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Nintendo president Tatsumi Kimishima has announced that more Nintendo Switch Online news will be shared on the company’s website in early May.
“Nintendo Switch Online, a paid subscription service that will expand the online functionality of Nintendo Switch, will begin in September of this year,” Kimishima explained.
“The service will provide consumers with a richness of online features that allow them to continuously enjoy Nintendo Switch. More information will be presented on our website in early May.”
Nintendo has promised that the subscription-based service, which launches in September and is required to play online multiplayer, will deliver a “robust online experience” and will be “worth the wait.”
We already know how Nintendo Switch Online will be priced when it launches, what it will generally include, why it was pushed back into 2018, and that it will have “that extra Nintendo twist” to differentiate itself from competitors.


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RIL Q3 beats the Street with help from Reliance Jio, Retail2 min read . Updated: 19 Jan 2019, 08:48 PM IST
- RIL posted a net profit of ₹10,251 crore in Q3, up 8.82% from a year-ago
- Revenue came in at ₹1.71 trillion, up 56% year on year
Mumbai: Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Thursday said fiscal-third quarter (Q3) profit rose 8.82% from a year earlier, driven by higher price realizations in its petrochemical, telecom and retail businesses. Net profit rose to ₹10,251 crore in the three months ended 31 December from ₹9,420 crore in the year earlier. Revenue grew 56% to ₹1.71 trillion from ₹1.09 trillion. The company was expected to post a profit of ₹9,476.3 crore on a revenue of ₹1.4 trillion, according to consensus estimates of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
“In an oil price environment that witnessed heightened volatility through the quarter, we’ve delivered strong Q3 results on a consolidated basis," said chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani.
RIL’s consumer businesses reported Ebitda (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) growth of 25% in Q3.
“In our new-age consumer businesses, we maintained robust growth momentum across retail and jio platforms and the share of consumer businesses is steadily increasing its contribution to the overall profitability of the company," he added.
Ambani is betting on the company’s consumer businesses—Reliance Retail and Reliance Jio—to double sales in about seven years and expects the businesses will contribute nearly as much to overall earnings as its energy and petrochemical businesses.
Its telecom arm, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, saw its profit grow 65% to ₹831 crore from ₹504 crore a year ago, its fifth straight profitable quarter. Revenue for digital services rose 51% to ₹12,302 crore. During Q3, Reliance Jio added 28 million users for a total of 280 million.
“Jio phones have done quite well. Subscriber run rate has been good. Jio’s performance there with multiple things going on in the previous quarter, there were some special schemes that were contributing. Arpu (average revenue per user) is ₹130 and we see strong engagement of voice, data and apps," said Anshuman Thakur, head (strategy) at Reliance Jio.
RIL’s organized retail business saw profit nearly triple from that of last year because of better festive sales and aggressive store expansion. Reliance Retail’s revenue rose to ₹35,577 crore from ₹18,798 crore in the year earlier. Healthy festive season sales and new store openings resulted in another robust quarter, the company said.
Product prices for the refining and petrochemicals business increased in line with Brent crude oil price, which was 10.4% higher on average. The higher volumes in the petrochemical business were on account of stabilization and ramp-up of new petrochemical facilities.
Gross refining margin (GRM), however, came in at a 16-quarter low of $8.8 per barrel against $11.6 per barrel that it reported a year ago. GRM is what a refiner earns by turning a barrel of crude oil into refined products.
Oil prices fell sharply during Q3 with Brent averaging at a five-quarter low of $67.5. Refining margins fared worse, falling to an eight-year low of $4.3 per barrel. Singapore gross refining margin declined to a nine-year low in December to average $2.9/bbl from $4.7/bbl in the previous month.
RIL’s debt rose to ₹2.74 trillion at the end of December from ₹2.19 trillion as on 31 March.
“You have seen the announcement about that we are going to demerge our tower and fibre business. It all means that eventually, you are going to see a lot more of the reverse cash flow and strengthening of the balance sheet. The intensity of capital expenditure will also come down," said V. Srikanth, joint chief financial officer.
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S&P Global Market Intelligence provides a wrap-up of U.S. media and communications deal announcements and completions from March 27 to March 31.
* Match Group Inc closed the previously announced sale of its non-dating business to ST Unitas, a global education technology company, according to a March 31 statement. The company in February agreed to sell all of its non-dating business, which operates under the umbrella of The Princeton Review.
* Spotify Ltd bought content recommendation service MightyTV, according to a March 27 official blog post. The deal will enable Spotify to further develop its programmatic audio advertising, including its ad products and marketing technology platforms. MightyTV founder and CEO Brian Adams will join Spotify as vice president of technology, with a focus on advertising and marketing technology solutions. Further, MightyTV employees will be based in Spotify offices in New York, Toronto and Stockholm. Meanwhile, MightyTV's app will no longer be updated or available, effective immediately, according to its website.
* AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. said March 28 that it closed on its purchase of Nordic Cinema Group Holding AB, the largest theater operator in the Nordic and Baltic countries, further fueling AMC's expansion into Europe. The 5.76 billion Swedish kronor ($651.9 million) all-cash transaction brings Nordic Cinema's 68 theaters and 463 screens under AMC Entertainment's umbrella. The Stockholm-based theater operator will be a subsidiary of London-based ODEON & UCI Cinemas Group Ltd, which AMC Entertainment acquired in November 2016. In addition to the cash price, AMC also repaid Nordic's indebtedness of about 1.27 billion kronor ($144.3 million) and about €156 million ($168.2 million) as of March 28. Jan Bernhardsson, Nordic Cinema Group's former president and CEO, has been appointed COO of Odeon Cinemas Group and executive vice president of AMC Europe. AMC expects the deal to result in about $5 million in annual cost synergies. Following the deal closing, AMC Entertainment operates about 1,000 screens in 15 countries, the company said. AMC acquired Nordic from European private equity firm Bridgepoint and Swedish media group Bonnier Holding.


