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Apple will license Imagination's graphics tech once again after public spat

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Apple will license Imagination's graphics tech once again after public spat Posted By; Bimbola 03 January, 2020 Apple will license Imagination's graphics tech once again after public spat New year is a time to kiss and make up, and Apple and Imagination are taking that to heart. After months of public spats, chipmaker Imagination Technologies has been welcomed back into the Apple fold with the announcement of a new multi-year license agreement for Apple to use its intellectual property. Apple and Imagination began working together way back in 2006, with the British company designing graphics processor chips for Apple and the company subsequently  purchasing a stake  in the chip maker. In 2017, though, trouble arose when Apple announced it would be  building its own GPU  and would no longer need Imagination's chips. Over the next year there was a public and messy breakup including  disputes over IP , the poaching of employees and Imaginatio

H2Go Power seeks to power drones with a 'happy gas'

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H2Go Power seeks to power drones with a ''happy gas '' By Bimbola 3 January 2020 H2Go Power seeks to power drones with a 'happy gas' When you think about hydrogen and flight, the image that comes to mind for most is the Hindenburg airship in flames. But in a lab deep in the basement of Imperial College in London, a young team has built what it believes is the future of air travel. H2Go Power is seeking a patent to store the explosive gas cheaply and safely. Until now, storing hydrogen required ultra-strong and large tanks which could withstand pressures of up to 10,000 pound-force per square inch (psi). That is hundreds of times greater than what you would find in a car tyre. But, while studying for her PhD in Cambridge, Dr Enass Abo-Hamed came up with a revolutionary structure which could store hydrogen as a stable solid without compression. "The pressure involved is similar to what you'd get in a coffee machine,&qu