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When it comes to smartphones and Samsung, most of the talk surrounds their current flagship offerings, the Galaxy S7 and the Galaxy S7 Edge. However, as most know they are not the only handsets the company is currently touting and one which seems to have hit the headlines quite a few times of late is another Galaxy option, albeit a budget one. The Samsung Galaxy J3 (2016).
This is handset which debuted back towards the close of last year and since then has routinely been noted heading towards other markets including India and Europe. More recently, the handset has made its way over to the U.S. through the likes of Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile, as well as becoming available to buy unlocked through Amazon. Now, the latest carrier who has announced they are stocking the Galaxy J3 is Verizon. The company has today announced they are carrying the Galaxy J3 and currently have it priced at $109.99. Prepaid customers can make use of the handset on any of the Verizon prepaid plans including a Wi-Fi only plan which includes unlimited talk & text for $30 per month. For those looking for data plans, the Galaxy J3 can be used against Verizon's $45 per month plan which comes with 1GB data, as well unlimited talk and text or their $60 per month plan which offers 3GB data, as well as unlimited talk and text.
If you are unsure of what is on offer for the price, then the Samsung Galaxy J3 is a smartphone which comes packing a 5-inch display, which makes use of a 1280 x 720 resolution. Inside the Galaxy J3 comes loaded with 1.5GB RAM and is powered by a 1.2 GHz Quad-core processor. This is a device which is available in two different storage options (8GB and 16GB), although Verizon are only listed the 8GB model as available through them. Either way, the Galaxy J3 does come equipped with a microSD card slot for further expansion if and when needed. In terms of cameras, the Galaxy J3 comes loaded with an 5-megapixel rear camera which is coupled with a 2-megapixel VGA front-facing camera. Additional features on offer include a removable 2,600 mAh battery and Android 6.0.1 (Marshmallow).


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Tesla should pick Germany for Gigafactory, Morgan Stanley says
While Poland, Hungary or the Czech Republic are seen as possible sites, “Giga Deutschland” would be the preferred outcome, enabling Tesla to take advantage of being part of the biggest economy in Europe.
Tesla Inc. could soon become more German, if Morgan Stanley’s prediction is right.
The country would be the “logical choice” for the so-called gigafactory in Europe that Elon Musk’s electric-car manufacturer plans to announce by the end of the year, Morgan Stanley analysts led by Adam Jonas wrote in a note Thursday.
Germany “is the heart of the global luxury-auto market, with an economy dependent on internal-combustion tech and a government focused on climate change,” with authorities pursuing car electrification more aggressively than in other countries, Jonas said.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government and local automakers agreed this week to increase cash incentives for electric-car purchases, intensifying Germany’s effort to move away from the combustion engine to reduce exhaust emissions.
Musk said in June that Germany is “a leading choice” for Tesla’s planned car-battery factory in Europe, with favored locations along the border with France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Tesla’s spokesman in the region didn’t immediately respond Thursday to phone and emailed requests for comment on Jonas’s report.
While Poland, Hungary or the Czech Republic are seen as possible sites, “Giga Deutschland” would be the preferred outcome, enabling Tesla to take advantage of being part of the biggest economy in Europe, Jonas said. The regional foothold will help Palo Alto, California-based Tesla benefit from what Morgan Stanley projects to be one of the largest, fastest-growing electric-vehicle markets, with 6.5 million units sold a year by 2030, outpaced only by China.
The company will stop producing Jazz after October 2022 while the crossover WR-V will not be produced beyond March 2023. The carmaker will also stop the production and sale of the 4th Generation Honda City by December 2022 in the country. However, the 5th generation of the sedan will continue to be available in the market, a source in the know of things told ETAuto.

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Madison Reed is an e-commerce solution for the home hair care market
There's this article that was written circa 1995 in Newsweek by some guy who insisted that there were just certain things we would never, ever catch on. Included in this list was e-commerce, with the immortal line, "the network is missing a most essential ingredient of capitalism: salespeople."
(You can read the article here; it's kind of incredible that one person could get so many things wrong)
Needless to say, that guy was hilariously off base. Around 20 years later, you can now buy almost anything online. And that includes things that never seemed possible like glasses and shoes and hair color supplies. Until recently, it seemed necessary to get an expert opinion on these things, or at least try them on first.
Madison Reed is a company that focuses on an e-commerce solution for the home hair care market, and perfected the approach to selling hair coloring products over the Internet.
The company has launched with a $12 million Series B round of funding, the company announced Tuesday. The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), with previous investors True Ventures and Maveron also participating.
Previously known as Madison Color, the company raised $4 million in Series A funding from True Ventures, Maveron and angel investors in April of last year. It has now raised a total of $16 million in funding.
Madison Reed's mission is to provide a wide range of hair care products, beyond only coloring supplies, to women all over the world. While color supplies are its only business currently, it also wants to supply shampoos and conditioners. That expanded vision is what necessitated the name change, Amy Errett, the CEO and co-founder of Madison Reed, told me in an interview.
"Color was too limiting. We felt as if we wanted the company to have focus that was more about the real person," she said. "While color is a core part of the business, but we also want to do shampoo and conditioner. We changed the name to closely align with that broader mission."
There is a more personal touch to the name as well: Madison and Reed are the first and middle name of Errett's daughter.
Madison Reed gives women a full end-to-end experience, helping them both pick out, and then apply, the color.
First, in order to find the right shade, customers can go onto the website or app and either use Madison Reed’s Color Translator or its Color Advisor tools. Customers can also get live feedback from a team of certified Color Crew colorists.
Once they have found the right color, the customer pays $29.95 for the formula, which is shipped directly to their door. It arrives in a Madison Reed’s re-invented application kit, and customers can then watch videos on how to apply the color it to their hair correctly.
Customers can also set a delivery schedule so that the product will automatically arrive at their door.
Madison Reed is not a supplier of other company's products; it has develops its own products, which are manufactured in Italy. A big part of the company's mission is to appeal to people who care about their health by not including certain chemicals, such as ammonia and resorcinol.
"People are asking more and more what is in these products, and to know the ingredients," Errett said. "It's becoming more important."
She pointed to a recent article from the New York Times about how Johnson and Johnson had been putting formaldehyde in their No More Tears shampoo for babies as "an example of how consumer awareness is important."
"Our big mission is to develop products that are consciously taking this stuff out," said Errett. "We didn't do this because it is popular, we did it because we care."
The new money that the company has will be used for both hiring and expansion. Madison Reed will be adding more people centered on logistics and supply chains, including making sure that there is full time staff of trained colorists.
The company will also be building out its mobile capabilities, including adding the ability to use pictures to analyze color and color match.
"Our mission is not to replace people with technology, but to allow customer to use tech to get look great and get great results," Errett said.
And, finally, the company will use the funding to invest in having physical presence. While there is no plan to have Madison Reed stores, the company is looking into setting up kiosks because "the physical presence is critical."
The company also does not have any plans to have products sold through salons, though six of them are already using Madison Reed products on their customers and more are asking to buy them, something that Errett called "surprising."
The size of the hair care market
The hair care market is very large and offers "a huge prize" for the company that can corner it.
A 2012 IBISWorld report shows that at $10 billion, hair color is the largest fast-growing major category of salon products. This holiday season alone, online shopping grew 9.3% to $95.7 billion, accounting for more than 15 percent of all sales.
Currently, 90 million women in the U.S. color their hair, each spending $330 annually. This holiday season alone, online shopping grew 9.3 percent to $95.7 billion, accounting for more than 15 percent of all sales.
Obviously, Errett's goal is to have Madison Reed be the preeminent home hair care company, and to have the brand become as synonymous with hair care products as Zappos is with shoes and Warby Parker is with glasses.
"It wasn’t that long ago that one would ever have thought of ordering glasses or shoes online because you needed to try them on," she said. "It is the same with hair color. But the world is changing and we see ourselves as a facilitator."
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Phil Spencer, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft Game Studios, confirmed there were more Xbox One exclusives to be revealed this year at E3 this June. Spencer revealed the exciting news via his Twitter feed on Jan. 20.
“Is [there] still any unannounced exclusive coming this year? Also when is the next event that XB1 will be at showing off games? Soon?” inquired one eager Xbox One fan on Twitter.
“We will have announces in 2014, already working on the plan. I want to have a great E3 this year," Spencer replied. The corporate vice president definitely dropped some strong hints that annual gaming convention E3 would be a major event for Microsoft.
