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It’s set to be twice the size of The Dubai Mall
We might have one of the world’s biggest malls right here on our doorstep, but an ever bigger shopping complex is now in the works.
Dubbed the Dubai Square, it will be spread across three levels and include both indoor and outdoor shopping areas. Developers behind the project sought inspiration from some leading shopping destinations in the world, including London’s Oxford Street, LA’s Beverly Hills and Paris’ Champs-Elysees.
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At 8 million square feet spanning streets, piazzas and avenues, it will be the equivalent of more than 100 football pitches and will be twice the size of The Dubai Mall.
Dubai Square is positioning itself as the ‘mall of the future’, targeting digital-savvy customers. Ideas in the pipe line include interactive mirrors, which will allow you to order pay via the dressing room.
There’ll be a dedicated luxury avenue as well as an Ice Adventure Park and is set to be home to the Middle East’s largest Chinatown. No biggie.
Dubai Square will be handily located near Dubai Creek Tower, the world’s next tallest tower which is currently under construction. Visitors will be able to access the landmark via an underground extension that’ll connect the mall with Dubai Creek Tower.
The AED 10 billion development is tipped to out do every mall in the world, including the three biggest shopping centres on the planet: the New South China Mall, SM Tianjin and Golden Resources Mall, all found in China.
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Mobile internet subscribers on Zimbabwe's three mobile networks rose to over 2 million by the end of August this year, according to the Posts and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (POTRAZ).
POTRAZ said there were 2.16 million mobile internet subscribers on Econet's network while those connected through Telecel Zimbabwe numbered 59,694.
The smaller operator Netone, which is owned by the government, had 11,873 subscribers accessing the internet through its network.
The POTRAZ report shows that about 2.2 million Zimbabweans in total are accessing the internet through mobile devices, out of a total population of about 13 million.
Almost 10 million Zimbabweans are expected to own and use mobile phones by the end of this year, up from 8,5 million recorded last year, as the country's technological revolution forges ahead.
Mobile voice penetration is expected to grow to 79% by year-end. Despite the investments being made by government and the private sector in the country's Information Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure, Zimbabwe still facing challenges in data and voice areas, evidenced by congestion and slow connectivity.
The internet penetration rate though is still below international levels of 26,6% but above the regional average of 11% and continues to steadily improve and is estimated to reach 19% by end of 2012.
The use of internet to carry voice, technically referred to as VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) telephony, is forcing traditional telecommunications companies all over the world to remodel and reshape their business strategies.
The rapid increase in mobile phone deployment in Zimbabwe has created business opportunities for small and medium-scale entrepreneurs in the country.

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Among other things, blockchain will help future generations of digital creators to monetize their activities by giving them more opportunities to sell their unique content.
“I believe we are quite far from the moment when blockchain is applied in the real world in a meaningful way.” This is how Emiliyan Enev, CEO and co-founder of ReCheck, opened his keynote presentation at September’s BlackSeaChain 2022 event. ReCheck is one of Europe’s pioneer companies in the field of decentralized technology development. It creates and implements practical blockchain solutions that impact the physical realm.
Enev began his presentation titled “Blockchain and the Real World – Where Will They Meet?” by summarizing his observations on the industry’s current state. “For many people, blockchain is just this speculation and this desire to make quick money,” he said. In Enev’s words, there are few meaningful blockchain solutions at present. The goal is to prove that blockchain’s philosophical aspects can interact with the real world, Enev elaborated. The blockchain entrepreneur then explained the importance of catalysts that would speed up the practical adoption of decentralized technologies.
One of the highlights of Enev’s presentation was the idea of Web 2.5. “Before Web 3.0, we need Web 2.5. Blockchain should be integrated, embedded, and interwoven into existing systems, platforms, and websites. Blockchain will be just one layer of trust, of ownership, of security,” he explained. In his words, without this step, the transition to blockchain adoption in the real world would be impossible.
Enev pointed out the “Connect Wallet” button as a real game changer. In his words, the button will get integrated into more websites in the next five to ten years. The ability to authenticate oneself will trigger blockchain adoption in a very simple way, Enev stated. “Here, the user experience is very important. You just go to the website, click ‘Connect Wallet,’ maybe scan a QR or use a plug-in extension in the browser with a MetaMask, and you are walked in.” Then you can access exclusive perks, he elaborated.
Enev also talked about the European Digital Identity Wallet and the importance of blockchain in driving forward the idea of interoperability and portability of one’s data. He also stressed the tendency for NFTs to become a standard for digital ownership of physical and virtual belongings. NFTs will also be applied for real-world business assets like invoices, contracts, etc., Enev explained. “We will see very interesting monetization scenarios around this,” he added.
The keynote speaker added that NFTs would also be used for digital rights management. He spoke about cryptocurrency becoming a standard for crowdfunding and crowd-investing, too. Blockchain can act as a layer for added transparency, security, and accountability, Enev explained. In his words, blockchain ensures more ways to protect one’s voting power and interest in crowd projects and initiatives.
The blockchain entrepreneur also said that the digital creator economy has been exploding in the past few years. Today’s creators are generating massive amounts of content and uploading them on digital platforms. “It is an issue because they get a small return for the quality content they provide. And you can see the numbers – it is quite a big industry, actually,” Enev explained.
“Digital creators, maybe our children, will be able to really monetize their creativity. So this is a thing that inspires me a lot. You will no longer be forced to work a job you don’t like or stay at the office. You have more opportunity to sell your personality, to sell your talent, and the content, and the art that you create.” Enev wrapped up the topic by briefly mentioning the launch of his company’s new product, Nifty Folder, which was born out of his inspiration to apply these ideas in practice.
Passports of physical objects, such as cars and houses, can also benefit from implementing decentralized technology in real life. “Here we are speaking about trusted history,” Enev stated. In his words, the ability to record and verify important asset information will increase the asset’s price. Tokengating and NFTs will drive “the next era of loyalty,” Enev added. They will allow loyal users to unlock new loyalty levels to receive exclusive perks. The entrepreneur also spoke about the Metaverse and moving high-value 3D objects to the digital realm.
Enev concluded his presentation by stressing the importance of composability in connecting decentralized technology and the real world. “This possibility to find synergy and network effects among all the objects, among all these smart contracts on the blockchain, will be the real game-changer,” he said.
About BlackSeaChain 2022
BlackSeaChain took place on September 1-2 in Golden Sands, Bulgaria. The conference aimed to bring together blockchain tech, business projects, and professionals for a shared educational and networking experience. The event included workshops, keynotes, and networking opportunities to address the new blockchain trends and exchange ideas and know-how.
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In a bid to defuse the escalating diplomatic tension between India and Canada, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged India's growing economic significance on the world stage and stressed upon the importance of Canada and its allies continuing to engage with India “constructively and seriously”.
In a startling turn of events, venture capital funding for Indian startups witnessed a drastic decline, plunging by a staggering 71.5 percent from USD 17.1 billion to a mere USD 4.9 billion during the period of January to August 2023, in comparison to the same timeframe in the previous year.
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) and the All India Mobile Retailers Association (AIMRA) have jointly taken a firm stance against the iconic actor, Amitabh Bachchan. Their grievance stems from his involvement in a misleading advertisement sponsored by Flipkart. The advertisement in question has drawn immense criticism for casting unwarranted aspersions on the capabilities of Indian traders, an act deemed highly reprehensible by CAIT and AIMRA.
