Volvo vows to go all-electric by 2030, sell cars only online
Volvo has become the latest carmaker to vow making only electric vehicles. The Swedish carmaker has plans to go all-electric and will phase out all its petrol and diesel models, including hybrid cars. Henrick Green, Volvo’s CTO, said there was no long-term future for cars with combustion engine and the company will make only EVs by 2030. Volvo also said it will sell cars only online in future.
Microsoft Teams to support 20,000 attendees until 2021, introduce E2E encryption
Microsoft said its Teams will support 20,000 attendees until the end of this year and then will revert supporting 10,000. Teams doubled the number to enable companies accommodate large meetings because of the Covid-19 pandemic, which made virtual meetings a necessity. Microsoft is also introducing end-to-end encryption to Teams. It will be available by June this year for commercial customers.
PlayStation Store to discontinue movie and TV purchases and rentals from August
Sony Interactive Entertainment said it will stop offering movie and TV purchases and rentals on the PlayStation Store from August 31. Vanessa Lee, head of SIE’s video division, wrote in a blogpost that the company saw a huge increase in PlayStation fans using subscription- and ad-based entertainment streaming services on their consoles – suggesting that rentals and purchases have become redundant.
Microsoft rolls out Azure Percept camera, mic and services
Microsoft launched Azure Percept on Tuesday. It is a platform of hardware and services that’s built around Microsoft-designed hardware and its Azure AI platform – as a part of the company’s ’edge computing.’ In Tuesday’s launch, Microsoft unveiled a smart camera called Azure Percept Vision and Azure Percept Audio, which is an intelligent audio system at its virtual Microsoft Ignite conference.
One of the biggest-ever changes expected for next Apple iPhones
Rumors have already started circulating regarding the launch of the next iPhone, even though the launch could be several months away. As per the rumors, the next iPhone could be completely free of all charging ports with wireless charging mats required for charging. The decision by Apple could create a lot of controversy with it being a huge change for iPhone users.
Hackers release new jailbreak for nearly all iPhone
Hackers, by using the same vulnerability that Apple last month said was under active attacks, have released a new jailbreak that puts almost all iPhones, including the latest ones, at risk. The hackers, who call themselves Unc0ver, said it works on iOS 11 (iPhone 5s and later) to iOS 14.3, which Apple released in December. Apple has already fixed the vulnerability that’s used by the new jailbreak.
