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Nissan announces plans to build 3 EVs in Sunderland, Samsung patents ‘glasses’
Three EVs (Qashqai, Juke and Leaf) will be manufactured at Nissan's Sunderland plant, pictured above. Image: Nissan Nissan and its partners have announced a £2bn plan to build three electric car models at its Sunderland factory. The Japanese firm will build electric Qashqai and Juke models at the plant alongside the…
Number of EVs to ‘jump tenfold’ by 2030, Cruise driverless cabs banned from San Francisco
The number of electric cars will jump almost tenfold by the end of the decade as China continues to drive both production and adoption, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said. A new report from the IEA has predicted there will be roughly 220 million electric passenger vehicles on the road by 2030, up from…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Global smartphone sales decline 6%
Global smartphone sales are set to hit their lowest point since 2013 as China’s economic headwinds weakened consumer spending worldwide. Total shipments of smartphones are expected to decline 6pc this year to 1.15bn units, according to figures from Counterpoint Research. Economic pressures in China have hit consumers’ spending on electronics, the consultancy said, triggering a slowdown…
Motorola partners with Microsoft to bring new features to ThinkPhone
The Lenovo ThinkPhone by Motorola, a smartphone designed for business customers, is getting new productivity tools. Together, Motorola and Microsoft are announcing two new features for ThinkPhone users so they can work from anywhere: fully integrated support for Windows 365 cloud capabilities and Push To Talk integration with the Walkie Talkie feature on Microsoft Teams.…
CES 2023: Lenovo introduces dual screen OLED laptop, Yoga Book 9i
At this year's CES, Lenovo unveiled the 13inch Yoga Book 9i which is being billed as the first full-size dual-screen OLED laptop. More versatile than a traditional clamshell laptop form factor, the exceptionally flexible Yoga Book 9i with Intel Evo platform offers dual-screen versatility, multi-mode functionality, and - claims the manufacturer - superior entertainment capabilities. The…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Sky Glass customers complain of screen flickering
Some early adopters of Sky's new smart television, Sky Glass, have complained of teething problems with the system. The Sky-branded TV eliminates the need for a satellite dish and, with built-in Dolby Atmos, it claims there is no need for a sound-bar either. Some customers have complained of issues, including screen flickering and playback problems.…
Global PC Sales Still Rising, over 71.5M Units Shipped in Q2 2021
After impressive sales figures in 2020 and a record-breaking first quarter of 2021, global PC shipments continued to rise in the second quarter of the year. According to data presented by StockApps.com, the total number of PCs shipped in Q2 2021 hit 71.6 million globally, a 4.6% increase compared to a year ago. Lenovo's PC Shipments…
Remote learning helps children with digital skills, claims study
As the academic year draws to a close and the learnings of the past 18 months are taken into account, new research from Lenovo reveals that seven in 10 (70%) parents and teachers in the UK believe digital skills gained during the pandemic will set children up for life beyond school. The survey, comprising 500 teachers…
Tech Digest daily round up: Lenovo ‘quietly announces’ Smart Clock 2
Without any fanfare or an official announcement, Lenovo has unveiled the successor to its Google-powered Smart Clock – quietly allowing the Smart Clock 2 to slip into the world's collective consciousness by way of a product page. Marked as 'coming soon' on Lenovo's official US site, the second generation of Smart Clock presents a reinvented shape, improved speaker…
Chromebook shipments soar, boosted by education sector
Chromebook shipments soared by 276% YoY to 12M Units in Q1 2021 with HP and Lenovo accounting for 60% of total sales. Over the last year and a half, Chromebooks have become a mainstream computing product, with millions of users worldwide. Although the education sector still accounts for the biggest share of global Chromebook shipments,…
