Manish Singh / TechCrunch:Amazon has acquired Perpule, a startup in India that helps offline stores go online; filings show Amazon paid $14.7M to acquire Perpule, plus staff compensation — Amazon has acquired a startup in India that is helping offline stores go online, the e-commerce group’s latest attempt …
To ensure only quality equipment is used at solar power projects and, possibly, provide some protection to domestic manufacturers from a flood of Chinese solar modules, Indian governments have released a list of module models it will allow being installed at new power plants. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy released a list of…
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In Part 1 of this two-part series, I covered the problem of autonomous vehicle theft. No, the vehicles are not theft proof, and yes, there’s plenty of motivation to steal them. They may even be easier to steal than other vehicles because thieves have an opportunity to set traps. Hardening The Vehicle As I pointed…
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A recent Twitter conversation got me to thinking (a dangerous pastime, I know) about the security of autonomous vehicles, especially unattended “robotaxi” type vehicles. an autonomous car can’t be stolen @elonmusk — Whole Mars Catalog (@WholeMarsBlog) March 28, 2021 My friend Omar was saying they can’t be stolen, and a debate with a variety of…
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Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google:Sources: Google plans to release the “Pixel Buds A” in 2021, will be visually almost indistinguishable from current Buds and offered in white and green colors — For a few years now, Google has offered affordable variants of its Pixel phones with the Pixel 3a and Pixel 4a.
Nikkei Asia:Foxconn, the world’s top contract electronics manufacturer, says the chip shortage will result in it shipping 10% fewer products, without specifying timeframe — Key iPhone maker to invest $1bn in North American electric vehicle plant — TAIPEI — Foxconn, the world’s biggest contract …
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:Source: in January, IoT manufacturer Ubiquiti downplayed a “catastrophic” breach, which gained root access to its AWS accounts and access to countless devices — On Jan. 11, Ubiquiti Inc. [NYSE:UI] — a major vendor of cloud-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as routers …
Matt Binder / Mashable:iOS 14.5 beta seems to fix a longstanding bug affecting Safari’s adult content blocking option that would block any search containing the word “Asian” — Do you have adult content blocked on your iPhone or iPad? — If so, it’s likely that your iOS device is currently blocking web searches using the…
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Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch:Arm unveils Armv9, its next gen chip architecture that adds features for security, AI, and more, as it expects ~300B Arm-based chips to ship in the next decade — Arm today announced Armv9, the next generation of its chip architecture. Its predecessor, Armv8 launched a decade ago …
One of India’s largest renewable energy companies has completed a fundraising exercise through the issuance of green bonds. Greenko Energy Holdings has announced that it has raised $940 million through the green bond issue priced at 3.85%. The bond was rated “Ba1” by Moody’s Investors Service. Demand for the bond exceeded $2.5 billion. Proceeds from…
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