2013 was a significant year for the multimedia giant. The next-gen Xbox One launched on Nov. 22 in 13 countries, selling 1 million consoles within 24 hours. By the end of December, Microsoft announced that the Xbox One was in more than 3 million homes.
This year, gamers are looking forward to a repertoire of exciting new games - Respawn Entertainment’s first-person shooter “Titanfall” will launch on March 11 and a “Halo” title will most likely reach the Xbox One this year. Black Tusk, formerly Microsoft Vancouver, has confirmed that it is developing a new project for the next-gen device. UK-based Lionhead Studios, creator of the “Fable” series, is also reportedly working on an unannounced project. Xbox One fans are even speculating that an upcoming “Gears of War” title may be in the works.
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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations are “going on as we speak”. She added that the FTAs are being signed at a much “faster” pace nowadays while speaking at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE).
She also stated that the Indian government has just concluded FTAs with Australia, Mauritius, Japan, Korea, the UAE, and the ASEAN while adding the country has also extended quota-free and tariff-free regime to least developed countries.
“I think India has shown very clearly its initiative is working out well in pursuing with countries and agreeing to have FTA with them. We’ve had agreements with ASEAN, free trade agreements both in goods and services with ASEAN, we have had with Korea, with Japan,” the Union Finance Minister said.
“So free trade agreements have bilaterally or with multilateral groups been the route which India has had till before 2014 and now between 2019 and today, we’ve had at least three major agreements signed. So, we shall proceed in that route, with the United Kingdom, the European Union, and Canada. All three are happening now as we speak, the negotiations are going on,” she further added.
Sitharaman’s comments come after reports suggesting that the FTA talks between India and the UK were suspended over the latter’s failure to condemn vandalism by Khalistani supporters outside the Indian High Commission in London in March. India dismissed these reports as “baseless” on Monday.
British newspaper The Times reported citing senior sources within the UK government that the Indian government has “disengaged” from trade talks and said there would be no progress “without a public condemnation of the Khalistan movement”.
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The Olympic Games may be on hold for the next year, but sneaker releases are still coming. This week, Asics released their colorful new capsule collection meant to highlight this year’s Olympic logo. The “Multi Crossings” pack is available now from Asics Japan.
This year’s Olympic Games and Tokyo were officially postponed last month, and pushed until 2021 to keep athletes and attendees safe. However, Asics could not wait to show off the capsule collection they cooked up for the occasion, releasing it instead on their Japanese website over this past weekend. Titled the “Multi Crossings” pack, the collection features the emblem of the 2021 games in an all-over print across a variety of footwear, apparel, and accessories. The sneakers in the collection include the GEL-Quantum 360 and the GEL-Quantum 90, a GEL-filled sandal popular overseas. Both shoes are covered in a rainbow of colorful logos, printed uniformly across the fabric and synthetic components of the upper.
ASICS TOKYO OLYMPICS “MULTI CROSSINGS” PACK RELEASE INFORMATION
The Asics “Multi-Crossings” Pack, which celebrates the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, released quietly over the weekend and is still available directly from the Asics Japan website. The colorful Olympic emblem-branded collection features shoes from children and adults, in multiple styles for your choosing. Prices for the sneakers range from $90 for the GEL-Quantum 90 sandal to $210 for the GEL-Quantum 360 TYO. Check out the official images below for a better look, and stay tuned to JustFreshKicks for more Asics release news.
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The American Economic Association (AEA) Annual Meeting is held each January to present papers on general economics topics. Some of the best minds in economics are assembled to network and celebrate new achievements in economic research. Economists from around the world take advantage of this unique opportunity to share, collaborate, and learn all in one place.
Amazon will be conducting close to 200 virtual interviews during the conference. We hope attendees will continue to take advantage of the JOE Network for your job listings and letter writing, as well as the application module that includes a tool for scheduling interviews with applicants.
Update: In light of the recent surge in hospitalizations due to COVID-19 and rapid spread of the Delta variant, the Association’s Executive Committee has decided that ASSA 2022 will be an all-virtual event.
April 14, 2023The requirement that at any given time, all customers see the same prices for the same products necessitates innovation in the design of A/B experiments.
February 28, 2023How the former astrobiology professor is charting new territory as a scientist for Amazon Flex.
February 08, 2023How her background helps her manage a team charged with assisting internal partners to answer questions about the economic impacts of their decisions.
December 09, 2022Amazon provided funding for two-week workshop led by Nobel Prize winner Thomas Sargent.


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The City Council is examining a request to open a Gucci Outlet Store and retail shop at 11502 Middlebelt in the Livonia Crossroads shopping center on the southeast corner of Plymouth and Middlebelt roads.The council heard at a study session on Monday from Taylor Bond, president of Children’s Orchard, who wants to open a 7,500-square-foot Gucci Outlets store at the site of the former Family Buggy restaurant, which was closed several years ago.
Gucci sent their fall/winter 2012/2013 collection down the Milan Fashion Week runway today and it featured a much darker, more gothic and vampire-like color palette than what was shown by the iconic design house for fall 2011. One year ago Gucci Outlet showed bright colors and blocked them together, helping to explode the current color blocking trend. For fall 2012, Gucci moved away from the trend they started and let black rule the runway.
Nothing says “vacation” quite like kicking back with an ice cold drink.
Mariah Carey has been struttin’ her stuff everywhere lately!
We already know that the Cannes Film Festival brings some of the most incredible fashion statements of the year, but nothing beats the amfAR Cinema Against Aids Gala!


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A common argument against vaping is there are plenty of products on the market to aid in quitting smoking. A recent UK study has actually found vaping to be nearly twice as effective than Nicotine Replacement Therapy products like gum, patches and sprays. Get all the details on this new study in our latest video! Don’t forget to subscribe to the VapeMeet Official YouTube channel for more videos!
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By John McClaughry
A recent announcement from the Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG) brought back vivid memories of a long-forgotten legislative episode of 25 years ago.
The announcement came two weeks ago in a webinar sponsored by VPIRG and its ally, the Vermont Natural Resource Council. The purpose of the webinar was to build support for their most recent plan to lay millions of dollars of new taxes on gasoline, diesel, propane, natural gas and heating oil, some of which would, the advocates said, be returned to everyone through lower electric rates and assorted rebates (The Essex Plan).
An economically literate viewer asked this incisive question: “If these new carbon tax revenues are used to reduce electric rates, won’t that give people less of an incentive to buy energy efficient appliances?” Ben Walsh of VPIRG, presumably aware that VPIRG has for years pushed for legislation to ban insufficiently efficient appliances, replied, “It is something that VPIRG is going to be working on this coming legislative session, [to] go beyond what the federal government does. … We think there are some really exciting opportunities for Vermont to keep inefficient appliances off store shelves and protect Vermont consumers from those added energy costs.”
VPIRG has always found it “exciting” to levy new taxes and prohibit Vermonters from buying products that don’t meet VPIRG’s idea of what’s good for them and the planet. Let’s roll back the calendar to 1991.
S.109 was a mostly non-controversial bill to encourage least cost energy planning within state government. But among its many provisions were VPIRG-backed prohibitions on insufficiently efficient shower heads and light bulbs. The bill went to the Natural Resources and Energy Committee, on which I served, and in whose small committee room the VPIRG lobbyist had a designated seat from which she regularly slipped instructions to her two most dependable allies.
I was able to persuade three of the other five members that Vermonters would not take kindly to its Legislature sending snoops into their showers in search of contraband shower heads installed by rogue plumbers, or telling them which light bulbs they could or could not buy. Those provisions were discarded. The VPIRG lobbyist, and her allies, were crestfallen.
The Senate easily passed the amended bill. The House sat on it for a year. Then late in the session it was brought to the floor, where VPIRG’s allies persuaded a majority to add a ban on disapproved fluorescent bulbs.
The amendment provided that unless the federal government preempted the light bulb business by 1995, the Public Service Department would develop rules defining which fluorescent bulbs could be sold, offered for sale, imported or installed in Vermont. A government bulb inspector would sniff out violations and notify the attorney general. That official would send a lawyer to Superior Court to request an injunction to force the offender to desist. Violating the injunction would bring a fine of $50, possibly for each day in violation.
The House version reappeared in the Senate on the hectic final day of the 1992 session. I moved to delete the light bulb section. I pointed out that the state then had the highest tax rates in its history (enacted in 1991), Vermonters didn’t need their state government to enforce VPIRG’s product choices, nobody but VPIRG wanted to send a PSD bulb inspector to roam about the state digging up violations, the attorney general had many more pressing things to do than going to the backlogged Superior Courts to get fluorescent bulb injunctions, and in sum, the whole scheme was, to use my memorable summarization, “wacko.”
