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After its launch in 2003, Tesla Motors quickly became a force to be reckoned with. With the tremendous success of the Roadster and the Model S, Tesla became known for its impressive technology in energy efficient vehicles. Now it is attempting to become a major player in energy efficient homes. read more
While likely not committed with the driving of a silver spike, Tesla has completed the first Supercharger line spanning from each coast. This achievement now makes it possible to drive a Tesla Roadster or Model S from LA to NYC, recharging the vehicles exclusively through Superchargers. Show More Summary
I have been a full time automotive marketer for just over ten years now. In that span of time, I've done some really cool stuff - like my part in helping to launch the Tesla Roadster - and a lot of stuff that frankly isn't all that glamorous or sexy (certainly not to people outside the industry). Read more...
Remember this piece from the Honda Summer 2008 Hydrogen Collection? It was supposed to point the way to future of green fuel technology before the Tesla brought plug-in sex appeal down the ramp with their Roadster and, later on, the S, as well as the trend of compliance EVs from Chevrolet, Volkswagen and Kia. But with […]
DETROIT (Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc got more bad news this week following the third fire in its Model S electric sedan as actor George Clooney complained about being stuck on the side of the road in the Roadster sports car he used to own.
A Tesla fire burned the battery of a Tesla Model S for a third time, but what does Elon Musk say about the safety of the Tesla cars? As previously reported by The Inquisitr, a Tesla Model S fire video showed the roadster electric vehicle bursting into flames on the road. Show More Summary
It wasn't very long ago that Tesla was a tiny startup making only a few dozens of very expensive electric Roadsters per month.
The Tesla battery fire in the Model S roadster prompted Tesla CEO Elon Musk to defend his company’s Tesla battery design. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, a Tesla Model S roadster electric vehicle burst into flames on the road and the whole thing was caught on camera. Show More Summary
Hertz will begin renting Tesla's Model S sedan and Roadster electric vehicles at two of its Californian locations.
Saying that they continue to be committed to building cars in the Detroit area, EV startup Detroit Electric has told the Detroit News that the first models of its SP:01 sports car, like Tesla’s Roadster an electrified Lotus, will have their final assembly done in Holland starting in the last quarter of the year, not [...]
The SP:01, Detroit Electric's battery-powered sports car not unlike the Tesla Roadster, is currently on hold, pending the company's purchase of a facility in which to build it. Production was due to start on the Lotus Elise-based electric car this month, but delays in finalizing a manufacturing facility have seen that date pushed back. Speaking to...
Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) set out to kill the image of electric cars as golf carts. And it succeeded — at least in the eyes of anyone who’s taken a Roadster or a Model S test drive. Both cars will pull you back in your seat. But how do they stack up against their gas-guzzling […]
I'd just taken over as Tesla's PR guy and had been contacted by old friends at Microsoft Game Studios about including the Tesla Roadster in Project Gotham Racing 4. Darryl Siry, my boss, took me into Martin Eberhard's (Tesla's Co-founder/then CEO) office to broach the topic. That's when it went very wrong. Read more...
Tesla's Model S electric sedan has come one step closer to an Australian debut, with the first European deliveries rolling out this week. The carmaker is expected to follow the local introduction of its Roadster with a wider Model S launch in 2014, although final details are still to be revealed. Show More Summary
Plug In America’s Tesla Roadster Battery Study Tom Saxton, July 13, 2013 (Plug In America) Introduction As the first full-production all-electric vehicle of the modern era, the Tesla Roadster represents a unique opportunity to study battery pack longevity. Show More Summary
This article was first published on EV Obsession. This isn’t terribly surprising to me, as electric vehicle battery packs are often provided with 8-year warranties, and there is a rule of thumb that the lifespan of equipment normally exceeds its warranty. Show More Summary
Back in 2011, then-Tesla employee Joe Nuxoll set a new EV lap record at Laguna Seca, clocking a 1:50.888 in a Tesla Roadster. That's rather brisk, but this year, Nuxoll and Tesla were back--this time separately--to take on the record once again. Nuxoll, an experienced track instructor and racer, managed to trim nearly two seconds from his previous...
Tesla may have undersold the batteries in its Roadster plug-in.
One drawback to cars that run on batteries is that over time and multiple charge/discharge cycles, batteries will lose capacity. Individual cells start to fail to meet specifications and when enough cells go bad, it’s time for another battery pack. Since capacity is directly related to range and since battery packs are expensive to replace, [...]
Once the epitome of EV cool, the Tesla Roadster has kind of taken a back seat to the new electric vehicles in the market it helped spawn. Turns out, even in the background, the Roadster has things to teach us. Or, at least it does to...Show More Summary


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Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen says he may be bringing the hit iOS and Android game back from the dead, according to an interview from Rolling Stone. Nguyen states that he isn’t currently developing a new Flappy Bird game, but that it’s not out of the realm of possibility. Nguyen is “considering” a new Flappy Bird game, but is focusing on a few other titles at the moment. If a version of Flappy Bird old or new does make its way back to app stores, it will come with a warning: “Take a break.”
Flappy Bird was a smash success, becoming an internet phenomenon over the course of a few days. The craze was so insane in fact that Nguyen pulled the game from the iOS App Store, and the Google Play Store as well. Addicted fans were left without their flappy adventure, inspiring wave after wave of Flappy Bird clones to flood Apple and Google’s app stores. According to Rolling Stone’s exclusive interview with Nguyen, Flappy Bird could make its way back to app stores around the world.
As for why Nguyen pulled the app that was netting him around $50,000 a day from app stores, Nguyen cites his disdain for the attention that the game garnered him, which completely transformed his simple life into a paparazzi filled nightmare. Not only that, but Nguyen received horror story text messages and e-mails from people around the globe, mostly spite-filled messages about how Flappy Bird was ruining people’s lives. As Nguyen had struggled with an addiction to Counter Strike a few years prior, Nguyen took those warnings to heart.
Nguyen is currently working on a few games, one of which will be released this month.
We’ll have to wait and see what Nguyen does with Flappy Bird in the future, and we will be seeing new titles from the developer in the coming months. In the meantime, check out Rolling Stone’s exclusive interview with Nguyen for a seriously good read.
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- Shadowgate now on GOG at 20% off, with ringtones and other extras
- Destiny gets The Vault of Glass raid, more content coming next week
- Persona 4 Arena Ultimax trailer deluge – story, systems, characters
- Activision bringing Chivalry: Medieval Warfare to 360, PS3 this fall
- Grand Theft Auto V for next-gen console, PC dated, media released
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Kalypso has released a new gameplay trailer for their upcoming hybrid stealth-action title Dark. The footage showcases two of the powers that newly turned vampire Eric Bane will be able to utilize in his battle against the Geogorge conglomerate: hypnosis and regeneration.
Kalypso has released some new screens, and the PC system requirements, for their upcoming third-person action title Dark. As vampire Eric Bane, players will explore a cyberpunk-themed world and experiment with myriad vampiric powers and stealth-based mechanics. A few extra shots have been thrown in for good measure.


