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Following Oreo, Kraft Launches Gluten-Free Boxed Mac and Cheese
It’s about time.
Kraft is getting in the gluten-free game. The food brand that’s perhaps best known for its boxed mac and cheese (among other cheesy products) recently announced that it’s adding a gluten-free variety of the beloved pantry staple to its lineup.
Unlike Kraft’s traditional mac and cheese, this new boxed variety, which meets the FDA’s gluten-free standards, is made with brown rice and corn pasta instead of wheat. That means that those with a gluten allergy or intolerance can now enjoy the popular comfort food without worrying about potentially getting sick.
What’s more? While the recipe for Kraft’s Gluten-Free Mac and Cheese does differ slightly from the company’s original mac and cheese recipe, Kraft promises that the newest addition to its mac and cheese family is “just as smooth and deliciously cheesy” as the original version fans know and love.
“Families love our Kraft mac and cheese, and we didn’t want to limit who could enjoy our iconic blue box,” Emily Violett, senior associate brand manager at Kraft Heinz, said in a statement. “With our new gluten free offering, fans with dietary restrictions or gluten intolerance can now have our deliciously cheesy Kraft Gluten Free Mac and Cheese, and that’s something to smile about!”
Those itching to get a taste of this new savory dish will be thrilled to know that it’s currently available at select retailers nationwide. Just look for it on the mac and cheese aisle and be sure to grab the box with the green “gluten free” label.
This marks the second time in as many days that a food brand has announced the debut of a new gluten-free product. Earlier this week, Oreo revealed that it plans to release Oreo Gluten-Free cookies and Oreo Double Stuf Gluten-Free cookies in January 2021.
A mac and cheese entrée followed by Oreos for dessert sounds like a delicious gluten-free meal.


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Luxury flooring specialists Amtico International has been showing off an exciting selection of its contemporary and stylish flooring designs at Clerkenwell Design Week 2012
Right in the heart of London, Clerkenwell Design Week is fast becoming one of the UK’s most appealing events for the UK design and architecture community. It is also developing a reputation as a must-attend show in the international design community calendar.
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The plaintiffs complained the real power of their cars was "only" 469 horsepower and not 700 horsepower as promised by Tesla Motors.
But both sides reached an out-of-court settlement, lawyers for the plaintiffs said. Tesla Motors refused to comment.
Financial daily Dagens Naeringsliv reported on Sunday that Tesla Motors would pay 65,000 kroner (7,260 euros, $7,710), half the amount the car owners had demanded, or offer other compensation in the form of a voucher, a battery upgrade or new wheels, sometimes accompanied by a sum.
The plaintiffs' lawyers refused to confirm this information.
Norway is the second largest market in the world for Tesla Motors after the United States, due to its generous state-funded measures in favour of electric cars, including tax exemptions and free city tolls and public parking.
The group has sold almost 2,800 vehicles in the country since the beginning of the year, 24 percent fewer than in the first eleven months of 2015, a drop largely attributed to the rising competition of hybrid cars.


