Amazon has announced 14 new renewable power purchase agreements in North America and Europe, making it the largest US corporate purchaser of renewable energy. The company now has a total of 232 renewable energy projects, including 85 solar and wind projects and 147 solar panel projects on shops and offices around the world. Including previous agreements, Amazon's total involvement in creating...

Leica Camera, the camera and lens specialist company, unveiled the Leitz Phone 1, its first-ever smartphone. The first market for the smartphone will be Japan - the Leica Leitz Phone 1 will only be available from Softbank. The device, which will start taking pre-orders on June 18, will cost around $1,700. The smartphone is built on Qualcomm's flagship Snapdragon 888 platform with 5G support....

British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC (part of Tata Motors) has announced the forthcoming testing of a prototype hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle based on the Land Rover Defender. This is part of the manufacturer's programme to reduce exhaust emissions to zero by 2036. The project will be part-funded by the UK government. Trials will start later this year. In February, the automaker...

Elon Musk's company will resume accepting bitcoins as a means of payment if the method of obtaining the famous cryptocurrency becomes environmentally friendly. "Tesla has only sold about 10% of its assets to confirm that the company's Bitcoin investments can easily be liquidated without a change in the market. When there is confirmation of reasonable (around 50%) clean energy use by miners with a...

Authorities in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region demanded a halt to cryptocurrency mining activities as of 9 June. This was reported by The Block. It is noted that the administration of Zhongdong Economic and Technological Development Park will completely ban cryptocurrency mining. The 15,500-square-kilometre park is home to many coal mining enterprises, including coal-fired power plants...

Microblogging service Twitter has launched a paid subscription for its users with enhanced features and advanced functions. For now, Twitter Blue is only available in Australia and Canada, according to the company’s press release. "As of today, we are launching our first version of Twitter Blue in Australia and Canada. In this initial phase, we hope to gain a deeper understanding of what will...

Huawei has unveiled the first smartphones running its own HarmonyOS operating system, which is expected to replace Android on the company's devices. It also unveiled a tablet and a smart watch based on the new platform. Earlier, due to US sanctions, the company lost access to the services of Google, which together with Apple dominates the market. Huawei unveiled the first mobile devices on its...

Sotheby's has put up for sale a work by an American artist. The work is said to be the world's first known NFT token. The auction will take place on June 3-10. In March, Christie's auctioned a virtual painting, which anyone can download online, for a record $69 million. Sotheby's is auctioning Quantum, a digital work by American artist Kevin McCoy, which the auction described as "the first known...

A group of German scientists said they established the cause of blood clots in some cases following the administration of coronavirus vaccines from AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson. They have also established what needs to be done to eliminate the possibility of thrombosis. The results of their study are published on Research Square, but have not yet been discussed by the international...