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Digital transformation is the top-ranked business priority among government CIOs overall, followed by security and governance.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which goes into effect in May, is the biggest shake-up of personal data privacy rules since the birth of the internet.
Online gaming has quickly become a hugely lucrative industry, with more people than ever owning gaming accounts. According to research from Kaspersky Lab, over half (53%) of people regularly game online, a figure which rises to 64% for 25-34 year olds and 67% for those aged 16-24. It’s also potentially lucrative for cybercriminals, as hacked gaming accounts can be sold on the black market.
Intel called for a halt in deployment of patches for a troubling vulnerability in its computer chips because they could cause "unpredictable" problems in affected devices.
A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M) has developed a microprocessor chip that will be able to protect computers, tablets and mobile phones from being hacked.
The director-general of police, R P Sharma, on Sunday asked the Crime Branch to launch a massive, state-wide awareness drive against cyber-fraud.
In his new role, Chawla will be responsible for business strategies and implementing prudential security roadmap.
In an interview with ETCISO.IN, Jaspreet Singh, Partner- Information security, EY discusses that how mutation of security agenda from protection to prevention will be the key mantra for CISOs to survive in 2018.
Security agencies' personnel, including those from special commando forces such as the NSG, should be trained in tackling the emerging "fourth dimension" of threats of cyber attacks, Home Minister Rajanth Singh said.
Fraudsters send bulk messages to rig up penny stocks and even use specialised software to spoof mobile numbers and defraud small investors.
Almost half of Indian organisations say they are not likely to secure sensitive data in the cloud, according to the survey by global digital security firm Gemalto.
Despite the growth of sophisticated cyber threats globally, Google has said that less than 10% of active Gmail users have enabled two-factor authentication making the remaining 90% more vulnerable to cyber attacks.
The banks have also sought additional collateral from the promoters of these exchanges on their borrowings and have capped cash withdrawals from the few accounts that are still operational.
The overall security landscape in 2018 will be an extension of what we witnessed in 2017 through ransomware attacks such as WannaCry and NotPetya.
The solutions deployed aim to support Kaspersky engineers to detect and deter cyber attacks in real world and real time environments.
Organisations such as Cert-In, NIC, NASSCOM and the FIDO Alliance, CISCO and consultancy firms Deloitte and EY are knowledge partners for the Cyber Surakshit Bharat initiative.
Expressing concern over spying via devices imported from "not-so-friendly country", Minister of State for IT Alphons Kannanthanam today called for a re- look at the government's procurement process which favours the lowest bidders.
While the economic outlook has improved, nine in 10 of those surveyed said they expect political or trade clashes between major powers to worsen. Some 80 percent saw an increased chance of war.
The future of Digital India lies in seamless control of data: Ripu Bajwa, Country Manager- data protection, Dell EMC India
"Securing data by implementing the right data protection and data recovery solutions, against any kind of traditional as well as emerging threats is crucial and unavoidable", Ripu Bajwa, Country Manager- Data Protection Solutions, Dell EMC India
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is setting up India Cyber Science Coordination Centre (ICSCC) to create an overarching security infrastructure for capacity building and enable states and other stakeholders to keep an eye on growing e-crime.


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MELBOURNE, Ark. – An alert by an area bank is warning customers to beware of scammers pretending to be bankers.
First National Bank of Izard County warned customers on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, that customers were receiving texts from a scammer claiming to be from “Regions Bank.” The scammer apparently asked people to call in to a number regarding their debit card being suspended.
The texts, however, aren’t legit.
FNB warned customers not to reply to these texts or give out any personal information. If you have questions about your debit cards, call your bank directly.
You can also report the offense to the authorities. Unfortunately, it can be difficult for police to locate suspects of such crimes as phony text messages can be sent from real phone numbers through illicit websites. Some businesses in Lawrence County recently reported criminals using their number to call and try to scam victims – even though the scammer had no access to their phone system.

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Lego sales soar 25%
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- February 21, 2013
DANISH toy maker Lego says sales soared 25 per cent last year thanks partly to the new Lego Friends series of building blocks designed for girls.
The privately owned company says on revenue of 23.4 billion kroner ($A4.12 billion) it made net profits of 5.6 billion kroner, up 38 per cent.
The company, based in western Denmark, said on Thursday series like Lego Star Wars and Lego Ninjago were among the more popular.
But it was the novel rollout for girls, Lego Friends, that sold much better than expected - to the extent the company was unable to keep up with demand.
CEO Joergen Vig Knudstorp says Lego has shown it can develop toys children across world "put at the top of their wish lists".
JULIA Gillard will fly to Indonesia early next month for talks on boat arrivals.
PREMIER Jay Weatherill will vote in favour of the latest attempt to legalise same-sex marriage in South Australia in Parliament.
ADRIAN Bayley will be under the highest level of protection in jail as he faces similar risks to a paedophile or corrupt police officer, sources say.
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Prep Curry has reached a major career milestone.
The Memphis-born, Los Angeles-based designer has teamed up with Banana Republic on a range of forward-thinking streetwear. The dual-gender capsule is a solid reflection of Curry’s signature bold style, as it offers seasonal wardrobe staples presented in head-turning colors and prints.
“Florals are important to me because I want to show people the difference of masculinity as well as the softness of prints,” Curry said during a Q&A with Gap Inc. “You can have the best of both worlds, and they can collide. Before I came on the scene, when I was seeing prints, a lot of people were really against it because they said you couldn’t really wear it [in a] masculine way. For me, I always want to show people that you can be very masculine and have bold prints. I’ve always wanted to do something different and have something that makes people say, ‘Oh well, hey, wow.’ Everything that I make is somewhat unisex.”
The collaboration is part of Banana Republic’s ongoing efforts to highlight and celebrate up-and-coming designers. Curry, who describes himself as a “self-taught designer,” praised the retailer for their commitment to showcasing rising talent, specifically Black creatives.
“Black culture has a lot of influence on fashion, on music, on everything,” he said. “What will help is more collaborations and more companies willing to put Black designers at the forefront and not just take their designs anymore. Corporations need to put more Black businesses in the forefront and not just when it’s [a] Black Lives Matters movement.”
The Prep Curry x Banana Republic collection delivers 16 signature pieces, including co-branded graphic tees, hoodies, sweatpants, jeans, face masks, and a couple of bags. You can check out some of the key items in the images below and shop the collection now at Banana Republic’s website.


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Close to six months after firing for bankruptcy, Toy R Us is reportedly shutting it’s doors in The US. This closure incorporates 800 stores and affects over 30,000 jobs.
Toys R Us Is $8 Billion in debt, that debt being acquired back in 2005. Due to this, the company has been in financial struggle ever since even after filing Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection back in September of last year.
Along with its US stores, the company also plans to close its 100 U.K. stores.
Toys R Us is the single largest toy retailer in the US, being dedicated so strongly to toys, unlike it’s main competitors by the likes Wal-Mart, Amazon, and Target. Even with the lack of dedication from it’s competitors, Toys R Us has struggled with unnecessarily overpricing merchandise, and a tendency for low stock of desirable items.
Toys R Us is also looking at selling as an option, so there may still be hope for everyone’s favorite toy-crazed giraffe!


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BUFFALO, N.Y. — Kevin Townsell served his first bratwurst and craft beer on Sept. 25 in his Hofbrauhaus Buffalo, a biergarten six years in the making.
"Was it worth it? Absolutely," Townsell said. "But there were a lot of lessons I learned, and I've been around a few restaurants before."
Townsell, operator of the Buffalo Brew Pub, Airport Inn and Shannon Pub, wanted to open Hofbrauhaus Buffalo after a 2014 Oktoberfest trip to Munich, Germany. He decided then and there to secure a Hofbrauhaus franchise.
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Microsoft and Sony have gone shopping. A few days ago, Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard for $67.8 billion, and Sony responded by buying Bungie, creators of Halo and Destiny.
Could either company try to buy Nintendo? Microsoft tried a long time ago, but Nintendo had no interest in being bought.
According to Bloomberg, Microsoft tried to acquire Nintendo 20 years ago, but the company laughed at Microsoft as it did not entertain the idea of being bought.
“Steve had us meet with Nintendo to see if they would consider being acquired. They laughed out loud. Imagine an hour of someone laughing at you. That's how the meeting went," says Kevin Bachus of Microsoft.
Is Nintendo now too big to be bought?
Nintendo has a market capitalization of $57.93 billion. That means Nintendo is actually smaller than Activision Blizzard, which has a market cap of $61.56 billion.
Even if Nintendo were to sell for more than its market capitalization (as Activision Blizzard did), the company would still be sold for around $60 billion, something Microsoft has shown is not out of reach.