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A group of Australian dairy farmers and consultants visited China in January to see firsthand what Chinese farmers are doing to drive growth.
While the Australian dairy industry has plateaued over the last ten years, China is seeing a sharp rise in milk production. Production and consumption of dairy products in China have soared, averaging a 12.8% annual growth rate since 2000.
The group travelled to Northeast China to visit a world-class training centre, the Nestlé Dairy Farming Institute (DFI) in Shuangcheng, Heilongjiang province. Opened in October 2014, the DFI welcomed more than 1,300 visitors from 24 countries in its first year of operation. With an emphasis on education and utilising new technology, the DFI has already provided free training to approximately 1,000 farmers.
Partnering with Nestlé, Alltech participates in numerous educational initiatives and assistance in establishing best practices in Chinese agribusiness, hosting nearly 40 training sessions for DFI students last year.
Following a warm welcome from Zhang Zhou, general manager of the DFI, the Australian delegation toured the cutting-edge Alltech In Vitro Fermentation Model (IFM) laboratory. Alltech uses its proprietary diagnostic tool to simulate rumen fermentation and evaluate the nutritive value of total mixed rations. Results from the model not only provide Chinese dairy nutritionists and farmers evaluations and recommendations for dairy rations to maximise feed efficiency and combat ever-rising feed costs, but also obtain estimates of the amount of energy lost as methane and methane emissions per animal. As the cost of feed can represent up to 60% of the total cost of producing milk in intensive dairy production, improving dairy efficiency is essential in China's efforts to increase domestic production.
Farmers visited the Alltech In Vitro Fermentation laboratory. By mimicking the rumen in the lab, IFM can be used to evaluate and troubleshoot total mixed rations (TMR) to achieve optimal rumen fermentation and utilisation of the feed.
The Australians then toured the DFI model farm. The delegation was impressed with the quality and intensity of the operation, particularly the high production from the cows being milked three times daily. The group observed feed ingredients commonly used, including cornflakes, canola meal, sugar beet pulp pellets, lucerne hay and local sheep grass.
"The DFI dairy farm and Alltech lab were a well-thought-out collaboration. The ability to run the In Vitro Fermentation Model and then change the diet to improve feed efficiency is a great tool," commented Mike Kilkenny, Australian dairy farm manager.
The Australian farmers travelled to Northeast Agricultural University, where they met with Professor Zhang Yonggen and some of his students who outlined the Chinese dairy industry and some of the challenges it is facing. Professor Zhang stressed that financial pressures and cost of ingredients were major factors affecting the industry. The group discussed about the public relations campaign in China to help the dairy industry win back Chinese consumers' trust in locally-produced products.
The group also had the opportunity to visit a family farm milking about 800 cows outside of Beijing. While the farm appeared quite simple upon arrival, once inside the complex the group was pleasantly surprised. Despite having very limited equipment, Zhao Wuwei, who started as a driver for the owner and is now farm manager, was achieving in excess of 32 litres per cow per day with minimal capital expenditure. He will oversee the imminent transition of the farm to a modern 1,000 cow unit.
The delegation was particularly impressed with the on-site laboratory at the farm. With a focus on quality, the farm tests for melamine, cell count, milk components and aflatoxins.
"While China is fighting to improve consumer perception of quality in locally produced milk, the reality is that the milk sent out from this farm is probably cleaner than some Australian producers," commented Steve Ralston, Alltech Oceania technical sales representative.
While average milk production in China is slightly lower than current Australian estimates, a focus on innovation and increased investment in new technologies is predicted to help China overtake Australian producers in the next 18 months.
"The Chinese are doing an excellent job of adapting to change before they have to. After seeing the level of innovation in the farms we visited, I believe that Australian farmers are in danger of not innovating quickly enough, making it easy for China to overtake us," said Ralston. "We have far cheaper feed, better conditions and less extreme temperatures - we need to start thinking differently and changing."
While China continues to rebuild consumer trust after several food safety scares in recent years, the Australian farm group saw that in reality, they are embracing new technology and advances in nutrition and will most likely move ahead of Australian production levels on a per cow basis.
"The Chinese dairy industry is bouncing along by adopting the latest technologies, both mechanically and in their feeding. Australian farmers are at risk of being outperformed if we rest on our laurels," said Scott Barnett, principal, Scott Barnett Consulting.
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Just in time for Mother’s Day, research organization YouGov has found that American mothers perceive Dove as the best brand, according to their BrandIndex report. The soap and beauty product maker tops a list of mothers’ favorite brands despite backlash to the company’s “Real Beauty” ad campaign that went viral in the past few months.
In it’s press release, YouGov even speculates that the “Real Beauty” campaign and its “highly-viral” nature is what propelled Dove into the top spot.
This is the second year YouGov has tracked brand perception among American mothers, and the first year Dove made it in to the top 10. Joining Dove on the list are brands like Johnson & Johnson, Amazon, Cheerios and Samsung.
YouGov also mentions that, while they didn’t crack the top 10, brands like Facebook and Victoria’s Secret saw the greatest gains in perception compared to last year. Pillsbury and Discovery Channel, on the other hand, fell out of the top brands.
YouGov on their survey methods:
YouGov BrandIndex filtered their entire 1,250+ brand universe for respondents who identified themselves as women over the age of 18 with children under 18 years old. The firm then ranked them using their flagship Index score, which measures brand health by averaging sub-scores on quality, satisfaction, impression, value, reputation and willingness to recommend. The scores reflect surveying over the past 30 days.
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Statue honors memory of Shanghai model worker
People gathered at Shanghai Fushouyuan Cemetery in Qingpu District on Monday for a ceremony to pay homage to national model worker Li Bin.
Li, born in Shanghai on May 18, 1960, was an engineer at Shanghai Electric Hydraulics and Pneumatics Co. He died last year due to disease.
He was awarded national model worker four times and was one of the most well-known model workers in the nation due to his 39-year dedication to China's hydraulic pneumatic manufacturing industry. He also won top science and technology awards.
A bronze statue of Li was unveiled at the cemetery on Monday. The statue has a granite base engraved with Li's life story and a national model worker medal.
Li's relatives, friends and colleagues recalled his life in memory of him during Monday's event. Mo Fuchun, director of Shanghai Labor Union, laid flowers on the statue.
An online memorial for Li was launched by the cemetery at the same time, which uses photos and videos to recall Li's life.


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Guidance for businesses in reporting sustainability credentials
New guidance has been proposed to help UK companies demonstrate their sustainability performance.
The Department of Food and Agriculture (Defra) is consulting on the new guidance which was proposed by Environment Minister Lord Taylor of Holbeach. It follows the announcement that carbon reporting will become mandatory for companies listed on the London Stock Exchange from next financial year.
British firms will benefit from detailed advice on how to measure and report on their impact on wildlife and natural services such as clean air, clean water, food, timber and flood protection.
Lord Taylor of Holbeach said: “This new guidance is another step towards our aim of corporate sustainability reporting becoming normal business practice by making it as simple as possible for companies to show their environmental impact.”


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Encryption measures in Microsoft’s forthcoming Windows Vista operating system could block the efforts of anti-terrorism and crime investigators, MPs have been warned.
Windows Vista will support the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) chips that manufacturers are installing in PCs in a bid to restrict downloading of copyright music, videos or software, Cambridge University professor of security engineering Ross Anderson told the Commons home affairs committee.
“What this means is that by default your hard disc will be encrypted using a key that you cannot physically get at,” he said.
“An unfortunate side effect of this from the point of view of law enforcement is that it is going to be technically fairly seriously difficult to dig encrypted material out of systems if people have set it up competently.”
Professor Anderson told the committee hearing on the detention of terrorism suspects that there had been discussion about “whether there might in the medium term be some kind of obligation placed on computer vendors, hardware vendors like Intel or software vendors like Microsoft, to see to it that 'back door' keys be made available”.
The Home Office should discuss the issue now with Microsoft, rather than waiting for Windows Vista to be shipped in November, he argued.


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Demand for Industrial Space Hottest in Years
The Santa Clarita Valley industrial market is heating up, with a growing number of companies acquiring new warehousing, manufacturing, and logistics space. At the same time, builders are beginning to complete some large-scale projects, creating an environment that is dynamic and rapidly changing.
Last year, the business community absorbed almost 350,000 square feet of the region’s spare industrial capacity, one of the largest figures of the past decade. In the Valencia Gateway alone, more than 250,000 square feet were absorbed.
Prominently, much of this activity was from companies already located in the Santa Clarita area. Two examples are Accurate Freight Systems and Pharmavite, each of which moved into facilities of more than 50,000 square feet. Firms like these typically cite several reasons for expanding within the local community, including its growing pool of available workers and its competitive lease rates.
Across California, job markets are getting tight, and companies are struggling to attract qualified employees. In most of the state, almost everyone who wants a job already has a job, forcing companies to recruit workers from their competitors or hire people from other cities.
Compared to the rest of L.A. County, the SCV also has some of the most affordable industrial lease rates, with average rates that are more than 30 percent cheaper than Central L.A. and 15 percent cheaper than the San Fernando and San Gabriel Valleys.
In response to growing demand, builders are ramping up their construction activity, delivering a substantial amount of new capacity to the market. In 2017, several industrial structures were completed, totaling almost 400,000 square feet of space. More is underway, and with an average of 700,000 square feet under construction throughout 2017, additional completions are expected in 2018.
As companies begin to fill this new space, jobs will be created in several industry sectors, including logistics and transportation. Over the past year, jobs in the logistics industry have expanded at an accelerated rate, as consumers increasingly shop online and have goods delivered to their homes. Logistics services tend to be concentrated in the Central Valley and Inland Empire, but some of this activity is moving to the SCV to take advantage of its proximity to the ports, and to be close to the L.A. County consumer base. During 2018, the SCV logistics industry will expand faster than the overall labor market, and is expected to offer above average wages and salaries.
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A new alliance in the struggle for the IEEE 802.11n standard called the EWC has emerged hoping to accelerate the ratification of the new high-speed wireless standard. Over the last year, it had been a seesaw battle between two opposing alliances called the WWiSE and the TGnSync. For any new IEEE draft standard to be adopted, it requires a super majority vote of 75% among the members of the standards committee. Earlier in the year, it was looking certain that TGnSync would win the proposal because they were very close to the 75% requirement but support plummeted to around 50% and we were back to a stalemate. EWC takes prominent members of both WWiSE and TGnSync and forms a new coalition, but it is questionable if this will break the deadlock or prolong it.
It could take another year or two before the final standard is ratified, but companies are not sitting idle with their "pre-N" product lines. Although the pre-N name implies compatibility 802.11n, compatibility really isn't possible since no one really knows what the standard will ultimately be. There is no guarantee that any pre-N product will be upgradeable to the 802.11n standard but that may not ultimately matter as much as market share. The reality is that companies won't wait years for a standard to ratify while their competitors eat up the market and become the de facto standard. The unfortunate byproduct of this is market fragmentation which means that a product from company A is not compatible with a product from company B. As the debate in the standards war continues, the real fight for market share rages on.


