Toyota’s Sato Warns of ‘Survival Battle’ Amid China’s New Energy Surge
March 31, 2026 – At a recent major supplier summit, Toyota Motor Corporation’s President Koji Sato delivered a strongly – worded statement to 484 partner companies. Sato pulled no punches in highlighting that in the face of fierce competition from Chinese automakers and rapid technological changes across the globe, even industry behemoths like Toyota could…
Tesla’s FSD Accident in the US Impacts Approval Process in China, Insider Reveals
August 21, 2024 – Tesla is facing challenges in the Chinese market, where its most advanced driver assistance features have encountered difficulties in gaining approval, putting the company at a slight disadvantage compared to local electric vehicle manufacturers. These domestic producers have already begun selling vehicles capable of autonomous navigation on city streets. China represents…
Samsung Unveils Breakthrough: 32Gb DDR5 DRAM with 12nm Technology
September 1, 2023 – In a groundbreaking announcement today, Samsung Electronics unveiled its latest technological feat: the development of a 32Gb DDR5 DRAM module utilizing the advanced 12-nanometer (nm) fabrication process. This achievement not only signifies a leap in memory capacity but also marks a pivotal advancement in the field of semiconductor manufacturing. SangJoon Hwang,…
Samsung India Factory Gripped by Strike as Workers Demand Better Pay
September 12, 2024 – A strike by workers at Samsung’s factory in Chennai, India, has entered its third day, with hundreds of employees demanding higher wages and better working conditions. The strike, which began this week, has no set end date, according to the chairman of the Samsung India Employees’ Union, Muthukumar. The Chennai plant,…
Nvidia GB200 Superchip Pricing Hits the High Mark: $70,000 Per Unit
May 15, 2024 – A report by @firstadopter, a veteran writer at Barron’s, citing insights from HSBC analysts, reveals the staggering price tag attached to Nvidia’s GB200 superchip, a fusion of CPU and GPU technology. The estimated retail price of this cutting-edge component stands at a whopping $70,000 per unit. Notably, Nvidia’s strategy appears to…
Google Chrome Leads Alliance of Five Browsers Against Microsoft Edge
November 28, 2024 – A new alliance formed by five major browsers—Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi, Waterfox, and Wavebox—has emerged to challenge Microsoft’s Edge browser, as reported by tech news outlet GHacks yesterday (November 27th). Dubbed the Browser Choice Alliance, this collective has penned a letter to the European Commission, urging the classification of Microsoft Edge as…
Elevating AI Conversations: Microsoft’s Four New TTS Innovations
September 22, 2023 – Microsoft, in the light of the global surge in popularity of generative AI, is raising the bar for the naturalness and expressiveness of text-to-speech (TTS) systems used in user-AI interactions. Today, Microsoft unveiled four TTS voices: en-US-AndrewNeural, en-US-BrianNeural, en-US-EmmaNeural, and zh-CN-YunjieNeural, currently available in public preview across the Eastern United States,…
Volvo Issues Warning: LiDAR Beams Can Permanently Damage Phone Sensors; Maintain Safe Distance for Photography
May 26 2025 – A Reddit user, Jeguetelli, recently took to the platform to share an unusual incident involving their iPhone 16 Pro Max and a newly purchased Volvo EX90. According to the post, the car’s built-in LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) system emitted a beam that allegedly caused irreversible damage to the phone’s CMOS…
Majority of American iPad Users Keep or Pass On Their Old Devices
May 24, 2024 – According to data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), iPad users in the United States tend to keep or reuse their old devices more often than iPhone users. Over the 12-month period ending in March 2024, 67% of iPad repurchasers retained their old iPads or passed them down to family and…
SpaceX Adds New Tower at Starship Base, Mars Dream Moves Closer
August 23, 2024 – SpaceX has recently announced the completion of the capping process for the second Starship launch tower at its Starbase, located in South Texas. Remarkably, this significant milestone was achieved in just 41 days. In addition to this progress, SpaceX is gearing up for the launch of two manned Crew Dragon spacecrafts…