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Amazon India has introduced a vast fleet of three and four wheeler electric vehicles that will deliver the products across the nation. As of now, these vehicles will operate in over 20 cities, including Delhi-NCR, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Nagpur, and Coimbatore.
At a press conference, the company stated, "Amazon India has been working with several Indian OEMs to build a fleet of vehicles that ensure sustainable and safe deliveries of customer orders. Significant progress in the Indian e-mobility industry in the last few years has led to advanced technology, and superior motor and battery components."
Amazon India has been working with OEMs to develop these vehicles.The company aims to have a fleet size of 10,000 electric vehicles by the year 2025, and a fleet of over 1 lakh electric vehicles by 2030. Amazon India expects to save 4 million metric tons of carbon per year by using electric delivery vehicles.
The company also said, "Also, the government's focus to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles in the country, and steps towards setting up of charging infrastructure with the FAME 2 policy has helped the company accelerate and chart its vision for EVs in India."
Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos tweeted that the company has started to roll out its fleet of electric delivery rickshaws. He added, "Fully electric. Zero carbon. #ClimatePledge." The tweet also contains a video of Jeff Bezos riding one of the electric delivery three-wheelers.
Akhil Saxena, Vice President, Customer Fulfillment - APAC & Emerging Markets, Amazon, said, "At Amazon India, we are committed to building a supply chain that will minimize the environmental impact of our operations. The expansion of our Electric Vehicle fleet to 10,000 vehicles by 2025 is an integral milestone in our journey to become an energy-efficient leader in the industry. We will continue to invest in the electrification of our delivery fleet, thereby reducing our dependence on non-renewable resources."
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It is very thoughtful of Amazon to take such a step in saving the environment from carbon emissions and since EVs are the future of mobility, we think every manufacturer should focus on taking such initiatives to protect the environment.


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The study also found an increase in incentive payments in 2011 as compared to 2010. Nearly 61% reported a rise in incentive payments for 2011; 25% will see growth of 1% – 4%, and another 26% can expect an increase of 5% – 9%.
“The ‘freeze’ on base salary increases looks over,” reported David Cichelli, survey editor and senior vice president of the Alexander Group, in a press release. “Incentive compensation payments are returning to their pre-recession progress.”
More than 105 sales leaders provided their sales force expectations for 2011 as reported after the close of the first quarter in the recent 2011—1st Quarter Sales Update Survey.
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Today we have some new leaked photos from the production of the new Marvel Movie, X-Men: Apocalypse. There has been much fan outrage over the ‘look’ that was chosen by the movie creators for the character, ‘Apocalypse’ ever since the first photo of him was revealed. Interestingly, in these new photos, it looks like there have been several changes to Apocalypse that actually are an improvement. Check out the photos and details below, and share your thoughts after the JUMP!
Some images from the production of X-Men: Apocalypse have been leaked. The purple hue of Apocalypse seen in the previous pics is now gone and it has been tweaked in post-production to give him the more traditional blue color. And with the white eyes he definitely looks more menacing than before.
Though some pics of the X-Men characters were seen in bright colored civilan clothing resembling their comic counterparts, their team costumes lacks the colorful look some fans were hoping for, as they appear to all black leather costumes again.


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NEW YORK – Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav on Tuesday reiterated his confidence in the continued growth of Oprah Winfrey joint venture network OWN and ID and said the cable channels company is growing in Western Europe despite economic problems there.
Speaking here at the 40th annual UBS Global Media and Communications Conference, he also said that the U.S. advertising market looks good right now and explained the company’s rationale for pursuing a deal with French broadcaster TF1.
With Discovery not having a big presence in France beyond two channels, a deal provides “a potential opportunity to have a bigger pay TV play in France and sell more content we own in France,” Zaslav said. Plus, TF1 owns sports network Eurosport, which is available in 59 countries, which gives it “a unique opportunity to reach a pan-European audience,” he added. A deal would give both partners “more scale together,” he said.
Zaslav declined to comment on the auction for German TV giant ProSiebenSat.1’s Nordic networks business, which is currently in the final phase. But Zaslav reiterated past comments that his company would only do deals that allow it to grow faster. “We’re the best international media company,” making more money abroad than others, he argued.
Discussing Discovery’s international business trends, he said it was hurt more by the Summer Olympics in Western Europe and elsewhere than thought. But growth has since picked up, with Discovery seeing a “very good quarter internationally,” Zaslav said.
Things look “quite good” in Latin America, and Asia feels “quite good,” he said. Western Europe is “slow,” but Discovery is doing well. “We are actually seeing growth in Western Europe,” and when economic and ad growth returns there, the company will get “a lot of growth,” Zaslav predicted.
Asked about the U.S. ad market, Zaslav said it “feels quite good for the moment,” even though “a lot could change with the fiscal cliff.”
At OWN, the recent ratings growth has been “fantastic,” making the channel one of the top three growing networks. “Oprah has been more involved since January, and she is energized,” Zaslav said.
He reiterated a recently reaffirmed forecast that OWN will break even in the second half of next year. Asked if that forecast was dependend on OWN expanding its household reach from 80 million to 85 million homes, he said no.
“The cherry on top is we got Tyler Perry,” Zaslav said. Two Perry show launches are set for spring, with more to come. Zaslav highlighted that on Saturday nights, OWN is typically the number two network for African American women, who are a key demo for it.
Zaslav once again also highlighted ID as a key growth asset. Over the next two years, the company will spend additional time and energy on ID to raise consumer awareness. Only 30 percent of consumers who have the network know they have it, compared with 90 percent for longer-established networks like Discovery, he explained. Ad rates and carriage fees will also rise over the coming years thanks to ID’s growth, he added.
As one key goal, he cited bringing ID into 90 million homes, up from 82 million currently. “Those are guaranteed economics for us,” Zaslav highlighted.
The Discovery CEO on Tuesday also reiterated that there are digital growth opportunities in the future, particularly subscription VOD and TV Everywhere content deals with existing pay TV distributors. Describing them as “another bite at the apple” for networks operators, Zaslav was also asked about key hurdles for these new opportunities. TV Everywhere deals are unlikely in the near future, he signaled, saying “?until it is measured and until we get fair value from our distributors, we’ll stay back.”
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A retired engineer in Florida tired of waiting on Toyota to produce a hybrid pickup has made one of his own.
Ruud Hartog, 75, created what he calls his Pruck from a wrecked 2005 Prius, according to the Tampa Bay Times. After spending roughly $5,300 and plenty of time in his garage, Hartog recently emerged with a head-turning truck that averages 43 mpg.
“I like the Toyota Prius — the electronics and the tech setup,” Hartog told the Tampa Bay Times. “And I also like trucks.”
Disappointed with Toyota for not having produced a low-emissions, hybrid pickup, Hartog said he decided to make his own. Transforming the Prius into a truck was no easy task, after all the unibody hybrid was not designed for heavy hauling. Steps for reinforcement included welding the rear doors shut and welding cross members into place.
The bed of the truck is made of two layers of high-strength plywood and steel. Keeping careful track of the vehicle’s weight, Hartog told Hard Working Trucks that his Pruck weighs an additional 46 pounds over the vehicle’s original weight. That puts total passenger and cargo capacity at around 800 pounds or so. A lift kit is available, but he hasn’t taken on that project yet.
Though the tailgate is still under construction, Hartog has been getting plenty of praise.
“If they’re passing me in the left lane, they come up (then) back off to get a good look at it,” Hartog said. “Usually the iPhone is going and then they pass me and give me a thumbs-up or they honk the horn.”
Hartog, who spent 20 years in the Air Force, plans on using his Pruck to haul furniture and appliances for the nonprofit Heaven on Earth for Veterans, where he works as a volunteer.
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The list of the top 20 VC investments in global tech by deal size smaller in comparison to that from last year, but largely stay within the billion-dollar range. Below you can see the top 20, alongside their last known valuation, last known financing date and last known financing size.
There are several familiar names in this list, including Chinese GAC Group’s electric vehicle subsidiary GAC Aion, Chinese fashion powerhouse SHEIN, and Swedish buy-now-pay-later pioneer Klarna.
Boxabl, which is a manufacturer of modular houses capable of being mass-produced and shipped, is looking to raise a total of $1.07bn in the form of $500mn Reg D equity, $500mn debt and $70mn Reg A+ equity. The lowest investment tier starts at a commitment of just $10,000 priced at $0.76 per share, which goes down to just $0.60 per share for investments of $100mn and above. Having completed delivery of an initial order of 156 houses by the U.S. military, the company is working towards serving over 100,000 reservations for the Boxabl Casita, their flagship accessory dwelling unit. With over $1bn in potential revenue, Boxabl has recently announced the opening of their second factory sitting on a 133,000 square feet plot of land in Las Vegas, Nevada. The company has also announced its intention to go public in the future.
A few entities on the list have undergone radical changes since their latest funding rounds. FTX filed for US bankruptcy protection in the U.S. on 11 November, following a series of events that led to a liquidity shortfall. Temasek, the investment firm owned by Singapore’s government, has written down its full investment of $210mn in FTX International, which represented a minority stake of 1%. Sequoia Capital, known for its early backing of Apple and Google, issued an apology to its fund investors for the $150mn lost on FTX. Sequoia’s partners reassured investors that the business will improve due diligence on future investments.
On the other hand, Getir has been leveraging on the funds it raised to gain control of competitors in the on-demand delivery sector. In November 2021, UK-based grocery delivery startup Weezy was acquired by Getir, having only raised a pre-seed round a year prior. In October this year, Getir announced that it is in talks to acquire Gorillas, at a time when both businesses are facing headwinds and reducing headcounts. The deal is subject to further due diligence as the sector shifts from a hyper growth thesis to one more focused on a path to profitability.
The top VC investments in UK tech by deal size are concentrated in the <$100mn range. The portfolio of UK-headquartered companies specialises in computing tech, medical tech, and environmental tech. Checkout.com is the only billion-dollar fundraiser.
Checkout.com is the developer and operator of an online payment platform with end-to-end payment technology. In January, the company raised $1bn of Series D funding from Endeavor Catalyst, Coatue Management, and Dragoneer Investment Group amongst others. Part of the funds will be used to expand the team and onboard new clients in the e-commerce and physical retail space. The post-money valuation stands at $40bn, which is a stark increas
e from the $15bn valuation in Series C just a year earlier. The high valuations may be because the company has been profitable for several years and is only at the start of its growth journey as it shifts its focus to the U.S. market and stays committed to large multinational enterprise merchants with a steady transaction volume.
A particularly interesting business is that of Cambridge Medical Technologies, which develops bloodless blood tests by using a chip-based band-aid to collect clinical-grade readings of blood biomarkers. Headquartered in Cambridgeshire, UK, the company has raised $15.52mn to date, with the latest round totalling $6.99mn and bringing its post-money valuation to $59.87mn.
The Asian tech VC investments are sized a notch above the UK and are dominated by transport and automobile tech companies.
As shown earlier, the largest funding round raised by YTD was on October 20 by GAC Aion. GAC Aion raised $2.56bn at a post-money valuation of $14.45bn for R&D, product development, and mass-production technology for new-generation batteries and electric drive systems. It may not be a coincidence that second place goes to Sunwoda, a Chinese provider of electric vehicle battery pack solutions. The company raised $1.18bn in August, at a post-money valuation of $4.44bn. The funds will go towards lithium battery capacity construction and product iteration. Such investments will be key to overcome the biggest hurdles faced by the electric vehicle industry, such as long charge times and low full-charge mileages.
XPeng AeroHT takes electric vehicles a step further, by developing and manufacturing hybrid flying cars meant for both road and air. The business received $830.81mn of debt funding from Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, China Construction Bank, China CITIC Bank and Agricultural Bank of China on November 8. An undisclosed amount of Series A+ funding was raised previously, with participation from Rockets Capital.
Total VC funding in the sector has seen cyclical fluctuations throughout the year but maintained a modest growth of over $1bn from January to November. Deal count, on the other hand, was stable until it shot up in the month of November to reach 361, with a week left to the total count. For comparison, the month of October saw 82 deals.
The sharp rise in the number of deals may be attributed to the growth of early stage and seed rounds raised in November. Such a trend may be in line with the heightened investor caution we see in the market, placing a limit on big and risky bets while shifting some of that dry powder into early-stage and smaller funding rounds.


