Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk made it official Thursday: The automaker’s first “gigafactory” for battery production — key to its future and plans to produce a more affordable, mass-market car in three years — will be built in Reno.
Will iPhones receive an opulent upgrade? Apple has been stockpiling patents regarding sapphire’s use and signed a $578 million deal with a specialized manufacturer to grow a synthetic version of the mineral at a massive Mesa, Arizona, plant.
Meanwhile, with rumors swirling that Apple will soon release a new iPhone or two, some users are racing to sell their old ones before the latest device hits shelves, tanking the value of older models.
The White House on Thursday dug deeper into Silicon Valley’s trove of technology experts by naming Google executive Megan Smith to become the government’s chief technology officer and former Twitter lawyer Alexander Macgillivray as deputy chief technology officer.
The NASA Ames Research Center will host its first open house in 17 years next month, giving the public a rare opportunity to see its wind tunnels and “simulated Martian landscape.”