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(Reuters) - Teen clothing retailer American Eagle Outfitters Inc
Shares of the company rose 8 percent Wednesday morning on the New York Stock Exchange.
"Our holiday season and fourth quarter have started off strongly and consistent with our expectations," said Chief Executive Officer Robert Hanson.
"Against strong double-digit sales gains last year, we drove positive comparable sales and record sales volumes on Black Friday and over the Wednesday-through-Sunday period," Hanson said on a conference call with analysts.
American Eagle said there was 20 percent growth in its active customer base for both the namesake brand and Aerie, its lingerie business.
Aerie had long been a drag on its bottom line, but this quarter, the unit saw comparable sales rise 5 percent and the CEO said the unit also saw "top line and bottom line growth."
American Eagle, which prices its clothes in between peers Abercrombie & Fitch Co
Inventories were down 11 percent on a cost-per-foot basis for leasing space, the company said. This also resulted in less steep markdowns, helping margins.
"American Eagle is ...essentially driving its business by chasing products into where the demand exists," said Brian Sozzi, Chief Equities Analyst of NBG Productions.
"To us, this shows the American Eagle buying teams are on the pulse of teen fashion preferences; to generate more than 10 percent comparable sales on this type of lean inventory is impressive," he wrote in a note.
American Eagle now expects full-year earnings of between $1.38 and $1.40 per share from continuing operations, up from its prior forecast of $1.33 to $1.36.
Analysts, on average, were expecting earnings of $1.37 per share for the year, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
The company's initiatives to keep its fashion fresh resonated with its teen clientele, leading to a 10-percent jump in same-store sales in the quarter ended October 27.
American Eagle shares closed at $19.39 on Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange. They were up at $20.94 Wednesday morning on the New York Stock Exchange.
(Reporting by Nivedita Bhattacharjee in Chicago and Siddharth Cavale in Bangalore; Editing by Akshay Lodaya, Maju Samuel and Gunna Dickson)
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Whenever Google Inc. tweaks the way it ranks websites, it causes a flurry of activity among businesses that rely on customers finding them through the popular search engine.
The most recent changes made late last month reportedly have caused more than the usual amount of heartburn, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Mountain View-based Google, however, told the Journal that companies that follow its guidelines shouldn't be affected by the revised algorithm known as "Penguin."
"The Penguin algorithm update was designed to reduce Web spam, which is when websites try to get a higher search ranking than they deserve by deceiving or manipulating search engines," Matt Cutts, a Google engineer, told the paper. "In many cases, the affected sites had been spamming for a long time."
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Qualcomm on Wednesday announced it was sampling chips that enable Windows 7 netbook connectivity to multiple 3G networks. Separately, Nvidia announced beta drivers for its netbook platform that could bring full high-definition video to Windows 7.
Qualcomm said it had updated its Gobi2000 3G embedded chip, designed to let netbooks and laptops access multiple 3G networks like HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) or EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized). The chip supports Windows 7 and improves data speeds and frequencies at which devices can connect to 3G networks.
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Sony exec confirms arrival of in-game PS3 messaging
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The PlayStation 3 will get system-wide in-game messaging and video chat, a Sony executive has confirmed.
This icon sparked rumours of a messaging update for the PS3
At a trade event held this week, Sony Computer Entertainment UK boss Ray Maguire told dealers that the additional XMB UI feature, which was first rumoured to be in development last month after a “Friends & Messaging” icon appeared on the company’s US website, will be delivered to gamers through a firmware update.
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General Motors Making A Comeback In Europe
by ANTHONY FONTANELLE
For years, Detroit automaker General Motors has incurred billions in losses. This is true not only in the United States but also in the European auto circle. Businessweek reported that the European arm of the Detroit automaker has lost over $4 billion in six years starting in 2000. But while the company has seen its market share dwindle, the second quarter profit that the company posted recently is a sign that the automaker is moving in the right direction as directed by their turnaround plan.
The company posted a profitable second quarter even with its sales in the United States auto market continue to be lower than their sales output last year. This trend has been going on for the better part of the decade. But outside the United States, General Motors is showing resurgence. In Canada, auto sales for the company continue to increase. The automaker though received the biggest boost in terms of sales from General Motors Europe.
New models from its German marque Opel has been received favorably by European car buyers. The Opel Corsa is one of the German automakers’ more popular nameplates. Apart from the Corsa, European auto buyers have also shown great interest in the Opel Antara - the nameplate maybe familiar to Americans as the Antara is where the design of the redesigned Saturn Vue came from. The Opel Astra is also a popular car in the continent. A rebadged version of this will come to the United States this fall as the Saturn Astra.
Opel, being a German automaker, can be expected to release vehicles that will suit the taste of European auto buyers. This, of course, translates to higher sales for the automaker. But Opel is not the only General Motors marque to have shown better sales performance in Europe. The Businessweek reported that the marque posted an increase of 34 percent in sales for the second quarter of the year. These two marques are playing key roles in expanding the reach of General Motors outside of North America.
While the second quarter profit for General Motors is indeed good news for the company, the issue being raised now is whether General Motors can continue their good performance. Auto industry analysts are saying that the automaker needs to keep coming up with vehicles such as the Astra, Antara, and Corsa to complement the existing lineup. With the market share of the company dwindling in the United States, it can also offer more European cars in its home market.
Unfortunately for General Motors, the twinning project that they have done with Saturn and Opel only works one way, or so it seems. Saturn is benefiting from its partnership with Opel. The redesigned lineup of the American marque as well as the improved auto parts such as Saturn timing chain and other powertrain parts have made it one of the fastest growing brands in the United States.
The reason for this is that more and more American auto buyers are being attracted by the European styling on the new Saturn auto models. Opel, on the other hand, will not produce American designed cars in Europe. But Saturn is helping Opel in another way by sharing the cost of developing platforms. This platform sharing relationship of the two General Motors marque has lead to cutting down costs for both of them. Lowering the cost of developing new models is also a key in the profitable second quarter of the automaker.
In order to continue what they have apparently started, General Motors need to come up with a good plan concerning the diversity of their marques’ lineup.


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Celebrating its 40th Anniversary, COMME des GARCONS and founder Rei Kawakubo will be opening a gang of their new guerilla stores and line entitled BLACK. The collections will be sold throughout some of the more influential locations worldwide for a total of 18 months. Various locations throughout Asia have already opened up while special 2 week outlets will see a debut on June 22nd, including a corner at colette Paris and Barney’s New York. A complete list of retailers can be seen below.
In addition, the New York Times has written an article on Comme des Garcon’s 40th anniversary, check it out here.


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Bud Light loses spot as top US beer
Bud Light is no longer the best-selling beer in the US, according to data from consulting firm Bump
Sales were down by a quarter in the four weeks to June 3.
This comes after some consumers vowed to stop buying the beer after trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney showed off a personalised can of the beer.
Bud Light has been replaced as the best selling beer by Modelo Especial, with 8.4% of US beer sales.
Chief executive of AB InBev’s North American business, Brendan Whitworth, said on 14 April: “We never intended to be part of a discussion that divides people. We are in the business of bringing people together over a beer.”
Brendan Whitworth, CEO of Anheuser-Busch, said on June 16: “We recognise that over the last two months, the discussion surrounding our company and Bud Light has moved away from beer, and this has impacted our consumers, our business partners, and our employees.
“We are a beer company, and beer is for everyone. Today, we are announcing three important actions as we continue to move our business forward.
“First, we are investing to protect the jobs of our frontline employees. Second, we are providing financial assistance to our independent wholesalers to help them support their employees.
“Third, to all our valued consumers, we hear you. Our summer advertising launches next week, and you can look forward to Bud Light reinforcing what you’ve always loved about our brand – that it’s easy to drink and easy to enjoy.
“As we move forward, we will focus on what we do best – brewing great beer and earning our place in moments that matter to you.
“Here’s to a future with more cheers.”


