Kansas City assembly plant which builds its best-selling F-150 pickup truck because of a shortage of semiconductor-related parts. The shortage is caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. Production is slated to resume in August 23, said the U.S. automaker while adding, it…