Toyota, Mazda $1.6 billion plant goes to Alabama, sources say

Alabama will be the site of a new $ 1.6 billion Toyota and Mazda auto plant, a victory for President Donald Trump who had prodded manufacturers to build new U.S. facilities and threatened tariffs on foreign production, sources said on Tuesday. The plant, which will employ up to 4,000 people and produce about 300,000 vehicles […]

The Zuma satellite launched by SpaceX may be lost, sources tell Ars

Enlarge / The Zuma satellite and Falcon 9 rocket on the launch pad. (credit: SpaceX) On Sunday night SpaceX launched the Zuma satellite into space. What we know for sure is that the first stage of the rocket behaved nominally enough such that it was able to safely return to Earth, and make a land-based […]

Jordan’s top businessman arrested in Saudi Arabia – sources

Sabih al-Masri, Jordan’s most influential businessman, has been detained by Saudi authorities during a business trip to Riyadh, the entrepreneur’s family and friends said. Masri, a Saudi citizen of Palestinian origin with major investments in Palestine, was allegedly detained last Tuesday shortly before he was planning to depart from Riyadh. The billionaire was visiting the […]

Tesla strikes a deal to open a factory in Shanghai, WSJ sources say

Enlarge / This picture taken on March 17, 2015 shows a Tesla Model S car on display at a showroom in Shanghai. (credit: JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images) On Sunday morning the Wall Street Journal reported that Tesla has reached an agreement to open a factory in Shanghai. The electric vehicle (EV) company has had grand ambitions […]

Syrian Army encircles ISIS in Al-Mayadeen – military sources

Published time: 8 Oct, 2017 10:20 The Syrian Army and its allies have encircled Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in the city of Al-Mayadeen, one of the terrorists’ last strongholds southeast of Deir ez-Zor, SANA state news agency reported on Sunday, citing a military source. The unnamed source said that “army units established control over […]

Lincoln plans electrified versions of all models by 2022, say sources

DETROIT – Ford Motor Co’s premium Lincoln brand plans to offer hybrid gasoline-electric versions of all its U.S. models by 2022, according to three sources familiar with the plans. Details could be announced as early as Oct. 3, when Ford Chief Executive Officer Jim Hackett plans to update investors on the automaker’s strategy. Company officials […]

Modular robotic eel hunts for sources of water pollution

We already have ways to measure the levels of pollution in bodies of water, but an eel-inspired robot can do the job faster and more effectively. The researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and other institutions have created a modular robotic eel that can swim through contaminated water to pinpoint sources of pollution. […]

Germany breaks green energy record with 35% of power from renewable sources

Published time: 3 Jul, 2017 10:07 Edited time: 3 Jul, 2017 10:12 The proportion of power produced by renewable energy in Germany has risen to 35 percent in the first half of 2017 from 33 percent last year, according to a BEE renewable energy association report. Generation of green energy in the country has been […]

China systematically crippled CIA operations, killing or imprisoning up to 20 sources

Thomson Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China killed or imprisoned 18 to 20 CIA sources from 2010 to 2012, hobbling U.S. spying operations in a massive intelligence breach whose origin has not been identified, the New York Times reported on Saturday. Investigators remain divided over whether there was a spy within the Central Intelligence Agency who […]