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Onions become luxury in Philippines
Onion prices have tripled in the Philippines in recent months.
Manila: "No onion toppings. Every restaurant is facing a shortage of onions. You see the signs everywhere."
According to official statistics, the price of onions surged in the Philippines to around 700 pesos ($12.80; £10.40) per kg last month.
That is more than the cost of meat, and the Southeast Asian country's daily minimum wage.
Although prices have eased in recent weeks, onions are still a luxury for many consumers, says Rizalda Maunes, who runs a pizzeria in the central Cebu city.
"We used to buy three to four kilograms of onions a day. Now we buy half a kilo which is all we can afford," Ms. Maunes told the BBC.
"Our customers understand because it is not just restaurants... households are having a hard time as many dishes are sweetened with onions," she adds.
The staple ingredient in Filipino cuisine has become a symbol of the rising cost of living.
It comes as inflation, which measures the rise in prices of everything from food to fuel, reached a new 14-year-high in the tropical country last month.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr, who is also the agriculture secretary, has called rising food prices an "emergency situation". Earlier this month Mr. Marcos approved the import of red and yellow onions in an attempt to boost supply.
Experts say that the reopening of the Philippines economy is driving demand, while harsh weather has affected the production of food, including onions.
"Back in August, the Department of Agriculture had forecast a potential shortage of the root crop. A few months later, the Philippines was hit by two powerful storms that caused substantial crop damage," says Nicholas Mapa, a senior economist at ING Bank.
"We have also seen a stark pickup in demand as the economy recovers sharply," Mr. Mapa said.
Rising prices have also hit street food stalls in Cebu, which are popular with locals and tourists.
Fried vegetables, meat and seafood, are typically served with an onion and vinegar dipping sauce.
"Onions are a big part of our dishes. It adds a flavorful crunch [and] sweetness to contrast the saltiness of our food," says Alex Chua, who has cut back on onions at his stall.
"We are thankful that the government is implementing measures to stop the increase of prices. We hope that they continue to implement such measures to bring prices down further," he adds.
Onions have been so sought after that April Lyka Biorrey chose to carry a bouquet of the crop at her wedding in Iloilo City.
"I asked my groom if we could use onions instead of flowers, since after the wedding the flowers would wilt and end up being thrown away," Ms. Biorrey told a local newspaper.
"So why not onions? It's practical in a way that it could still be used after the wedding," she quipped.
Others have gotten in trouble for smuggling onions into the country.
Earlier this month, 10 crew members from Philippine Airlines were investigated for attempting to smuggle nearly 40kg of onions and fruits into luggage bags.
Customs officials later said they will not face charges but warned travelers against carrying produce without permits.
The crisis has put pressure on Mr. Marcos, who had promised to boost food production as agriculture secretary. Some lawmakers have called for him to appoint a replacement.
Speaking at a hearing on the country's rising food prices, Philippines Senator Grace Poe said, "Before it was sugar, now, it's onions. We'll end up having a hearing for everything in the kitchen."
Marie-Anne Lezoraine from the Kantar Worldpanel consultancy says climate change is also a major threat to the country's food security.
"Purchasing power is tight for most consumers who already afford only the essentials. If climate change causes shortages and therefore prices to soar, it will cause a very damaging impact on a large proportion of consumers in the Philippines," Ms. Lezoraine says.
But Mr. Mapa believes that the price of onions could stabilize as the government imports more of the crop.
"However the timing may be unfortunate as it coincides with the February harvest season for locally produced onions," he says. "Prices may actually drop dramatically once both harvest and imports hit the market almost simultaneously."
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Nano coating comes of age
Since its discovery about a decade ago, nanopolymer research has increased tremendously and is revolutionising the future of the textile coatings sector.
Monforts coating range production gets underway
Production has started on the complete new range of Monforts coating units at its European-based production facility in Austria, which is preparing to celebrate 35th anniversary.
New Monforts coating range production gets underway
Monforts production facility in Austria, Montex Maschinenfabrik Ges.m.b.H, has started production of the recently introduced complete range of coating units, with the first coating lines being shipped for delivery to Colombia, Mexico and Italy.
TumKalip´s high-quality spares for weaving machines
TumKalip Aparat, a Turkish manufacturer of spare parts for new generation of European make weaving machines since the last 30 years, will be showing its range of quality spare parts at India-ITME. TumKalip will also be promoting its high-tech coating technology for used Rapier Heads, like TiO2 and TC also called tungsten carbide coatings.
Aurora Specialty opens high-tech facility
Aurora Specialty Textiles, a leader in coating, dyeing and finishing of both woven and nonwoven fabrics, has opened a new high-tech manufacturing facility in Yorkville, US, which features the EHWHA ultra wide-width coating and finishing line.
Coating & laminating industry buoyant
Arecord-breaking number of delegates travelled to Prague, Czech Republic, for the latest edition of the International Conference on Textile Coating and Laminating; TCL 2016 was held recently. As well as learning about the latest technologies, materials, machinery and trends in the textile coating and laminating industry, the attendees were able to interact with one another and the exhibitors, who filled the available space outside the conference hall.
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Keyword: Samsung BioLogics
CanSino reports positive data for COVID-19 vaccine. Takeda's Alunbrig wins first-line lung cancer nod. GSK inks $231 million deal with Samsung.
The eight-year deal will initially cover lupus drug Benlysta and could expand to other GSK specialty-care products in the future.
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Vir struck a manufacturing deal with Samsung to boost production of two novel antibodies that could prove effective as a treatment for COVID-19.
Korean CDMO Samsung Biologics is expanding and China API maker WuXi STA opened a 30,000-square-foot oligonucleotide manufacturing facility.
AZ and Daiichi reported "impressive" data for DS-8201. J&J and Legend's CAR-T showed promise in multiple myeloma. South Korea jailed Samsung execs.
Three Samsung execs face up to two years in jail for their roles in destroying data and documents at under-fire affiliate Samsung BioLogics.
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WuXi Biologics expects to have a plant in Europe complete in 2021 as a capacity race plays out among Asia’s rapidly growing biologics CDMOs.
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Quarantine is over in New York City, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio!
As reported on NBC, the city will be “fully open” on July 1. Today (April 29) on Morning Joe, he said,
“We are ready for stores to open, for businesses to open, offices, theaters, full strength.”
NYC had been shut down since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. According to the report, restaurants, hair salons, and arenas will open at total capacity. In the fall, schools will be back at “full strength.” Smaller theaters are gearing up to open by the summer, and Broadway shows in September.
On April 28, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced NY is lifting curfews statewide and a ban on bar seating in the city starting in May. Starting May 3, patrons can sit at bars. The outdoor dining midnight curfew is set to end on May 17. Indoor dining curfews expire on May 31.
Throughout the pandemic, some businesses operated with limited capacity with COVID-19 restrictions in place, like wearing a mask and staying socially distant. It’s not clear if, on July 1, there will be a mask mandate.
Take a look at de Blasio talking about reopening the city during a news brief:
We set a goal to fully re-open NYC on July 1 AND we're launching Mental Health For All. Join me at City Hall. https://t.co/ouSmTdjtPR
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MSI, world leader in motherboard technology, is proud to announce its latest motherboard, the Z97S SLI Krait Edition. Inspired by and developed in cooperation with the world’s elite case modders, the new Z97S SLI Krait Edition is equipped with an arsenal of new features, improvements like NVIDIA SLI certified for enthusiasts looking to pair up multiple graphics cards.
MSI is pleased to announce its next generation of GAMING graphics cards powered by NVIDIA’s new GTX 970 and GTX 980 GPUs. The new GTX 970 GAMING 4G and GTX 980 GAMING 4G build on the enormous legacy of MSI’s #1 position in Gaming graphics cards. Kept cool by the all-new Twin Frozr V with Hybrid Frozr technology, the new MSI GTX 970 and GTX 980 GAMING cards provide new standards for low-noise and low-temperature Gaming graphics.
Ahead of the September 19th launch real pictures of the MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming graphics card have surfaced. Before MSI only teased renderings of the new card. These photos confirm that the card will debut with MSI’s new TwinFrozr V cooling solution.
Last week MSI showed off a rendering of their TwinFrozr V cooling solution, we were unsure which card it was but now we know it was their GeForce GTX 978 Gaming graphics card. They have released render of the entire card!
MSI has teased the first CGI renderings of their next-generation TwinFrozr V cooling solution that will be used on the upcoming GeForce GTX 980 and GTX 970 graphics cards as well as other high-end graphics cards under its Gaming Series.
The MSI X99S XPOWER AC, one of MSI’s new Intel X99 based OC motherboards, just obliterated the Cinebench R15 world record for the Intel Core i7 5960X processor by scoring a staggering 2314 points while all 8 cores were running at an amazing 5931.02 MHz clock speed, which is almost 200 MHz higher than any other X99 motherboard currently on the market.
MSI, world leader in motherboard technology, is pleased to announce the launch of the new MSI X99 motherboards line-up. Featuring 5 models, the MSI X99S GAMING 9 AC, X99S GAMING 7, X99S XPOWER AC, X99S MPOWER and X99S SLI PLUS, MSI caters to everyones needs.
MSI announces the availability of the GS60 Ghost Pro 3K and GS60 Ghost gaming notebooks in a luxurious golden chassis. Available exclusively at NewEgg, the limited edition golden gaming notebooks feature top-of-the-line technology, including NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M graphics, 4th Generation Intel Core i7 processor, Killer Gaming Networking and Steel Series keyboard with SteelSeries Engine.
MSI’s XPower and MPower motherboards have become extremely popular over the past couple of years. we loved the Z97 MPower board! MSI has just revealed their flagship X99S XPower AC motherboard and it looks quite impressive!
After unveiling their X99S SLI Plus motherboard, MSI has revealed another motherboard that is part of their X99 lineup. The MSI X99S Gaming 9 AC is a high-performance motherboard built for gamers and will feature the same gaming DNA as MSI’s other gaming products.
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Those looking for something to break up the monotony of quarantine and social distancing finally have an activity to look forward to, and it’ll be even more rewarding for gear heads and auto enthusiasts.
A group of Clearwater citizens has organized the Cruisin’ Clearwater Mobile Car Show, which takes place May 9 beginning at 11 a.m.
“I know a lot of things are being stopped for the season, car show events are being cancelled, and just given the current situation around the world right now, we have a lot of people at home getting stir crazy and nothing brings people (together) better than trucks and cars,” said Ryan Mackenzie, one of the organizers for the event.
“It brings a smile to everybody’s face, whether you’re an infant or a full-grown adult.”
The event is looking to feature a variety of cars, from restored historic vehicles to muscle cars, to rat rods, mudders, and even big rigs, but Mackenzie said any vehicle is welcome so if you have a set of wheels you consider your pride and joy, you’re more than welcome to polish it up and join the parade.
The mobile car show is set to begin at the Clearwater Secondary School parking lot then roll through various neighbourhoods and areas around town, giving residents the opportunity to watch from their homes while adhering to social distancing measures.
“It’s amazing the amount of interest we’re getting with this whole thing; I really hope a lot of people want to come out and watch from their lawns, driveways or windows, anything to break up the routine we’ve been having,” said Mackenzie.
“If it turned into something where we could do a cruise once a month and still maintain our social distancing, that would be awesome, but we’re hoping for a yearly event in the future.”
There will also be prizes from local businesses like Hop n Hog, Aspen Auto, Fleetwest, Birch Island Diesel, Bond Tattoo, and CN Rail.
Anyone who wants to enter the Cruisin’ Clearwater Mobile Car Show has to pay a $20 entry fee and all proceeds from the event are going to the Clearwater and District Food Bank.
The event also comes with some rules for participants including strict social distancing etiquette. It’s asked that those who take part don’t bring others from outside their own households and everyone must stay in their vehicles at all times.
Failure to comply will end in immediate dismissal from the event.
For more information visit the Cruisin’ Clearwater Mobile Car Show Facebook page.


