Tuesday, September 8, 2020
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Star Trek: Discovery S3 goes back to the future in first trailer
Star Trek: Discovery returns to CBS All Access for a third season on October 15, 2020.
It's Star Trek Day today, marking the 54th anniversary of the TV debut of Star Trek: The Original Series. CBS All Access celebrated by streaming an entire day of programming related to the franchise, including several panels for its ongoing and forthcoming series. Among other tidbits, CBS dropped the first trailer for Star Trek: Discovery's third season.
(Spoilers for first two seasons below.)
Discovery is a prequel to the original Star Trek, set roughly 10 years before Captain Kirk and his crew took over the USS Enterprise and boldly went where no man had gone before. It stars Sonequa Martin-Green as Michael Burnham, an orphaned human raised on the planet Vulcan by none other than Sarek (James Frain) and his human wife, Amanda Grayson (Mia Kirshner)—aka, Spock's parents, which makes her Spock's adoptive sister.
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Thunes, a B2B fintech startup developing a cross-border payments network for emerging markets, raises $60M Series B; the company now operates in ~100 countries (Catherine Shu/TechCrunch)
Thunes, a B2B fintech startup developing a cross-border payments network for emerging markets, raises $60M Series B; the company now operates in ~100 countries — Thunes, a Singapore-based startup developing a cross-border payments network to make financial services more accessible in emerging markets …
Panasonic to expand battery capacity at Tesla Gigafactory
Panasonic is adding another production line to the massive factory it operates with Tesla in Nevada, an expansion that will increase battery cell capacity by 10%.
The Sparks facility, dubbed Gigafactory 1, is the centerpiece of Tesla’s plan to expand global battery capacity and reduce the cost of electric vehicles. Panasonic has been its most important partner in that project, which, based on a recent agreement, should last until at least 2023.
Tesla and Panasonic initially planned for the Gigafactory to have the capacity to produce 35 gigawatt hours of batteries each year. That goal was achieved with 13 production lines. This latest expansion, which was first reported by the Reno Gazette Journal and confirmed by TechCrunch, will add a fourteenth line.
Panasonic said the additional line with create the need to add 100 more jobs at the Gigafactory.
Construction has already started on the project, Panasonic told TechCrunch. As Panasonic adds this new line it will also continue to install new technology for the “2170” lithium-ion cells it produces and supplies to Tesla, a change that will improve energy density by 5% from the current cell and reduces costly cobalt content. Panasonic is upgrading all 13 battery cell lines with production. The new technology will allow for continued improvement with energy density expected to improve by 20% over five years.
The increase in energy density in the cells means that Tesla will theoretically see the same gains in its packs, which in turn should improve the battery range in its Model 3 and Model Y. The 2170 cells are used in the Model 3 and its newest vehicle, the Model Y. The reduction in cobalt content, a rare chemical element that is expensive and has social and environmental costs, could also help reduce the price of the cells.
Data analytics company Sumo Logic is looking to raise $310.8M in its US IPO at a price range of $17 to $21 per share, valuing the company at over $2B (Reuters)
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Hasura, a service that helps developers access databases via its open source GraphQL API, raised $25M Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)
Hasura, a service that helps developers access databases via its open source GraphQL API, raised $25M Series B led by Lightspeed Venture Partners — Hasura, a service that provides developers with an open-source engine that provides them a GraphQL API to access their databases …
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Xbox Series S leaked render reveals console design, expected to launch on November 10
A render of the upcoming Xbox Series S has appeared online, hinting at the design of the console. The information comes from Twitter user @bdsams and it shows off a white console that looks reminiscent of the Xbox One S (review). The console has a black grill on the top which looks to be the fan to blow out hot air from the console. We don't get a look at the back of the console for the ports and from the leaked render it looks like the console could forgo a disc drive.
Hello Xbox Series S https://t.co/hQoDBRHt7d pic.twitter.com/2MIF5I6YHO
— Brad Sams (@bdsams) September 8, 2020The Xbox Series S has been rumoured for quite some time, suggesting that it could be a lower-powered console with a 4 Teraflop GPU when compared to the 12 Teraflop GPU of the Xbox Series X. It will cater to those looking for a 1080p or even 1440p in some cases for gaming. The console is expected to have the same CPU and GPU as the Series X albeit with lower power. It is also expected to house the same SSD tech as the Series X.
The Xbox Series S is probably Microsoft's worst kept secret. Information about the console has appeared in official Microsoft documents. Then, a consumer got his hands on a next-gen Xbox controller where the packaging hinted at the Series S. You can read about it here. Lastly, we got information about the Series S in an Xbox One controller packaging and you can check out the details here.
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— WalkingCat (@_h0x0d_) September 8, 2020 Xbox Series S and Series X price and launch dateAccording to the tweet, it looks like the Series S will be aggressively priced at $299 (Rs 22,000 approx. directly converted) while the Series X will be priced at $499 (Rs 37,000 approx. directly converted). Both the consoles are said to go on sale November 10 in the US. There is no information on when the console will launch in India. Microsoft is expected to hold a press conference “soon” to unveil the price and launch date for its next-gen console.
On the other hand, Sony was rumoured to have a PS5 even on September 9 to reveal the price and the launch date. But it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen. You can read more about the leaked price and launch date for the PS5 here.
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