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The Worldwide Developer’s Conference (WWDC) has kicked off already but only hours before the inauguration of the event, Apple might have accidentally leaked some crucial information about its new developments – a new, original file managing app for the iOS 11.
There’s already been news about the new version of Apple’s operating system – iOS 11 – set to be revealed this week at the Worldwide Developers conference (WWDC). With the introduction of the new iOS, we naturally expected Apple to introduce some major changes to its software.
For years now, iPhone and iPad owners have been eyeing Android users enviously with their organized file-manager apps and abilities. Until now, iOS lacked a feature that could easily and conveniently manage the files on their devices. With enormous storage spaces the Apple gadgets offer, the existence of a file managing app slowly became a necessity. Thankfully, Apple might have finally seen to this problem and is set to launch an iOS 11 supported file-manager app.
The rumors of this application sparked when the company accidentally added a large, blank entry in the Apple App Store that was named ‘Files’ – pretty, basic, right? A prominent game and app developer, Steve Troughton Smith noticed the change and tweeted about it on his Twitter account. Have a look:
Ahead of iOS 11, a 'Files' app placeholder entry from Apple appears on the App Store. Requires iOS 11.0 or later 😘 pic.twitter.com/8HAQflHBuI
— Steve T-S (@stroughtonsmith) June 5, 2017
The listing of the app indicates that it needs iOS 11 to run so we know it’s something new that will come with the operating system upgrade.
The WWDC is scheduled for five days, from Monday 5th June to Friday 9th June. We might receive an official explanation to this leaked, accidental addition to the Apple Store some time during these five days. Along with the news of new changes to the software, Apple is also rumored to expand its Voice-Assistant, Siri and possibly introduce a hardware that would incorporate Siri wholly, like a Siri Speaker perhaps.
Other predictions of what Apple plans to unveil in the WWDC include the iPad Pro and four new iPad tablets. Unfortunately, the company might not yet talk about the new iPhone 8 we’ve all been so anxiously waiting for.
If the rumors about the software changes in iOS 11 are true, and if Apple introduces a native, original file managing application, it would definitely answer the prayers of many Apple users who have been longing for a way to organize their storage.
More information regarding the new app is expected to come this week, so watch out for it, Apple fans!


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One of the last major holdouts says it will adopt Tesla's charging technology — here's the full list of car companies making the switch
Ford, Toyota, Hyundai, and more are switching to Tesla's charging tech. Their EV drivers will soon be able to charge it at a Tesla Supercharger.
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To support Alberta’s small businesses as they adapt to the realities of the ongoing public health crisis, the Alberta government is expanding and increasing the Small and Medium Enterprise Relaunch Grant. With a new lower threshold and increased grant amount, up to 15,000 more businesses may be eligible for funding.
In November, the government announced that Alberta businesses impacted by recent public health orders were eligible to apply for a second payment through the program. This second payment will now be 15 per cent of pre-pandemic monthly revenues up to a maximum of $15,000 – for a total of $20,000 in potential funding available for each business, up from the original $5,000.
This second payment is available to businesses operating in areas on the provincial watch list where new health restrictions have been implemented. Applications for the second payment in areas under enhanced measures will open this month.
Additionally, the program is now expanding to include job creators who have experienced a 30 per cent revenue loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This lowers the threshold from the existing requirement of 40 per cent revenue loss. The 30 per cent threshold will be available to impacted businesses retroactive to March.
“Our small businesses need additional supports, and they need them today – that’s why we’re taking action now to increase the funding available to our local job creators. We’ve tripled our support to get job creators the help they need so we can come out of this pandemic stronger than before. Alberta’s government is here for our small businesses while we protect the lives and livelihoods of all Albertans.”
Doug Schweitzer, Minister of Jobs, Economy and Innovation
“Our province’s job creators are barely surviving with nearly half reporting they are losing money every day they are open. We thank the Alberta government for recognizing the significant impacts new restrictions are having on small businesses and for providing this additional help through the expansion of the relaunch grant. The expansion of the grant will help businesses who desperately need direct cash support keep their lights on and make it through to the new year.”
Annie Dormuth, Alberta provincial affairs director, Canadian Federation of Independent Business
“The Fitness Industry Council of Canada, and our member studios, gyms and recreation centres, look to work in partnership with the government to curate safe and effective exercise experiences for Albertans. There have been many added costs to running a facility, most notably those associated with cleaning and sanitization. For facilities that have been forced to close, expenses such as property taxes, loan payments and remaining rent expense still remain. We welcome this additional funding source for those businesses that have had to temporarily close and look forward to working alongside Alberta Health Services to ensure that our facilities are as safe as possible.”
Scott Wildeman, president, Industry Fitness Council of Canada
“Increasing restrictions are negatively impacting restaurant sales, with 65 per cent of restaurants recently reporting that they are operating at loss. Restaurants Canada appreciates the Alberta government’s expansion of its relaunch grant program and changes to the program’s criteria, as this will allow more hospitality businesses to access the working capital they critically need to survive the second wave of COVID-19.”
Mark von Schellwitz, vice-president for Western Canada, Restaurants Canada
The Small and Medium Enterprise Relaunch Grant offers financial assistance to Alberta businesses, cooperatives, and non-profit organizations with fewer than 500 employees that faced restrictions or closures from public health orders.
Job creators that meet the program’s eligibility criteria can apply for 15 per cent of their pre-COVID-19 monthly revenue up to a maximum of $20,000 since the program launched.
Businesses can use the funding however they choose to offset the costs they must face as a result of the pandemic restrictions. This includes the costs of implementing measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, including PPE and cleaning supplies, as well as rent, employee wages, or replacing inventory. The funds can also be used to help businesses expand their online presence or e-commerce opportunities so that they can continue to serve customers.
The program launched at the end of June with a budget of up to $200 million. To ensure Alberta businesses have access to the supports they need, this budget was increased to $500 million. More program details, including updated eligibility criteria and how to apply for the second payment, will be outlined on the program web page when finalized. Applications will be open until March 31, 2021, unless otherwise communicated.
Alberta’s Recovery Plan is a bold, ambitious long-term strategy to build, diversify, and create tens of thousands of jobs now. By building schools, roads and other core infrastructure we are benefiting our communities. By diversifying our economy and attracting investment with Canada’s most competitive tax environment, we are putting Alberta on a path for a generation of growth.
- On Nov. 23, small businesses located in areas on the provincial watch list were offered the ability to apply for a second payment under the relaunch program. The threshold for the grant was also reduced from 50 to 40 per cent.
- Additional supports for businesses are available through the federal government.
- Small and medium-sized businesses make up 99.8 per cent of Alberta businesses.
- Businesses with fewer than 100 employees represent 98 per cent of Alberta businesses.


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Reliance Communications has inked an exclusively partnership with to Google promote Android handsets in India. Under the two year partnership, R-COM will create exclusive data plans and services specifically targeted to promote Android devices on its network. In a statement, R-COM has also said that it also plans to introduce expert customer care, operator billing, exclusive apps and content in addition to the dedicated Android experience zones at Reliance retail outlets across the country. R-COM will also pump in money in ad campaigns to promote Android phones.
The company has announced has announced a free 3G data plan offering 1GB of data transfer to all new & existing customers who buy a new Google endorsed Android device, in Reliance 3G circles and during the period of 15th April, 2012 to 15th June, 2012 for both pre-paid and post-paid customers. The 1GB data needs to be utilized within 30 days for pre pay customers and 1-month for post pay customers.
Beyond that usage or validity period, users need to subscribe for an additional 3G data plan. The offer is valid only Google endorsed Android handsets, and although R-Com’s website says that a list of handsets is available on its site, we were not able to locate it. Currently, RCom’s website offers 3G enabled Android handsets from LG — LG Optimus 3D P920, LG Optimus 2X, LG Optimus Black, LG Plum, and LG Optimus Me, and Sony Ericsson- Walkman W8. Google has previously tied up with international carriers like Verizon in the US, Telstra in Australia and in Japan in a similar deal.
Who benefits?: Interestingly, RCom was also the only telco to offer operator billing on Nokia’s app store. In addition to that, it had also tied up with Nokia to offer Ovi Life Tools, Ovi Music, and promote mobile Internet packages across Nokia GPRS phones. With a subscriber base of 99.39 million out of which 65% are active, R-Com is clearly trying to put it’s best foot forward to lure new subscribers, specially focusing on smartphone owners, with exclusive deals. Google’s Android has gained a good foothold in the Indian market with handsets priced across various segments, and free apps. It’s more likely that R-Com is the one seeking to benefit from this tie-up. We’d be disappointed if operator billing is rolled out only with a selected operator, similar to Nokia.
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Former AT&T CEO to lead GM board
DETROIT (AP) — A former CEO and chairman of telecommunications giant AT&T Inc. will lead General Motors Corp.’s board after the automaker emerges from bankruptcy protection, GM said Tuesday.
Edward Whitacre Jr., 67, eventually will replace Kent Kresa, who will remain GM’s interim chairman until the reorganized automaker emerges as a new company that’s majority-owned by the U.S. government.
Whitacre was chairman and chief executive of AT&T and its predecessor companies from 1990 to 2007. During his tenure, he led the company through several acquisitions and sales.
Whitacre sits on the boards of Exxon Mobil Corp. and the railroad company Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.