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Complying with the order from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the Government of Delhi, announced today, that the standalone shops outside containment zones will allowed to resume operations. The announcement came following a meeting with the Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal. However, the government has not permitted the other relaxations passed by the Centre which included the opening of industries and allowing self-employed persons to work.
Satyendra Jain, Health Minister, Delhi, today said, that there are 92 hotspots in Delhi but the entire city is not a hotspot. Jain answered this when he was asked if the Delhi government was considering easing the curbs enforced to contain the spread of novel coronavirus.
Earlier, on April 23 midnight, Ajay Bhalla, Union Home Secretary had allowed neighbourhood shops, standalone shops and shops in residential complexes to resume their operations on the condition that they operate with half the strength and enforce social distancing norms.
However, malls, theatres, gyms, sports complexes, swimming pools, bars, restaurants, auditoriums and liquor stores will still be under the lockdown. Moreover, the public transport will also remain closed.


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Before the rise of iOS and Android, Nokia and Blackberry (nee RIM) were the top smartphone companies in the world. But they were also among the last companies to adopt a new operating system strategy in the wake of operating systems optimized for capacitive touchscreens. Nokia ultimately adopted Windows Phone and Blackberry released Blackberry 10. But neither operating system attracted a critical mass of popular apps and a dwindling number of phone supported those operating systems.
WHILE MICROSOFT WHICH PURCHASED THE NOKIA PHONE BUSINESS
Indeed, while Microsoft, which purchased the Nokia phone business, can claim a smattering of phones that run the phone version of Windows 10, Blackberry per se has exited the phone business. Its last homegrown phone, the cult-favorite Priv, abandoned Blackberry 10.
Nokia and Blackberry still exist as companies developing telecom equipment for carriers and and enterprise mobile software. In 2017, though, the Nokia and Blackberry phone brands will rise again, this time in an alternate future where both companies embraced Android. And both phone brands will be used on devices made by licensees.
BLACKBERRY HAS ALREADY BASED A FEW PHONES ON DESIGNS FROM TCL
Blackberry, of course, has already based a few phones on designs from TCL, which also licenses the Alcatel brand. But TCL plans to expand the portfolio in 2017 to include Blackberry-branded devices. Nokia has licensed its brand to HMD Global, which has already begun releasing feature phones bearing the fabled name. It’s expected to start selling premium Android smartphones next year.
Between the two, TCL in some ways has the easier task. Blackberry-branded smartphones have continued to trickle into the market. TCL has seen strong growth with Alcatel models such as the gorgeous and well-appointed Idol 4S. And Blackberry’s security software is a clear differentiator, albeit one that has relatively limited appeal outside of regulated industries. Perhaps those long-abandoned Playbook owners may even see a new Blackberry-branded tablet.
THE FIRST FEW TCL DERIVED BLACKBERRY DESIGN HAVE NOT BEEN VERY DISTINCTIVE
The first few TCL-derived Blackberry designs have not been very distinctive, and indeed it may be challenging to produce something that evokes the brand — say, with a physical keyboard — that has broad appeal. However, using Android will certainly help bridge the productivity app gap. Blackberry is also not the first pioneering smartphone brand licensed by TCL. The company picked up the Palm trademark almost a year ago, but thus far has kept it on ice.
In contrast, expectations are unclear for what a Nokia-branded Android phone would bring beyond maybe a killer version of Snake (but that already exists). Nokia was once renowned for its phones’ imaging capabiltiies, but that is a field that Apple, Samsung and now even Google have made strong inroads.
That said, the Nokia brand remains one of the world’s most recognized and there are of course still many consumers in the world that still have Nokia-branded devices. Much like Google with the Pixel, Nokia-branded smartphones have a window to gain some ground in the top end of the Android market after the disappointing showing of the LG G5 and the recall of the Galaxy Note 7.


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Corcoran Group announced its global debut with the launch of its newest franchisee, Corcoran BVI, located in the British Virgin Islands.
The announcement made by Pamela Liebman, president and CEO of The Corcoran Group, marks the one-year anniversary of the firm’s affiliate program – launched just over one year ago this month – and Corcoran’s first franchise based outside of the United States.
The creation of Corcoran BVI adds a Caribbean presence to Corcoran’s affiliate network with the addition of this top secondary and vacation home market.
As buyers are eager to invest in second homes, and with some choosing to make their vacation home a primary residence, Corcoran believes the start of 2021 is ideal and a natural fit for increased expansion.
“The British Virgin Islands are some of the most beautiful in the world, and I’m thrilled that we are ushering in this next phase of our collective growth with Corcoran BVI as our first global affiliate,” said Liebman.
“The islands’ unique positioning attracts clients from around the world who are looking for a true oasis, and expanding our reach to another established second-home market will continue to create exponential opportunities for our network of agents and clients alike.”
Corcoran BVI serves Oil Nut Bay in the North Sound of the British Virgin Islands. It is led by chairman David V. Johnson, whose career in real estate began more than 30 years ago and includes the founding of a brokerage in Bay Harbor, Michigan. The firm will officially open its doors as Corcoran BVI on Thursday, February 25, 2021.
“Corcoran has been a leading real estate brand for nearly 50 years and we are excited to be their first global franchisee,” said Johnson.
“We knew aligning with Corcoran was the right choice because of its leading market position, the synergy between our lifestyle brands and their spectacular leadership. We look forward to a long and mutually beneficial partnership.”
Since first announcing its intention to being franchising in 2018, Corcoran has opened nine franchises in the US.