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HarmonyOS 2.0 is the new operating system that is rolling out for eligible Huawei devices. It comes with a brand new home screen and some innovative capabilities. It comes with features such as service widgets, control panel, service center, smart folder, and more.
A newly added super device feature is the catchy one that allows users to control a bunch of devices using a single super device. Launched on June 02, the HarmonyOS has started making its way for the topmost devices via public beta testing.
The company began to send the first batch of HarmonyOS rollout for P30 phones a few days ago which replaces the previous EMUI software. These phones were initially launched with GMS and with a new upgrade, it is now replaced by Huawei Mobile Service.
The new HM OS for the Huawei P30 phones brings a new home screen, a more interactive user interface, new HarmonyOS Fonts, and much more. Once you install this operating system on your smartphone, you will surely get to know its features in detail and also discover various unknown ones as well.
The Huawei P30 smartphones getting HarmonyOS 2 beta to have the following model numbers:
- Huawei P30 – ELE-AL00/ELE-TL00
- Huawei P30 Pro – VOG-AL00/VOG-AL10/VOG-TL00
The Huawei P30 series is one of Huawei’s best-selling phones and will remain special for the consumers as these were the last phones to come pre-packed with GMS (Google Mobile Services). The P30 smartphones provide a bunch of premium features along with a curved display and were known for their best-in-class camera.
In software terms, these smartphones were launched with EMUI 9.1 out of the box. Over the years. these Android-based devices have received EMUI 10 and EMUI 11 upgrades. And now another major upgrade is coming in the form of HarmonyOS, which is currently available for Chinese users with a global rollout beginning soon.
The company has not yet announced the global rollout schedule for the Huawei devices and we expect that soon. The new version is currently under testing and may contain some bugs that are needed to be fixed. And once, the new HM OS is fully optimized with the smartphones, the stable version will make its way.
Here’s the glimpse of the home screen after the HarmonyOS 2.0 update:


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Honda Cars India confirms launch of ‘Made in India’ SUV
Launches facelifted Amaze starting at ₹6.32 lakh
Honda Cars India (HCIL), on Wednesday, confirmed the launch of a ‘made in India’ sports utility vehicle (SUV) specifically for the Indian market, which could be exported to the neighbouring and African countries.
Speaking to BusinessLine on the sidelines of the new Amaze launch, Gaku Nakanishi, President and Chief Executive Officer, HCIL, said, “We had shared earlier that Honda was keenly studying the SUV segment in India. But now I can confirm that a brand-new India-focussed SUV is under development. We will share more details at an appropriate time.”
He said more details on the size/platform, engine size, and pricing will be shared nearer to the time of the launch.
According to sources, the company will start production around August 2023 and is expected to launch during the festive season in 2023.
Honda had discontinued its only SUV – the CRV – last year, along with the executive sedan Civic as the company closed its manufacturing plant at Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) and shifted its production to its Tapukara plant in Rajasthan.
Asked if the timeline is too late as others have already flooded the market with SUVs, Rajesh Goel, Senior Vice President and Director-Marketing and Sales, HCIL, said, “We are here for the long run. In today’s timeline, changes keep happening in the car business with a lot of model changes every four to six years…we have to look at timelines in that perpetuity.”
Asked about electrification of cars in future, Nakanishi said, “At Honda, we believe that our electrification journey is going to start with the mass model hybrid which we intend to launch next year which, because hybrids are in terms of fuel efficiency/CO2 rating, is somewhere between the internal combustion engine and electric. So if there is something available, that also will definitely be helpful both to environment and the demand.”
He added that, there is no good news from the government to give some incentives on hybrid cars. “At this time, we need some help from the government’s side. It will be very helpful to ignite the fire on the customer buying motivation after the decrease in sales in the market.”
Facelift for Amaze
The company, meanwhile, launched the facelift of the entry-level sedan Amaze priced between ₹6.32 lakh and ₹11.15 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi).
While the petrol variant (1.2L i-VTEC) is priced at ₹6.32 lakh to ₹9.05 lakh, the diesel version (1.5L i-DTEC) is priced between ₹8.86 lakh and ₹11.15 lakh (all ex-showroom, Delhi).


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Although everyone seems divided in these tumultuous times, there are still a few things in this world we all can agree on: Jeopardy won’t be as good without Alex Trebek, Facebook is evil, and cold food sucks.
While we can’t do too much about the first two, the final one might be a solvable problem, at least according to SavrPak. That’s because the company has debuted a new delivery packaging prototype that it claims will keep food at a safe temperature.
This is important because once food drops below 140o F, bacteria forms on the food’s surface. Unfortunately, that doesn’t take long for food packaged up in the typical foam or molded pulp packaging.
According to SavrPak, the company’s new packaging prototype can keep food at 140o or above for more than 20 minutes. While the typical wait for food ordered via a delivery service like DoorDash is about 40 minutes, a good chunk of that time is waiting in the prep queue and the actual making of the food, and 20 minute time window is about the average time it takes for a food package to arrive at the customer’s door once it’s picked up by the delivery driver.
And not only is hot food safer, but it also tastes better. And while there have been research projects on everything from using exhaust fumes of delivery vehicles to using inductive heating and chemicals as ways to keep food warm in transit, the beauty of SavrPak’s approach is its simplicity. SavrPak new prototype uses a small plant-based patch that is placed in the food packaging that extracts moisture and keeps the food warm. The packaging is insulated, and the combined impact is warmer (and less soggy food).
The soggy-free food part is no surprise for those familiar with SavrPak’s history. The company was originally called Soggy Food Sucks after Bill Birgen developed a patch to keep the lunches he made to take to work at his day job as an aerospace engineer from getting soggy. After patenting the technology and debuting it at The Smart Kitchen Summit’s Startup Showcase in 2018, companies from around the world began to contact Birgen. Last year, the company rebranded to SavrPak, and Mark Cuban even decided to invest after co-CEO Greg Maselli sent him a cold email.
I asked Birgen how it feels to create successor technologies and see the company grow beyond that original concept he came up with for your work lunch?
“It’s been incredible to see SAVRpak resonate with people and businesses around the world,” said Birgen. “I’m most energized about our plans to help the food industry be more sustainable. We see huge potential in SAVRpak’s ability to extend the shelf life of produce and reduce food waste.”
According to company co-CEO Grant Stafford, the company’s new packaging prototype is being trialed by Kitchen United and a variety of QSRs, and he expects the product to roll out in both the US and Mexico this quarter.


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A coalition of technology companies including Facebook, Nokia and Microsoft have pledged not to help nation states launch cyber attacks and block governments from tampering with their products.
A group of 34 companies have signed up to the Cybersecurity Tech Accord, a watershed agreement among the largest-ever group of companies working to defend customers from cyber criminals and nation state hackers.
The 34 companies include operators of technologies that power the backbone of the internet in the West such as industrial supplier ABB, chipmaker Arm, networking supplier Cisco, Facebook, HP, HPE, Microsoft, Nokia, Oracle and Trend Micro.
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Who doesn’t love hot chocolate? On December 5, you can drink hot chocolate to your heart’s content at the Owensboro Convention Center when local elementary school students will be competing in the Hot Chocolate Challenge.
This is the second year for the Hot Chocolate Challenge, which is presented by Junior Achievement of Western Kentucky and the Owensboro Office of the Kentucky Innovation Network. The challenge takes place Saturday, Dec. 5, from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the lawn of the Owensboro Convention Center.
Each team is provided a table and hot water; it’s up to the team to get a recipe, set the price and design a marketing strategy to sell their product to the public. Teams keep their earnings at the end of the day, which most teams donate back to their respective schools.
Awards will be given in two categories: the team with the highest profit margin, and the team with the most creative marketing strategy. The winning teams will receive a $100 gift card for the classroom teacher or after school coordinator and the students will win a pizza party for their classroom at school.
“In just its second year, the Hot Chocolate Challenge has continued to generate excitement and we are proud of the success of this partnership with Junior Achievement,” said Joe Berry, Vice President of Entrepreneurship at the Greater Owensboro Economic Development Corporation and Director of the Owensboro Kentucky Innovation Network office.
Berry says it’s interesting to see what the teams come up with to sell their product. Last year, one team used a QR code as a creative way to market their hot chocolate. Another team adjusted their price and found they sold more when they dropped the price. “These are all great business lessons,” Berry said.
The goal of the event is to develop a culture of entrepreneurship in the Greater Owensboro region by giving community youth an opportunity to develop, market and sell a product while providing a fun, uplifting experience that brings the community together. It rewards initiative and creativity while teaching business fundamentals, and encourages youth to dream big and take risks.
The Hot Chocolate Challenge was originally scheduled for this past Saturday, but due to the heavy rain and cold temperatures, the event was rescheduled to December 5. “The new date and time will allow for the event to complement all the other wonderful events taking place in downtown on December 5, and we hope this will translate into a great crowd to reward the hard work of the student teams,” Berry said.


