While automakers are racing to place electric vehicles by 2020, there is also a race to develop smarter, safer and cheaper battery technology that will power them. Honda Motor Co is weighing the idea of developing solid-state batteries for electric vehicles (Evs), with a growing number of automakers looking for ways to power next generation…
With Sony’s sensor business contributing the bulk of its 2017-2018 earnings, the company plans on ramping up their deployment in factory automation, image sensors and self-driving cars, key technologies for tomorrow. Riding on the surging sales of its image sensors, Sony Corp is poised to report its highest-ever earning this year. The firm also plans…
The South Korean giant plans on shifting over the bulk of its chip production to this new 10-nanometre class in 2018 that is widely expected to be adopted in high data crunching areas including cloud computing, high-end smartphones, and GPUs. On Wednesday, in a development that widens Samsung Electronics Co’s technical lead over its peers,…
With much of its exports to China being blocked by U.N sanction, an impoverished and increasingly cornered North Korea has taken the cyber route to enriching itself. With the recent surge in the price of bitcoins, cyber security experts opine the net worth of its stolen tokens amount to $82 million. With more international sanctions…
While the 1st attack has been linked to North Korea’s spy agency, South Korea’s KISA along with local law enforcement agencies have begun investigating the hack in which 4,000 bitcoins were stolen. On Tuesday, Youbit, a South Korean cryptocurrency exchange disclosed, it was shutting down for bankruptcy following a second hacking attack this year. The…
Uber Technologies collaborates with Creative Media Works to allow users across the globe to book rides through the popular BBM Messenger. On Monday, Uber Technologies stated it is collaborating with Creative Media Works, which operates as BBM Messenger, to allow users around the globe to book rides via the messenger service. ”With this partnership, BBM…
The cryptocurrency is making steady gains towards legitimacy, a move which is likely to draw attention of institutional investors. The bitcoin hit yet another milestone with the CME Group, the world’s largest derivatives exchange operator, launching trading in bitcoin futures. This step towards legitimacy is likely to attract large institutional investors towards it. Trading on…
When in Rome, do as the Romans: simple enough a motto when travelling, but what about business relationships which cross borders? How can cooperation between supplier and client run smoothly when one works with one set of standards, and the other with a different set? Reporting is essential and should be carried out with surgical…
Ford’s strategy is woven around consumer feedback and the growing demand for autonomous automated vehicles. Jim Hackett, Ford’s CEO, revealed that the firm is reviewing its product portfolio since consumers have shown a preference for SUVs which have fuel efficiencies closer to sedans. At a Ford event in Detroit, Hackett said although in the past…
The measure, as yet non-mandatory, has not had any material impact on the price of bitcoin, with cryptocurrency related shares extending their gains on Friday. On Friday, the Korea Blockchain Industry Association, a South Korean blockchain association, disclosed measures to boost transparency in trading of cryptocurrencies which have been agreed by fourteen exchanges in the…
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