Carmakers’ battery plans in peril as raw material costs soar

Car Industry

2022-08-11 / www.ft.com

In the race to electrify the car industry, Silvia-Luna Yzaguirre Sánchez’s battery cell development expertise is in ever higher demand.
VW and its partners are committing to €20bn in investments for six European battery plants, the Spaniard hopes to ...

Strong ties bind Silicon Valley to Silicon Wadi

Israel

2021-10-31 / www.jns.org

A new report notes growing venture investment, acquisitions of Israeli companies, Israeli-founded unicorns and public companies in Silicon Valley, and corporate and binational R&D.
A new San Francisco-based Bay Area Council Economic Institute report, “Silicon Valley to Silicon Wadi: California’s ...

Meet the ex-Googler who’s exposing the tech-military industrial complex

Military

2021-10-08 / www.fastcompagny.com

Formed by Jack Poulson and other Silicon Valley dissidents, Tech Inquiry uncovers the tech industry’s role in weaponry and surveillance.

Jack Poulson has developed an encyclopedic knowledge of how tech companies are evolving into military contractors. Tracking such intricate connections has ...