In spite of this titanic oration (or possibly because of it), my amendment was voted down 23-6. Ten of the 15 Republicans voted to reject it, along with all but one of the Democrats. Gov. Howard Dean signed the bill, probably because the rest of the bill was non-controversial and indeed useful.
What came of it? The federal government got into the light bulb regulation business. Gov. Dean decided the authority wasn’t worth using, and it was never activated — but it’s still on the statute books.
Why recount this now? Because, in addition to its eternal campaign to saddle Vermonters with an enormous carbon tax, VPIRG is back pushing for the same prohibition scheme all over again, this time vowing to get “inefficient home appliances off the store shelves.”
VPIRG will never give up trying to get legislative majorities to tax, mandate, prohibit, spend, regulate and penalize the people of this state until its every imaginable goal is achieved — and that imagination has no limit.
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The year is 2050. You’re prepping the house for another chaotic Thanksgiving with your kids, in-laws, aunts, uncles, cousins, and even a few friends. As you run through the recipe list for the big day, your heart jumps into your throat when it occurs to you: You forgot to buy the turkey.
But, the worry quickly dissipates and you roll your eyes at your own forgetfulness. After all, that’s not something you have to worry about anymore. In fact, no one has to worry about running out to grab a frozen bird from the grocery store—not since we started making turkey meat in factories.
That’s not just a sci-fi vision of a far-flung future either. The cultivated meat industry (also known as lab-grown meat) continues to grow as the world comes to terms with the public health, climate, and ethical consequences of eating animals. Companies like Upside Foods, Wild Type, Finless Foods, and Meatable have been developing and producing chicken, seafood, beef, and pork all from a laboratory.
“It’s going to take a long time and it’s going to cost a lot of money, but we’re eventually going to get there.”
— Paul Mozdziak, NC State University
While it’s easy to brush it off as a flash-in-the-pan food trend, the rise of lab-grown meat is going to happen whether you like it or not. Developed nations consume the most meat overall. As more countries around the world grow and get richer, meat consumption is expected to rise with it.
And there are also environmental factors driving the development of lab grown meat too. Livestock production accounts for nearly 15 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, making it one of the primary contributors to global warming. One day, we might not have very much of a choice but to cut back from our meat eating habits.
“I think it’s an inevitability,” Paul Mozdziak, a poultry scientist at NC State University, told The Daily Beast. For him, it’s not so much a question of if lab-grown meat will hit supermarket shelves on a wide scale, but when. “Is it gonna be in the next six months, or the next six years, or the next 50 years? I don’t know. That’s a great mystery.”
Mozdziak has dedicated his career to researching the best ways to create lab-grown poultry—which can be replicated easier than beef or pork, he said. And there are actually a few different ways to create test tube meat, but it all boils down to getting cells from the actual animals and reproducing them in a lab.
The cells that Mozdziak has found success with in the past are called satellite cell platforms, which are stem cells that help repair your muscle if it gets injured. You can take these satellite cells from, say, a turkey and inject them into a cell culture in a Petri dish or test tube. Then these cells start to grow into brand new muscle cells and voila, you have lab-grown meat to feast on… kind of.
Cultivated meat often lacks a vital quality that sets normal meat from the test tube stuff: structure. Think about the specific texture that comes with a chicken breast or a good cut of steak. It’s chewy and distinct. Unfortunately, cultivated meat doesn’t necessarily come that way right out of the gate. Instead, much of the lab-grown variety grows like a mushy slurry a bit like ground beef or even soft-serve ice cream—which obviously isn’t the most appetizing thing out there.
However, there are workarounds. You can cook some of the meat as is à la sloppy joes or chorizo. But researchers are also working on creating “scaffolding” to help give the cultivated meat structure. For example, Harvard University scientists published a 2019 study in the journal Science of Food where they used gelatin to create scaffold fibers to recreate more familiar meaty textures.
That brings us to our future Thanksgiving centerpiece: test tube turkey. Based on his experience and research, Mozdziak said that the turkey satellite cell platform—which is one of the ways in order to create the alt-meat—is one of the best for creating meat. In fact, poultry as a whole offers a much easier way to replicate than beef or pork due to how much easier the cells are to control and because there’s less of a chance of contamination.
“I believe the avian meat is easier,” Mozdziak explained. “I get less contaminating cells that don’t form muscle, and the cells more easily differentiate in my hands than mammalian systems.”
Unfortunately, even though there is a relatively big market for cultivated chicken, the same can’t be said for Tom Turkey. Perhaps the biggest (and only) player interested in cornering the faux-turkey market is Blue Ridge Bantam from Whitesburg, Tennessee, which has consulted with Mozdziak regarding the in-vitro meat process in the past. The company has yet to put a product out to market.
Upside Foods, a much bigger startup in the alt-meat world, hinted that it would explore creating a whole turkey “if the demand is there,” a spokesperson told TechCrunch in 2016. Apparently, however, there hasn’t been much interest in the past six years; the company hasn’t worked on developing a turkey product (let alone an entire turkey) since then, primarily showcasing its alt-chicken product instead.
However, that doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll never make turkey. “The first product we commercialize will be a chicken filet, but we are working on a variety of other products,” David Kay, the director of communications at Upside Foods, told The Daily Beast. “Ultimately, we are interested in producing all commonly consumed types of meat, including turkey.”
But even if there was more interest from consumers, the alt-meat industry has their work cut out for them in order to finally bring their product to the masses. Even though costs have fallen dramatically since cultivated meat came onto the scene (a single lab-grown burger cost $330,000 in 2013), these products will still be more expensive than the real thing, since there’s no current infrastructure to cultivate fake meat at a large scale akin to the livestock industry.
Moreover, alt-meat companies have consistently run into the maddening wall of bureaucracy. Upside Foods became the first cultivated meat company to receive FDA approval for its chicken filet product just this month. Even after clearing that hurdle, the company still need USDA approval in order to sell it to customers.
“With this evaluation by the FDA complete, we can now rapidly complete the remaining work of obtaining our grant of inspection and label—all of which is well under way,” Kay said. “Once we complete the remaining USDA steps, we will start commercial production and sales.”
On top of all that, there’s also competition in the alt-meat market from plant-based offerings like Beyond Meat. These companies could be viewed as holding an ethical high ground since they don’t need to obtain cells from livestock the way that cultivated meat does.
Of course, which fake meat option consumers choose will almost certainly come down to which one tastes the most like the genuine article—and that’s where cultivated meat might win out in the end.
But, like Mozdziak said, these are merely hurdles on the way to the inevitable. Companies like Upside Foods have even received funding and support from the likes of conventional food conglomerates like Tyson and Whole Foods, signaling that cultivated meat has the interest of traditional meat and grocery industries.
“It’s going to be really hard [to bring this to market], it’s going to take a long time, and it’s going to cost a lot of money, but we’re eventually going to get there,” Mozdziak said. “It’s possible to get something out in the market, but to get to the masses, it’s going to take some time. But are we gonna get there? Absolutely.”
So, while you’re carving into a juicy turkey this Thanksgiving, be sure to savor every moment. It might be one of the last ones you’ll eat—at least, one that didn’t come from a test tube.
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The country was amidst the second wave of the pandemic in Q2 2021, which had a significant impact on the performance of the hospitality sector. JLL said as a result, Revenue Per Available Room (RevPAR) in Q2 2022 witnessed an 'exponential' growth of 339.3 % year-on-year (YoY) in Q2, 2022 over Q2 2021.
The sectors saw a 44.6% growth at a pan-India level in RevPAR compared to Q1 2022 wherein the sector was still emerging from the third wave of the pandemic.
JLL said the next two quarters are expected to remain busy on the back of domestic leisure amidst long weekends and festivals and business travel will continue to grow and will remain the main demand driver for the sector.
"Whilst wedding and social function demand will continue to be an important driver, MICE demand is expected to witness an uptick in the coming months with many corporate meetings and large format conferences being planned," JLL stated.
The total number of hotel signings in Q2 2022 stood at 47 hotels with 4,010 keys. The hotel signings witnessed a significant increase of 90.9% as compared to signings in Q2 2021. Domestic operators dominated signings over international operators with a ratio of 52:48 in terms of inventory volume.
“With exponential growth across all performance indicators in business and leisure destinations, Q2 2022 marks the revival of investor interest and stakeholder profitability in the hotel industry," said Jaideep Dang, Managing Director, Hotels and Hospitality Group, South Asia, JLL. "As business travel and corporate off-sites continued to grow, summer holidays offered a further impetus to the overall demand resulting in a renewed confidence in the sector. We expect this momentum to continue over the next few quarters on the back of long weekends, festivals, weddings, events, and business travel evenly contributing to this growth story," he added.