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"Packaging for a number of the products has already been changed, but there's a small number of products in which the packaging is still going through the process," Friend-Daniel added.Trader Joe's is the latest in a line of companies to rebrand its products following the widespread protests over racial inequality sparked by the death of George Floyd.Video above: Founder of the Jim Crow Museum reflects on Aunt Jemima brandLast month, Quaker Oats announced that it was retiring the 130-year-old Aunt Jemima brand and logo, acknowledging that it was based on a racial stereotype. example, “Trader Ming’s” is used to brand the chain’s Chinese food, “Arabian Joe” brands Middle Eastern foods, “Trader José” brands Mexican foods, “Trader Giotto’s” is for Italian food, and “Trader Joe San” brands their Japanese cuisine. The grocery store chain, which first opened in Pasadena, California, in 1967, said it has already “been in the process of updating order labels, and replacing any variations with the name Trader Joe’s.”. A petition faulted company for "racist branding and packaging." “Packaging for a number of the products has already been changed, but there’s a small number of products in which the packaging is still going through the process,” Friend-Daniel added. The change.org petition points out that Trader Joe’s changes its name on ethnic foods. Trader Joe's is the latest in a line of companies to rebrand its products following the widespread protests over racial inequality sparked by the death of George Floyd. 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Doctor Anywhere, a startup that takes an “omnichannel” approach to healthcare
Date: August 31, 2021
Doctor Anywhere’s omnichannel approach means that in addition to online consultations, it runs in-person clinics, provides home visits, medication deliveries and operates an in-app marketplace for health and wellness products.
Founded in 2017 by Lim Wai Mun, Doctor Anywhere claims it now serves more than 1.5 million users. It is available in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and the Philippines, and recently established tech hubs in Bangalore and Ho Chi Minh City.
NASA taps Kyoto startup to make maps of the wind for drones
Date: August 30, 2021
The Japan Times - News on Japan, Business News, Opinion, Sports, Entertainment and More
MetroWeather Co. makes compact, low-cost lidar sensors that can be used to detect hazards like wind shear, allowing unmanned aerial vehicles to operate in urban environments, Chief Executive Officer Junichi Furumoto said in an interview. The Kyoto-based company will work with TruWeather Solutions Inc. in the U.S. as part of NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research grant program.
Marathon Education makes after-school learning more accessible in Vietnam
Date: August 25, 2021
Marathon Education was created after its founders realized after-school education in Vietnam hadn’t evolved much since they were kids. Some of the most popular tuition centers in big cities teach hundreds of students at once. “They’re packed like sardines and that really has not changed in the past one or two decades when I went to these sorts of classes in Vietnam,” said co-founder Pham Duc.
Hydroponic farming startup Just Vertical cultivates growth at home
Date: August 05, 2021
Vertical hydroponic farming is often seen as a sustainable alternative to traditional growing. It uses 95% less water, has less impact on soil and the urban farms can be placed in food deserts or close to grocers to cut down on transportation costs. But the high-energy usage for lighting the indoor farms has often thwarted cutting down on carbon emissions from agriculture.
MGA Thermal, an Innovative Solution to Energy Storage
Date: August 03, 2021
MGA Thermal wants to help utility companies transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources with shoebox-sized thermal energy storage blocks. The company says a stack of 1,000 blocks is about the size of a small car and can store enough energy to power 27 homes for 24 hours. This gives utility providers the ability to store large amounts of energy and have it ready to dispatch even when weather conditions aren’t ideal for generating solar or wind power. The modular blocks also make it easier to convert infrastructure, like coal-fired power plants, into grid-scale energy storage.
Indonesia begins work on Southeast Asia's largest floating solar plant
Date: August 03, 2021
AKARTA, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Indonesia will begin work on a 145 megawatt (MW) floating solar power project, the largest in Southeast Asia, after state power utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) and Masdar of United Arab Emirates agreed financing for the project on Tuesday.
Indonesia aims to have 23% of its energy from renewable sources by 2025 and the government has said the country will try to reach net zero emissions by 2060 by moving away from coal
Date: July 22, 2021
Singapore-based shared mobility startup, Drive Lah, has raised US$3.2 million in a pre-series A round led by KFC Ventures.
HH VC Investments and Accelerating Asia also participated in the round, along with Robin Chase, co-founder and former CEO of car-sharing firm Zipcar.
Founded in 2019, Drive Lah aims to be an Airbnb for cars, allowing people to rent a vehicle from owners who want to make money from their cars when they are idle. The company believes the solution helps bring mobility to more people while reducing the number of cars on the road.
Now use your body's energy to charge smartphones and watches
Date: July 16, 2021
A novel wearable device converts a finger's touch into a power source for small electronics and sensors.
Engineers from the University of California, San Diego, created a thin, flexible strip that can be worn on a fingertip and generate small amounts of energy when a person's finger sweats or presses against it.
According to the researchers who took part in this study, wearing this strip for 10 hours while sleeping could help charge electronic equipment that could run a watch for 24 hours.
Chinese smart van system provides seamless automated delivery service
Date: July 13, 2021
HK, China, Asia news & opinion from SCMP’s global edition | South China Morning Post
Chinese e-commerce companies have been developing new technology to meet surging consumer demand for express delivery. The volume of packages processed in China jumped from 2.3 billion units in 2010 to 83.4 billion units in 2020, thanks to the exponential growth of China’s e-commerce. At the same time, the country’s labour force shrank from nearly 922 million in 2011 to 897 million in 2018. To cope with rising orders, JD.com has developed one of the country’s most advanced smart delivery van systems.
A New Zero-Emission Hyperloop Port Offers Ground Transport at 'Airplane Speeds'
Date: July 08, 2021
The much-hyped hyperloop is one step closer to becoming a reality with the announcement of HyperloopTT's HyperPort concept.
HyperloopTT (the letters stand for Transportation Technologies) announced this week that its HyperPort, developed in partnership with terminal operator Hamburg Hafen und Logistik AG, is going into certification design review.
Smart foam material gives robotic hand the ability to self-repair
Date: July 06, 2021
Singapore researchers have developed a smart foam material that allows robots to sense nearby objects, and repairs itself when damaged, just like human skin.
Artificially innervated foam, or AiFoam, is a highly elastic polymer created by mixing fluoropolymer with a compound that lowers surface tension.
VinBrain wins ACM SIGAI industry award 2021 for excellence in artificial intelligence
Date: July 02, 2021
DrAid for Radiology” by VinBrain -a subsidiary of Vingroup in Vietnam- has just been granted the ACM SIGAI Industry Award 2021 for Excellence in Artificial Intelligence.
As the world's top award in the field of artificial intelligence, this award is granted to only one AI product per year. The award will be presented at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) 2021 from August 19-26, 2021 in Canada. In 2019, the award was granted to Microsoft Corporation.
E-commerce platform Leflair set for Q3 comeback
Date: June 24, 2021
Leflair was established in 2015 by two French young entrepreneurs, Loic Gautier and Pierre-Antoine Brun. It acted as an e-commerce platform for branded goods and flash sales. It did not operate as an online marketplace, but worked directly with brands and official distributors in Vietnam and overseas.
Most new wind and solar projects will be cheaper than coal, report finds
Date: June 23, 2021
News, sport and opinion from the Guardian's global edition | The Guardian
Almost two-thirds of wind and solar projects built globally last year will be able to generate cheaper electricity than even the world’s cheapest new coal plants, according to a report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena).
The agency found that the falling cost of new windfarms and solar panels meant 62% of new renewable energy projects could undercut the cost of up to 800 gigawatts (GW) worth of coal plants, or almost enough to supply the UK’s electricity needs 10 times over.
Solar Powered Bioreactors Could Make Food Cheap and Sustainable
Date: June 22, 2021
The protein is made by first capturing carbon dioxide from the air and then converting it into formate that bacteria can use to grow. At a certain stage, the organism is harvested and then processed into a protein powder that can be consumed, hence the name ‘Single Cell Protein (SCP)’. Since the bacteria grows in bioreactors, the process can be carried out in even the most barren lands.
Germany's First 3D-Printed Residential Building is Near Completion
Date: June 22, 2021
Now, after 100 hours of 3D printing and ten months, the building is close to completion. With only five weeks left to the finish line, the house will begin to accept visitors from August on, and it already looks spectacular.
The house is built by PERI, a family-owned building company, who teamed up with the Danish manufacturer COBOD who supplied the printer. The building technology used in the making of this house, which was put into practice in Germany for the first time, has come through all of the regulatory approval processes
Proptech set for strong growth in Vietnam
Date: June 22, 2021
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - As technology develops and demand keeps increasing in the property sector, proptech will develop in a similar way to fintech, experts have said.
Proptech, or property technology, has developed strongly in Vietnam with many start-ups being launched and attracting investment from major players and many services being developed to meet market demand.
Cyber safety authentication ecosystem formally launched
Date: June 12, 2021
The cyber safety authentication ecosystem at the address of https://tinnhiemmang.vn is a co-work between NCSC and Vietnam Information Security Association (VNISA).
This system is developed to answer the high demand of the community seeing that even though cyberspace has brought about convenience to the public, it also possesses a certain level of risk, leading to various scams lately.
This is because, with such a huge amount of information that is changing so rapidly in cyberspace, Internet users find it challenging to select correct products and services from prestigious organizations.
New digital primary care platform to launch in South Africa
Date: June 11, 2021
Webrock, venture capital and private equity company headquartered in Stockholm, has partnered with Healthforce, a digital health company majority-owned by South Africa’s leading retail pharmacy chain Dis-Chem, to launch a Swedish healthcare app Doktor.se in South Africa. Doktor.se enables users to find, book and access quality healthcare
SiCepat-NFC Indonesia joint venture to ramp up the mass-market use of EVs in Indonesia
Date: June 10, 2021
NFC Indonesia, a subsidiary of digital distribution company M Cash Integrasi, has formed a joint venture with SiCepat, an Indonesian logistics company, to enter the Electric Vehicle (EV) sector.
The joint venture will be called Energi Selalu Baru (ESB) and will focus on the distribution of electric motorcycles, battery exchange, and its supporting services.
Vietnamese startup uses AI for surveillance cameras
Date: June 07, 2021
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AI Camera Home is a product line used to protect families and children from theft. AI Camera Shop is a product line for stores with features such as automatic customer counting, business analysis, and conventional anti-theft capabilities.
AI Camera Office is for corporate customers to install at headquarters and offices. Thanks to AI integration, this product line has the ability to perform automatic timekeeping. The AI camera is capable of counting people entering and leaving the store, and also recognizing people who wear masks.
Ripe Robotics starts trials with fruit picking robot Eve
Date: June 04, 2021
Ripe Robotics was founded two years ago. “We were looking for problems that could be solved with new technology, but hadn’t been solved yet”, Hunter Jay says. “Fruit picking was among the clearest of those. Computer technology got to the point where it could recognise fruit and tell how ripe it is. Field robotics were getting cheaper. We thought we could combine this to develop a machine that could pick fruit fully automatically.”
Tracking wristbands for quarantine management to be tested
Date: June 04, 2021
Tracking wristbands for managing Covid-19 quarantine protocols will be trialed next week, the Authority of Information Technology Application has said.
The wristband, developed by tech firm Ginnovations, utilizes GPS technology and will send out an alert if the wearer exits a quarantine zone.
Autonomous saildrones cruise the oceans to help combat climate change
Date: May 27, 2021
California-based company saildrone has deployed over 100 AI-equipped drone sailboats to cruise the oceans and gather data that could potentially help in the fight against climate change. adopting a bright red futuristic kayak look, the saildrones are equipped with a number of data sensors, radar systems, and high-resolution cameras to map the ocean floor, and monitor information like ocean currents, wind speeds, and marine life populations, thus keeping track of the changes that are happening on our planet right now.
IFC funds two wind power projects in Vietnam
Date: May 27, 2021
The International Finance Corporation is set to provide a financing package of $57 million for two wind power projects in central Vietnam.
Industrial appliance maker Refrigeration Electrical Engineering Corporation (REE) will build the two plants in the provinces of Binh Thuan and Ninh Thuan with a total capacity of 54.2 megawatts.
Philippine startup Fortuna Cools and its eco-friendly coolers made from coconut
Date: May 25, 2021
The startup will soon launch its second product, the Nutshell Cooler, as an eco-conscious consumer product in key international markets. It seeks to fill a glaring gap in an eco-conscious market without any eco-friendly options.
“The Nutshell Cooler is built with our same natural fibre insulation that we’ve developed over the past few years. But there are various differences in the design to make it suitable for outdoor recreation and casual use (e.g. trip to the beach, weekend getaway, even grocery shopping)”
Snap's new Spectacles put augmented reality front and center
Date: May 21, 2021
Snap's new Spectacles sound interesting, and they very well could be, but for now, you won’t be able to buy them. Instead, Snap is positioning the new glasses as a tool for AR creators to “reimagine the way we communicate, live, and explore the world together through AR experiences built in Lens Studio.” With any luck, perhaps some rogue developer will use the glasses to create the first truly must-have AR app that pushes the tech mainstream.
Highly Sensitive LiDAR System Enhances Autonomous Driving Vision
Date: May 20, 2021
A team of engineers from the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Virginia developed a first-of-its-kind light detecting device that rapidly amplifies weak signals bouncing off of faraway objects.
In doing so, it could massively improve the vision of self-driving cars, robots, and digital mapping technologies. The workings of their new device are outlined in the journal Nature Photonics.


