Search results for ""

Apple Supplier Foxconn Steps up Investment Outside China, as Consumer Electronics Demand Dips

Apple Inc supplier Foxconn on Wednesday said it plans to ramp up investment outside of China and efforts to attract automakers to its contract manufacturing business, as the company reported weaker demand for consumer electronics. Foxconn, which assembles around 70% of iPhones, has been diversifying production away from China, whose strict COVID restrictions disrupted its […]

BMW Expects to Hit 50% All-electric Sales Target 'well ahead' of 2030

BMW expects over 50% of new sales to be all-electric vehicles well ahead of its 2030 target and could envision a hydrogen-powered car going into production in the second half of the decade, the premium carmaker said on Wednesday. By 2025, a fourth of new sales will be all-electric, the company said, rising to a […]

Analysis-China, North Korea Loom Large as South Korea and Japan Try to Make Amends

South Korea’s willingness to resolve historical disputes in the name of improving relations with Japan is largely driven by concerns over North Korea’s growing capabilities, and managing any rivalry with China, officials and analysts say. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit Tokyo on Thursday for a summit with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the […]

NASA Awards Firefly Aerospace $112 Million Contract for Far-Side Moon Lander

NASA on Tuesday said it had picked U.S. rocket builder Firefly Aerospace to put a lander on the moon’s far side in 2026, under a nearly $112 million contract. “The commercial lander will deliver two agency payloads, as well as communication and data relay satellite for lunar orbit, which is an ESA (European Space Agency) […]

SVB Says Goldman Sachs Was the Buyer of Portfolio It Booked Losses On

SVB Financial Group said on Tuesday that Goldman Sachs Group Inc was the acquirer of a bond portfolio on which it booked a $1.8 billion loss, a transaction that set in motion the failure of SVB. The loss on the portfolio was the reason SVB, a technology-focused lender known as Silicon Valley Bank, attempted a […]

Microsoft-backed OpenAI Starts Release of Powerful AI Known as GPT-4

The startup OpenAI on Tuesday said it is beginning to release a powerful artificial intelligence model known as GPT-4, setting the stage for human-like technology to proliferate and more competition between its backer Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc’s Google. OpenAI, which created the chatbot sensation ChatGPT, said in a blog post that its latest technology […]

Are Telcos the Smart Life Enablers They Say They Are?

There are cities out there on the verge of going fully smart. And the telecommunications sector plays a significant role in this. In fact, a smart life will heavily rely on 5G and data to which telcos have access. The whole point of a smart city is to automate the mundane so humans can spend […]

New SVB CEO Urges Top Venture Capital Clients to Move Deposits Back

Silicon Valley Bank’s new Chief Executive Tim Mayopoulos on Tuesday urged the failed bank’s top venture capital clients to move their deposits to its newly created bridge entity, people who attended a virtual meeting with him said. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) appointed the former Fannie Mae CEO to head Silicon Valley Bridge Bank […]