Tesla’s Supercharger team fired
There are over 50,000 Superchargers globally, the company says, making it the world’s largest fast-charging network for electric vehicles.Multiple employees have confirmed their departures from the division – which had hundreds of employees – and was responsible for designing the chargers and deploying them worldwide.Do you think Tesla’s move could dent the confidence of prospective
The Alarm iPhone issue
Apple says it is working to quickly fix an issue that caused some iPhone alarms not to play a sound, giving their slumbering users an unexpected lie-in.Apple has confirmed it is aware but of the issue – but is yet to spell out what it believes is causing it, or what users can do to
Jamming of GPS in the Baltic?
Last week two planes were forced to turn around after their gps signals were disrupted. gps jamming has increased sharply in the Baltic region over the past two years. The positions of planes experiencing jamming to work out where the source was likely to be. They concluded that it was in Kaliningrad, a heavily militarised
The Immigration Crisis
According to the imf, the foreign-born labour force in America is 9% higher than at the start of 2019. America’s immigration surge means that its economy will be 2% larger over the next decade than had been forecast. The influx of workers also helps explain the country’s strong economic growth.The rich world is in the
Use of Glide bombs in Ukraine
Russia has increasingly relied on glide-bomb strikes to hammer Ukrainian positions in recent months. These munitions are particularly difficult to intercept because they have short flight times, small radar signatures, and non-ballistic trajectories.Glide bombs have flight control surfaces and are known as standoff weapons, meaning that Russian warplanes can release them at a distance beyond
Growing Chinese Military Spending
In the last decade, Beijing’s self-reported defense budget has more than doubled. China also now boasts the largest navy in the world, alongside the biggest coast guard and maritime militia. It has the globe’s biggest army and sub-strategic missile force to boot. Many experts believe China’s public defense budget does not include other military relevant
The fall in BYD profits and sales
BYD has been competing with Elon Musk’s Tesla to be the world’s biggest seller of EVs. The US giant reclaimed the title earlier this month after losing out to its Chinese rival at the end of last year. BYD and its rivals have been involved in a price war in China, as they compete for
Propping Up the Yen
The yen has been falling primarily because of simple economic logic. The gap in interest rates between Japan and America is yawning. Although the Bank of Japan raised rates in February, it did so by only a smidgen: they increased from between minus 0.1% and zero to between zero and 0.1%. Rates in booming America,
Russian disinformation on Meta
The European Commission has opened formal investigation proceedings into Meta over its handling of political content, including a suspected Russian influence campaign. The probe will also examine whether Meta is being transparent enough over its moderation of political content and accounts. very large online platforms face fines of up to 6% of their annual turnover
EU rules against iPad
Apple is already subject to European gatekeeper obligations on iOS and in its app store and browser. But this move, telegraphed last fall when the European Commission launched a study of iPadOS, puts even more of the technology giant’s business under the EU’s microscope. Apple’s iPad will face heightened regulation in the European Union after