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From a legislative squabble, to a COVID-19 superspreader event, to claims of fraud and deception, the race to bring a pickup truck to market with an electrified powertrain went into overdrive last week. At the heart of the contest is the pursuit of ridiculous profit margins and impressive sales with Ford Motor Company’s F-Series
Uber Technologies won’t be reporting its latest earnings for another month, but when it does so in November the news is not expected to be good. In an effort to flip the script in advance of that report and distract attention from the ongoing COVID-19-induced decline in its core ride hailing business, Uber has launched Uber Green
Four years ago, this month, McKinsey published a report – “Monetizing Car Data” – which continues to simultaneously haunt and mock the automotive industry. The report claimed that by 2030 the so-called “car data market” would be worth as much as $750B.
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The headline screams off of the page and challenges all that we know about the fatal crash in Tempe, Ariz., that took the life of Elaine Herzberg two and a half years ago. “Backup Driver of Autonomous Uber SUV Charged with Negligent Homicide in Arizona.”
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Rare is the auto maker today that views connectivity as an option when designing a car. Connectivity is essential even if it is not yet universally available.
Reuters reports that Uber has quietly launched a service to give public health officials quick access to data on drivers and riders presumed to have come into contact with someone infected with COVID-19. Now Uber, one of the primary vectors spreading the disease with hundreds of thousands of masked drivers worldwide guiding shared
A funny thing happens when you let car makers make cars and car dealers sell cars – people start buying cars. With the U.S. economy at least partially re-opening nationwide car buyers have returned to the market and, finding a limited supply of new cars and disappointing incentives, have turned, in part, to used cars. This … Read More
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Casual observers of the automobile industry are quick to compare connected cars to “smartphones on wheels.” It’s a simple way of looking at things that makes some sense now that half of all cars produced in the world are made with a built-in cellular modem…or two. It belies the complexity of connecting… Read More