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The International Golf Travel Market (IGTM), which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2017, is the world’s largest golf tourism provider, which brings together over 1,300 golf travel industry professionals from all over the world for four days of networking and deal-making. Generating over 9.5 million euro of business, the unique focus of the event is on the 1:1 pre-scheduled meetings, which connect golf tourism suppliers with pre-qualified buyers (golf tour operators).
This year, the world’s largest event in the golf industry will be hosted by GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre. The IGTM every year moves location, showcasing a different golfing destination. Thus, the organiser announced on its website, that it is »delighted to announce that in 2018, the event will take place in IAGTO’s 2015 Undiscovered Golf Destination of the Year, Slovenia.«
»The fast-growing golf destination, which received more than 4.3 million tourists in 2016, has 13 gold courses, including Royal Bled Golf Course – the oldest in Slovenia. Alongside a wealth of high quality hotels, the country is gaining a burgeoning reputation for gastronomic excellence, led by Ana Roš, who was named the World’s Best Female Chef at the 2017 World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards,« noted the organiser for whom the selection of the GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre for the venue came naturally due to the GR’s advantage of being Slovenia’s largest venue for fairs and exhibitions, educational events, business conferences, and congresses located in the heart of Slovenia’s capital.
The special event is organized by Reed Exhibitions, the world’s leading exhibition organiser which is also the organizer of the WTM business tourism market in London and many other important tourist fairs around the world. Reed Exhibitions will in partnership with IAGTO (International Golf Tournament Organizations Association) provide a winning combination of event and industry expertise fort he world’s golf tourism professionals.
The organisers expect that the business meetings and presentations of destinations will be attended by over 500 providers of golf courses, golf resorts and hotels, over 450 golf tour operators, and around 100 specialized golf media from 65 countries what enables the GR – Ljubljana Exhibition and Convention Centre to, yet again, show its regional primacy in hosting important and large international fairs and exhibitions.


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With the approval of GMO Alfalfa, GMO Sugar Beets and GMO Corn, organic farmers are fighting harder than ever to protect their land and crops. Meanwhile, the agro-chemical companies are pleased that their profits are soaring. It is assumed that organic is in peril. Why is this devastating to organic farmers? One main reason is cross-fertilization. This is especially disastrous for organic farmers because once an organic field is contaminated, the organic farmer’s certification is at risk. The organic label prohibits the use of GMO crops. Losing organic certification would mean the farmer’s goods can no longer be sold for the premium price that helps cover the costs of growing organically. According to Farmaid.org, most genetically engineered crops hitting the market are developed by multinational companies such as Monsanto, Syngenta, Dupont and Dow Chemical to increase their sales and push their related pesticides. For example, Roundup Ready crops are engineered to withstand Monsanto’s toxic herbicide Roundup. With Roundup Ready alfalfa and sugar beets on the market, Monsanto can expect increased profits from its new seeds, as well as increased sales of Roundup herbicide to douse all those new seeds. This has also been a core issue for the beekeeping community which has expressed concern that the combination of GMO crops with the companion technology of neonicotinoids is devastating the rapidly declining bee population. It appears that the fate of organic farmers in the USA seems doomed but is it? In this encore segment of The Organic View, host, June Stoyer talks to organic farming advocate, Dr. Bob Quinn, President of Kamut® International. Today's show is sponsored by Eden Foods. When you shop online at EdenFoods.com enter the coupon code “ORGVIEW” to receive 20% OFF any regularly priced items (excluding cases).
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Quantron presents H2 fuel cell truck with 1,500 km-range
At the IAA trade show, Quantron presented the QHM FCEV Heavy Truck created with Ballard Power Systems, a tractor unit for heavy long-distance transport with a range of up to 1,500 kilometres. Quantron also displayed other fuel cell and battery commercial vehicles on its stand at the trade show.
Floatility, Sun Mobility, Massachusetts, Ballard.
Scooter sharing floats: German Floatility has convinced Singapore to launch a pilot with its solar-powered stand-up scooters at its development partner Autodesk. Their staff will kick about the facility on the partly 3D-printed, three-wheeled and self-balancing EVs, that come with custom-built docking stations to charge. Another pilot is due to start in Vienna in the coming weeks, when tourists will be asked to float around town.
hardwarezone.com.sg, electrive.net (Austria pilot, in German)
Swapping a battery in India shall become most easy as Sun Mobility plans to work together with various OEMs to integrate their solution into electric cars, buses but also scooters and rickshaws. So far, only Ashok Leyland is on board but further steps are to be announced later this year.
Hybrid bus order: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) expects the delivery of 345 new buses of which 156 will be diesel-electric and 175 CNG. Overall, they will replace a third of the fleet with cleaner options once they arrive next month and shall make the system more reliable, esp. in winter.
Ballard scores again: The fuel cell specialist received an order from the SunLine Transit Agency for five FCveloCity systems to power hydrogen buses in Palm Desert, California. The 150 kW systems are expected to be shipped in 2017 and Ballard here works with ElDorado National and BAE System.
Le Mans, Ballard, BioSolar, Autoneum.
Accelerating times ahead: Le Mans will have new rules for its hybrid racers for the 2020 season, essentially turning them into proper plug-in hybrids. A pit stop thus must include a rapid battery refill but also each PHEV will need to run the first kilometres after the break all-electrically. On top of that, the LMP1 competitors must cross the finish line in electric mode as well.
Ballard to take flight: Ballard subsidiary Protonex has written an order from FlyH2 Aerospace, a developer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for commercial applications based in South Africa. It seeks to power its three UA Alpha flagships in the making with Protonex’ fuel cell propulsion system and FlyH2 gears for a 30 kilo utility aircraft with 9-hour flight endurance.
Bio battery: Californian BioSolar has come to an agreement with Top Battery from Korea. The latter will utilise BioSolar’s silicon alloy nanocomposite anode material in its Li-ion batteries. The material is said to deliver high capacity at low cost.
EV acoustics: Hybrid-Acoustics ECO+ is Autoneum’s is not to have EVs make noise but to drown out sounds previously covered by an engine’s hum such as fans and pumps. The noise and heat protection components include carpets made from a novel and environmentally-friendly fibre.
Hyperloop, Future of the Fjords, Ballard, Scania.
Paris – Amsterdam in 30 min? Europe shall see the first Hyperloop by 2021 if plans by Hardt Global Mobility come to pass. The Dutch start-up had won the Hyperloop competition and has since completed a first test track with backing from the Technical University of Delft, Dutch railway company Nederlandse Spoorwegen, and construction company BAM. The real thing shall start within the next 4 years and could reduce travel time between the Dutch and French capital to 30 minutes.
Norwegian dreams: The ‘Future of the Fjords’ is an all-electric ferry destined to move in and out the cliffs from April next year. Two 300 kW motors powers the catamaran currently under construction. Upon completion it will be able to carry 400 passengers at 16 knots.
Ballard convinces China: A new bulk order from Chinese Broad-Ocean has been received in Canada. The contract is worth 18m dollars for Ballard and includes fuel cell systems to electrify buses and trucks. The first part of the order had already been received last February, when the partners agreed on 200 FCVeloCity system. Now, another 400 will follow.
More hydrogen truck news reach us from Scania who scored a (much smaller) contract with Asko from Norway. The grocer now officially ordered four trucks with HyPM-HD90 system, which will be tested on routes over 500 km (we reported).
Hyundai, Amazon, Plug Power, Ballard, VTOL.
Hyundai to develop solid-state batteries? The Korean car manufacturer readies battery tech based on solid rather than liquid electrolytes, Korea Herold reports referring to insider information. Hyundai apparently operates pilot production facilities already but does not intend to go serial before 2025. Also Samsung SDI und LG Chem are said to research solid-state batteries as well as Toyota and BMW.
Amazon tasks Plug Power: Plug Power gains a new order of no other than Amazon, who plans to deploy a fleet of H2 forklifts in 11 of its logistics centres. Delivering the corresponding tech, PlugPower estimates Amazon will spend 70m dollar on the deal in 2017 and likely twice that next year. Furthermore, Amazon is authorised to acquire 23% of the company if spending exceeds 600m dollars.
11m dollar deal for Ballard: Canadian Ballard Power Systems signed an 11m dollar order for 200 FCVeloCity systems to be delivered this year for the Chinese market. Buyer is Broad-Ocean, who intends to use them for demonstrations of H2 buses and industrial vehicles in China.