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DVS Shoe Company is excited to announce Marc Frank Montoya has signed on for three more years and will now officially represent DVS apparel. The Denver, Colorado native, joined DVS back in 2004 and has released hugely successful signature styles over the past two holiday seasons. For Fall 2008, DVS and MFM will release the ‘Montoya Group’ a serape themed MFM signature collection which includes shoes, a cap, fleece and a tee. “Since we signed Marc back in ’04, it’s been a perfect match. His dedication to DVS and overall attitude has helped push us to the next level,” said DVS Snow Team Manager Ricky Melnik.
If you haven’t already, check out MFM’s parts in Absinthe Films “Optimistic” and Technine’s “Cold World” and be sure to visit dvssnow.com to see photos and video of MFM hanging and skating with the DVS skate team on the Boyz N Da Hood tour this past Summer. Last but not least, Marco recently acquired a tour bus, a top of the line diesel pusher motor home from McMahon’s RV. The 40-foot long RV comfortably sleeps eight and comes equipped with leather interior, flat screen TVs, a washer and dryer and so much more. The exterior is wrapped in all black with MFM’s logos and his sponsors’ logos in gold. Look for MFM to be rolling into a resort town near you.
MFM’s current sponsor list includes: DVS, Technine, Sound Outerwear, Spy Optics, Sound Candy, Monster Energy, Drop gloves and backpacks, Kicker Audio, Bluebird Wax and The Block Hotel.
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Electronic Entertainment Expo in downtown LA reveals future of video gaming
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The future of video gaming is on display this week at the Electronic Entertainment Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles.
On Monday, several of the gaming industry's top names hosted lavish news conferences previewing their upcoming games and products in anticipation of the expo's official opening on June 5. It will be held through June 7.
"This is the build-up, this is the exciting part before everyone gets to play," said Chris Dring, a British journalist and one of the estimated 45,000 people attending the expo.
Microsoft Corp. unveiled some high-profile new titles, including "Dance Central 3," which got some help from Usher, who performed at Monday's event in the Galen Center in Exposition Park.
An upcoming high-definition console will feature a touchscreen controller, which Nintendo announced Sunday would be called the Wii U GamePad.
According to studies, American consumers spent about $21 billion on video games and hardware last year.
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Amazon’s Echo and Alexa-enabled division, ‘Worldwide Digital,’ is on pace to lose roughly $10 billion USD (roughly $13.3 billion CAD) this year. The division’s total operating loss for the first quarter of 2022 sits at $3 billion USD (about $4 billion CAD) — the highest amount any division at the tech giant lost this quarter.
With this in mind, the future of Worldwide Digital is reportedly uncertain, according to a report from Business Insider. It appears Amazon’s plan of subsidizing hardware sales by selling products and services through Echo and Alexa-enabled devices, isn’t working out how it hoped it would.
Business Insider says that its sources told it that “Alexa is a colossal failure of imagination” and that “it was a wasted opportunity,” emphasizing that there’s “no clear directive for the devices.” However, the report also mentions that Amazon is still currently committed to its Echo and Alexa devices — at least for now.
The New York Times recently reported that Amazon has plans to layoff roughly 10,000 employees. More recent reports indicate that these layoffs will start this coming Wednesday, November 22nd.
Anecdotally, I don’t know anyone that has purchased an Amazon product or service directly through an Echo device via voice controls. In fact, I’ve removed most of my Echo devices from my home and switched over to Google’s Nest/Home products since in most cases, I find them more responsive and better devices.
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The High Street Café, located adjacent to the Mary MacKillop Museum at Kensington, won Best Coffee Shop category at the 2022 Awards.
Business owner Mick Beech said considering the huge amount of competition for coffee shops in Adelaide and South Australia, the recognition was a “real honour”.
“It’s been especially tough these last couple of years for everyone in the hospitality industry so this is some really good news for our community,” he said.
“It’s a reward for all the hard work that our team of staff have provided to our customers; I am so proud of them all.”
Mr Beech established the café four years after his wife, Tammy, died from lung cancer. At the time, he told The Southern Cross that “since Tammy has gone to heaven there’s been things happening and I think one of the things she’s been able to do is to line up this café”.
“I think she’s got really pally with Mary MacKillop up there,” he said, adding that Tammy had prayed every day to Mary MacKillop while tightly holding a wooden cross with Mary’s image in the middle.
“She held onto that cross all the time, even when she was in hospital at the Queen Elizabeth…it really helped her get through that one year.”
More than 140 local restaurants, café’s and catering businesses gathered to celebrate the achievements of their peers who were judged in over 45 categories, with the winners announced at the Hostplus Awards for Excellence ceremony held at Adelaide Oval.
The Awards for Excellence is a nationally recognised, independently judged awards program that celebrates exceptional service and culinary talent across the state. The Awards for Excellence is the only program in Australia where the judging criteria is determined by consumers who rank what is important to them in the dining experience.
The awards are judged by an independent team of trained judges who anonymously visit the venues to determine the restaurant/café winners. The scores are based on the entire dining experience from food to the customer service experience when the judges anonymously dine.
Restaurant and Catering CEO Belinda Clarke said the High Street Café should be “immensely proud of this win”.
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Fire sale for La Perla as bottom line collapses: Lingerie retailer bought by Lars Windhorst's investment house
La Perla has been bought by the investment house owned by entrepreneur Lars Windhorst
La Perla has been bought by the investment house owned by entrepreneur Lars Windhorst as losses at the luxury lingerie retailer continue to mount.
Windhorst's firm, Sapinda Holdings, did not disclose how much it paid Italian entrepreneur Silvio Scaglia for La Perla.
According to its accounts, La Perla's losses rose by 35 per cent to £103million in 2016.
The deal comes after talks between La Perla and Chinese conglomerate Fosun broke down over plans to move manufacturing to China.
Sapinda has pledged to keep La Perla's manufacturing in Italy and Portugal. Windhorst, 41, said: 'We are prepared to further invest, to improve the performance of the company and to continue implementing Silvio's vision for La Perla.'
La Perla is best known for its lacy and silk underwear, with bras selling for up to £500.
More recently it launched womenswear and menswear ranges.
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Fiat Chrysler Recall Popular Brand Of Pickup Trucks
Fiat Chrysler, the makers of the Dodge Ram pickup trucks, have announced they are recalling 1.25 million trucks worldwide, according to Reuters. Fiat Chrysler believes that software issues in the vehicle caused one death and two injuries from defective safety equipment in the trucks. The software error disables the passenger side air bag and fails to remove the slack of the seatbelt. Pretension on the seatbelt takes up slack in the seatbelt during a traumatic event. If you own a Dodge truck, you should contact the dealership at which you purchased the vehicle to learn what you should do to have the recalled items repaired or replaced before more people are killed or injured.
Fiat Chrysler's technicians understand how to repair the recall. They will reprogram the computer modules to eliminate the code error creating the dangerous condition. The automaker stated that the computer modules might fail in the truck is involved in a rollover crash. According to the company, the computer error will only occur during a particular series of events, which commences with undercarriage impact that causes a rollover. Fiat Chrysler has indicated that rollovers caused by striking debris on the road or while driving off-road are the only incidents in which the computer will fail.
To this point, Fiat Chrysler has not conceded that the computer glitch caused the one fatal accident and two injuries. Notwithstanding, the automaker is proactively performing recall maintenance out of an abundance of caution. Fiat Chrysler will start the recall process in June of 2017. They suggest to owners of the soon-to-be-recalled trucks to turn the engine on and off to reset the code if a problem occurs before the repairs are finished.
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• 1.02 million 2013-2016 model year Dodge Ram 1500 and 2500 pickup trucks, and Dodge Ram 3500 pickup trucks with model years 2014-2015 in the United States;
• 216,007 Dodge Ram pickup trucks in Canada,
• 21,668 Dodge Ram pickup trucks in Mexico, and
• 21,530 Dodge Ram pickups outside of North America.
The problem came to light when the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) learned that the estate of a decedent filed a products liability lawsuit alleging airbag failure in a rollover crash involving a 2014 Dodge Ram. The NHTSA commenced an investigation. The NHTSA started an investigation into the issue potentially fatal problem.
Fiat Chrysler is not the only U.S. automaker facing recalls due to faulty software. General Motors recalled 4.3 million vehicles from across the globe for a similar issue. The GM vehicles experienced a software defect that lead to one death and three injuries when the vehicles' airbags failed to deploy. The failure was linked to a software problem. GM issued that recall in September 2016 after an NHTSA investigation.
This latest recall is not Fiat Chrysler's only encounter with the NHTSA. The NHTSA fined Fiat Chrysler $70 million in December of 2015 for non-compliance with crash reporting obligations since or about 2003. In July of 2015, the company against suffered a financial penalty when the NHTSA found that the company mishandled 11 million vehicle recall repairs. The NHTSA fined Fiat Chrysler $105 million. Furthermore, the company agreed to three years of monitoring by a former Transportation Secretary for the United States.
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Heist releasing Citraquench’l cans Wednesday
If you’re in tune to the Charlotte craft beer scene, then you know Heist Brewery has been absolutely dialed in with its beers of late.
That’s thanks to head brewer Eric Mitchell and assistant brewer Scott Worthington, whose series of the increasingly-popular New England-style IPAs have taken the Queen City by storm. The crown jewel among those beers is Citraquench’l, which leaves Heist kegs almost as quickly as it’s put on.
The beer has been so popular that Heist decided to put it in cans, as Citraquench’l will be released in 4-packs at the brewery beginning Wednesday at 11 a.m. Each 4-pack will be $14 (which includes tax), and there will be a limit of 3 per person.
Mitchell got to the brewery at 5:30 a.m. Tuesday morning along with other Heist employees to can and label the beer. The brewery contracted with mobile canning service Land of the Sky and will have around 90 cases of cans for sale. Citraquench’l will also be back on tap at Heist as well.
“We didn’t want to can it if we didn’t have the ability,” Mitchell says. “But there’s a reason we upped production of this beer, no doubt.”
If you’ve yet to try a NE-style IPA, two things stand out about these beers: the hazy, cloudy look and the incredibly juicy hop flavor. Many breweries up north have become renowned due to their NE-style IPAs, including Hill Farmstead, Treehouse and Trillium. Mitchell has long been a beer trader, and enjoyed beers from those breweries when he finally decided to try out the style himself.
“I’ve always wanted to brew (New England-style IPAs),” he said. “Basically, make what you want to drink.
It didn’t take long for Citraquench’l to take off among the local craft beer community, and that was followed by other Heist New England-style IPA favorites Blurred is the Word, Not From Concentrate and Reformed.
Mitchell says other cans are in the works, including Blurred is the Word and Reformed, along with Hive Fives, Heist’s dry-hopped honey blonde ale. Right now, there’s no timetable for the next release, but more than likely more cans will be rolling out next month.
With recent increased brewing capacity, look for Heist to continue making the popular style for the foreseeable future.
“It’s a different take on an American favorite,” Mitchell says. “We’ve always been hopheads over here. The way these beers are brewed really pushed boundaries of the industry and the flavor really resonated.
“And,” he adds, “they’re delicious.”


