Month: May 2020
Mercedes’ EQV electric van is available for purchase in Europe
Mercedes’ EQV electric van is now available for sale in Europe. You can order the high-end electric van starting at €71,388 (about $78,352). Until now, the only vehicle available from Mercedes’ all-electric EQ line was the luxury EQC, so this is a no… Source
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Tencent to invest billions in digital technologies
A month after Beijing called for a technology-centric upgrade of the Chinese economy, Tencent has said it will invest $70 billion (500 billion yuan) in a range of new technologies including cloud computing, cybersecurity and AI. The company will also reportedly invest in sectors like blockchain, servers, Big Data,…
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Apple fixes bug that stopped iOS apps from opening
Apple has now resolved the bug that was plaguing iPhone and iPad apps over the weekend, causing some apps to not launch at all. The issue was related to a bug with Apple’s Family Sharing system, it appears, as users reported error messages which said “This app is no longer…
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YouTube is deleting comments with two phrases that insult China’s Communist Party
YouTube is automatically deleting comments that contain certain Chinese-language phrases related to criticism of the country’s ruling Communist Party (CCP). Comments left under videos or in live streams that contain the words “共匪” (“communist bandit”) or “五毛” (“50-cent party”) are automatically deleted in around 15 seconds, though their English language…
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UK land registry faces heat over cloud contract to AWS
The British property ownership registry is facing scrutiny over a £4.8 million contract it awarded to Amazon Web Services (AWS). The contract is under investigation as Amazon’s UK head, Doug Gurr, has been a non-executive director on the former’s board since 2018. There have been suggestions that the registry’s decision…
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Toxic coast: Cleaning up a century of industrial waste in New Jersey
Driving from Manhattan, the NJT 158 bus takes the Lincoln Tunnel under the Hudson River to New Jersey, then cuts North and follows the river all the way up to the George Washington Bridge. The road it takes is called River Road, which used to run alo… Source
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