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General Motors assembly workers connect a battery pack underneath a partially assembled 2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV vehicle on the assembly line at Orion Assembly in Lake Orion, Mich., on March 19, 2018. Rebecca Cook/Reuters U.S. and European startups are racing to develop new batteries using two abundant, cheap materials – sodium and sulphur – that could reduce China’s battery dominance, ease looming supply bottlenecks and lead to mass-market electric vehicles (EVs). Today’s EVs run on lithium ion batteries – mostly made with lithium, cobalt, manganese and high-grade nickel, whose prices have soared. Western producers are struggling to catch up with their Asian rivals, and car makers expect supply bottlenecks to hit car production around the middle of the decade. The EVs of the future – those arriving after 2025 – could shift to sodium ion or lithium sulphur battery cells that could be up to two-thirds cheaper than today’s lithium ion cells. But their promise hinges on potential breakthr...

Companies such as IBM offer timeshare access to prototype quantum computers, but researchers have shown that they can access other users’ data on these machines Technology 16 November 2022 By Matthew Sparkes ...

Photo : Gorodenkoff ( Shutterstock ) Home security cameras were once rare comforts for people with considerable means , but these days, many of us can have them . T here’s a difference, though, between owning something useful and really utilizing something useful —and if you’re not pointing those cameras toward the right spots, you’re not getting the best security bang for your buck. Here’s where you should (and shouldn’t) put security cameras in and around your home. Do point one at your front door If you live in a home you own, put a camera outside and point it at your front door. Burglars aren’t always as stealthy as crime dramas make them seem; in fact, 34% of them go through the front door, not a window or side entrance, according to the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors . A front door view also helps you out in the event of package theft. If you live in an apartment or rent from someone, chat with your landlord about the security camera placement aro...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. While most entrepreneurs are concerned to some degree about cybersecurity these days, don't overlook your physical security, too. Your health and safety are something to be thankful for this year and you want to keep them in the good shape that they're in. Fortunately, we're thankful for great deals this year and we're making it more affordable for you to invest in a little security. StackCommerce For a limited time, we're releasing Thankful Deals for Black Friday prices ahead of the big sales holiday. One of those is the #1 rated smart lock, the BOSMA Aegis Smart Door Lock . This clever lock works on any door with a deadbolt, transforming it almost immediately into a smart lock that gives you extra security and control over your home and office. You can install it in as little as ten minutes using just a s...

Activists glue their hands to the wall after throwing soup at a van Gogh painting at the National Gallery, in London, on Oct. 14. JUST STOP OIL/Reuters Climate activists’ attacks on some of the world’s most precious paintings have added to insurers’ worries about the threat to art from climate change itself, concerns seen as leading to higher art insurance premiums. In recent weeks, activists have drawn attention to the climate cause by throwing tomato soup at Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” in the National Gallery in London and a black liquid at Gustav Klimt’s “Death and Life” in the Leopold Museum in Vienna to protest against the use of fossil fuels. The paintings were behind glass or a screen and a spokesperson for the National Gallery said only “minor damage” was done to the Sunflowers’ frame. The Leopold Museum has said the Klimt was not damaged, but did not respond to a request for further comment. Many in the art and insurance world, however, say it may be only be a matter of ...

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Friday banned approvals of new telecommunications equipment from China’s Huawei Technologies and ZTE because they pose “an unacceptable risk” to U.S. national security. The FCC said on Friday it had adopted final rules banning the sale or importation of equipment deemed to pose a national security risk to the United States, the latest crackdown on the Chinese telecoms equipment makers. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel circulated the proposed measure, which effectively bars the firms from selling new equipment in the United States, to the other three commissioners for final approval in October. Huawei declined to comment and ZTE did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The idea was first proposed in mid-2021. The FCC action would also affect Dahua Technology Co, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co Ltd and Hytera Communications Corp Ltd, according to the statement from the FCC. https://www.tausiinsider.com/u-s-bans-...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Using a person's face to authenticate themselves is something that humans have been doing for hundreds of thousands of years. New technological advancements have transformed how we interact with one another, and businesses especially are capitalizing on these advancements to verify identity. Those previous pillars of in-person and digital verification, like knowledge-based authentication (KBA), are no longer adequate protection against fraud. Why? Just as technology advances, so does fraud. Facial biometric technology has become the foundation that businesses and consumers rely on to verify their identities. In this article, we will provide the top five reasons facial biometrics can help your business. Related: The Importance of Having Accurate Facial Recognition 1. It's highly accurate and can stop fraud Facial biometrics offer businesses a high degree of confidence that the customer is a le...

Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly and Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendocino announce Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy in Vancouver on Nov. 27. DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press Shawn Barber is a former foreign service officer and Canadian ambassador. Until June of this year he was the head of the economic security task force for Public Safety Canada. He lives in Washington. Canada’s new Indo-Pacific Strategy offers an opportunity for the federal government to take the urgent action required to respond to the threats China poses to our economic security, particularly our innovative technology sector. But while it is a good start, it’s not enough. Canada’s strategy needs to go much further. Failure to act now could not only have dire consequences for our national security but also erode our long-term economic competitiveness. As Canadian Security Intelligence Service director David Vigneault said in 2021 about Chinese industrial espionage: “It is our country’s future that is ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. "There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government." These words of wisdom from Benjamin Franklin have, unfortunately, proven timeless. People have been defrauding the government for centuries, but last month, the US hit an estimated $45 billion in COVID-19-related unemployment fraud. Now the government starts the long, costly and inefficient process of recouping the money, conducting investigations and punishing those responsible. This process is often called the "pay and chase" model. With all that fraud, it can be challenging for government agencies and private companies to separate the wheat from the chaff (or, in this case, the fraud from the noise). For example, is a person calling your call center with a device you haven't seen before actually an existing customer with a new phone or s...

Innovation, Science and Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne responds during Question Period in November. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press The Canadian government is proposing to toughen scrutiny of foreign takeovers, citing national security concerns, just weeks after its new Indo-Pacific policy identified China as an “increasingly disruptive” power. “The world has vastly changed in the last few years,” Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne said as he unveiled a package of changes to the Investment Canada Act that he said represented the most significant update in more than a decade. “That’s why we must be prepared to face the challenges that could endanger our economic security and national security.” China is not mentioned by name – and the government insists the rules apply equally to all countries – but the changes are geared toward stopping the transfer of intellectual property or trade secrets to foreign countries. “Geopolitics has changed and we need to chang...

The Canada Energy Regulator has issued financial penalties against Trans Mountain Corp. related to the 2020 death of a worker. The regulator says the Crown corporation failed to take all reasonable care to ensure the safety and security of workers on the day of the incident. The incident occurred on Oct. 27, 2020, when a person working near Edmonton on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project was fatally injured. The person was disassembling a trench box at the time. The regulator has issued total fines of $164,000 against the company. Alberta Occupational Health and Safety has also laid charges related to this incident. https://www.tausiinsider.com/energy-regulator-fines-trans-mountain-for-2020-death-of-pipeline-expansion-worker/?feed_id=329760&_unique_id=6444ecf5e9bf5

Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of FTX, speaks via a video feed from the Bahamas to The New York Times DealBook conference in New York on Nov. 30. HIROKO MASUIKE /The New York Times News Service Canadian watchdogs responsible for investor protection are banding together to enhance their regulation of the crypto sector, using unusually sharp language to threaten legal action against companies that remain resistant to outside oversight and warning trading platforms to stay away from one of the sector’s most nebulous assets. Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA), a collection of provincial and territorial securities regulators, has pursued oversight of the crypto sector for close to two years, but the process of registering crypto trading companies is a complex task. It is also time consuming, considering that hundreds of trading platforms were already up and running by the time the watchdogs released formal regulations in March, 2021. Since the rules came out, many crypt...

Republican Senator Marco Rubio on Tuesday announced bipartisan legislation to ban China’s popular social media app TikTok, ratcheting up pressure on owner ByteDance Ltd amid U.S. fears the app could be used to spy on Americans and censor content. The legislation would block all transactions from any social media company in or under the influence of China and Russia, Rubio’s office said in a news release, adding that a companion bill in the U.S. House of Representatives was sponsored by Republican congressman Mike Gallagher and Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi. “It is troubling that rather than encouraging the administration to conclude its national security review of TikTok, some members of Congress have decided to push for a politically-motivated ban that will do nothing to advance the national security of the United States,” a TikTok spokesperson said in a statement, adding that the company would continue to brief members of Congress on the plans that are “well under way” to “further s...

Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks during a media availability on legislation to modernize the Investment Canada Act, in Ottawa, on Dec. 7. Justin Tang/The Canadian Press Canadian financial dealmakers are raising the alarm about Ottawa’s proposal to more closely scrutinize national security implications of foreign acquisitions of Canadian companies, warning that such interventions could deter foreign investments and slow impending deals in critical sectors. Last week, Canada announced its biggest overhaul in more than a decade to Investment Canada Act, allowing the government to impose interim conditions to prevent buyers from accessing trade secrets, and to block investments that could compromise national security. Lawyers and industry associations say such conditions could delay and add to the cost of deal making. “There is a concern on how the proposed amendments affect timing of an acquisition,” said Sandy Walker, co-Chair of Competiti...