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AdBlock Plus proves it's not illegal
Online ads are a serious pain in the ass, and lots of people turn to the likes of AdBlock Plus to clean up their browsing experience. Ad blockers are not universally liked, however; many website owners despise the tools. So hated is AdBlock Plus, in fact, that a case was brought against the tool to try to prove that it is illegal.
Now a court in Hamburg has come to a decision, and ruled that AdBlock Plus -- in case there was ever any doubt -- is entirely legal. The plaintiffs in the case alleged that AdBlock Plus should not be permitted to block ads on the websites it owns. The judge presiding over the case disagreed.
The court ruled that AdBlock Plus is well within its rights to provide the option to hide advertisements on websites. The company sees this as setting a precedent and is taking this moment in the spotlight to reach out to content creators to work together to "develop new forms of nonintrusive ads that are actually useful and welcomed by users."
Writing about the case on the company blog, AdBlock Plus' Ben Williams wrote:
It may surprise readers of this blog to know that some advertiser groups believe blocking ads is illegal. They are upset that adblockers impede their multi-billion dollar business (or in this case, euros) of shoveling ads at you whether or not you like it or asked for it. In fact, a group of publishers in Hamburg, Germany was so upset that they actually took Adblock Plus to court.
Today, after a four-month trial, reasonable heads prevailed as the regional court in Hamburg ruled in our favor by declaring that ad blocking is, in fact, perfectly legal. I know, it’s restating the obvious. But it cost us lots of blood, sweat and tears nonetheless.


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A BMW 740Le xDrive hybrid car is displayed at the Mondial de l''Automobile, Paris auto show, during media day in Paris. Image Source: Reuters
BMW posted flat third-quarter (Q3) operating profit on Friday as investments in new technologies to cut pollution and increase safety ate into profits from sales of its premium cars.
BMW said third-quarter (Q3) earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) was 2.38 billion euros ($2.64 billion or nearly Rs 17,563.26 crore), in line with the 2.37 billion euros consensus estimate in a Reuters poll.
The return on sales at BMW's automotive division fell to 8.5% from 9.1% a year earlier, the company said on Friday, marking the 26th consecutive quarter automotive profits have been within its target range of between 8% and 10%.


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Is the Auto Industry in Denial? Why EVs Were Thin on the Ground in Detroit
Electricity is widely touted as the car fuel of the future, but you wouldn’t know it based on this week’s Detroit Auto Show. As the industry gathered to show off its upcoming launches, the headline acts were gas-guzzling performance cars. Bar concept releases from Cadillac and factory plans from Volkswagen, all-electric vehicles were few and far between.
The event captured, in a nutshell, the double-speak that’s become incredibly common in the auto industry which desperately wants to innovate while still doing the things it does best, explains David Reichmuth, a senior engineer in the Clean Vehicles program with the Union of Concerned Scientists.
“There is a disconnect between what they say the future is and what they’re doing today” Reichmuth tells Inverse. “They’re telling investors, ‘Don’t worry we’re ready for the future!’ But right now, they want to sell as many gasoline SUVs as they can, because that’s what they have at the lot.”
The show was dominated by big-name launches that had little regard for the environment. Ford’s final reveal was the 2020 Mustang Shelby GT500, with a 5.2-liter V8 engine with over 700 horsepower. Toyota unveiled its GR Supra, with 340 brake-horsepower and a jump from 0 to 62 mph in 4.3 seconds. Though they were all cool, some of these concepts weren’t even that innovative, Top Gear noted that “the previous Supra […] made similar numbers back in 1993.”
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It’s important to note that another, lesser industry trend is that there are simply more big conferences where big companies are expected to show their latest. And in some ways, battery range improvements and strides toward autonomy feel more at place in a tech show like CES, which is basically morphing into an auto event anyway. With CES and the Detroit Auto Show happening within days of one-another, it makes sense that Detroit would have a more old-school kind of vibe.
“The focus on Mustangs and Supras plays to a particularly large crowd that isn’t yet ready for EVs,” Scott Shepard, senior research analyst at Navigant Research, tells Inverse. “Both OEMs here, Ford and Toyota, do have significant EV developments underway –- my bet is simply that they have nothing to show for it yet. I expect they make similar moves to GM’s rebranding of Cadillac, and begin to showcase all-electric crossovers this year.”
Promises of future cars don’t exactly get the blood pumping like a revved-up hot rod the crowd can see and hear. Shiv Patel, research analyst with ABI Research, tells Inverse that most major automakers will be releasing electric platforms in the coming years, like the Mercedes EQ, the Volkswagen MEB and the General Motors BEV3. Many of these have set sales figures somewhere around 15 to 50 percent of total vehicle sales somewhere around 2022 to 2025.
“OEMs also realize that the push towards electric vehicles won’t happen overnight, there are still consumer concerns around: charging infrastructure, range anxiety and initial vehicle purchase costs that need to be overcome,” Patel says. “These problems will start to alleviate only as the technology starts to gain scale and wide spread adoption among consumers, which will occur over time.”
Tesla would perhaps beg to differ. The firm has cemented itself as a giant of the industry with its all-electric lineup, achieving the fourth-largest market cap in terms of automakers and earning the most revenue from a single car in the American market in 2018 with the Model 3. CEO Elon Musk expects Model 3 demand to reach somewhere around 500,000 to one million cars per year as it goes global this year, but Volkswagen only expects to sell that many electric cars annually by 2025.
Volkswagen and Tesla are worlds apart in terms of output, though. While Tesla built its business entirely around electric, it only produced around 100,000 cars in 2017. In that same year, Volkswagen sold 10.8 million cars worldwide with a business built almost entirely around the internal combustion engine. Traditional automakers face tough challenges as they steer the business equivalent of a Titanic in a new direction.
“I can’t think of an OEM that does not have a full electrification strategy in development,” Shepard says. “Right now it may not look that way because most are more concerned with figuring out how 90-plus percent of their business can become efficiency standards compliant in the period before full electrification is at cost parity without subsidization.”
As the crowd gathered around the Supra to get a closer look, Chinese automaker GAC was sharing details about its all-electric Entranze concept car. The show captured an industry in slow, lumbering motion, limited to concept visions of the future even as it delivered the swan song of gas-powered cars.
“Relative to some three years ago I’d hesitate to say the industry is in denial,” Shepard says. “Perhaps struggling to catch-up, or have been caught flat-footed.”
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US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has raised fresh funds at a valuation of more than $8bn, underscoring the interest that investors have in the sector despite sharp declines in the price of many digital coins.
The California-based company said on Tuesday that it had raised an additional $300m in investment “to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrencies and digital assets”.
The funding round was led by Tiger Global Management, with other participants including Y Combinator Continuity, Wellington Management, Andreessen Horowitz and Polychain.
“We see tremendous promise in crypto to build the next great phase of the internet,” said Asiff Hirji, chief operating officer of Coinbase, in a blog post.
The valuation of the company following the latest round would be a big jump from the last time it raised funds, having been valued at $1.6bn in the summer of 2017 after raising $100m and becoming the first cryptocurrency ‘unicorn’ start-up. Coinbase is reported to have raised about $525m from investors to date.
Coinbase is a major trading venue for cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin, the most actively traded and best known digital coin. Bitcoin has tumbled from peaks near $20,000 at the end of last year to around $6,200 on Tuesday.
Its fall has come amid tighter regulation and persistent concerns over whether mainstream investors will become more deeply involved in the market, even as existing investors in the market have racked up losses.
Coinbase said that the money would be used for global expansion and building the infrastructure between fiat and crypto in regulated markets around the world, as well as to offer more cryptocurrencies on its platform. It also said it wanted to bring more institutional funds into the market.
The exchange itself has faced controversy in recent months. In February, Coinbase suffered a flood of criticism after some users reported erroneous charges on accounts they used to purchase coins at the exchange. Visa, the payments network, and Worldpay, the transaction processor, were both caught up in the storm and later said Coinbase was not at fault.
The company had previously faced other user complaints, including from some who have said that withdrawals in various currencies, including US dollars, have been delayed.
In January it hired an ex-Twitter vice-president to bolster its customer services department, which it has said was overwhelmed by the booming demand.