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Pink Energy’s 2019 plan distilled down to one word? Growth!
December 27th, 2018 | By Roger Kuznia
December 27th, 2018 | By Roger Kuznia
On Wednesday, we reviewed the many accomplishments that Pink Energy enjoyed in 2018. From the opening of two new markets to forming high-profile partnerships to doing great things in the communities we serve, it was a year in which the company has so much to be proud. But guess what? We’re forecasting even more excitement in the new year.
“This was the most exciting year ever in anything I’ve done in business,” Pink Energy CEO Jayson Waller said. “But I’m the type of guy that’s not enough. Next year’s gotta be even better.”
Just what lies ahead in 2019? Waller envisions the company leaping into new markets, creating a new division, offering key new products and reaching an employee count of over 1,000. This from a company that ended 2017 with a little more than 200 employees and now employs more than 650. The growth is a testament to the company’s mantra of building a movement, one solar panel at a time and making the most of what’s possible. Here’s what’s simmering on our 2019 solar stovetop.
If you know a little bit about where Pink Energy has been in 2018, you’ll know that we developed partnerships with four pro football franchises (Carolina Panthers, Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions and Pittsburgh Steelers) and already made commercials with three of those teams. But this section isn’t about television commercials. It’s about Pink Energy opening a new commercial division to better serve businesses that, like homeowners, want to reduce their electric bills and save money.
Pink Energy’s first official commercial division will open in Michigan, with other markets to follow. However, while Michigan will be the first official market that we target in this regard, potential commercial customers in Pink Energy’s five other markets still can get in on the fun. We never want to turn anyone away from getting solar, especially when conditions are near perfect for businesses to make the jump. With the 30 percent federal tax credit available for one more year and 100 percent bonus depreciation, solar makes considerable sense as a business investment. Imagine how much more profitable your business could be if you no longer had to pay a electric bill.
We are very proud of our partnerships with the Panthers, Browns, Lions and Steelers. We’ve already installed solar panels for the Lions and Browns, and we will be doing the same for the Panthers and Steelers soon. But we’re not stopping there.
Waller said his goal is to add another 5-10 such sports partnerships in 2019. Pink Energy is even looking at partnering with universities.
“We want to be the preferred solar company for sports franchises,” Waller said.
January marks the full rollout of Silfab as Pink Energy’s solar panel provider. The key selling points of Silfab panels are that they are American-made and come with a 30-year power production warranty, which is five years longer than what is typical in the solar industry. We are proud to install these American-made solar panels, and it is also a source of pride for our customers too.
Pink Energy entered two new states in 2018 in Ohio and Pennsylvania, and the consumer interest in solar in those states has been high. Just where could Pink Energy be headed in 2019? Waller said that list includes Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Tennessee and Texas. Adding any or all of those states would complement our work in existing markets in Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia.
At the close of 2018, Pink Energy had more than 650 employees. That’s an incredible number, given the fact that the company began business in 2015 with just 15 employees. Most of that growth has happened in the past year. Pink Energy ended 2017 with 210 employees.
“It’s exciting, but it’s a lot of work,” Waller said. “We haven’t had time to stop and smell the roses or enjoy the success because we’re all on the grind. We don’t have time to slow down. We have a really awesome team.”
Waller envisions filling the company’s new 17,000 square-foot office space in suburban Detroit. Right now, there are only about 25 employees in that space. He wants to add about 100 more people.
“As we open up those extra markets, we’re gonna have to add sales folks, installers, warehouse managers, admins,” Waller said. “So lots of opportunity in the new states and markets we go in, as well as building out our own markets on the back end with our own markets.”
This is where you can come in. Whether you want to join our team or want to help us continue building our movement toward clean, green solar energy by having your own solar system installed at your home or business, the opportunities are there to be part of an ever-emerging industry. Solar isn’t going away. The costs for solar continue to fall, which is a huge reason why so many have so much interest in the product. And then there are the undeniable environmental benefits of solar. With solar panels emitting no greenhouse gases, they are a much better and sustainable source of electricity.
With our innovative solar program, homeowners can go solar for $0 up-front cost and save money on their electric bills. Please feel free to fill out the form below or contact Pink Energy at (877) 4-GO-Pink, and one of our solar representatives will help you determine whether your home qualifies for this program.
Let the 2019 fun begin!


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According to various sources, Nintendo may be gearing up to launch its next console sooner than you may think.
Ever since the Nintendo Switch OLED was released in 2021, we've been wondering when we'll get a Nintendo Switch 2. While we originally theorized that it would be around six years until the next console, placing the release date around 2027, current reports seem to disagree.
According to a report by VGC, multiple people with inside knowledge of Nintendo's next-gen plans, the company is getting ready to release the new console in the second half of 2024. This will supposedly ensure stock doesn't run out on day one, as we've seen with PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.
A 2024 release date for the Switch would mean a 'mid-cycle' launch for new hardware compared to PlayStation and Xbox. Something that has been somewhat of a historical trend for Nintendo.
So far, not much else is known about the highly-anticipated console. However, sources were able to describe how the upcoming Switch will have a portable mode, much like the Nintendo Switch before it.
VGC also reported that the newest console may launch with an LCD screen instead of the high-quality premium OLED. While it may not be able to rival the Nintendo OLED in handheld quality, this downgrade could mean lower prices. Despite the potential of an LCD screen, we're still hoping to see significant technical upgrades. With no 4K output when docked, the Switch is beginning to show its age.
Tokyo-based industry consultant Dr Serkan Toto told VGC that by "looking at Nintendo’s financials, it seems clear that it’s time for a new piece of hardware in 2024. The only way to stop these losses from totally ballooning next fiscal is a new device, and the second half of 2024 sounds like a realistic release window to me.”
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Google took a simple concept - text keywords - and became an Internet leader. In most markets, Google has the search market share lead and management is looking to expand into new markets. The search giant hasn't quite found its next big hit, but Google Apps and Android are promising extensions of the business. The game plan for Google: Expand into new markets like mobile and grow advertising revenue. Google is also dabbling in everything from broadband to power management to alternative energy. The company is well positioned to benefit from cloud computing and the consumerization of IT.
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Google has agreed to settle with the Apple and Microsoft-backed consortium that outbid it for Nortel's patents in 2011.
Chinese developers are now able to make money by selling their apps on the Google Play Store, with the internet giant announcing that it is extending its app store merchant support to the country.
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The search giant's €600m datacentre in the Netherlands will take up one wind farm's output for the next ten years.
A long-standing partnership between Google and Mozilla Corporation, makers of the Firefox browser, ends this month. Today, Mozilla announced it has signed a new five-year deal with Yahoo.
Despite strong reviews from the tech community, early Android Lollipop device owners are warning their fellow Android users not to upgrade amid concerns of major problems.
The rapid growth of cloud services like AWS will have a big impact on hardware, in particular on servers and other gear in data centers, but also on how we use PCs and mobile devices. Here are my takeaways from re:Invent.
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The latest stable version of Chrome removes the source of the POODLE bug and SSLv3 support will be out altogether over time. The Canary version disparages implementations not up to standards.
Company launches service and charges the same as competitors Rdio, Deezer and Spotify
The Nexus 9 is the first tablet to run Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and offers excellent performance plus impressive sound quality. There are drawbacks, though, including some build quality issues, a tendency to run warm and a premium price.
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Toyota focused on mainstream potential of hybrids like Prius and Auris rather than electric vehicles
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With the Paris Motor Show underway, Karl Schlicht, executive VP for Toyota Europe, talked to Relaxnews about the carmaker's strategy in the hybrid and EV market.
Toyota, a pioneer of hybrid tech, launched its first Prius in 1997. Karl Schlicht recalls what led Toyota to start working with that particular technology: "The firm's philosophy since the 90s has been to develop hybrid vehicles, even though nobody believed in them at the time. For us, it's a technology from the future from a mass market point of view. That's why we're focusing on hybrids, plug-in hybrids and, in the future, on fuel-cell hybrids." At present, Toyota sells 100,000 hybrid vehicles a month.
100% electric or fuel-cell engines?
But this experience with hybrids, doesn't prevent Toyota from showing off its iQ EV, the most compact urban EV on the market, at the Paris Motor Show. It boasts a range of 85km and can be fully recharged in just 3 hours.
The vehicle was designed with a specific market in mind: "100% EVs can be adapted for specific markets, such as California and Europe, which both regulate greenhouse gas emissions. That said, we do not believe that it's a mainstream technology. Toyota can design and produce numerous EVs, but I don't think consumers are ready for them yet."
Toyota's first fuel-cell hybrid should be ready in 2015, marking a new step for the carmaker: "That's why BMW partnered with us [to develop hydrogen fuel cells] but we don't have any announcements to make at the moment."
But this doesn't mean that Toyota is abandoning the combustion engine: "Some parts of the world don't care about hybrids, such as the Middle East. In other countries, like Russia, it'll take some time for hybrids to gain a footing, as opposed to China's big cities for instance. And hybrids will still require a combustion engine."
Schlicht explains that Toyota's research and development teams are currently focusing on optimizing batteries in partnership with Panasonic: "Over the past few years, we went from nickel-based to lithium-based technology, which needed to be made 100 percent safe to prevent any risk of explosion. In the future, a new generation of batteries will have to be designed; they'll have to be smaller and lighter than previous models."
For Toyota, all-electric vehicles are somewhat of a distraction, and so the company has put its focus on hybrid technologies, which have the potential to reach a greater number of people around the world.
(The Paris Motor Show ends October 14 at the Porte de Versailles, in Paris - Website : mondial-automobile.com)