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Ever since Facebook purchased Oculus in 2014, Mark Zuckerberg has been speaking to promise of virtual reality as the next communications platform. Yesterday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona he punctuated those thoughts with a big announcement – the creation of an internal team dedicated to Social VR.
Led by Daniel James and Mike Booth, the team will work closely with Oculus as well as other divisions within Facebook to explore and build the future of social interaction in VR, the company says.
Facebook describes their work in VR as “still early” but Oculus has been working to lay the groundwork themselves with experiences like Toybox and an upcoming social SDK that will allow developers to easily implement key multiplayer and networking features into their experiences. In fact, Oculus’ dedication to Social VR is “the reason why [they’re] part of Facebook,” Oculus founder Palmer Luckey told us earlier this year.
Still the idea of a metaverse – a giant interconnected world like the ones in Snow Crash or Ready Player One – is something far off.
“It’s not happening in the immediate future,” Luckey said, “we’d much rather work and get this right over a longer period of time than rush into it at the start and be constrained by the design decisions that we make.” He says that it will take VR reaching a “critical mass” for there to be enough data to know how best to design how the future of social interaction will look.
While it may take a while for VR to reach that critical mass Samsung’s announcement that they plan to bundle a GearVR with every Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge preorder could potentially accelerate the process. Last year Samsung reportedly received over 20 million preorders for the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge and while Samsung says the GearVR giveaway is “while supplies last” if they give away even a tenth of that it would significantly accelerate the growth of VR’s user base, which in turn could accelerate the growth and need for social VR.
Read More: How VR Is Going to Humanize Social Media
The Social VR team isn’t thinking small either – and one doesn’t need to look further than whom they pegged to run it to see that.
Prior to being hired by Facebook, Daniel James had a strong background in creating web-based massive multiplayer online worlds. James’ previous company, Three Rings, focused on creating accessible massive online worlds for people to play and interact in, such as their founding title Puzzle Pirates. In addition to games, James and Three Rings also developed a web platform called Whirled which was similar to PlayStation Home in that it was a persistent online universe where people could hang out and chat, but most of the assets in it were user created. After Three Rings was acquired by SEGA in November 2011, James went on to serve as SEGA’s VP of content focusing on mobile title development.
Michael Booth, who previously worked at both Valve and Blizzard, was the lead on the popular Left 4 Dead game series. According to Michael Booth’s LinkedIn profile he is looking to explore “how Virtual Reality can empower the 1.5+ billion people on Facebook to share their experiences and connect with each other in amazing and powerful new ways,” calling for veteran game developers to apply to be a part of the team.
While Booth and James look to rapidly expand the Social VR team to explore how the future of the communication platform will look, Facebook will continue to focus on enabling users to teleport into memories with 360º video.
“I think about my baby daughter and the way I want to remember when she takes her first steps.” Zuckerberg said. “When I took my first steps, my parents just took a pen and wrote the date down in a baby book…when my cousin, when her son took his first steps, she took a photo with a camera. My sister, when her son took his first steps, she took a video on her phone. But I want to capture the whole scene. So, I hope we can take a 360 video. So that way, even if my parents and my family aren’t there to experience it in person, they can feel like they’re right there with us. VR is the next platform, where anyone can create and experience anything they want.”
According to Zuckerberg over a million people are watching 360 video on Facebook a day with over 20,000 videos uploaded by its users. Those numbers still pale in comparison to the standard video metrics on Facebook but that is only because 360 content creation is still in a nascent format, and recent announcements like the Samsung and LG’s 360 cameras could help to change that soon.
“We’ve already helped people connect in a wide variety of ways on mobile devices,” Facebook said in a blog post, “now we want to apply that same approach to the new medium of VR.”