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India currently has no plans to recognize Bitcoin as currency - finance ministry
Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Monday that at present, India has no current plans to recognize Bitcoin as a currency.
The Indian parliament's winter session opened today, in which it will discuss proposed legislation for cryptocurrencies. Asked whether the government has any proposal to recognise Bitcoin as a currency in the country, the Finance Minister said "No, sir."
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The Toys-to-Life genre, pioneered by Toys for Bob and its wonderful Skylanders is hanging by a thread. Last year, Disney killed off its own Disney Infinity, while Skylanders itself has been put on the shelf for the time being.
Now it seems another one has fallen. According to an extensive report by Eurogamer, LEGO Dimensions is the latest Toys-to-Life game to call it quits. The reports says that LEGO Dimensions’ three year plan has been cut to two, and that future support for the game has ended.
It largely comes down to cost. Manufacturing the specialised, premium blocks for the LEGO dimensions sets came at a cost, and if any of the associated packs didn’t sell well, the entire game’s bottom line was affected. Unlike other Toys games that could rely on cheaper manufacturing, LEGO Dimensions used actual LEGO, which is one of the most expensive toys available.
While year one of LEGO Dimensions proved to be a success – with its brand-spanning crossovers, of franchises like Batman, Lord of the Rings and Portal, its second year wasn’t as successful.
Throw in all of TT’s other commitments – Like Ninjago and LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 – and it’s easy to see why it’s come to a halt. According to Eurogamer, Warner has no intentions of officially announcing LEGO Dimension’s demise, but a mail from TT Games studio manager Dave Dootson to the LEGO Dimensions team seems to confirm as much.
“Thanks so much to everyone for making Dimensions possible. As difficult as it has been, it is worth celebrating the incredible achievement it represents in the quality of the game, the amazing blend of IPs and the challenging technical demands it presented.
“It stands as a real testament to the talent within TT.”
It’s not game over for Toys-To-Life just yet though, as Nintendo’s Amiibo still seem to be incredibly popular, though their implementation isn’t usually restricted to one game. They’re also infinitely more collectable, something that’s probably enhanced by their (possibly artificial) scarcity.
LEGO Dimensions was released in September 2015, but it took a while for it to reach local shores. When we reviewed it last year, we were quite impressed.
“As the sum of its parts, LEGO Dimensions is something special. It’s witty, it’s fun outside of the box and it boasts enough talent to get you hooked on a gateway drug to acquiring a collection of plastic blocks in the future. It’s more than just toys to life, but a combination of physical and digital experiences that blurs the line between the two to create an experience which clicks brilliantly with its concept.”
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It’s been reported that Apple Music is being investigated over its alleged anticompetitive business practices in the music streaming market!
Streaming services and record labels have been summoned by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman‘s office asking questions about Apple’s Beats Music!
Schneiderman is probing major record labels like Sony, Warner Music, and Universal Music about their contracts to license music on the streaming services. According to a source, the Attorney General is:
“Asking for documents relating to potential efforts by Apple to exclude or suppress competition in the music streaming industry.”
The investigation is looking into whether Apple is coercing the labels to take down services like Spotify and YouTube by restricting their ad-supported services, or convincing the labels to raise the prices of their licenses!
Apple has already shown anti-competitive behavior within their App Store! Currently, Jay Z‘s Tidal service costs $9.99 a month, or $19.99 for its HiFi plan on its website. But in Apple’s App Store, the Tidal subscriptions cost $12.99 and $25.99!
A rep for Schneiderman said the “ongoing investigation” is supposed to make sure the market is fair for all:
“It’s important to ensure that the market continues to develop free from collusion and other anticompetitive practices.”
Play nice, Apple!
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With the growing popularity of Apex Legends, the development company Respawn has been prompted to open a third studio.
Respawn Entertainment has not been missing with their latest games hitting all the right gamer fanbases—from Apex Legends to the Star Wars Jedi series. However, it was the battle royale game Apex Legends that prompted Respawn to open a third studio in Madison, Wisconsin, to help further develop the game. The announcement was made on the company website, and the Wisconsin studio was said to be headed by gaming industry veteran Ryan Burnett.
The announcement post explained how Burnett’s credentials matched Respawn’s vision to develop the game further: “Ryan is an extraordinary leader with a proven track record in live service games and as a pillar in the massive mid-western game development community in Madison. With nearly two decades of development experience at places like Raven Software and Epic Games, Ryan has a history of inspiring the sort of creativity and innovation in his teams that is the foundation of games like Apex Legends.”
It almost sounded like a no-brainer as Burnett worked at Raven Software to develop games like Call of Duty games, and Epic Games’ Fortnite. With Apex Legends being a growing battle royale, it has almost put itself in front of Fortnite and PUBG in some aspects.
For a game that began as a spin-off battle royale game for the Titanfall series, it has truly cemented itself as a contender for the genre since its 2019 release. I have been playing it since then, and I think it has continued to adapt well to what fans are always asking for. While Fortnite has the ability to add more and more IPs to its game, Apex Legends paved its own way by being a more competitive, dynamic game.
The post continued to explain why the location in Madison made sense as well. They discussed how they worked out a good deal with “the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) to help facilitate the studio’s growth in Madison.” Burnett also added that he has worked in the area and noted it was “quickly becoming a central development hub here…I’ve been here a long time working on FPS games, so we think there’s a really good hotbed of talent here we can pull from.”
The first two studios were primarily working out of Los Angeles and Vancouver with hybrid office formats, especially when the COVID-19 pandemic ensued. This could be a great opportunity for a studio that could be dedicated as an Apex Legends think-tank, allowing another studio(s) to focus on its other popular game series, Star Wars Jedi.
Star Wars Jedi Survivor was recently delayed by six weeks due to further development of the game, or more specifically, to “enhance performance, stability, polish, and most importantly, the player experience.” It was originally set to release on March 17, 2023, but was pushed to April 28. So, the third Respawn studio could help alleviate future delays down the line.


