Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images General Motors announced today that it was setting up a joint venture with South Korea’s LG Chem to mass-produce batteries for electric cars. The two companies plan to invest a total of $2.3 billion to build a new facility, which will be located in Lordstown, Ohio. The new plant will
Read MoreEuropean Space Agency astronaut and current International Space Station Commander Luca Parmitano and crewmate Andrew Morgan (out of frame) performed the third spacewalk to repair the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer. Luca Parmitano Works to Upgrade a Cosmic Particle Detector Source: NASA
Read MoreThe live-action remake is set for a March 27 release. Disney's new Mulan trailer brings warrior action to life – CNET Source: CNet
Read MorePhones running Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon chips will pick up desktop gameplay skills. I saw them with my own eyes. Fortnite to PubG Mobile: 5 ways mobile gaming is about to match your desktop – CNET Source: CNet
Read More{$inline_image} Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Deconstructing Sony’s video game console is a mind-bending trip into carbon-intensive global electronics Continue reading… The environmental impact of a PlayStation 4 Source: New feed
Read MoreMicrosoft reverses its plan to separate Notepad out of the Windows 10 release cycle. Microsoft kills Store version of Windows 10 Notepad app Source: ZDNet Microsoft
Read MoreWill Knight / Wired: Jerome Pesenti, VP of AI at Facebook, on using AI for content moderation, limitations of deep learning and current AI, commercializing AI research, and more — Jerome Pesenti is encouraged by progress in artificial intelligence, but sees the limits of the current approach to deep learning. Jerome Pesenti, VP of AI
Read MoreQualcomm’s annual Hawaiian press event to announce its products for the coming year is happening. It‘s there in part because Qualcomm needs something equally convenient for Asian and American attendees and also because the company probably is still smarting from the reaction to its absolutely bonkers attempt to make CES its big annual keynote in
Read MoreIt’s the most wonderful (or irritating, your choice) time of the year! That’s right, Spotify has released its 2019 Wrapped list! If you’re unaware of what this is, basically every year Spotify releases a customized breakdown of how you’ve spent your year on their platform. If, of course, you have a Premium subscription to the
Read MoreStar Fox 2, Super Punch-Out, Kirby Super Star and Breath of Fire II will join the library, along with two more NES games. Four fresh SNES games are coming to Nintendo Switch Online next week – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreCraigslist’s iOS app looks and feels like a straight copy of the website. There’s something about the brutal simplicity of Craigslist that’s always suggested an admirable caution. But even then you’d have to admit the company has been slow to get on the app game. Now, more than a decade after apps became A Thing
Read MoreAuthorities have busted a call center in Thailand and arrested 24 Chinese nationals for allegedly running a Bitcoin investment scam. Chiang Rai Times, an English language news portal, says the scam has been operating since March this year. Additionally, the portal notes that those arrested were tasked with luring citizens in mainland China to trade Bitcoin
Read MoreCommentary: The future of foldable phones could be affordability, not ridiculous specs and prices. Why cheap, simple foldable phones may topple their expensive rivals – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreEarlier this week, two Python libraries containing malicious code were removed from the Python Package Index (PyPI), Python’s official repository for third-party packages. It’s the latest incarnation of a problem faced by many modern software development communities, raising an important question for all developers who rely on open source software: How can you make it possible
Read MoreGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai speaks before signing the White Houses Pledge To Americas Workers at El Centro Community College on October 3rd in Dallas | Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images The tech world has gone a long time since a day like Tuesday, where the industry’s tectonic plates shifted in a fashion sudden and dramatic
Read MoreChat app WhatsApp has kicked out several users from Kashmir after four months of internet shutdown in the state, BuzzFeed News reports. In August, the Indian government scrapped Article 370 to remove the state from its autonomous stature. It also enforced an internet ban to maintain law and order. On December 4, exactly four months after the shutdown,
Read MoreCommute feature will soon adjust with proximity. | GIF: Google Last month we learned that Google was rolling out ultrasound sensing to its Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max smart displays. The technology adjusts the information shown based on your proximity to the device. Now we have a better understanding of how it works and
Read MoreA drama set in the world of a (fictional) true crime podcast is guilty of being less interesting than the real life version. Truth Be Told: Apple TV Plus drama mixes true crime and Big Little Lies – CNET Source: CNet
Read MoreIndian policemen inspecting the site of a blast in Srinagar in Kashmir. | Photo credit should read Idrees Abbas / Echoes Wire / Barcroft Media via Getty Images On Wednesday, reports on social media appeared of Kashmiri WhatsApp users leaving group chats in droves. This was a surprise to friends and relatives outside the region
Read More{$inline_image}Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Are you sick of vacuuming your house? If the answer is yes, you’ll be delighted to know there’s a pretty sweet deal on the Roomba i7. Yep, that’s right. At $499 ($200 off its original price of $699), the
Read MoreAs the head of a $185 billion technology company, Chuck Robbins says, “We have to run a good business, but there’s more to it.” How a Preacher’s Grandson From Rural Georgia Grew Up to Lead Cisco Source: NY Times Tech
Read MoreJason D. Rowley / Crunchbase News: Analysis: Series A and Series B rounds have annually accounted for between 21% and 37% of total $100M+ VC rounds across the globe since 2010 — It’s become the norm for some private tech companies to raise in a single round what VC firms raise for an entire new
Read MoreIf the latest trend continues, it looks like cryptocurrency focused hedge funds could be on the way out. According to specialist researchers, Crypto Fund Research, more than 70 hedge funds specializing in investments into digital asset projects have closed this year, Bloomberg reports. The majority of the closures identified came from North America and Europe,
Read MoreTheo Wargo/WireImage It’s best to think of YouTube as a series of independent communities living on the same platform — what’s popular to one group might not even be on another community’s radar. There are a few rare exceptions, and the beauty world’s drama is one of them. YouTube’s top trending list (which is different
Read MoreDay two of the defamation trial was Musk in the morning, Unsworth in the afternoon Continue reading… Elon Musk’s ‘pedo guy’ tweet was ‘a life sentence without parole,’ testifies caver Source: New feed
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