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John Walker, a groundbreaking, if reclusive, technology entrepreneur and polymath who was a founder and chief executive of Autodesk, the company that brought the ubiquitous AutoCAD software program to the design and architecture masses, died on Feb. 2 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He was 74.
His death, in a hospital, was caused by complications of head injuries he suffered in a fall at home, his wife, Roxie Walker, said. His death was not widely reported at the time.
Mr. Walker was well known in tech circles, not just for his triumphs in business but also for his outsize skills as a programmer — he was credited with developing an early prototype of the computer virus — and as a voluble writer who filled his personal site, Fourmilab, with free-ranging musings on topics as diverse as cryptography, nanotechnology and consciousness studies.
Although he had little taste for publicity, he became a prominent tech mogul of the 1980s and early ’90s as a founder of Autodesk Inc., once described as “a theocracy of hackers,” which grew to become the sixth-largest personal computer software company in the world.
In 1982, he pulled together 15 other programming mavericks to form Autodesk. The company’s original product was an office automation program by the same name, but it was a different software product the company introduced that same year that would send Autodesk into the tech stratosphere.
AutoCAD — the “CAD” stands for computer-aided design — was based on a program called Interact created by Michael Riddle, another company founder. With the contributions of Mr. Walker as well as Greg Lutz, who was also a founder, and the rest of the team, AutoCAD would go on to revolutionize industries including architecture, graphic design and engineering by allowing design professionals to ditch their pencils and paper and render their creations on a screen using an inexpensive personal computer.
“To him goes the credit for the Second Design Revolution,” the California software executive Roopinder Tara wrote in a tribute to Mr. Walker on the site Engineering.com. The “First Design Revolution,” as Mr. Tara called it, was the creation of earlier CAD programs that ran on expensive mainframes or minicomputers. But, he wrote, it was with AutoCAD, which “burst onto the scene in 1982, after the advent of the IBM PC, that the computer actually started to deliver on the promise.”
Despite the technological advances of AutoCAD, Mr. Walker was uncertain at first about the product’s commercial potential because of its seemingly limited pool of users. “I mean, just compare the number of architects with the number of people that write documents,” he said in a 2008 interview published by the site Through the Interface.
“We had the same opinion as the rest of the industry did,” Mr. Walker said, “that it’s a niche product.”
His skepticism quickly dissolved when the company introduced the program at the Comdex tech trade show in Las Vegas in 1982 to a rapturous response. “From the day this show opened until the day it closed,” Mr. Walker said, “the booth was absolutely jammed; you couldn’t get in there. There were lines of people waiting to see it.”
John Wallace Walker was born on May 16, 1949, in Baltimore, the elder of two sons of William Walker, a surgeon, and Bertha (Bailey) Walker, a surgical nurse.
Declining to follow the family tradition and pursue a career in medicine, he attended Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, where he initially studied astronomy.
Once he started working in the university’s computing center, however, his course became clear. Not long after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, he met his future wife, Roxie Smail. The couple married in 1973 and soon headed for California, where Mr. Walker had been offered a job at a computer services company, and settled in Foster City, south of San Francisco.
A first-generation hacker, Mr. Walker made waves in 1975 by creating a self-replicating version of a 20 Questions-style computer game called Animal, designed for giant Univac mainframe computers, along with a companion program, Pervade, to spread it.
As programmers around the country passed around magnetic-tape copies of his game, the only way possible in those pre-internet days, it quickly “spread into successively more protected directories in what today is called a ‘classic Trojan Horse attack,’” Mr. Walker wrote in a 1996 recollection on his site. “In 1975, when I thought of it, I just called it ‘a neat idea.’”
A year later, he got a taste of entrepreneurship when he founded a company called Marinchip Systems, built around a circuit board he designed that was based on the Texas Instruments TMS9900 microprocessor.
But it was with Autodesk that he would ascend to the upper rungs of the industry. Originally based in Sausalito, Calif., in the Bay Area, it mushroomed into a multibillion-dollar company with thousands of employees.
The idiosyncratic Mr. Walker put his mark on a company that was anything but corporate in spirit. A 1992 article in The New York Times described Autodesk under Mr. Walker as “a cabal of counterculture senior programmers” who “took their dogs to work and tried to reach a consensus on strategy through endless memos sent by electronic mail.” (In those days, email was still a novelty in the business world.)
That same year, The Wall Street Journal scored a rare interview with Autodesk’s “founding genius.” The resulting article noted his quirks, including the fact that he did not allow the company to distribute his photograph in any form. He was prickly in manner during the interview, the reporter noted, and insisted that it be conducted in front of a video camera, debated each question and claimed a copyright on the conversation.
By that point, Mr. Walker was no longer running the company. Having shepherded the business from a plucky start-up to a Silicon Valley powerhouse, he grew weary of day-to-day management and stepped down as chief executive in 1986, a year after the company went public. He moved to Switzerland in 1991, where he continued to work for the company as a programmer with its advanced research and development division, until 1994.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his brother, Bill Walker.
Outside the corporate world, Mr. Walker churned out articles on all things tech-related for Fourmilab, in addition to posting original science fiction stories, recipes with names like “Hackeroni and Cheese” and a book called “The Hacker’s Diet: How to Lose Weight and Hair Through Stress and Poor Nutrition.”
As for life at the upper rungs of the tech industry, he showed little nostalgia.
“In 1977, this business was fun,” Mr. Walker wrote in a book-length history of Autodesk that he published on his site. “The sellers and the buyers were hot-shot techies like ourselves, everybody spoke the same language and knew what was going on.”
“Today,” he added, “the microcomputer industry is run by middle-manager types who know far more about P/L statements than they do RAM organization.”


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Nintendo has claimed that Nintendo Switch Sports has “got off to an extremely strong start in all regions” since its release last month.
Speaking during an investor Q&A session this week, Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa said he believed the title had the potential to broaden Switch‘s audience as “it is accessible to people who don’t normally play games.”
Furukawa went on to say that while in Japan the game is popular with people of all ages, in the North American and European markets the game is mainly being purchased by “customers in their mid-20s who used to play Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort.”
The exec also cited the online features as a big selling point and said that he believes this will also be the case with the upcoming Splatoon 3.
“In addition to Nintendo Switch Sports, we are also planning to launch Splatoon 3 in the current fiscal year, both of which we believe will be fun to play online. We intend to promote these titles for a long time throughout the year and convey the appeal of playing online to new customers who are buying new hardware.”
Released in April, Switch Sports wasn’t included in Nintendo’s software reporting, which cover until March 2022 and saw the company report its “highest annual software sales ever”.
39 titles sold over 1 million copies with the Pokemon franchise alone accounting for almost 35 million sales.
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Are the new global tax proposals in the interests of low- and middle-income countries? The jury is still out.
One establishes a global minimum tax on corporate profits. In theory, that could help eliminate tax havens—countries that make it easy for multinational corporations to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. It could also address the problem of “tax competition”—the self-destructive race to the bottom that many countries engage in to try and attract foreign investment.
All good, except the governments are considering a rate of 15 percent—barely above that of some notorious tax havens like Ireland. Some countries charge more than 30 percent, so setting a rate as low as 15 will continue to stimulate tax competition and enable countries to provide safe haven for tax dodgers. (The agreement allows for an even lower rate for routine profits from bricks-and-mortar operations.)
Moreover, the global minimum tax would be collected by “home” nations (where corporations are headquartered), which are generally high-income countries. Low-income countries should consider opting out of the global minimum tax, instead imposing a unilateral tax on the multinational corporations they host.
Another agreement in the works is both revolutionary and insignificant.
Revolutionary because, for the first time, it awards taxing rights to market countries (the countries of final sale of a multinational’s goods or services). Insignificant because the deal will apply only to a small fraction of the profits of a small fraction of corporations.
An independent study estimates that only 78 corporations would be affected; by our calculation, all low-income countries together could receive as little as $140 million in annual revenue—about .03 percent of their combined GDP.
A little is better than nothing, but there is a catch: an essential part of the deal is that all signatories refrain from levying taxes on digital services.
Under current rules, countries can only tax corporations that have a physical presence within their territory. While digital services like web search (e.g., Google) and social networking (e.g., Facebook) represent a growing share of the global economy, they escape corporate taxation in market countries. Increasingly, market countries have adopted or are considering adopting digital services taxes.
But because most of the world’s large digital services corporations are headquartered in the United States, the government has taken the position that foreign digital services taxes discriminate against the US, and it has adopted a carrot-and-stick approach to prevent other countries from singling out big tech for taxation.
The carrot is this agreement, which would allow all market countries to impose corporate taxes (as opposed to digital services taxes) on the mega-corporations of all industries, including big tech. The stick is the threat of trade sanctions against countries that impose digital services taxes anyway.
Threatening trade sanctions against sovereign states that are exercising their taxing rights is bullying—a legacy of the Trump administration that President Biden has failed to repudiate.
It is incumbent on the United States to avert a trade war by proposing a deal that works for low- and middle-income countries. These countries should demand an impact assessment of the deal, including an estimate of how much revenue they would lose by forgoing a digital services tax.
The details of the agreements will likely be finalized by the end of October. In the meantime, all signs point in one direction: low- and middle-income countries should stand firm for better deals.


