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Silicon Shortage Prompts GM To Extend Car Production CutSilicon Shortage Prompts GM To Extend Car Production Cut

Silicon Shortage Prompts GM To Extend Car Production Cut

Ongoing global shortage of computer chips prompts another car manufacturer to extend production cut in its North American factories

4 years ago
Nevada Draft Bill To Allow Tech Firms To Form Own CommunitiesNevada Draft Bill To Allow Tech Firms To Form Own Communities

Nevada Draft Bill To Allow Tech Firms To Form Own Communities

Fancy a Facebook suburb? Or a Google neighbourhood? Nevada considers scheme to allow tech firms to create their own communities

4 years ago
Hyundai, Kia Deny Talks With Apple For Self-Driving CarsHyundai, Kia Deny Talks With Apple For Self-Driving Cars

Hyundai, Kia Deny Talks With Apple For Self-Driving Cars

Shares in South Korean car makers plunged on Monday after they denied reports of holding talks to develop long rumoured…

4 years ago
SpaceX Starship Rocket Explodes On LandingSpaceX Starship Rocket Explodes On Landing

SpaceX Starship Rocket Explodes On Landing

Valuable lessons. Second malfunction of SpaceX’s prototype Starship rocket, as it attempts to land vertically after successful launch

4 years ago
Two Google Staff Resign, Citing Timnit Gebru ‘Firing’Two Google Staff Resign, Citing Timnit Gebru ‘Firing’

Two Google Staff Resign, Citing Timnit Gebru ‘Firing’

Staff unrest continues with resignation of two Google engineers, both of whom cited 'firing' of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru

4 years ago
Mazda Warns It May Cut Production Due To Silicon ShortageMazda Warns It May Cut Production Due To Silicon Shortage

Mazda Warns It May Cut Production Due To Silicon Shortage

Needing chips. Ongoing silicon shortages prompt Japanese car maker Mazda to warn it may cut global vehicle production by 34,000

4 years ago
Tesla To Recall 135,000 Vehicles In USTesla To Recall 135,000 Vehicles In US

Tesla To Recall 135,000 Vehicles In US

World's most valuable car maker Tesla is to recall over one hundred thousand vehicles in US over faulty touchscreen displays

4 years ago
SpaceX Announces First-Ever All Civilian Flight CrewSpaceX Announces First-Ever All Civilian Flight Crew

SpaceX Announces First-Ever All Civilian Flight Crew

Inspiration4 will be the world’s first all-commercial astronaut mission that will put all an civilian crew into orbit in Q4…

4 years ago
UK Regulator To Probe Uber Purchase Of AutocabUK Regulator To Probe Uber Purchase Of Autocab

UK Regulator To Probe Uber Purchase Of Autocab

Uber's attempt to purchase British rival Autocab is being officially investigated by the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)

4 years ago
Google Maps To Display Coronavirus Vaccination LocationsGoogle Maps To Display Coronavirus Vaccination Locations

Google Maps To Display Coronavirus Vaccination Locations

Announcement this week that Google Maps will begin to display US locations that offer Covid-19 vaccinations, with world locations following

4 years ago
Taiwanese Minister: Chip Makers To Address Car Silicon ShortageTaiwanese Minister: Chip Makers To Address Car Silicon Shortage

Taiwanese Minister: Chip Makers To Address Car Silicon Shortage

As a silicon shortage slows global car production, Taiwanese government minister says chip makers are at full capacity but will…

4 years ago
SpaceX Launches 143 Satellites In One LaunchSpaceX Launches 143 Satellites In One Launch

SpaceX Launches 143 Satellites In One Launch

Record-breaking launch as single SpaceX Falcon rocket carries 143 satellites into orbit for Starlink and a number of other companies

4 years ago
Google Begins Investigation Of AI Staffer Over Data TransferGoogle Begins Investigation Of AI Staffer Over Data Transfer

Google Begins Investigation Of AI Staffer Over Data Transfer

Google reportedly begins investigation and locks the corporate account of member of its ethical AI team, after sensitive data transfer

4 years ago
Microsoft Invests In GM’s Cruise For Self-Driving FutureMicrosoft Invests In GM’s Cruise For Self-Driving Future

Microsoft Invests In GM’s Cruise For Self-Driving Future

Software giant confirms it is part of a $2 billion investment in GM's Cruise self-driving unit, which will utilise Azure…

4 years ago
CES 2021: Tech Expo Virtual Highlights So FarCES 2021: Tech Expo Virtual Highlights So Far

CES 2021: Tech Expo Virtual Highlights So Far

See-through television, rollable smartphone, and gaming company making a highly advanced facemask among new developments during CES 2021

4 years ago

Elon Musk Now Richest Man In The World

Soaring shares of car maker Tesla, sees Elon Musk overtaking Amazon's founder and CEO Jeff Bezos as the richest man…

4 years ago

YouTube Axes TalkRadio Channel

Coronavirus misinformation speculated as reason for YouTube removing Ofcom-regulated TalkRadio from its streaming platform

4 years ago

US To Permit Drone Operations Over Homes, Plus Night Flights

Significant development in the US for the future of drone operations will allow flights over homes, and operations at night

4 years ago

Self-Healing Mobile Phone Screens Invented By Scientists

No more cracked mobile phone screens? Scientists claim they have invented a smartphone screen that can self repair and heal…

4 years ago

Google Asked AI Researchers To Strike Positive Tone – Report

Scientific papers generated internally at the search engine giant are now subjected to “sensitive topics” review, it has been reported

4 years ago

Elon Musk Offered Tesla To Apple’s Tim Cook

Tesla boss Elon Musk confirms he once offered to sell the electric car maker to Apple, but CEO Tim Cook…

4 years ago

Apple Sets 2024 Deadline For Passenger Vehicle – Report

Project Titan update. Apple hopes to produce passenger vehicle in 2024, with new battery design to 'radically' reduce cost and…

4 years ago

Boston Dynamics Sold By SoftBank To Hyundai

Ownership odyssey of robotic dog developer Boston Dynamics, once owned by Google, continues as Hyundai acquires majority stake

4 years ago

Hackers Steal Covid-19 Vaccine Documents From EU Agency

European Union's medicine regulator has been hacked, and documents concerning the Pfizer Coronavirus vaccine have been stolen

4 years ago

Elon Musk Leaves California, Moves To Texas

After threatening to pull Tesla out of California altogether, Elon Musk reveals he has personally left the US state and…

4 years ago

Stop Streaming In Ultra HD On Phones To Save Planet, Scientists Warn

Boffins at UK Royal Society use mobile users to avoid streaming in unnecessarily high-resolutions in order to cut emmissions

4 years ago

Facebook Bans Fake Covid-19 Vaccine Claims

Conspiracy clampdown. Social networking giant Facebook follows YouTube lead in banning false and misleading claims about Covid-19 vaccines

4 years ago

Google DeepMind Solves 50 Year Old Folding Protein Problem

Breakthrough at Google's AI unit DeepMind allow researchers to determine a protein’s 3D shape from its amino-acid sequence

4 years ago

North Korean Hackers Target AstraZeneca For Covid Vaccine

North Korean hackers pose as recruiters on LinkedIn and WhatsApp, to send job offer documents laden with malware to AstraZeneca…

4 years ago

Elon Musk Overtakes Bill Gates As World’s Second Richest

Tesla share price rises continues to build the personal fortune of Elon Musk, placing him in second place behind Amazon's…

4 years ago