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Singapore-based digital-music services provider Soundbuzz on Dec. 18 launched what it claims is the first online music store in Asia to offer high-fidelity downloads.
Soundbuzz says the store – at www.soundbuzz.com/sls – uses a technology called Scalable-to-Lossless (SLS), which was jointly developed by Soundbuzz and Singapore-based Exploit Technologies, the marketing arm of the Singapore government’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).
Standard-quality files recorded at a rate of 256 kilobytes per second are available on the site for $2.50 Singapore ($1.72) each, while high-fidelity MPEG4 audio tracks sell for $3.00 Singapore ($2.06). Users can also upgrade standard-quality downloaded tracks to higher-fidelity versions by paying an additional $0.80 Singapore ($0.55).
The service also includes a “synch to mobile” function that lets users transfer to their mobile handsets tracks they have downloaded to their PCs from the Soundbuzz hi-fi online store.
“Exploit Technologies is pleased that we have successfully commercialized A*STAR’s technology in digital media, and offer a Singapore company like Soundbuzz a competitive edge in this growing market,” said Exploit Technologies executive chairman Boon Swan Foo in a statement.
Said Soundbuzz Asia GM Yen Ong in a statement: “It is critical with any new digital music offering that we give consumers a number of flexible and simple options so they can tailor the experience to their own tastes. With A*STAR’s technology, consumers can now purchase incredibly high-quality songs that they can enjoy on the most sophisticated home entertainment system, but can also transfer easily to their mobile handsets if they want to take their music with them.”


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The Postal Service recognized the Postmaster General’s Mailer’ Technical Advisory Committee (MTAC) for excellence in driving technology, innovation, and supporting growth for the mailing industry. Ms Brennan and Deputy Postmaster General Ronald A. Stroman presented the Partnership for Growth Award to MTAC.
The prestigious award recognizes innovation in a rapidly evolving technology environment. “Our collaboration with MTAC is incredibly valuable,” said Ms. Brennan. “It has endured for 50 years because it allows the Postal Service and the mailing industry to work better together, and it allows us to grow stronger together with a shared commitment to invest in our future.”
MTAC and USPS share technical information with mailers and receive their advice and recommendations on matters concerning mail-related products and services. This enhances the value of mail for customers and expands the use of products and services for the mutual benefit of mailing industry stakeholders and the Postal Service.


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Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) shares jumped as much as 9% in early trade on Tuesday, i.e. 13 August, after chairman Mukesh Ambani made several important announcements, including Saudi Aramco’s investment in RIL’s oil-to-chemicals division, during the company’s 42nd annual general meeting (AGM) in Mumbai.
At 9:28 am, the RIL stock was trading at Rs 1,260.70, up 8.5%, at BSE after hitting an intra-day high of Rs 1,270. Notably, as of Friday’s close, RIL shares had rallied 20% since the company held its previous AGM last year.
Mukesh Ambani on Monday announced that Saudi Aramco will invest 20% in RIL’s oil-to-chemicals division at an enterprise value of $75 billion. The deal would be amongst India’s largest foreign direct investment (FDI) till date, besides being the biggest foreign investment in the history of RIL. The partnership will cover all of RIL’s refining and petrochemicals assets, including 51% of the petroleum retail joint venture.
In another significant announcement, Mukesh Ambani also stated that RIL will become a net zero-debt company within the next 18 months. He said the deal with Aramaco, as well as the retail petroleum deal with BP, will be closed within this financial year. That would bring in Rs 1.15 lakh crore into RIL. These, along with other transactions to deleverage the group, would make the company a zero-net debt company in 18 months. As of FY19-end, RIL had a net debt of Rs 1.54 lakh crore.
The RIL AGM also gave a launch date to the much-awaited Jio GigaFiber services. Ambani said the Jio GigaFiber will be available commercially starting 5 September 2019. He outlined that service would be broad-ranging including a 1 Gbps network speed, free landline connection, digital set-top box, ultra-high-definition entertainment, virtual content, interactive gaming and more smart home solutions. Customers will have to pay between Rs 700 and Rs 10,000 per month depending on the plan. Users will be charged only for data and voice calls would be completely free from home to any Indian mobile or fixed-line operator.
Investor sentiment towards RIL shares must have also been lifted by the fact that listing of the company’s retail and telecom units was on the cards. Mukesh Ambani announced that RIL planned to list its telecom and retail ventures in the next five years. Reliance Jio and Reliance Retail, if listed separately, would be among the top 10 companies in the country, said Ambani. Reliance Jio has already crossed 340 million subscribers. Meanwhile, RIL’s retail arm has crossed Rs 130,000 crore in revenue last year.
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See inside the Boeing 767 freighter that shuttles thousands of pounds of packages per day for companies like DHL and Amazon
Cargo carrier ABX took Insider behind the scenes on a tour of its freight operation at New York's JFK International Airport.
Amazon just hired another passenger airline to fly cargo jets using the biggest aircraft yet
Converted Boeing freighters have historically been the jet of choice for Amazon Air, but the new contract will see Airbus planes used for the first time.
Boeing's iconic 747 will leave the assembly line for the last time this year. See one of last jumbo jets the planemaker will ever build.
When the last 747 is complete, it will be the 1,574th jumbo jet Boeing has made in the over 54 years of the program.
The air cargo boom has airlines from UPS to Air France spending billions on Boeing and Airbus freighter aircraft — and new jets can't come soon enough
UPS Airlines just ordered 19 Boeing cargo freighters in a deal valued at more than $4 billion. But next-generation cargo aircraft are still years away.
Southwest Airlines is chartering flights for Afghan evacuees arriving in the US so they can reach their destination cities
The Department of Defense has enlisted commercial airlines to help transport people who are fleeing Afghanistan.
6 airfreight operators poised to win big as Johnson & Johnson joins the vaccine rollout
The challenges of shipping Pfizer's and Moderna's candidates create a new set of hurdles for carriers — and some are more prepared than others.
6 logistics stocks set to soar on reviving trade and economic growth, according to industry experts
Transport and logistics stocks are expected to benefit as the global economic outlook improves, but not all stocks will perform equally well.
Boeing just announced the definitive end of the legendary 747 as cargo giant Atlas Air places an order for the final 4 planes
Cargo airlines have carried the Boeing 747 program this far but the iconic aircraft's days are now number with the last delivery slated for 2022.
The airline industry's loss is Amazon's gain as the e-commerce giant purchases 11 Boeing 767 airliners to use as cargo planes
Amazon likely scored a great deal on the aircraft as airlines have been forced to retire aging aircraft like the Boeing 767-300ER due to the pandemic.
A major Amazon Air contractor says it won't return a $400 million bailout despite requests from Congress and booming business
Executives at Atlas Air, which counts Amazon as an investor and customer, say the company fully qualified for CARES Act funding.
Cargo airline execs warn that getting a COVID-19 vaccine to everyone on Earth could take up to two years
Up to 20 billion doses of a coronavirus vaccine are expected to be needed, but shipping challenges mean it could take years to be distributed.
An Amazon Air contractor just got a $400 million coronavirus bailout, even though the airline's profits and shares are surging thanks to increased demand
Atlas Air, which contracts for Amazon Air, received a $400 million bailout despite boasting of strong performance during the coronavirus pandemic.
Amtrak's new CEO has a record of downplaying safety concerns that allegedly contributed to a fatal plane crash
Before a deadly crash in 2019, pilots for Atlas Air — which operated some Amazon Air flights — said an accident was "inevitable." Flynn disagreed.
Amtrak's new CEO is an air cargo veteran with railroad experience
Under Richard Anderson's leadership, Amtrak achieved record financial performance and ridership, and is close to breaking even on an operational basis soon.
'Lack of understanding of how unsafe he was': A pilot in Amazon Air's crashed cargo plane raised safety concerns at previous employers and repeatedly failed key exams
The National Transportation Safety Board just made public more than 3,000 pages of its investigation into Atlas Air Flight 3591.
The family of a pilot who died in this year's Amazon Air fatal crash is suing Amazon and cargo contractors claiming poor safety standards
The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in Miami, alleges that actions from Amazon and Atlas Air "directly and proximately caused the death" of a pilot.
The pilots who fly your Amazon Prime packages just suffered a major loss in their 3-year quest for a new work contract
The pilots who fly your Amazon Prime packages have been protesting against the e-commerce behemoth and their employer — Atlas AIr.
The pilots who fly your Amazon packages were getting paid way below industry standards. Then they started calling in sick with little notice.
Union leadership for the pilots "categorically" denies encouraging the pilots to call in sick as Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has accused it of doing.
A federal court just ordered the pilots who fly your Amazon Prime packages to stop 'excessively' calling in sick and refusing to work overtime
More than three years into contract negotiations, pilots were using work slowdown techniques with names like "SHOP" and "BOOT" to force a new contract.
Amazon threatens to cut its business with a cargo airline that delivers its packages if it can't reach a deal with frustrated pilots
Pilots are sounding the alarm that short staffing and inexperienced pilots could lead to another deadly crash, like the one that happened in February.


