The value of wire transfers revealed in court filings by the New York Attorney General on Friday made by the Sackler family in an apparent effort to shield wealth as it faced a raft of litigation over its role in the opioid crisis.
Source: New York Times
The cost of cobalt, one of the most expensive metals used in electric vehicle batteries. Tesla aims to reduce its use of cobalt down to “almost nothing” to reduce vehicle prices, and the company plans to do so by using lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries for its cars produced in the Shanghai gigafactory. Tesla has not said to what extent these LFP batteries would be used and has only said that they are cheaper than the existing batteries by a “double-digit percent.”
The number of unique programs that were available to watch on TV last year, according to new data from Nielsen. The number includes programming across network broadcast TV, cable, streaming services, and all other kinds of outlets and includes past and present programs, though not individual episodes. “No, seriously. Someone counted.”
The age of Chuck Yeager. The former U.S. Air Force pilot, officer and flying ace who broke the sound barrier early in the space race was born on yesterday's date in 1923. Coincidentally, NASA announced yesterday that it would open the next class of astronaut applications from March 2 to 31. Minimum requirements include U.S. citizenship, an advanced STEM degree, and at least 1,000 hours as pilot-in-command of a jet aircraft. Members of the incoming class of astronauts could be candidates who could fly missions to the International Space Station, the moon or even Mars.