2019年3月30日
Theresa May's deal defeated for 3rd time as the UK heads for long Brexit delay
Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal was defeated on Friday for the third time, as members of Parliament again voted to reject the withdrawal agreement she has negotiated with the European Union.While a significant number of Conservative Brexiteers – including Boris Johnson, the former foreign secretary, and Dominic Raab, the former Brexit secretary – switched to back the deal, it was not enough to secure a majority.
Crucially, the Democratic Unionist Party, which props up May’s minority government, refused to back the deal, with most opposition MPs also resisting calls to switch sides. Responding to the result, May told MPs: “I fear we are reaching the limits of this process in this House.
“This House has rejected no-deal. It has rejected no Brexit. On Wednesday, it rejected all the variations of the deal on the table. And today it has rejected approving the withdrawal agreement alone and continuing a process on the future.”
The result means that the EU’s offer to delay Brexit until May 22 expires and that the UK is now due to leave on April 12. MPs now face a stark choice between no-deal and a long delay to Brexit. MPs are set to vote again on alternative plans to May’s deal on Monday.
Apple has scrapped plans to release its AirPower wireless charging mat
Apple has canceled plans to release its AirPower charging mat. The decision not to release AirPower comes after reports indicated Apple had run into production issues related to heat management.
Apple initially announced AirPower alongside the iPhone X in 2017 and had planned to launch it in 2018. The product was designed to charge up to three devices at once, and Apple touted it as being a convenient way to charge your iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods at the same time. Apple made several hardware announcements earlier this month leading up to its event on March 25, including new AirPods that can be ordered with an optional wireless-charging-compatible case.
As found, an issue with the device’s multi-coil design becoming too hot. Cancelling a product after it’s been announced is a rare move for Apple.
Boston Dynamics built a robot that makes Amazon's warehouse bots look primitive
Boston Dynamics unveiled its latest creation on Thursday: a smooth-moving robot designed for use in warehouses and factories. The robot, called Handle, specialises in handling and placing pallet-based boxes with a combination of speed and precision. It uses an onboard vision system to track specific pallets, as well as specific boxes, weighing up to 15 kilograms.
It is designed to deploy a series of suction pads to grasp and manipulate a selected box before placing it neatly in the desired location. Handle remains a prototype for now, but the company could showcase the robot at a logistics show next month, suggesting it could have commercial potential. Boston Dynamics, which was founded in 1992, has raised $US37 million of funding, according to Crunchbase. In June 2017, SoftBank acquired the company from Alphabet for an undisclosed sum.