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Facebook isn’t giving up on its quest to bring the World Wide Web to the world, even if its methods sometimes seem to violate net neutrality. Undeterred by a recent setback in its Free Basics initiative in India, Facebook is now pressing forward again with its internet.org project, this time with a new initiative it’s calling Express Wi-Fi.
No, this project doesn’t involve loons or drones that beam Wi-Fi down to us terrestrial beings — rather, it’s a straightforward attempt at helping local entrepreneurs resell access to the internet by way of a partnership with Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel. The hope is that over the course of the next few months, Facebook will help India add an additional 20,000 Wi-Fi hot spots, assisting a larger proportion of the Indian people in their quest to get online.
It’s not just Bharti Airtel that will help provide these hot spots. Facebook is also planning to partner with internet service providers (ISPs) like AirJaldi in Uttarakhand, LMES in Rajasthan, Tikona in Gujarat, and Shaildhar in Meghalaya.
“India’s population is about 1.3 billion people, but only 390 million are connected to the internet. Express Wi-Fi is part of our global initiative and we want to expand Internet connectivity to underserved locations,” Facebook Asia Pacific Head of Connectivity Solutions Munish Seth told the Economic Times. More than 500 local entrepreneurs will also be involved in the project, and Seth noted, “The market still remains under-penetrated and all these efforts (by others) will help expand it further.”
So what exactly is Facebook’s role in all this? According to Seth, the social media platform will stay out of the way, simply providing platforms and solutions as needed. “We will not charge the ISP/telecom operator or the entrepreneur. The operator decides on the pricing and will handle the data as the Internet traffic flows through their system,” he said. “We are just providing the solutions.”
James Beldock, Facebook’s product manager for Express Wi-Fi, echoed these sentiments in an interview with TechCrunch, noting, “Our strategy has always been that these programs work if they are financially sustainable for the partners we work with. Facebook’s strategy is to enable partners to make connectivity at scale sustainable, not to dictate pricing.”
Express Wi-Fi has already made its debut in Kenya, and is also undergoing trial runs in Tanzania, Nigeria, and Indonesia.
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For Road Trip 2015, CNET talks with the University of Michigan's Peter Sweatman about the rapid merging of computers and cars, and the fake city in Ann Arbor where it's being put to the test.
Road Trip 2015: BKAV, which made its money selling security software, is the first to design and build a smartphone in Vietnam. The question is, will anyone buy it?
The $500 Opal Nugget Ice from GE FirstBuild plans to turn the dream of making crunchy nugget ice at home a reality.
Technically Incorrect: As the Queen Juliana Bridge in Holland is being restored, two of the project's cranes mysteriously collapse.
FirstBuild kitted out a GE french-door refrigerator with eight USB ports to deliver the power and connectivity you need to create your own custom "ChillHub."
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Masayoshi Son, who is also CEO of a Japanese carrier, says the network quality in the US "is not something you should be proud of," and directly calls out his rivals.
As part of Road Trip 2015, CNET visits Mcity, a 32-acre fake city in Michigan designed to test self-driving cars' navigation and communication abilities -- and to keep research from migrating to Silicon Valley.
As part of Road Trip 2015, CNET visited a Vietnamese company that recently introduced its first smartphone.
FirstBuild's $20 Green Bean Maker Module and Software Developer Kit can make your dumb appliances smart.
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Many California foodies are still licking their wounds from the narrow defeat of Proposition 37 in November, which lost by 6 percentage points, but momentum to see genetically modified organisms regulated and labeled is picking up around the country—the latest effort coming out of New Mexico.
State Senator Peter Wirth (D-Santa Fe) has proposed an amendment similar to California's Prop 37 that could make it mandatory for any foods sold in the state containing genetically modified foods to be labeled as such. “The premise of this amendment is simple – New Mexicans deserve the right to know what’s in the food they are eating and feeding to their families,” Wirth said about the issue. “Labeling GE foods and feed will empower consumers with basic information to help them decide for themselves the types of food they want to buy.”
While California's Proposition 37 was outspent nearly 5 to 1 by the corporate-ag funded opposition, leading to its surprising defeat, a small victory for the anti-GMO movement happened in Washington's San Juan County in November. The county passed an Initiative Measure (No. 2012-4), which bans growing any genetically modified organisms in the county for commercial purposes (some will still be allowed for research purposes). Despite the ban on growing GMOs, stores will still be permitted to sell foods containing GMOs, which are found in approximately 80 percent of all processed foods.
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And more efforts are underway to educate and activate consumers. The GMO Inside campaign, which includes support from Green American and Nutiva, has seen a swell of consumer support, with a highly successful Facebook campaign and DIY labels, which allow consumers to print out warning stickers and place them on products in their local supermarkets believed to contain GMOs. Likewise, efforts are underway to petition the FDA to enact national regulations on GMOs. The U.S. is the only industrialized nation without policies on genetically modified organisms.
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CBD is currently one of the hottest three-letter combinations you’ll find in the health products market and its appeal amongst golfers has soared at a staggering pace over the last 18 months.
Leading researchers in the USA will check the effectiveness of whole-plant versus single-extract CBD under a $9 million project aimed at enlightening consumers and doctors.
Are you ready to crank the “Zen” in your life up a notch? If so, a CBD-inspired yoga routine could be just what you need.
Billy Horschel went six months without a top-eight finish last year before he found a remedy for his ailing golf game from a surprising source: the hemp plant. Horschel, a five-time PGA Tour winner, began using cannabidiol, or CBD, products shortly after he missed the cut at the British Open in July.