In the ever-evolving landscape of Indian startups, one name has risen to prominence, capturing the attention of professionals and investors alike. Zepto, a dynamic e-commerce platform, has not only transformed into a unicorn but has also emerged as the top startup in India in terms of professionals' preferred workplace.
There are numerous ideas floating around for starting a startup, but securing the necessary funds to bring those ideas to life can be a formidable challenge. For entrepreneurs, funding is the lifeblood of their ventures, and without it, even the most brilliant concepts remain mere aspirations.
Many of us have grown up watching our beloved superhero and the sassy Avenger, Ironman, with his AI assistant named Jarvis, helping him perform numerous tasks. At some point in time, we've all wished for something similar. We've all fantasized about having our own AI assistant that caters to our every whim. With the advancements we are witnessing in AI, that dream may not be too far away. ChatGPT, the most revered chatbot nowadays, has become even more dynamic with its latest upgrades. Let's delve into the new features rolled out by OpenAI and discover who can benefit from them.
Have you ever wondered what sparks innovation? What drives those who dare to dream differently? The Open Innovator is poised to answer these questions and more. Produced by The Open Innovator and TICE Studio as part of the TICE Partnership Programme, the show's launch is an electrifying event featuring Naman Kothari, a seasoned veteran of the startup ecosystem with over a decade of invaluable experience.
Launching a thriving startup needs more than just a brilliant concept, it demands substantial funding. Typically, this capital comes from either loans (debt financing) or the sale of ownership stakes (equity financing). While loans attract entrepreneurs who wish to retain control, and go for debt financing.
Procter & Gamble (P&G) India, a leading player in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector, has made a substantial commitment to propel the supply chain industry into the future. The company has announced a Rs 300 crore ‘P&G Supply Chain Catalyst Fund’ aiming to team up with third-party firms and startups.
The decisions made by Venture Capitalists (VCs) can be the difference between a company's success and failure. Venture capitalists are tasked with making investment decisions that will not only yield substantial returns but also contribute to the growth and innovation of the startup ecosystem. This article explores the intricate process of how venture capitalists decide to invest in or exit startups.
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The Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) says it is impossible to continue the sale of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) at N145.
Speaking yesterday in Abuja, the Vice President of IPMAN, Abubakar Shettima, said members of the association now buy products at ex-depot price of about N162.00 instead of the official price of N133.28 per litre.
Shettima said marketers, who have paid the NNPC for products are running at a loss daily because products were not delivered to them.
He debunked allegation by the NNPC that marketers were diverting products, insisting no marketer under the association would divert product when they are unable to meet demand from their stations.
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Pay-per-gaze Eye Tracking – Google’s Future Advertisement?
>By Oleg Nazarov
Google wants to see what you see. And then, of course, make money from those images.
The company was recently awarded a patent that puts forth an idea for pay-per-gaze advertising — a way in which people interacting with ads in the real world could be analyzed in the digital world.
In the patent, which was filed in May 2011 and granted last week, Google claims that “a head-mounted gaze tracking device” — presumably Google Glass — would send images and the direction the person wearing the device was looking to a server. The system would then identify real-world ads that the person wearing the gadget had seen, allowing Google to then charge the advertiser.
“Pay-per-gaze advertising need not be limited to online advertisements, but rather can be extended to conventional advertisement media including billboards, magazines, newspapers and other forms of conventional print media,” states the patent, which was discovered by Fast Company.
As Google notes in the filing, advertisers can be charged a fee based on whether a person looks directly at an ad in the real world, and the fee can change based on how long they interact with the ad.
Eye-tracking ads are not unprecedented. Companies including Umoove, Tobii Technology and Cube26 already offer technology to track eye movements, gestures and even emotional responses to advertising.
Google also said in a statement that it did not plan to actually build products based on the eye-tracking patent in the immediate future.
“We hold patents on a variety of ideas,” the company said. “Some of those ideas later mature into real products or services, some don’t. Prospective product announcements should not necessarily be inferred from our patents.”
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New 2022 Ford F-150 EV, Release Date, Review – The particular all-new 2022 Ford F-150 EV is definitely reported to be beneath prep. Glowing blue Oblong production has proved the presence of brand new vegetation in which the entirely electric-powered van will probably be generated. An F-150 pickup truck has become the brand’s very best-marketing
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Dear PES Parents,
The newsletter can be found here: PES Parent Panther Newsletter.
This newsletter has several pieces of important information for upcoming events. This information will also be posted on our website blog and Facebook page. Important information this week includes: Updated quarantine procedures for COVID-19 in all CCPS schools, Halloween Plans for PES, Red Ribbon Week details for theme days, PES Spirit Wear for sale, our upcoming Dia de Muertos celebration at PES, make-up picture day on November 10th, and our online bookfair – which continues as an online and student only in-person book fair the first week of November.
We also have reposts of the Viral Social Media Challenges affecting our schools, screening for student wellness before sending to school, as well as reposts of information for the tutoring and food services being offered to students currently in quarantine.
Please see below on PES’s plans for Red Ribbon Week themes and Halloween on 10/29/21 – which is also a half-day of school!
PES Spirit Wear Shop shop is open until 11/15/21! Be sure to visit and see all of our styles for students and adults.
Our online bookfair has begun! Mrs. Blackmon will be sending home information with all students soon, and the newsletter has information on how you order books for your student today!
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Tourism authorities and businesses on Phu Quoc, a resort island off the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, are planning to reduce the cost of services as the island finally has access to cheaper electricity.
Le Minh Hoang, director of Kien Giang’s Department Culture, Sports and Tourism, told Thoi bao Kinh te Saigon (Saigon Times) Online on Monday that his agency will meet with tourism businesses to decrease the fees of accommodation and other services this first quarter.
The new prices will be applied in the second quarter, he said, without revealing how big the reductions will be.
Many travel companies said room rates on the island are currently some 30 percent higher than those of other destinations.
According to Hoang, tourism services on Phu Quoc are expensive because businesses have had to pay more for electricity and water.
Before being connected to the national electricity grid on February 2, the island relied on its sole thermal electric power plant, and regularly faced severe shortages of power.
Since electricity prices are cheaper now, service prices will have to be adjusted to attract tourists, the official said.
He also said that with the latest improvement in power, work is being started on several big tourism projects at the island.
In an interview with the newspaper last year, Hoang said that due to the lack of infrastructure and the current economic situation, only 23 out of 170 new tourism and hotel projects got underway
Most of the launched projects were small and medium-sized hotels with less than 160 rooms, while new hotels of 1,000 rooms have been delayed until 2015, he said.
He expected that Phu Quoc will continue facing a shortage of hotels over the next few years.
The island received more than 548,000 tourists in the first ten months of last year, up 27.8 percent year on year, according to the Kien Giang Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism website.
Around 16.3 percent of the tourists were foreigners.
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The world of cars and high-tech are closing in on each other with every passing day. The latest edition from the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show (also called IAA) attests to this. While I was at the event, I took the opportunity to speak with BMW Senior Vice President of Autonomous Vehicles, Elmar Frickenstein. I took the opportunity to discuss the future of cars, and the introduction of autonomous cars into the market.
