Month: February 2021
Older MacBooks with charging issue get an official fix from Apple Apple MacBook Pro 13-inch (M1, 2020)
If you have a 2016 or 2017 model Apple MacBook, there’s a chance that you’ve encountered a bug that stopped your device from charging properly – thankfully, there’s an official fix for that. As spotted by AppleInsider, Apple has today released macOS 11.2.1 with an incremental patch to the larger…
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Big data VC OpenOcean hits $111.5M for third fund, appoints Ekaterina Almasque to GP
OpenOcean, a European VC which has tended to specialise in big data-oriented startups and deep tech, has reach the €92 million ($111.5 million) mark for its third main venture fund, and is aiming for a final close of €130 million by mid-way this year. LPs in the new fund include…
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Apple will let Super Healthy Kids have a pear (shaped logo) after all
Last August, the routine story of a trademark opposition captured the world’s imagination, when Apple declared that Super Healthy Kids (yes, that’s the real name of a company) shouldn’t be allowed to trademark its pear logo because it might “cause dilution of the distinctiveness” of Apple’s own famous fruit-shaped intellectual…
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NASA picks SpaceX Falcon Heavy for $332M mission to launch lunar Gateway components in 2024
NASA has announced that SpaceX will take two major parts of the Gateway lunar orbiter that will function as a pit stop for future moon missions. The Power and Propulsion Element and Habitation and Logistics Outpost — which together will form the first usable lunar space station — will go…
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IBM delivers next generation storage for hybrid cloud IBM FlashSystem 5200
In an effort to make enterprise-class storage accessible to businesses of all sizes, IBM has revealed several new high-speed, entry-level flash storage systems as well as hybrid cloud and container-centric updates. As the amount of data created worldwide is expected to rise to 143 zettabytes by 2024 according to a…
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Hyundai shrinks its ‘walking car’ robot to carry cargo, get rides from drones
Hyundai Motor Group is back with a new “walking car” robot that can use its wheels to roll along a path or stand up and navigate tougher terrain on its legs. This time, the concept is designed to carry cargo and is small enough to be carried by a drone.…
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