Apple Supplier Jabil Plans Second Indian Facility to Boost AirPods Casing Production
May 7, 2025 – Apple’s key supply chain partner Jabil is gearing up to establish its second manufacturing facility in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India, to ramp up production capacity for AirPods casing components, according to industry sources cited by DigiTimes. The move follows the company’s existing operations in Pune, where it currently manufactures components that…
A Global Success Story: Overseas Sales Account for 32% of Zeekr 7X’s Total Volume
September 8, 2026 – This morning, the 200,000th Zeekr 7X rolled off the production line at the Ningbo Meishan Smart Factory. Having completed its first batch of production in September 2024, the vehicle reached this 200,000-unit milestone in exactly two years. Notably, global orders for the Zeekr 7X had already surpassed 200,000 units on August…
Sony Honda’s EV to Offer In-Car Karaoke and Movie Streaming for Ultimate Entertainment
December 17, 2024 – Sony Honda Mobility, the joint venture between Sony Group and Honda focused on pure electric vehicles (EVs), has announced a partnership with Canadian media services company Stingray Group. The collaboration will introduce Stingray’s karaoke library, featuring over 100,000 songs, into the “AFEELA” model, which is set to begin accepting orders in…
Elon Musk Unveils Grok 4: Live Launch Set for July 10th on X!
July 8, 2025 – Elon Musk took to social media today to reveal that xAI’s highly – anticipated Grok 4, the next – generation large language model, is set to be unveiled. The launch event will take place at 8 p.m. Pacific Time on Wednesday, and it will be streamed live on the X platform….
Google’s Pichai: Current Tech Falls Short of AGI Realization
June 10, 2025 – In an interview with Bloomberg conducted last week, Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, shared his insights on the future of artificial intelligence (AI), including his views on artificial general intelligence (AGI), the impact of AI on employment, and the ongoing antitrust allegations against Google. Pichai began the…
Qualcomm Abandons Acquisition of Autotalks Amid Regulatory Hurdles
March 26, 2024 – In a recent development, Qualcomm has announced its decision to abandon the acquisition of Autotalks, a leading designer of Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) chips, as reported by Reuters. Autotalks’ V2X chips are known for their ability to expand a vehicle’s sensing range, enhancing collision avoidance capabilities in autonomous and advanced driver-assistance systems. The…
Apple AI in Flux: Ex – Siri Chief Robby Walker Announces October Departure
September 13, 2025 – According to a Bloomberg report released on September 12, Apple is facing another significant executive shake – up. Robby Walker, a former Siri executive who was in charge of the “Apple Intelligence” version of Siri, is set to leave the company at the end of October 2025. During an internal meeting…
Momenta Makes History: First Chinese Firm to Secure Germany’s Nationwide L4 Autonomous Driving Test Permit
July 29, 2026 – Chinese autonomous driving firm Momenta has secured a landmark nationwide L4 urban road testing permit from Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA), marking the first time a Chinese enterprise has obtained full-country L4 testing authorization across Germany’s city networks. Unlike the previous fragmented city-by-city approval process that slowed testing rollouts for…
Named ‘Alice Recoque,’ Europe’s Second Exascale Supercomputer Comes with a Price Tag of Over €544 Million
June 28, 2024 –In a significant step forward for European high-performance computing (HPC), the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (JU) has recently inked a hosting agreement with the Grand Equipement National de Calcul Intensif (GENCI), France’s national HPC agency, for the deployment of the continent’s second E-class (exascale) supercomputer. This development comes as the inaugural E-class system,…
Apple’s AI Model Chief Ruoming Pang Poached by Meta with Multi – Million – Dollar Salary
July 8, 2025 – In a move that poses yet another setback for Apple’s already struggling AI endeavors, the tech giant’s top executive in charge of AI models is set to jump ship to Meta. According to sources familiar with the matter, Ruoming Pang, a well – known engineer and the head of Apple’s foundational…