A completely autonomous car by 2021
For BMW, the self-driving car is the future. This doesn’t come as any surprise though, as the German manufacturer has already begun digitally revolutionizing its vehicles, making them more connected, which is the obvious prerequisite for the self-driving car. "We aren’t made to sit in traffic jams” explained Elmar Frickenstein, demonstrating the benefits of the autonomous car. "By 2021, BMW will be able to offer cars with 3, 4 and 5 levels of autonomy."
To explain these levels of autonomy: autonomy level 5 corresponds to a completely autonomous vehicle where everything is automatic. For those who aren’t aware of it, or who aren’t familiar with this scale of autonomous driving, level 1 has already been in place for a while. Level 1 is the level at which the machine controls certain things, like loss of trajectory (ESP). Level 2 is a more recent improvement with a few additional driving aids. Level 3 is gradually making its way onto the market, allowing the driver to release the steering wheel for short periods, and under defined conditions. Levels 4 and 5 are therefore the next steps for BMW’s autonomous cars, aimed at incorporating autonomous driving with other collective concepts like car-sharing, which is what customers are increasingly looking for.
“Our studies show that US users want an autonomous car to have an additional work space, while Asian users want a space for entertainment. Fortunately, from a technical point of view, the approach is the same, which is why we’ll be able to offer a solution that will suit all markets” Elmar Frickenstein assures.
Artificial intelligence, the most important challenge for autonomous cars
Given that 2021 is just around the corner, BMW has already started the revolution to achieve its objective. In addition to its new way of working in-house, which is closer to the world of startups, the German manufacturer has teamed up with the American computer group Intel, which is capable of offering a versatile design, as well as the Israeli company Mobileye, who specialize in artificial vision. As a result, BMW has already launched its first fleet of 40 autonomous vehicles onto the road in 2017, and will gradually increase that number over the next few years (200 within two years).
What’s the objective? Recover as much data as possible to analyze and improve the artificial intelligence of their vehicles, and as the BMW Senior Vice President of Autonomous Driving reminded me, "our most important challenge is artificial intelligence, and its ability to learn”.
Our most important challenge is artificial intelligence, and its ability to learn
BMW's fleet of autonomous cars therefore provides a lot of data, which is useful for machine learning and artificial intelligence. To date, BMW's autonomous vehicle research has accumulated 60 petabytes (or 60 million gigabytes) of data, and therefore (with the help of Intel) has had to build its own data center in Munich, Germany to store all the information. The manufacturer keeps the data private and won’t share it with any third parties. "When a customer purchases an autonomous car, they agree to a separate contract to share their data with BMW, but this data will remain private, anonymous and will never be shared”.
Still an operational regulation in 2021?
If BMW stands by its statement of wanting to market its first level 5 vehicle by 2021, there are still two major challenges for the manufacturer to truly establish the autonomous car. The first is to reassure certain users who are wary of handing over full control of their vehicle to a machine. On this point, Elmar Frickenstein is quite optimistic: “People’s trust relies on the safety of the autonomous car. Our internal tests show that the first ten minutes may worry some people, but after an hour of driving, users are quickly used to the new system”.
As to the second challenge, this is about whether infrastructure and legislation will be ready by then. BMW is already working on it and appears to be very positive. "We aren’t alone, we work with many partners and manufacturers. For example, we’re already having legal discussions with governments for our tests”. Finally, the other argument put forward by Frickenstein that could speed things up is the decrease of accidents thanks to autonomous cars.
It remains to be seen whether this optimism will be short-lived or not in the coming years, and if various car manufacturers will seek to build alliances to share the high costs associated with developing these autonomous vehicles, which according to the Frost & Sullivan society, should represent 10% to 15% of car models circulating in Europe by 2030.
Do you believe in the launch of autonomous cars? What, in your opinion, are the obstacles in its development? Share your thoughts in the comments below!


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Telecoms and transactions ghana's ﬁnancial services are set for further standardisation of the mobile money market
aving realised the huge volume of cash transactions handled by the country's four out of six telecom service providers MTN, Tigo, Airtel and Vodafone - through their mobile money services, ARB Apex Bank, which is run by Bank of Ghana (BoG), has moved in to set guidelines for their operations. According to Apex Bank, the number of mobile money transactions grew from 30m in 2012 to 106m by December 2014. The values were GH¢171mn (US$43.48mn) in 2012, GH¢2.4bn in 2013 and GH¢11.6bn in 2014. MTN premiered mobile money services in 2009, initially oﬀering services such as money transfer and airtime top-up, and now has 4.8mn registered customers, 19,500 merchants handling 18.5mn transactions. New ways of working With the new guidelines, both the number and value of transactions are set to multiply as analysts believe they will facilitate the expansion of financial services to millions of unbanked citizens and help capture financial transactions within the informal sector. One of the major diﬀerences between the old and new guidelines is that mobile operators will require a license to become dedicated emoney issuers (DEMIs). They will own and manage the electronic money business using retail outlets and agents, extend coverage of their services and be supervised by the BoG. The 'E-money Issuers Guidelines' and 'Agent Guidelines' is therefore meant to create an enabling regulatory environment for convenient, eﬃcient and safe non-cash retail payments and transfer of funds. The new guidelines, developed with key stakeholders including the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications (mobile operators), the banks, payment service providers and other prospective electronic money issuers gave the telcos engaged in the mobile money service up to six months to establish a separate business entity to handle these services. The guidelines, which became eﬀective in July 2015, stipulate, "Nonbanks that have previously been oﬀering mobile financial services in partnership with banks must apply within six months of the coming into eﬀect of these guidelines, for a license in order to conform to the new framework." An objective for these guidelines, according to the central bank, is to "ensure that electronic money is only provided by (a) financial institutions regulated under the Banking Act, 2004 (Act 673); or (b) duly licenced non-bank entities which are engaged solely in the business of e-money and activities related or incidental to the business of e-money, and which are regulated and supervised by the Bank of Ghana." The e-money issuers, the central bank said, promote the availability and acceptance of electronic money as a retail payment medium with the potential to increase financial inclusion, and specify necessary safeguards and controls to mitigate the risks associated with emoney business and ensure consumer protection.
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The guidelines further categorised customer e-money accounts into various groups which define their maximum daily and monthly transactions and also stipulated an aggregate limit on cash-out and outbound payments. However, the transaction limits can be amended where applicable as the bank itself pointed that, "For very large companies where even these limits would be overly restrictive, an approval to supersede these limits may be granted...on a case by case basis upon receipt of application from the EMI justifying the need, proposing a revised set of limits, and providing business information supporting the proposal," the guidelines stipulate. The central bank however cautioned that, if approved, EMIs are strictly obliged to ensure the revised limits for each merchant are continuously adhered to. "If the Bank of Ghana perceives that this privilege is being abused, it will prescribe rectifying action for the EMI and may ultimately revoke the privilege," the central bank warned. Clarity amongst the competition According to the chief executive oﬃcer of the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Mr Kwaku Sakyi-Addo, one consequence of these guidelines is that mobile money services would receive a major boost in the near future from integration and interoperability of the various mobile money platforms, allowing transactions between networks. Speaking at a dialogue on mobile financial services he said in the wake of the issuance of the guidelines for mobile financial services, and in light of the promise shown by the sector, the industry would consider making this feature available in the future. "In the last few years, in the absence of clear guidelines from the central bank and considering that mobile financial services were just taking oﬀ, the mobile operators were essentially focusing on growing their customer base but now that there is a bit more clarity with the emoney issuer and agent guidelines, I think that we are going to see in the coming months and years, this bottleneck addressed," the CEO said. There are currently four players in the sector - MTN, Tigo, Airtel and Vodafone. The service in Ghana however lags behind countries like Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya due to the lack of interoperability and other challenges. However, Peter Zetterli, a financial sector specialist at the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), who is the country lead for Ghana on financial inclusion, believes that forcing interoperability too early could stifle the sector because telecom companies will have no incentive to make the investments necessary to lay the foundation, and the mobile financial services sector would be better served allowing telecom companies the freedom to invest and reap the benefits as they do. ■ Kafui Gale-Zoyiku www.africanreview.com


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ERATH COUNTY – With stimulus payments on the way, many of us are anxiously waiting to see the check in the mail or the payment in our accounts. However, many reports are saying we could be waiting a while with payments coming as late as mid-May and others are reporting payments already on the way.
