Isabella Walker, autor en Straytrees

Jan

2024

Toyota Halts Shipments of Some Vehicles After Engine Test Failures

Toyota Motor said it had halted the global shipments of 10 vehicles after it discovered that an affiliate had mishandled the testing of diesel engines used in the automobiles, the latest embarrassing problem to hit the world’s biggest automaker in recent months.The Toyota affiliate used software to measure horsepower output that made “values appear smoother with less variation,” Toyota, the parent company, said in a statement on Monday. The vehicles “meet engine output standards,” and there is no need to stop using the engines or vehicles, the company said.Still, Toyota decided to stop shipping the 10 models that use three…

Jan

2024

By Isabella Walker

Xavi’s Barcelona resignation: The full story behind his decision to step down in June

Politics

“President, I’d like to speak with you.”Barcelona’s traumatic 5-3 home defeat against Villarreal prompted an agitated evening behind the scenes at their temporary home ground on Montjuic on Saturday.Club executives immediately held an urgent meeting after the final whistle at the Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys, just next to the VIP boxes, where other board members were still having dinner.Alongside Barca president Joan Laporta was vice-president Rafa Yuste, sporting director Deco, director Enric Masip and Laporta’s closest confidant, Alejandro Echevarria. The topic of discussion was Xavi’s position. At that meeting, Laporta decided he had to stay true to the convictions he…

Jan

2024

By Isabella Walker

More ‘woods’: the baddest cops on TV | Television

Culture and Entertainment

Judging by the dandruff campaign and the tweets they made True detectiveit would seem that there are many men who sting before lots of woods, of the aunts woods, that is, of lively and shady female police officers, tougher than a kapo coming from a concentration camp and stripped of every attribute of compliant and flirtatious femininity. I want to believe that the sting affects only a minority – strong, but irrelevant – and that these new detectives elicit more applause than boos. And it doesn't surprise me.Jodie Foster reigns True detective. The series has just started and can still…

Jan

2024

By Isabella Walker

Nvidia’s Big Tech Rivals Put Their Own A.I. Chips on the Table

Science and Technology

In September, Amazon said it would invest up to $4 billion in Anthropic, a San Francisco start-up working on artificial intelligence.Soon after, an Amazon executive sent a private message to an executive at another company. He said Anthropic had won the deal because it agreed to build its A.I. using specialized computer chips designed by Amazon.Amazon, he wrote, wanted to create a viable competitor to the chipmaker Nvidia, a key partner and kingmaker in the all-important field of artificial intelligence.The boom in generative A.I. over the last year exposed just how dependent big tech companies had become on Nvidia. They…