Honda and Nissan officially confirmed the rumours that they are looking for a union. Both would continue to operate under their respective brands but with a new jointly owned parent company. If Nissan-controlled Mitsubishi comes on board as well, the combined group would become the world's third largest carmaker by sales volume, with a net worth of up to $50 billion.
Previously Nissan and Honda to work together on EV development, but the joint company would be much more integrated. According to the press release, it could include standardizing vehicle platforms, consolidating research and development teams, and modernizing manufacturing systems and facilities. This could help cut costs.
In the US, Nissan sells large pickup trucks and SUVs that Honda doesn't offer, along with more expertise in EVs and plug-in electric vehicles. On the other hand, Honda has relatively stable finances while Nissan has been struggling, especially at home in Japan.
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According to the Financial Times, Meta may add displays to its Ray-Ban smart glasses collaboration. These screens could appear in a future device variant as early as next year. It does not aim for a fully mixed reality, however. The screens will be on the smaller side and will likely be used to display calls or responses from the AI Meta virtual assistant.
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A group of fans have made a native PC port of Star Fox 64.which they call Starship. Harbor Masters, the team behind the project, used a tool that converts the original ROM into PC executable code, so it doesn't use any Nintendo proprietary code. That means it is technically legal. (I'm sure Nintendo is looking into it.)
Like previous ports, Starship features all sorts of modern bells and whistles to set it apart from the 1997 original. The frame rate is higher and the port includes frame smoothing technology for better visuals. It also has another big advantage: it's moddable.
