From TechCrunch: GM and LG Chem announced Friday plans to build a second U.S. battery cell factory — a $2.3 billion facility in Spring Hill, Tennessee that will supply the automaker with the cells needed for the 30 electric vehicle models it plans to launch by mid decade.

Construction on the plant...

From PC Mag: Amazon's Kindle e-reader has been available in various forms for 13 years now, but owners are only just gaining the ability to set a book cover as their lock screen wallpaper.

As Engadget reports, Amazon is enabling the option for most, but not all Kindle devices. The supported models...

From CNET: Google "partially" misled some Android users in Australia regarding how their location data was being collected, according to a court ruling handed down Friday.

Australia's Federal Court found that Google misrepresented that its "Location History" setting that users saw during the...

From Patriot Press Release: VIPER, a trademarked brand of PATRIOT, is proud to launch its Viper VP4300 PCIe Gen4 x 4 NVME M.2 2280 SSD today. The SSD is built using the latest Innogrit Gen 4x4 high-speed controller-IG5236 and the highest quality DDR4 DRAM cache, which delivers blistering transfer...

From Turtle Beach Press Release: Turtle Beach (NASDAQ: HEAR) today announced the latest colorway for the Company’s best-selling* Recon 70 gaming headset. The all-new Recon 70 Arctic Camo will be available tomorrow, Friday, April 16, 2021 at turtlebeach.com and at select retailers in participating...

From The Verge: If you were hoping to pickup a new RTX 30-series GPU in the coming months, Nvidia is warning about supply shortages for the rest of 2021. “We expect demand to continue to exceed supply for much of this year,” said Colette Kress, Nvidia CFO, on an investors call earlier this week...

From PC Mag: Twitch streamers are in for a bit of a shock in the coming days as their follower and view counts are likely to fall dramatically. The reason? Bots.

As Engadget reports, Twitch has discovered over 7.5 million bot accounts have been inflating both the follower and view counts of...

From CNET: A new letter to shareholders from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed that the tech giant's Prime service now has over 200 million subscribers. That's up 50 million from the beginning of 2020.

Bezos also noted that the net profit for Amazon in 2020 was $21.3 billion.

In relation to the...

From G.Skill Press Release: G.SKILL International Enterprise Co., Ltd. is announcing a new addition of high-performance DDR4 memory kit series to the renowned Trident Z family – the Trident Z Royal Elite series. Featuring a meticulously sculpted crystalline pattern across the polished surface of the...

From The Verge: Amazon is today introducing its second-generation pair of Echo Buds. The new true wireless earbuds improve on the originals with a more comfortable design — they’re now 20 percent smaller — and enhanced active noise cancellation. But Amazon is staying aggressive on price: the 2021...