Ver a mujeres paletas, mecánicas o carpinteras no será tan raro en el futuro. El cambio es lento, pero cada vez más chicas se atreven con estas profesiones. Si tienen prevención a la hora de formarse ven que, una vez en clase, el trato es el mismo por parte de compañeros y profesores. Y en las prácticas, a tenor de las respuestas de algunas estudiantes consultadas, tampoco les va mal.
Vitesco Technologies, a leading international provider of modern drive technologies and electrification solutions for sustainable mobility, published its results for the second quarter and first half of 2024 today.
Continental’s Automotive group sector has taken the first steps toward its planned independence in order to continue to play a key role in shaping the technological transformation in the highly dynamic automotive industry. The carve-out of the User Experience business area for vehicle display solutions announced in December 2023 will be suspended for the foreseeable future. The business area will therefore remain part of Automotive. Pavel Prouza, who was previously responsible for a product segment, will take over the management of User Experience.
Continental ended the second quarter of 2024 in line with its expectations. As announced, the company significantly increased earnings in all three group sectors compared with the first quarter of this year. The technology company also posted much stronger earnings year-on-year. In the Automotive group sector, price adjustments and initial savings from cost-cutting measures had a particularly positive effect. The Tires group sector achieved good results thanks mainly to the strong tire-replacement business, especially in Europe.
Rad Power Bikes, the Seattle-based e-bike startup that has raised more than $300 million from investors, went through another round of layoffs in July, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. This is the company’s fifth round since April 2021, when it cut back 100 staffers.
Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed a protocol for harnessing the power of quantum sensors. The protocol could give sensor designers the ability to fine-tune quantum systems to sense signals of interest, creating sensors that are vastly more sensitive than traditional sensors.
Northern Europe is relatively warm given its place on the globe. For example, although north of most major Canadian cities, London is warmer than all of them (even Vancouver in British Columbia). But this warmth could disappear by the turn of the century thanks to global warming.