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Google hasn’t announced Stadia in a vacuum; game streaming companies have been in the works for years, with varying degrees of success. The technology to.
Sony places PlayStation’s ‘Games of a Generation’ on sale
Comcast Corp, certainly one of America’s largest media and communications firms, is wading into the epic regulatory pile-on against big tech companies similar to Google, in accordance with individuals acquainted with the matter. Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg advised employees in July that the company would “go to the mat” to defeat Democratic candidate Elizabeth Warren’s expected effort to break up the world’s largest social media firm if she have been elected president, based on audio of two internal firm conferences printed by The Verge. Google is scheduled to launch the Google Pixel four smartphone on October 15.
The Surface Pen might probably charge in a similar way to the iPad Pro’s Apple Pencil. According to Apple’s popular analyst, Ming-Chi Kuo, the company will guess on Mini-LED show know-how for iPads and MacBooks in 2020. An Apple October occasion hasn’t yet been introduced, but there’s an impressive list of products which are supposedly ready to launch.
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The big manufacturer of Android, Samsung is now going to update the device to Android 12L.
Samsung released Android 12L back in March
Yesterday Samsung company launched Android 12L for Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Z Flip 3
A few days ago Samsung announced Android 12L for its flagship tablet
There is no Android 12L update for Samsung's flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy S22.
The Samsung S22 received a single update that changed Samsung's skin version number to that of an Android 12L device
The rollout of Android 12L was a new strategy for Google, but it didn't work.
Android 12L Google has split the Android development time into two parts
12L was released in March and a smaller Android 13 was released in August.


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One thing Nigerian celebrities do well besides their job is to live a luxurious life, so if they are not buying houses or going on expensive vacations, they are buying expensive cars and flaunting it at every opportunity.
Popular Nollywood actress and entrepreneur, Lizzy Anjorin took to social media to announce that she has joined the list of celebrities who ride a G-Wagon around town.
Sharing a photo of her posing in a beautiful floral dress beside the expensive black car on her official Instagram page, an excited Lizzy captioned the post with gratitude to God and a formal announcement that she has joined the G-Wagon gang.
Alhamdulilai, just joined the biggest *G* geng.”
Fans of the actress took to the comment section to congratulate her.
“Congratulations ma, everything you do is standard.”
“Big congratulations my hajia.”
“Congratulations, we are washing this.”
“Congrats ma’am, more blessings Insha Allah.’
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The international provider and developer has announced new slots based on the popular series. Thus, the cooperation with HBO continues. It means that familiar characters and universe are waiting for players again.
But this time the slot machine will take it to a new level. Special bonus mechanics, Westeros landscapes and redesigned mechanics are waiting for you. That's why the new Game of Thrones slot attracts players even before the release.
In addition, Microgaming announced two more slots: Deadmau5 and Tarzan. The first will be dedicated to electronic music, and the second to the adventures of the famous hero.


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What We Know About The September 2019 Broad Core Algorithm Update
Google released a broad core algorithm update last September 24. SEO companies and webmasters were given advance notice about it, making this the second time the search engine giant made an announcement regarding such an update. This can be seen as part of Google’s move to take webmaster outreach to the next level.
The update, dubbed as the September 2019 Core Update, rolled out hours after the announcement. According to Google’s Danny Sullivan, they cannot say when it would end because of other regular updates that are also happening. But he confirmed that it would only last for a few days.
Now that the September 2019 Core Update is live, ranking fluctuations may be experienced. Those who will experience a sudden drop in ranking during this time are not penalised. Instead, they’re only reassessed against other contents online that have been published since the last update was rolled out.
Sullivan also advised all SEO experts and webmasters that the guidelines they gave for the past broad core algorithm updates also apply to this one. Therefore, everyone is told to concentrate on providing quality content when dealing with the impact of the broad core algorithm update. Improvements can also be implemented, but they do not guarantee recovery.
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LiveLighter calls on supermarkets to ditch confectionary
WA’s nation-leading LiveLighter campaign has called for Australia’s major supermarket chains to follow the example of the UK’s supermarket giants and ditch confectionary at checkouts in favour of healthy foods.
Aldi in the UK has joined Lidl, Tesco, Co-op and Sainsbury’s in trialling healthier checkouts by stocking dried fruits, nuts, juices and water .
“The LiveLighter campaign is calling on Australia’s major supermarket chains to help the community tackle our growing epidemic of overweight and obesity,” said Maurice Swanson, Chief Executive of the Heart Foundation in Western Australia.
“In WA, more than two in three adults are either overweight or obese, and 25 per cent of 12 to 17-year-olds are overweight or obese.
“This change will help parents deal with children’s pester power at supermarket checkouts, but will also reduce pressure on adults to make inappropriate purchases.
“Our leading supermarkets continually market themselves as the providers of fresh, wholesome food, and this is an opportunity for them to step up to the plate to help reduce obesity in the community,” said Mr Swanson.
He said supermarkets in Western Australia should also seriously consider ending immediately their end-of-aisle promotion of junk food and sugary drinks.
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In today’s edition of Bitcoin in Transient we deal with stories that clearly show how Houbi is nearing a achievable backdoor listing on the Hong Kong Stock Trade, why Elon Musk is still amazed by the top quality of cryptocurrency scambots on Twitter, and an Italian soccer club purchased with crypto.
Huobi Nears Backdoor Listing
Huobi World has issued a joint announcement with Pantronics Holdings (HKEX: 1611), a company detailed on the Hong Kong Stock Trade, about the acquisition of shares in the community organization by the cryptocurrency exchange operator. Huobi is now the vast majority shareholder in Pantronics, which it can use to perform a backdoor listing for itself. This indicates that the cryptocurrency exchange now has the possibility of getting to be a community organization with out possessing to go by way of an IPO, giving it the believability that such a position retains among the traditional buyers and an capacity to raise money by promoting shares, solutions or bonds. The businesses have not responded to concerns about the deal still, and buyers are in all probability fascinated to know if the businesses have approached HKEX administration to see if they won’t raise troubles in such a method.
Musk Nonetheless Loves Scambots
The founder of Tesla and Spacex, Elon Musk, seems to still be amazed by Twitter scambots – algorithms that automatically reply to messages by substantial profile accounts with bogus claims of giveaways. Back again in July he sounded like he desired to supply the programmers at the rear of them a position, tweeting: “I want to know who is jogging the Etherium (sic) scambots! Mad skillz …”. He’s evidently so amazed with their general performance, he’s now joked, “At this place, I want ETH even if it is a rip-off.”
At this place, I want ETH even if it is a rip-off
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 28, 2018
Italian Football Club Purchased With Crypto
Cryptocurrency buying and selling businesses, ICO jobs and some others in the ecosystem have been making use of sports sponsorships offers to attain a mass viewers for a whilst now. And the latest example of this arrives from Italy, wherever in accordance to nearby media, a soccer group was purchased with digital tokens. UAE-primarily based Heritage Sports activities Holdings reportedly paid with Quantocoin (QTC) for 25% of the shares of Rimini F.C., an Italian association soccer club launched in 1912 that performs in Serie C. If the identify of the token appears acquainted, a Quantocoin ICO investor was also at the rear of the current conclusion by Gibraltar United F.C. to pay its players with crypto.
Mycrypto Raises $4 Million in Series A Funding
Mycrypto, the shopper-aspect device for generating ETH wallets made by Myetherwallet founder Taylor Monahan, has announced now it raised $4 million in a Series A spherical of funding led by Polychain Capital. Added buyers consist of Raise VC Fund 3 LP, Mainframe’s Mick Hagen, Chance Du (Coefficient Ventures), Ausum Blockchain Fund LP, early Dropbox worker Albert Ni and Make Co-Founder Lily Liu (4T World LLC). “We believe now one of the big bottlenecks to cryptocurrency adoption is the deficiency of an quick-to-use interface for ordinary individuals. Mycrypto is led by hardcore cryptocurrency entrepreneurs and is nicely-positioned to onboard the next one hundred million cryptocurrency end users,” stated Olaf Carlson-Wee, Founder and CEO of Polychain Capital.
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Microsoft will have another go at helping to solve online fraud when it announces the names of a major card issuer and an online retail giant that will support its CardSpace identity-management technology...
There are only four days left to make your voice heard
AWS CEO Andy Jassy and Super Micro CEO Charles Liang urge Bloomberg to retract China spy-chip report
Intel claims that 10nm parts will be out in volume by mid-2019
Factory to be built closer to supply chain while company hires 300 more at R&D centre in UK


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Skin whitening continues to be a billion-dollar industry in Asia, as products from different brands line up the shelves. Yet this apparently does not explain why actress Saab Magalona’s face was reportedly ripped off and slapped onto an obscure skin-whitening product all the way in Cambodia.
True enough, the celebrity posted photos of what looked like boxes of the product stacked on top of each other, featuring Saab holding her arm over her head, and exposing her underarm.
The photo seems to have been taken from an old campaign Saab did with the brand Dove.
A Filipino fan living in Cambodia alerted the celeb to the unexpected find.
“Y naman ganorn (Why it gotta be like that?),” the actress hilariously posted online.
“The design is very ‘this product must be high in mercury content,’” one commented.
“This is so random,” another said.
“Wow, you’re famous in Asia,” another jabbed.
While the scenario will likely have legal implications, it doesn’t seem like the actress will act on it.