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Adoption of new fuel price board legislation will be a win for motorists
Melbourne, 20 November – Victorian motorists will be better protected from misleading and confusing fuel price boards if the Victorian State Government adopts new legislation proposed by the Victorian Automobile Chamber of Commerce (VACC).
Under recommended changes discount fuel prices that are conditional on having a specific ‘docket’ will no longer be tolerated, because government has agreed with the VACC position that the ‘discount’ price is not available to all motorists.
“VACC’s recommendation to the Andrews Government that it adopt South Australian-type legislation for fuel price boards will deliver big wins for its members and motorists,” VACC Executive Director, Geoff Gwilym, said.
“The changes VACC requested are seriously being considered and, if implemented, will require all service station operators to display undiscounted prices that are available to every motorist.”
Minister for Consumer Affairs, Gaming and Liquor Regulation, Jane Garrett MP, is now embarking on action to improve transparency of fuel prices displayed on price boards erected at service stations across Victoria.
“VACC believes in a fair marketplace for fuel retailers and transparent trading conditions for motorists so they can make informed decisions about the fuel they are purchasing,” Mr Gwilym, said.
“The actions by Minister Garrett to make the changes our members and motorists wanted represent a very successful reform campaign by VACC.”
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VACC Executive Director, Geoff Gwilym, says new price boards will make it easier for motorists to know how much they will pay at the petrol pump


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Gas Tax Going Up, But Gas Prices May be Coming Down
New Jersey gas prices will remain steady for the Labor Day weekend in the mid $2.80 range. But what about the upcoming fall season?
Analyst Tom Kloza, of The Oil Price Information Service, said we may even see a gasoline price drop this fall even though crude prices will rise.
Jersey pump prices are averaging $2.86 a gallon, down a penny-a-gallon from a week ago, according to AAA Auto Club.
Kloza thinks gas prices this holiday shopping season will be lower, "but I also do not think that it is going to be one of those falls where the price drops 40 cents from Labor Day to Christmas.
"I think that it is going to be a bumpier road for the last four months of the year," he said. "We think that probably somewhere before the end of the year, crude oil gets back to about $80 because we are seeing much less crude oil coming from Iran, and that is going to impact world markets."
He warns that those rising crude prices will have a bigger impact on the price of home heating oil in the coming season, so consumers should be locking in those heating oil prices with a dealer right now.


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With over 1.49 billion active monthly users and 4.75 billion pieces of content shared daily (Source: Facebook), it comes as no surprise that businesses are utilising Facebook to increase sales and brand awareness. While all the numbers and statistics in favour of Facebook for business sound incredible in theory, the experience of most tells a totally different story. Why? Because maintaining a successful Facebook page requires more time, effort and insider knowledge than you would think.
So, how is it possible to have your page and your posts stand out from the sea of content that is created and shared daily?
Most people think that simply having a Facebook page and posting content to it from time to time is enough to promote a business and grow sales. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth. Facebook is very much like a well-oiled machine - the more time and effort you put in, the more you will get out.
Just like Google, Facebook has an algorithm which determines what content in your newsfeed is deemed as ‘valuable’. The algorithm, known as ‘EdgeRank’, decides whether or not your post will appear in a news feed. It scores your post against a top secret internal grading system, determining whether or not your post is interesting to the audience. In short, if you story doesn’t score well, no one will see it.
The Facebook algorithm automatically reduces the reach of sales oriented or promotional posts so that user news feed content is relevant and interesting. Facebook now also factors in how much time users are spending on a story. This has, of course, made it really difficult for businesses to break through into the newsfeeds of their audience. According to Facebook itself:
We are updating News Feed’s ranking to factor in a new signal — how much time you spend viewing a story in your News Feed…. We’ve discovered that if people spend significantly more time on a particular story in News Feed than the majority of other stories they look at, this is a good sign that content was relevant to them.
Example 1: A sales oriented post that would be penalised by Facebook.
Example 2: A Styla strategy post which incorporates storytelling. It would be deemed as relevant and interesting for the Facebook community.
As we’ve said before, News Feed is already a competitive place – as more people and Pages are posting content, competition to appear in News Feed has increased. All of this means that Pages that post promotional creative should expect their organic distribution to fall significantly over time.
You may have been one of many to notice a significant dip in post reach since Facebook introduced this practice last year. If you’ve been splitting hairs wondering where all your followers have gone and why your posts have been performing badly, this is likely the reason behind it.
The great news is, Facebook and Styla powered magazines are a perfect combination. The Styla Facebook Consulting team looks at content from a new perspective, which enables you to set yourself apart from your competitors. We want to help you realise the full potential of your Facebook page as a means to drive traffic to your shoppable magazine. Our approach involves harnessing the ‘storytelling sells’ ethos of our solution to develop a tailored strategy one-on-one with our clients. What’s more, our strategy has been created with mobile view in mind, which comes in handy considering Facebook has 1.31 billion active users browsing from mobile.
Whether you are looking to resuscitate your stagnant page or continue your growth climb, one of the biggest benefits provided by our solution is the ability to quickly and easily create high quality, Facebook optimised content. With it, you can build reach, engagement, and increase the opportunity for website clicks and sales. Furthermore, you’re able to reach customers on a global scale and uncover an audience you never knew existed. Sounds too good to be true, right?
The results from collaborations with our clients speak for themselves. Our strategy has enabled our clients to:
Produce 4X more content for their Facebook pages;
Grow their Facebook page reach by 190%;
Gain 8X more click-throughs to their magazine and
Increase their overall magazine sessions by 148%
PS. Have a look at this detailed account of our client Graziashop that has increased Facebook reach by 190% with Styla's help!
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Farmland prices show strength in auction of Benton County farmland
Demand for Midwestern farmland continued to show signs of good health Tuesday when 345 acres of Indiana land sold for $3,612,840, with Schrader Real Estate and Auction Company managing the sale.
Thirty-four registered bidders gathered at the Benton Central High School Cafeteria for the auction offering of six tracts, which resulted in prices as high as $10,640 per acre on tillable land.
"If there's weakness in farmland prices, we certainly haven't seen any sign of it in Benton County, and in truth, we're continuing to see strong competition and prices," said R.D. Schrader, president of the auction company. "These prices were very good for the soil types, with most of the tillable land selling in two groups of tracts. Approximately 162 acres went for $10,640 per acre, and another 180 acres sold for $10,149 per acre," he said.
"We continue to be in a market where the supply of farmland is tight relative to the demand. That's due in part to the usual seasonal variation, with crops in the field, but the longer term reality is that owners of farmland still don't see a lot of alternative investments that offer the stability and long term returns farmland has provided. As long as that continues to be the case, we'll continue to see good prices for farmland," he said.
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As part of the strategic alliance, Mi India will open a brand store on Paytm for creating a smartphone and accessories portfolio. Xiaomi’s handsets like the flagship Mi 5, as well as budget devices like Redmi Note 3 and Redmi 2 Prime will be available on Paytm from July 8.
As an introductory promotion, Paytm will be offering cash-backs and free Mi Bands to ten customers every hour on the day of launch. These include cashbacks of Rs 500 for Redmi Note 3, Rs 1000 for Mi 5 and Rs 250 for Redmi 2 Prime and Redmi 2, July 8 to July 10.
Xiaomi’s latest Mi Max phablet will be available on all online platforms including Paytm, starting July 13, without any registrations.
The Mi Max is Xiaomi’s biggest smartphone and bears a price of Rs 14,999. It also happens to be the heaviest smartphone that Xiaomi has ever launched.


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Parmalat founder puts blame on bankers
CALISTO TANZI yesterday blamed the collapse of Parmalat, the dairy company he founded, in part on the poor advice of his bankers rather than an alleged fraud.
Signor Tanzi told prosecutors investigating the fraud that he was “pressurised” by Cesare Geronzi, the head of Capitalia (formerly Banca di Roma), into buying the dairy company, Eurolat, from Cirio five years ago for €330 million, (£280 million) and into acquiring Acque Ciappazzi, a Sicilian mineral water and soft drinks company, two years ago. Signor Tanzi said in both cases the price was “ excessive”.
Cirio, owned by the entrepreneur Sergio Cragnotti, at one time close to the Tanzi family, has also gone into liquidation.
Signor Geronzi denied the accusation, saying that both Eurolat and Acque Ciappazzi had


