Tag: nissan
Reddit community banned after spat with Musk, Google scraps ‘AI weapons’ promise
Reddit has temporarily banned one of its communities - and removed another - after X owner Elon Musk claimed comments made by the site's users about his employees were breaking the law. The r/WhitePeopleTwitter subreddit, which typically invites people to share funny posts from X, has been banned for 72 hours after some users posted…
Study finds online harassment of girls ‘seen as normal’, EU investigates tech firms
Online harassment of girls is "so standard" that some parents see it as "normal", a study has found. Online safety charity Internet Matters found that 77% of girls aged 13 to 16 in the UK report digital experiences that are or may be harmful. The survey also found that parents "are coming to regard online…
Nissan to make 3 EVs at Sunderland, Samsung patents glasses
Three EVs (Qashqai, Juke and Leaf) will be manufactured at Nissan's Sunderland plant, pictured above. Image: Nissan Nissan and its partners have announced a £2bn plan to build three electric car models at its Sunderland factory. The Japanese firm will build electric Qashqai and Juke models at the plant alongside the…
Disinformation most active on X, iPhone 15 Pro is overheating claim users
X, formerly Twitter, has the biggest proportion of disinformation of six big social networks, a European Commission study has suggested. It examined over 6,000 unique social media posts across Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, and YouTube. The study analysed content in three countries deemed particularly at risk to disinformation - Spain, Poland and Slovakia. The…
ShinyShiny snippets: Twitter staff locked out of office until next week
Elon Musk has locked Twitter staff out of offices until next week as hundreds of employees reportedly resigned after being given an ultimatum by the billionaire. The closure until Monday was revealed in an email to staff and no reason was given. Hundreds of employees have quit the company after Mr Musk told staff they…
Nissan Ariya – a family-friendly EV for £43K
The Nissan Ariya offers a smooth, if not particularly exciting, ride ShinyShiny Editor Chris Price travels to Stockholm to test out Nissan’s latest EV, the family-friendly Ariya now available from £43,000... When it comes to Electric Vehicles, Nissan certainly knows a thing or two. While other mass market manufacturers – most notably VW – have…
Review: Nissan LEAF e+ electric car
Chris Price travels down to Southampton on Clean Air Day to check out Nissan's latest electric vehicle, the £35,000 LEAF e+ It's perhaps a sign of the growing maturity of the electric vehicle (EV) market that at first glance there's little to distinguish between the latest Nissan LEAF e+, pictured above, and a conventional fuel…
Nissan unveils zero emissions ice cream van on Clean Air Day
Nissan is promising to take the ICE (internal combustion engine) out of ice cream with its all-electric, zero-emission concept for ‘Clean Air Day’ in the UK today (June 20th). Most ice cream vans, particularly older models, have diesel engines which are kept running to operate the refrigeration equipment. But with some UK towns and cities…
Go off grid for a week with Nissan X Opus smart camping concept
Want to go 'off-grid' for a week? Nissan Energy and OPUS Campers have collaborated on a smart camping concept that uses second-life Nissan electric vehicle batteries to deliver up to a week’s worth of remote power adventures. Due to be unveiled at the Caravan, Camping and Motorhome Show at The NEC, Birmingham, UK from 19-24 February…
