General Motors and South Korea’s LG Chem plan to invest a combined $2.3bn in a joint venture to build a new battery plant in the US, as the automaker prepares to ramp up production of electric vehicles. The companies announced on Thursday they will break ground in the middle of next year in the …

Michael Kung, a senior partner at the US research and advisory firm Gartner Inc, told reporters at a press conference in Taiwan yesterday hyper-automation tops the list of 10 most important strategic technology trends for next year. The ultimate goal of hyperautomation is to automate anything that can be automated, everything from single tasks to …

COTD:  Chart of the Day Maybe a bit dated but you get the picture.   No surprise, China dominates, which also includes fabs.