Honda Motors and Contemporary Amperex Technology will work together to develop electric vehicles. The Japanese car maker sees electric vehicle as crucial for future growth and that is why it is partnering with the largest battery maker in the world. New electric cars would be the primary users of the batteries and the related technology…
The development is aimed at enabling Toyota to expand its line of next gen emission free vehicles. On Thursday, as part of a strategic move Toyota Motor Corp plans on building a manufacturing plant for hydrogen fuel cell stacks, a key component for next generation fuel cell vehicles. The move is part of a larger…
Tesla has hired Snap Inc’s Stuart Bowers who will now be its vice president of engineering. Electric carmaker Tesla Inc stated it has hired Stuart Bowers, Snap Inc’s vice president of monetization engineering, as its VP of engineering. He will work on Tesla’s Autopilot software and other projects. In recent days, several senior executives have…
Given the impetus and the focus that China has laid on ZTE in the ongoing U.S.-China trade negotiations, is probably indicative of the role played by the Chinese firm in its strategic China 2025 policy. China will also need to come of age in the semiconductor industry if it wants to be at par with…
Iran was warned with the “strongest sanctions in history” by the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. European companies were also issued a warning by the U.S. against maintaining business relationship with Iran indicating a stiffening of stance against Iran ever since U.S. president Donald Trump took the company out of the Iran nuclear deal.…
Known as Speculative Store Bypass or “Variant 4”, these new vulnerabilities have a low risk profile assigned to them partly due to the patches that were released earlier this month for the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities. Security researchers from Alphabet’s Google and from Microsoft Corp have unearthed new security vulnerabilities that impact a broad range…
The acquisition is aimed at bolstering Adobe’s Experience Cloud business. In what is stated to be Adobe Systems Inc’s biggest deal in a decade, the U.S. software company disclosed it would be acquiring Magento Commerce, an e-commerce services provider, from private equity firm Permira for $1.68 billion in cash. Following the news, shares of Adobe…
Having grossed $2.1 billion in 2017, HMD Global is aiming to double its sales channels in key markets in 2018. On Monday, HMD Global, the Finnish company licensed to sell Nokia-branded phones, stated it had raised $100 million in a new funding round aimed at boosting its growth. In 2017, its first year of operations,…
Malaysia will be the second market in which Grab has launched its e-wallet service. On Monday, both Grab and Malaysia’s biggest bank, Malayan Banking Bhd stated, they will collaborate to boost the adoption of the ride-hailing firm’s GrabPay mobile wallet. In the coming weeks, Grab, which received its e-money license from Bank Negara Malaysia in…
Any attempt by U.S. President Donald Trump at blocking a proposed gas pipeline project between Russia and Germany would be resisted strongly, said the Russian President Vladimir Putin to German Chancellor Angela Merkel during their meeting on Friday. While Germany has severely protested the Russian annexation of Crimea four years ago and the two countries…