18 rotor drone production ready: German start-up e-volo has readied its 18 rotor electric VTOL and hopes it will be launched and authorised for commercial passenger transport soon. On top, the two-seated model shall serve the air sport market. A four-seater model is planned, too.
LG Chem, Aston Martin, Ballard, Kyburz.
LG to break ground: Korean battery maker LG Chem plans to expand its Michigan facility this March to fulfil surging demand for EV batteries. The Holland facility produces cells and powerpacks for the Chevy Volt and Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid among others. The 9,300 square meter addition will create 150 more jobs once it goes online in August.
Insights from a hybrid hype: Aston Martin names suppliers for its hybrid racer AM-RB 001 it is developing together with Red Bull. From Croatian Rimac comes the battery system and Bosch is on the controls for the drive. Only 150 road-going AM-RB 001s will be made, but Aston Martin will produce an additional 25 track-only versions. First deliveries are set to start in 2019.
Stronger does it better: The fun EV eRod by Kyburz just got even more fun. The eRod Race ist 150 kW more powerful than all other versions. Plus, the fun lasts for 220 km delivered by a 39 kWh battery pack. Costs are 88,000 CHR as DIY version and 107,000 CHF when complete.
auto-wirtschaft.ch (in German)
Ballard becomes ever bigger in China as it just made a 5 year deal with Chinese Broad-Ocean to produce and sell 30 and 85kW fuel cell systems in three strategic regions in China, including Shanghai. The contract is estimated to be worth 25m dollars in revenue to Ballard.
Poland, Utrecht, Tesla, Venson + EO Charging, Ballard, Kandi.
EV only zones in Poland? Poland’s Ministry of Energy is looking into introducing ‘low-emissions zones’ in cities, a Polish newspaper reports. This may be a push for coal as much as for green transport as the country relies on carbon sources for its energy needs, while the ruling party PiS pushes back more sustainable alternatives.
cleantechnica.com, parlamentarny.pl (in Polish)
Ten electric buses have been acquired by the Dutch town of Utrecht, where they replace ten older diesel vehicles. The 12 metre models will serve an entire line by spring next year and have been bought in a joint effort by the Utrecht public transport bus provider, Qbuzz, the municipality, and the province.
Supercharging Ireland: Tesla is to expand to the republic with a new store, likely in Dublin, as well as EV charging stations by 2017. Ireland is the last Western European country missing on the Tesla map and was due to be connected already this year.
Clean fleet cooperation: Leasing company Venson Automotive Solutions partnered with charging infrastructure provider EO Charging, to help fleet providers switch to electric. They set up the ‘CleanFleet‘ service, which uses GPS data to see if a more electric and/or hybrid fleet is feasible.
Ballard bus update: Ballard Power Systems is to deliver technology for 300 fuel cell buses in the Chinese cities of Foshan and Yunfu reportedly. The latter has now taken delivery of ten such hydrogen buses, while Foshan received the first twelve earlier this month.
Kandi is to sell 50,000 EV over 5 years through Shanxi Coal, a strategic cooperation agreement sets out. Kandi says the agreement is to stabilise the firm’s EV business in times of varying subsidy policies.
Panasonic, FMC, Albemarle, Ballard, XL Hybrids.
The Gigafactory will be set in motion by “hundreds” of Panasonic employees from Japan this autumn. They are there to help to start the production of lithium-ion batteries at what is to become the biggest battery plant to date. In the wake of the expected boom in lithium demand, Albemarle and FMC are considering to set up dedicated factories for lithium production for the Gigafactory.
reuters.com (Panasonic), detroitnews.com (FMC, Albemarle)
Ballard Systems closed deals over 10 million dollars with Chinese Nantong Zehe New Energy Technology and Guangdong Synergy Hydrogen Power Technology. Ballard is to deliver its fuel cell technology for 33 buses which will be deployed in Rugao and Yunfu by 2016.
XL Hybrids expands: The company now introduced the GM Cutaway/Cab Chassis into the product lineup and is thus able to retrofit the Ford E350and the new Ford Transit passenger van among others with its XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System. The XL3 can be installed as a retrofit or a new upfit.
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Most clicked link on Monday was Zero Motorcycles announcing that more than 50 police departments across the States are now using the company’s electric motorcycles for patrols.
Van Hool, Siemens & Volvo, eMio, Car2go, Georgia, San Diego.
EU supports H2 buses: Belgium bus OEM Van Hool has signed an agreement with the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), which is financing the deployment of 21 fuel cell buses. These will be powered by Ballard Ballard FCvelocity-HD7 modules.
E-Buses and chargers for Sweden: Siemens and Volvo have signed a deal, saying they will work together to supply electrified bus systems to cities. In 2015, Volvo will deliver hybrid and all-electric buses to the Swedish cities of Stockholm and Gothenburg, while Siemens will set up fast-chargers there with a charging capacity of up to 300 kW.
Electric scooter sharing in Berlin: Berlin-based start-up eMio will kick off its electric “Share-a-Scooter” programme in the German capital in March. Following the testing phase, 200 electric scooters will be up for sharing in the centre of Berlin. The two-wheelers can be booked per app and are free floating.
emio-sharing.de, emo-berlin.de (articles in German)
New electric Smarts for San Diego: Carsharing provider Car2go is renewing and increasing the size of its fleet in the Californian city, bringing in 400 new electric Smarts. These will replace 350 models from 2010. According to the company, it counts over 33,000 customers and over 1 million trips in San Diego since the scheme launched in 2011.
“Get Current” will be the name of a new initiative launched in Georgia, USA. Utility provider Georgia Power Co. has earmarked 12 million dollars that it will spend on erecting 50 new public charging stations, as well as on subsidies for the installation of private chargers.
San Diego wants cleaner cabs: The U.S. city launched a 360,000 dollar incentive programme to get taxi drivers to switch from petrol to hybrid. Taxi owners will receive up to 4,000 dollars for the purchase of a new hybrid or alternative fuel vehicle and will also pay reduced airport fees.
Greenkraft, EDI, Motiv Power Systems, Utah State University, Ballard.
Plug-in gas truck: Efficient Drivetrains, Inc. (EDI) and Greenkraft announced they will work together on a plug-in hybrid CNG powertrain for medium-duty trucks. Meanwhile, the California Energy Commission awarded EDI 900,000 dollars in funding to support the development of the parallel-series multi-mode truck.
Ship-through funding: Motiv Power was able to raise 7.3 million dollars in funding to further develop their so-called ship-through modification sets. These upgrades enable truck and bus builders to install electric drivestrains with minimal effort in their existing vehicles.
Test track for wireless charging: Utah State University plans to build a 446-square-metre facility including an oval-shaped track to test wirelessly powered vehicles ranging from regular cars to full-sized buses. Construction could start as early as this autumn.
Fuel cell business: Ballard Power Systems licensed its intellectual property to the Taiwanese M-Field Energy Corporation for their operations in Europe. Ballard will also provide engineering services and become the exclusive supplier of fuel cell stacks for M-Field’s material handling solutions.
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Most clicked Link on Monday: Audi to go global with plug-in hybrid.
Hino, DENSO, Ballard, Celgard, LG Chem, Samsung, Greenline Hybrid.
Hybrid refrigerator truck: Jointly developed by Hino Motors and Denso Corp., the ‘Hino Profia’ heavy duty truck uses energy from its hybrid system solely to power its refrigeration system. The power is generated while driving or regenerated from the hybrid unit. The refrigerator truck comes with a stand-by unit that can be plugged in to keep the fridge running when the motor is turned off.
Fuel cell range extender: Ballard Power Systems will supply its FCvelocity-HD7 fuel cell module to Solaris Bus & Coach from Poland. The fuel cells will charge the batteries of Solaris’ electric buses to be deployed to Hamburg, Germany later this year.
Turbulences in the battery industry: Polypore’s subsidy Celgard filed a complaint against LG Chem, alleging a patent infringement of Celgard’s separators for high-energy li-ion batteries. At the same time, Celgard announced a long-term supply agreement with Samsung, which will use Celgard separators for the EV batteries. Samsung also recently invested in XG Sciences, a graphene manufacturer.
greencarcongress.com (Celgard vs LG Chem), greencarcongress.com (Celgard & Samsung), greencarcongress.com (Samsung & XG Sciences)
Diesel-hybrid boat: Slovenian company Greenline Hybrid just presented its latest addition to its ‘Greenline’ series of hybrid yachts. Greenline 48 is the largest in the range. Its electric motor offers 20 nautic miles of range at four knots (4.6 mph). The 46 kWh battery can be supplemented with solar panels on deck.