According to information received Wednesday morning, The Flash can verify some Erath County residents are already receiving their payments.
Now, you don’t have to wait to know when you’ll get your money. The IRS has launched a new website allowing Americans to track the status of their economic stimulus checks!
Taxpayers can check the status of their payment, confirm how you want to be paid (direct deposit or check via mail) and to enter their bank account information for deposit purposes at https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/get-my-payment
If you don’t file taxes for whatever reason, but are still expecting a stimulus payment, there is also an IRS portal to provide you with information at https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/non-filers-enter-payment-info-here
According to a release from the national Treasury Department, “more than 80 million Americans should expect to receive their payment in their bank accounts on Wednesday (April 15). A large majority of eligible American can expect the payment within the next two weeks of the first round of payments.”
The department began issuing the one-time stimulus payments this week. Most adults (those who earned up to $75,000 a year) will see a $1,200 payment and parents will get additional payments of $500 per child. How the payment comes is dependent upon how you’ve filed and received tax returns in the past.


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More and more, it seems American designers can be divided into two camps: those who would dress the Trump women and those who won't. Count Zac Posen among the latter. Though, unlike some of the designers who have spoken out, Posen has dressed both Melania and Ivanka Trump and mingled with the Trump family in the past. Notably, Ivanka chose to wear a red Zac Posen gown to the 2015 White House Correspondents' Dinner, while Melania sat front row at his show in 2004.
Posen, however, would prefer to keep his brand out of the current political muck. In a new interview with the Daily Beast, he said he has “no current plans to dress members of the first family. Right now, I’m staying away from bringing my brand into politics."
"There are issues that are being questioned that are fundamentally upsetting to me—deeply: LGBT rights, immigration, funding for the arts, Planned Parenthood, and women’s rights," the designer continued. "These are just issues that are very close to my heart, and I use my own private voice and funds to fight for them and in support of them. I think it’s important to use your voice. I think that every brand and person has a right to be vocal."
Posen also pointed out that he can't "dictate who buys my clothing in a store.” Which means it's still possible that one of the Trump women could step out in one of his designs; he or his brand just wouldn't be actively involved.
That's what happened to Michael Kors last week when the First Lady wore one of his bedazzled skirt suits to attend President Donald Trump's speech before a joint session of congress.
Kors, a Hillary Clinton supporter during the election, quickly responded in smooth fashion by pointing out that his brand did not loan nor do custom work on the outfit, insinuating that Mrs. Trump either already had it in her closet or bought it through normal channels. "Mrs. Trump has been a longtime client at our New York boutique," he said. "She has a keen understanding of what works best for her and her lifestyle.”
Typically, the first family does pay for most of their clothes out of pocket. In some cases, the First Lady can accept a custom dress as a gift, though she doesn't get to keep it. Those gowns become property of the government and are stored in the National Archive.
In any event, neither Trump women have been seen in any of the designers who have specifically said they wouldn't dress them. In addition to Posen, that list now includes Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs, Phillip Lim and Sophie Theallet.
For his part, Posen said that navigating politics can be a difficult task for designers. While he noted that "everybody has a political responsibility," he also told the Beast that, “You can’t market or commercialize feminism as an entity. One has to be careful. I aim to be about powerful women in my clothing."
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According to Precedence Research, the global generative AI market size will be valued at USD 10.79 in 2022 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 27.02% from 2023 to 2032, reaching around USD 118.06 by 2032.
LOS ANGELES, May 15, 2023 (Globe Newswire) — World Generative AI market This is primarily driven by significant growth in the information technology (IT) sector and increasing use of AI-integrated systems across multiple industries to improve productivity and agility. Additionally, the media and entertainment industry is using AI for intelligent processing of low-resolution images and videos, driving market expansion.
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Generative AI describes artificial intelligence algorithms that can generate novel and plausible content from existing content such as audio files, text, and images. In other words, computers will be able to abstract the underlying patterns associated with their inputs and apply them to generate similar content.
component Global Generative AI Market Outlook
The market is divided into software and services based on components. In 2022, software will capture the highest revenue share and is expected to continue this trend during the forecast period. The field is driven by overestimation of capabilities, increased fraud, unintended consequences, and growing awareness of data privacy and security. For example, in August 2022, a data breach occurred at Plex, a media-his server app used by millions, that compromised encrypted personal customer data, including passwords, usernames and emails. it was done.
State of the Technology in the Global Generative AI Market
Variational autoencoders, GANs, diffusion networks, and transformers are the most widely used generative AI technologies. Transformers is the highest-grossing film as of 2022. The growth of this segment is driven by the increasing popularity of transformer applications such as Text-to-Image, which converts textual content into images.
Diffusion networks, on the other hand, are expected to experience the fastest growth rate during the forecast period. Image generation is essential for many industries such as BFSI, healthcare, automotive and transportation, media and entertainment, and defense to meet the growing demand for image synthesis. Because these areas offer high value to the business. For example, DALL-E is a transformer that can read text input and convert it to an image.
End User Situation in Global Generative AI Market
Media & Entertainment, Automotive & Transportation, Business & Financial Services, Healthcare, IT & Telecommunications are the most notable end-users of generative AI. The media and entertainment sector will generate the most revenue in 2022 and is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast period. Demand for generative AI is expected to grow as the use of generative AI for creating enhanced advertising campaigns in the media and entertainment sector increases.
BFSI is expected to experience the fastest growth during the forecast period. The growing use of AI and ML in the financial services sector for fraud prevention, data security, and meeting the changing needs of diverse stakeholders is contributing to the growth of the sector’s market. It is considered
Regional Status in the Global Generative AI Market
North America will lead the global generative AI market in 2022 and is expected to continue that trend during the forecast period, owing to increasing adoption of pseudo-imagination and increasing numbers of bank frauds. In addition, prominent market players such as Google LLC, Meta (Facebook), Microsoft, and other leading technology companies and experts are expected to drive the growth of the North American generative AI market.
Asia Pacific is expected to expand at the fastest CAGR during the forecast period. Expanding government AI initiatives in Asia-Pacific and increasing adoption of AI applications in healthcare are driving the growth of generative AI in the region.
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Generative AI shortens R&D cycles in industries ranging from healthcare to product development. Generative AI can create videos and other new types of creative content. Businesses can use generative AI to increase customer retention and generate new leads. Companies like Insilico Medicine and Amgen are using generative AI to design proteins for pharmaceuticals, helping reduce the time it takes to bring new products to market.
