Nintendo Still Isn't Totally Confident Switch Production Can Keep Pace With Demand

by HendrikWiese - April 11, 20210

"In some cases we may not be able to prepare enough for orders".Last month tech giant Samsung voiced its concern over semiconductor shortages affecting the production of electronics.With this in mind, Nintendo's president Shuntaro Furukawa has now provided an update to Nikkei about the Japanese company's Switch hardware production -

Beyond Meat opens its first production plant in China

by Rita Liao - April 8, 20210

About a year after Beyond Meat debuted in China on Starbucks’s menu, the Californian plant-based protein company opened a production facility near Shanghai to tap the country’s supply chain resources and potentially reduce the carbon footprint of its products. Situated in Jiaxing, a city 85 km from Shanghai, the plant is

SolarWinds threat actor gains access to Mimecast’s production grid environment

Data Breach

by Steve Zurier - March 17, 20210

SolarWinds threat actor gains access to Mimecast’s production grid environment

The threat actor responsible for the SolarWinds attack accessed certain Mimecast-issued certificates and related customer server connection information. (“Social Media Breakfast at Mimecast #SMB32” by stevegarfield is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Mimecast acknowledged Wednesday that the threat actor responsible for the SolarWinds attack used the supply chain compromise to gain entry to a part

Eying sustainability gains for its supply chain, BMW backs Boston Metal’s CO2-free iron production tech

by Jonathan Shieber - March 12, 20210

OrbitFab secures National Science Foundation funding to propel its satellite refueling tech to space

BMW has joined the cohort of investors that are backing Boston Metal’s carbon dioxide-free production technology for steel. The Boston-based startup had targeted a $50 million raise earlier in the year, as TechCrunch reported, and BMW’s addition closes out that round, according to a person familiar with the company. Looking to decarbonize

Rumour: Nvidia Is Stopping Production Of Switch's Most Important Hardware This Year

by HendrikWiese - March 11, 20210

Tegra X1 Mariko coming to the end of its lifespan.Nvidia – the company which produces the Tegra X1 Mariko "system on a chip" that powers both the Switch and Switch Lite – is reportedly bringing production of the SoC to an end this year, fuelling more speculation that a Switch

Polymega Release "Still On Track" Despite Production Problems

by HendrikWiese - March 8, 20210

Business licence suspension also being resolved.What a rollercoaster ride the Polymega has been. When it was first announced the excitement was palpable; here was an all-in-one solution for retro fans which would allow them to harness their existing collection of games and play them with modern creature comforts, such as

Former HBO exec Richard Plepler signs exclusive production deal with Apple TV+

by Anthony Ha - January 3, 20200

Nearly a year after stepping down as chief executive of HBO, Richard Plepler and his production company Eden Productions have signed a five-year deal with Apple TV+. Plepler started at HBO back in 1993 and became CEO in 2013. During his time in that role, HBO had continued success

Physical Copies Of Ikaruga For Nintendo Switch Are Now In "Active" Production

by HendrikWiese - November 23, 20190

Get ready to shoot 'em up.Publisher Nicalis has been teasing a hard copy of Treasure's sublime shmup Ikaruga for Switch since it showed off a gigantic Switch game case at PAX West 2018. It sent fans of this iconic game – first published as an arcade title in 2001 –

Max Q: SpaceX starts building out its production Starlink constellation

by Darrell Etherington - November 17, 20190

There’s literally a lot more stuff in space than there was last week – or at least, the number of active human-made satellites in Earth’s orbit has gone up quite a bit, thanks to the launch of SpaceX’s first 60 production Starlink satellites. This week also saw movement in

HBO’s former CEO said to be in talks with Apple TV+ for an exclusive production deal

by Darrell Etherington - November 13, 20190

The man who oversaw the creation of some of HBO’s most highly praised “prestige TV” could soon be making shows for Apple TV+, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. Richard Plepler, who was HBO’s chairman and CEO up until he parted ways with the company