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Kylie Jenner ditches eye-catching look for a more practical style as she heads out for some Miami shopping
Kylie Jenner may have shown an eye-catching side on Friday night, but her Saturday morning look proved to be far more casual.
The 17-year-old Keeping Up With The Kardashians star took to Instagram to share a selfie with a significantly toned-down Miami look.
'Now out to do some gift shopping,' Kylie wrote from her Miami, Florida hotel.
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Shopping attire: Kylie Jenner posted an Instagram photo on Saturday, showing off her skintight 'casual' clothes for a Miami shopping trip
Take it yeezy in 350 Boost sneakers by Kanye
Kylie looks good even when she's going for a casual look and this is as paired down as she will ever be, in a sporty all black ensemble sporting the latest shoe release from the adidas x Kanye West kollabo.
Meanwhile, the internet is totally having a meltdown over the impending release of the Yeezy Boost 350 low tops. Of course Kylie was able to snag a pair from her brother in law, but we're left in fear that these puppies will sell out before we'll even have a chance.
The slip on shoes (the laces are just a stylistic element) are meant to fit like a light weight second skin-- comfy but also performance heavy.
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They may not have that koveted Kanye namesake, but they still provide for that chic, monochromatic look.
'My favorite thing to do,' she added before heading out for whatever purchases she needed.
Just the night before, Kylie had adopted a dramatic look for her appearance at the opening of Sugar Factory.
Dressed in a black gown black gown with a plunging neckline and a high-slit skirt, Kylie seemed to be channelling her older sister, Kim Kardashian.
Fancy party: The night before, Kylie had attended the opening of Sugar Factory in the Florida city
She enjoyed a pink lollipop - called the Kylie & Kendall Black Diamond Couture Pop - at the otherwise formal event.
Even though they were much less formal, Kylie's clothes were still dramatic the next morning before heading out on errands.
A white baseball cap covered the top of the girl's black hair and shaded her fully made-up face.
Ultra-glam: With her striking black dress, Kylie was going for the stylish look when out on Friday night
Even with the shade, however, Kylie clearly had gone for dark, heavily lined lips.
Her shirt was a back halter top that matched Kylie's black leggings and socks.
Multiple bracelets and a necklace added a little flair, while black-and-white trainers seemed a sensible choice for walking.
Social event: Shared on social media like much of her life, the opening was a popular fan event
Although she does not turn 18 until August, Kylie has been leading a very adult life recently - she even bought her own home in the same Calabasas, California neighbourhood inhabited by her mother, Kris Jenner.
The multi-million-dollar home boasts six bedrooms, a pool, and a shoe closet, among other amenities.
Kylie has said she plans to move into the new house after her upcoming birthday.
Moving on: When she turns 18 in August, Kylie plans to move into the Calabasas, California home she recently purchased and has been renovating
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A lucky Salisbury resident has won a mouth-watering prize of free bread for a year. Salisbury Business Improvement District (BID) and Henderson’s Artisan Bakery teamed up to provide the prize which Sophie Cunningham won. She is now set to enjoy 52 weeks of freshly baked goodness, courtesy of Henderson’s Artisan Bakery.
She said: “I was so excited to win this amazing prize, especially with how amazing Henderson’s bread is! We cannot wait to try all the different types of bread to see what our favourite is, and the kids are already enjoying tasting the different loaves. Thanks to Henderson’s and Experience Salisbury for such an amazing prize.”
Henderson’s Artisan Bakery offered the prize in support of the new ‘Salisbury is Your City of Independents’ campaign.
Paul Henderson, owner of the bakery, said: “We’re so pleased our competition created so much interest and hope that the winner and her family will enjoy the proceeds.”
The social media competition, held as part of Salisbury BID’s ongoing campaign ‘Salisbury: Your City of Independents’, garnered widespread participation and enthusiasm from the community.
The competition was part of a month of Indies giveaways on Experience Salisbury, aimed at celebrating Salisbury’s thriving independent businesses and raising awareness about the importance of supporting local enterprises.
Salisbury BID works to support and promote over 500 businesses within the Salisbury city centre. The BID always strives to create opportunities for businesses and enhance the city as a whole, to drive footfall and increase spending.
Dan Collins, business manager at Salisbury BID, said: “We know the vital importance of shopping local, and make sure to use our platform, Experience Salisbury, to highlight the variety on offer in our bustling city through business features, events, offers, news and guides. Indies Month was an opportunity for us to promote our independent businesses specifically, and this year our new marketing team have gone above and beyond to promote and highlight Salisbury’s indie businesses and the skilled entrepreneurs behind each one! They have big plans for upcoming events such as Taste and Christmas, so keep your eyes open for more.”
You can follow Experience Salisbury on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter or find them online at https://www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk/


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The Noble M600 is about as hardcore as they come. It packs a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 kicking out 650 horsepower to the rear wheels through a six-speed manual, and not much else: no ABS, no traction control, certainly no all-wheel drive. Just 650 horsepower and a curb weight of around 2,600 pounds. No flappy-paddle gearbox here, and no trick folding roof. Only those last bits are about to change.
Speaking with Dutch publication Autovisie, Noble chief Peter Bolt Wood – a former racing and Ferrari F40 driver – revealed that his company is working on two new developments for the puritanical M600. One is an open roof, and the other some sort of paddle-shift transmission.
This isn't the first time Noble will have created an open-top sportscar. In fact we reported on the prospect of an M600 roadster a couple years ago when the company released a teaser image. But now it appears to be moving ahead with the plans.
Details are sketchy at the moment, so we don't know if the former will be a simple removable roof panel, a folding soft top, a collapsible hardtop or something else. Nor do we know if the two-pedal gearbox will be a sequential, dual-clutch or torque-converter automatic. But Wood and company seem eager to break into new markets, and apparently see both developments as vital to its expansion, without sacrificing performance. Its order books may be full at the moment, but it's expanding into China, Taiwan and Japan.
Here's hoping – with or without an open roof and paddle-shift transmission, through Rossion or on its own – it brings the M600 to North America soon as well.


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As Liverpool fans eagerly await the second half of the 2023/24 season, an unexpected leak has provided an early glimpse into what could be the club's much-anticipated away kit for the 2024/25 campaign.
A video shared by @JoshLFC1909 on X has surfaced online, seemingly showing the unboxing of Liverpool's next away shirt which, at first glance, looks to be black. However, that's not the case.
The design, using "a dark anthracite base", features teal and off-white accents on the end of the sleeves and down the sides of the shirt.
Wow the Liverpool 24/25 Away kit is CLEAN. 🥶 pic.twitter.com/bgmA3veYDj
— - (@JoshLFC1909) January 16, 2024
The leaked footage aligns with prior predictions from the reliable Footy Headlines.
Anfield Watch has also been able to confirm that the shirt in the video is indeed the design for the upcoming away kit.
All three shirts leaked
So with that, we now have an idea of how all three kits for next season will look.
As we've seen, the away kit will be almost black. Parallels between the new shirt and the side's third kit for 2019/20 season, produced by New Balance, are already being drawn by fans who have seen this latest leak.
That season, teal was brought heavily into focus across much of the training range, too, in homage to the famous Liver birds of the same colour, which sit atop the Royal Liver Building near the city's Albert Dock.
That said, Liverpool's home kit for the upcoming season is the most unique, with a distinctive yellow-striped pattern reminiscent of the iconic title-winning 2019/20 kit and the shirt worn during the memorable 1984 European Cup triumph. Notably, the pinstripe effect is said to incorporate an all-over 'YNWA' (You'll Never Walk Alone) motif.
The collar, in red, white and yellow, appears to pay tribute to the popular 2013/14 home shirt, which witnessed Liverpool's dramatic title challenge. The underarm patches also draw parallels with the Reebok kit worn during the Reds' 2005 Champions League victory.
Meanwhile, the third kit, leaked just last week, will be a white/grey kit featuring a vertical Nike swoosh.
Nike's fifth year
Liverpool's collaboration with Nike is set to continue for at least another year, as the partnership extends until 2025.
This will be Nike's fifth year producing Liverpool kits since the groundbreaking deal signed in 2020, which saw the American brand taking over from New Balance.
The latest leaked video has added fuel to the excitement, offering fans an early taste of what might be adorning the players and supporters alike in the 2024/25 season.


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Is Tesla’s India entry on the cards? Govt introduces a new policy that lowers import duty on EVs
For a long time, Tesla has shown interest in setting up its manufacturing facility in India. But heavy import duties have prevented them from doing so. Now, however, that might change. The Government has introduced a new policy that lowers the import duties to 15 per cent but has also put conditions that need to be met by the manufacturer to gain an advantage from the policy. Here’s what you need to know:
Minimum investment of ₹4150 crore
3 years timeline for setting up manufacturing facilities and starting commercial production
50 per cent domestic value addition to be reached within 5 years (25 per cent to be reached by the 3rd year)
Under this policy, a maximum import limit of 40,000 EVs at the rate of 8,000 per year is set if the investment is $800 million (₹6,628 crore) or more
A customs duty of 15 per cent would be applicable on vehicles of a minimum value of $35,000 (₹29 lakh) for a total period of 5 years
This policy aims to attract big EV manufacturers like Tesla, who have been reluctant to come to India due to the high import duties. However, This policy eases that and allows manufacturers to set up their plants in India at a lower cost. The government says they aim to promote India as a manufacturing destination for EVs while also boosting the Make in India initiative, strengthening the EV ecosystem and ultimately benefitting the economy. This policy if it works as intended, might bring big EV manufacturers like Tesla, BYD, Lucid and Rivian to our shores.


