By Eric Onstad LONDON (Reuters) – Automakers, including Tesla and Mercedes, are rushing to lock in graphite supply from outside dominant producer China, as demand for electric vehicle (EV) batteries outpaces other uses for the mineral for the first time due to soaring EV sales. Auto firms have been slow to plan for graphite shortages,…
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s most populous state will be ready for 100% renewable energy within a decade under a A$16.5 billion ($11.20 billion) infrastructure investment plan announced by a major grid operator on Wednesday. Transgrid, privatised in 2015, will invest in batteries and other energy storage, as well as 2,500 kilometers (1,553.4 miles)…
By Joseph Ax and Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – Canadian aircraft detected underwater noises in the North Atlantic in the search for a tourist submersible that vanished while on a voyage to the wreck of the Titanic , the U.S. Coast Guard said. The discovery on Tuesday led search teams to relocate their underwater robotic search…
(Reuters) – A Canadian aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area for a missing tourist submersible that vanished while taking passengers on a voyage to the wreck of the Titanic in deep waters off Canada’s coast, the U.S. Coast guard said. Remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) were relocated to explore the origin of the noises…
By Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s government says China will try to interfere in key elections in January by illicitly funding Beijing-friendly candidates using communications apps or group tours, according to three internal security reports reviewed by Reuters. President Tsai Ing-wen’s government has repeatedly warned of China’s attempts to influence public opinion on the…
SEOUL (Reuters) -YouTube will launch its first official shopping channel for live commerce in South Korea on June 30, Yonhap news agency reported on Wednesday. South Korea already has a booming live-streaming commerce business led by tech giant Naver, making it a prime test market for the global heavyweight as the Alphabet-owned company focuses on…
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A technology research and development team at China’s Ant Group is developing its own large-language model (LLM), internally called Zhenyi, a spokesperson said on Wednesday, confirming reports in Chinese media. There was no further information on the public unveiling of the model, however. Chinese organisations have launched 79 large-language models (LLMs) dometically…
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – The world’s biggest iron ore miner Rio Tinto said on Wednesday that it had reopened a rail line at its Western Australian operations after a train carrying iron ore near the port of Dampier derailed at the weekend. The line will remain subject to speed restrictions while a clean up of the…
By Harish Sridharan (Reuters) -The Australian Competition Tribunal (ACT) upheld a decision to block an asset transfer deal between wireless internet firms Telstra Group and TPG Telecom, the companies said on Wednesday, in a ruling that sent TPG shares down 11%. Under the deal announced in February 2022, Telstra would have bought spectrum – airwaves…
BENGALURU (Reuters) -IndiGo, India’s largest airline, on Monday placed an order for 500 Airbus narrowbody jets, the largest ever plane deal by number of aircraft, overtaking an earlier deal by rival Air India that was firmed up on Tuesday. Following are the biggest plane deals, by number of aircraft. INDIGO – 500 JETS – 2023…
