“Умная” куртка Levi’s выйдет на рынок 2 октября

Джинсовая смарт-куртка, разработкой которой в рамках проекта Jacquard совместно занимаются компании Levi Strauss & Co и Google, выйдет на рынок 2 октября и будет доступна по анонсированной ранее цене в 350 долларов США, пишет The Verge. Напомним, что проект по созданию куртки был анонсирован в мае прошлого года в рамках конференции Google I/O 2016, и тогда предполагалось, что на рынок …

IKEA just unveiled a massive bet on electric cars

From solar panel systems to wind power, Ikea wants to make itself known as sustainability champion. It’s latest pet project could be its most audacious to date: electric vehicles. Ikea’s acting Head of Sustainability Pia Heidenmark-Cook revealed the Swedish furniture chain’s global bet on EV’s at an event at the New York Climate Week. In practice, it means …

Mobile firms face lawsuits

By PAUL KENDALL, Daily Mail Some of the world’s largest mobile phone companies are facing billion-pound lawsuits brought by brain tumour victims. The biggest ever legal assault on the industry will seek to prove that handsets can cause cancer and that firms have deliberately covered up crucial medical information.If the American action is successful, mobile …

Australia might be getting access to 5G data speeds sooner than expected

Australia might be getting access to 5G data speeds sooner than expected with the communications regulator fast-tracking preparations to auction the necessary spectrum off to mobile network operators. Speeding up the long process may bring forward revenue for the government, but also the capital expenditure costs for mobile network operators like Telstra, Optus, Vodafone and …