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Close to the new ring road, at the intersection of Heroja sa Kosara Blvd and Nikole Tesle Blvd, as announced by the Office for Local Economic Development and Projects, a shopping center of 16,500 m2 should be built, and the company Lesnina, a furniture trader, is also interested in raising a facility in this location.
The Office says that the shopping center should be built by the company Supernova MTK, which already owns a parcel for this purpose. The urban project is currently being prepared.
– Supernova MTK Center is an Austrian real estate company which specializes in investments in the development and management of shopping centers and retail parks in Central and Southeast Europe. So far, they've realized 105 large projects in Austria, Slovakia and Slovenia – the Office says.
They add that the company XXXL Lesnina &Momaks is even closer to the construction of the business-commercial facility of around 30,000 m2 on the parcel north of the EKO has station and that the construction is planned for the next year.
– The urban project has been prepared and confirmed, and the investor is working on preparing the beginning of the realization of the investment in Nis – the Office adds.
The expected value of the investment is EUR 15 million.
They remind that this company has had the same facility in Novi Sad
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WSJ: Samsung’s Galaxy S7 To Feature 3D Touch-Like Pressure Sensitive Display
Samsung’s next flagship smartphone, the eagerly anticipated Galaxy S7, is due to land in March, with speculation suggesting that Samsung could once again “borrow” some inspiration from its Cupertino-based rivals, Apple. We’ve been hearing a lot of discussion recently about potential internal specifications for the Galaxy S7. These latest reports are suggesting that Samsung will opt to ship the device with a set of pressure sensors built into the display of the smartphone, similar to the Apple’s 3D Touch system found within the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, just like we predicted in October.
Today’s report, which comes courtesy of The Wall Street Journal, not only suggests that the Galaxy S7 will come with a pressure sensitive display, but that it will also ship with a number of features that have been touched on in previous reports. A number of those reported features and inclusions are likely to highly appeal to those looking to get onboard with Samsung’s next Android flagship, but it’s largely the inclusion of the pressure sensitive display and how Samsung will actually utilize it throughout the system that will garner the most attention as we approach the run up to release.
In addition to the 3D Touch-esque system, the Galaxy S7 is also mooted to come with an integrated USB-C port that would allow for faster, more efficient charging of the device. There’s also suggestion that Samsung is in the process of entirely redesigning the camera module that will be integrated into the S7 in order to streamline the aesthetic and remove the bump from the back of the unit. There’s likely to be a number of other minor design amendments made prior to the Galaxy S7 launching, but it’s largely accepted that it won’t deviate too much from the overall design of its predecessor, the Galaxy S6.
Samsung is also expected to follow on where it left off with the Galaxy S6 by bringing a S7 and a S7 Edge variant to market in March of next year. Either one or both of those devices could potentially ship with the integrated iris scanner that was rumoured to form part of the Galaxy S5’s technical specification back in 2014. We won’t know the exact inclusions until mid-March of 2016 when Samsung goes public with the device, but for now there’s certainly enough consistent speculation to suggest that what we’re hearing is true.


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Cult Food Science CEO joins New Harvest Canada
Monica FergusonFood Operations Food & Beverage cell-based foods cellular agriculture Cult Food Science New Harvest Canada non-profit research
Cult Food Science announced that its CEO, Lejjy Gafour, has been appointed to the board of directors of New Harvest Canada. New Harvest is a non-profit research institute that supports open, public cultured meat research.
Founded in 2004, it is the world’s longest-running organization dedicated to advancing the field of cellular agriculture. The appointment follows the launch of “OpenCellAg” as a cellular agriculture network of excellence in collaboration with New Harvest and other partners to advance foundational knowledge for the cellular agriculture industry.
“I am honoured to be able to work with New Harvest in a closer capacity as the cell-based foods industry grows to play a pivotal role for the future of food production on the planet,” said Gafour. “We must advance knowledge to better support the industry on all fronts as we begin to suffer the real effects of climate change and the persistent issues of food security that we all face.”


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Urban cycling company Blaze has netted a $500,000 investment to help fund the expansion of its product range and growth outside of the UK.
Two private equity-backed low-cost gym chains are merging to create an enlarged fitness offering throughout the UK.
A £5 million investment round has been closed by British e-commerce site SportPursuit to help with international expansion.
Fashion brand aggregator Atterley Road has closed a £2 million investment round with contributions coming from The William Currie Group, Terry Leahy, Robert Willett and Artemis.
Scottish hirewear company ACS Clothing has bagged an £8.5 million capital commitment from the bank-backed Business Growth Fund.
Having not paid herself for three years after founding The Cambridge Satchel Company, Julie Deane has now secured $21 million worth of venture capital. GrowthBusiness finds out how she's going to spend it.
Index Ventures has injected $21 million of growth capital into The Cambridge Satchel Company, whose products are worn by celebrities including Alexa Chung and Fearne Cotton.
E-commerce fashion business Lyst has secured contributions from Balderton Capital, DFJ Esprit and Accel Partners as part of its Series B funding round.
Price comparison website broadbandchoices.co.uk has made its maiden acquisition and will now launch a mobile phone evaluation service.
Retail business Hotter Shoes now has a new private equity backer following a deal which sees existing investor Gresham Private Equity exit.
Venture capital-backed flash sales company Secret Escapes has made its first continental acquisition.
Furniture and homeware retailer Loaf has closed its maiden funding round with help from retail entrepreneur Peter Simon.
Entertainment planning resource DesignMyNight has attracted the interest of a number of high-profile angel investors.
Industrial parts business Leengate Valves has cut ties with its German parent company through a private equity-backed management buy-out.
Global investor Baird Capital has made an investment though its UK arm into heating and cooling equipment business Watkins Hire.
With a pool of experienced investors including Balderton Capital and Wellington Partners, GrowthBusiness meets new Livebookings CEO Joe Steele to find out how the business is revolutionising the way we book a table.
Growing quickly and efficiently takes careful planning, explains IglooBooks co-founder and CEO John Styring.
Angel investment syndicate Envestors has led a £900,000 funding round for health and fitness chain NRG GYM.
A seed funding round worth £750,000 has been raised by London start-up StreetHub with help from Index Ventures and Octopus Investments.
The business behind Glasses Direct, Sunglasses Shop and LensOn has gone back to its existing investor pool to raise new funds.
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The Chinese smartphone maker LeTV is all set to enter in India with the launch of its smartphone, the LeTV Le Max next month.
The newly leaked cases of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Plus show smartphone design with port placements and more.
The LG V10 seems to be very popular in the USA with an average of 10,000 units of the smartphone being sold per day.
Xiaomi is all set to roll out the MIUI 7 based Android Marshmallow update for Mi 3, Mi4, and Mi Note.
HTC has launched its next "hero" Android smartphone, the HTC One X9 in China. No words on the International availability yet.
Many Moto G 3rd Gen users from the USA and Canada have shared screenshots of their phone showing the Marshmallow update notification.
Xolo Black is the updated version of the smartphone with the same name launched earlier this year. It will be available exclusively via Snapdeal.
Google has kicked off its year-end sale on the Play Store. Get 95% off on Minecraft Story Mode, discounts on games, and 75% off on any one movie.
The ZenFone 3 series smartphones may become the first smartphone from Asus to feature fingerprint scanner and launch in H1 2016.
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Ant Group begins to differentiate the Jiebei consumer credit business from bank lending
BEIJING, Nov. 8 (Reuters) – Chinese group Ant said on Monday it was working to “differentiate” part of its short-term consumer lending business Jiebei, as it pursues a Beijing-led restructuring aimed at curbing part of its coasting activities. companies.
Ant, the financial arm of e-commerce giant Alibaba Group (9988.HK), saw its $ 37 billion IPO derailed by regulators last year and has since strived to transform into a financial holding company. . Read more
Local media reported changes to Jiebei this weekend after Chinese regulators in April asked Ant to conduct a comprehensive corporate overhaul, which includes the bundling of its Jiebei and Huabei credit products, into a new consumer finance company.
They also criticized Huabei and Jiebei for the inappropriate links between payment services and financial products, saying the latter may have promoted user loan services too much.
The Shanghai Securities News reported on Sunday, citing borrowers, that the Jiebei platform had made changes to indicate which loans were provided by Chongqing Ant Consumer Finance Co and which were provided by banks.
âJiebei is gradually working on brand differentiation,â said a spokesperson for Ant Group, adding that consumer credit services provided independently by banks or other financial institutions will be featured on a âloanâ page. credit”.
Ant did not say how its business would be affected by brand differentiation.
Ant was ordered by regulators to complete the restructuring of the Huabei and Jiebei brand within 6 months of starting operations at his consumer finance company, local media outlet the 21st Century Business Herald earlier reported.
Ant’s consumer credit unit was granted permission to start operating in Chongqing City in June. Read more
Huabei and Jiebei were used by around 500 million people in the 12 months leading up to June 30, 2020, Ant said in its IPO prospectus.
In September, Ant’s virtual credit card service Huabei began sending its consumer credit data to a database maintained by the central bank of China, a key step for the company and regulators. as Beijing tightens its grip on the financial technology sector. Read more
Reporting by Cheng Leng and Brenda Goh; edited by Richard Pullin
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ICICI Bank Limited on 12 February 2015 tied up with global payment solutions company UAE Exchange to offer an instant bank transfer service named FLASHremit.
Using FLASHremit service, the customers of the bank residing in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) can send money instantly to any ICICI Bank account in India in rupee denominations that too in a secure manner.
FLASHremit is the instant account credit facility that was introduced by UAE Exchange.
Highlights of the FLASHremit service
• ICICI Bank customers can avail this service by visiting any of the 135 branches of UAE Exchange in UAE including over 15 branches across the Dubai Metro network.
• Additionally, an instant SMS confirmation will be sent to the sender and receiver informing about the credit.
• The service will be available to the customers for complete 24 hours and for 365 days a year.


