In brief: The automotive industry is gradually starting to shift toward the use of electric vehicle motors over traditional ICE alternatives. Though ICE vehicles aren't going to die off anytime soon, EVs are now an everyday sight. However, using EVs alone isn't enough for some companies -- self-driving car tech firm Cruise has made the commitment to use "100 percent renewable energy" to power its fleet of cars.

On the surface, that might sound like Cruise won't be powering its

Bottom line: Premium smartphones might be a tough sell right now, but if it's a shiny new high-end handset that you're after, Motorola has a new contender that's worth a look. The company's first true flagship in years, the Edge+ ticks all the requisite boxes and looks great doing it.

Motorola has re-entered the flagship smartphone race with the introduction of the Motorola Edge+ . Motorola’s new high-end handset packs a 6.7-inch

Forward-looking: Netflix finished the first quarter of 2020 as a cash flow positive company, thanks to a significant increase in viewership and having to halt physical content production. CEO Reed Hastings says he doesn't expect more than 7.5 million new subscribers in Q2 2020, as predictions about what will happen once countries come out of lockdown are hard to make at this point. He also doesn't know when the company will resume physical production.

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Why it matters: Using silicon as the anode in lithium-ion batteries is something of a holy grail for researchers in the field. The energy storage capacity of silicon is 10 times greater than current graphite anodes, which can translate to double the capacity for the entire battery. The problem is that silicon is unstable, and so far, scientists have not come up with a way to produce pure silicon anodes.

To help mitigate the reducing effects on silicon anodes, researchers at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF)

Editor's take: Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz painted the job cuts as a direct result of Covid-19 but in reality, Magic Leap was in trouble long before the pandemic. It may have been the tipping point for change but it wasn’t the sole cause of Magic Leap’s fall from grace.

Magic Leap, the augmented reality startup that took the Internet by storm half a decade ago with a mind-blowing tech demo , is reportedly laying off roughly half of its workforce amid a major

Bottom line: Gaming mice don't necessarily have to break the bank as Logitech is again demonstrating with the re-release of its G203, a corded pointer featuring a classic six-button design with modern lighting.

Logitech this week launched a new version of its G203 gaming mouse which it is calling the G203 Lightsync gaming mouse.

Logitech introduced the G203 Prodigy gaming mouse in January 2017. Inspired by the legendary Logitech G100S

Why it matters: The Covid-19 pandemic is having a crushing effect on many industries and has seen unemployment in the US reach unprecedented levels. But one company where employees can feel secure in their jobs in Nvidia, which is not only keeping all its workers but is also giving them raises.

In a letter to employees (via HotHardware ), Nvidia boss Jensen Huang addressed Nvidia staff’s fears that, like so many firms, the company could be making layoffs. “In response to the falling economy,

Bottom line: Patreon is in a rare category considering it may have actually benefited from the pandemic due to creatives flocking to the platform after losing their real-world jobs. It's a bit concerning, then, that the company is now laying off 13 percent of its employees despite admitting that it is in a strong cash position and after adding 50,000 new creators last month.

While many are suffering through economic hardships during Covid-19, some businesses are actually in the rare position