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New burger joint set to open at one of Mississauga’s oldest malls
Published September 27, 2022 at 2:45 pm
A new hamburger outlet is set to open at one of Mississauga’s oldest shopping malls.
Slap’s Burgers is currently preparing to open in the food court at Westwood Square in Malton.
Offering a wide array of hamburger selections as well as chicken and meatless sandwiches, Slap’s will also be the place to find traditional comfort sides such as french fries and onion rings along with all of the dressings.
While the final menu has not been set, Slap’s invites future customers to visit them at their website to check on the progress of the store.
In the meantime, staff members are currently being recruited and you are invited to send your resume to [email protected].
Westwood Square, formerly known as Westwood Mall, was one of Mississauga first indoor malls opening for Malton residents in 1968.
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The Internet has uniquely impacted regional sports networks, thanks to the reality of free distribution. Sports leagues will need to adapt.
Google’s results were even better than the rest of the industry, thanks to YouTube.
Disney’s tactics around ESPN+ are coming into line with streaming’s strategic opportunities; plus, Black Widow streaming numbers show how release windows are changing.
The European Super League is an interesting example of power in value chains; then, how streaming services determine artist payouts.
The upcoming renewal of NFL rights is a marker in what will be a decade of upheaval in TV.
NFTs are useful not simply because they are unique, but because they are an easy-to-understand way to understand the importance of blockchains.
Disney’s investor day showed the power of differentiated IP and optionality.
Microsoft and the NBA are announcing a new partnership; then, an interview NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
An interview with Ethan Sherwood Strauss about being a writer on the Internet, the problem with social media and the NBA, and his new book The Victory Machine
Some tips for working from home, then wondering what the lack of sports means for pay TV. Might the NBA come to the rescue?


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The launch date of iPad 3 is reportedly in February and the actual release of the device will come in March. As a result, is is being expected that Amazon’s Kindle Fire will have it’s sales affected greatly by the new Apple tablet. Amazon made some major sales during the holiday season. But as soon as the holiday season was over, Kindle Fire’s sales slowed. And now with a new iPad coming, the sales for Kindle Fire will slow down further. According to the estimates, Amazon’s Kindle Fire orders will fall from 6 million in Q4 2011 to 3 million in Q1 2012.
Amazon’s Kindle Fire did great business during the holiday season. Amazon claimed that it was selling one million Kindle tablets each week, though it didn’t tell exactly how many of these were Kindle Fire tablets and how many were the earlier e-readers released by Amazon. Some experts say that Amazon was able to snatch a net sale of about 2 million iPad 2 units from Apple. In a way, Kindle Fire was the only major contender to the mighty iPad by Apple.
During the last quarter of 2011, Amazon was able to sell about 6 million Kindle Fire units, thanks to the highly lucrative holiday season. However, immediately after the holidays, the Kindle Fire sales slowed down. And now as Apple gears up to release iPad 3, hopefully in early March, Kindle Fire’s sales will take another hit and slow down further. The estimates given by Amazon’s supply chain are that Amazon will take down the orders of Kindle Fire from 6 million quarterly sales to 3 million quarterly sales for the Q1 2012.
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Orga Systems and Meralco, a leading Asian energy supplier, are bringing the first smart grid solution to the Philippines. In an initial pilot scheme, 40,000 customers will be connected. Using Orga Systems’ OS.Energy as part of an end-to-end smart grid solution, Meralco provides smart metering innovations. OS.Energy offers a tiered prepaid electricity scheme based on a centralized real-time billing solution.
In order to keep its customers happy, ensure regulatory compliance and maximize its revenues, Meralco implements a new meter-to-cash solution. Using OS.Energy for its smart metering infrastructure enables Meralco to communicate with its customers in real time to notify and advise them of consumption, thresholds, and payment issues. It also offers tiered tariffs, including multilevel thresholds, and has the ability to remotely connect or disconnect customers.
“Orga Systems’ OS.Energy will play a crucial role in our smart grid initiative”, Meralco senior vice president and head of Customer Retail Services Alfredo S. Panlilio said. “We chose OS.Energy to offer real-time pricing and customer tailored prepaid energy tariffs, underlining our continued commitment to achieve improved customer service and satisfaction.”
As a part of Meralco’s Customer Satisfaction Strategy, Meralco researched its customers to see what service and solution would give them the best alternative to a standard postpaid bill. The company found that customers preferred to be billed as they would on their mobile phones, using the Filipino’s penchant for `tingi´ (per-piece-buying). The customers wanted the convenience they experienced with their phones and benefits they get from prepaid services usage.
OS.Energy is a future-proof system that’s scalable and puts the customer experience into the focus through real-time customer engagement.