Improved image quality
Low-resolution videos or images are upscaled to higher resolutions using a class of machine learning techniques called super-resolution. Companies like Netflix and Prime Video produce almost all their content in 4K and set quality standards. For example, the Amazon Fire TV features 75% more power, best-in-class Wi-Fi, Alexa support, and 4K Ultra HD. Most 4K Ultra HD movies are available on Amazon Fire TV, his most affordable 4K Ultra HD streaming media device.
Front face view generation and face emoji
Generative AI creates frontal photos from photos taken from different angles for use in facial recognition or identification systems. Convert real photos into emojis and avatars. Young pictures can also be used to predict the aging of a person.
Adobe plans to incorporate generative AI into its video and graphic design applications. Microsoft harnesses the power of generative models by leveraging its own cloud infrastructure, exclusive access to OpenAI’s technology, and a large marketplace for workplace and creativity tools.
Constraints in the Generative AI Market: Data Breach
Generative AI relies heavily on deep neural networks such as generative adversarial networks. Fundamental machine learning models that are still very useful for business applications such as fraud detection, information security, and recommender systems are often ignored. This increased the chances of a data breach. For example, the CEO of his Drizly, an alcohol delivery service, was responsible for a security flaw that exposed the personal information of about 2.5 million customers. The US Federal Trade Commission will take the unusual step of imposing individual sanctions on Drizly for data privacy breaches.
Market Opportunity: Early Detection of Disease
Generative modeling enables unbiased understanding of reinforcement machine learning models. Generative AI in healthcare enables early detection of potential harm and adverse effects and the development of effective treatments. For example, generative adversarial networks (GANs) compute different angles of X-ray images to visualize tumor growth.
Generative AI market challenges:
Generative AI faces two challenges: data and creativity. Generative AI requires large amounts of data to learn the characteristics of the artifacts it is trying to create. This information can be difficult to obtain, especially for rare or unique objects.
In December 2020, SolarWinds became a leading US company providing IT software to 33,000 customers, including large enterprises and government agencies. A hacker introduced malicious code into one of his systems in his company’s software and distributed it to all customers during regular system updates.
On top of that, generative AI needs to be creative in order to generate new and innovative ideas. This creativity can be challenging and requires human intervention to produce viable results.
In January 2021, OpenAI, best known for its next-generation GPT-2 AI system, released Jukebox. This music-generating neural network generates music samples in multiple genres and styles, including forged lyrics jointly written by the system and AI researchers.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Market – The global AI market is valued at USD 119.78 billion in 2022 and is projected to surpass USD 1.59103 trillion by 2030, at a CAGR of 38.1% from 2022 to 2030.
Artificial Intelligence as a Service Market – The global AI as a service market is estimated at USD 4.7 billion in 2021 and is expected to expand beyond USD 92 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 39.16% from 2022 to 2030.
Enterprise AI market – The enterprise AI market is valued at USD 16.81 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow to over USD 102.9 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 47.16% from 2022 to 2030.
Key developments in the generative AI market
In November 2020, Autodesk completed its acquisition of Spacemaker, a provider of urban design platforms for AI and generative design.
In October 2022, Dave Rogenmoser, CEO of AI content platform Jasper, raised $125 million in funding for IN Generative AI.
In December 2022, SellScale used generative AI to create better marketing emails.
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s,” said P. Udayakumar, director of planning and marketing of the National Small Industries Corporation Ltd, a government of India enterprise.
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A fresh perspective on GDPR
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Source: CIR Magazine
New statistics show businesses across the UK are being targeted by cyber criminals every day and the scale and size of the threat is growing. The government’s latest study of cyber preparedness among UK companies suggests that nearly seven in ten large businesses identified a breach or attack in the past year, and puts the average cost to large businesses of all breaches over the period at £20,000 and in some cases millions. The Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2017 also shows businesses holding electronic personal data on customers were much more likely to suffer cyber breaches than those that do not (51% compared with 37%) – figures that may serve to crystallise thoughts and preparatory work for new EU General Data Protection Regulation.
With the deadline for implementation just one year away, reports suggest that a very good number of businesses – a poll of polls conducted at CIR Towers suggests about half – will not be ready in time for GDPR. But while half may not be ready for the new EU regulation, there are reports that suggest other businesses may even have over-prepared following guidance released by the ICO and others, which may have caused more concern than assistance – particularly among marketers. According to research from the Direct Marketing Association, marketers worry that the interpretation of GDPR laws will be overly strict. Just over half (54%) of businesses polled by the DMA say they are on course or ahead of their plans to be ready for GDPR by May 2018, down from 68% in February, with a further quarter of companies (24%) yet to even start a GDPR plan. CEO of the DMA Group, Chris Combemale, says that despite high levels of awareness, the number of businesses that believe they will be ready in time has dropped to just over half. “Recent announcements and guidance from the ICO have caused much concern, that the interpretation of the laws is overly strict, penalising the companies most committed to best practice, honesty and transparency,” he insists. “What the industry needs is balanced and fair guidance from the ICO and Article 28 Working Party. With just 12 months to prepare we need this guidance urgently…”
Looking at it from another perspective may help get things moving. Instead of allowing the prospect of GDPR to loom over the company as an obligation, try to view it instead as a positive opportunity to maximise the value of data and streamline processes. As Sungard Availability Services’s Rogelio Aguilar, points out: “Businesses should approach the next year, until the GDPR deadline, as a great opportunity to drive increased value. The GDPR is designed to better facilitate business across the largest digital market – whether that’s keeping the door open for organisations to do business with the 440 million people within the EU to maximising the value of data whilst also protecting it. A correct GDPR implementation will help businesses manage data privacy risk, implement good record management practices, streamline business processes, increase resilience as well as benefit from cost savings and ultimately a more competitive market position. To take advantage of these opportunities and mitigate risk, senior management must champion GDPR as a strategic initiative.”Tweet


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Estonian real estate developer Hillar Teder is finding himself target of claims that his business in Ukraine has not been above board, writes Äripäev.
The claims against Teder who is one of the businessmen who built up the O’KEY retail chain in Ukraine and Russia originate from the Ukraine Suppliers’ Association that a week ago published an article in proximanews.net under the headline “Adventures of an Estonian fraud in Ukraine.”
In the article, the association claims that the failed business of O’KEY hypermarkets in Ukraine may create a scandal in Europe, says that Teder is a fraud and responsible for bankrupting hundreds of Ukraine companies.
According to the article, Teder was responsible for the fact that when O’KEY closed its hypermarkets in Ukraine in 2009 because of the economic crisis and huge losses, the company still owes money to hundreds of suppliers, employees and the local tax authority.
The article’s authors claim that O’KEY owed Ukraine companies over 10 million euros plus 0.8 million euros to the tax authority.
Aleksei Dorochenko, the editor-in-chief of proximanews.net, has also set up a local association of companies that have become victim of Teder.
In 2010 he visited also Estonia to collect information about Teder’s activities.
Commenting the claims, Teder said that these were journalistic exaggerations.
“Of course, there are many things taking place in Ukraine, but this is true for most countries in the world. Ukraine is a good country that has nice people and where the state support businesses and tries to attract investors.”


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She’s part trend-spotter, part marketing strategist. Most of all, Stacy DeBroff understands what it’s like to be a working mom.