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Disclaimer: The Industry Talk section features insights by crypto industry players and is not a part of the editorial content of Cryptonews.com In the digital age, cryptocurrencies have caused a significant shift in the global financial ecosystem.
Their innovative, secure, and transparent nature offers vast opportunities but also engenders challenges, particularly in maintaining compliance with Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations.
For this reason, the role of an AML department within a cryptocurrency exchange is paramount, and leveraging advanced solutions like Kyros AML Data Suite has become essential.The inherent anonymity of cryptocurrency transactions opens a potential avenue for misuse, driving regulatory bodies worldwide to heighten scrutiny of cryptocurrency exchanges.According to a report from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), $2 billion in cryptocurrencies was laundered globally in 2020 alone.
Regulatory enforcement has been ramping up in response. Amongst others, the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) fined a leading cryptocurrency exchange $60 million for AML violations in 2020 – demonstrating to any CEO or CFO that solid AML operations can be a valuable investment.AML regulations mandate cryptocurrency exchanges to implement rigorous Know Your Customer (KYC) processes, robust transaction monitoring systems, and comprehensive suspicious activity reporting protocols.Solid Know Your Customer (KYC) processes assists in making sure the business complies with all relevant rules and regulations and safeguards it from any kind of fraud or money laundering operations.Read more on cryptonews.com


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Auto News: Royal Enfield Bullet 350 will be launched in a new avatar today, know 5 special things...
Royal Enfield is all set to expand its portfolio in the Indian market by launching several new bikes. Apart from several new launches, the automaker is also planning to launch the next gen of the Royal Enfield Bullet 350. Let us tell you that the Bullet is one of the most popular bikes for the automaker in India. The bike has been upgraded several times over the years and is about to get another upgrade. The launch of the new Bullet 350 was hinted at by a teaser shared by the company in its Instagram post. It is worth noting that according to the teaser, the bike will be launched today i.e. on 5th August, followed by Royal Enfield Hunter 350 on 7th August.
2022 Royal Enfield Bullet 350: Hardware
The J-platform used by the Royal Enfield Meteor 350 and Royal Enfield Classic 350 will serve as the foundation for the 2022 Royal Enfield Bullet 350. Better performance and stability is expected from the platform.
2022 Royal Enfield Bullet 350: Engine
The new Royal Enfield Bullet 350 is expected to be powered by the same 349 cc engine that is expected to produce 20.2 hp power and 27 Nm of peak torque. It is worth noting that the figures of this iconic bike have also been similar, but this time there may be some changes in the tuning of the new engine.
2022 Royal Enfield Bullet 350: Features
This 2022 Royal Enfield Bullet 350 will be equipped with a split double-cradle frame, and it could also come with a host of new features. Apart from better switchgear and an electric starter as standard, the upgraded bike is expected to come equipped with features like tripper navigation pod, which is an option, and half-digital instrumentation which is found on the current generation RE bikes.
2022 Royal Enfield Bullet 350: Price
Considering the newly added features and changes, the new Royal Enfield Bullet 350 is expected to carry a price tag with increased numbers. At Rs 1.47 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi), Bullet 350 is currently the cheapest RE. The prices of the upgraded bike should be in the range of Rs 1.7 lakh.


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Android malware samples have increased 472% in the Android Market in the second half of 2011.
Android's profound impact on the mobile market has made it a prime target for criminals. And the operating system, which powers over half of the 60.5 million smartphones sold worldwide in the third quarter of 2011, is less safe than its rivals. Juniper Networks’ Malicious Mobile Threats Report shows that Android malware instances increased by 400% between 2009 and 2010, while other platforms remained relatively secure, due mainly to fewer cybercriminals trying to break through their defenses, and in some cases, to stronger security features. Things have only gotten worse this year. Juniper says Android remains a top destination for malware in the mobile space, and that Google likely won’t be able to stop the bad guys before things get totally out of hand.
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A new leak detection pump from the UK has been discovered in the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, according to a leak detection company.
The leak detection system, which can be configured to detect any type of leak, can be installed on a Samsung Galaxy smartphone, Samsung Galaxy tablet or Samsung Galaxy Note 8.
Samsung has been accused of failing to detect a number of leaked Android devices, including the HTC 10, and its own phones.
Samsung confirmed that it has found the device in the UK, saying that it had been in the country for a period of time.
The company is offering a free trial to users who register.
The pump will be able to detect the presence of a small amount of water or other contaminants, which will trigger a red light.
The sensor is made of a metal frame and has a red LED that can be used to alert users when the pump detects any contaminants, according the leak detection provider.
It is currently only available in the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Sweden and Denmark.
In the United States, the device has also been spotted in the hands of a number users.
The device will be available in October for $199.99, which is still cheaper than the original Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, and also cheaper than its predecessor, the S6.5.
The system is being used by several leak detection companies.
It detects water contamination in the face, eyes and mouth, and can also detect traces of fingerprints, DNA, and other DNA.
The technology is similar to one found on Samsung’s Galaxy S5 and S5 Plus smartphones, but it has been modified to detect more contaminants, including those that might have been left in the device by the manufacturer, according Leak Detection Labs.
Samsung did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


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Tata Tigor StyleBack Launching Tomorrow
Tata Motors’ much-awaited StyleBack – Tigor – is all set to go on sale in the Indian market tomorrow. The company has already taken the Tata Tigor’s micro-site live, revealing its colour options. Bookings for the StyleBack have already started across the country at a token amount of Rs 5,000, while deliveries are expected to commence from April 2017. The Tigor is the third product under Tata’s IMPACT design philosophy and is based on its stellar hatchback Tiago.
Besides taking comprehensive design inspiration from Tiago, the Tigor additionally comes with a range of new tech features. It is longer, wider and taller than its sibling hatchback. In fact, the wheelbase has also been increased by up to 50mm, which contributes to its spacious cabin. Engine specs too shared with the Tiago – i.e. a 1.2-litre Revotron petrol and a 1.05-litre Revotorq diesel. Power is transmitted to the front wheels via a 5-speed manual gearbox. The vehicle also gets multi-drive modes- Eco and City. With Maruti Dzire and Honda Amaze in its sight, the Tiago based subcompact sedan is expected to carry a lucrative price tag.
Tata Tigor India Launch Date
The much-awaited Tigor sub-compact sedan will be launched in the country tomorrow. Pre-bookings for the StyleBack are now open at a token amount of Rs 5000 across authorized Tata dealerships in India. While the bookings have already started from March 20, 2017 deliveries are likely to start from April.


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ToTok is used by the government of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to try to track every conversation, movement, relationship, appointment, sound and image of those who install it on their phones, The New York Times, which investigated both the app and its developers, said. The UAE has restricted popular messaging services like WhatsApp and. The decisions came after United States intelligence officials told The New York Times that the United Arab Emirates likely uses the app for. ToTok if you can, even if it has an app store.
ToTok app removed from App Store, Google Play in UAE UAE residents are now unable to download the ToTok app or send out invitations Published: December 22, 2019 13:11 Mariam M. Al Serkal.
Totok app store uae. Apple and Google “have reportedly both removed the messaging app ToTok from their online stores after The New York Times reported that it is a spy tool used by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government,” according to thehill.com. “Google removed the app from its store on Thursday and Apple removed it Friday, according to the Times. UAE-developed app ToTok says seeking dialogue with Google, Apple VoIP app is keen to talk to Apple and Google after being removed from their app stores over 'false' spyware claims ToTok, the UAE-developed VoIP app, on Wednesday said it continues to seek a dialogue with Apple and Google after being removed from their app stores. UAE residents confused by removal of ToTok from Apple store ToTok – unlike rivals such as Skype – was free and easy to access in the UAE The ToTok app offers free calling and messaging services.
Breej Holding, DarkMatter, and the UAE government have yet to comment on the Times report, but both Google and Apple have removed ToTok from the Play Store and App Store. Dubai: Google store on Thursday have activated a warning message for users about ToTok app. The warning said that "This app tries to spy on your personal data, such as SMS messages, photos, audio. Following the disappearance of calling app ToTok from the app stores, UAE residents expressed concern over the fear that they will not be able to use the app 'ever again'.
Free, unblocked, HD voice and video calls for everyone! Enjoy group calls and conference calls with up to 20 people at ToTok app for Android and iOS. Download ToTok apk and start video calling. Apple told AFP that ToTok was removed from its App Store pending a review, while Google said it was taken down from the Play Store "for a policy issue". ToTok became popular by offering free calling and messaging to millions of users in countries like the United Arab Emirates where internet calling services like Skype are blocked. ToTok, a free VoIP app launched recently, that had millions of downloads on Apple’s App Store and Google’s Play Store, has been removed from both. The Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based newspaper Gulf News originally reported that the video and voice calls app was removed from the two stores in the UAE; however, it appears to now also.
Google just quielty reinstated the ToTok app back into the Play Store after it was removed following accusations that it was a spy tool built for the UAE. ToTok – the free, secure calling and messaging app – is now available for download in Google Play store and is expected to be back in the Apple Store soon, the company said in series of tweets on. Apple removed ToTok from its App Store on Friday and was still researching the app, a spokesman said. ToTok users who already downloaded the app will still be able to use it until they remove it.
Apple and Google have reportedly both removed the messaging app ToTok from their online stores after The New York Times reported that it is a spy tool used by the United Arab Emirates (UAE. ToTok app, alleged UAE spy tool, removed from the Google Play Store yet again At least ToTok lasted a little while back on the Play Store. Image: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images Another new video calling app, ToTok, has launched in the UAE, with the service claiming to offer services for free. Those using Botim – a video and voice call app which offers services for a.
A messaging app called ToTok had scores of positive reviews, particularly from users in the UAE. US intelligent officials say it may be spying for that government instead. Apple has removed the popular ToTok chat app from the App Store after a New York Times (via 9to5Mac) report said that the app was used by the United Arab Emirates as a spy tool.A classified intelligence assessment also raised concerns. ToTok might not be a household name yet but lat week it was able to become one of the most downloaded social apps in the United States.


