The US government has officially confirmed that Tesla is the customer behind LG Energy Solution’s massive $4.3 billion lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery supply contract — ending months of speculation since LG first disclosed the deal last July.
The three-year agreement will see LG produce LFP prismatic cells at its Lansing, Michigan factory starting in 2027, feeding directly into Tesla’s…
US assesses China not planning to invade Taiwan in 2027
March 19, 2026
WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) — China does not currently plan to invade Taiwan in 2027 and seeks to control the island without the use of force, the U.S. intelligence community said on Wednesday, striking a measured tone on one of the world’s biggest potential…
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For decades, the U.S. military’s dream of high-energy laser weapons has been perpetually “five years away.”…
PARIS — The United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Finland, together with several other countries, are in talks to set up a financial institution that would provide funding for joint multi-year defense projects, similar to the European Investment Bank but focused on defense.
The participating countries would provide capital to the institution that could serve as a guarantee for issuing bonds, the…
Though Internxt Drive rightfully touts its 256-bit encryption and dedication to privacy, there’s no feature in particular that sets it apart from the crowd.
As with services such as Dropbox, Sync.com, OneDrive, iDrive, etc. there’s sync and storage. There’s also…
As someone who works with images for almost every part of my job, I really don’t like Google’s WebP format. It’s fine for what it does, but loading it up in an image editor can often be a headache. So, I use a browser extension to download WebP files as JPEG and…
The first 16TB M.2 SSD on Amazon costs as much as a car
March 19, 2026
Do you need a lot of storage? Well, then, you’re going to have to pay for it—and you’ll be paying a lot more than you would have a year ago, as “AI” data centers gobble up a bigger and bigger share of the industry’s output of memory and storage. But even the most lavish among us would probably wince at dropping nearly $16,000 USD on an M.2 drive, even if it does have a capacity of 16…
So, Nvidia just revealed DLSS 5, its new AI graphics tech that uses generative systems to “enhance” video games with more photo-realistic effects, and I’m not going to worry about mincing my words here: I think it looks shit. Yes, we’ve barely seen a minute of it in…
Introducing seasons in Forza Horizon 4 was a huge shift for the series. Bringing Britain to life four times over, in four distinct seasons, was obviously a significant undertaking. However, what it injected into the game was a reward for returning week after week. That…
Arc Raiders, The Finals Dev Embark Studios Parts Ways With Co-founder Following Misconduct Allegations
March 18, 2026
Embark Studios, the dev behind Arc Raiders and The Finals has “mutually agreed to part ways” with co-founder and CCO Rob Runesson following public allegations that he engaged in sexual misconduct with a popular The Finals streamer, as well as an external legal investigation that Embark claims “did not substantiate” the allegations.
These allegations, shared by an anonymous…