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Brutally Savage Yet Hilarious ‘Brexit Stamps’ Are Cracking Up Twitter
By Yoon Sann Wong, 18 Jan 2018
Image by RJonesUX and featured with permission
The Royal Mail might’ve been eager to churn out a Game of Thrones-themed collection, but when it comes to creating a commemorative stamp to honor ‘Brexit’, it’s confirmed that there are no plans to publish such politically divisive stamps.
Well if The Royal Mail isn’t going to do it, The Poke most certainly will. The British satirical website recently invited its readers to submit their own designs for ‘#BrexitStamps’ to mark this “monumental moment in British history.”
While brutally savage, some of the best designs will definitely crack you up. Check them out below. Which is your favorite?
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Welcome to the January 2022 issue of Incognito, the monthly newsletter from DeleteMe that keeps you posted on all things privacy and security.
Here’s what we’re talking about this month:
If you know someone who might enjoy learning more about data privacy, feel free to forward them this newsletter.
If you’ve been following the news headlines, then this likely won’t come as a shock to you: 2021 was a cyber security (and consequently, privacy) nightmare.
Here are three important trends from last year:
1. We have entered a “golden era” of ransomware. Ransomware attacks went through the roof in 2021, with cybercriminal gangs turning ransomware into a multi-billion dollar business — think cybercrime gangs employing project managers and PR professionals, working 9 to 5, and taking the holidays off. Massive attacks on tech giants like Apple and Acer and critical infrastructures such as Colonial Pipeline, JBS, and the entire Irish Health Service (HSE) prove that no organization is safe. Ransomware is now “a serious national and global problem.”
2. Last year saw more data breaches than in 2020. By the end of September 2021, the number of recorded data breaches had already exceeded the total number of 2020 by a whopping 17%. This means that hundreds of millions of people have had their personal information exposed in 2021 (but many may not even realize they’ve been compromised).
3. Accessing people’s personal information has never been easier. According to our own research, the amount of online personally identifiable information available for the average individual has grown by 150% in the past 2 years. Not only are there more places to find this information online, but there are now also more data categories available about individuals than ever. So, whereas in the past, pretty much anyone could find out your “basic” information like your name, address, and phone number, today, they can also know who your spouse is and where you work, and even see your court and property records.
Facebook was busy. In 2021, the tech giant: 1) Released RayBan Stories, first-generation smart glasses that many experts have described as a “privacy nightmare”; 2) Rebranded itself to “Meta” to reflect its commitment to build a metaverse ecosystem, which sounds cool… until you look at the privacy implications that this would have on users everywhere; 3) Was fined $270 million by Irish authorities for lack of transparency on what WhatsApp, the messaging service it owns, does with the data it collects from its users.
Almost three-quarters of Americans are worried about their online privacy. However, apart from changing the occasional password, the vast majority are, weirdly enough, not willing to do anything about it.
Don’t get us wrong — changing passwords is important (more on that below). But there are a number of other precautions you should take to ensure you have a safe and privacy headache-free 2022:
Protect your accounts and devices
Secure your web browsing (and online shopping)
Safeguard your social media and email and remove your name off the web
Delete your name from common data broker sites (and do it often). Or, better yet, get a professional service to do it for you.
Our recent favorites to keep you up to date in today’s digital privacy landscape.
Found: The Most Serious Computer Vulnerability In Decades
A critical vulnerability in many versions of the Apache Log4j library, a ubiquitous Java logging tool, has been discovered. The vulnerability, dubbed “Log4j,” allows cybercriminals to access companies’ computer servers. By mid-December, there had been over a million hacking attempts, with almost 50% of corporate networks affected by the vulnerability.
Verizon Automatically Enrolls Customers Into a Data Collection Program
All Verizon users are automatically enrolled in the “Verizon Custom Experience” and “Custom Experience Plus” programs. Previously known simply as “Verizon Selects,” the programs track user data, like the sites they visit and their location. While Verizon does not share this data with third-party advertisers, it does share it with service providers who work with them and can use the data to personalize its offers to you (luckily, you can opt out).
DuckDuckGo Will Soon Have a Desktop Web Browser
DuckDuckDuckGo, the internet search engine that prioritizes searcher’s privacy, is now building a desktop browser that will come with “robust privacy protection” from the get-go. According to DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg, just like the DuckDuckGo mobile app currently, the browser will also have a “Fire” button that will let users delete their browsing history, tabs, and stored data instantaneously. The browser will also supposedly be significantly faster than Chrome.
Family Locator App Life360 Sells Precise User Location Data
The family location sharing app Life360, used most often by parents to track children, appears to have been selling user data to about a dozen data brokers. However, while this data is free of the most obvious identifying information, it is not aggregated, fuzzed-out, hashed, or otherwise obfuscated, meaning that anyone who buys this information can tie it back to individual users.
Here are some of the questions our readers asked us last month.
Q: I have a lot of recipe apps on my phone, are they OK to use?
A: Unfortunately, while recipe apps may look innocent enough, as the vast majority of apps, they also track your activity.
The nonprofit Mozilla Foundation recently conducted an investigation into how bad this tracking is. The answer? It’s pretty bad. Most popular recipe apps have been found to send personal data and behavioral data to third-party advertisers for the purpose of improving their marketing.
The data these apps collect frequently includes everything you do on the app, your location, and device information (the model and OS version but also things like screen brightness, battery level, and whether your phone is on charge or if your headphones are plugged in). In one app studied by Mozilla, an Amazon Ads tracker asked for user data as many as 36 times in just 2 minutes. In another app, a tracker constantly asked for information on how long users were looking at certain ads.
If the above hasn’t scared you off downloading recipe apps (or deleting them off your phone), at the very least, avoid Recipes Home, Allrecipes Dinner Spinner, and Food Network Kitchen. According to the report, these are the worst recipe apps for data collection and sharing. On the other hand, BBC Good Food is probably one of the least offensive recipe apps. Even though the app uses trackers, they don’t appear to be collecting that much personal information about users.
Q: What’s Netflix like for privacy?
A: It’s not the best. But it’s also not the worst, either.
Terms of Service; Didn’t Read, a community project that analyzes and grades the terms of service and privacy policies of popular services and sites, gives Netflix a rating of “C.”
Similarly, Common Sense Media, an advocacy group for families, gave Netflix a rating of 46%, meaning that the streaming service fails to meet the group’s privacy and security requirements. Interestingly, the only streaming service that passed the group’s requirements was Apple TV+.
Although Netflix says that it doesn’t sell users’ data, it does target them with ads. The company also says it might share user data with service providers and partners, which can include your internet provider or mobile phone carrier. It can also share data with third parties to run joint promotions and programs — and these third parties are responsible for their own privacy policies.
Scarily, Netflix seems to keep the data it collects about you for quite some time. For instance, in an article for Wired, journalist Kate O’Flaherty found that Netflix had information on her going back to 2015. What’s even more frightening is that, based on the data collected by Netflix, privacy consultant Rowenna Fielding was able to accurately guess O’Flaherty’s living circumstances (relationship status, income bracket, and values and cultural backgrounds).
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The Reserve Bank aims to increase daily CBDC transactions to 10 lakh by the end of the year, a significant increase from the current 10,000 transactions.
To achieve this goal, the central bank plans to utilise UPI QR codes, Times of India reported.
The e-Rupee was launched by RBI on 1 December last year for retail transactions on a pilot basis. Since then, around 13 lakh users have downloaded the CBDC wallet, and around 3 lakh merchants are now accepting CBDC payments.
However, the limited number of merchants accepting CBDC has hindered the growth of transactions.
While speaking at a conference organised by the Indian Banks' Association, RBI deputy governor T Rabi Sankar said that interoperability would enable any merchant accepting UPI payments to also accept CBDC.
He added that the this will eliminate concerns about the number of merchants onboarded.
As many as 13 banks that are authorised to deal with CBDC have achieved partial interoperability where QR codes can be scanned and linked to CBDC wallets if available, he said.
“Work is in progress to ensure full interoperability by the end of the month, allowing QR codes without linked CBDC accounts to redirect payments to bank accounts. The RBI also aims to encourage other banks to adopt interoperability,” the RBI deputy governor was quoted as saying by Times of India.
Sankar stated that the target of 10 lakh CBDC payments was not overly ambitious, considering that UPI transactions currently stand at 31 crore.
However, he acknowledged that it was a significant enough number to understand the implications.
The deputy governor said that CBDC does not compete with existing systems like UPI, so there will not be any incentives available for CBDC transactions.
He emphasised that the survival of any payment system depends on the value proposition it offers to users.
In addition, the deputy governor highlighted two use cases for digital currency: removing friction in cross-border transactions and programming the currency for specific purposes.
He also emphasised the need for a domestic digital currency to counter the stablecoin threat. Stablecoins are a type of cryptocurrency that are tied to the value of fiat currencies.
According to Sankar, various institutions, such as the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), are currently investigating the use of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to tackle issues related to the high costs and time-consuming nature of cross-border transactions.
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The drastic effects of COVID-19 on advertising spend also appear to be impacting political campaigns.
In a sharp departure from the last presidential election cycle, advertising spending by Senate campaigns dropped by more than half from Q1 to Q2.
The opposite happened in 2016, when Senate campaign spending increased to $31.5 million in Q2 from $19.5 million in Q1.
A similar trend is occurring in the race for president, where the Biden campaign’s advertising decreased from $35 million in Q1 to $9M in Q2.
After spending over $25 million on ads in the first three months of the year, second quarter ad spending among Senate campaigns dropped over 50% to just under $12 million.
On social platforms like Facebook the contrast is even more drastic, where the push to boycott advertising on the platform has resulted in a 64% decrease in Senate campaign advertising spend from Q1 to Q2.
In 2016, spending on ads by campaigns increased dramatically to $102 million in Q3 and $122 million in Q4.
If current trends continue, we may see campaign spending continue to drop further.