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Intel has used MWC 2016 to announce a variety of products and partnerships, which could help lead to faster, smarter and more efficient 5G networks.
On the partnership front the company is teaming with Ericsson, KT, LG Electronics, Nokia, SK Telecom and Verizon.
Intel and Ericsson are carrying out joint trials and working with mobile operators on 5G solutions. Intel and LG are developing and piloting 5G telematics technologies for next-generation cars and Intel is working with KT to implement 5G trials in 2018, with the aim of verifying 5G technology and devices.
Then there’s SK Telecom, which is partnering with Intel to develop advances in radio access network technologies, including massive MIMO and anchor-booster cell. The two companies are also developing and verifying 5G networks and devices, much like Intel is doing with KT.
That leaves Verizon, which is conducting 5G field trials with Intel to demonstrate the potential of millimetre-wave spectrum and in particular how it can support far higher data capacity and speeds than today’s mobile networks.
On the product side, Intel used MWC to highlight its 5G mobile trial platform, which delivers faster integration and testing of 5G devices and wireless access points.
The company also offers a wide range of wireless communications products, which could help power the Internet of Things and become a key part of future 5G networks.
These include solutions ideal for automotive applications, machine-to-machine applications and endpoints requiring wide-scale coverage at low power and low cost.
Additionally, Intel announced the Intel XMM 7480, which is a smartphone modem offering 4G speeds of up to 450Mbps. It’s not 5G then, but it’s a step in the right direction.
Of the announcements, Aicha Evans, corporate vice president and general manager of the Intel Communication and Devices Group said:
“Billions of increasingly smart and connected devices, data-rich personalized services, and cloud applications are driving the need for smarter and more powerful networks.
“The transition to 5G brings communications and computing together and is a fundamental shift for the industry. It is essential to lay the foundation for future 5G networks now to make amazing experiences of the future possible.”


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Is Miami Swimwear Fashion Week little more than a bunch of catwalk capers?
Possibly. But aside from the chance to ogle hotties and honeys wearing little more than a strip of Lycra, remember that swimwear is a $5 billion industry.
And every year, the swim shows put SoFla in sharp focus with bikini biz and fashion flash - with runway shows here and there in South Beach nightclubs and hotels.
In the center are the big three:
At the Miami Beach Convention Center, there is SwimShow, a trade show staged by the all-powerful Swimwear Association of Florida, with 2,000 collections exhibiting.
Over at the W Hotel, there is Salon Allure, another trade show for luxurious designer brands that will retail at $100 and up, along with high-end accessories and jewelry lines.
But it is at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Swim shows, set up around the pool of the Raleigh Hotel, that swimwear designers from around the world show directional swimsuits with a smattering of celebs.
We are planning comprehensive coverage with photo galleries, front-row-access videos, celebrity party poop and fashion trend round-up.


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Microsoft Will Not Support Upcoming Processors Except On Windows 10by Brett Howse on January 15, 2016 9:05 PM EST
Microsoft has long been the bastion of long term support for older platforms, so today’s support news out of Redmond is particularly surprising. Intel launched its 6th generation Skylake cores back in August, and support on Windows 7 has been not as strong as Windows 10 right out of the gate. It’s not terribly strange that new features like Intel’s Speed Shift will not be coming to Windows 7, but today Microsoft announced that going forward, new processors will only be supported on Windows 10. Skylake will only be supported through devices on a supported list, and even those will only have support until July 2017.
For the average consumer buying a new PC, this is not a huge issue. Generally, consumers buy a PC and use the operating system that it comes with. That is going to be Windows 10. But the enterprise schedule is often much more drawn out when it comes to desktop operating system support. Windows XP was the most famous example of this, with businesses clinging to it well past its best before date, because Windows Vista and newer versions of the operating system significantly changed the system rights and driver models, rendering older programs incompatible.
The move to Windows 7 was very drawn out, so perhaps Microsoft is trying to avoid this again in the future, but moving an enterprise to a new desktop OS can bring a lot of testing requirements, training, and back-end infrastructure updates which are all non-trivial. Microsoft has made its name in the enterprise by being generous with support lifetimes, and I think what is most troubling about today’s news is that Windows 7 has long-term support until January 14, 2020, and Windows 8.1 until January 10, 2023. News like this is going to catch a lot of companies off-guard, since they would have been expecting to have at least until 2020 to migrate off of Windows 7, and many of these companies have just finally moved to Windows 7 after a decade or more on XP.
To give just 18 months with these support policies is likely not what companies want to hear. This doesn’t mean that Windows 7 will be end of life in July 2017, but if you can’t run it on new hardware, this is going to put a dent in device sales too. If companies are not ready to move to Windows 10, they may have to stick with older hardware.
This does not just affect Intel based machines either. According to the blog post by Terry Myerson, Windows 10 will be the only supported Windows platform for Kaby Lake (Intel’s next gen 14 nm processors), Snapdragon 820 (Qualcomm), and Carrizo (AMD).
Going forward, as new silicon generations are introduced, they will require the latest Windows platform at that time for support. This enables us to focus on deep integration between Windows and the silicon, while maintaining maximum reliability and compatibility with previous generations of platform and silicon. For example, Windows 10 will be the only supported Windows platform on Intel’s upcoming “Kaby Lake” silicon, Qualcomm’s upcoming “8996” silicon, and AMD’s upcoming “Bristol Ridge” silicon.
After July 2017, computers on the supported list that are still running Windows 7 will still get security updates, but any updates specific to that platform will not be released if it risks the reliability of other Windows 7 or 8.1 platforms.
To me, the oddest part of the announcement is who it is coming from. When Intel releases a new CPU, it is generally the motherboard makers working with Intel who provide the correct BIOS emulation modes and drivers for older versions of Windows. It’s somewhat odd that Microsoft is the one announcing this news rather than a company like Intel or AMD stating they won’t be supporting the older platform.
For those in the business world, this blog post may force you to reconsider your upgrade plans, or at least your hardware evergreen cycle. A full list of supported PCs for the 18-month period is supposed to be released next week.
Source: Windows Blog
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Reflex - Tuesday, January 19, 2016 - linkI would argue it was even worse when Michael Asher was writing. He made a lot of bullshit sound plausible enough to get referenced by other sites.
Yojimbo - Friday, January 15, 2016 - linkYeah the title should definitely be changed.
Brett Howse - Friday, January 15, 2016 - linkSorry you are correct the title is vague. I'll fix it up.
GTVic - Friday, January 15, 2016 - link"Microsoft to Stop Adding New Processor Features to Older Versions of Windows."
zodiacfml - Friday, January 15, 2016 - linkI was about to post something similar to this. What kind of support are they talking about, which seems to be support for new CPU features in older versions of Windows.
micksh - Saturday, January 16, 2016 - linkAlarmist title. Clickbait. Microsoft doesn’t need to support new CPU’s on old OS’es. CPU vendors maintain full backward compatibility with older OS’es, so users don’t have to worry.
What Microsoft is saying is that if Intel invents AVX-1024, or something like that, it won't be supported in OS earlier that Win10. And it's OK because if older OS is used because of legacy software, that software won't support it either.
OSX and Linux most likely will not add support for this kind of stuff to their 3-year old OS versions either. Otherwise, all old Windows versions run just fine on latest CPUs.
Our company sometimes ships new PCs with Broadwell-E and Windows XP because they have to work with long time obsolete Firewire cameras that have no drivers for anything later than XP. It’s a job of hardware makers to develop drivers. Microsoft doesn’t develop 3rd party drivers.
Windows XP, with last mainstream update in 2009, still works fine with year 2014 CPU, and I’m sure it will work with many next CPU generations too, so will Windows 7.
Alexvrb - Sunday, January 17, 2016 - linkYou think this is bad, you should see how it's going over at some other tech sites. There's even a bunch of posters going apesh- like it's the end of the world, when the reality is that this is a NON-ISSUE. Skylake on Win7 already is missing speedshift support and that's fine. Want the latest features? Use the latest OS.
Tams80 - Saturday, January 16, 2016 - linkThe author could do well to remember that in English the first part of a sentence is often interpreted as the most important. Using 'except' is either bad writing, or clickbait.
addversaarry - Sunday, January 17, 2016 - linkIt doesn't read like that at all, where did you learn how to read? Close that school.
