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A Google Cloud data center in London faced an outage recently, according to an update on the Alphabet Inc unit’s status page, as temperature in the UK soared to a record high. Google Cloud said it was a “cooling related” failure at one of the buildings and began at 1:13 PM ET (6:13 PM BST). … Read more

Slack said it will increase prices for its platform, the workplace messaging app’s first price hike since its 2014 launch, as the company seeks to invest more in innovation. The pricing change will go into effect as of September 1, the company said in a blog, and will affect only users on Slack’s Pro subscription. … Read more

Tesla chief executive officer (CEO) Elon Musk has said that the electric vehicle company is getting closer to integrating Valve’s Steam to take its in-car gaming platform to a whole new level. According to the auto-tech website Electrek, Tesla has been investing heavily into integrating video games into its in-car entertainment system. But it still … Read more

Didi’s digital payments unit was fined 4.27 million yuan ($632,170) on Friday by China’s central bank for a dozen rule violations, amid an effort by the ride-hailing company to appease regulators. The unit was fined for violations that included transactions not meeting the requirements for traceability and authenticity, opening payment accounts for enterprises involved in … Read more

South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix Inc is considering cutting its 2023 capital expenditure by about a quarter to 16 trillion won ($12.16 billion), Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The move by SK Hynix, the world’s second-largest memory chip maker after Samsung Electronics, is in response to slower-than-anticipated electronics demand, according to … Read more

Private sector rocket maker Agnikul Cosmos on Wednesday opened its first 3D printed rocket engine factory located at the IIT Madras Research Park. According to Agnikul Cosmos, the factory has been designed keeping in mind the ability to produce two rocket engines per week for its rocket Agnibaan. Agnibaan is a two stage rocket with … Read more

China’s gaming regulator granted publishing licences for 67 online games, including titles belonging to developers Youzu Interactive and iDreamSky. Industry giants Tencent and NetEase did not receive licences in the July batch, nor in the two previous batches in April and June. The release of the July list provides relief for firms in the world’s … Read more

South Korea‘s Hyundai Motor Co plans to build its first fully dedicated electric vehicle (EV) factory in South Korea, targeting production by 2025, the automaker’s union said on Tuesday, citing its leader. In May, Hyundai Motor Group, which houses Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp, announced its plans to invest 63 trillion won ($48.07 billion) in … Read more