Wistron's edge is ringing. It has failed to reach an agreement with Apple and will no longer manufacture phone models for the tech giant in India. What was the reason for the termination of the collaboration? Apple has been trying to get its electronics production to move away from China for some time now. India is set to become the new facto...
Netflix began disconnecting "stowaways" who used shared passwords. For a long time, the company tolerated the practice, but has now turned around. Users will be able to pay for an additional person within the account. Streaming platform Netflix has warned for almost a year that it will crack down on users who share their login credentials with o...
The General Data Protection Regulation, known as GDPR, has been in force in the European Union (EU) for five years. Since its introduction - that is, since 25 May 2018 - a number of fines have been issued for breaches of the regulation. So far, the sovereign highest one was levied by the EU against Meta Platforms for sending European user data t...
The first underground storage of "green" hydrogen, which will enable the transfer of surplus electricity from summer to winter, has been commissioned. The "Underground Sun Storage" project was built on the site of a former porous natural gas storage facility in Rubensdorf, Austria, and the local natural gas storage operator RAG Austria AG is usi...
After less than half a year, another record has been broken. KAUST University in Saudi Arabia has succeeded in developing tandem solar cells combining silicon and perovskite with a record efficiency of 33.2%. Late last year, tandem solar cells with a record 32.5% efficiency were unveiled. These were backed by Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB), b...
In Heidelberg, Germany, construction is underway on the largest 3D printer building in Europe. This is an extremely ambitious project that shows the great potential of building printing technology. It is a fast, relatively cheap and environmentally friendly way of constructing buildings, writes the VoxelMatters website. It will be the largest...
Who wouldn't want to play a major role in a big money comic book universe? Well, fifteen years ago, the world was a different place. Movie adaptations of comic book hits were worse rather than better, and only a few (Spider-Man, X-Men) were breaking the attendance charts in theaters. The cast of the beloved Iron Man was crucial to building the c...
A team from North Carolina State University has made a discovery that could finally harness the practical potential of the so-called miracle material perovskite for solar cells. Its unusual properties could significantly improve the efficiency of solar energy harvesting compared to traditional silicon-based cells, but until now scientists have b...
Espoo, Finland – Nokia today announced a first-of-its-kind contract with Belgian telecom operator Citymesh to supply its Nokia Drone Networks platform with 70 Drone-in-a-Box (DiaB) units. This is enough to blanket Belgium with a 5G automated drone grid that informs and speeds resource mobilization in emergency events. Branded SENSE by Citymes...