Kjella - Friday, January 15, 2016 - linkNot surprised, Microsoft has completely lost it with Windows 10. It's nagware, FUD and forced obsolescence all the way because people aren't adopting it and they're getting more and more like a crack dealer trying to give you the first shot "free" every day. With the total disrespect they show for people who do not want to upgrade, how will it be like when they have you over a barrel?
On Windows 10 there's no choice, they can do what they want and there's no opting out, no turning it updates unless you block it at an external firewall and then you lose all security patches. Right now they're making Apple and Google look like the good guys, it's like Microsoft is trying to prove they can spy on and lock in their customers just as good as the competition. Two letters: F and U.


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Management Update: Port of Oakland revival.
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With the arrival of three new container cranes from Shanghai last month, the Port of Oakland is anticipating increased cargo throughput. According to Omar Benjamin, the port's executive director, Oakland had a 30 percent increase in its maritime cargo imports and an 11 percent increase in outbound cargo exports compared to a year ago. “There are glimmers of economic recovery on the horizon,” Benjamin said. “And people are beginning to feel the negative news of the past several months beginning to thaw and give way to better days.” In a letter to shippers, Benjamin also noted that Union Pacific Railroad recently opened its Donner Pass route located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range to domestic double-stack intermodal container freight traffic.
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1,000 inches wide … the world’s largest television for sale
SEOUL: South Korea’s world-renowned company Samsung has unveiled the world’s largest micro-LED TV, which is more than 1,000 inches (83 feet) wide.
According to reports, this LED television is a masterpiece of the latest “The Wall” technology, which was first presented by Samsung at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in 2018, with a width of 146 cm.
In “The Wall” technology, many micro-LEDs are interconnected in such a way that they merge into one large LED screen.
Samsung says that even bigger TV screens can be made using the same technology.
This 1,000-inch-wide micro-LED TV has a new chip equipped with artificial intelligence, which allows it to display 8K resolution while supporting up to 16K quality video.
Despite its wide width, this TV screen is very thin and has a wireless docking connection with its 120 Hz refresh rate.
Samsung has not said anything about the price of the new “The Wall” screen, but it has been said that it will be tailored to the needs and requirements of any buyer around the world.
This statement shows that this screen is only for those users who have a lot of space and a lot of money. These could be large and corporate entities.
Any design of “The Wall” will be able to be hung in addition to spot (flat) or curved at the request of the buyer.


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Thailand 'is best value' for UK travellers
Thailand - scene of recent civil unrest - offers the best value for UK holidaymakers on long-haul trips, it was revealed today.
Good value: Krabi in Thailand
The Far East country had the cheapest living costs for tourists in a survey of 15 long-haul destinations by Post Office Travel Services.
Involving eight items including meals and drinks, the survey showed that the items would cost just £39.89 in Thailand.
This compared with the most expensive destination in the survey - Barbados - where the same items would cost as much as £153.73.
After Thailand, the next best-value destination was South Africa (£46.81 for the eight items), followed by Malaysia (£46.91) and Kenya (£52.24).
Many Britons were caught up in the unrest in Thailand which involved the closing down of the country's main airport for several days.
Post Office Travel Services spokesman Andrew Spice said: 'Despite its recent troubles, Thailand remains a great prospect for UK holidaymakers.
'The Thai baht may have strengthened against sterling but prices remain very low in the country, as our new holiday costs barometer shows, and the discounts now available to top resorts like Phuket and Hua Hin will make Thailand unbeatable value.'
He added that mid-haul destinations, led by Egypt and Dubai, also looked set to be popular this year. In 2008 the Egyptian pound was one of the Post Office's fastest growing currencies and shorter flight times, keenly priced packages and a widely held belief that costs in the country are lower than elsewhere should continue to keep Egypt in the spotlight.
But Mr Spice said: 'While Egypt has consistently rated as one of the best-value destinations in our surveys, we have seen signs that tourist items are on the rise. Meal costs, in particular, can be more expensive than in many other countries.'
Most destinations around the world became more expensive for UK holidaymakers last year as sterling wekened dramatically - particularly the eurozone, the US and countries whose currencies are pegged to the dollar, like much of South America.
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Internet advertising expenditure in the UK broke the £2 billion barrier in 2006 thanks to a 41.2% surge in growth as marketers moved their budgets online.
In 2006 £2.016 billion was spent online by advertisers targeting the 31 million (GfK NOP) people connected to the internet. The growth has increased the internet's share of all advertising revenues to 11.4%, up from 7.8% in 2005.
Online spend boosted the entire advertising industry, which grew by 1.1% in 2006. With almost all expenditure on traditional media in decline, the upward momentum of the internet reflects a new era in marketing communication and consumer behaviour, which is driven by high-speed broadband take-up and user-generated content.
The figures are from the biannual online advertising spend study by the IAB, carried out in partnership with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the World Advertising Research Centre (WARC).
So what do these figures mean exactly? Here are the headlines
Internet overtakes national newspapers: The results reveal that expenditure on the internet overtook advertising in national newspapers, which last year recorded growth of 0.2% to £1.9 billion and a market share of 10.9%. In 2006, the internet was just over half the size of the TV advertising market, which experienced a fall of 4.7% to £3.9 billion.
UK advertising sector driven by internet: Advertising across all traditional media combined fell by £466.1 million year-on-year, a 2.9% decline. However, with the increase in online advertising spend, the entire market grew by 1.1%.
Second half of 2006 saw record spend: In the second half of 2006, online advertising experienced its highest market share ever reported when expenditure topped £1.098 billion - a 12.4% share of total UK advertising.
UK nearly double average global share: The UK now leads the world for share of advertising spend online as the global average is currently 5.8% (source: ZenithOptimedia).
Formats: Strong growth for display advertising, classifieds and paid-for search: In 2006, online display advertising (including banners, skyscrapers and online sponsorships) rose 35% year-on-year to £453.7 million.
Traditional advertising formats, such as banners, were reinvigorated by an increase in the use of rich media, which includes graphics, audio, video or animation. Once again online display advertising is experiencing growth far greater than any other display medium.
The growth of paid-for search (sponsored listings that advertisers pay for when a consumer clicks through to their site) was sustained, increasing by 52% to £1.2 billion of total online ad spend or a 57.8% share.
Online classified advertising was also up 45% to £379 million, a share of 18.8%. This is in contrast to traditional press classified advertising, which experienced a significant decrease of 7.8% year-on-year.
Categories: Automotive, Technology, Property and Retail up: The online advertising market continues to be led by the Recruitment category, up 2.7% points, followed by the Finance and Technology categories.
Automotive was ranked fourth with an increase of 0.2% points, while the fifth placed Entertainment & Media sector fell 2.1% points.
The biggest gains were seen by Technology, up 6.5% points, and Property, up 3.4% points. Retail also increased its share by 0.6%.
The key drivers for the growth
Broadband: According to BMRB, 26% of internet users' media day is spent online largely thanks to the booming proliferation of broadband, which is in 10 million UK households - this means that the internet has overtaken radio as the second most consumed medium after TV. 65% of the UK population is online, 89% of at-home users are on broadband and a third of them use wireless.
Advertisers seize the power of online video: Faster, cheaper broadband means marketers are increasingly experimenting with video and more engaging, creative advertising or rich media (graphics, audio, video or animation) adverts. These advertisers recognise that video is a catalyst for staying online for longer and awareness is higher when video ads are employed. The increase is more than twice as high when video ads are used compared with the increase in ad awareness across all online display ads (source: DynamicLogic).
Explosion of user-generated content and social networking: During the past 18 months, user-generated content and social networking websites have opened up the internet to a new generation. As advertisers realise that mass audiences are uploading their own pictures, videos and blogs instead of consuming traditional media, they are discovering new ways to engage consumers through in-game advertising and online video technology.
The internet is proving itself a hugely popular mass medium and advertisers are continuing to switch more of their budgets online to build their brands and interact with their customers.
With consumers now enjoying even faster broadband and installing wireless routers in their homes, the growth of online advertising in the UK is set to continue unabated


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After staying quiet since last December, PlayStation Worldwide Studios Chairman Shawn Layden confirmed there would not be a PlayStation Experience in 2018.
During the PlayStation Blogcast, Layden said, “For 2018, I know this is going to be a disappointment to some people, but we decided to not hold PlayStation Experience this year.”
Layden hinted that fans not in North America might have something to look forward to. “We won’t have it in the States this year.”
He continued to confirm the reasons why the company made the decision. “The reasons behind that really are we don’t have… we have a lot of progress that we’re making on out games… Now that we have Spider-Man out the door, we’re looking down into 2019 games like Dreams and Days Gone.”