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The Securities and Trade Board of India (SEBI) is reportedly planning to impose a “crypto-ban” of types on promoters trying to increase cash for his or her enterprise through a public providing. SEBI has proposed to ban IPO holders from holding any form of cryptocurrency as per a report printed in The Financial Time. The report means that SEB is already speaking with service provider bankers, securities legal professionals, and even firm executives concerned with the IPO course of in regards to the attainable ban on holding crypto belongings.
The necessity to ban promoters from holding cryptocurrencies appears to have arisen from the alleged authorities’s plans of banning personal cryptocurrencies. Whereas many of the developed nations are on the lookout for methods to include and regulate crypto, the Indian authorities’s proposed plan of an entire ban has drawn lots of criticism from all throughout the globe some even evaluating it to banning the web.
A safety lawyer engaged on completely different IPOs for the time being commented on the proposed determination by the SEBI on situation of anonymity and stated,
“There might be a course from the federal government on this regard. The market regulator appears to assume that this might develop into a threat for buyers if a promoter holds an asset that’s unlawful within the nation,”
Indian Crypto Ban Could be Like Banning Web
The rumors of a attainable blanket ban arose after the crypto invoice was tabled in the course of the not too long ago concluded finances session. The federal government within the invoice is referring to an interministerial committee report developed again in 2018 which has proposed a blanket ban. Whereas the federal government and its spokesperson have claimed that the invoice can be handed with the perfect curiosity of the residents in thoughts, it appears the state is sort of decided in banning any cryptocurrency not issued by the state.
Earlier, the central financial institution of India RBI had put a banking ban fairly just like the Nigerian banking ban however the determination was challenged and overturned by the Supreme courtroom of India in March final yr. This gave a brand new lease of life to the Indian crypto entrepreneurs who needed to shut their operations and inside a yr the Indian crypto ecosystem has grown right into a multi-billion greenback business. Nevertheless, the proposed ban threatens to kill a budding business that may flip right into a money cow for the federal government within the type of taxation.
There are roughly 40 million Demat accounts in India (= variety of buyers in common inventory markets) that is been there for a lot of many years now.
The speed of crypto adoption can be a lot sooner in India. Up to now couple of years, there have been round +7.5 million customers.
— Sumit Gupta (CoinDCX) (@smtgpt) February 16, 2021
Latest information recommended that India has practically 7.5 million buying and selling accounts and the crypto business has seen investments in upwards of 10,000 crores equal to a $13 billion greenback business. With a inhabitants of 1.3 billion the place the bulk falls within the youth age group, India might develop into a real crypto participant with the correct authorities assist or would possibly miss the chance identical to in the course of the web increase within the late 90s and early 2000s.
75 lakh folks, Rs10,000cr invested in crypto in India: CoinDCX CEO on CNBC. Attention-grabbing. 75L is big. 75L is just like the month-to-month retail merchants+buyers in India cc @Nithin0dha
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Bethesda has confirmed that development has begun on the next entry in The Elder Scrolls franchise.
The Elder Scrolls VI was announced via a thirty-second tease during Bethesda’s E3 showcase last night. The reveal followed a trailer for Bethesda’s first new IP in 25 years, Starfield. There’s equally very little to say about that project, but the company stated that the next Elder Scrolls title will come after that game. It’s likely to be a good long time before we hear anything more.
"Starfield is a game we've spent years thinking about and working on, something we feel uniquely positioned to pull off, and we're incredibly excited about," said director Todd Howard. "But we're also building toward the game after that... and it's the one you keep asking about."
The reveal seems to be little more than an attempt to assure fans that yes, Bethesda is working on a new Elder Scrolls title. It turns out there are only so many platforms you can port Skyrim to (Alexa, anyone?) before moving on.


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Back in the 20th century, it was the train the New York Central rolled out the red carpet for. It streaked from Grand Central Terminal to Chicago in a mere 16 hours. It had maids and maîtres d'hôtel to see that everything was right with its V.I.P. crowd: celebrities, bons vivants and, in the movies anyway, the glamorous and the nefarious.
From 1902 until its demise in 1967, the 20th Century Limited represented the grandest of railway traditions. It pampered its passengers almost as if they were Vanderbilts, who, after all, owned the New York Central that ran it.
But the Century's 100th anniversary this week will not be celebrated in the grand way that some railroad buffs had hoped. And that has led to finger-pointing and heated e-mail at a time when rail fans had been anticipating a nostalgic trip back to the wide-windowed, chrome-trimmed world of a train that was essentially a rolling hotel -- and a chic, expensive one at that.
The Metro-North Railroad decided it could not justify the $5,000 to $10,000 it would cost to have a Metro-North engine pull two vintage cars into Grand Central, so they will not be on display there for four days before leaving for Chicago, as railroad buffs had planned.
Nor will there be a Metro-North engine to pull them out on Sunday. The cars' owners say Metro-North officials had agreed to that in April. The idea was to take the cars from Grand Central to Croton-Harmon, N.Y., to be coupled to Amtrak's Lakeshore Limited out of Pennsylvania Station. The Lakeshore Limited was to take the two cars the rest of the way to Chicago.
A Grand Central-to-Croton-Harmon run would have let the rail fans on board do what is now impossible: go to Chicago from Grand Central. Amtrak switched all its long-distance trains to Pennsylvania Station 11 years ago in the name of efficiency. But what rail aficionado wants to observe the 20th Century Limited's birthday with a departure from -- horrors -- Penn Station? After all, that was where the Century's main rival, the Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited, originated.
''This came as a shock when they canceled,'' said Lovett Smith, who owns one of the cars, the New York Central No. 3, which was built for Harold Sterling Vanderbilt, described by Mr. Smith as ''the last of the Vanderbilts to run the New York Central.''
''I can't explain what happened,'' he said, ''except that all those bickering agencies bickered and bickered and bickered and blew an opportunity for something pretty good.''
Marjorie Anders, a Metro-North spokeswoman, said that Mr. Smith and the owner of the other car -- the Ohio River, an observation and lounge car from the 1920's -- ''got overeager to promote their concerns.''
''They are charter businesses, they are catering businesses, and they had an idea that would have been wonderful marketing for them and would have also celebrated the anniversary of the 20th Century Limited,'' she said. ''But neither car is really associated with the 20th Century Limited.''
Maybe, maybe not. In announcing the trip, Mr. Smith and the owner of the other car described their rolling stock as ''Pullman palace cars'' that ''represent the style that would have served as part of the Century in the 20's and 30's.'' And Harold Vanderbilt was ''in charge of the railroad'' when it commissioned the bullet-nosed engine and streamlined cars of the Century, still considered masterpieces of industrial design.


