Plus: a new fine for Meta and YouTube is set to reshape legal protections for Big Tech. This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why this battery company is pivoting to AI  Qichao Hu doesn’t mince words about the state of the battery industry. “Almost every Western battery company has either died or is going to die. It’s kind of the reality,” he says.   Hu is the CEO of S...

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No injuries were reported after a lithium-ion battery fire involving an electric bus under servicing at a Sin Ming industrial workshop in Singapore on March 25. — Screengrab from Facebook video (New users only) Unlock 5.5%* + 10%* p.a. promo rate for 3 months via Versa and enjoy FREE RM10 & when you sign up using code VERSAMM10 with min. cash of RM100 today! T&Cs apply. By Malay Mail Thursday, 26 Mar 2026 4:12 PM MYT SINGAPORE, March 26 — Authorities are investigating a lithium-ion...

CALB (3931.HK) Achieves Mass Production Roll-off of Pioneering Aviation Battery System, Powered by Advanced R46 Cylindrical Batteries HONG KONG, Mar 26, 2026 – (ACN Newswire) – On March 25, CALB (03931.HK) rolled off the production line of the advanced R46 cylindrical battery system at its Chengdu factory, an aviation power battery set to power the XPENG ARIDGE X3-F (Land Aircraft Carrier) flying car.  According to sources, this power battery product utilizes CALB’s recently unveiled...

FKA Twigs has reignited her legal battle with Shia LaBeouf nearly a year after she dropped her 2020 sexual battery lawsuit against the actor. The “Cellophane” songstress (born Tahliah Debrett Barnett) filed a legal complaint in Los Angeles Superior Court accusing LaBeouf of trying to “silence her” with a “settlement document containing terms that are unlawful under California’s Stand Together Against Non-Disclosure Act (STAND Act).” According to the 22-page complaint viewed by Page...

Tahliah Barnett, better known as FKA twigs, is suing Shia LaBeouf over an “unlawful” NDA included in the settlement that resulted from the Grammy winner’s 2020 sexual battery lawsuit against the “Transformers” star. In the lawsuit, obtained by Variety, lawyers for Barnett state that after the 2020 case, LaBeouf “extracted a settlement” that contained “unlawful” terms under California’s Stand Together Against Non-Disclosure Act (STAND Act), which nulls portions of NDAs in sexu...

Moroccan electric mobility startup GoSwap has secured its first round of funding from Azur Innovation Fund to expand its battery-swapping infrastructure for electric scooters, the company said on Tuesday. The investment will support the rollout of additional swap stations across major cities, including Casablanca and Marrakech, as GoSwap seeks to scale its network and accelerate adoption of electric two-wheelers in urban transport. Founded by Hamza Slimani, GoSwap operates a model that allows us...