It’s a combination of characteristics that has allowed DeBroff to establish a niche in the field of mother-focused marketing: In recent years, she has expanded her business from serving as an online parenting resource for moms — the still-active momcentral.com, which was launched in 2000 — to a full-scale consulting business working with companies that have major consumer brands, with a particular expertise in the social media space. Known as Mom Central Consulting, the firm’s objective, quite simply, is to help companies better market to moms.
“Our sweet spot is ‘influencer marketing,’ ” said DeBroff, 51. “How do you find the brand advocates that you love the most and have the most influence within the consumer group or platform in which you’re trying to create sales?”
Sometimes the client engagements — which can include brand ambassador programs, blog campaigns, and viral marketing programs — last a month, other times a year.
“They’ve been absolutely great at helping me identify the conversations that are happening amongst moms, and what role we as a company can play in those conversations,” said Monica Teague, senior manager of public relations and brand experience at Whirlpool Corp. in Michigan, with whom Mom Central has partnered on a couple of “mommy blogger” campaigns that used real moms as brand advocates for the company. “For us, it’s given insights into what (the moms) really liked about our products (and) even maybe what was a pain point.”
The company works with some 300 clients a year — among them Johnson & Johnson, Kraft, and Procter & Gamble. Mom Central, which DeBroff said is profitable, grew its revenue to $5.4 million in 2012 from $3.5 million in 2011. The company employs 31 staffers, including at its Newton headquarters and at offices in New York, Chicago, Washington and Toronto.
Prior to entering the mom consulting space, DeBroff — who has a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and was a practicing attorney for a time — served as founder and director of the Office of Public Interest Advising at Harvard Law School from 1990 to 1999. Among the women she advised there, “the work-family dilemma was foremost on their minds,” she said.
It was a balancing act that DeBroff herself had struggled with: At the time, she had two young children (they are 20 and 18 today) and a husband whose own career in the high-tech industry was heating up. She eventually left her Harvard job, wrote several books on parenting and became a national spokesperson for several consumer brands. Simultaneously, she launched momcentral.com. The site, which today averages over 20,000 unique visitors each month, remains an active editorial site, but does not generate revenue.
The expansion into a full consulting business came about as DeBroff’s children grew older, and her work as a corporate spokesperson began attracting more attention from big companies that “really needed to understand how to speak to a mom audience,” she said.
DeBroff officially launched Mom Central Consulting in early 2008, and she funded the company herself. “I wound up bootstrapping it financially during a recessionary economy rather than relying on investors,” she said. “This path worked for me, but it also added a whole new element of risk.”
The business has since evolved to include the Mom Central Canada and Dad Central Consulting divisions. Meanwhile, the realization that the company also needed personnel on the ground to meet with clients in certain key geographic areas has led to the opening of offices in New York, Chicago, and Washington.
DeBroff said the mom consulting space is fiercely competitive, and potential rivals include large PR firms, such as Ogilvy and Weber Shandwick. However, Mom Central often partners with such firms on specific projects.
“For me, it’s really sort of fun to be in over your head at times: Where is business coming in from tomorrow? How is the market going to shift?” DeBroff said. “But, overall, I think I’ve built a formula that allows me to embrace risk without having to feel everything’s riding on it.”
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Hyundai seems to be working on a sportier version of the Venue, i.e. the N-Line variant.
Hyundai unveiled its all-new Venue compact SUV for India as well as for international markets at the 2019 New York International Auto Show. It has now been learnt that Hyundai is working on an N derivative of the Venue compact SUV. Hyundai has already revealed the Tuscon N-Line and also confirmed to be working on the Sonata N-Line.
However, it is said that unlike Hyundai’s i30 N-line, the Venue N-line will be more of an exterior package rather than a faster car altogether. The i30 N-line gets heavier components like a turbocharged engine, bigger brakes and sportier suspension to complement the bump in power which could not be the case with the Venue. The Venue N-line is expected to get sportier bumpers, side skirts and aggressive splitters and spoilers. Additionally, it could also get sporty alloy-wheels and graphics as a part of the package.
It is to be seen if there is a probability of a full-blown Venue N-Line in future. Having said so, it could be expected to be a more powerful version of the Venue. The Venue is set to go on sale next month in India. It will be offered with three powertrain options, a new 1.0-litre turbo GDI Kappa petrol engine making 120 PS of power and 171 Nm of torque, a 1.2-litre Kappa petrol engine making 83 PS and 115 Nm and a 1.4-litre diesel engine making 90 PS and 220 Nm. The Venue also gets the option of a 7-Speed DCT transmission, a 5-speed manual and a 6-speed manual gearbox. The N-line could arrive at a later stage, which will mostly be an optional customisation package.
Hyundai Venue N-Line
– Hyundai could be working on an N-line version of the new Venue compact SUV
– It is expected to come only as an exterior package without any mechanical changes
– A full-blown Venue N-line could be in the works for the coming years
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Experts Say That Luxury Travelers Will Flock To Antarctica During 2020
Experiential travel is becoming more and more popular as people decide to seek out more unique travel adventures. One popular new destination has seen a spike in tourism, and it might surprise you. Travel to Antarctica has increased more than 50 percent over the last four years, and it’s expected to continue to become a more popular destination in 2020.
Some travelers are putting Antarctica at the top of their bucket list so they can see it before it’s too late. The ice in this region of the world is melting six times faster than it was during the 1970s.
Does a trip to Antarctica sound like something you’d like to put on your bucket list?
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“We’ve been through disasters before,” said Jason Scholtka, Assistant Manager at Young’s Payless IGA Food Market in Copperopolis. One of those times was just last fall, when the small grocery store was one of few countywide to remain open through a series of public safety power shutoffs. “Other than us, there is nothing. It’s either going to Angels Camp or Sonora. This is our community, and we’re happy to be here.”
Much like during the shutoffs, when Young's Payless IGA store owner Kevin Young managed to keep the supermarket operating with a rented generator, employees and management have had to adapt quickly to a world with COVID-19—a world in which they are deemed “essential workers,” permitted to work in public spaces unlike so many others.
Scholtka told the Enterprise Monday that his staff has been “great” and ready to work, though the face masks and gloves worn by some customers, as well as the staggering of check stands to allow for six feet between employees, cast an ominous pall over what might otherwise appear to be business as usual.
Working hours have also shifted at the store to allow more time for stocking and sanitizing at night, while the team of roughly 40 employees struggles to keep up with the demands of panicked shoppers. As with most grocery stores statewide, toilet paper, eggs, bread, rice, milk and frozen meals are just a few items that have been cleared from shelves within the last couple weeks. But Scholtka says “things are looking up.”
“There is no food shortage at all. What we have is a labor shortage and people paranoid shopping,” Scholtka said. “As soon as everyone slows down and stops the panic buying, stores will be restocked.”
Some of that initial panic has already cleared, Scholtka said, with the last two days bringing in less shoppers and more inventory. Still, his advice to customers is to “buy what you need.” Due to shoppers hoarding items in recent weeks, Scholtka’s store and others have placed limits on the quantity of certain items customers can buy at once. The decision has been unpopular with some shoppers, he said, but he believes it necessary.
“If someone comes through buying 500 cans of tomato sauce, we’re gonna stop you,” Scholtka said. “There’s kind of a neighbor-against-neighbor mentality. In this time, we should be helping each other out.”