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Budget 2021: Urgent Government Supports Required with 11,600 Local Tourism Jobs at Risk
9th October 2020
On behalf of hotels and guesthouses in Kerry, representing some 106 businesses, I’m writing to alert you to the extraordinary and existential challenges facing our industry and the immediate sector-specific measures required to safeguard thousands of livelihoods supported by tourism and hospitality across the country including Kerry.
In recent days it has become clear that it is now ‘make or break’ time for Irish tourism with businesses facing an incredibly bleak seven months ahead.
Our industry is experiencing a disastrous collapse in business levels and now faces an imminent wave of further job losses – 100,000 tourism jobs have been lost across the country so far this year, and a further 100,000 jobs are now at immediate risk.
Already operating under severely challenging conditions, hotels and guesthouses have seen revenues wiped out as a result of Level 3 restrictions, which stop guests from travelling outside their county. Properties are effectively empty with no ability to generate revenues and facing enormous uncertainty. Many now have to make very stark choices about lay-offs and whether they can stay open for the remainder of the year given the inadequate supports available.
Prior to COVID-19, tourism businesses across Kerry supported 15,700 jobs and generated €592 million in revenues annually for the local economy. This year with local tourism struggling under immense financial difficulties, 11,600 tourism jobs (almost 75%) are at risk across Kerry. These jobs matter – not only to the people working within the industry but also to the wider economy, especially the many parts of regional Ireland where tourism is the only show in town.
Failure to act now would do irreparable damage to the long-term viability of our industry and our ability to act as an engine for growth throughout the entire country. A severely devastated tourism sector would be a major loss both nationally and locally to our economy and wider society for many years to come. This can and must be avoided.
Urgent and unprecedented intervention from the Government is now required to support tourism businesses and safeguard thousands of jobs throughout the sector. This must form a central plank of the upcoming Budget.
Four Urgent Government Supports Required in this Year’s Budget:
1. Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS) – if jobs are to be retained, the EWSS rates of support must be increased to the previous TWSS levels of €350/€410 per week for businesses that can demonstrate a 50% reduction in turnover for a 12-month period to 31 March 2021. The period for calculating the existing 30% reduction should also be extended on a similar basis. This would make it possible for employers to retain staff during the difficult winter/spring months ahead and to facilitate training and upskilling structures designed to allow employees get personal benefit from this challenging period and to help the industry prepare for post COVID-19 recovery opportunities. Payments should be made on a weekly basis to assist with cashflow. The scheme should be continued until the impact of COVID-19 restrictions has fully abated.
2. Reduction in Tourism VAT to 9% – permanent restoration to 9% to assist recovery and secure a viable and sustainable future for tourism. Reducing VAT will not only provide a stimulus in the Irish economy but also improve our competitiveness as an international tourism destination. VAT on Irish Hotels is currently the second highest in Europe and higher than 30 European Countries.
3. Liquidity Measures – Additional liquidity measures are required to help fund hotels during the coming months as a result of the cash flow lost out due to COVID-19 restrictions, including an extension of the moratorium on bank term loans from six months to 12 months.
4. Local Authority Rates Waiver – The waiver period should be extended for tourism businesses to coincide with business interruption due to COVID-19 and for a minimum of 12 months. After that, payment of local authority rates should be based on reduced levels of activity due to the crisis and until the industry has recovered.
Last year tourism generated €9.2bn in revenues for the Irish economy, supporting 270,000 livelihoods throughout the country and contributing over €2bn in taxes to the exchequer. It offers enormous potential for recovery and return to growth over the coming years, playing an important role in restoring employment and regional balance to the economy.
Everything possible must therefore be done to put tourism on a more stable footing, similar to the last financial crisis, when tourism created some 90,000 new jobs throughout the country – demonstrating our industry’s ability to rebound given the right supports and policy priority. Nothing short of an emergency intervention is now required from the Government in the form of additional sector-specific measures as outlined above. These measures, if implemented immediately, will go a long way to ensure the survival and long-term financial stability of many tourism businesses.
On behalf of hoteliers in Kerry and our local tourism community, I would urge you and your colleagues to support our call for the Government to safeguard Irish tourism – our largest indigenous industry – by prioritising these measures urgently. A failure to support this vital industry now will have ramifications for the future of Ireland’s tourism offering and for the economy that could take decades to remedy.
Bernadette Randles, Chair, Kerry Branch Irish Hotels Federation


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MUMBAI: The market expects automobile sales to have recovered further in September.
In the run-up to the festival season, original equipment manufacturers are restocking inventory at the dealers’ end. Channel checks show that among vehicle categories, inventory build-up is relatively better for two wheelers, passenger vehicles, and tractors. On the other hand, commercial vehicles and three-wheelers are likely to remain the laggards.
“Our interaction with leading industry channel partners indicates two-wheeler inventory has reached 30–45 days on the expectation that sales momentum would continue into the festive season and passenger vehicles inventory would sustain at a comfortable level of 20–30 days. Inquiries were encouraging and better than last year,” Motilal Oswal Securities Ltd said in a report on 30 September.
The broking house expects wholesales in September to grow on a year-on-year basis for all segments barring medium and heavy commercial vehicles (M&HCV). It said, low starting inventory, a low base, and normalising production, would support growth. Two wheelers’ wholesale volume is seen growing at 10% y-o-y and 23% y-o-y for passenger vehicles, added the report.
As per Nirmal Bang Securities Pvt. Ltd, discounts were offered in some markets to push sales ahead of the festive season where it is considered inauspicious to buy vehicles in certain periods in the year. Higher wholesale demand from festival-centric southern markets helped offset lower retail sales in the northern and western markets, it said in a report on 30 September.
Meanwhile, increased preference for personal mobility would aid growth in retail sales of two-wheelers and passenger vehicles. For now, wholesale volumes growth would save the day for the automobile sector. However, the trajectory of retail sales after the festive season is key to get a clearer picture of demand.
“YoY trends could be a bit subdued in the next 2-3 weeks given the timing of festivals, and the pick-up in retail demand from mid-October would be key,” said analyst at Jefferies India.
Among companies, analysts expect Maruti Suzuki Ltd and Hero Moto Corp to post double-digit volume growth in September. Maruti’s high concentration towards entry-level cars and large distribution network gives it an edge over peers. Similarly, strong demand for Hero’s entry-level bikes would boost its sales, analysts said. Normal rains and good rabi harvest are among the factors which would keep demand for tractors upbeat. This bodes well for Mahindra & Mahindra and Escorts Ltd, they said.
As for other segments, the demand for commercial vehicles is likely to remain muted due to excess capacity with transporters. The pain for three-wheeler sales is expected to continue. Channel checks show falling incomes of drivers has made financers cautious of disbursing new loans to them.