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Industry executives spoke of recent changes at the mid-management level — branch and region manager — in various companies, including the Korean duo, LG and Samsung.
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Mr Rathi was earlier the national head and responsible for the group’s consumer durable sales across India. He has also been heading the company’s other business verticals.
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It’s no secret that mobile gaming has grown from its original, more casual use-case from the early days of Solitaire and relatively simplified (by today’s standards) Cro-Mag Rally. Games like Genshin Impact and even casual puzzle games like Two Dots and HomeScapes have offered more of a long, in-depth experience.
According to Newzoo’s recent report, gaming is a big part of day-to-day social life and identity, especially for Gen Z where 81% of the age group have played games in the past six months! As with the growth of mobile gaming, social media has become a part of many games as well. As part of our examination of recent trends in mobile games around COVID-19, we’re taking a look at the different social media features in today’s mobile games.
Why Have Mobile Games Become Social?
When playing, mobile gamers like to constantly feel challenged and see how they progress. But beyond the excitement of the game, they also enjoy competing with friends and feeling like a part of a community where they can enjoy, learn and socialize. As mobile games gain more and more users each day, game developers are more aware than ever that they need to integrate more social features into their mobile games.
While this era in mobile gaming is changing, people are craving socialization and have started hanging out in virtual places including social mobile games. Even though the lockdowns are mainly over, people never stopped playing social mobile games. From this perspective, they are not going to stop socializing in mobile games any time soon!
Social Features: The Effects on Mobile
Social features have had multiple positive effects on mobile games, making both players and developers happy. The reason for that is people like to compete, and social features can create a sense of competition, not only for multiplayer games. According to the Mobile Gaming Survey conducted in AdColony’s Inventory, 59% of respondents in the EMEA region state they play mobile games because it is entertaining and fun. Also, 52% of mobile gamers are in a good mood while playing mobile games. Simple social features like leaderboards, inviting friends to the game, and comparing results lead to these positive effects in mobile games.
Besides that, people love to be part of a group. According to Getsocial, players are 2.7 times more likely to keep playing a game because they feel like a part of a community. Usually, these in-game communities consist of players with similar interests and playing styles. Moreover, social features in mobile games can motivate players to stay active in the game, especially if engaging with these features brings them rewards. All these aspects positively impact user retention, and consequently, game revenues.
Mobile Games between Generations
Social features especially boost performance amongst Gen Z, especially by inviting other players to join the game, sharing their accomplishments on social media, and so on.
According to the Newzoo recent report, Gen Z spends more leisure time on games than any other pastime, including TV, movies, and even listening to music.
For Gen Z, gaming today means a lot more than just playing. Socializing, viewing, and community engagement are also huge parts of the pastime. In fact, 71% of Gen Z Gamers watch game-related videos and streams. The gaming content they watch the most is the gameplay, comedic gaming videos, and their favorite streamers.
Gaming is a big part of day-to-day social life and identity for Gen Z. One-third talk about games to their friends and family and a half of Gen Z gamers visit sites or blogs to keep up to date with gaming news and visit the online gaming community sites or social media groups.
In fact, 81% of Gen Z have played games in the past six months. This is the highest share of any generation. The average amount of time that Gen Z gamers spend playing games per week is 7 hours and 20 minutes. A large share of them are willing to spend money as 69% spent money on games on any platform in the last 6 months.
And what’s more, gaming continues to provide new experiences on new platforms. The Metaverse is also creating new opportunities to engage with this generation. Based on research 70% of Gen Z gamers expect to hang out in-game worlds without playing the main game. These data suggest that most generations will embrace the metaverse in some way, shape, or form—but none more than Gen Z!
In conclusion, gaming became a big part of day-to-day social life for many gamers, especially those in Gen Z. If they haven’t already, developers should add or enhance social features in their games keep audiences excited and engaged. Mobile gaming was once just an activity to pass the time and now has become a way to socialize with people around the world.
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Climate change, causes for concern from Washington DC and Washington state. [level-members]
An op-ed contributor to the New York Times asks whether the Trump administration will “kill the bourbon boom.”
On Vinepair, they don’t want to be alarmist, but “climate change is killing terroir as we know it.” Now what? The Independent out of the UK is a bit more measured in its headline writing, but they still feel that climate change is “threatening wine making in the Mediterranean.”
And the Wine Industry Advisor thinks – and at first look, I would agree – that Amazon’s purchase of Whole Foods is a threat to local wine shops, among others.


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Shenzhen, China - Jammerfun has launched a collection for Cell Phone Signal jammerfun.com Jamming Blockers that different types of users can benefit from.
Cell Phone Signal Jamming Blockers have come in vogue today and with good reason too. As much as people depend on their mobile phones they are constantly irritated by their side effects. And it¡¯s particularly true when it comes to those phone calls from signals that people want to avoid.
That tasked seemed to be best left for the experts in the industry earlier. But these signal jamming blockers have been the game changers so to speak. Now different types of users can take matters in their own hands and block the unwanted signals. All they have to do is get their hands on these devices that are very easy to use and do the job efficiently.
Sourcing Cell Phone Signal Jamming Blocker have become a lot easier thanks to the services cell phone signal jamming blocker offered by Jammerfun. Now it has launched a huge collection of products that can tick the right boxes for users. Importantly, each and every product in the range is quality controlled by the company so that users know exactly what they are getting into.
Users looking for particular style of blockers for their specific needs can find them with the company that is also known for its wholesale and dropship services. Hence if there are users who are looking to buy these blockers in bulk then they can find them with the company as well. And given the fact that the company does everything possible to ensure that users can buy these blockers at reasonable rates, they can make good savings for themselves too.
Jammerfun has created a name for itself in the industry since it came into being in 2010. Within a short span of time this China based company has gone from strength to strength on the back of the top quality, no-counterfeit products it offers. All its products are unused and carefully selected so that users have no cause for complaint. It¡¯s also a wholesale and dropship company that has been catering to a wide range of users who have come to rely on it intrinsically.
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FDA asked today for public comment by May 21 on the petition filed by the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) in March 2009 seeking amendments in FDA’s official standards of identity for milk and its products.
IDFA and NMPF said that allowing the use of non-nutritive sweeteners such as aspartame “would promote more healthful eating practices and reduce childhood obesity by providing for lower-calorie flavored milk products.”
“Lower-calorie flavored milk would particularly benefit school children who, according to IDFA and NMPF, are more inclined to drink flavored milk than unflavored milk at school,” FDA said.
IDFA and NMPF also argue that the proposed amendments would help meet several initiatives aimed at improving the nutrition and health profile of food served in the nation’s schools under restrictive (USDA standards. Many state and local school bodies have set limits on the amount of sugar served to children during the school day, with some going as far as banning the more popular chocolate milk in the last 2-3 years because of concerns that its relatively high sugar content contributes to obesity.
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Carl Heikel was named senior vice president of international operations for Mack Trucks Inc., effective April 1. Heikel will direct the activities of the Mack International Operations group throughout its extensive worldwide distribution network. He reports to Mack President and Chief Executive Officer Dennis Slagle.
Mack sells and services trucks in 45 countries. Mack says international sales have been an important part of its business for decades, and that last year the company was the largest North American truck exporter. The Mack brand is particularly strong in Latin America and Australia, and in recent years the company has focused on growing its presence in markets such as Africa and the Middle East.
Heikel has more than three decades of industry experience in Europe and Latin America, including senior management positions in Sweden, Peru, Brazil, and Mexico. Since 2004, he has served as president and CEO of Arrow Truck Sales. Heikel will be based in Greensboro, N.C.


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Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) May 14, 2013
Ellickson USA, the leader in customized restaurant and hospitality products, has announced their attendance at the annual International Food Service Marketplace Show (NRA) in Chicago.
Ellickson USA will be demonstrating their innovative products that are leading the way in customized restaurant and hospitality service around the world.
Ellickson USA is revolutionizing the way draft beer and carbonated beverages are served.
Draft Table™, a beer dispensing system, provides hospitality owners with increased marketing and revenue opportunities, waste reduction and competitive advantage. The Ellickson USA’s product line is seeing tremendous growth in the hospitality market. Customers love the novelty of pouring their own beers, which means there is no waste, and bar owners get paid for every last drop out the keg, which leads to increased profits!
Ellickson USA's products Draft Tables & BevDok have gained such a following that they will be featured again on Spike TV’s Bar Rescue this coming season.
Ellickson USA’s newest product, BevDok, is the first and only automated soda gun sanitizer in the world. It addresses the unsolved, industry-wide issue of unsanitary soda gun dispensers. Ellickson USA’s state-of-the-art, innovative technologies enhance the commercial performance and social dynamic of bars, restaurants, hotels and hospitality businesses.
Ellickson USA is excited to be part of this annual event and will have senior company representatives meeting with attendees in the exhibition area to discuss their products and solution. Ellickson USA will be located in booth #9778 and will be demonstrating the newly released Bev Dok for attendees.
- Conference Location: Chicago, IL
- Exhibition Area: Booth # 9778, Directly across from the Ice Sculpture competition
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Realme GT Neo will be launched in India soon, with a 3.5mm audio jack, 64MP triple-camera
- Realme GT Neo Price can be around $ 305 (Rs. 22000).
- This smartphone can be launched in India soon.
- Apart from this processor, it can feature the same specs as Realme GT.
- It can have a 6.43 inch display, 64 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP Rear camera.
Realme company has made a place in all countries by launching its own type of smartphone, this company is launching many new smartphones at this time.
This company had just launched the Realme GT 5G in China a few days ago, after which the edition of the GT Neo smartphone was also teased.
Now this phone has been spotted on BIS, the IMEI database, and even Geekbench, which suggests that it may be launched in India soon. This smartphone has come only after the expected arrival of Realme GT, if the tipster says, this smartphone can be launched in China on 31 March.
Realme GT Neo will be launched in India soon.
According to tipster Mukul Sharma, Realme GT Neo is listed on the Indian IMEI database site with the model number RMX3031. Realme smartphones were seen on the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and even Geekbench.
All this information makes us realize that this phone can soon make its way into India. The thing to note is that Realme GT 5G has not made it in India. There are possibilities that, instead, the Realme GT Neo smartphone will be launched directly in India.
Expected Features, Specification,
According to the above certification sites, it has been revealed that Realme GT Neo will be powered with MediaTek Dimension 1200 chip, which has also been confirmed by the company. The most likely thing to be told is that, with Realme UI, Android 11 will run on top.
Talking about its storage, it can have 6GB and 8GB RAM variants, which can be combined with the option of 128GB internal storage. This device can offer a punch-hole display, which will also support high refresh rates.
This smartphone can come with a quad rear camera setup, which can have a 6.43-inch display, 64 MP + 8 MP + 2 MP Rear Camera, and 16 MP Selfie camera.
Also, it has been learned that the key or smartphone will also support 65W fast charging. With which a 4,500mAh big battery and the in-display fingerprint scanner can also be included. The Realme GT Neo can be a mid-ranger smartphone.
Realme GT Neo Price
Talking about Realme GT Neo Price, Realme GT Neo Price can be around 22000 ($ 305). Because Realme GT 5G was available at an initial price of 20000 ($ 305). According to the leak, this device will be 8.4 mm thick, which can weigh 186 grams.
But, still we lack concrete details, which requires us to wait until it is officially launched. We will keep it posted for you. Therefore, you stay with us.


