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At CES, AI-powered garbage trucks reduce battery fire risk
At CES, AI-powered garbage trucks reduce battery fire risk
by  AFP

From laptops to EVs, lithium-ion batteries have fueled phenomenal growth in the 21st century, but businesses struggle with a significant downside: increased fire risk. The owner of a New Jersey recycling plant that caught fire early Thursday pointed to the batteries as a likely cause.

US Supreme Court to hear TikTok ban case
US Supreme Court to hear TikTok ban case
by  AFP

The US Supreme Court is to hear TikTok's appeal on Friday of a law that would force its Chinese owner to sell the wildly popular online video-sharing platform or shut it down. In a filing with the Supreme Court, TikTok said "Congress has enacted a massive and unprecedented speech restriction" that would "shutter one of America's most popular speech platforms."

US Fed's December rate cut was 'final' step to recalibrate policy: official
US Fed's December rate cut was 'final' step to recalibrate policy: official
by  AFP

The US Federal Reserve should proceed cautiously before supporting any future rate cuts, a senior bank official said Thursday, adding that she saw December's rate cut as a final step for now. "I supported the December policy action because, in my view, it represented the Committee's final step in the policy recalibration phase," she said, according to prepared remarks.

Airbus boosts plane deliveries in 2024
Airbus boosts plane deliveries in 2024
by  AFP

European plane maker Airbus said Thursday it increased aircraft deliveries to 766 as the company still struggles to return to pre-pandemic production levels. Airbus and Boeing chopped production during the Covid crisis that started in 2019, as airlines stopped taking deliveries of planes.

Ubisoft reviews restructuring options, postpones new Assassin's Creed
Ubisoft reviews restructuring options, postpones new Assassin's Creed
by  AFP

Ubisoft said Thursday it would take decisive steps to reshape itself as the French video game publisher announced it would delay the release of the latest title in its top "Assassin's Creed" franchise. On Thursday it announced another delay of one month in the release of "Assassin's Creed Shadows" to March 20.

E-Power hits the slopes: new wave of snow sports emerges
E-Power hits the slopes: new wave of snow sports emerges
by  AFP

Following in the footsteps of electric scooters on land and wakeboards at sea, young entrepreneurs are bringing electric power to snow travel with self-propelled skis and all-terrain skates. We needed sand, snow."

Lamborghini sets new sales record amidst hybrid push
Lamborghini sets new sales record amidst hybrid push
by  AFP

Lamborghini set a new sales record in 2024, the Italian sportscar maker said on Thursday, defying the gloom that has hit mass-market car companies. Lamborghini sold 10,687 cars last year, a rise of six percent on 2023, which was itself a record year.