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India’s total mobile data traffic is estimated to increase from 18 exabyte per month in 2022, to 58 exabyte per month in 2028, growing at a CAGR of 22%. Continuous infrastructure development is needed to meet the rising demand for reliable and high speed connections. The percentage of mobile subscriptions that include a phone is expected to rise from 76% in 2021. The number of 4G subscriptions is predicted to decline by 500 million by the end of the century.
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Survey reveals 5 year olds consume their body weight in sugar every year
5th January 2016 11:37 - Food
New figures from a Government survey have revealed that 5 year old children are consuming their own weight in sugar every year – that’s approximately 3.5 stone!
According to the figures, 5 year olds are consuming an average of 22kgs of sugar per year, which are three times the suggested level. Experts have consequently warned that children are heading for an obesity crisis.
The Government survey explored the eating habits of 3,400 youngsters aged between 4 and 10 years.
The survey findings were revealed as supermarket chains have announced their plans to support new legislation to reduce sugar by 50 per cent, a U-turn after months of fighting the proposals. The legislation would require significant changes to the portion sizes and recipes of popular food.
Items which are to be included in the changes include: cakes, biscuits, fruit pies, pastries, chocolate bars, sweets, dairy desserts, yoghurt, sugary drinks, cereals and table sugar.
A spokesperson for the British Retail Consortium - which speaks on behalf of supermarkets – Andrew Opie, said:
"We believe we'll make the most progress by having targets for reducing sugar from those categories contributing the most to excessive consumption by children, as part of a wider reduction strategy.
“To be effective, they need to apply to all food companies, which is why they need to be mandatory … It means we see change across the board and those companies that are more progressive in removing sugar are not penalised."
The UK Government is set to publish its new obesity strategy by the end of January, following accusations from obesity campaigners that it has not sufficiently addressed the epidemic.
According to statistics, 1 in 5 UK children aged 5, and 1 in 3 aged 11, are classed as overweight or obese. Although the levels of obesity are not on the rise, they are some of the worst in Europe.
Chief Nutritionist for Public Health England– the Government agency who are responsible to combatting obsesity - Dr Alison Tedstone, said of the issue:
"Children are having too much sugar, three times the maximum recommended amount.
"This can lead to painful tooth decay, weight gain and obesity, which can also affect children's well-being as they are more likely to be bullied, have low self-esteem and miss school.
"Children aged five shouldn't have more than 19 grams of sugar per day - that's five cubes, but it's very easy to have more."
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The brewing conditions of beer impact taste, so it goes without saying that beer brewed on the moon will, quite literally, be out of this world. And while a batch of beer has yet to be made on the moon, things could change if a group of engineering students from UC San Diego have their way.
As part of a competition, students from UCSD's Jacobs School of Engineering have created a unique contraption: a vessel that will brew beer on the moon. The idea is to see how yeast acts on the moon — a valuable addition to understanding how to develop yeast-containing foods outside of Earth — but a delicious byproduct will be a batch of beer.
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When developer Robert Eves started sketching out plans for a half-dozen commercial condos in Morgan Hill in 2002, it was more of a whim than a business venture.
After all, Eves' Larkspur-based Venture Corp. had been a big-time developer for 26 years and had built the biggest office park in Silicon Valley, the 317-acre Morgan Hills Business Park, a project with 3 million square feet of office space, 250,000 square feet of retail and hundreds of apartments. It seemed unlikely that a few 1,000- to 4,000-square-foot for-sale office suites would make much of an impact on the bottom line.
But that was before Eves started talking to small business owners.
"The response was so positive, we had companies that said, 'I've been renting for 17 years and I don't even get a Christmas card from my landlord -- all I get is notices that the rent is going up at the end of the lease,'" said Eves.
Five years and $1 billion in construction later, office condos are the focus of Eves' business. Venture has now completed 53 projects totaling 3.6 million square feet, scattered across California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington and New Mexico. Las Vegas has seven Venture Commerce Centers alone. The latest 31-condo project in Dublin is 77 percent sold out before construction has started, according to Eves.
"We haven't had time to launch marketing in Dublin. We don't have a brochure yet. It's been all word of mouth," he said.
The secret to the Venture Commerce Centers is affordability and privacy, Eves said. Venture Commerce Centers are two-story office buildings with complete finishes, private, dedicated parking and private restrooms. Most feature two-story offices on the front and an unusually high 21-foot-clear-height "flex area" with roll-up doors in back, commonly used for additional offices, research and development, warehousing, distribution, light manufacturing or high-tech operations.
"You don't share anything, you have your own door and your own sign above the door," he said.
Venture spends an average of about $160 a square foot on construction, with another $50 to $100 on land and soft costs, depending on the location. The commerce centers range in price from $250 to $300 a square foot and the slightly more upscale professional centers range from $300 to $450. The average size is about 2,200 square feet and average price about $675,000. Eves said the firm aims for a 15 percent margin on each project.
The key is to build in areas where land is reasonably priced. This means that Venture has not done any projects in pricey Marin, San Francisco or the Peninsula, but has gone to Alameda, Hercules, Napa, Milpitas, Newark, Fremont, Antioch, Fairfield and south San Jose.
Eves said he was not surprised that an effort failed to convert the Adam Grant building at 114 Sansome St. in downtown San Francisco to commercial condos.
"I don't see an opportunity in any desirable location in San Francisco. The land is simply too costly," he said.
Eves said the condos have been "so well received in every market we just keep building more." Architecture firm Ware Malcomb designs nearly all the centers and Lusardi Construction Co. is general contractor.
"We've developed a team and system and we try to implement it over and over and over again," said Eves. "It's resonated with small firms ready to say goodbye to their landlords."
Kulwinder Singh, owner of Teg Microtechnology, an independent distributor of electronic components and integrated circuits, said he leased for 16 years before he bought a commercial condo in Fremont. He paid about $700,000 for the 3,300-square-foot property and figures it's appreciated to about $1.1 million. He said also saves about $30,000 a year in rent and is building up equity for retirement.
"For 16 years, I paid rent and didn't make a cent," he said. "This is a fantastic set-up. It's easy to own. Everybody just does their own thing. It's just a very nice environment."
Warren Carter, senior managing partner of Qualifind, a recruiting business, bought several units outside of San Diego in April of 2006 and combined them. He said the mortgage payments don't represent a big savings over rent. But he paid $280 a square foot for the property and figures it's now worth $370 a square foot.
"This is some of the last developable land in the area. There are 400,000 people living around here, it's very close to Mexico and there is no room to grow," he said. "I think it comes down to location."
Eves said the demand for the office condos is about more than saving money.
"It's the pride of ownership. It's that human desire to own and have control over your real estate," said Eves.
Venture's success has spurned a number of competitors into the commercial condo niche, including the San Francisco-based Schmidt Property Group, which has a project in Hayward, and North Carolina-based Zapolski + Rudd, which is building an 80,000-square-foot commercial condo development in Napa. Zapolski + Rudd Asset Manager Matt Brasler said they are charging $100 a square foot more than Venture and aiming for a more professional buyer rather than the small distribution company or general contractor looking for a combination of flex/warehouse space and office that Venture's properties appeal to.
"It's the same idea but a totally different product," said Brasler. "We're going very high-end and we're not having any push-back on price."


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The fan-focused, censorship-resistant Web3 entertainment platform is ready to go mainstream with ExMarket’s market-leading crypto crowdfunding services on July 20th
FrontFanz, a censorship-resistant Web3 content-sharing platform that connects content creators with fans and monetization opportunities, has partnered with ExMarkets, the market-leading crypto crowdfunding platform, to conduct its token sale via an Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) on July 20th, 2022.
ExMarkets is a new generation crypto exchange that has quickly become the go-to IEO launchpad for the most promising crypto projects. ExMarkets provides launchpad, token listing, and market-making services with unmatched efficiency, affordability, reliability, and global reach to new and rapidly-growing crypto-based projects of all types.
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FrontFanz, which recently came out of stealth mode, has quickly established itself as a fair, transparent, and fan-focused platform that allows content creators to create, share, and monetize their content without the fear of censorship, chargebacks or deplatforming. It is a highly promising venture that was founded by Rosey Sin and Stacey Carlaa, two well-known and respected figures in the social media and content creation spaces. Their successful track records as content creators have helped them sign over 400 new content creators who generate approx. $48 million annually and reach over 32 million users across social media.
While the social media and content creator movements continue to gain widespread acceptance and adoption, many influencers continue to face an uphill task when it comes to sharing and monetizing their content online. From strict content guidelines and complex payment processing procedures to chargebacks and other inefficiencies, too many influencers are sidelined by what is an otherwise lucrative market that everyone should be able to participate in fairly, easily, and transparently.
Regarding the IEO and the FrontFanz platform, Founder & CEO Rosey Sin said: “FrontFanz is the first truly censorship-resistant content creation and sharing platform. Our creators can freely monetize their content and express themselves without the restrictions that have long been placed on creators on centralized, platform-focused solutions. We are creator-focused – the way it should be – and we are confident in our model and the expertise of ExMarkets to bring our platform to new users all around the world.”
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Ms. Sin said that creators recognize that they leave a considerable amount of money on the table with traditional content-sharing platforms due to chargebacks, unfair transaction fees, and revenue splits. With the arrival of FrontFanz and the upcoming IEO, the FrontFanz team is eager to change the status quo and is excited about the next stages of the platform’s growth.
Co-Founder Stacey Carlaa commented on the IEO as well and said: “FrontFanz is built entirely as a Web3 content service. With zero censorship and effective content creation, monetization, and fan engagement tools, we’re changing the standard of high fees, difficult payment processes, and restricted access.”
Ms. Carlaa continued to say that although the content creation industry has undergone unmatched growth over the last few years, there is still work to be done and creators and users should still demand better services.” From reducing upload speeds and creating communities to lowering costs and bringing the fun back to all players, Ms. Carlaa says that FrontFanz is redefining best-in-class sharing and content creation for creators and fans alike.
While the concept of a decentralized content streaming service is not new, getting the user experience right and getting the right critical mass of content creators has been the main obstacle for many aspiring platforms launched in this space. Now with hundreds of creators buying into the FrontFanz mission and community spirit – including influencers Missbkreutz, Sonia Amat, Swedish Bella, Ana Espinola, Dalila Ortega, Andrew England, Ruby Alexia, Crystal Foster, Alenee Aisha, and Jade Filomena, all of whom are joining FrontFanz as official brand ambassadors to help support FrontFanz’s growth and have a combined 32+ million social media followers and generate over $48 million in annual subscription fees – FrontFanz looks poised for bigger and brighter things post-IEO.
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By Joo Kyung-don
SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- Samsung Group heir apparent Lee Jae-yong was granted a respite Friday in a legal battle over his alleged role in a controversial merger and fraudulent accounting, as an independent panel of experts concluded that prosecutors should not indict him.
However, Samsung is still cautious as Lee's legal battle is not over.
After hours of discussion, the panel, made up of civil activists, legal experts and others, concurred that the investigation into Lee unwarranted, giving a breather to Samsung and its de facto leader.
"We respect the decision from the committee," Lee's lawyers said in a release. "We thank the committee for giving Lee and Samsung a chance to focus on their business activities and overcome the current crisis."
Early this month, a few days ahead of a court ruling over his detention, Lee, vice chairman at Samsung Electronics Co., requested the panel review whether prosecutors' investigation is fair, seeking public support for the high-stake legal battle.
The independent panel was introduced two years ago to enhance neutrality and fairness of prosecutors' probes into cases that are of great public interest. In a nutshell, the panel was created to rein in prosecutors' powers.
The panel's decision is not legally binding, but if history is any guide, its recommendation has been convincing enough to affect prosecutors' probes. Since the introduction of the scheme, the panel has issued recommendations in eight cases, and the prosecution has followed all of them.
Prosecutors suspect that Lee and the group's top management were involved in a calibrated scheme to intentionally lower the value of Samsung C&T Corp. prior to its merger with Cheil Industries Inc. in 2015, so as to facilitate Lee's managerial succession from his ailing father, Lee Kun-hee.
Prosecutors sought an arrest warrant for Lee, but their request was denied by the Seoul Central District Court on June 9.
Samsung has been strongly denying such allegations, saying Lee was not involved in any decision-making process regarding the 2015 merger, and there was no stock price manipulation or unfair trading.
Even though Lee avoided detention and the panel ruled in favor of his side, Samsung is not in celebration mode as uncertainties surrounding the heir apparent remain.
Though the committee's conclusion could weigh on the decision process, prosecutors could still indict Lee. Samsung hopes the prosecution follow predecents set by the panel's advisory.
In addition, Lee is still dealing with a bribery case that put him behind bars a couple years ago.
Lee was imprisoned for about a year in 2017 for bribing a confidant of former President Park Geun-hye in return for her administration's support for the 2015 merger. He was released in February 2018 after his sentence was suspended by an appeals court, but the Supreme Court last year ordered a retrial.
Despite ongoing legal battles, Lee has been active in taking care of Samsung's business to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic and renewed tensions between the United States and China.
He recently visited Samsung Electronics' chip R&D center and home appliance business unit in South Korea to check their future strategies.
Lee also met with Hyundai Motor Group heir Chung Euisun last month to discuss possible cooperation in the electric vehicle (EV) business as the group's affiliate Samsung SDI Co. produces EV batteries.
Lee has been especially focusing on Samsung's chip business since he got out of jail in 2018.
In April last year, Samsung Electronics, the group's crown jewel, announced a vision to become the world's No. 1 logic chip maker by 2030 by investing 133 trillion won (US$111 billion) and bolstering its competitiveness in the system LSI and foundry businesses.
Samsung Electronics, the world's leading memory chip and smartphone maker, recently announced the addition of new foundry and NAND flash production facilities in South Korea.
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On March 12, 2019, one of the world’s leading diversified technology and innovation company 3M announced the opening of a brand new 3M design center in Shanghai, China. This is the fifth Global Design Center to be opened by 3M, following its headquarters in Minnesota , USA, with other branches in Italy, Japan and India. The 3M China Design Center will provide local customers with a variety of solutions, with a unique Chinese perspective into the 3M global innovation ecosystem.
“It’s exciting to be able to expand the influence of the 3M design center around the world. The establishment of the 3M China Design Center will further promote cooperation and stimulate creativity, which is of paramount importance for the successful development of 3M in China. Eric Quint, 3M Global Vice President and Chief Design Officer, said: “through cross-domain innovation and collaboration between colleagues, customers and partners, we have access to relevant and meaningful solutions and strategic platforms to maximize value and help 3M stand out from the competition in the marketplace.”
3M China has always been committed to developing innovative technologies and products that meet the needs of local consumers, and has focused on developing local innovations. “3M has been present in the Chinese market for more than 30 years. With advanced technology, the brand has brought a wide range of innovative solutions to the Chinese market, actively promoting China’s economic and social development. “We believe in the power of design to innovate,” Stephen Shafer, president of 3M Greater China, said. The newly established 3M China Design Center allows us to be closer to our customers and in the future to demonstrate innovative, personalized and sustainable solutions to better serve the local market. ”
The establishment of the 3M China Design Center has further expanded the global influence of 3M design. As 3M continues to apply technology in creative ways around the world, design will help turn insights into solutions that promote innovation and bring meaningful branding experiences to people’s daily lives.