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PSA: Discolored memory chips are a common sign indicating heavily used graphics cards, possibly former mining cards. Recent evidence suggests some resellers are trying to deceive customers by painting over the memory. The paint comes off relatively easily for those inspecting the used GPUs.
Relive the golden years of gaming this Friday when GoldenEye 007 makes its debut on the Nintendo Switch
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Camping is sort of a right of passage for sneaker collectors. These footwear fanatics, commonly known as sneakerheads, are known for camping out in front of stores to make sure they get the latest and the greatest in collectable shoes.
are known to spends hours, even days, camping out in line in front of shoe stores to get the newest Jordans or Yeezyes
. A new startup, Campless, wants to minimize the time sneakerheads camp out on sidewalks, and it's moving to Detroit.
"Our motto is 'know more, camp less,'" says Josh Luber, CEO of Campless
. "The more information you have the less time you can spend camping outside of a store."
The 3-year-old startup's software platform serves as a Kelly Blue Book for the secondary sneaker market. It collects, analyzes and distributes data about the industry. It launched in Philadelphia while Luber worked for IBM and built up a following of consumers, businesses, and financial experts. Its current customer base includes the likes of Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank.
And Luber built that up while working full-time for IBM. He attracted attention from a variety of major corporate partners who wanted to help him scale the Campless business model. He choose to take an investment from Detroit Venture Partners
, the venture capital arm of the Quicken Loans family of companies, this summer.
The investment prompted Luber to move Campless to the former Compuware Building in downtown Detroit. Today all of Campless’s eight employees have made the move and Luber has left his job at IBM to lead the company full-time.
"At some point it was obvious that we have something here and I needed to do this full-time," Luber says. "It all just really worked out well. It just made a lot of sense."
Source: Josh Luber, CEO of Campless
Writer: Jon Zemke
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Fresh off the back of TSMC announcing that high volume production of its 7nm chips is already underway, Intel has revealed during an earnings call that it’s run into trouble with its own 10nm fabrication process. Volume production of Intel 10nm chips was during to begin in the back half of 2018, but Intel has now said they won’t be ready until some point in 2019.
“We continue to make progress on our 10-nanometer process,” said Intel CEO Brian Krzanich during an investors call. “We are shipping in low volume and yields are improving, but the rate of improvement is slower than we anticipated. As a result, volume production is moving from the second half of 2018 into 2019. We understand the yield issues and have defined improvements for them, but they will take time to implement and qualify.”
Intel is at least aware of what’s causing the yield issues now, but actually implementing the changes and ramping up production is going to take some considerable time. It now means Intel’s Cannon Lake is a ways off from arriving, although Krzanich wouldn’t be drawn on whether 10nm chips would be ready in the first or second half of 2019.
“We didn't say first or second half, but we'll do it as quickly as we can based on the yield,” he explained. “The transistors work. We know the performance is in line. So it's really just about getting the defects and the costs in line to where we want.”
For Intel, this likely signals a period of limited growth in terms of computing power. We’ve just had the next round of 14nm chips with Coffee Lake, refining the process to deliver performance gains as high as 70% when compared to the first generation of 14nm processors.
However, from now until likely the back half of 2019, we’re set to see little progress from Intel. Instead, Intel has used this delay to announce 14nm Whiskey Lake processors as a stop gap release later this year, but don’t go holding your breath for significant performance improvements.
For AMD, this represents a huge advantage. It’s got working 7nm Radeon GPU prototypes in its hands already, while it should also be taping out its first 7nm EPYC 2 processors later in 2018. Both 7nm Zen 2 and 7nm Navi will be ready for mass production in early 2018 thanks to AMD relying on semiconductor partners rather than keeping it in-house.
By the time Cannon Lake is ready, Intel will have gone five years without a process shrink. Should AMD not run into any major issues in the coming months, 2019 could well be its year.


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TARGET has announced it will close on Thanksgiving Day 2021 for the second year running.
The Minneapolis-based retailer announced the decision on Wednesday as it unveiled its performance over the 2020 festive holiday period.
It comes after the company joined a host of brands who stayed closed on Thanksgiving Day 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic
Target said in a statement that this decision was made to “minimize crowns and help our guests take the stress out of getting the best deals of the season.”
The company added that the response was so positive it has decided to carry this forward again in 2021 by “keeping our Target stores closed all day long on Thanksgiving Day.”
Target is the first major retailer to announce the Thanksgiving Day closure - 10 months before the national holiday in November.
The two days usually kick off the holiday shopping season as customers flock to stores to pick up bargain deals before Christmas.
But as the COVID-19 pandemic hit, retailers turned to online promotions to cater for the shifting consumer habits (although some retailers like Costco are traditionally closed every Thanksgiving).
Target adapted the mega two-day shopping event last year by holding a series of sales in November called “Black Friday Now” to spread out the demand.
The company said: “With safety top-of-mind, we took a completely new approach to Black Friday, offering big savings throughout the entire season and enhancing our Price Match Policy to provide guests with the ultimate assurance that they could count on Target for the best deals, regardless of when or how they chose to shop.”
But not only did the retailer survive the COVID crisis, its holiday season sales grew by 17.2% compared to the same period in 2019.
Target revealed that its biggest growth was online with 102% increase while in store sales only saw a 4.2% rise compared to last year.
When is Thanksgiving and Black Friday this year?
Thanksgiving falls on Thursday, November 25, meaning Black Friday is on November 26.
The US isn't the only nation to mark Thanksgiving celebrations - Canada, Puerto Rico, Grenada and Liberia do so too.
In Canada, the holiday falls on Monday, October 11.
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In other news, Oreo is launching special limited edition strawberry frosted donut flavor cookies in March.
You can also check out our comprehensive guide to Walmart Curbside Pickup where you can pick up your groceries without entering the store.
Meanwhile, Yankee Candles is currently running a clearance sale where you can get up to 60% off your favourite scents.


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Sprint and AT&T were tied in a race to be dead last to release OS 10.2.1 for BlackBerry 10 devices. Even the troubled T-Mobile has managed to release OS 10.2.1. Now we are finally hearing from multiple Sprint customers that they are getting update notifications. This is a almost a month after Verizon and T-Mobile and there is no telling how long it will take AT&T. Now if only BlackBerry came up with a way to expedite these updates so users get them while they are still relevant and do not have to resort to leaks.
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NEW BERLIN -- Apple farmers in southeast Wisconsin are beginning to feel the fallout from this season's extreme drought.
New Berlin's Patterson Apple Orchard has suffered along with many others. The orchard's owners say it's going to be a tight year on apples.
"Wholesale prices are about double of what they were last year," said Jay Patterson.
Ironically, Patterson says one week into the selling season, his apple sales are triple what they were during the same stretch in 2011.
"I'm assuming that they're just, kinda, yeah, they got that worry in 'em, that there's not gonna be that many, so they're buying them while they can," said Patterson.
The bad news for consumers is that they're likely paying 30-cents more per pound this year.
"Noticed the prices are a little bit higher, but it's to be expected, I suppose, if their crops are down. So, they have to make their profit also," said Mary Jo Reinke.
Patterson tells FOX6 News this year's yield of Honey Crisp apple will actually be down to about 200 bushels. Normally, he'd produce about 1,500 bushels of the same variety in a season.