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WASHINGTON, DC, July 30th, 2019 – Nearly half of people (48%) currently own a digital assistant and the most popular brand is Amazon’s Echo, according to a new survey by Clutch, a B2B ratings and reviews platform.
Eighty-five percent of people (85%) are familiar with Amazon Echo, demonstrating how Amazon dominates the AI-powered voice assistant industry.
Meanwhile, 71% of people know Google Home and only 30% are familiar with Apple HomePod. Amazon’s Echo is the first mainstream in-home digital assistant, released in 2014.
While 48% of people currently own a digital voice assistant, another 33% plan to purchase one within the next three years, indicating the rapidly growing popularity of digital assistants.
One-Third of People Use Digital Assistants Infrequently, Limiting Devices’ Ability to Improve Tasks
When people invest in a digital assistant, they don’t always use it to its full capacity. Only 69% of people use their digital assistant at least once a day.
Nearly one-third of people (31%) don’t use their digital assistant frequently or at all, which can be a wasted opportunity to save time and increase efficiency.
Bob Klein, CEO, of Digital Scientists, a mobile app and IoT company, says this finding demonstrates how people do not understand all digital assistants can offer.
Often, people do not realize that they must add skills to their device to offer more capabilities.
For example, an Amazon Echo can order you pizza or guide you through a meditation session, but those skills must be programmed on the device first.
“Most people have the dumbest digital assistant where it can’t do anything besides answer generic questions…I’d think it’s hard to get someone to install a skill on their digital assistant,” said Klein.
People are missing out on the benefits of digital assistants if they do not use them frequently.
People Worry Digital Assistants Violate Privacy, Despite Devices’ Popularity
People are concerned about storing personal information in digital assistants, but they invest in these types of devices as a way to streamline basic tasks.
Nearly one-third of people (31%) are concerned about the security of personal information on digital assistants and 30% are worried about the devices recording conversations.
Manufacturers of digital assistants are taking steps to address security concerns.
Lynette Walczak, publisher of The Fun Times Guide, a network of 32 websites, explains how her Google Home has adjusted its privacy settings.
“Every now and then, Google Home will hear something that was said on TV and activate’,” said Walczak. “But it turns itself ‘off’ within a few seconds if we don't speak to it directly.”
Clutch’s 2019 Digital Assistant Survey included 581 people familiar with digital assistants across the U.S.
Read the full report here: https://clutch.co/app-developers/resources/alexa-listening-how-people-use-voice-assistants
For questions about the survey, a comment on the findings, or an introduction to the industry experts included in the report, contact Emily Clark at [email protected]
A B2B research, ratings, and reviews firm in the heart of Washington, DC, Clutch connects small and medium businesses with the best-fit agencies, software, or consultants they need to tackle business challenges with confidence. Clutch’s methodology compares business service providers and software in a specific market based on verified client reviews, services offered, work quality, and market presence.


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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – Supply chain issues have contributed to low stocks of baby formula and other hygiene products during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a new shortage is sneaking up on women across the state.
Tampons are the most recent items falling victim to shortages.
Rising costs of materials, barriers to transportation and inflation are all contributing factors. The demand for this product hasn’t decreased though. So, until suppliers can catch up, women may have to use other alternatives.
While the shortage is currently centralized on tampons, experts say other products with similar materials could soon be affected.
Tampons use raw materials like cotton, rayon, and plastic which have been in shorter supply. Cotton fertilizer supply has also dwindled from the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Dr. Nicholas Loyd, Director of the Center for Management and Economic Research at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, says if the Defense Protection Act is enacted it could help.
Loyd says, “In general, the bigger supply chain concept is the less reliant you can be on a one-source supplier, and when that source is overseas…that adds to the risk. The more local, domesticated, and decentralized…your supply base system reflects where you can be to challenges when they pop up.”
Walgreens and CVS have said they are aware of the shortage in some areas. Both companies say they’re working with their suppliers to ensure they can restock as soon as possible.


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SM to issue Convertible Bonds
(02 February 2012. Pasay City, Philippines) SM Investments Corporation (SM) announced today that its Board of Directors approved the issuance of five-year convertible bonds with a base size of USD250.0
SM and Subsidiaries Again Win The Asset’s Platinum Corporate Award
(27 January 2012. Pasay City, Philippines.) For the third consecutive year, SM Investments Corporation (SM) won The Asset Platinum Corporate Award 2011 for all-around excellence in management, financial performance, corporate
SM Donates to De La Salle University for Centennial Hall
(12 January 2012. Pasay City, Philippines.) To commemorate and support the 100th founding anniversary of the De La Salle University (DLSU), SM Investments Corporation (SM) is donating Php300.0 million to the leading
Next generation leaders in PH push for sustainability
Some of the next generation leaders in the ASEAN Region are bent on pushing for sustainability, even as they noted of challenges that need to be addressed to achieve the goal.
Regional business leaders to attend ASEAN Sustainability E-Summit
Business leaders from across ASEAN will gather this week to talk about sustainability, best practices as well as the challenges and opportunities brought on by the pandemic in this year’s GRI-SM ASEAN Sustainability E-Summit.
SM urging ASEAN businessmen to pursue sustainability
SM is calling on business leaders across the ASEAN region to adopt sustainable business practices during the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)-SM ASEAN Sustainability E-Summit 2021.
SM Supermalls launches The SM StartUp Package for aspiring Filipino entrepreneurs
100 Small business owners invited to set up shop in SM malls
Pico de Loro Beach and Country Club and Pico Sands Hotel Help Inoculate More Nasugbueños
Inspired by the spirit of unity and camaraderie in the midst of adversity, Pico de Loro Beach and Country Club and Pico Sands Hotel donated 200 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to the Rural Health Unit of Nasugbu, Batangas.
SM Supermalls is set to open VAXCertPH booths nationwide
SM Supermalls has inked a deal with the Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to become the first official venue partner of the digital vaccination certificate program, VAXCertPH.
Modern entrepreneurs share tips on how to live, work, succeed from home
Modern entrepreneurs gamely shared their experiences and expertise at a recent virtual roundtable discussion by SMDC, which also launched SMDC’s newest property that caters to the needs of people working from home.
Watsons, Grab partner for online health and beauty shopping in PH
The partnership aims to provide consumers with a safe and seamless online shopping experience along with a faster and more reliable delivery service.
SM invests in future, goes big on renewables
As part of its sustainability roadmap, property giant SM Prime Holdings seeks to boost by 50 percent the share of renewable energy in its electricity consumption by end-2022.
Hamilo Coast safeguards its marine biodiversity
In line with its core emphasis on sustainable tourism and environmentally conscious living, Costa Del Hamilo, Inc. recently completed a Marine Protected Area (MPA) assessment.


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The Ford World Headquarters building will be one of three live broadcast locations for the F-150 Lightning electric truck debut on May 19. Signaling the importance of the F-150 to the Blue Oval brand, workers in Dearborn have been busy covering the HQ building’s glass with a 64,000-square-foot projection screen for the event.
Ford is a huge presence in the Detroit metro area, so when anything odd happens at the company’s 12-story headquarters building, called the Glass House, it can cause quite a stir. So when The Detroit Free Press
Since then, it has been all but confirmed that the screen will be used to livestream the F-150 Lightning reveal, to be simulcast at Ford headquarters, New York’s Times Square and on the Las Vegas Strip. The timing is just too perfect for it to be anything else.
However, the significance of using the HQ at One America Road (that’s its real address) cannot be understated. Automakers typically hold their reveals at auto shows
However, the F-150 has been America’s best-selling vehicle for 40 years, and the Lightning represents a paradigm shift for America’s work truck. It is perhaps an even bigger philosophical leap than the Mustang Mach-E
The F-150 Lightning will debut at 9:30 p.m. ET May 19, and if you can’t be on location in Dearborn, NY, or Vegas, it will also be livestreamed on Ford social channels.