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MasterCard International announced its appointment as the ‘Official Card’ of the Great Singapore Sale (GSS) for the next three years. The announcement recognizes MasterCard’s strong growth and brand presence in Singapore and validates the company’s ongoing commitment to the retail industry.
Across Asia/Pacific, MasterCard has a strong and recognized affiliation with both the travel and retail industries; the bi-annual MasterIndex of Travel and Retail forecasts showcase the company’s knowledge leadership in these areas. MasterCard’s appointment as the official card of the GSS underscores its commitment to these industries and brings additional value-add to consumers and retailers alike.
The GSS is synonymous with Singapore, and attracts not only local shoppers, but also tourists from across the region. This annual retail extravaganza is set to be bigger and better than ever before and MasterCard will play anintegral part in this through a number of innovative and exciting promotions. Cardholders can look forward to a broader range of choices, as well as increased chances at winning attractive prizes.
For the GSS 2004, MasterCard has lined up a range of innovative marketing activities spanning the entire eight-week duration of the Sale (28 May 25 July 2004). The basic premise is that, armed with the ‘Right Card’ and by spending as little as S$30, all MasterCard cardholders can stand to win exclusive prizes. The Grand Lucky Draw Prize and Weekly Draw Prizes are unique ‘priceless’ experiences based on MasterCard’s global Priceless marketing platform. Cardholders can also win other special GSS prizes including double chances in the SPH Grand & Weekly Lucky Draws; redemption of a variety of retail and shopping vouchers; and a free Motorola phone with a sign-up of a two-year plan with StarHub (with a trade-in of a category A phone).
T.V. Seshadri, vice president and country manager, Singapore, MasterCard International, said: “MasterCard has a natural synergy with the retail sector. Our appointment as the official card of the GSS will enable us not only to leverage our existing strengths and leadership in the retail world, but also to reinforce our stand that while there are some things in life that money can’t buy?.for everything else, there’s MasterCard!”
Dr Jannie Tay, President, Executive Director, Singapore Retailers Association said: “The Great Singapore Sale is one of the country’s most eagerly awaited, annual flagship events. Each year, we strive to give the GSS a competitive edge over other sales in the region and in doing so we rely significantly on the strengths of our partners. Appointing MasterCard as the Official Card of the GSS for the next three years reflects our belief that their experience and presence will complement our efforts, and we look forward to our partnership with them.”
MasterCard also announced the introduction of the first ever, specially created GSS Shoppers’ Card. Issued by Maybank, the electronic prepaid card will be available island-wide at Maybank’s 21 branches in Singapore, as well as from AXS machines. It will come in a range of denominations and will be re-loadable. The card will allow consumers – both local and foreign – to avail of the special GSS discounts and bargains, without worrying about credit limits and eligibility criteria. It will also ensure that consumers always have access to a MasterCard card and never have to miss out on any GSS promotion since the card will be available island-wide.
“MasterCard has always looked for ways to enhance the choices available to our cardholders. Even in a mature credit card market like Singapore, the potential for prepaid cards is huge. Consumers want convenience and this card has been designed to offer them that, as well as the complete complement of GSS benefits and deals that we have put into place,” added Seshadri.
Additional information and details on the promotions and activities surrounding the GSS will be made available closer to the launch of the Sale.
About MasterCard International
MasterCard International is a leading global payments solutions company that provides a broad variety of innovative services in support of our global members’ credit, deposit access, electronic cash, business-to-business and related payment programs. MasterCard International manages a family of well-known, widely accepted payment cards brands including MasterCard, Maestro and Cirrus and serves financial institutions, consumers and businesses in over 210 countries and territories. The MasterCard award-winning Priceless advertising campaign is now seen in 96 countries and in 47 languages, giving the MasterCard brand a truly global reach and scope. For more information go to www.mastercardinternational.com.


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“Taken together, these results indicate that third-party online commentary not only influences individuals’ attitudes regarding the specific target of others’ comments, but it also influences individuals’ perceptions on the attitudes of the general online community (A Networked Self, Papacharissi, 2011).” This quote points out that people can be influenced by other people or a group of people’s comments in online communities.
A general statement is made about a business or someone then other people jump on the band wagon and support what is the most popular or the most negative opinion. How do we know if comments made on a social networking site are legit?
An example of this is Yelp, which is a social networking, user review, and local search web site. People can go online and rate a business which can hurt or help. Here is what one advertiser experienced on Yelp according to a recent CNET article:
“One Yelp advertiser who asked to remain anonymous told CNET News that in his dealings with Yelp over the past few years, he had never been promised that his reviews would be manipulated. To the contrary…despite paying $750 a month for advertising services, he said, the site’s refusal to remove several negative reviews that he felt were fake pushed his business from the top ranking to No. 7 in the search results, costing him a 25 percent drop in revenue (CNET, http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10168065-93.html, 2009).”
Since people’s attitudes and comments influence other people online, this can have a dramatic effect on a business as we have seen in the above example. It is unbelievable that someone can pay Yelp $750 a month for advertising and have manipulated reviews posted on the site which hurts the company’s online ranking. Plus, Yelp allows people to connect and share using there Facebook accounts which means that fake comments about a business on Yelp can spread to other social networking sites. The difficult part now is that this business will have to spend valuable resources on trying to makeup for the 25% drop in revenue due to these negative fake reviews.
Another example, is a dentist whose patients posted positive reviews about his clinic,
only to have them filtered out. He has over 2,000 patients and every other week one of
them writes a positive review on Yelp and none of them stay (New York Times, 2011).
According to the same New York Times article, people are paid a fee to post a positive comment about a company and others will post a negative review about their rivals on Yelp.
The problem is that the online submissions to Yelp cannot be trusted, since reputable or non reputable comments are filtered out or not by Yelp’s algorithm. This can hurt a business and with Yelp’s filter algorihm’s not being that effective it is hurting Yelp’s reputation as well. This can have an influence on what people think about Yelp and if the current trend continues, Yelp could be seen as a non reputable social networking site. What does this mean for other social networking sites and could such comments on networking sites hurt a social networking site’s reputation?


