GM renovating NY factory so it can make electric motor parts
General Motors says it will spend about $154 million to revamp an aging factory near Buffalo, New York, so it can make a key part for electric vehicle motors.
Jan 21, 2022
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Telecom
Laws governing undersea cables have hardly changed since 1884: Tonga is a reminder to modernize
Since the catastrophic volcanic eruption on January 16, Tonga has been largely cut off from the world due to a break in the undersea cable that links Tonga with Fiji (and from there with the world). A complete fix may take ...
Jan 21, 2022
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Electronics & Semiconductors
Intel to build $20B Ohio chip facility amid global shortage
Chipmaker Intel said Friday it will invest $20 billion to build a new factory in Ohio, an attempt to help alleviate a global shortage of chips powering everything from phones to cars to home appliances while also signaling ...
Jan 21, 2022
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Business
Netflix sinks as Wall Street flees 'stay-at-home' stocks
One day after shares of at-home fitness company Peloton tumbled, Netflix found itself in Wall Street's hot seat Friday as markets reassess the diminishing growth prospects of so-called "pandemic stocks."
Jan 21, 2022
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Automotive
GM to spend $6.5B, add 4,000 jobs at Michigan EV factories
General Motors is poised to announce next week major electric-vehicle investments in Michigan, with plans to spend $6.5 billion and create up to 4,000 new jobs at two plants.
Jan 21, 2022
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Internet
Climate change denial on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and TikTok is 'as bad as ever'
The climate is changing, but misinformation about it on the major social media platforms is not.
Jan 21, 2022
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Hardware
Aircraft in radio contact: Developing simulation tools for transponder occupancy
Transponders are part of the mandatory equipment of civil aircraft: they are electronic devices that respond to radar interrogations and thus help air traffic control and the air collision avoidance systems of other aircraft ...
Jan 21, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
The value of wind energy
Two teams of researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have shown that wind energy offers logistical, economic, and environmental value to consumers and utilities from the coast of Oregon to remote villages ...
Jan 21, 2022
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Business
Airbus cancels Qatar Airways plane order in feud
Airbus has taken the extraordinary step of cancelling a multi-billion-dollar order of 50 planes from Qatar Airways, a major customer, in an escalating feud over the airline's grounding of A350 aircraft.
Jan 21, 2022
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Telecom
EXPLAINER: Why fear of 5G halting flights has faded
The rollout of new 5G wireless service in the U.S. failed to have the much-dreaded result of crippling air travel, although it began in rocky fashion, with international airlines canceling some flights to the U.S. and spotty ...
Jan 21, 2022
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