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European shipments of handheld computers broke the one-million mark for the first time during the last quarter of 2003, while smartphone shipments topped two million, according to research from Canalys published on Monday.
The rise in sales shows that there is more life in the data-centric handheld market than some had predicted, partly due to the popularity of features such as GPS navigation, and a rise in corporate spending, Canalys said. Hewlett-Packard was one of the main beneficiaries of stronger corporate sales, and consolidated its position as the leader in data-centric handhelds with 32.9 percent of the European market, according to Canalys' research.
The figures cover Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), and divide handhelds into data-centric devices such as PDAs (personal digital assistants) and voice-centric devices such as smartphones -- mobile phone handsets with PDA-like features.
HP topped the PDA market with 406,420 devices shipped. It is followed by Palm with 307,100 devices, or 24.9 percent market share, a 19 percent decline in shipments from the same quarter a year ago. Palm is struggling to compete with HP on two fronts, analysts said: one is HP's strength in the enterprise, which has allowed it to benefit from increasing corporate spending, and the other is Palm's weakness in the increasingly popular GPS market.
"Handhelds have found a new lease of life with the arrival of competitively priced GPS navigation bundles," said Canalys' director, Chris Jones, in a statement. "Vendors without navigation bundles will find it harder to get shelf space -- Palm and Sony have some catching up to do in this area."
German vendor Medion was third in data-centric shipments, with 11 percent of the market, followed by Sony with 6.2 percent.
Shipments of voice-centric devices, including smartphones and feature phones, were nearly twice those of PDAs, at 2.2 million, with Nokia leading by a wide margin with 1.7 million devices shipped, or 77.9 percent of the market. Nokia has the widest range of smartphones and successfully tapped into the corporate market in Q4 with its enterprise-oriented 6600 handset, Canalys said.
Sony Ericsson was second in smartphones, with 9.7 percent of the market, its P900 enjoying higher shipments than the earlier P800. Motorola was third with 6.4 percent of the market, partly boosted by the success of its A920 3G handset and the Windows-based MPx200.
The Symbian OS, which powers the smartphones of Nokia, Sony Ericsson and others, enjoyed shipments of more than two million for the quarter, making it an increasingly powerful competitor in the corporate market. "We expect Nokia to target the corporate mobility solutions segment very hard this year, and the Symbian OS is now reaching the shipment levels needed to make it a contender in the enterprise," said analyst Rachel Lashford, in a statement.


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If you're not vaccinated, don't sail — that's the CDC's latest recommendation on cruises anywhere in the world. For the cruise lines, it's becoming clear that the message is, if you want a fully vaccinated ship, don't sail out of Florida.
After over a year of imposing some of the toughest restrictions and requirements for a restart than any other segment of the travel industry, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has relaxed its Covid-19 Level 4 “Very High” warning for cruises to Covid-19 Level 3 or “High.”
The CDC’s eased warning comes just as cruises started sailing again in North America and are already facing the resurgence of Covid cases aboard among crew or passengers ahead of a U.S. relaunch in late June.
Taking the outbreaks into account, the CDC’s new Level 3 recommendations clearly state that people who are not fully vaccinated avoid traveling on cruise ships, including river cruises anywhere in the world, adding that those who choose to cruise unvaccinated “are more likely to get COVID-19, which spreads person-to-person, and outbreaks of COVID-19 have been reported on cruise ships.”
Indeed it’s the scenario that the cruise industry’s giants had hoped to avoid by requiring proof of full vaccination from customers and by vaccinating crew — reports of positive cases within days of a sailing restart.
For More on the Cruise Industry From Skift, Read: The Lasting Impact of a Year With No Cruises
The Celebrity Millenium sailed out of St. Maarten, the first ship to restart in North America this month, and sailed the Caribbean — a region where vaccinations are sorely lagging — for seven days before two passengers turned Covid positive. This week, Royal Caribbean’s Odyssey of the Seas megaship reported eight positive cases among the crew which is now delaying the new liner’s launch from July 3 to July 31.
While expecting zero Covid positive cases as cruises resume is unrealistic considering the nature of the virus, this latest round of delayed restarts for the ailing cruise industry reveals some poignant facts:
- the risk of cruises not being able to require 100 percent full vaccination from all staff and cruisers before restarting operations
- the crew likely originate from multiple foreign locations and full vaccinations require sufficient delay between getting the jab and restarting work
- Florida Governor Ron De Santis’ law blocking cruise lines from mandating pre-sail vaccination proof from customers will hurt the industry and delay its recovery even further
- Cruise lines might look to restarting out of ports away from Florida and in locations that don’t prevent them from requiring pre-sail full vaccination proof
On Wednesday, also coinciding with the CDC’s level alert easing for cruise lines, the University of South Florida released the results of a new survey of 600 Floridians, asking them in part about their opinions surrounding mandatory vaccine requirements from businesses as well as measuring vaccine hesitancy levels.
Nearly half of Floridians — 43 percent of respondents said they believe proof of vaccination should be mandatory on all cruises departing from Florida ports, while another 33.2 percent felt that the decision should be left to individual cruise-lines.
Perhaps even more eye opening is the data on vaccine hesitancy in Florida: of those respondents who are unvaccinated, 35.3 percent said they would probably not or definitely not get vaccinated while 24.3 percent were undecided on getting vaccinated.
The cruise industry has its challenges stacked up, between U.S. politicians using vaccines as a platform, to consumers who are increasingly likely to shun non-vaccinated cruises.
On Monday, Royal Caribbean sent a clear message to its customers so it won’t miss out on a big comeback while keeping Florida’s lawmakers on its side: if you want to sail on a fully vaccinated ship, then book cruises that don’t sail out of Florida.
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23% fall in Life and Pension sales (Irish Times)
Sales of life and pensions products dropped at an annual rate of 23% in the second quarter of the year, continuing their fall this year, as investors chose to hold cash and avoid declining stock markets.
The paper says data compiled by Dublin actuarial consultants, Life Strategies, show that annual premium equivalent (APE) value of new business - the benchmark measurement used to gauge activity in the industry - dropped to €819.4m in the second quarter of this year, from €1 billion for the same period last year.
APE comprises annual premiums, such as protections and savings products, and a tenth of the value of single premiums.
Sales of single premium or lump sum life and pensions products fell 43% to €2.7 billion. APE sales in the life business fell 45%, while pensions dropped 6%. Life Strategies does not break down the sales by company.


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Gateway will be utilizing ReadySet virtual reality solutions to assist CPGs in Australia on retail planning and research.
ReadySet Technologies, a virtual reality (VR) retail planning software company based in De Pere, Wisconsin, USA, who provides digital innovation tools to consumer brands, has announced it is partnering with Gateway Research, a Sydney, Australia based market research agency. This partnership with Gateway Research will open up ReadySet’s cutting-edge virtual reality retail tools, including 3D merchandise planning and eye-tracking shopper research to Australian clientele.
“We are delighted to announce our partnership with Gateway Research as we expand ReadySet capabilities into the Australian market", said Steve McLean, ReadySet CEO. “This collaboration will provide an opportunity for companies in Australia to integrate virtual reality workflows into their retail planning to deliver more time and cost efficient space planning, assortment optimization, and experience design. Gateway’s deep experience and commitment to innovation makes them an ideal partner for us.”
“ReadySet is the market leader in VR for retail and their immersive technology is used by some of the largest companies in America and Canada. As brands and retailers embrace a virtual future, we’re excited to be able to bring the same innovative solutions to our CPG clients”, said Peter Brawn, Founder of Gateway Research.
Steve McLean and Will Van Epern founded ReadySet in 2019 after identifying a market opportunity to leverage VR in building a comprehensive tool with integrated predictive analysis. With their 20-30 years of experience assisting in the success of Fortune 500 CPG-makers, it was obvious that the introduction of a virtual reality retail planning process would accelerate the traditionally sluggish retail innovation workflows at these large organizations.
Today, ReadySet’s virtual retail lab platform plays a key role in enhancing capabilities for numerous global CPGs product development, category management, consumer research and sales teams. It features a 3D product library, planogram builder, front end designer, eye-tracking shopper research tools and immersive retail design presentation capabilities to transform the entire retail space planning process.
Brand utilization of retail VR software also suggests future benefits with the emergence of Metaverse commerce. According to a survey discussed in Forbes, 85% of Gen-Z respondents, 75% of millennials and 69% of Gen-Xers responded that they would be interested in hybrid shopping experiences, which include using mixed reality in retail stores and for online shopping.
As this new virtual reality technology becomes more widely available, customers will continue to crave these experiences with new digital incorporations. The retail companies that are early adopters of virtual reality tools will have the assets to easily enter and succeed in these virtual markets once the Metaverse comes to fruition.
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RBC Capital Reaffirms Their Buy Rating on Shift4 Payments (FOUR)
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In addition to RBC Capital, Shift4 Payments also received a Buy from Evercore ISIs David Togut in a report issued yesterday. However, on October 24, Morgan Stanley maintained a Sell rating on Shift4 Payments (NYSE: FOUR).
Based on Shift4 Payments latest earnings release for the quarter ending June 30, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $506.7 million and a net profit of $10.3 million. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $351 million and had a net profit of $3.2 million
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Shift4 Payments Inc is provider of integrated payment processing and technology solutions. The company offers software providers a single integration to an end-to-end payments offering, a powerful gateway and a robust suite of technology solutions (including cloud enablement, business intelligence, analytics, and mobile) to enhance the value of their software suites and simplify payment acceptance. The Shift4 Model is built to serve a range of merchants from small-to-medium-sized businesses to large and complex enterprises across numerous verticals, including lodging, leisure, and food and beverage.
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