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CINCINNATI, Feb. 28, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- In many parts of the country drivers are subjected to some very harsh winters but also some incredibly nice summers. Consumers who live in parts of the country that have four very distinct seasons know the value of having an SUV type vehicle that is capable of driving on winter roads as well as taking the road less traveled in summer. Many drivers in Ohio find a used SUV's affordability and versatility to be exactly what they are looking for. A new SUV is great if consumers can afford it, but if that' not possible, a used SUV in Cincinnati makes for a great option and can save shoppers a considerable amount of money.
At Mike Castrucci Ford in Milford drivers can view the vast inventory of used SUVs in person or online and even schedule a test drive to really get a feel for the SUV they are interested in. Whether a customer is looking for a small compact SUV that offers great gas mileage or a large SUV that gives them plenty of passenger and cargo space, Castrucci Ford has it on their used car lot.
The used car dealership in Ohio specializes in Ford vehicles but they do carry a large inventory of used SUVs from other automotive brands as well, including Chevy, Dodge, GMC, Jeep, Nissan and Toyota. With the large selection of used SUVs in Cincinnati at Mike Castrucci Ford, it's easy for consumers to find the perfect SUV that fits their needs for every season.
SUV shoppers looking for affordable used SUVs in Cincinnati can contact a sales professional at Mike Castrucci Ford in Milford to learn more about their incredible selection of vehicles. The Ford dealership in Ohio can be reached by phone at 877-457-5458. Consumers can also visit Mike Castrucci Ford's website to view detailed information about each used SUV in stock at www.mikecastruccifordmilford.com.
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Isometric Technologies (ISO) Announces Collaboration with MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics
Leading provider of logistics performance intelligence joins premier network to help drive cutting-edge research and thought leadership in supply chain management.
SAN FRANCISCO (September 27, 2023) — ISO (Isometric Technologies), a leading logistics performance intelligence platform, proudly announces its collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) as a distinguished member of the Supply Chain Exchange. This collaboration aims to spearhead essential research and thought leadership initiatives that address critical supply chain and transportation challenges.
As a member of the Supply Chain Exchange, ISO is committed to advancing MIT CTL’s substantial research endeavors in multiple crucial areas. ISO will leverage its status as the industry-leading platform for measuring service performance among shippers, brokers, and carriers. This will help the industry advance data standardization and performance measurement. With a robust infrastructure processing millions of data points across partner networks, ISO will contribute invaluable anonymized data that sheds light on service trends throughout the supply chain, contributing to MIT CTL’s groundbreaking research on data standardization and standardized performance measurement.
ISO’s collaboration with MIT CTL will further facilitate in-depth analyses of the ripple effects of truckload service performance. By examining how performance issues resonate upstream and downstream, including their impact on consumers, overall revenue, ocean carriers, and inventory carrying costs, ISO’s data-driven insights will provide a comprehensive view for MIT CTL’s researchers.
With its deep operational insights, ISO will support and contribute to MIT CTL’s research to inform best practices for transportation and logistics operations. These insights, encompassing optimal lead times, carrier mix, fleet age, and more, will enhance operational efficiency and profile carriers that strike an optimal balance between profitability and service quality. Moreover, this collaboration aims to drive a paradigm shift in the procurement mindset, emphasizing a value-based approach over traditional cost-based risk assessments. By encouraging a comprehensive perspective, this collaboration seeks to empower the industry with strategies that enhance overall value and mitigate risks.
“ISO is excited about the valuable and previously unattainable insights that our collaboration with MIT CTL will bring to the industry. By partnering with the largest shippers in North America and their logistics service providers to validate and align performance data at scale, we can help inform a wide range of important MIT CTL research on the trends and inefficiencies in transportation procurement. We look forward to supporting MIT CTL and the entire Supply Chain Exchange,” said Brian Cristol, Co-Founder and CEO of ISO.
David Correll, a Research Scientist and freight expert at CTL, said: “ISO is doing what much of our research suggests needs to be done: integrating data across firm boundaries—across supply chain partners—in order to solve operational problems. As researchers, we’re excited to be on this journey with the ISO team, contributing where we can and closely observing their progress in the field.
ISO’s collaboration with MIT CTL is further exemplified by its sponsorship of the annual Supply Chain Sustainability report. This report, a pulse check on industry sustainability priorities, aligns with ISO’s perspective that effective measurement is essential for sustainable progress. ISO’s contribution to this report underscores its dedication to advancing sustainable practices through actionable insights. ISO will also participate with MIT CTL on the sustainability panel at CSCMP Edge in October this year to further solidify this knowledge exchange.
ISO is the only neutral platform that provides shippers, brokers and carriers with the ability to measure the total cost of transportation procurement. Our Logistics Performance Intelligence platform arms customers with trustworthy data so they can measure the hidden costs of service, supercharge carrier procurement, and build stronger network relationships with more accountability. Learn more: https://www.iso.io/
About the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics:
For half a century, the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics (MIT CTL) has been a dynamic hub where industry leaders, faculty, and students collaborate to advance supply chain education and research. MIT CTL fosters innovation through its Global Supply Chain and Logistics Excellence (SCALE) Network, a worldwide presence spanning multiple centers of excellence and numerous corporate partnerships. Learn more: https://ctl.mit.edu/


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IGN announces Summer of Gaming digital event for early JuneFeaturing news, previews, developer interviews, and more.
With E3 2020 cancelled, IGN will host a “Summer of Gaming” digital event in early June featuring the latest news, previews, developer interviews, and more on upcoming games and next-generation hardware, the outlet announced.
Participating companies include 2K Games, Amazon, Bandai Namco, Devolver Digital, Google, Sega, Square Enix, THQ Nordic, Twitter, and more to be announced.
The event will feature live broadcasts and on-demand programming such as publisher presentations with IGN pre- and post-discussions, remote developer interviews, hands-on demonstrations, preview impressions, gameplay, and news segments recapping the biggest announcements. Viewers will be able to participate by sending in reaction videos, voting on favorite announcements, and more.
“With the next generation of console gaming kicking off later this year and gamers eager to learn more about what games they’ll be playing on their new hardware, our online event will be a key moment for publishers and developers to connect with the audience worldwide,” said IGN chief content and product officer Peer Schneider in a statement.
IGN EVP and general manager Yael Prough added, “More and more people are turning towards video games for entertainment and escapism. Last week we saw new records for traffic across all of our platforms—we’re excited to bring this global, digital event to our audiences and partners—as this will be an event not to be missed.”
More information will be announced in the coming weeks.
It should also be noted that while E3 2020 organizer the Entertainment Software Association was previously exploring options to coordinate an online experience for the cancelled event, former Game Informer editor Mike Futter is reporting via several sources that the organization will not hold any sort of online event and “instead lean on its publisher and developer partners.” An official announcement is reportedly due next week.


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Big Revenue Change from a Big Cannabis Broker
GMP Securities, the go-to bank for the cannabis industry, downgraded its 2019 revenue estimate for Canopy Growth by 40% today citing lower market share expectations.
Legal market sales are starting out slower than the bank previously expected due to understaffed government stores, logistical issues, and supply shortages.
GMP now thinks Canopy will achieve a 20% market share for the year ending March 31, 2019 compared to a previous estimate of 33%.
In GMP’s view, Canopy is chasing a market share strategy focused on depth, not breadth. This means Canopy would rather list fewer strains and make sure they are always in stock than offer more products that sometimes sell out.
This is a commendable strategy for the consumer, but GMP is worried consumers will have fewer opportunities to encounter a Canopy brand, decreasing market share in the first year of legalization, which is reasonable.
Does the Estimate Change Matter?
So do GMP’s new estimates mean they see the cannabis market turning out differently over the next two years?
The short answer is no.
GMP now thinks Canopy will own less of the market at the start, but the overall size of the cannabis market in Canada will remain the same.
GMP thinks legal market sales will total 185,000 kg (20% legal market share) for the year ending March 31, 2019, growing to 325,000 kg (35% legal market share) 12 months later.
The market is only just getting started and GMP was simply too optimistic about the speed of the legal rollout.
Canopy’s revenue may have effectively been cut in half, but this research report is only looking at the short-term. The longer-term value from exploding cannabis sales has not changed.
If bank estimates are too rosy it is healthy for market expectations to rebalance, we hope to see lowered estimates across Bay Street so cannabis companies have a chance at exceeding expectations once the legal market is operating like a well-oiled machine.
How to Read this Report
A 40% cut to revenue is never a good sign for market fundamentals, but in the short-term, the rollout of the legal cannabis market was never going to be smooth.
Legal cannabis has never been done on the scale being attempted by Canada and there were bound to be operational bumps along the way.
Don’t be surprised if other analysts temper their expectations and lower estimates for the early days of legalization.
Revenue and earnings in the first quarter of legalization will likely also disappoint.
Look through these events and stay focused on the long-term potential of a globalizing cannabis market.
A Sell-off Creates Opportunity
Grizzle has always looked at the market over a multi-year time period to avoid fluctuating valuations due to short-term market issues that will eventually be worked out.
Having conviction in the long-term potential of cannabis will allow you to deploy capital to take advantage of lower prices or hold so you can benefit from the eventual rebound.
We recommend investors pick and choose their stocks carefully here as not all cannabis companies are created equal.
Low production costs will matter above all for the first 12-18 months of legalization, Aphria is the clear winner on this metric.
In 2020 and beyond, an attractive product pipeline of drinks, edibles, and other value-added products will determine success. We like CannTrust with their deep bench of future product offerings.
The market bloodbath we find ourselves in also is opening up opportunities to pick up US cannabis retailers at reasonable values.
Large US operator iAnthus, operating in over 10 states and newly public Curaleaf are our preferred ways to play the eventual federal legalization of cannabis in America.
Analysts earnings cuts may look ominous, but look through the short-term headlines and we think investors will be rewarded for their patience.
The opinions provided in this article are those of the author and do not constitute investment advice. Readers should assume that the author and/or employees of Grizzle hold positions in the company or companies mentioned in the article. For more information, please see our Content Disclaimer.