Though the future is uncertain, Scholtka is confident that grocery stores will remain open and that residents should not succumb to their fear of food shortages. He says that fear is driving some to call for the barring of out-of-towners from local stores, a request which he refuses to heed.
“That’s not what humankind is about,” he said. “We’re all Americans. We all need to survive.”
Alternatively, some locals have stepped up to the challenge of taking care of those who are most at risk of contracting COVID-19. Although Young's Payless IGA in Copperopolis does not have the manpower to deliver groceries to elderly residents, some individuals have put up flyers at local supermarkets offering their delivery services, with or without a fee.
Manager of Sierra Hills Market in Murphys, Stewart Segale, says that his team of approximately 35 employees has been able to provide grocery deliveries and curbside pickups to some customers. Some non-employees have also volunteered their time to help.
“When we can, we’re taking names and phone numbers and calling people as we have time to fill the orders,” Segale told the Enterprise on Monday.
Unlike big box stores like Save Mart in Angels Camp, which is adhering to a corporate-level mandate to set aside every Tuesday and Thursday from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. for high-risk populations to shop, Segale said that Sierra Hills has chosen not to implement designated shopping hours, per the county’s recommendation against high-risk individuals leaving their homes.
“Stay home and call,” Segale advised high-risk shoppers. In the coming days, he hopes his store will be able to fill more delivery orders as the “frenzy” of the last few weeks dies down. “If everyone followed the directions to stay home and only do essential shopping, we would have the time to deal with this.”
Segale also advises shoppers to refrain from bringing their families to the store when shopping is necessary, and to continue to practice social distancing in public spaces.
Due to the rapid changes experienced over the last few weeks, Sierra Hills and its affiliated stores, Sierra Hills Natural Foods in Murphys and Angels Food Market in Angels Camp, have shortened their hours to close at 7 p.m. daily. Hours may continue to change in the future, he said.
At Treat’s General Store, the only grocery store serving San Andreas, management has taken a more relaxed approach to the COVID-19 crisis. On Monday, owner John Lavaroni told the Enterprise that he had nothing to say regarding the pandemic’s impact on his business.
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Visual effects company Digital Domain is producing VR content for some of DreamWorks’ most famous franchises, including Shrek and Kung Fu Panda.
The announcement today, while not very detailed, solidifies a relationship between one of the world’s biggest visual effects companies and a major Hollywood movie-maker to embrace VR with some very recognizable characters. Other franchises may be added in the coming months.
Digital Domain also announced Zeus, a 360-degree camera “boasting the ability to record footage at a greater than 8k resolution at 10 bit, shooting 75 frames per second. The camera is also capable of seamless 360° livestreaming at levels up to 4k resolution.” It’ll be deployed “immediately,” according to Digital Domain. While those specs sound impressive, we’d love to see what footage looks like in a headset compared with Nokia Ozo or Facebook’s new camera system.
“With Zeus, we’re confident that Digital Domain has the best camera on the market for shooting VR and livestreaming 360° footage,” said Digital Domain chairman Peter Chou in a press announcement.
Digital Domain recently bought a majority stake in Immersive Media Ventures, seeking to establish a lead in production equipment, facilities and artists ready to produce VR experiences.
Overall, the moves mean more world famous properties are coming to VR. Unfortunately, it’s not clear to what extent these worlds will be adapted to the new medium. A number of movies, from Paranormal Activity to The Avengers, have used VR to promote films, but those experiences haven’t been very deep — never persisting as more than passing promotions. Even Trials on Tatooine, which is a Star Wars experience that’s free, available to Vive owners at home, and gives people a virtual lightsaber, has been criticized because it’s extraordinarily short. We hope that as DreamWorks and Digital Domain start looking to bring these iconic characters to VR they do so in a way that really makes use of the medium.


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Just like crypto, the heat has gone out of NFTs, for the moment or forever. For example, A Bathing Ape NFT went for 2.13 Ethereum ($6,692) last March and was valued at 0.097 Eth ($153) last month.
However, one person unlikely to be bothered is the pioneering NFT artist Mike Winkelmann aka Beeple. The NFT for his collage of 5000 digital images sold for $69.3 million at Christie’s in 2021.
Known for his daily digital creations: from twisted pop-culture caricatures to breathtaking sci-fi landscapes, the images will be on display on an old-fashioned format called print and Winkleman will reflect on his career and newfound celebrity.
Whether he reflects on his wealth and the aftermath remains to be seen.
Beeple: Everydays, the First 5000 Days is out February 28.


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Fiat wants to kickstart the flattening electric car market in the United Kingdom by offering a £3,000 incentive to anyone in the country who wants to buy a Fiat 500e or a Fiat 500e Convertible.
This incentive comes as the UK ended its electric car incentive program about 12 months ago. Now the Italian automaker wants to get the British government back on board with a similar incentivized program used in many European countries by showing how this £3,000 subsidy encourages EV purchases.
“There is no doubt that the government’s Plug-in Car Grant successfully launched the british electric car revolution – it supported the sale of nearly half a million electric cars,” said Damien Dally, managing director at Fiat UK.
“With the cost of living expenses and the rising cost of electric vehicles, combined with our net zero climate goals, however, we believe more needs to be done to incentivize individuals to be able to afford to make the switch.”
Does £3,000 encourage you to buy an EV Fiat 500?


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Flashback to February 2012…
One of the most insightful and powerful pieces of journalism I’ve come across in sometime. In a nutshell, the article outlined how close to impossible it would be for Apple to manufacture iPhones completely in the United States. Starting with a question of Steve Jobs by President Obama, the article details how each phase of the manufacturing process is out of reach of the current state of American manufacturing capabilities. And its not just the labor, it’s also the lack of engineers and the Asian centric materials supply chain and the lack of flexibility of American labor. Read the article. Its an amazing piece of work and a should serve as a huge wake up call to each and every one of us.
Four years later, yeah it is. But also the innovative minds of this country are starting to figure it out and it seems the tides have turned to bring back and insource somethings as well.


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Waitrose sales have soared in the run-up to Easter but sister retailer John Lewis has failed to keep pace.
Sales at the upmarket grocer rose 14.7% in the week to April 1 to £130.9m. In the first nine weeks they fell 0.3%.
Waitrose benefitted from the late fall of Easter this year and an extra day of trade.
IT director Mike Sackman said: “Much of the country enjoyed some sunshine at the weekend, prompting strong sales of our gardening ranges and ice creams. We also launched the first of the season’s British raspberries in to our shops last week, which are extra sweet following recent sun levels.”
At sister retailer John Lewis, sales were down 6% to £78.3m in that week while over the nine weeks sales fell 0.2%. The department store said that the lack of bank holiday trade affected its sales.
Fashion sales were up 3%, driven by women’s wear, up 5.3%. The retailer’s new And/Or denim brand helped women’s casual wear achieve the biggest uplift in the category.
Home was down 3.7% although home accessories and gits rose 12.4%. Outdoor living sales rocketed 52%.
Electricals and home technology sales fell 15.6%. John Lewis attributed this to “strong promotional activity in the comparable week last year”.
Overall, the partnership racked up a 6% improvement in sales to £209.2m in the week to April 1. In the nine weeks, sales fell 0.3%.


