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,…
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…
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, 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…
During a call with analysts, the CEO of cinema operator AMC Entertainment said, by the end of 2021, it will have technology in place to receive payments in bitcoin for the purchase of movie tickets and concessions.
In a statement the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said, Facebook Inc made “misleading claims” to explain why it had disabled the accounts of researchers studying political ads on its social media platform. Earlier this week on Tuesday, Facebook cut off the personal accounts and access of the New York University researchers citing users’ privacy concerns.…
According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, Ericsson has won a 3% share in a joint 5G radio contract from China Telecom and China Unicom. Tender documents published by these Chine companies show, Nokia, which was expected to grab Ericsson’s market share in China, did not receive any share. The tender document doesn’t disclose percentage wins,…
On Friday, Apple Inc’s chip supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co said, a few of its production lines in southern Taiwan have been hit by a contamination of gases that are used in the chipmaking process. The incident is unlikely to significant impact its operations, said TSMC. In a report, Japanese news agency Nikkei reported, TSMC’s most advanced…
In a statement Volkswagen’s CEO said, the company must change its approach to how it sells electric vehicles (EV) in China, in a response to dismal EV sales there. “Sales are picking up but it requires focus and different approaches as the customers for the EVs are much younger and different to our customer base…
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