Tesla says it has uncovered a “disturbing pattern” of former employees who took confidential information and business secrets on their way to new jobs at startup EV Rivian, according to a new lawsuit first reported by Bloomberg. Tesla even claims that Rivian is “knowingly encouraging” this behavior, and is seeking …
Read More »The United States registers 2,600 new cases of coronavirus every hour, as the total exceeds 4 million
(Reuters) – Coronavirus cases in the US topped 4 million on Thursday, with more than 2,600 new cases every hour on average, the highest rate in the world, according to a Reuters count. FILE PHOTO: Emergency medical technicians clean their supplies outside Memorial West Hospital, where patients with coronavirus disease …
Read More »China launches ambitious attempt to land on Mars
BEIJING – China launched its most ambitious mission on Mars on Thursday in a bold attempt to join the United States to successfully land a spacecraft on the red planet. With the engines running orange, a March 5 carrier rocket took off under a clear sky around 12:40 p.m. from …
Read More »AMC theaters delay reopening – again
AMC, the world’s largest movie theater chain, is delaying its reopening once again as Hollywood studios delay the release of their summer-planned blockbusters. The company said Thursday that it will not resume selling tickets to its theaters in the United States until “mid or late August” due to the fact …
Read More »Fast, gray NVMe drivers blur the line between storage and memory
Much of what we call hardware is actually software, firmware, which uses the underlying hardware for speed and, importantly, a stable operating environment. The engineering dilemma is a juggling act: Can we build a product faster a) by running easily updated software on a commercial processor; b) faster startup software …
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