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Rock Tech Lithium to build Europe’s first lithium converter in Germany

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Rock Tech Lithium intends to build Europe’s first lithium converter—a production plant for battery-grade lithium hydroxide—in Guben, Brandenburg, Germany. Location at the industrial site Guben South (CNW Group/Rock Tech Lithium Inc.). Location at the industrial site Guben South (CNW Group/Rock Tech Lithium Inc.).

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Rock Tech Lithium signs MoU with Romanian Government for second lithium hydroxide plant

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Canada-based Rock Tech Lithium has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with the Government of Romania. The Rock Tech converters produce lithium hydroxide in three steps: pyro-processing, hydro-processing and purification. Rock Tech owns its own mine in Canada. —Rock Tech’s Chairman, Dirk Harbecke.

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GM and GlobalFoundries in long-term direct supply agreement for US production of semiconductor chips

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General Motors (GM) and GlobalFoundries (GF) have entered a strategic, long-term agreement establishing a dedicated capacity corridor exclusively for GM’s chip supply. This agreement supports GM’s strategy to reduce the number of unique chips needed to power increasingly complex and tech-laden vehicles.

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A Peek at Intel’s Future Foundry Tech

Cars That Think

The advances include more dense logic and a 16-fold increase in the connectivity within 3D-stacked chips, and they will be among the first top-end technologies the company has ever shared with chip architects from other companies. The San Jose event, IFS Direct Connect, is meant as a sort of coming-out party for the new business model.

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Artificial Intelligence is a Top Priority for Tech Leaders in 2024

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With all the concern surrounding artificial intelligence, it’s no surprise that top tech leaders surveyed by IEEE chose AI as the most important technology for 2024. “ Like in the IEEE 2023 survey of tech leaders, the executives said they are concerned about ransomware attacks, phishing, and insider threats.

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Vodafone Launches Private 5G Tech to Compete With Wi-Fi

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wireless connectivity standard ) was once the only viable game in town. Because each SIM card contains its own unique identifier and encryption keys , thereby also enabling a network to be able to recognize and authorize each individual connection, Tenorio says private 5G network security is a considerable selling point.

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Everything you need to know about owning a Tesla: From tech to charging, haggling to hardware

EV Central

From quirks and new tech to controls and infotainment, Tesla has introduced drivers to a brave new world of motoring – one that has the potential to baffle. But Tesla is also an acquired taste and one focussed on tech that some people think has pushed the boundaries too far. Make sure you take a key card with you, just in case.

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