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Sri City, April 7, 2022: – Daikin Air-conditioning India Pvt. Ltd., a 100% subsidiary of Japanese multinational air-conditioning (AC) manufacturing company, Daikin Industries Limited, held foundation laying ceremony in Sri City on Thursday marking the start of construction of its third unit in the country at Sri City. Mr. Kanwaljeet Jawa, MD & CEO, Daikin India performed pooja and laid the foundation stone in the presence of Mr. Satoshi Suzuki, Ambassador of Japan to India, Mr. Masayuki Taga, Consul General of Japan in Chennai, Mr. Ravindra Sannareddy, Founder Managing Director, Sri City, and a host of other invitees.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Satoshi Suzuki said, “I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Daikin for their continuous efforts for increasing their focus on Indian market that is witnessing rapid growth, and establishing their 3rd unit in the country. I wish the team Daikin ‘all the best’ with their new plant.” He thanked both the State and Central Governments for extending their cooperation to the Japanese investors, and said that 2022 marks the 70th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Diplomatic Relations between Japan and India.
Commenting on the occasion Mr. Jawa said, “This investment is an essential part of the long-term growth strategy of – ‘Fusion 2025’ – aiming to expand and balance our global manufacturing footprint to best serve customers worldwide. Our long-term strategy is to operate with an agile set-up to swiftly react and adapt to dynamic market requirements by enhancing capacities and R&D capabilities. All this makes Sri City factory strategically very important for us. It going to be a manufacturing marvel having all Industry 4.0 digitisation standards. We continue to investment in expanding our sales and marketing operations in India & export regions to enhance product & service backbone,” affirmed Mr. Jawa.
Mr Jawa appreciated Mr. Ravindra Sannareddy for creating this wonderful place, also lauded the excellent cooperation extended by Sri City team. He said that they have preferred sri city because of the existing ecosystem for manufacturing industries.
Congratulating the Daikin team, Ravindra Sannareddy said, “We are very pleased to welcome Daikin Group, the world’s leading Japanese air-conditioning and Refrigeration Company, into Sri City’s Japanese Enclave. As an endorsement to the ‘Make in India’ vision, and in line with the Government of India’s Production Linked Incentive Scheme (PLI), Daikin preferred Sri City to set up its first manufacturing base in Southern India, owing to its world standard infrastructure and thriving Japanese Ecosystem.”
“On this momentous occasion we are happy to highlight that Daikin is the 27th Japanese company in Sri City Japanese Industrial Township. We are also pleased to announce that, Daikin is the first major brand to join Sri City this year, with the potential to create over 3000 jobs. This reaffirms the fact that with an inspiring leadership at helm and a business friendly environment, Andhra Pradesh and Sri City remain at the top of mind recall for investors from around the globe and across various sectors,” he stated.
In line with Dakin’s vision of Skilling India and women empowerment, Sri City’s Japan-India Institute for Manufacturing’ (JIM), has been a model for technical training and skill development for past three years, focusing on the employability of youth. As of today, Sri City industries have created job opportunities for over 50,000 people, with more than 50% of employees being women.’,” Ravindra Sannareddy added.
Daikin will invest Rs 1,000 crore over two to three years to set up the plant which will be spread over 75.5 acre land in the Domestic Tariff Zone (DTZ) in Sri City. The plant which is expected to be commissioned by July 2023 will have a potential to create over 3000 jobs. It will have the capacity to manufacture 1.5 million AC units per year as well as compressors, controller boards and other spare parts. It would be the biggest among the three plants of Daikin in the country. This factory will serve the growing domestic & international demand with its cutting-edge products. In line with Daikin’s aspiration to achieve Net Zero CO2 emissions by 2050, the company will develop climate friendly ACs to serve export markets such as West Africa, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Middle East, South America and East Africa.
With India gaining a status of a reliable manufacturing destination, favourable policies, bold government reforms and ease of doing business, Daikin India took the first move towards a significant investment over the next two – three years. Daikin’s Sri City plant will serve both domestic & international markets with its cutting edge India-manufactured products. Daikin aims to achieve aggressive market growth in the AC exports over the next few years, and wants to make India its manufacturing hub to serve markets such as West Asia, Sri Lanka, Middle East, South America and Africa.
About Daikin Air-conditioning India Pvt. Ltd.:
Daikin Air-conditioning India Pvt. Ltd.( Daikin India) is a 100% subsidiary of Daikin Industries Ltd., Japan, a global leader in the manufacturing of commercial-use and residential air conditioning systems. Backed by the superior technology, the organisation offers a wide range of energy efficient air conditioning solutions to the Indian customers. It has been successfully offering premium air conditioning solutions in the Indian market for residential and large-scale projects.
About Sri City :
Sri City (www.sricity.in), India’s leading integrated business city, spread over 7500+ acres and consisting of a multi-product a Special Economic Zone (SEZ), a Domestic Tariff Zone (DTZ), an Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) and a Free Trade Warehousing Zone (FTWZ) along with well-planned social infrastructure, all within its precincts, stands out as one of the best places for long term development and growth. Developed on the concept of ‘Work, Live, Learn, Play’, Sri City with its world-class infrastructure hosts nearly 200 companies from 28 countries, and it is the second largest hub for Japanese manufacturers in India. Identifying Sri City as one of the ten ‘Great Places for Manufacturing’ in the country, Invest India featured in its recent publication that it has high potential to attract investments from other countries.


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Riding public interest in Internet video content, TiVo Inc. has cut deals with several program suppliers to allow subscribers to download free Web content ranging from National Basketball Association clips to humorous videos from young-male oriented Heavy.com.
Vice president and general manager of programming Tara Maitra said the “TiVoCast” programming — which also includes content from The New York Times Co., iVillage, action sports network Union On Demand, gay network Here TV and CNET Networks — are the first of several Web video deals TiVo is looking to strike.
TiVoCast debuted last Wednesday. It’s available to 1.7 million TiVo customers that own Series 2 digital video recorders, but TiVo said only about 400,000 of those customers have the DVRs wired to high-speed cable modem or digital subscriber line connections that are required to access the content.
Maitra described the quality of the TiVoCast videos as “comparable” to digital cable or satellite signals. Content suppliers involved with the project will convert their Internet video content to MPEG-2 format before TiVo downloads the content to customer set-tops, Maitra said.
Most of the video clips will run two to three minutes each, while some of the NBA content runs up to 20 minutes.
TiVo and the content suppliers will both gain from advertising sold in the TiVoCast content. Subscribers will be able to use the fast-forward buttons on their remotes to skip ads.
“We’re taking a cooperative, collaborative approach to the advertising. The programmer can sell the advertising within the programming, but we also have interactive elements that TiVo can sell,” Maitra said.
TiVo is talking to major TV networks and Internet video suppliers about adding their content to TiVoCast, but TiVo won’t look to add traditional primetime programming to the Internet downloads because TiVo customers can already use their DVRs to record an entire season of shows such as ABC’s Desperate Housewives, Maitra said.
TiVo has long sought to give customers the ability to download top Hollywood movies directly from studios, and in 2004, it announced an agreement with Netflix Inc. to explore selling movie downloads to TiVo homes.
But Netflix executives said last fall that talks with TiVo had broken off. Maitra didn’t offer an update on the Netflix talks, but said TiVo still has movies on its mind.
“We’re definitely looking at what our strategy and proposition would be with movies on TiVo as well,” Maitra added.
TiVo plans to market the TiVoCast content on its main screen, in addition to plugs on its Web site.


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The redesigned Small Business Administration website reflects the changing ways that people get information. People now want and expect easier access to information and the ability to engage with others online.
Looking at the old SBA website, Joe Zepecki, deputy assistant administrator for communications at the SBA, said, “We were a great repository of information but it was a ton of information.”
People are increasingly frustrated if they cannot find information quickly and easily.
“If we can’t find it through a Google or Yahoo search that takes us right to the page (or) we don’t get the answer to our question in a couple of minutes, we lose interest, we throw up our arms and walk away,” Zepecki said.
The new site, launched on Dec. 21, took into consideration that people found the website not through the homepage but through online searches or third party referral websites, Zepecki said in an interview with the DorobekINSIDER. In fact, since the new site launched, three out of five people who have come from the site have not reached it through the homepage, he said.
The new site will also add content from other agencies, not just SBA. At the end of January, sba.gov will incorporate content from business.gov, a governmentwide site that was a one-stop shop for business owners.
“It turns out there’s a ton of great content on business.gov that wasn’t being seen as many eyeballs because, as a federal agency, SBA was getting more traffic,” Zepecki said.
Sba.gov will be a platform for online interaction already happening on business.gov, which has about 50,000 entrepreneurs and small businesses participating in discussions and forums.
“If we can facilitate that communication between those folks, we’ve done a good job, even if we haven’t been the ones to provide that information,” Zepecki said.


