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Tesla's rise made 2020 the year the U.S. auto industry went electric
DETROIT (Reuters) - Tesla Inc and Wall Street made 2020 the year that the U.S. auto industry decided to go electric.
Spanish art show spotlights ‘hidden’ digital divide in pandemic
A painting of a woman using an iPad, a vase depicting children dreaming of computers – both historical objects with a contemporary twist highlighting the world’s growing digital divide during the coronavirus pandemic.
The gig workers taking legal action to regain control of their data
London-based Uber driver Abdurzak Hadi is self-employed but says he is not his own boss as his workflow is determined by an obscure computer algorithm.
How coronavirus has brought sim racing and motorsport closer
Virtual motorsports have experienced a real boom during the coronavirus pandemic, as real-world races have been cancelled and racing action has moved to the e-sports arena.
Zoom's Christmas gift: no cap on call lengths over the holidays
LONDON (Reuters) - Friends and families kept apart by COVID this Christmas and New Year will not find their virtual gatherings over Zoom cut short by the usual 40-minute limit for free subscribers.
eSports becomes medal event at 2022 Asian Games
eSports has been named as a full medal event for the 2022 Asian Games, in a major step towards the mainstream for a sport that has long harboured Olympic ambitions.
In one patch of Texas, it's back to school after online learning flunks
The coronavirus pandemic may be raging in the Houston area, but tens of thousands of students in one district are headed back to the classroom in January because of poor results while learning from home.
Chinese techpreneur apologises for fake wool jumpers sold on his livestream
Tech entrepreneur Luo Yonghao promises to pay customers back after wool jumpers sold through one of his live streams were found to be fake. Luo says his company checked suppliers’ qualifications before the sale, but suspects them of forging documents and deliberately committing fraud.
Google glitch, snowstorm bring virtual learning frustrations
It wasn’t the weather that delayed school in the US this week, at least not the first time.
Violence at Apple supplier in India fuels fears of further worker unrest
The ransacking of an iPhone manufacturer in southern India could be the first of many “flashpoints” involving local workers in the supply chains of major brands, researchers said on Dec 15, pointing to a lack of rights and recourse under new labour laws.
