Escalating U.S.-Canada Trade War Chilling Auto Industry Investment Decisions

As Canada throws the latest punch in the trade war with the U.S., investment decisions in the auto industry have hit a major obstacle.

‘Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4’ Is Great, But Infinity Ward Made One Big Mistake

Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is shaping up to be excellent, but Infinity Ward’s slower TTK changes during the second beta weekend may have created a major problem ahead of launch.

Irish regulator probes X over age checks, with 10% of turnover at stake
Irish regulator probes X over age checks, with 10% of turnover at stake

Ireland’s media regulator has opened an investigation into whether X’s age assurance and parental controls meet the online safety code, with sanctions of up to EUR 20M or 10% of relevant turnover. X lost a High Court challenge to that code last July an…

OpenAI Just Claimed a Huge Math Discovery. Some Academics Are Crying Foul

A landmark announcement by the frontier AI lab has been overshadowed by accusations of impropriety.

Solid-state batteries just went into mass production. The line makes 6,000 packs a year
Solid-state batteries just went into mass production. The line makes 6,000 packs a year

ProLogium says it has begun mass-producing all-solid-state cells in Taiwan at 381 Wh/kg, verified by TUV Rheinland and tested against a Chinese all-solid-state standard. Its subsidised Dunkirk gigafactory broke ground in February and its published stag…

The Exploration Company raises $450m to build a rocket engine
The Exploration Company raises $450m to build a rocket engine

The Exploration Company has raised $450m. Most of it goes into something the company is not yet famous for. Not Nyx, the reusable capsule that has drawn the contracts and the SpaceX comparisons. An engine. Kate Duffy reported the round for Bloomberg. F…

‘Ted Lasso’ Season 4, Episode 6 Release Time: Here’s When This Week’s Episode Drops On Apple

Here’s what time Ted Lasso Season 4, Episode 5 “Riches of Embarrassment” comes out on Apple TV, plus the remaining Season 4 release schedule.

China put a 99.2% duty on a chemical chip fabs need
China put a 99.2% duty on a chemical chip fabs need

China has imposed a cash deposit of up to 99.2% on imports of a Japanese chemical that chip fabs use to build the films inside logic and memory chips. The rate is close to prohibitive. It took effect on Tuesday. China’s Ministry of Commerce published t…

Google and Accenture are putting 1,000 engineers inside client offices
Google and Accenture are putting 1,000 engineers inside client offices

The chief executive of a consultancy with 799,000 staff has described what her clients are telling her about AI, and it is not a sales pitch. “We promised AI can do that,” Julie Sweet told the Wall Street Journal. “And they’re like, we get it, except i…

OpenAI just anchored an Australian company’s Malaysian data centres
OpenAI just anchored an Australian company’s Malaysian data centres

An Australian company will build data centres in Malaysia and fill them with American chips. It will sell the output to an American company. Its co-chief executive calls this the moment Asia-Pacific stops consuming intelligence and starts producing it….