Layden also said that the increased usage of the PlayStation Blog and social media attributed to the lack of upcoming announcements. The company wants to find more ways to get their announcements out to the public, not just through press conferences.
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A new Porsche EV will debut at the 2021 Munich Motor Show (IAA 2021) on 6 September 2021. There are good chances that this is a Porsche Boxster EV concept.
Porsche has released a teaser of the upcoming EV concept that reveals small details. The four-eyed headlights are similar to that of the Porsche Taycan. However, they have a sharper design and appear to be smaller. The separate turn indicator is another noteworthy difference in this case. The compact drive components should allow positioning the bonnet lower than on conventional Porsche sports cars. The bonnet appears to have a central vent, which could allow the air from the intake on the front bumper to pass through, thus generating downforce over the front axle.
A Porsche Boxster concept was hinted in May
In May 2021, a report from Car And Driver suggested that an all-electric Porsche Boxster may not be too far from breaking cover, though in a concept form. The report said that Dr. Michael Steiner, Member of the Executive Board for Research and Development, Porsche, is pushing to develop a Porsche Boxster electric concept.
Two-door electric Porsche models have long been thought of as products of the distant future. However, Volkswagen Group’s accelerated electrification strategy could mean at least the entry-level models like the Boxster adopting electric power sooner than expected.
According to the report, Dr. Steiner has said that the company has built electric prototypes of the current-gen Boxster, although it’s doubtful that a launch is planned in the immediate future. These prototypes are too heavy. An all-electric Boxster could be a part of the next-gen family. By that time, Volkswagen Group would have lighter and more efficient battery packs with its unified cell platform ready. The Zuffenhausen-based automaker had said last year that its electric sports cars would ride on a new, yet-to-be-announced vehicle platform, and so, PPE and J1 probably aren’t the right solutions for this product.
Some of Porsche’s two-door electric cars, like an all-electric 991, could be among the 20% models in which Volkswagen Group sees the need for a special battery cell technology instead of unified cell. “With this concept (unified cell), we are really able to put 80% unified cell in our cars,” Thomas Schmall, Board Member Technology, Volkswagen Group, said at Volkswagen Group’s Power Day event in March. “(As for the remaining) 20%, for sure a big OEM like Volkswagen (Group) needs specific solution independent from the cell design,” he added.
Porsche’s battery cell tech to be developed with Motorsport
Porsche CEO Oliver Blume indicated at the Power Day event that the battery cell technology for two-door EVs will be developed with the help of its motorsport division. He said:
Motorsport has always been a development laboratory for Porsche. Things that have been proven on the racetrack are later incorporated in the production. This is an integral part of the Porsche DNA. We have also transferred this principle to the development of our fully electric production sports cars.Porsche CEO Oliver Blume (Volkswagen Group Power Day)
Further, Blume said that Porsche’s goal must be to ensure a permanent supply of high-performance cells that fully satisfy its specific requirements for future electrified race cars and electric super sports cars. “We must design them (battery cells) for our very specific purposes as high-performance cells,” Blume said.
Porsche will systematically build up know-how in the area of high-performance chemistry. We will ensure that there is a completely European production chain for high-performance batteries. These are intended for use in high-performance limited-production-run cars and in customer motorsport. As carryover effect, also volume and power cells will benefit from this technology experience.Porsche CEO Oliver Blume (Volkswagen Group Power Day)
Porsche testing electrified Boxsters in internal projects
Last year, talking to CAR, Dr. Steiner had said that though the company is testing electrified Boxsters to gain knowledge, a production decision is not taken yet. Porsche feels that the Boxster being a small sports car, will not be the right choice for big batteries as it will affect the handling. This is why Porsche’s next electric vehicle will be a small SUV and not a sports car. Porsche will be launching an electric crossover based on the Volkswagen Group’s Premium Platform Electric (PPE) architecture as its second electric vehicle, akin to the Macan.
Dr. Steiner has said that if there’s a significant breakthrough with battery technology like solid-state batteries, Porsche will surely move in the direction of a two-door fully electric sports car. However, those who are expecting a fully electric Porsche 911, get ready for disappointment. Talking about the electrification of its cars, Blume has stated that 50 percent of Porsche vehicles will get an electric or hybrid drive by 2025 and Porsche will continue to offer combustion engines, especially in the 911.
Porsche has already launched its fully electric four-door sports car Taycan globally. The Taycan can be specified with a battery pack having energy content as much as 93.4 kWh (gross), which is good enough for a maximum range of 484 km (WLTP). With a 270 kW rapid charger, the battery pack can be charged to 80% in just 22.5 minutes, and Customers can achieve a 100 km range of charge in five minutes. In true Porsche style, the Taycan can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h as quickly as 2.8 seconds and achieve a top speed of 260 km/h.
80 percent of Porsches to be electrified by 2030
In its annual press conference in March, Porsche announced that by 2030, 80% of new Porsche cars sold would be electrified, either as all-electric vehicles or high-performance plug-in hybrids. In 2020, a third of Porsche cars sold in Europe were fully or partially electric; globally, it was 17 percent. In 2025, 50 percent of all new Porsches sold worldwide will have an electric motor, the company said.
Solid-state battery is the “end game”
The development of solid-state battery cell technology is expected to mark the beginning of the next revolution in the auto industry when it comes to electrification. With higher energy density, greater safety, faster charging, and lower space requirements, it checks all the boxes for fully electrifying sports cars. “This is the end game for Lithium-ion battery cells,” Frank Blome, Head of Battery Cell and System, Volkswagen Group Components, said at the Power Day event.
Volkswagen Group has partnered with QuantumScape to develop solid-state battery cell technology for EVs. Blome said that QuantumScape is already able to reduce the 10-80% SoC fast-charging time from the current battery cell technology’s 20-35 minutes all the way down to 12 minutes with solid-state battery cell technology.
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“Blackbirds,” a new and exclusive song, is unlocked upon completion of all the missions, marking one of the first times an artist has released new music through a mobile game application. 8-bit versions of the band’s most popular songs, including “In The End,” “New Divide” and “Crawling” are also featured.
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BT is set to slash another 6,000 jobs as attempts to reduce overheads at the UK’s incumbent operator continue, The Guardian reported.
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A new round of swingeing cuts follows 4,000 redundancies announced in May 2017 by the UK’s largest fixed and mobile operator. At the time CEO Gavin Patterson (pictured) said the reductions were a result of “market and regulatory pressures” and the money saved would “support investment”.
The last two years have been a period of wholesale change at the UK’s incumbent operator with the company in the process of spinning-off fibre rollout division Openreach and integrating mobile operator EE into its new consumer division.
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Sony will most likely announce the stream in the next few days. However, this may still change. The leaked marketing advert appeared on Twitch and featured the same original DualSense Controller sizzle reel but instead of the planned 9 June date, the new date is 11 June.
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May 17, 2013 — DePuy Orthopedics announced in a press release the discontinuation of a metal liner used in the Ultamet metal-on-metal and Complete ceramic-on-metal hip implants.
The liner is designed exclusively for use with the DePuy Pinnacle hip implant, which is not affected by the discontinuation. DePuy cited declining sales of the metal-on-metal hip implants and proposed changes in regulation, and “is not related to safety or efficacy, and is not a recall.”
DePuy is currently facing more than 10,000 lawsuits involving the ASR hip implant. Thousands of people were injured when their hip implant failed within just a few years after implantation. Although metal-on-metal hip implants were originally advertised as longer-lasting, more durable implants for younger patients, their popularity has declined as researchers have linked them to higher rates of complications than plastic and ceramic hip implants.
DePuy stated that they will be discontinuing other products in an effort to “simplify and streamline” their product portfolio. The decision was also influenced by “next generation options,” and advancements in technology that have shifted physician preferences away from metal-on-metal hip implants and toward metal-on-plastic, ceramic-on-plastic, and ceramic-on-ceramic bearings.
Another factor influencing DePuy’s decision to discontinue the metal-on-metal hip implant liners was the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The agency has proposed changes to the way metal-on-metal hip implants are approved. If the products are re-classified as “high-risk” medical devices, they will no longer be approved under the 510(k) process, which allows manufacturers of new devices to avoid conducting safety studies so long as their new product is “substantially equivalent” to an existing device.
DePuy has faced criticism for the way they tested and marketed the ASR metal-on-metal hip implant. After the ASR system failed an internal safety test in 2007, instead of re-designing the implant, DePuy re-designed the test. After it was implanted in more than 90,000 people, it was linked to a 37% five-year failure rate. Many of these individuals have filed lawsuits against DePuy.
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