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Company sells water to China
NOVA SPRING GOES OVERSEAS We filter our water far more than the industry standard, down to 0.02 microns so it makes for a very smooth and soft taste. – NITIN LOTLIKER
THE first 40 pallets of Nova Spring Water have left the Mt Druitt warehouse bound for China, marking the start of the company’s break into the overseas market.
For eight years Nitin Lotliker and his wife Roshni have forged ahead in an Australian market dominated by two multinationals.
While they have achieved success with big clients, such as Officeworks in Australia, watching as the pallets holding about 40,000L of his water were loaded on to a truck on Friday, Mr Lotliker said he was excited to introduce the company’s bulk water to an even bigger market.
“When we started in 2007 we had just three employees and now we have around 20 working for us,” he said.
Splitting operations between the Penrith head office and the Mt Druitt warehouse, the company’s big break came at a trade day hosted by the NSW Business Chamber and Austrade.
It was there that Mr Lo-tliker showed buying group Ke Xin Pty Ltd his product, which draws on the fresh, clean, green image of the Nepean River and boasts BPA-free recyclable packaging.
Mr Lotliker said the light and chemical-free way his company disinfected the water was what set it apart.
“We filter our water far more than the industry standard, down to 0.02 microns so it makes for a very smooth and soft taste,” he said.
The big break also follows the company’s inclusion in the NSW Business Chamber’s Export Growth China, which offers businesses a low-risk and low-cost entry point into the country.
Nova Spring Water’s Nitin Lotliker with Ke Xin representatives Johnson Fan, Jerry Zhang and Qun Zhang with the shipment for China being loaded onto the truck.


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|June 12, 2014 01:50 PM EDT||
GOLDEN, CO -- (Marketwired) -- 06/12/14 -- iSatori, Inc. (OTCQB: IFIT), www.isatori.com, an emerging leader in the development and marketing of scientifically engineered nutritional supplements for healthier lifestyles, today announced the launch of two new innovative products, Amino-Amp and Isa-Test® DA3, designed to enhance recovery, improve training performance, and help weight lifters with building muscle.
Craig Stevenson, Vice President of Marketing at iSatori, commented, "We're extremely excited about the launch of our two new products -- Amino-Amp and Isa-Test® DA3. Both products are not 'me too's', rather they signify clear product advancement in two of the largest sports supplement categories -- branched chain amino acids (BCAA's) with Amino-Amp and natural testosterone-boosting, with Isa-Test® DA3."
Amino-Amp is a powered drink mix that contains a scientifically validated ratio of the three branched chain amino acids with the addition of MethioMax methionine that, when combined, increase the recovery, athletic performance, and muscle-building potential for weight-training individuals. Amino-Amp is the only product on the market that utilizes MethioMax to help amplify the effect of BCAA's.
Isa-Test® DA3 is a powered drink mix that utilizes a proprietary formulation of botanicals, adaptagen herbs, and a uniquely new ingredient called DA3 D-Aspartic Acid. The scientifically engineered formula in Isa-Test® DA3 is powered by three grams of DA3, along with a supra-clinical dose of ashwagandha, to help stimulate the body's natural elevation of the muscle-building hormone, testosterone.
Founder and Chief Executive Officer for iSatori, Stephen Adele, commented, "With the strong success of our category-defining product, Bio-Gro, both Amino-Amp and Isa-Test® DA3 were logical extensions of the iSatori brand to help weight lifters maximize the results from their time spent in the gym. Both new products include leading innovation in their respective product categories, which further solidifies iSatori as a leader in scientifically engineered nutritional supplements and helping our customers make short-term physical transformations with lasting effects. We are excited about the potential of these two new products."
Amino-Amp and Isa-Test® DA3 will be made available at leading online retailers, such as www.Bodybuilding.com, www.Tigerfitness.com, www.MuscleandStrength.com, and others. To learn more about Amino-Amp and Isa-Test® DA3, visit www.iSatori.com/AminoAmp and www.iSatori.com/IsaTestDA3, respectively. As the exclusive distributor, Europa Sports, the nation's largest sports and health nutrition wholesale distributor, supplies over 14,000 specialty and independent retailers with iSatori products. Retailers interested in carrying Amino-Amp and Isa-Test DA3 can contact Europa Sports at 1-800-447-4795 or visit http://www.EuropaSports.com.
About iSatori, Inc.
iSatori is a consumer products firm that develops and sells nutritional products through online marketing, Fortune 500 retailers, and thousands of retail stores around the world. The Company is headquartered in Golden, Colorado, and its common stock trades on the OTCQB under the symbol "IFIT." More information about the Company is available at http://www.isatori.com.
Statements made in this news release relating to the Company's future sales, expenses, revenue, product developments, and all other statements except statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. We have used the words "anticipate," "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "predict," "project," "should," "will," "potential," and similar terms and phrases to identify forward-looking statements in this press release. These statements are based on assumptions and estimates that management believes are reasonable based on currently available information; however, management's assumptions and the Company's future performance are both subject to a wide range of business risks and uncertainties, and there is no assurance that these goals and projections can or will be met. Any number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the timing and extent of changes in demand for the Company's products, the availability and price of ingredients necessary to manufacture such products, and the outcome of any current or future litigation regarding such products or similar products of competitors. Please see our Risk Factor disclosures included in our Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2013, and in subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All future written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the previous statements. The forward-looking statements herein speak as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation to update any information contained herein or to publicly release the results of any revisions to any forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances that occur, or that we become aware of, after the date of this press release.
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IT MAY be a few months away, but one company is already ensuring needy children won’t go without this Christmas.
Portland Skips, part of Portland Stone, has decided to donate a percentage of profits to the Echo Christmas Toy Appeal.
Now in its 15th year, the Toy Appeal ensures needy children across Dorset wake up to find a present under the tree on Christmas Day.
Last year the appeal raised almost £4,500 and hundreds of gifts.
Portland Skips will be getting this year’s appeal off to a flying start by donating five percent of the hire cost for all skip bookings from now until November 30 to the appeal.
Managing director Danny Nash said: “We launched our new website at the start of June with a full online ordering system incorporated, and the response to this has been exceptional to say the least.
“So I thought that with the time and money saved in answering calls and processing payments, I would donate five percent of every skip purchased online to a ‘special cause’.
“After thinking long and hard about who would benefit the most in the region, I chose the Dorset Echo Toy Appeal as I have supported this worthwhile charity for a number of years now.
“So as a result and commencing from July 1 until November 25, 2014, 5 percent of the online skip sales at Portland Stone will be donated to this excellent cause.
“Having children myself and seeing the joy on their faces at Christmas I think it’s great that the Dorset Echo does its best to make Christmas for those that are less fortunate than others an extra special time of year and hopefully I can do my bit to make this year better still.
“Every year since the appeal started Portland Stone have donated £100, however, this year I am hoping to make it eight times that amount.
“I would like to wish the Dorset Echo the very best of luck for this year’s appeal and would urge as many local businesses as possible to get on board and support them to make Christmas 2014 better than ever.”
Debbie Hellaby, Dorset Echo promotions manager, said: “The support that our readers and local businesses give to the Dorset Echo Toy Appeal is what makes it so successful, without this support we would not be able to help make Christmas special for needy children. “I would encourage readers and businesses to support in whatever way they can.
“The children are so grateful for any support.”
For more details on the Toy Appeal, visit dorsetecho.co.uk/Christmas/toy_appeal