This week an agreement was reached on New York’s annual State Budget. When passed, the budget will enact a nation-leading commitment for New York to achieve the first fully zero emission statewide school bus fleet in the country. Building on Governor Kathy Hochul’s State of the State and Executive Budget proposals, this historic legislation aims for all new school bus purchases to be zero emission by 2027
Digital ad revenue in the U.S. jumped 35% to $189 billion last year. The rise was well above the 12% growth rate of 2020. The year-over-year growth in 2021 was the highest the digital ad market had seen since 2006. A flood of new businesses contributed to the growth in digital ads.
Golden State Warriors are launching an NFT collection. The collection will be based on the team's success in the NBA playoffs. The Warriors were the first professional sports team to launch NFTs last year. The team will release the 2022 Playoff NFT Collection on Friday.
Cruise, the self-driving car unit of General Motors, has expanded its autonomous delivery pilot with Walmart in Arizona, doing limited deliveries for customers in Chandler, in addition to Scottsdale, in order to expand to eight Walmarts in the Phoenix andScottsdale areas by the end of the year before exporting self driving to the rest of the country.
Google’s new model of the Pixel A-series budget phones is likely to be released in May, describing features we’ll likely see in future Pixel phones, including the Pixel 6a, the Pixel 7 Pro and the Pixel7 Pro. At least one of the 6a models will support mmWave 5G, which would likely make it a more affordable option for 5G.
Apple and Foxconn are now producing the iPhone 13 in India, signaling a continued push to diversify its product supply chain outside of China. The company has taken advantage of several government schemes aimed to boost local production of products, cut down costs, and offer employment opportunities.
YouTube is experiencing issues that are impacting users worldwide, including errors when trying to watch videos and various site elements not available. The company has not yet explained what's causing the problems. The problems are not limited to a geographic region but are global in nature and taking place "across devices"
Apple's iPhone assembler Pegatron says it has suspended production in Shanghai and Kunshan, reports say. Authorities in China have imposed strict stay-at-home measures amid an outbreak of a deadly disease. Pegatron assembles about 20% to 30% of all iPhones, according to reports.
While Tesla Model 3 and Model Y sales were around 147,000 and 185,000, the next best selling electric vehicles were the Ford Mustang Mach-E, Chevy Bolt EV. Disappointingly, the top selling non-Tesla electric vehicles last year couldn’t even reach 30,000 annual sales.
YouTube will livestream the two-weekend music festival for the 10th year. The official livestream will start April 15 at 4 p.m. PT and run through Monday evening, April 18. The program will feature live performances, artist interviews, Coachella and artist merchandise releases.
Elon Musk decided to walk away from his seat on Twitter's board, creating a lot of confusion and opening the door to a hostile takeover. The Tesla CEO has been buying shares of Twitter and that his investment now surpasses $3 billion or about 9% of the company’s total outstanding shares.