Tag: technology

  • Software to accelerate R&D

    Software to accelerate R&D

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    Many scientists and researchers still rely on Excel spreadsheets and lab notebooks to manage data from their experiments. That can work for single experiments, but companies tend to make decisions based on data from multiple experiments, some of which may take place at different labs, with slightly different parameters, and even in different countries. The…

  • Digital twins offer “a very powerful way of developing our cities” say experts

    Digital twins offer “a very powerful way of developing our cities” say experts

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    Digital twins are starting to transform the way that cities are designed and managed, according to experts. The technology, which involves creating a digital clone of a real-world object or system, is revolutionising the fields of healthcare, manufacturing and logistics. It is now having a profound impact on architecture and urbanism too. “I see it…

  • Tesla Recalls Nearly 300,000 Vehicles Due To Safety Issues

    Tesla Recalls Nearly 300,000 Vehicles Due To Safety Issues

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    PA Images/Tesla/YouTube Tesla has recalled nearly 300,000 of its vehicles in China over a reported issue with its cruise control system. The safety risk has seen cruise control in some models activated when drivers shift gears, causing the car to unexpectedly accelerate. There have been no recorded accidents involving the fault, but the issue has…

  • Tesla Is Fined $16,000 Per Owner By Norway Court For Throttling Battery Capacity And Charging Speed

    Tesla Is Fined $16,000 Per Owner By Norway Court For Throttling Battery Capacity And Charging Speed

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    PA Images A court in Norway has fined Tesla $16,000 per owner in the country for using a software update to throttle battery capacity and charging speed.  The electric car maker was found guilty of causing slower charging sessions for a number of owners who updated their vehicles with Tesla’s 2019.16.1 and .2 software updates.…

  • Cryptocurrencies See Dramatic Crash As Spooked Investors ‘Cut Their Losses’ And Bail

    Cryptocurrencies See Dramatic Crash As Spooked Investors ‘Cut Their Losses’ And Bail

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    Pixabay/PxHere Cryptocurrencies have seen a sharp dip in value after investors seemingly cut their losses and sold up.  Due to the decentralised nature of cryptocurrencies, their value can change rapidly. Investors have seen the worth of their cryptocurrencies slide in the last week, and it has now seemingly caused a spiral for the likes of…

  • Best & Worst States for Business 2021: The New Digital Factory Towns

    Best & Worst States for Business 2021: The New Digital Factory Towns

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    Coders and social-media mavens are a dime a dozen in long-established high-tech outposts like Silicon Valley. But to leverage AI in manufacturing, tap into “design thinking” in product digitization and harness big data in actuarial software, companies are looking to places like Chicago, Grand Rapids and Columbus. The capital of Ohio is employing a “legacy…

  • Dogecoin Price Sky Rockets Again After Elon Musk Declares Himself ‘The Dogefather’

    Dogecoin Price Sky Rockets Again After Elon Musk Declares Himself ‘The Dogefather’

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    Marco Verch (CC-BY-2.0)/Flickr/elonmusk/Twitter Dogecoin is ongoing to take over the world as its cost has skyrocketed once again. The surge in value comes following Tesla and SpaceX founder, and long time dogecoin supporter, Elon Musk branded himself ‘The Dogefather’. Soon afterwards, the cryptocurrency doubled out of $0.25 in worth to 0.50 that morning, April 28,…

  • Bitcoin cheat sheet: Everything professionals need to know

    Bitcoin cheat sheet: Everything professionals need to know

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    If you’re curious about the original decentralized cryptocurrency, here’s what you need to know about Bitcoin, including why the price of a bitcoin keeps climbing. Image: Tsokur, Getty Images You’ve probably heard of Bitcoin—it’s a digital currency that doesn’t need a central bank, functions internationally and keeps gaining value. Everyone wants a piece, but not…

  • SpaceX Wins $2.9 Billion Contract to Build New NASA Moon Lander

    SpaceX Wins $2.9 Billion Contract to Build New NASA Moon Lander

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    Blue Origin/SpaceX SpaceX has developed a $2.9 billion contract to construct a giant rocket named Starship which will require NASA astronauts to the moon. Elon Musk’s company beat off stiff competition in a number of space billionaires, such as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who set in a bid to the contract underneath his Blue Origin…

  • Elon Musk’s First Commercial Underground Loop to Debut at World of Concrete (Video)

    Elon Musk’s First Commercial Underground Loop to Debut at World of Concrete (Video)

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    If you’re going to World of Concrete in June, you’ll get a chance to be one of the first to ride in Elon Musk’s underground Loop tunnel system. Musk’s first such fully commercial operational tunnel – built by his Boring Company – features electric Tesla electric vehicles driving attendees in the new Las Vegas Convention…