Innovation

Volkswagen Microbus To Return As Electric Vehicle

Volkswagen to show production version of all-electric Microbus in March, with sales set to begin in US next year amidst…

3 years ago

Autonomous Drone Saves The Life Of Heart Attack Victim

A man is Sweden is alive thanks to the speedy arrival of flying medical drone that carried and delivered vital…

3 years ago

Chip Shortage To Continue Hurting UK Car Market In 2022

Car sales will continue to hurt in 2022 due to the ongoing chip shortage that has badly dented vehicle supply…

3 years ago

Power Blackouts Sees Kosovo Ban Crypto Mining

Landlocked Kosovo has officially banned cryptocurrency mining as it grapples with soaring energy prices and electricity blackouts

3 years ago

CES 2022: GM To Introduce Personal Autonomous Car By 2025

Bold timeline? CEO of General Motors (GM) said the American car group aims to introduce a “personal autonomous vehicle” by…

3 years ago

Amazon Partners With Stellantis For Vans, Rivian Stock Plunges

Bad news for Rivian? Amazon and car giant Stellantis sign partnership deal that will see Amazon utilise Stellantis electric vans

3 years ago

Apple iPhone 14 To Lose Notch Cutout – Report

Industry insider offers his frank assessment of Apple's product releases in 2021, and makes major design prediction about iPhone 14

3 years ago

CES 2022: Sony Mulls Electric Vehicle Entry

Sony car? Japanese giant seeks to capitalise on sensor and entertainment expert with possible entry into the electric vehicle market

3 years ago

Driverless Car Trial For Milton Keynes By Month End – Report

Summon a car via an app. Major trial of driverless cars to start in Milton Keynes, but will not include…

3 years ago

Tesla Provokes Ire Over Showroom In Xinjiang, China

Electric car maker slammed for opening dealership in Xinjiang, the region at centre of Western claims about human right abuses…

3 years ago

Huawei Admits 2021 Revenues Down Nearly 30 Percent

Chinese networking giant reveals scale of challenge posed by ongoing US and Western restrictions to its business performance

3 years ago

Tesla Recalls Half A Million Cars Over Safety Issues

More than 475,000 Model 3 and Model S electric cars being recalled by Tesla over rearview camera and front bonnet…

3 years ago

Elon Musk Denies His Satellites Are Hogging Space

Space is enormous and satellites are tiny says Musk, after China complaint earlier this week of near miss with its…

3 years ago

Apple Pays $180,000 Bonus To Halt Staff Defections – Report

Staff retention. Apple is reportedly issuing a rare $180,000 bonus to select number of engineers to stave off defections to…

3 years ago

Elon Musk Sells Off Another $1 Billion Of Shares

Share sell-off continues for Tesla's Elon Musk, after he offloads another tranche of shares worth $1.02 billion to reach 10…

3 years ago

Sweden’s Northvolt Gigafactory Begins Battery Production

First Northvolt battery cell has been assembled in northern Sweden gigafactory, as start-up readies for 2022 production run

3 years ago

Rivian Delays Long Range SUVs, Pickups To 2023

Rivian has reportedly warned customers it will delay deliveries of its electric pickup and SUV models featuring big battery packs

3 years ago

China Approves Plans For Four Mega Data Centre Clusters

Four mega clusters of data centres have been approved in China, and will reportedly utilise renewable power to deliver low…

3 years ago

Amazon Updates Alexa After Dangerous Suggestion

Alexa voice assistant updated after telling 10 year old girl in the US to touch a coin to the exposed…

3 years ago

OneWeb Reaches 60 Percent With Launch Of 36 Satellites

UK-based OneWeb delivers another 36 communications satellites into orbit, as it readies connectivity for northern hemisphere

3 years ago

China Slams SpaceX For Satellite Near Miss – Report

Space row! Elon Musk criticised online China alleges that SpaceX satellites came close to colliding with its space station

3 years ago

Facebook Metaverse To Use Tech From Former Military Contractor

Facebook to build its 'metaverse' with technology from AI.Reverie, which has long history of US military and defence contracts

3 years ago

Merry Christmas To Readers Of Silicon UK

Silicon UK once again wishes our readers a very merry Christmas, in what has proven to be another eventful year…

3 years ago

Tesla Stops Gaming While Moving, Amid US Safety Investigation

Amid US safety investigation, Tesla says it will stop allowing computer games to be played on the car’s central touchscreen

3 years ago

US Opens Tesla Investigation Over In-Car Computer Games

US safety regulators begin probe over complaint that drivers can actually play computer games on central touchscreen when driving

3 years ago

Elon Musk Warns Of Overtaxation in California

Tesla CEO says he has sold 'enough stock' and slams California for 'overtaxation' and 'overegulation' and 'overlitigation'

3 years ago

CES 2022: Amazon, Meta, Twitter Pull Attendance

Big name tech firms announce decision to pull teams from upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, over Omicron…

3 years ago

Lady Gives Birth Whilst Tesla Used Autopilot

Tesla Autopilot in the headlines again, as it is engaged by husband to drive car to hospital as his wife…

3 years ago

EU Approves Microsoft’s $16 Billion Nuance Acquisition

Six months later European regulators agree with their American counterparts and give Microsoft antitrust approval to acquire Nuance

3 years ago

Oracle Makes Biggest Acquisition With Cerner Purchase

Enterprise software giant Oracle makes rumoured healthcare move, with $28.3 billion purchase of medical records specialist Cerner

3 years ago