Homegrown

By 2027, Europe has the potential to fully rely on domestic production of battery cells, meeting its EV and energy storage demands without any Chinese imports. That’s according to the latest forecast by Transport & Environment (T&E), a campaign group, which analyzed a range of manufacturer reports and press releases. The European NGO further estimates that, in 2030, the companies with the largest battery cell production in the continent will be CATL, Northvolt, ACC, Freyr, and the…

Simon Sharwood / The Register: India's education minister demos BharOS, a homegrown mobile OS claimed to ship with no preloaded apps, share no user data, and incapable of running malware — BharOS is based on the Linux kernel and is apparently incapable of running malware. Right — A mere week after an Indian … Simon Sharwood / The Register: India's education minister demos BharOS, a homegrown mobile OS claimed to ship with no preloaded apps, share no user data, and…

IANS New Delhi, January 16 Homegrown social media company ShareChat (Mohalla Tech Pvt Ltd) has laid off 20 per cent of its workforce due to uncertain market conditions. Backed by Twitter, Google, Snap and Tiger Global, ShareChat has about 2,300 employees, and the layoff will impact about 500 people at the company, according to reports. "We are taking a very difficult decision today to part ways with around 20 per cent of our talented FTEs (full-time employees) to ensure…

Equipmake says it's got the lightest and most power-dense electric motor on the market, and if there's one place where weight is critical, it's on a launch pad. The company has developed an ultra-lightweight motor for Australia's first rocket launch. Queensland-based Gilmour Space Technologies is on the home stretch making preparations for the launch of its three-stage Eris orbital launch vehicle next April. It'll be the first orbital launch attempt of an Australian designed and built rocket, and the company hopes it'll…

Despite some sales gains in recent months, VW said it expects its market share in China to be around 16% this year. That is down almost a fifth since 2019, when it stood at about 20%, according to data provided by Jato Dynamics, a consumer research group. VW, which has the biggest market share of any foreign car maker in the country, owns brands that are popular there such as VW, Skoda, Porsche, Audi and Bentley. The shrinking market share isn’t the only challenge facing Oliver Blume, VW’s…

Google, under its Google Cloud division, has announced a partnership with homegrown gaming startup…

The US FTC said Meta stifled competition when it halted plans to build its own virtual reality fitness app and opted to buy Within Unlimited instead. The US Federal Trade Commission said Meta Platforms Inc. stifled competition when it halted plans to build its own virtual reality fitness app and opted to buy Within Unlimited Inc. instead.“Meta itself had the intentions to enter -- and thus was a reasonably probable entrant into -- the VR Dedicated Fitness App market,” the agency said in a court filing Monday in its…

Authorities hope the C919 will challenge foreign models like the Boeing 737 MAX and the Airbus A320. China announced Wednesday hundreds of new orders for its first domestically manufactured large passenger jet, with the aircraft poised to make its commercial debut early next year. The state-owned…

Becky G remembers several things about February’s Super Bowl at SoFi Stadium: the swarm of football fans that descended upon her hometown of Inglewood; the halftime show headlined by Dr. Dre; and how badly her friends were jonesing to celebrate the Rams victory at an upscale club in Hollywood.“I’m very passionate about having grown up in L.A.,” says Becky, pausing to flash an elaborate “Los Angeles” tattoo on her forearm — “but metaphorically speaking, Hollywood is like the upside-down. Nobody dances, it’s all about who’s…

It’s typically a bit cliché to describe a movie as a “labor of love” for its filmmaker, but that really is the case for Slash/Back director Nyla Innuksuk and her story of teenage girls in a remote Arctic community battling an alien invader. Set and shot in the Inuit hamlet of Pangnirtung in Nunavut, Canada, Slash/Back features a cast almost entirely composed of local residents — including its teenage (and preteen) stars — with the community they live in serving as the focal point of the film’s fictional invasion by…