text: Beliefs developed when young about what is or isn’t healthy can follow us for a lifetime, experts say. But what if those beliefs don’t hold up to scientific scrutiny? Here are eight assumptions about diet, exercise and sleep that fail to meet the sniff test. Myth No. 1: Popular diets are everywhere so they must work Lose weight fast. It’s enticing, but the typical fad diet – even the more established ones, such as keto – emphasize limiting nutritional intake, often by banning entire food groups. Keto, for example, outlaws grains, legumes and fruits except for a handful of berries. Lopping off important micronutrients isn’t healthy, and restrictive diets “tend to fail in the long run,” according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “That type of restriction in the long term leads to weight gain, not weight loss, and it often leads to weight cycling,” said Nina Taylor, education manager at the National Alliance for Eating Disorders. Going on and off a diet is called weight cycling, or yo-yo dieting, and studies have linked that eating pattern to higher body fat, blood pressure and cholesterol, all of which raises the risk of coronary heart disease and sudden cardiac death in women. Eating a plant-based diet, watching sugar intake and limiting mindless eating are great ways to add years to your life, research has shown. Myth No. 2: It’s OK to take your smartphone to bed Who doesn’t want to check their social feeds one last time before lights out? But research has linked nighttime overuse of smartphones to trouble falling asleep, reduced sleep duration, daytime tiredness and even mood disorders. When you use your phone, you’re flooding your eyes with blue light, which cuts off production of melatonin – that’s the hormone that regulates your body clock. Experts suggest banning any LED spectrum light for a full hour before sleep. Bottom line: Don’t bring your cell phone and its harmful blue light to bed. Use an old-fashioned alarm clock to help you wake up. Myth No. 3 Social media can inspire you to diet and exercise Research shows young people believe turning to fitness and diet videos on TikTok, Facebook or other social media will inspire them to be a better version of themselves, Taylor said. “They believe that will motivate them to work out or diet,” Taylor said. “However, what that can lead to is body dissatisfaction – social comparison and a lot of concerns about body and weight. Those are all risk factors for eating disorder development.” Experts fear body dysphoria may have increased during the pandemic as more young people turned to social media while also faced with social isolation and disrupted routines, Taylor said. “Disordered eating is often a coping mechanism,” she said. “It’s a way to feel in control and deal with tough emotions.” Intuitive eating is a natural way of listening to the body’s cues on hunger and fullness, which experts believe sets up a more healthy way of eating. Some call it the “anti-diet.” Myth No. 4: Hitting the snooze button helps you get more sleep As morning approaches, your body is naturally nearing the end of its last rapid eye movement, or “dream” cycle. Hit that snooze button, and your brain falls right back into a new dream cycle, experts say. When the alarm goes off a few minutes later, you’re likely to be in the middle of that cycle and wake up groggy. You’ll stay groggy longer, too. Pro tip: Put the alarm on the other side of the room, so you have to get out of bed to turn it off. (And no, you can’t tell Google or Alexa to turn it off. That’s cheating.) Myth No. 5: You can lose belly fat with crunches In reality, exercise burns fat all over the body, not just the body part your workout targets. “You can do an exercise to increase the strength of a muscle, but you can’t spot reduce to remove fat,” said Dr. Angela Smith, a former president of the American College of Sports Medicine. Experts suggest increasing cardio to burn fat. Strive for a balanced fitness routine by varying workout intensity to include high- and low-intensity training. Myth No. 6: It’s best to stay in bed with eyes closed when you can’t sleep Staying in bed more than 20 minutes if you can’t sleep is one of the worst things you can do, according to sleep experts, because it trains your brain to associate the bed with a lack of sleep. Doing so can lead to chronic insomnia. “It’s counterintuitive, but spending time in bed awake turns the bed into the dentist’s chair,” Michael Grandner, a clinical psychologist and sleep expert, told CNN previously. Instead, get up and do something boring, such as folding laundry, until you’re sleepy. Make sure you keep the lights dim, and don’t check your smartphone or laptop. Myth No. 7: I have to work out or diet all the time to change my body type There’s a belief that exercising or dieting all the time can change your basic body type, Taylor said. “Especially among younger age groups, the feeling is ‘if I just dieted better, or if I just exercised more, I would get my body to look a certain way.’ The reality is there’s a large range and diversity of body types that are all normal and healthy.” Genetics are a key to how exercise might affect your body, Smith said. “If your parents are both over 6 feet tall, you’re probably not going to be successful as a gymnast, for example,” she said. “Some of this might be determined by muscle shape and size, and some of it might be determined by hormonal balances that you have been dealt at birth.” The idea everyone can lose or gain weight or bulk up to some ideal body image doesn’t make sense, Taylor said. “There will always be body diversity. After all, we would never say, ‘You should be taller,’ or ‘You should be shorter,’ right?” Myth No. 8: Bodybuilding supplements advertised on social media really work High school and college-age youth may feel they need weight training supplements after seeing products advertised on social media, said Dr. John Xerogeanes, chief of sports medicine at the Emory Orthopaedic & Spine Center and professor of orthopaedics at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta. “The biggest issue I have with my patients is supplements,” Xerogeanes said. “Some influencer is marketing something that’s complete garbage, and suddenly the kid says, ‘Hey, I can take this supplement, and it’s gonna give me abs.’” That’s a problem, he said, because the US Food and Drug Administration doesn’t regulate the supplement industry. “It may say one thing on the label, but you really don’t know what’s in it,” Xerogeanes said. “The manufacturers can put other minerals or even stimulants in their mix, which is why some of the high school and college athletes pop a positive on drug tests.” When he works with college teams, he said, “I tell them, if you’re going to do any supplement, we need to see that supplement, and we need to have it independently tested.” Research shows that if you eat a healthy, well-balanced diet, you are not likely to need supplements unless you are pregnant, elderly or have a specific dietary limitation.


