Scorpion Capital: Quantumscape zeigt unter Druck noch mehr Schwächen

Ein Festkörperakku mit fehlenden und verfälschten Daten, Betrugsvorwürfe und Hinweise auf Insidergeschäfte: Eine substanzlose Antwort auf einen kritischen Bericht lässt noch mehr Zweifel an Quantumscape aufkommen. Eine Analyse von Frank Wunderlich-Pfei…

Ein Festkörperakku mit fehlenden und verfälschten Daten, Betrugsvorwürfe und Hinweise auf Insidergeschäfte: Eine substanzlose Antwort auf einen kritischen Bericht lässt noch mehr Zweifel an Quantumscape aufkommen. Eine Analyse von Frank Wunderlich-Pfeiffer (Festkörperakku, Akku)

Apple to boost ads business as iPhone changes hurt Facebook

New privacy rules deal a huge blow to how the mobile advertising industry works.

Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., speaks about the new iPhone during an event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, Calif. on Sept. 10, 2019.

Enlarge / Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., speaks about the new iPhone during an event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, Calif. on Sept. 10, 2019. (credit: Bloomberg)

Apple will expand its advertising business, according to two people familiar with its plans, just as it brings in new privacy rules for iPhones that are likely to cripple the ads offered by its rivals, including Facebook.

The iPhone maker already sells search ads for its App Store that allow developers to pay for the top result. In searches for “Twitter,” for example, the first result is currently TikTok.

Apple now plans to add a second advertising slot, in the “suggested” apps section in its App Store search page. This new slot will be rolled out by the end of the month, according to one of the people, and will allow advertisers to promote their apps across the whole network rather than in response to specific searches.

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Fridays for Future: Keine Schonzeit für Biden und Co.

“Hören Sie mit dem Bullshit auf”: Jugendbewegung schreibt offenen Brief an Teilnehmer des “Leaders Summit on Climate” und ruft zu Protesten auf

"Hören Sie mit dem Bullshit auf": Jugendbewegung schreibt offenen Brief an Teilnehmer des "Leaders Summit on Climate" und ruft zu Protesten auf

Contractor that ruined 15M doses of J&J vaccine hiked price of another by 800%

FDA releases damning inspection report as lawmakers question ties to Trump admin.

The Emergent BioSolutions plant, a manufacturing partner for Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 9, 2021.

Enlarge / The Emergent BioSolutions plant, a manufacturing partner for Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine, in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 9, 2021. (credit: Getty | Saul Loeb)

Things are not looking good for Emergent BioSolutions, the contract manufacturer that ruined 15 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine and millions more doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine at its production facility in Baltimore.

The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday released a searing inspection report of the facility, finding a slew of significant violations and failings.

Meanwhile, federal lawmakers have opened a multi-pronged investigation into whether Emergent used ties to the Trump administration to get billions of dollars in federal contracts despite a history of failing to complete contracts, inadequately training staff, persistent quality-control issues, and an “unjustified” 800% price increase for an anthrax vaccine.

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