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Solarwatt has said it is stepping up its presence in the UK solar and storage markets with a raft of new initiatives designed at leveraging how “receptive” the UK is to energy storage.
Speaking to Solar Power Portal, the firm said its initial entry into the UK market was designed to test that it had the right approach. After installer and customer feedback, it moved to ramp up its focus on the UK market in 2016.
Solarwatt described the UK as being particularly receptive to domestic battery installs, adding that it was “in some ways similar” to the German and French markets with a “very positive outlook” for the technology class.
Now the company is engaging with installers and distributors in the UK in a bid to further accelerate its position.
The glass-glass module and domestic storage battery manufacturer has partnered with Fronius on a series of installer training sessions, held at Fronius’ UK base in Milton Keynes, and it is working with solar installers to effectively start battery storage businesses with help approaching former customers.
With the closure of the feed-in tariff and looming introduction of the Smart Export Guarantee, the UK’s residential solar market is now effectively tailored towards a self-consumption model. This, Solarwatt said, had meant that the “tipping point is close for storage” in the UK, aided by a high and growing level of public concern for the environment.


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Wawa Inc. is expanding its presence in Center City and searching for locations for two additional stores, according to multiple sources.
The convenience store chain is reportedly going to locate a store in 7,000 square feet at the East Market project in a space at 12th and Market streets. Another store will be housed in 4,500 square feet in space now occupied by the I. Goldberg store at the corner of 13th and Chestnut streets. At that location, Wawa will reportedly take two levels, the basement and the street-level space.
A spokesperson for East Market couldn't immediately be reached for comment. An attempt to reach a Wawa representative was unsuccessful.
Wawa currently has a location at Broad and Walnut streets and another at 1900 Market St. that is expected to open before Thanksgiving. With sales reportedly very strong at the Broad Street store, the convenience store operator is said to be eager to continue adding locations in Philadelphia.
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Group making play for Blockbuster reboot as streaming service
Mark Hamill once said no one was ever really gone, and the latest entity to be a part of this idea is Blockbuster Video.
A group calling itself BlockbusterDAO has made a splash on Twitter after announcing its formation and goal of purchasing the former retail empire brand’s intellectual property from the DISH Network Corporation. A pinned post on the group’s social media account from Christmas Day explains through a variety of buzzwords how the proposed rebirth would run on Blockchain as a mostly automated organization and the $5 million sought to spend for the acquisition would be raised by selling NFT’s to buyers at about 13 cents each.
“This project could not only change the face of the film industry, it could be the exemplary [decentralized autonomous organization] to lead the revolution in the years to come,” one of the first tweets from the nascent group reads. “We’re looking for incredible people to join this project, and the sky is truly just a checkpoint on the way to the moon.”
The organization presently has almost 10,000 followers as of this story being filed. Nostalgia has also been a powerful motivator in 2021 and recent years, but there are a couple of tall orders which would need to be fulfilled before their goals of winning an Oscar for a Blockbuster original film and a Golden Globe could ultimately be accomplished.
Mainly, as of press time, the brand owner has not expressed interest in selling what they acquired for more than $300 million in 2011. Physical stores for renting media were already withering away at this time, but since then DISH has made money through licensing the brand to stores like Target for clothing and Netflix is even developing a fictionalized show about the last Blockbuster with the intention of having Randall Park being the principal star.
In short, where is the incentive to sell when the original price was so high and money is coming in?
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As many African countries imposed restrictions on social distancing in March, a study shows majority of consumers turned to contactless card payments for necessary purchases.
According to Consumer polling by Mastercard, 70 per cent of respondents in the Middle East and Africa say they are now using contactless payment, citing safety and cleanliness as key drivers.
Shoppers around the world have had to adjust to social distancing measures and other new challenges when buying everyday supplies for their families and loved ones.
“Social distancing does not just concern people; it includes publicly shared devices like point of sale terminals and checkout counters. At a time of heightened sensitivity to personal contact, consumers are adopting contactless as part of their new ‘no-contact’ behaviour,” said Adam Jones, Area Business Head, East Africa. “Contactless cards offer consumers a safer, cleaner way to pay, the speed at checkout, and control over physical contact at this critical time and our partners across the region are evolving to match the delivery of this global trend to their customers in the market.”
“Contactless is already deeply engrained behavior in many countries. But as a faster, safer way to pay, consumer adoption has been advanced by the COVID-19 pandemic,” added Jones. “Our data shows that contactless technologies give peace-of-mind to consumers and merchants alike, and it’s clear that the change that we are witnessing in consumer behavior is here to stay.”


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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. (KGO) -- Pictures show multiple suspects accused of stealing 16 iPhones from the Apple Store in Walnut Creek on Sunday morning.
Police say three suspects entered the store, grabbed the phones, ran out to a waiting car, and took off.
None of the suspects have been caught.
Further details were not immediately available.
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New licensing deal between WWE and MLB
WWE and Major League Baseball have announced a new multi-year partnership to release MLB-inspired WWE Title replica belts and accessories.
The belts and accessories will feature the logos of all 30 MLB teams from around North America. The line will launch in 2022.
WWE touted how this is the first official licensing agreement for WWE Title replica belts between the company and one of the major United States sports leagues.
The new deal will see WWE and MLB collaborate to design and manufacture team-branded replica titles, and replica titles that celebrate some of MLB’s Jewel Events such as the World Series, the All-Star Game, and the Home Run Derby. There will also be custom side plates and unique Lucha Libre masks.
“At MLB we are constantly looking to serve our fans with the most unique products possible so that they can support their favorite Clubs and players in the ways they want,” said Denis Nolan, MLB Senior Vice President, Global Consumer Products. “We often see baseball fans and players bringing their MLB and WWE fandom together at games and online, so this is a natural development for us to work together and offer the highest quality, official co-branded items for fans around the world.”
WWE Senior Vice President of Direct-To-Consumer Products Kevin Moore added, “We’ve been continually amazed by the reaction to custom WWE Championship title belts, and we’re excited this partnership will allow us to make them widely available to fans.”
WWE has had a tradition of sending custom title belts to top athletes and championship sports teams, but this marks the first time these items will be available for fans. WWE created a custom title for the Los Angeles Dodgers to celebrate their 2020 World Series win, and did the same for the Washington Nationals in 2019.
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Intel looks set to get some fresh competition in the personal computer market that's sure to make a few of its shareholders sweat.
As Reuters reports, people familiar with the matter believe Nvidia is working on a design for an Arm-based CPU capable of running the Windows operating system. AMD is also working on a similar project, suggesting the days of x86 personal computers dominating the market could soon be over.
Nvidia and AMD's plans are thought to be part of Microsoft's desire to get more Windows PCs running on Arm. Apple has already proven how well Arm-based processors can work in its range of desktop PCs and laptops, offering huge gains in performance without requiring a large amount of power, and therefore battery life, to achieve them.
Until now, Qualcomm has been the only chip maker to really take up the challenge of running Windows on an Arm processor, which resulted in the Surface Pro X. Earlier this month, the company teased its Snapdragon X architecture, which it hopes will power the next generation of Windows PCs running on Arm.
It's expected that both Nvidia and AMD will have their Arm Windows chips ready by 2025, which means we could see laptops and desktops PCs running Windows 12 on these new platforms. If so, Intel will need to respond somehow if it intends to remain a viable option for personal computers.