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Two Windsor Beer Stores are among 100 that will be open on Boxing Day.
“We’ve all had that worrying experience this time of year when, after we have stocked up for the Holidays, that with family and friends visiting, we might run out. Now, if that happens, our customers across Ontario can come see us on Boxing Day and re-stock the fridge,” said Beer Store President Ted Moroz.
The stores at 2380 Walker Road and 8150 Tecumseh Road East will be open from 10am to 6pm.


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As Apple is set to announce the launch of its latest iPhone iteration, one thing is for sure: it won’t have 5G. Apple has always seemed to be at the forefront of new technology, but the company is falling behind the competition with its newest device, when it comes to 5G technology. For example, the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G Edition is already available to buy, along with the OnePlus 7 Pro 5G and Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 5G.
2019 will be challenging
The IDC Market Forecast predicts that “2019 will remain a challenging year for iPhone shipments with volumes expected to drop to 177.9 million, down 14.8% year over year, mostly due to market maturity as well as a lack of 5G devices”.
This certainly rings true. Apple will be pushed to the background of consumer’s minds as they focus on the shiny new 5G-capable devices. This could cause shares to drop and put investors off the company for the time being.
Could 2020 provide a silver lining?
However, the IDC Market Forecast goes on to say that a “much more planned” 5G launch may benefit Apple. Apple will be able to observe mistakes and challenges other companies face in order to improve its own 5G service. This could result in Apple’s 5G phones being far superior to its competitors, and the launch certainly won’t feel rushed.
Perhaps slow and steady really does win the race; only time will tell.
- Check out the latest 5G stocks news for 2019


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CBD has become a hot topic recently, and it’s not hard to see why!
With its calming effects and potential to alleviate discomfort, it’s no wonder the trend will continue into 2023. As more and more people discover this cannabinoid’s potential, it’s becoming increasingly popular among people of all ages and backgrounds. While the benefits of CBD are still being researched and debated, there’s no denying that many people have reported improved well-being after using it.
Whether it’s because of its ability to promote relaxation or its potential properties, it’s clear that CBD is here to stay. If you’re curious about what this substance can do for you, it’s worth trying. Many people are curious about the compounds like CBD, THC, etc. If you want high-quality CBDfx THC pills, CBD edible , etc, then 2023 is just the right year for that.
7 Reasons Why CBD is in the News – 2023
1. Controversies And Debates Surrounding The Safety
Cannabidiol, has been a topic in the news due to ongoing controversies and debates regarding its safety. Many people are still unsure about the effects of this product on the human body and whether or not it’s safe for consumption.
While some individuals swear by its benefits, others remain skeptical about the potential risks. The lack of clear regulations and guidelines from the FDA has only added to the confusion, leaving consumers to research and make decisions about the safety and effectiveness of these products.
2. Increased Scientific Research And Interest
CBD has been all over the news lately, and with good reason. Due to increasing scientific research and public interest, CBD has been receiving more and more attention from the media. While it’s still a relatively new field, the potential benefits of CBD are becoming more apparent with each passing day.
From its potential to help to promote a sense of calm and relaxation, CBD has been garnering much attention from those who are looking for natural ways to support their overall well-being. With so much buzz surrounding this fascinating substance, it’s no wonder many people are curious about what CBD can do for them.
3. Expansion Of The Market Globally
Recently, CBD has been all over the news due to the rapid expansion of its market globally. The rise of its popularity lies in the fact that it does not produce the effects usually associated with cannabis and, in turn, has been legalized in many countries.
These products are now available in various forms, such as oils, gummies, and beverages, making it easy for people to incorporate them into their daily routines. With growing interest in alternative remedies, it’s no surprise that the CBD market is projected to continue its unprecedented growth in the years to come.
4. Incorporation In Various Consumer Products
Cannabidiol, has been making headlines lately due to its incorporation into various consumer products. From lotions to gummies, this compound derived from the hemp plant has found its way into many items that people use daily. While it is often associated with its more well-known counterpart, THC, CBD does not produce an unwanted feeling.
5. Celebrities And Influencers Promoting The Use Of Products
For those who have been keeping up with the latest news headlines, it’s no secret that this producthas been making a splash in the world of wellness. Thanks in part to celebrity endorsements and influencer promotions, these products have become increasingly popular.
But what exactly is CBD? Cannabidiol, is a compound found in the cannabis plant. With so many people talking about the benefits of this product, it’s no wonder so many are curious about this intriguing compound.
6. Regulations And Guidelines Set By Governmental Bodies For The Sale And Consumption
The rise of this product has brought about much attention in the news lately, but it’s not just because of its growing popularity – regulators and governing bodies are also playing a significant role. In recent years, this product has become more widely available in many markets, but with the growing interest has come a greater focus on regulations around sale and consumption.
This has led to developments such as the FDA’s stance on using this product in food and dietary supplements or the varying legality of the substance in different states and countries. While there’s still much debate around the topic, it’s clear that CBD’s growing mainstream status is leading to increasingly complex discussions around its safety, benefits, and risks.
7. Legalization Across Various States
Cannabidiol, has been making headlines recently due to its legalization across various states. Known for its properties, this product is derived from the hemp plant and has been touted as a potential remedy for various ailments.
While it’s important to note that this product is not a cure-all, its potential benefits have caught the attention of many. With more and more states legalizing CBD, it’s clear that this versatile compound will continue to be in the news.
Cannabidiol, has been making headlines recently due to its many potential benefits. In 2023, this product will continue to capture attention in the news as more people become aware of its potential for supporting overall wellness. This product is becoming increasingly popular among consumers seeking alternative remedies to traditional pharmaceuticals, whether in the form of oils, capsules, or topicals. As more research is conducted, the news surrounding this product could bring even more positive developments to light.


