Tesla's Powerwall Likely To Electrify Canada

Canadians will soon solve their energy problems with Tesla Powerwall

This summer, Tesla Powerwall is highly likely to appear in Canadian dwellers’ garages as well as basements. The step will provide Canadian residents an opportunity to time-shift their power consumption or store solar energy. But before benefitting from it, the consumers have to deal with the exorbitant price of $3,000 which is likely to get doubled.

The sleek batteries were displayed ceremoniously, last year however the production have been a bit slow and only a small number of batters have come out of Tesla’s Gigafactory.

During the first 3 months, only 2,500 were delivered across the globe, therefore Canada has only got a few up till now. In Canada, NRStor Inc is distributing Powerwall. Ex- head of Home Depot Canada Annette Verschuren leads the power storage developer, in a joint-project with smart grid software developer Opus One Solutions Energy Inc. In spring 2015, NRStor stated it was going to deliver the products early in 2016 however, the schedule has stumbled.

The installation of the battery isn’t easy. It has complex connections which can be efficiently installed by a professional. The Toronto based organization has lined up around 15 electrical contractors up till now, and they’re being trained for the installation of the Powerwall. Some already have awareness regarding the installation of solar panels or electric-vehicle chargers, so are experienced with related tech. NRStor has up till now received around 25 Powerwall devices and the installation of some of them are being done in test situations prior to the bigger volume of deliveries from the American electric vehicle maker starts.

That will probably occur within the upcoming 3 months. While the automaker has set the 7kwh Powerall price at around $3000, that does not include the inverter cost or installation- the product that switches power forth and back between direct electric current used in the storage unit and alternating electric current used by house appliances. The real installed price hasn’t yet been decided, Mr Bob stated, but it will probably increase the  cost of hardware by two times.

Despite of that high price “a few thousand” consumers in the Canadian region have shown their interest in purchasing a Tesla Powerwall, he stated, although no one has paid any money yet. While the battery can store solar power for consumption during night, most people will probably use this product as a backup power system to maintain energy flow in an energy failure. Others, in regions where time-of-use pricing is being done, might use the battery to store electricity when power is cheaper, then use it when the prices have peaked.

For some persons who have an outdated battery tech to store energy from solar panels, the streamlined Tesla Powerwall could prove to be a step-up. Critics have indicated that with a capacity of only 7 kwh, the battery will not store power to run a house for 24 hours.

Amazon CEO Shares New Futuristic Vision

CEO Jeff Bezos discussed the factory building idea and his pro-media approach in an interview

 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has proposed a way for earth’s protection. In an exclusive diverse interview Mr. Bezos –who has also founded space company dubbed Blue Origin in 2000 –stated that although a move to Mars look appealing however future of earth –the best planet in his opinion –rely upon the exploitation of the limitless solar power in space for heavy industry. 

"We need to protect it, and the way we will is by going out into space. Energy is limited here. In at least a few hundred years ... all of our heavy industry will be moved off-planet,” Jeff stated. He added heavy industry must not be on the planet, adding that it must be reserved on light and living industry. Other space company founders have concentrated on discovering Mars, with founder of SpaceX Elon wishing to send its autonomous spacecraft Dragon to Mars at the earliest by 2018.

Otherwise, he stated, there would’ve to be revolutionary change on the planet. In March, Jeff stated Blue Origin will probably send its first persons to space in the next year. Those would not be paying consumers, but many have shown their interest in disbursing money for a visit on a suborbital craft.  Bezos also stated 1000 people are working for his organization on the platform Alexa, which is powering the Amazon’s voice controlled device Echo.

Mr. Jeff who is also the owner of the publication Washington Post, discussed a number of other issues during his interview, including the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.  He stated Mr. Donald should be mature enough to handle the criticism that comes along his way as his recent acts of freezing critics have been “inappropriate.”

 Mr. Jeff cited a conflict between the President Richard Nixon and Post’s Ex-owner Katharine Graham. An official of the Richard administration intimidated to put a part of Katharine’s anatomy through "a big, fat wringer" if the publication posted a controversial article.

He stated he didn’t believe that tycoon Peter Thiel must be permitted to support litigations against the online media organization Gawker Media, adding that high-profile personalities such as Peter should "develop a thick skin." 

Pay Pal’s co-founder Peter has conceded that he’s the secret financier of Hulk Hogan’s litigation against Gawker. Hogan, whose actual name is Terry Bollea, filed a suit for privacy invasion after the an excerpt of a disclosed sex tape was published 4 years ago. Mr. Terry was awarded damages of $140 million against the media organization in March.

Facebook Messenger Might Have Encryption

The social networking site will be introducing full end to end encryption for its app

The social networking giant Facebook Inc. is under the works of introducing an optional end-to-end encryption feature for Facebook Messenger chat platform, according to The Guardian. The widely used messaging app has over 900 million users.

Sources closed to the matter has told that the feature is kept on option so that it couldn’t effect the new machine learning feature which the social networking titan is building into its messaging app such as chat bots. In the similar fashion, Google’s forthcoming messaging app, “Allo” is also featuring an end-to-end encryption option dubbed as “incognito mode.”

The company has not publicly disclosed about its plan in addition to declining to comment wile citing that company doesn’t respond to rumor mill or speculations however since Google has been in the race therefore it is highly likely that the company will follow the same traits. With end-to-end encryption, the networking site and the authorities will not have access to decipher the chat performed on the platform. Moreover, if upon users’ discretion, they want AI to read their message then the chat encryption will only take place during transit and not end-to-end.

After the one of the kind showdown between the strongest government of the planet and the most valuable tech company of the world Apple Inc. over the encryption issues, a lot of tech companies have been giving top priority to privacy and have embraced the end-to-end encryption. Earlier this year the FBI subpoenaed Apple to write software for it which will pass the security of the iPhone 5C used by one of the shooters of San Bernardino, Syed Farook.

The Cupertino Calif. firm however didn’t oblige under the concerns that this motion will put millions of devices’ security at risk. Eventually, FBI found out an alternative to bypass the security of the phone however the battle give birth to security concerns among the technology companies and the users alike. Many firms, subsequently, work to bolster the security. In fact when the battle was still in progress several tech companies stand with Apple during the fight against the FBI. The companies had similar concerns that if tech giant would give in to the demands then it is likely to set a precedent in addition to increasing the devices’ susceptibility.

One of the popular app of the company, WhatsApp has introduced the end-to-end encryption a couple of months ago –in April. Likewise, a Swiss software developer Proton Technologies released ProtonMail which is an email application that offers full end-to-end encryption. Similarly the tech titan itself has been actively involved in strengthening its security.

The specified time of the introduction of the option is not clear as yet however it is believed that Messenger’s new encryption options will be released “in the coming months.”

At the market which closed on Tuesday, Facebook Inc. stock stood at a price of $118.81. The 52 week range of the stock is $72 to $121.08.