Plugin vehicles are all the rage in the Chinese auto market. plugin vehicles scored 458,000 registrations in March, up 118% year over year (YoY) and the second best monthly result ever. Full electrics (BEVs) alone accounted for 21% of the country’s auto sales! This pulled the 2022 share to 21% (16% BEV) and China will be BEV-based by 2025.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says the iPhone 14 and the next Apple Watch could get satellite connectivity. The feature could be available on the iPhone and Apple Watch within the next few years. Gurman believes the feature could launch this year or in 2023. The Apple Watch Series 8 is expected to launch in September.
Hong Kong's major railway operator MTR said the partnership with The Sandbox also demonstrates the commitment of the company to supporting the technology and innovation development in the city, benefitting and creating long-term value for the community.
Moving forward, MTR will work with The Sandbox and its partner Collectiv to develop a roadmap and create a virtual station in the metaverse.
The experience will be built with strong creative and social elements based on the VoxEdit and GameMaker tools provided to users of The Sandbox.
CNN Plus is shutting down before even turning a month old. The service will shut down entirely on April 30th, with employees receiving benefits for 90 days and at least six months' severance. The company planned to spend $1 billion on CNN Plus over a few years and had already invested at least $100 million.
Ridley Scott behind "House of Gucci" and "Blade Runner 2049," has attached its name to an adaptation of The Defiant founder Camila Russo's book "The Infinite Machine" about the founding of the Ethereum network.
"The Infinite Machine," published in the summer of 2020, was the first of three books by crypto journalists chronicling the journey of Ethereum from the brain of teenage Vitalik Buterin to the second-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.
Laura Shin's "The Cryptopians," published this year, is the most recent exploration of the motivations and actions of Ethereum's founders.
Elvira Nabiullina, governor of the Central Bank of Russia, said that the digital ruble was already being tested and that the bank was gearing up for real-world digital ruble transactions, Russian publication Vedomosti reported.
The idea of a Russian central bank digital currency has been in the works for over a year.
Nabiullina also said that Russia is looking to widen the pool of countries that accept the central bank’s MIR, a payment system that offers an alternative to Visa and Mastercard, which suspended operations in Russia, following the invasion of Ukraine.
Residents of Japan's remote Gotō Islands will have new access to medical supplies. That's thanks to Japan's first-ever routine, commercial long-distance drone delivery route.
The rollout is the latest in a long line of international firsts for drone delivery that seems to be pointing toward a nearby future of routinized aerial delivery. That expansion is noteworthy and indicative of the softening regulatory and compliance situation regarding drone delivery in many markets.
With the ability to partner and turn over operations of drone delivery services, companies like Zipline are on pace to scale rapidly.
Elon Musk has lined up the funding he needs for his proposed takeover of Twitter.
In a new filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday, Musk laid out his plan for the $46.5 billion worth of loans that will allow him to finance the buyout offer made on April 14th.
The filing also makes clear that Twitter has not formally responded to Musk’s offer.
BeReal app is the latest social media app to grab the attention of the younger generation, and its popularity has grown by 315% in the last year alone. BeReal claims to be a new and unique way to discover who your friends really are in their daily life.
The EU is fighting to make USB-C charging the standard on portable devices. The hope is for people to only have one charger for all of their small and medium-sized device. This would include smartphones, tablets, and headphones, among others. There would be exceptions for devices too small for a USB- C port, like smart watches.
Accenture has made a strategic investment in Strivr, a leading provider of virtual reality-based, immersive learning and training solutions. The company has launched the Accenture Metaverse Continuum business group, which uses Web3 and Metaverse technology to create products that can transform our virtual experience.