Quantexa, a British data analytics company, is bucking the recent trend of technology company valuations by raising a new round of funding that will hand it coveted ‘unicorn’ status. Sky News has learnt that Quantexa has secured backing from a syndicate of investors including a Singaporean sovereign wealth fund. An industry source said the fundraising
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The United States and Japan have struck a trade deal for battery minerals, according to Reuters. This deal could potentially allow Japanese electric cars greater access to US EV tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act. The Inflation Reduction Act, passed in August, included big changes to how the US federal EV tax credit works.
The current German coalition government is seeking to accelerate the country’s transition away from fossil fuels and nuclear to renewable and sustainable production energy means. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images The global energy transition is off track to prevent the worst impact of the climate emergency, according to the head of
In this article NOK NOKIA-FI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Nokia hopes to install a data network on the moon sometime in 2023, an executive told reporters. Thomas Coex | AFP via Getty Images Nokia is preparing to launch a 4G mobile network on the moon later this year, in the hopes of enhancing
Elon Musk Twitter account seen on Mobile with Elon Musk in the background on screen, seen in this photo illustration. On 19 February 2023 in Brussels, Belgium. Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk said that only verified accounts will appear in Twitter’s recommendation feed, as the billionaire further shakes up the social
“New and significant” information has led to the reopening of an unsolved police investigation into the murder of a Bristol woman three decades ago. Carol Clark was last seen getting into a car in the Montpelier area of the city at about 11.30pm on Friday 26 March 1993. She was wearing a black baseball cap,
4:57 PM ET Cristiano Ronaldo continued his record-breaking form for Portugal as he grabbed two more goals in his country’s 6-0 thrashing of Luxembourg in a Euro 2024 qualifier on Sunday, giving them a second win in four days. The 38-year-old grabbed a double against Liechtenstein on Thursday and scored twice more in Luxembourg to
7:59 PM ET Associated Press Peru players and Spanish police officers got into an altercation in front of the team’s hotel in Madrid on Monday. Images on social media show Peru players outside watching singing fans when one of the players is pushed back by an officer. The player moved the officer away and a
4:55 PM ET France defender Benjamin Pavard made a spectacular comeback to the team as his superb second-half strike saw them beat Republic of Ireland 1-0 away in Euro 2024 qualifying Group B on Monday. Pavard, cast aside at last year’s World Cup after a woeful opening game, struck from 18 metres to put France
The father of a junior doctor who took her own life says action must be taken to change a “toxic environment” at the hospital where she worked. Dr Ravi Kumar, who also works for the NHS, was speaking ahead of the publication of a report into allegations of bullying at the University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB)
MingYang Smart Energy has launched a huge turbine blade made of over 95% recyclable materials – the first of its kind in Asia. MingYang says it’s the “first Chinese OEM to offer recyclable blades.” Spanish-German maker Siemens Gamesa and Danish company Vestas have also launched wind turbine blade recycling schemes. The 75.7-meter-long (248-foot-long) prototype recyclable blade
When a tornado smashed through the town of Rolling Fork in Mississippi it left Jermaine Wells pinned under a massive tractor tyre. On the southwestern tip of the city is Seventh Street, and at the end of the road, surrounded on two sides by fields of farmland, is Jermaine and Chandra’s home. It was the
In this article LYFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Confetti falls as Lyft CEO Logan Green (C) and President John Zimmer (LEFT C) ring the Nasdaq opening bell celebrating the company’s initial public offering (IPO) on March 29, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. The ride hailing app company’s shares were initially priced at $72.
Jeep is preparing to launch several new fully electric vehicles in the US within the next few years, including the Recon 4xe and Wagoneer S. The EV concepts were recently shown at a dealer’s conference for the first time in person. Check out the images below. New images reveal Jeep’s first EV, the Recon Moab
Ford CEO Jim Farley emphasized the necessity of building out a supply chain in the US for critical battery minerals, calling it the constraint to accelerating EV production. Meanwhile, the American automaker continues manufacturing massive batteries, upwards of 140 kWh, for its full-size electric truck, the F-150 Lightning. Imagine how many EVs could be produced
Tesla is offering 10,000 free Supercharging miles to sell Model S and Model X vehicles by the end of the quarter. Over the years, Tesla has sporadically offered free Supercharging miles in order to help boost sales, especially during the end of quarters. With the recent price drops in the US and the new federal
Lebanon’s government has reversed a controversial decision to delay the start of daylight saving time by a month. Najib Mikati, the country’s caretaker prime minister, said the cabinet had voted to move the clocks one hour ahead on Wednesday night. Mr Mikati angered many Lebanese last week when he delayed the start of daylight saving
The CEO of the largest online exchange for trading cryptocurrency, Binance, said he is establishing a recovery fund to help people in the industry, while saying the sector “will be fine.” Ben McShane / Contributor / Getty Images The Commodity Futures and Trading Commission filed a complaint against crypto exchange Binance, its co-founder, Changpeng Zhao,
In this article MSFT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks during an interview in Redmond, Washington, on March 15, 2023. Chona Kasinger | Bloomberg | Getty Images Microsoft said Monday it is starting to roll out a faster new version of its Teams communication app for Windows to commercial clients
In this article AAPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., speaks during a “First Tool-In” ceremony at the TSMC facility under construction in Phoenix, Arizona, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Caitlin O’Hara | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook met with China’s minister of