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Developer Cindy Zimmerman and her mom Judy Katzman are among the many cryptocurrency neighborhood’s most quietly prolific builders.
After studying about bitcoin in 2011, Katzman labored for the early alternate BitInstant and Zimmerman moved to Panama in 2012 to work with Erik Voorhees and the opposite founders behind the crypto alternate Coinapult. As a result of Zimmerman earned a part of her wage in crypto, as much as 50 p.c on the peak, she shortly realized the necessity for money on-and-off ramps.
“There have been a considerable amount of immigrants dwelling in Panama that needed to ship a refund to Venezuela,” Zimmerman mentioned. “It’s arduous to stay off bitcoin. It’s doable, but it surely’s arduous. Realizing the place a bitcoin ATM is … is safer than assembly somebody in a park.”
So she constructed one of many first ATM networks in Panama, 5 machines in complete, which she operated till 2016, and freelanced for firms just like the bitcoin ATM producer Lamassu.
In the meantime, within the U.S., her mother Katzman was additionally accepting a partial bitcoin wage and dealing with BitcoinStore, one of many first electronics shops to just accept bitcoin.
The household skilled some ache factors transacting throughout borders throughout Zimmerman’s time in Panama, but it surely taught them the right way to incorporate bitcoin into their each day lives. Then Zimmerman returned to New York in 2019, after years of freelancing for numerous crypto initiatives like Sprint in Latin America, to launch her personal crypto safety startup referred to as KeyFi.
“It’s a self-custody platform,” she mentioned, describing KeyFi’s multisig setup. “They [clients] are going to have the ability to management maintain their very own keys and pool along with different individuals.”
Along with launching a startup, she’s additionally freelancing together with her mother. Each ladies are blockchain consultants for the 25-year-old software program improvement firm AxisPoint, which is constructing a royalties administration platform for music trade purchasers like Warner Music and EMI.
“This may give music artists accountability for his or her revenue,” Katzman mentioned of the challenge, referred to as RYTbox.
AxisPoint CEO Dan DiSano mentioned the corporate already earns 10 p.c of its revenue from blockchain initiatives, and expects choices like RYTbox to account for 50 p.c of its revenue by late 2020.
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These ladies opted to study bitcoin by working within the trade and managing components of their family budgets with it.
Zimmerman mentioned she hasn’t contributed to Bitcoin Core as a result of engaged on a challenge with a lot worth, and scant company controls, carries a variety of stress. That’s to not say she lacks ambition or belief within the community. She merely prefers to earn bitcoin whereas coding for conventional firms.
“You’re speaking about giant purchasers which have zero concept who I’m, like Beyonce, even that to some extent is a variety of stress since you’re coping with some huge cash,” Zimmerman mentioned. “The quantity of stress that goes into writing that code is already very, very excessive.”
Most freelance purchasers, like AxisPoint, favor to pay her in fiat. However, maybe counterintuitively, she mentioned it’s simpler to persuade purchasers to pay her in numerous cryptocurrencies when the value rises and boosts trade optimism together with it.
Whereas the youthful Zimmerman is the token-curious cypherpunk within the household – utilizing KeyFi to discover her obsession with the true person experiences associated to self-custody – Katzman mentioned she prefers to concentrate on enterprise use instances like AxisPoint’s purchasers. That makes Katzman an anomaly amongst technologists who lived by way of the dot-com crash.
She described blockchain know-how as nonetheless at a “technical” stage of improvement, with much less widespread impression than earlier tech hype cycles. She believes as soon as initiatives like KeyFi make safety tradeoffs simpler to handle, then the true increase will start. So far as Katzman is worried, the token increase of 2017 was solely the start.
“It is essential to fail in addition to succeed,” she mentioned. “Failure helps in your future successes, together with investing in a coin or challenge that does not rise to the moon.”
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Nike CEO Mark Parker has been implicated in a doping scandal involving the Oregon Project, Nike’s prestigious distance running program housed on its Oregon campus.
The doping allegations are nowhere near Team Russia levels, but it’s still not a good look for Nike.
Parker denies the allegations. “Nike did not participate in any effort to systematically dope any runners ever; the very idea makes me sick,” he said in an email to staff.
Why it’s a foul: Nike is the largest corporate backer of running athletes in the U.S., per Bloomberg. Its Oregon Project has produced six Olympic medals—but its athletes could now be tainted by association.
Investors aren’t sweating it. After dipping almost 2% early Thursday, Nike shares rebounded by the close.
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Mahindra XUV Aero concept teased
The Mahindra XUV Aero concept has been teased in sketch form ahead of its debut at next month's Delhi motor show.
Styling for the XUV Aero concept is very clearly derived from the XUV500 four-wheel drive that's currently on sale. Both the concept and production car feature bumps that mirror the wheel arches in the shoulder line.
Should the in-the-flesh vehicle live up to the sketch above, the concept will feature smaller rear doors. These will be accompanied by a faster roof line and a completely redesigned tail, which incorporates a fastback-style liftgate, thin LED tail-lights, and a prominent rear diffuser.
Above: Mahindra XUV500.
Pravin Shah, CEO Mahindra's automotive arm, has told IndianAutosBlog that the concept will be equipped with "all the futuristic connected technology".
If the XUV Aero does make it into production, it will be the company's first entry into the ever-growing brigade of "SUV coupes". It will also provide a bookend to the company's current range, which will soon include the recently revealed KUV100 city crossover.
At the end of last year, Mahindra finally completed a drawn out process to purchase famed design consultancy Pininfarina. It's understood, though, that the XUV Aero concept is a product of the company's in-house design team.


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German auto giant Volkswagen signed a deal to assemble cars in Algeria in a joint venture with its local car importer SOVAC. According to VW and Algerian officials, the main aim of the deal is to produce more than 100 vehicles per day from June 2017.
The cars will be assembled in the western province of Relizane at a $170 million plant. This was announced by the Algerian Industry Minister Abdesselam Bouchouareb at a signing ceremony in Algiers.
Sovac Production SPA will assemble vehicle under the Volkswagen, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, SEAT and Skoda brands. VW will hold a minority stake in this new venture.
Algeria has been trying to boost investment and diversify its economy to compensate for a drop in oil and gas earnings and reduce a heavy import bill.
But moves to reform the economy and improve foreign investment have proved difficult with oil and gas production accounting for 95 percent of the country's export revenues and 60 percent of the state budget.
Bouchouareb said at the signing ceremony, "This shows that the investment climate has improved. Our main goal is to reduce imports." Also, SOVAC's chief executive, Mourad Oulmi said, "We will be able to meet demand in Algeria. This project opens new doors for us."
Recently, Baumert said in a statement that VW has opted for this joint venture after successfully collaborating with SOVAC "for many years."
He added, "For us, this is a logical step towards increasing vehicle sales in Algeria in the long term."
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Using plastic electronics, the UK tries to make the first biodegradable chips
According to the Global E-waste Monitor 2020 report, the world generated 53.6 million tonnes of e-waste in 2020. Electronic products are not only highly polluting, but also a waste of rare and precious metals when they are not handled appropriately.
This is why the Green Energy-Optimised Printed Transient Integrated Circuits (GEOPIC) project is bringing together chip manufacturer ARM, plastic chip manufacturer PragmatIC Semiconductor, substrate developer Printed Electronics, material supplier IQE, the National Physical Laboratory of the UK and researchers from the University of Glasgow's James Watt School of Engineering. The purpose of their mission is to build the first biodegradable chip using plastic electronics. A £ 1,5 million subsidy is being provided by the UK for this project.
In this three-year project, flexible and printed integrated circuits based on silicon nanomembranes will be created on biodegradable materials. Once the circuits are no longer needed, the silicon can be recycled and the materials will naturally degrade.
Is this strictly a scientific research project? Not really. The project builds on the expertise of Glasgow University's Bendable Electronics and Sensing Technologies (BEST) group, which has already developed a number of advances in electronics, including bendable and stretchable printed circuits that are capable of performing the same tasks as traditional silicon-based electronics, and wearable electronics powered by sweat. They have developed methods for reliably printing circuitry on flexible surfaces as well. PragmatIC has already collaborated with ARM on plastic ARM processors. In addition, PragmatIC manufactures plastic 6502 processors.
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HPK President Michael Liberatore on Fox News - ‘The Ingraham Angle.’
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HPK Industries President Michael Liberatore stresses the importance of buying from ‘Made in USA’ businesses on ‘The Ingraham Angle.’
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“The president of an American-owned personal protective equipment manufacturer who sources and produces entirely in the United States warned that endangering the future of American industry and domestic manufacturing could be catastrophic for supply chains and for everyday Americans
Michael Liberatore, president of HPK Industries in Frankfort, New York – outside Utica – told “The Ingraham Angle” that his company’s strength is the fact his products are American-made, and that that strength was exemplified in spades when the coronavirus pandemic hit in 2020.
Liberatore told host Laura Ingraham that 99% of the PPE used in the U.S. is either Asia-sourced or Asia-produced – which caused an immediate snag when transoceanic trade ground to a halt early in the pandemic.
“My business was started in 1985 by my father Anthony. I joined in ’86 and ever since the mid-’80s, we have had a domestic supply chain, so we always purchased all of our raw materials and any essential components from companies located in the United States,” he said.
Ingraham noted many other companies source materials for many of their products, even if American-made, from China, India or the Philippines.
Liberatore responded that HPK was the only company in the PPE sector that “manufactures all my products in the United States.”
He explained that HPK was able to continue production without a hitch and was not at all dependent on foreign countries to continue his manufacturing – and thereby continue employing and paying his workforce.
“When the pandemic came about, I had millions of pounds of PPE fabric in my warehouse here in upstate New York, so we were in a unique position because I had the raw materials. I had everything that I needed [when] my business really exploded during 2020.”
While other companies during the pandemic suffered supply chain disruptions and had to lay off workers for one reason or another, HPK “tripled” its workforce, Liberatore told Fox News.
HPK also erected a new building during the pandemic, and Liberatore gave some credit to the then-Andrew Cuomo administration for helping that project get off the ground.
Ingraham went on to note that many companies and managers like to point to the fact foreign labor is usually cheaper when it comes to manufacturing – to which Liberatore remarked that there is a substantive customer base that doesn’t want to risk the unforeseen problems with foreign supply chains and “doesn’t want to take the risk.”
“We stepped in when the global companies could not supply their customers,” he said.”


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As Dead by Daylight as a GaaS (Games as a Service) release, that means new content is always being churned out. Without constant injections of fresh experiences, players would eventually tire of the experience. Behaviour Interactive has done a wonderful job of offering a steady cadence of new features, and it looks like we’ll be finding out about their next project come January 9th, 2024.
Seen at the top of this post, the official Dead by Daylight X account has shared a quick teaser clip that shows off a flashlight resting on a table. Off to the side are a few pieces of paper, and one is noticeably splattered with a tiny bit of blood. Not surprisingly, it looks like more trouble is brewing in Dead by Daylight.
Fans of the Alan Wake series were quick to lay claim to this teaser, as the franchise certainly has very deep ties to not just flashlights, but documents as well. That’s all just speculation at this point, but with Alan Wake being a horror franchise, a Dead by Daylight collab would certainly make sense. We’ll find out if this speculation is on-point come tomorrow!