Tesla is poised to manufacture roughly 80% more vehicles this year than it did in 2020. The global auto industry is expected to produce around 1% more cars than last year and 15% fewer in 2019. Tesla is on pace for its fastest annual production growth since 2018.
Cloud mining prevents miners from investing in the powerful computing equipment to, rather they can lease the hardware from third parties and mine. Such mining rigs are usually located in areas where cheap electricity can be availed, and the climate is cooler. Cloud mining is beneficial for those who do not wish to dabble in the technicalities of mining yet reap the crypto harvest.
The Metaverse (sorta) took off this year. Apple continued to impress with its M1 chips and gave users a way to repair their own devices. Google’s first-ever mobile chip powered clever experiences on the latest Pixel phones. Reddit's day traders also deserve recognition for the way they've managed to manifest GameStop's slogan.
A new patent reveals Apple is working on a temperature sensor for its future Apple Watch. The sensor could also be used in AirPods or an Augmented Reality headset. The patent was filed in June 2020, but was revealed today. It covers miniature temperature sensing devices that can be incorporated into wearable devices.
The metaverse is a term for how companies perceive the next wave of online interaction, immersive technologies and cross-platform commerce. The term was coined in Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash, and since iterated for years, culminating in Facebook's rebranding as Meta. It's now a blanket term for a new wave of ideas after a pandemic that rewrote our definition of virtual.
Tesla is recalling 356,309 Model 3 Teslas and 119,009 Model S vehicles. The total number of recalled vehicles is almost equivalent to the 500,000 cars Tesla delivered last year. A safety report estimates that around 1% of recalled Model 3s may have a defective rear-view camera.
Triller is merging with SeaChange to create TrillerVerz. Triller has attracted the attention of marketers looking for ways to engage with younger consumers. The new company plans to drive revenue growth with a larger global footprint and investment in new growth opportunities across the creator economy and emerging technologies.
Many of the moral principles that guide a driver’s decisions vary by country. There are cultural variances in public preferences which governments and self-driving cars would need to take into account. All smart cars would be connected to a regulatory grid creating a deeper connected infrastructure.
In the not-so-distant past, data was key to only a handful of back-office functions. Today, it has become valuable for all businesses. Intensive users of customer analytics are 19 times as likely to be profitable as non-intensive users, according to McKinsey.
Apple's decision to ditch Intel paid off this year. The pivot allowed Apple to completely rethink the Mac. Apple has launched far more exciting computers. The move has sent Apple’s Mac business soaring. It was fair to question just how well Apple could power laptops and desktop computers.
