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Foxconn: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd

(鴻海精密工業股份有限公司), doing business as Hon Hai Technology Group (鴻海科技集團) in Taiwan, Foxconn Technology Group (富士康科技集团) in China, and (富士康) internationally, is a Taiwanese multinational electronics contract manufacturer established in 1974 with headquarters in Tucheng District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. In 2023, the company’s annual revenue reached 6.16 trillion New Taiwan dollars (US$ 192,377,640,000 (equivalent to $198,533,892,569 in 2024)) and was ranked 20th in the 2023 Fortune Global 500. It is the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics. [ 3 ] While headquartered in Taiwan, the company earns the majority of its revenue from assets in China and is one of the largest employers worldwide. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Terry Gou is the company founder and former chairman.

Foxconn manufactures electronic products for major American, Canadian, Chinese, Finnish, and Japanese companies. Notable products manufactured by include the BlackBerry, [ 6 ] iPad, [ 7 ] iPhone, iPod, [ 8 ] Kindle, [ 9 ] all Nintendo gaming systems since the GameCube, Nintendo DS models, Sega models, Nokia devices, Cisco products, Sony devices (including most PlayStation gaming consoles), Google Pixel devices, Xiaomi devices, every successor to Microsoft’s Xbox console, [ 10 ] and several CPU sockets, including the TR4 CPU socket on some motherboards. As of 2012, factories manufactured an estimated 40% of all consumer electronics sold worldwide. [ 11 ]

Foxconn named Young Liu its new chairman after the retirement of founder Terry Gou, effective on 1 July 2019. Young Liu was the special assistant to former chairman Terry Gou and the head of business group S (semiconductor). Analysts said the handover signals the company’s future direction, underscoring the importance of semiconductors, together with technologies like artificial intelligence, robotics, and autonomous driving, after’s traditional major business of smartphone assembly has matured. [ 12 ].

A new model predicts how molecules will dissolve in different solvents

Using machine learning, MIT chemical engineers created a computational model that can predict how well a given molecule will dissolve in an organic solvent. This type of prediction could make it much easier to develop new ways to produce pharmaceuticals and other useful molecules.

Scientists Flip the Script and Solve a Longstanding Spintronics Challenge

A breakthrough in spintronics reveals that material defects can be harnessed to boost device efficiency, overturning decades of assumptions. Scientists have discovered a way to transform what was once considered a major problem in electronics, material defects, into a powerful quantum-based advan

US scientists create reusable ‘jelly ice’ that never melts

Frozen tofu inspires US scientists to create reusable ‘jelly ice’ that never melts.

Interestingly, the jelly ice is 90% water and can be molded into different shapes.

“Compared to regular ice of the same shape and size, jelly ice has up to 80% of the cooling efficiency — the amount of heat the gel can absorb through phase change,” said Jiahan Zou, the study researcher.

“And we can reuse the material and maintain the heat absorbance across multiple freeze-thaw cycles, so that’s an advantage compared to regular ice,” added Zou.

Ukraine unveils its biggest-ever cruise missile that flies at 590 mph

Ukraine’s biggest-ever cruise missile carries 2,205-pound warhead, 1,860-mile range.

A Ukrainian defense manufacturer has unveiled the country’s newest long-range cruise missile, the “Flamingo,” which is reportedly entering serial production, according to photographs shared on social media by an Associated Press photographer, Efrem Lukatsky, on August 18.

The images, taken inside a facility operated by the defense company Fire Point, show the missile during assembly.

According to Lukatsky, the missile is intended to strike targets more than 3,000 kilometers (1,864 miles) away, extending Ukraine’s ability to hit strategic targets deep inside Russian-controlled territory.

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