Electric vehicle startup Nio is accelerating its expansion in Europe. The premium EV maker just launched its first power-swapping station in Varberg, Sweden, the company said in a LinkedIn post. When it comes to charging, Nio differentiates itself from its rivals by offering swappable batteries, which are upgradable and charge a monthly subscription fee, on…
Monthly Archives: November 2022
Google is requiring loan apps in Kenya to submit proof of license to operate in the country, failure to which they risk removal from Play Store, its digital distribution service. Those that have applied for licensing by Central Bank of Kenya, and can produce evidence of the same, may also be spared. Google’s action has,…
There may be no better interview format for revealing a person’s inner vulnerabilities than First We Feast’s Hot Ones — and it turns out Ramy creator Ramy Youssef, as well as being very funny, is also more than capable of being impressively philosophical under pressure. “If we make this poetic it’ll hurt less,” says Youssef…
Windows 11 insiders have witnessed the release of a new test build which fixes some nasty bugs, including a couple pertaining to File Explorer, and it adds some minor new features to boot. Windows 11 (22H2) build 22621.898 has hit the release preview channel, and there’s an important bug fix for a problem with File…
Spectacular news, Spider-Fans! Marvel and Sony Pictures have joined forces with Amazon Studios to bring multiple Spider-Man TV shows to Prime Video. As reported by Variety, Amazon has ordered a number of live-action Spider-Man spin-off series, the first of which is Silk: Spider Society, which will continue to build out the Sony Spider-Man Universe (SSU)…
Intel has released a new graphics driver for its Arc A770 and A750 GPUs, complete with some useful bug fixes, and more importantly a bunch of performance improvements for some games – though some of the frame rate upticks are more modest, admittedly. As Tom’s Hardware reports, driver version 31.0.101.3802 – and note this is…
TGIF! It’s Dan DeFrancesco in NYC. Cheers to the weekend and, hopefully, another New York Jets win on Sunday. Today’s slate includes plenty more FTX drama (of course), a financial firm not named Blackstone getting into single-family rentals, and why watching the World Cup next week is actually good for your job. But first, they say…
Citadel CEO Ken Griffin. Mike Blake/Reuters Ken Griffin said US inflation has probably peaked, but the Fed needs to squash the threat entirely. Citadel’s billionaire CEO expects about 4.5% unemployment and a recession next year. Griffin warned the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX has shaken investors’ confidence in markets. US inflation has likely peaked, but…
Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner. Muhammed Selim Korkutata / Anadolu Agency Twitter staff flooded internal Slack channels with salute emojis Thursday as Musk’s stay-or-go deadline passed. Employees had until 5 p.m. ET Thursday to commit to Musk’s “hardcore” vision of be laid off. Fewer than half of Twitter employees have accepted Musk’s ultimatum, Insider reported….
Elon Musk points, during a 2021 Tesla factory visit. Patrick Pleul/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) Elon Musk and his team were taken off guard by the number of staff who chose to take severance. With the workforce now 73% smaller than before his takeover, he tried to persuade key staff to stay. But as a deadline…