👓 Microsoft wins U.S. Army contract for augmented-reality headsets
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Microsoft wins U.S. Army contract for augmented-reality headsets, worth up to $21.9 billion over 10 years. The U.S. Army said Wednesday that Microsoft has won a contract to build more than custom HoloLens augmented reality headsets. (Jordan Novet via CNBC)
Apple will use Tesla's 'megapack' batteries at its California solar farm. Apple announced Wednesday that it's building a big battery storage project at a Northern California solar farm it spearhead in 2015. But what the company didn't share is that the battery packs will come from Tesla, The Verge has learned. (Sean O'Kane via The Verge)
The Pandemic's Wrongest Man. The pandemic has made fools of many forecasters. Just about all of the predictions whiffed. Anthony Fauci was wrong about masks. California was wrong about the outdoors. New York was wrong about the subways. (Derek Thompson via The Atlantic)
A feminist internet would be better for everyone. It’s April 13, 2025. Like most 17-year-olds, Maisie grabs her phone as soon as she wakes up. She checks her apps in the same order every morning: Herd, Signal, TikTok. (Charlotte Jee via MIT Technology Review)
Here Come the Biden Taxes. So much for the illusion of cost-free spending blowouts. The bill for President Biden’s agenda is coming due, starting with Wednesday’s proposal for the largest corporate tax increase in decades. (Wall Street Journal)
Spain's Glovo picks up $528M as the food deliver market continues to heat up. On the heels of Deliveroo raising more than $2 billion ahead of its debut on the London Stock Exchange this week, another hopeful in the food delivery sector has closed a super-sized round. (Ingrid Lunden via TechCrunch)
TSMC to Spend $100 Billion Over Three Years to Grow Capacity. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. plans to spend $100 billion over the next three years to expand its chip fabrication capacity, a staggering financial commitment to address booming demand for new technologies. (Debby Wu via Bloomberg)
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