UK May Ban Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Technology Under New Driverless Car Laws
The UK Department for Transport is poised to ban the sale of Tesla’s (NASDAQ: TSLA) full self-driving technology under new driverless car laws. The regulatory changes, expected as early as next year, will prohibit automakers from labeling vehicles as “self-driving” or “driverless” unless their systems receive official approval. Despite Tesla’s longstanding practice of offering a […]
Ivanhoe Mines Steps Into Angola With Massive Land Package Prospective For Copper
Ivanhoe Mines (TSX: IVN) is setting its sights on a new frontier, after securing a new prospective land package half the size of Switzerland in Angola. A total of 22,195 square kilometres of prospecting rights have been obtained within the Moxico and Cuando Cubango provinces. The land package is greenfield in nature, and said to […]
Aston Bay Identifies Copper In Surface Samples At Tempest Prospect
Aston Bay Holdings (TSXV: BAY) is reporting success in preliminary exploration conducted at its Storm Copper Project in Nunavut. Exploration was conducted at the underexplored Tempest prospect, found 40 kilometres to the southeast of the Storm Copper deposits that resulted in much fanfare earlier this year. Exploration consisted of reconnaissance sampling and new geophysical surveys, […]
F3 Uranium Hits 5.5 Metres Of 7.56% U3O8 At JR Zone
F3 Uranium (TSXV: FUU) is reporting a significant intersect of U3O8 at its Patterson Lake North project in the Athabasca region, following the receipt of assay results for an ongoing drill program. The company has also highlighted a notable interval of boron mineralization at the A1B area, suggesting uranium may be again found on the […]
Microsoft Made Preparations to Absorb OpenAI’s Departing Staff — Except They Didn’t Leave
Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) was getting ready to receive OpenAI employees who wanted to follow CEO Sam Altman when he was booted from the artificial intelligence company on November 17. But the whirlwind drama, which unfolded over a matter of days, ended on November 22 with Altman getting reinstated by a reconstituted board of directors. The […]
Shopify Reports Black Friday Sales Of $4.1 Billion On Platform
Shopify (TSX: SHOP) is claiming that its merchants set a new record on Friday for Black Friday sales. The platform on Saturday revealed it saw a total of $4.1 billion in combined sales from businesses on its platform. The figure represents a 22% increase in sales over 2022, with sales said to have reached a […]
Wealthsimple Launches Private Equity Investing For Retail Investors
Private equity for the people. Because there isn’t enough high risk investing options for the average investor, Wealthsimple this week partnered with LGT Capital Partners to offer retail investors the opportunity to invest in private equity deals. The platform announced the new offering, Wealthsimple Private Equity, on Wednesday, while stating that private equity provided average […]
GoldMining Quietly Renews US$50 Million At-The-Market Financing
GoldMining (TSX: GOLD) evidently wanted to draw little attention to the renewal of an at-the-market financing. The firm revealed the renewal in a news release simply titled “corporate update,” which it released at 2:36 AM on Saturday morning. The financing will see the company sell up to US$50 million of its shares through a number […]
Greenhouse Gases In the Atmosphere Soared Again in 2022
On November 15th, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released an alarming — actually, downright scary — report on the quantity of greenhouse gases in the world’s atmosphere. The two headlines are: The amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere reached 420.2 parts per million (ppm) in November 2023, a level 50% higher than […]
Sam Altman’s Ousting At Y Combinator Draws Parallels To OpenAI Drama
Last Friday, Sam Altman’s surprising removal as CEO of OpenAI marked a significant event in his tumultuous career, not unfamiliar with instances of discord. Unreported until now, Altman had previously faced a similar scenario four years ago when Y Combinator founder Paul Graham flew from the UK to San Francisco to terminate Altman, his protegé. […]