The next Corsa is scheduled to hit the market in 2019

Its design and aesthetics will be based on Opel’s technology rather than GM’s. The PSA Group’s spokesman has confirmed that it will be using Opel’s technology in the forthcoming model of its best-selling Corsa car, which is currently based on General Motor’s technology. Opel had previously stated that the next model of Corsa, which was slated…

Trump signs executive order to modernize U.S. government machinery

The executive order bases itself on the findings of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report which saw instances of critical government machinery using legacy systems. In a significant development, U.S President Donald Trump has announced, he has signed an executive order to create a new technology council which will oversee the transfer and modernisation of…

Global investors scouring for deals in India’s lucrative solar power market

Global investors, including pension funds, are attracted to India’s burgeoning solar power market likes bees to honey. Some of the world’s biggest pension funds are increasingly drawn to India and are scouting for deals in green investments. Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has set a target of $100 billion in investment in the next five…

JPMorgan Chase & Co leaves blockchain consortium R3 CEV

Although JPMorgan has left the consortium, it has cleverly distributed its bet in the blockchain technology. It has joined the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance and is an investor in blockchain startups Digital Asset Holdings and Axoni. It is also a participant in the Hyperledger Project, a cross-industry group led by the Linux Foundation. JPMorgan Chase &…

Microsoft reports receiving a type of warrantless surveillance order from FBI

While downward revising the number of government surveillance requests it received, Microsoft’s transparency report makes for an interesting read. Microsoft Corp stated it had wrongly reported a sharp increase in U.S. government surveillance requests during the first half of 2016, and has revised its figures to show that the level of requests have remained at…