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YouTube TV, the popular live-streaming service, announced several series of updates yesterday.
In a Reddit thread, YouTube TV announced that they are rolling out fixes for audio sync, Apple TV crashes, and teased better video quality.
One major issue reported by YouTube TV users was audio and video synchronization problems. To fix this, they will be rolling out solutions in the coming weeks during live playback.
YouTube TV encourages users experiencing these issues to provide additional information, such as device details and “Stats for Nerds” screenshots, to assist in troubleshooting. They are also actively working on a separate fix specifically for audio sync issues in video-on-demand (VOD) content.
YouTube TV said,
“We’re rolling out some fixes over the next few weeks to address A/V sync issues across Live playback. We continue to welcome feedback! Feel free to leave a picture of your Stats for Nerds and your device information on this thread if you’re still experiencing issues. We’re also actively working on a separate follow-on fix for VOD audio sync issues.”
Regarding Apple TV, YouTube TV also confirmed it has resolved an issue causing 1st generation 4K Apple TV devices to crash during long playbacks.
They clarified that any temporary delays in DVR availability were due to an outage last month, but those issues have been resolved. Users can now access their recorded content without interruptions.
Users responded positively, expressing appreciation for the continuous updates and YouTube TV’s responsiveness to user feedback. They thanked YouTube TV for engaging with users.
Read the full Reddit post here.


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To determine forecast accuracy, Consensus Economics examined the GDP and consumer price forecasts SEB and other banks submitted in response to monthly surveys conducted between January 2020 and December 2021. The research firm then used mean absolute error analysis to compare these forecasts to the reported outturns.
“I believe we in SEB are putting more effort and resources into making forecasts compared to our competitors, particularly concerning international economics. We often come out well in surveys from Prospera, which measure what our customers think,” says Håkan Frisén, head of Economic Forcasting at SEB.
Frisén says he is skeptical of using unnecessarily complex models when making forecasts, something he learned when working at Sweden’s Ministry of Finance in the early 1990’s. Back then Sweden was fighting a severe financial crisis.
SEB’s customers, both large and small, are showing great interest in the bank’s economic forecasts. Not least how actions from central banks affect inflation and economic growth.
“Keeping a close eye on Sweden’s Riksbank and other central banks is important to gauge how other economic indicators develop. Admittedly, we also need some measure of luck to be successful,” says Olle Holmgren, who tracks central banks closely and is SEB’s main inflation forecaster.
SEB is currently forecasting Sweden’s economy will grow 2.0 per cent this year and 3.0 per cent in 2023. Consumer price inflation is set to reach 3.1 per cent this year before falling back to 1.7 per cent in 2023. Frisén and Holmgren believe the Riksbank, Sweden’s central bank, will raise its key rate to 0.25 per cent in June. The rate is currently at zero.


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SuperValu are behaving 'unethically' by giving away free carrots and potatoes when they purchase beef, according to Joe Healy, IFA President in a statement issued today.
He also highlighted that the beef in question is also promoted at a discounted rate.
Joe Healy said, “This is a further example of why we need political intervention at EU and national level to have proper regulation in terms of farmers getting a fair share of the consumer price. In this case, there isn’t even a consumer price to get a share of. It demonstrates the need for a clear ban on below-cost selling of food”.
The IFA President said he would be seeking an urgent meeting with Supervalu to the consequences for Irish growers.
Healy added, “This sort of stunt is a race to the bottom. Farmers have little or no market power and they will ultimately bear the brunt of this type of unethical price promotion. Farmers and consumers would expect Supervalu to show a higher standard of corporate responsibility in line with their ‘community retailer’ ethos”.
SuperValu responded to this statement and told Checkout, "The current promotional offer, designed as part of our ongoing effort to encourage consumers to cook with Irish produce, has been planned and agreed in consultation with our suppliers. The entire cost of this promotion is funded by SuperValu. As the number one supporter of the Irish agri-food industry, SuperValu sources from over 2,200 Irish suppliers – more than any other grocery retailer in the Irish market – equating to an annual economic contribution of €2.19 billion. We are committed to working with our suppliers to build long-term, sustainable partnerships."
© 2017 - Checkout Magazine by Donna Ahern


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The last few years have seen a period of accelerated change across the retail landscape. The decline of department stores and the continued growth of e-commerce has well and truly challenged the status quo and forced both retailers and retail property owners to adapt quickly. In common with many of the UK’s largest shopping centers, Festival Place has worked hard to redefine its role and to ensure that it remains relevant to – and engaged with – its visitors. Issues that had begun to surface pre-Covid were suddenly brought to the fore and the management team acted quickly and decisively to deliver a clearly defined leasing strategy.
We have worked hard to deliver more local and independent retail operators, working in close partnership to support their growth and success. We have also increased our provision of vital services to increase our exposure to the local community. This tailored strategic approach has proven successful for Festival Place, which has delivered around 25 new leases or lease extensions since the beginning of 2021 – retaining key brands and attracting exciting new operators such as Brewdog, MINISO, and Ted Baker, alongside a number of local operators. This is also supported by the extension of vital services offered, including the launch of a permanent community health clinic in June 2022.
Despite having endured a torrid time and with further economic challenges on the horizon, we are beginning to see some more encouraging signs emerge for the retail sector. And while we are certainly experiencing positive footfall and trading, we have also been consistently outperforming the UK shopping centers benchmark for the past two consecutive years. This opens up new opportunities for leasing and repurposing spaces in a curated way, allowing for local operators to grow their footprint while developing additional non-retail community spaces that cater to the needs of our community.
Read more about expert opinions in our Online Special: “Industry Outlook 2023”.


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Did you get a new phone for Christmas? Keep yours safe from moped-riding phone thieves
Did you receive a smart phone or tablet for Christmas this year? If so,
remember to keep your prized personal belongings close to you at all times
when out in public.
This CCTV issued today by the City of London Police serves as a stark
reminder to all phone users that phone thieves riding mopeds and motorbikes
operate across parts of the capital.
If you are replying to a message or checking the news in the middle of the
street, your phone could be gone in seconds. Where possible, avoid putting
your phone on display and making it easy for thieves.
On Wednesday evening (29 December), we received reports of a spate of
thefts and attempted thefts of mobile phones from members of the public who
This footage, filmed shortly after 6pm, shows a phone being snatched by two
thieves riding a moped in Sun Street, EC2, before being dropped on the
floor, allowing the owner to retrieve it. Seconds later, the bike then
turns in the road and successfully snatches a further phone on the same
Seconds later, the pair are seen riding onto neighbouring Primrose Street
and watching a woman use her phone before again unsuccessfully trying to
snatch it from her hand. Luckily, she holds onto it. The thieves aren’t
finished, however, promptly crossing the road and stealing another phone at
the junction of Bishopsgate.
Minutes earlier in the evening, at 5.50pm, we also received reports of
suspects on a moped snatching phones from victim’s hands in High Holborn
and New Fetter Lane.
Two more similar crimes took place in the City on Tuesday, 3 January. At
2pm, two suspects on a moped attempted to steal a phone from a person in
Fenchurch Street. Half an hour later, a member of the public was waiting to
cross the road in Lombard Street when two people on a motorbike grabbed
their phone from their hand and sped off.
The City of London Police is continuing to target this the trend as part of
Operation Attrition, an ongoing joint campaign with the Metropolitan Police
Service against two-wheel enabled crime such as mobile phone snatches by
moped or motorbike riders.
Phone snatchers are taking advantage of people who often have their focus
elsewhere while they walk around with their phones out, giving offenders on
mopeds or bicycles the opportunity to snatch phones – sometimes using force
to knock the phone out of the victim’s hands or assaulting the victim to
If you see any suspicious activity or have any information about anyone
involved in this crime, contact the City of London Police
on 020 7601 2999 or on Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. In
an emergency always call 999.


