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Nissan Leaf production starts in Sunderland
Posted onEve Connor,North East and Cumbriaand Andy Watson,in Sunderland BBC The new Leaf will be built in Sunderland and powered by batteries also manufactured nearby Car manufacturer Nissan has started building its new electric Leaf at its UK factory. The government said it was the first new high-volume car to be built in the country since…
Will quantum be bigger than AI?
Posted onZoe KleinmanTechnology editor BBC Tech firms such as Microsoft, whose Majorana chip is pictured here, are racing to embrace quantum There’s an old adage among tech journalists like me – you can either explain quantum accurately, or in a way that people understand, but you can’t do both. That’s because quantum mechanics – a strange…
Oil slides after US-Iran ceasefire deal to open Strait of Hormuz
Posted onIn a social media post on Tuesday evening, Trump said: “I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks… subject to the Islamic Republic of Iran agreeing to the COMPLETE, IMMEDIATE, and SAFE OPENING of the Strait of Hormuz”.
Chip deal: Why the US is taking a cut from China sales
Posted onSuranjana Tewari Asia Business Correspondent in Singapore Getty Images Nvidia boss Jensen Huang has been lobbying the White House over China chip sales Unusual. Quid pro quo. Unprecedented. That is some of the reaction to news that two of the world’s tech giants will pay the US government 15% of their revenue from selling certain…
Saltend: Major UK rare earths refinery scrapped in favour of US
Posted onPlans for a groundbreaking rare earths refinery in East Yorkshire have been abandoned, after the company behind the project decided to seek investment in the United States instead. Pensana has spent the past seven years developing a rare earths mine in Angola. The $268m (£185m) project, one of the largest of its kind in the…
Planning approvals for new homes at record low, figures show
Posted onDaniel Wainwright and Harriet AgerholmData Journalists, BBC Verify Getty Images The figures strike a blow to the government’s promise to deliver 1.5 million homes by the next election. The number of planning approvals for new homes in England is unacceptable, the new housing secretary has said, after official data showed permission for building homes fell…