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Why is Kohl’s Closing Stores, and how many locations are left in 2023? Several industries, including retail, have found ways to come out from the Coronavirus pandemic hits. But that might not prevent stores like Kohl’s from closing their stores throughout the United States. Also, Kohl’s closed its locations a few years earlier, in 2019.
Now, the question arises: Should consumers be worried about Kohl’s stores closing? In Feb 2023, analysts for UBS predicted that the department stores would close their locations due to sales decline and inflation in the industry this year.
We are not saying that this information sets the stage for what the retail industry expects for the future, but it may give you an outlook on where it is navigating.
Moreover, we are still determining whether Kohl’s stores will close their location in 2023. Also, the analysts should have mentioned that it is closing its stores. According to UBS analysts, retail stores like Kohl’s and Nordstrom will continue to shut down some of their locations this year due to heavy pressure in the first half of 2023.
The outlook for the Kohl’s department store represented that the department store now wants to transform it into a latest focused lifestyle concept. In order to brighten the future of Kohl’s department store, the retailer decided to open more stores throughout the United States. Those stores would be smaller, hyperlocal stores. It also partnered with Sephora to drive future growth into a 2 billion US dollars business.
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Why Is Kohl’s Closing Stores?
Kohl’s is closing stores due to a decline in sales. Not only sales decline is the factor that led the company to close its several locations. Although sales decline is the primary factor but not the only one.
The first quarter of the 2022 financial report was released by Kohl’s; the report stated, “The year has initiated out against our expectations.” Moreover, “The Net sales were observed to be dropped by 5.2 percent as compared to the previous year’s financial report. So, the company decided to close its locations or implement changes. Moreover, it partnered with Sephora for good.”
The series did not stop there; it continued in the third quarter of 2022 and reported that net sales declined by 7.2 percent.
As of the third quarter of 2022, it is estimated that the company generated around 4.28 billion US dollars. As of December 1, 2022, The total debt was estimated at nearly 5.48 billion US dollars.
Heavy debt and declining sales indicated that the company was struggling financially. The company announced at the start of this year that it might close several locations and lay off employees.
What Kohl’s Stores Are Closing In California?
In 2016, Kohl’s shut down 18 US stores, including one in California. It is noted that nine stores were closed in California. All these stores have closed their doors for good. Mira Mesa Boulevard’s location was also closed for the betterment.
When the stores were closed, employees were affected by this move greatly, but they offered jobs to those affected employees at other nearby Kohl’s locations. Moreover, those who did not prefer jobs at other Kohl’s stores were offered to choose to take a severance package at the time of mass layoffs.
Here you can check the list of all 9 stores that have been closed in California.
- #7279 N. Rosemead Blvd. – Arcadia, CA, (San Gabriel, California).
- #27426 Antonio Parkway – Ladera Ranch, CA (Ladera Ranch, California).
- #8140 Mira Mesa Blvd – Mira Mesa, CA, (San Diego, California).
- #1351 W. 17th St., Santa Ana – CA, (Santa Ana, California).
- #2323 McKee Road – San Jose East, CA (San Jose, California).
- #6651 N. Fallbrook Ave. – West Hills, CA (West Hills, California).
- #10201 Valley View St. – Cypress, CA (Cypress, California).
- #233 S. Mountain Ave. – Upland South, (Upland, California).
- #11051 Olson Drive – Rancho Cordova, CA (Rancho Cordova, California).
Which Kohl’s Stores Are Closing In Florida?
In 2016, Kohl’s announced to close 18 locations throughout the United States, including two locations in Florida. In this move, the company laid off more than 1,500 of its workforce at closure.
The stores that were closed in Florida include:
- #700 W. 49th St. – Hialeah, FL (Hialeah, Florida).
- #6785 Thomasville Road – Tallahassee, FL (Tallahassee, Florida).
Which Other Kohl’s Stores Are Closing?
Let’s put light on the rest of the Kohl’s stores that have been closed in 2016.
- #2342 Holcomb Bridge Road – Holcomb Bridge, GA (Roswell, Georgia).
- #2929 Turner Hill Road – Lithonia, GA (Lithonia, Georgia. Closed in November 2016).
- #3840 E. Main St. – #Saint Charles, IL (Saint Charles, Illinois).
- #9579 S. Blvd. – Pineville, NC (Charlotte, North Carolina).
- #9060 N. Green Bay Road – #Brown Deer, WI (Brown Deer, Wisconsin).
- #4820 Briarcliff Road – Northlake Mall, GA (Atlanta, Georgia).
- #200 Nassau Park Blvd. – Princeton, NJ (Princeton, New Jersey).
What Is Kohl’s Famous For?
Kohl’s is famous for emphasizing brand, affordability, value, and quality products. It offers discounts, loyalty programs, and promotions to its customers mostly. Additionally, it provides events, coupons, sales, and rewards programs to attract more customers, boost the shopping experience, and offer cost savings programs.
Kohl’s Corp., an American department store retail chain. It is also known as Kohl’s across the country. The retail chain was established in 1962 in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. It was founded by Maxwell Kohl.
It specializes in various products, such as footwear, clothing, beauty products, home appliances, accessories, and several other items. It runs hundreds of department Stores throughout the United States. It offers private label and national brands products that range from lower to higher price points that meet every consumer’s demands.
Besides its offline presence, Kohl’s put a strong foothold online through its e-commerce platform. If customers cannot go to its physical stores, they can browse their desired products and purchase from its online platform. This might be a convenient way to get products without going to physical stores.
Moreover, the company partnered with famous personalities to provide exclusive collections and collaborations. Fashion designers, celebrities, and several other personalities also collaborated to give an ultimate touch to its products.
How Many Kohl’s Are Left In The US?
As of June 13, 2023, hundreds of Kohl’s stores exist throughout the United States. It is estimated that the total number of its stores is 1,170, and the state with the most Kohl’s stores in California has 117 stores.
Let’s explore the top 10 states with the most number of Kohl’s stores in the United States:
The Top three states with the most significant number of Kohl’s stores are California, Texas, and Illinois.
- California with 117 Kohl’s stores, which is nearly 10 percent of the total number of Kohl’s stores.
- Texas with 87 stores, which is nearly 7 percent of the total number of Kohl’s stores.
- Illinois with 66 stores, which is nearly 6 percent of the total number of Kohl’s stores.
Furthermore, the rest of the seven locations with a large number of Kohl’s stores are as follows:
- Ohio has 59 stores (5 percent of the total number of Kohl’s stores).
- Florida has 51 stores (4 percent of the total number of Kohl’s stores).
- New York has 50 stores (4 percent of the total number of Kohl’s stores).
- Pennsylvania has 50 stores (4 percent of the total number of Kohl’s stores).
- Michigan has 46 stores (4 percent of the total number of Kohl’s stores).
- Wisconsin has 41 stores (4 percent of the total number of Kohl’s stores).
- Indiana has 41 stores (4 percent of the total number of Kohl’s stores).
Who Are Kohl’s Biggest Competitors?
The most significant competitors of Kohl’s across the United States include:
- Dollar General has 19,165 stores throughout the United States, 17,995 more locations than Kohl’s.
- Target has 1,950 stores throughout the United States, which is 780 more locations than Kohl’s.
- Bath & Body Works has 1,712 stores throughout the United States, 542 more locations than Kohl’s.
- Ross Stores has 1,704 stores throughout the United States, 534 more locations than Kohl’s.
- Big Lots has 1,428 stores throughout the United States, 258 more locations than Kohl’s.
Also read – Is Kohl’s Going Out of Business
Final Thoughts On Kohl’s Closing Stores
Kohl’s closed several of its locations in 2016 and is expected to continue in 2023, along with other department stores closures such as Macy’s, Nordstrom, and several more. It is because of high competition, economic challenges, and the inability to meet consumers’ needs and preferences.
Kohl’s is following in the footsteps of other department stores and closing its locations. Macy’s already announced to shut down several of its and Nordstrom’s locations. It is believed that the Coronavirus pandemic has impacted the retail industry along with several other industries. It put pressure on and forced them to shut down their unproductive locations to drive future growth.
Not all retailers have indeed been impacted by the wave of COVID-19 equally; some of the retailers have found ways to recover and streamline their lines through brand partnerships and by several other means. But the case is different with the department stores; they are still under pressure and decided to close their unprofitable stores. Similarly, Kohl’s is under pressure due to the rising inflation and recession fears and the cheaper options in demand.
After observing the entire case, the UBS analysts forecasted that the sales for the department stores would remain under pressure in the first half of 2023. Moreover, they suggested that retailers should have to adopt more customer-centric strategies along with transformative strategies.


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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg would be in jail under proposed new privacy law
Under the proposed Mind Your Business Act, senior company executives could go to prison for anything up to 20 years…
On Thursday, Sen. Ron Wyden, a Democrat from Oregon, proposed legislation he said would bring meaningful punishments for companies that violate people's data privacy, including larger fines and potential jail time for CEOs.
“Mark Zuckerberg won't take Americans' privacy seriously unless he feels personal consequences,” Wyden said in a statement. “A slap on the wrist from the FTC won't do the job, so under my bill he'd face jail time for lying to the government.”
The Mind Your Business Act is an update to Wyden's Consumer Data Protection Act, which he proposed last November. The lawmaker said he spent the past year listening to privacy experts on what to add to the original proposal […]
Wyden's legislation have the harshest penalties among the flood of data privacy laws proposed in the last year. These punishments include 10 to 20 years in prison for senior executives that lie about their privacy standards.
The fines would also be heftier, going up to 4% of the company's annual revenue for a first-time offense.


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In the wake of AMD's analyst day yesterday, the red team has made another round of price cuts on its A-series APUs. Here's the current lineup, along with the new suggested e-tail price for each chip:
Based on AMD's suggested prices from October of last year, the company is cutting out anywhere from $6-16 for each chip—save for the A6-7400K, which is actually becoming a couple bucks more expensive. Keep in mind these are suggested prices, so actual listings from e-tailers could be even lower.
The new prices should take effect on May 10. Given the painfully slow retail response to AMD's last round of cuts, we'll believe it when we see it.
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