Behold—the Best Space Images of 2023::This year’s most interesting space images include infrared views of galactic “bones,” an asteroid’s double moon, Jupiter’s giant polar vortex, and more
Huawei was once fighting for its survival. It is back to nearly $100 billion in revenue in 2023::Huawei said Friday that its revenue climbed 9% this year, solidifying a comeback after a tough couple of years that included being caught in the center of the US-China tech rivalry.
Debunking The “Dirty” Solar Panels And Battery Myth::Solar panels and residential storage batteries are accused of having huge amounts of embedded carbon. The truth is quite the opposite.
Apple resumes Apple Watch sales after ban is paused.::Apple is selling the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 again after a federal appeals court temporarily paused the sales and import bans.
Intel secures $3.25B Israeli gov’t grant to build $25B chip fab in Israel amid ongoing tensions::Intel to build a $25 billion fab in Israel, set to get $3.25 billion in government grants.
Firm predicts it will cost $28 billion to build a 2nm fab and $30,000 per wafer, a 50 percent increase in chipmaking costs as complexity rises::As wafer fab tools are getting more expensive, so do fabs and, ultimately, chips. A new report claims that
Elon Musk says prototypes are easy, production is hell. And when it comes to the long-awaited Cybertruck, Tesla's hell is its pioneering 4680 battery....
I recalled reading about this at the beginning of this month, I haven’t seen any updates on a fix or anything. Figured I’d ponder it with you folks over here....
Nikola founder to be sentenced for federal fraud charges::Nikola founder Trevor Milton was found guilty in October 2022 on two counts of wire fraud and one count of securities fraud.
US Congress pushes warrantless wiretapping decision off until April next year::The US House passed the National Defence Authorization Act, which included a provision to extend Section 702, which allows warrantless wiretapping by the US.
Widespread FBI abuse of foreign spy law sets off “alarm bells,” tech group says::Section 702 debate rages after another FISA Court opinion is unclassified.
Hackers behind recent ChatGPT outage say they’ll target the AI bot until it stops ‘dehumanizing’ Palestinians::The hacker group Anonymous Sudan has claimed responsibility for some of the recent ChatGPT outages and say they’ll target any American company.
Cop28: China ‘would like to see agreement to substitute renewables for fossil fuels’::But country’s climate envoy, Xie Zhenhua, would not say whether it would support phase-out wording in climate deal