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If there’s one thing that A$AP Rocky has a thing for (outside of Rihanna of course), it’s having a good idea of who to collaborate with and the rapper gave hints of a new project in the works with one of the world’s premier automotive brands.
On Tuesday (March 15th), the “Fashion Killa” rapper shared a clip to his Instagram account which showed the logo of his creative brand AWGE decked out in chrome. The AWGE collective includes A$AP Ferg and A$AP Nast as well as Playboi Carti and Smooky Margielaa. The clip also showed several pieces of clothing that bore the AWGE logo and the iconic insignia of Mercedes-Benz. The caption read: “HISTORY IN DA MAKINGMERCEDES BENZ X AWGE DROPPING A$AP!!!” The clip would be deleted, but the official AWGE account on Instagram confirmed the collaboration with the caption reading “AWGE x mercedesbenz soon”. The Mercedes-Benz account responded with a heart emoji in the comments to that post.
Mercedes-Benz has been making inroads into the world of unique fashion collaborations, most recently giving the late Virgil Abloh freedom to create a few one-off designs which included the Project MAYBACH off-roader concept that was revealed last year. In addition to being a leading sponsor of various fashion show events, they also partnered with Heron-Preston in 2021 to have their airbags reconfigured to become one-of-a-kind trousers and jackets.
While the news might come as a surprise to some observers in the fashion and Hip-Hop worlds intrigued, there have been signs of it being a possibility in the past. In 2017, A$AP was a star in the German automotive company’s campaign for the release of the Mercedes CLA Coupe. In 2018, the rapper had a couple of vintage Mercedes automobiles on display in his video for “Gunz N Butter”, and most recently he was out and about with Rihanna at the Off-White show at Paris Fashion Week sporting a leather bomber jacket and trousers that had the Mercedes-Benz logo embossed on them.
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Regulatory Clarity For Crypto: Coinbase & IEX Discuss New Partnership
In a move that could shake up the crypto industry, publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is in talks with Katsuyama, the Chairman of the stock exchange IEX, to create a federally approved digital asset marketplace, a report from Fox Business says. The discussions could pave the way for an exchange that receives an explicit blessing from Wall Street’s top cop, Gary Gensler.
The Initial Proposal with FTX
Katsuyama has been seeking an approved exchange even after his partnership with the founder of FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, was scrapped following the latter’s indictment and the bankruptcy filing of FTX. Meetings took place between Bankman-Fried, Katsuyama, and SEC officials before FTX’s collapse. The FTX bankruptcy has been described as one of the biggest frauds in crypto history.
Coinbase: A New Partnership for a Regulated Exchange
The partnership between Katsuyama and Coinbase has not been reported previously, but sources with direct knowledge of the matter informed Fox Business of the talks. The potential deal could have significant implications for the digital asset market, as Coinbase is one of the largest and most recognizable crypto exchanges globally.
Like many crypto businesses, Coinbase has had a difficult year, losing $2.625 billion in the long-running bear market of 2022. Regulatory pressure and higher interest rates led to significant declines in digital assets, which resulted in a nearly $2 trillion reduction in the global crypto industry’s value. The FTX bankruptcy added to the industry’s woes, further damaging the now $1 trillion crypto market.
The creation of a federally regulated digital asset marketplace could provide the much-needed regulatory clarity and stability the crypto industry needs. Currently, the regulatory environment for digital assets is murky, and the lack of clear guidelines has led to a high degree of uncertainty for market participants.


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In just over a week, the largest boat show in the world
will host the largest Princess Showcase ever in North America!
The ships have all arrived, the fleet is heading south, and construction is already underway with the 2014 Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show set to open next Thursday, October 30th and continuing through Monday, November 3rd.
This year’s show will feature the largest display of Princess yachts ever in North America…a great lead-in event to 2015 when we will celebrate 20 years of our unique partnership with Princess Yachts International!
Our showcase will include eleven of our most popular Princess models from across the range of Flybridge, V Class, and S Class yachts. Highlighting the display will be the new Princess 43 making her North American Premiere. We will also have the latest information available on the flagship M Class yachts, including further developments on the Princess 35M and 30M.
Click the image below for a look at the latest addition to the Princess Flybridge Range:
In addition to the Princess 43, we are pleased to display the fantastic Princess 60 that has been newly refined for the 2015 model year to include expanded flybridge and main deck salon seating.
Also highlighting the display will be the magnificent 82 Motor Yacht, which will be specially decorated for the show with accessories from the stunning FENDI Casa collection.
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In addition, we are pleased to announce that the striking S72 will be shown for the first time in this venue since her World Premiere this past February in Miami.
Rounding out the fleet will be the Princess V39, V48, V52, Princess 52, Princess 56, V62-S, and 72 Motor Yacht.
We look forward to welcoming you aboard!
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BioShock Infinite To Incorporate Move Controls
We never expected BioShock Infinite to incorporate motion controls -- and neither did Irrational's creative director Ken Levine. However, after admitting his skepticism during Sony's press conference, Levine announced that Sony's motion controller has won him over and will be featured in the developer's upcoming shooter.
Levine didn't announce any specifics about how Move will be utilized in BioShock Infinite, saying that the studio is just starting to wrap their head around the controller's capabilities. However, it sounds like it won't be a simple gimmick, which is what Levine originally criticized the motion controller for. Sony responded by calling him up and asking for a chance to "make him a believer," which is where the eventual partnership came from. Given the creativity Irrational has exhibited in the BioShock series, we're interested to see what the developer comes up with. Levine also hinted that the developer has another game in the works for the NGP, but didn't give any hints as to what the game might be.
As an added bonus, Sony revealed that BioShock Infinite will also include BioShock 1, thanks to the system's Blu-Ray capabilities.