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HOUSTON - Gun shops are seeing a growing number of women arming themselves.
Doloris Dutton said that buying a gun had not crossed her mind until recently.
"It's been at least 30 years since I shot a gun," she said.
Kathleen James, manager of The Arms Room in League City, said more and more women are getting concealed handgun licenses.
"We've seen a big jump in women buying firearms and taking lessons," James said. "The world is becoming a scary place."
Several all-women gun clubs are popping up, too.
"I think it's because of all the break-ins and victimizing of women, catching them off-guard in the parking lots," Dutton said.
James said many women feel like they need more than pepper spray to protect themselves.
"If someone is wanting to hurt you bad enough, the pepper spray and the Taser isn't going to stop the attack," James said. "The main purpose of carrying the firearm is to stop the attack."
The Arms Room has started to offer lessons exclusively for women, taught by women.
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Israeli tech professional Tom Orbach has had a pretty fruitful week. What started with the launch of a jokey application making fun of overwrought social media posts about career development ended on Thursday with him selling the instantly viral product for a tidy profit.
Or as his Viral Post Generator would probably put it: “I frikkin made an exit!!! #makemakemake.”
Orbach’s generator, an online form that uses artificial intelligence and some prompts to automatically create the kinds of posts one might find on LinkedIn, has managed to capture the site’s tendency for awkward, ham-handed and tone-deaf messages from users, as well as the attention of at least 1.5 million visitors who have made the gag a hit.
Founded 19 years ago and acquired by Microsoft in 2016, LinkedIn has always been on the stranger side among the big social media platforms. It is built around professional networking, work culture, career development, and the work lives of some 800 million members worldwide. People use the platform to make professional connections, look for and find jobs, and make major career announcements.
Increasingly so in the past few years, observers have noted the virality of posts that are especially inspirational/cringe-inducing. Some of the more aggrandizing, pontificating, humble-bragging, and nonsensical LinkedIn posts are the stuff of whole Reddit and Twitter threads.
A parody post two years ago appeared to capture the tone.
“Posts on LinkedIn can be so self-centered and narcissistic sometimes,” Orbach told The Times of Israel in a phone call on Thursday. “I knew people would like [the post generator] because posts are so cringing.”
Orbach said a stand-out post in recent memory that inspired the Viral Post Generator was the one known as “crying CEO.” Earlier this month, the head executive of a US marketing company published an image of his tearful face alongside a post about how he blamed himself for a company decision that led to layoffs and how affected he was by having to let go of employees. He was promptly mocked and accused of being insensitive, out of touch, and tacky.
Due to VERY popular demand. Improve your social profile after sacking all your staff by crying on the internet #linkedin pic.twitter.com/VYXMNgNoXq
— Crap On LinkedIn (@CrapOnLinkedIn) August 10, 2022
The post was one of the millions found every day on LinkedIn, where members — especially CEOs and other leaders — are encouraged to be authentic, sincere, and engaged in “thought leadership” to grow their brand or that of their company.
The results can be unintentionally funny, overdone, or just bizarre.
Yet…. he still posted about the damn napkins #linkedin pic.twitter.com/p9eBAYU7Xm
— Crap On LinkedIn (@CrapOnLinkedIn) February 23, 2022
As part of Orbach’s job as a growth marketing manager at Israeli data privacy startup Mine, he researches and analyzes social media posts to reverse engineer them for insights, he explained. Working with viral LinkedIn posts, he felt there was a common thread and he was “onto something,” which sparked the idea of the AI generator.
He proceeded to scrape tens of thousands of LinkedIn posts with a wide reach to build the online app, using a no-code platform and “help from a few coder friends.”
The 27-year-old marketing professional spent about a week building the first version in Hebrew to test the reaction.
“People really liked it, I validated the product before a global launch. People reached out to say that they had a really bad day, and it made them laugh, and that they spent an hour on the generator and had fun,” said Orbach.
The generator is a fun distraction, especially with many LinkedIn users feeling the pinch, he added.
“It’s a dark time right now for the tech world, there are many layoffs,” Orbach said.
He worked on an English version for another few days and it has since been picked up and posted on every platform for amusement and giggles.
Found a Linkedin viral post generator and it's already my favorite part of the week lol https://t.co/4AOHlgZOsC pic.twitter.com/Jz4zch4y1F
— Kushaan (@kushaanshah) August 22, 2022
The generator prompts users to briefly describe what they did on a given day, offer their inspirational advice, and set a “cringe level” from low to high. The default suggestions are “I started a new job,” “Shoot for the stars.”
Users have been posting their AI results and they don’t disappoint. One person posted a result that read: “For the first time EVER, I fired some employees this morning. And I did it with passion! If you want to fire some employees professionally (like me), DM me and we can schedule a paid consultation Zoom call. I’ll teach you all the secrets. And then, you may suck your own peepee. #success #mentor #linkedin #influencer #firewithme”
— Nick Seel (@seel_nick) August 23, 2022
“It’s funny and people laugh but these are all based on real posts, they have ingredients from actual posts on LinkedIn,” said Orbach.
“Don’t get me wrong, I love LinkedIn. It’s my favorite social network, it’s very positive, just a bit too cringey sometimes. We need less thought leadership, more of just people [being themselves],” he explained.
As a marketing professional, Orbach said LinkedIn and Tiktok are key to attracting eyeballs. “It’s the easiest way to reach a maximum amount of people, more than Facebook or Instagram. You have a higher probability of going viral. People my age like LinkedIn because of the opportunity it offers,” he said.
The generator is just a mechanism to poke a little fun at the LinkedIn experience, Orbach offered. “You get a surprise at the end, it adds a fun aspect.”
Orbach said the company that employs him has supported the project and “celebrated it.”
“There’s a culture at Mine to promote creation, and creativity and experimentation,” Orbach said of the startup that developed software to allow consumers to better control how their data is used and enforce their “right to be forgotten” on the internet, as the company puts it.
On Thursday, Orbach announced that he sold the generator to Taplio, a startup that helps people and businesses generate viral content on LinkedIn, which he described as the “perfect match for my generator.” In Israel’s tech world, as elsewhere, mergers and acquisitions are usually referred to as “exits.”
“I knew people would like the generator but it exploded,” he said. The acquisition offer was an opportunity “to remove the stress and get [monetarily] rewarded.
Orbach plans to use the money to fund additional projects.
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Hyper Scape Is Being Shut Down by Ubisoft
Ubisoft announced today that it will officially be shutting down Hyper Scape, which is the publisher's free-to-play battle royale title, later this year. First released in 2020, Hyper Scape was meant to be Ubisoft's response to games like Fortnite, Call of Duty: Warzone, and Apex Legends. However, the game notably was never able to accumulate a large enough player base, which has clearly led Ubisoft to now decide to end support for it altogether.
In a message posted on Ubisoft's website today, it was announced that support for Hyper Scape will officially come to a close later this spring. When this time comes, the game's servers will be taken offline, making the title unplayable. "We have made the difficult decision to end development of Hyper Scape and shut the game down as of April 28th. We set out to create a vertical, close-quarters, and fast-paced shooter experience and we are extremely grateful to our community for joining us on our journey. We will be taking key learnings from this game into future products," Ubisoft said in its statement. "To the Hyper Scape community, thank you for your passion and dedication to the world of Neo Arcadia both inside and outside of the game. Your devotion to the game we built will always be cherished."
A message regarding the future of Hyper Scape: https://t.co/IUhzJsSm9I pic.twitter.com/8HplpcqdCY— Hyper Scape (@HyperScapeGame) January 27, 2022
Although Ubisoft didn't get into specifics for why Hyper Scape will be closing down, as mentioned before, the main reason likely is because it just didn't attract a large enough audience. When Hyper Scape first hit the scene in the summer of 2020, it quickly brought in a number of players, but that same audience seemed to bounce off of the game rather quickly. In recent months, Ubisoft's support for Hyper Scape as a whole had started to diminish, which meant that today's closure announcement wasn't necessarily out of nowhere.
How do you feel about Hyper Scape shutting down in just a couple of short months? Did you ever end up playing the game for yourself over the course of its life? Let me know either down in the comments or you can message me on Twitter at @MooreMan12.0comments


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The Chinese tech company shipped 55.8 million phones in the three months ending in June, outpacing long-time rival Samsung with $ 53.7 million.
“Taking first place is very important for Huawei,” said Canalys analyst Mo Jia. “It is desperate to show its brand strength to domestic consumers, component suppliers and developers.”
Huawei still suffered an annual decline in smartphone shipments 5%. According to Canalys, Samsung was much larger than 30%.
The market research firm said that Huawei’s win over Samsung would not happen without the Kovid-19. The company was able to take advantage of the economic recovery in China, where Huawei now sells more than 70% of its smartphones. Samsung has very little presence in China.
Huawei’s global smartphone and telecom gear business is suffering the brunt of US sanctions that have pushed the company away from major US technology and supplies.
“It will be tough for Huawei to maintain its lead over the long term. Its major channel partners in major regions, such as Europe, have been wary of growing Huawei devices, taking fewer models, and new to mitigate risk The brand is bringing in. After the global economy recovers, strength in China alone will not be enough to sustain Huawei.
“Our business has shown exceptional resilience in these difficult times,” Huawei spokeswoman Evita Cao said. Cao did not respond to questions on how the company could proceed.
Samsung reported operating profit of 8.15 trillion won ($ 6.8 billion) for the three months ending in June, a 23% increase from the same period last year.
Samsung said sales were up nearly 6% to 53 trillion won ($ 44.6 billion).
According to a Canalys report, despite a double-digit decline in annual smartphone shipments for the quarter, Samsung reported that the unit remained profitable to save on marketing costs. (Samsung does not reveal anything about its smartphone shipments, but they said they rejected it.)
For the second half of 2020, however, Samsung is warning that “uncertainties related to the Kovid-19 linger” for its mobile business.
According to research firm Christian Ide, this may be enough to drag the company to a loss of revenue for the year.
A note earlier this month wrote, “The consumer electronics unit, which includes smartphones and televisions, is likely to witness a decline in demand for Kovid-19 and a global shutdown.
IDC analysts said in a note last month that worldwide smartphone shipments were likely to fall by 18%, as the epidemic affects consumer spending.
The market research firm said that global smartphone shipments are not expected to return growth until the first quarter of 2021.