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Google adds stronger encryption for some Gmail users, in beta
Slowly inching toward E2EE
Google has added client-side encryption for some email customers, allowing enterprise and education Gmail users to send and receive encrypted messages.
The service encrypts email messages in the client's browser before they are transmitted or stored in Google Cloud. It allows Gmail customers — not the cloud provider — to retain control over encryption keys, thus ensuring Google servers can't access the keys or decrypt customer data in the body of the email or delivered as an attachment.
However, it's off by default, so it remains to be seen how many admins and users will turn on the data privacy service.
It's also worth noting that this is not end-to-end encryption (E2EE). With E2EE, data is encrypted on the sender's device and decrypted only by the intended recipient's device, thus preventing anyone other than the two (or more) people involved in the private conversation from accessing its contents.
Additionally, with E2EE, encryption keys are generated on the sender and receivers' devices, which means the administrator doesn't have control over the keys or visibility into what content has been encrypted.
Client-side encryption, on the other hand, gives the admin more access. Like E2EE, encryption and decryption only occur on the sender and receiver's devices — the clients' browsers, in this case. But as Google explained in a support document:
"With CSE, clients use encryption keys that are generated and stored in a cloud-based key management service, so you can control the keys and who has access to them. For example, you can revoke a user's access to keys, even if that user generated them. Also, with CSE, you can monitor users' encrypted files."
While it's not full E2EE, and limited to a select group of Gmail customers, security professionals welcomed the move.
"To be clear, this service is very limited and partial. But limited and partial is a lot better than the historical trend," cryptography guru Matthew Green tweeted. "I think once the ball really gets rolling, we will see a lot more of these features."
Google Workspace Enterprise Plus, Education Plus, and Education Standard customers can apply for the beta until January 20. E2EE is not available to Google Workspace Essentials, Business Starter, Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Education Fundamentals, Frontline, Nonprofits, legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers, or users with personal Google accounts.
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Google already made client-side encryption available for Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet and Google Calendar (beta).
The search and cloud giant has also taken steps to expand E2EE. Google Messages added support in late 2020, and Group messages got E2EE earlier this year. Google Chat, however, is not end-to-end encrypted.
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Who’s the largest specialist in car audio buying power? If you allow for collective buying power, the Mobile Electronics Specialists of America, MESA, buying/marketing group has almost double the buying power of some of the top 12 volt chains.
MESA says its 135 members together bring in $278 million in sales. Members commit 65 percent of their buying revenue to MESA vendors; so by our math, the group has at least $186.5 million in collective buying power. Over the years, the group has become well-oiled enough so that vendors can bring in a deal and push it quickly into stores. In that way, MESA is starting to win deals that the big guns like Best Buy, Car Toys, and Crutchfield might get.
Earlier this year, MESA members were able to sell a closed out AV deck with CarPlay from Pioneer at $399, which, at the time, set a new price floor for a CarPlay deck.
Executive Director Ryan Gunter doesn’t want to discuss specific deals but he acknowledges, ‘As we continue to grow and expand our efficiency in getting our members to market those specials, vendors are approaching us more readily’, he said. “Yes, we can get those specials to our members very quickly with buy in and sell through.”
He added, “We’re definitely working on some cool stuff for Q4, but I don’t want to tip my hand.”
MESA may be poised to grow again as early as 2018 when a new membership level may open up. Currently, retailers must bring in revenues of at least $800K to join, but a new level would allow members with lower sales that would be closer to $500K.
“We definitely have been talking about that next level since we want to help as many retailers as we can without overlapping territories. A Silver level is on our radar, maybe as soon as 2018 to start looking at doing it,” Gunter said. Gold members post sales of $800K to $1.8 million and Platinum members post sales of $1.8 million and above.
This January, one member, Sound Depot & Performance, Gainesville, FL jumped from Gold to Platinum.
If taken collectively, MESA members have also become a key force in advertising car audio products on a national scale. Gunter estimates that many members have doubled their ad spending since becoming members. But he would allow only that the group is responsible for “millions in 12 volt advertising spending.”
This year, MESA will offer for each sale period, (such as tax refund, Dads and Grads, Black Friday) video footage for use on Facebook, YouTube, etc. This is in addition to the digital art and email blasts offered in the past, as well as TV ad footage. A goal at the annual MESA Summit in September this year will be to streamline advertising material to make it easier for members to market to consumers.
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She announced this when the trailer for "The Summer I Turned Pretty" was released. The show will be on Amazon and is based on Jenny Han's book series. Han has also written, "To All the Boys I've Loved Before."
The trailer shows "This Love (Taylor's Version)." Taylor Swift took to Instagram and thanked Jenny Han for the debut of her next album on Thursday. She stated that she was so proud of the song. Swift has been in the process of re-recording her initial five albums because Scooter Braun purchased and even sold the masters recordings. She is doing this to gain ownership of her own catalog. The five albums are "Taylor Swift," "Fearless," "Speak Now," " Red," and "1989."
So, does it mean that 1989 is her next album that will release again? Fans have been waiting for the better part of one year for her releasing 1989 (Taylor's Version). However, Taylor Swift has not made any announcement yet.
She recently made 1989 merchandise available on her website. Does this entail that the album is due to release soon? No one knows, but she also has her "Speak Now" merchandise up for sale, which is still scheduled for re-recoding.
It is not new that Taylor has released her album's merchandise as she did last summer. Fans thought that she would release 1989 first. Instead, she released "RED."
She announced that she would be dropping her next re-recording album, "RED", but dropped "Wildest Dreams" instead. She has used TikTok to promote her songs many times and encouraged her fans to use "Wildest Dreams" audio to promote her album.
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Hotels Want Ogoh-Ogoh
DENPASAR ~ Even though Bali’s Hindu New Year, Nyepi, is set to be extra-quiet this year due to a ban on ogoh-ogoh parades, many hotels are planning to go ahead with the tradition to appease guests, an official said.
“We have received many orders from hotels for ogoh-ogoh, which cost around Rp3.5 million (US$290) per effigy,” head of Sanggar Seni Gases, an arts organization in Denpasar that makes the giant and fearsome-looking creatures, Jero Mankgu Candra said.
However, he said the orders were mostly for smaller, lightweight ogoh-ogoh compared to the ones traditionally used in villages.
“Tourists are really excited to see the ogoh-ogoh parades, which only happen once a year, so hotels are keen to give them this experience,” he said.
He said most of the orders we for effigies of buta kala, Hindu bad spirits, but they would be made vivid and funny.
Authorities in many areas of Bali have banned normally raucous ogoh-ogoh parades this year due to fears of clashes between rival villages ahead of parliamentary elections next month.
Nyepi, the Hindu Day of Silence, when all activity ceases in Bali for 24 hours, falls on March 26 this year.Filed under: The Island


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CNET member Nate650 shares with us his thoughts on why BlackBerry is well-positioned to rebound.
A new report suggests internal worries following Facebook's tumultuous IPO last year were just a little out of control.
In a taped deposition shown in antitrust court Friday, Apple's late CEO argued that record label contracts and security holes were the company's primary concern.
With a format tailor-made for one-liners, Twitter has become the world's biggest stand-up comedy club. TV comedy writers and an original "SNL" cast member tell Crave why the tweet's the thing.
Place your bets, folks. Which of these phablets will reign supreme in the battle of design, usability and productivity?
After being called an "arrogant" and "jerkish" company that doesn't respect privacy, the ride-sharing service aims to show it's a "positive member of the community."
The Korean electronics giant countersues Nvidia, and drags Nvidia customer Velocity Micro into the fight.
President Obama calls for tighter rules from the FCC -- leaving a little bit of wiggle room -- in an effort to preserve a "free and open Internet."
The Korean electronics giant has been making a big push in California over the past couple years. CNET lays out its successes -- and what it still needs to do.
Twitter is trying to diversify its revenue sources beyond advertising, and one way is to license its data to businesses that might find it useful -- like deep-fryer makers.