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LAWRENCEVILLE -- Students with Gwinnett Technical College's environmental horticulture program have scheduled the annual community plant sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday.
The event will be held in the campus greenhouse near building 600.
Officials with the college's program hold the community plant sale annually to sell plants students have grown to the community.
"Our fall plant sale will be a great mix of old standbys, exciting new varieties and hard to find plant favorites that our customers have come to expect from us," said Roni Trimble, coordinator of greenhouse operations.
"There's the chance for a surprise around every corner, and as always we offer an outstanding price."
Plants offered at the sale include perennials, fall annuals, vegetables, herbs and shrubs.
The Gwinnett Technical College is located next to Building 600 on campus, 5150 Sugarloaf Parkway.
Gwinnett Tech offers an associate degree and a diploma program in environmental horticulture, as well as certificate options that train students for employment as landscape design technicians, landscape/greenhouse installation technicians and floral designers.
For more information, visit www.gwinnetttech.edu.


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The map plots all substantial seizures reported since early 2007 on an easy to navigate Google Map, allowing direct access to the date and location of the seizure, as well as details of the confiscated goods and a hyperlink to the original public source from which the information was gleaned.
CIB Manager Max Vetter commented: “For years now, business leaders have been asserting that counterfeiting is a global problem affecting every country and sector. This map will go some way to corroborating the intelligence that can help bring this issue to the attention of both the public and law enforcement. For consumers, it will hopefully stress the scale of the problem – an awareness of which will, we hope increase their vigilance in the marketplace. For the authorities, this will highlight the good work being done within certain jurisdictions and help to focus future efforts against this multi-million dollar trade.”
Taking its cue from sister organisation the International Maritime Bureau (IMB)’s successful Live Piracy Map, the Counterfeiting Seizure Map provides a valuable resource for researchers to gain quick access to statistics and links to sources for further detailed information. Due to the illegal nature of the trade, it is only the reports of seizures that can give any true indication of its scale.
For instance, the 2008 Counterfeiting Seizure Map shows that eight major seizures took place in a 10-mile square radius in the Philippines during 2008, showing the good work done by law enforcement there to counter the trade. The map thus highlights the efforts of those countries who are responding to this worldwide crime phenomenon. The map highlights some of the hotspots encouraging further action by industry, consumers and law enforcement.
Mr Vetter added: “We see this map as a springboard to future discussion and awareness of the problem. Counterfeiters who produce one brand of products often are involved in schemes to counterfeit other similar brands. This map will therefore provide important intelligence to manufacturers as possible high risk areas and may encourage the sharing of information and resources to investigate such cases. The counterfeiting of pharmaceutical products and automotive parts which can affect health and safety will be of particular interests to manufacturers and consumers. The CIB will be delighted to receive reports from all interested parties in respect of counterfeits, so that the information can then be verified and input onto the map”


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In response to the ongoing recall of Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones, the US DOT Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has granted an emergency special permit to Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
After identifying multiple violations of hazardous materials law and regulations by a lithium battery manufacturer, the US DOT Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an emergency prohibition order to halt the company from shipping non-compliant batteries.
For violations of US EPA chemical reporting requirements under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), a Rhode Island facility that manufactures metal products like filler metals, fluxes, products for brazing and soldering metals, and more will pay a $69,265 fine.
Recently, the EPA increased its maximum civil penalty for hazardous waste violations to $70,117. That said, EPA does not assess the maximum penalty for every violation. When laying penalties, the US EPA’s RCRA Civil Penalty Policy (based upon Section 3008 of RCRA, 42 U.S.C. § 6928) takes into consideration the seriousness of a violation, any good-faith efforts to comply with applicable requirements, and other factors to calculate an appropriate monetary penalty.
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) announced it will re-adopt emergency regulations for facilities that manage cathode ray tubes (CRTs).
US EPA has proposed changes to the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) chemical reporting requirements intended in part to align the TSCA rules with OSHA’s Hazard Communication, or “HazCom,” Standard (HCS) and other best safety practices.
Last week, the owner of a California scrap metal recycling facility was convicted of multiple felonies and sentenced to sixteen months in prison for violations of the State’s hazardous waste control laws and the CA Health and Safety Code (HSC).
The US DOT Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today posted a safety advisory to the Federal Register to inform the public of the hazards posed by defective, damaged, or recalled lithium batteries and devices containing these batteries.
US EPA announced today it will update the Air Pollution Cost Control Manual, a guide to help both regulators and environmental engineers estimate the costs of controlling air pollution from a particular source.
A major US grocery chain faces a $3,500,000 civil penalty from US EPA for alleged violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste regulations.
Some of the limited quantity reliefs are identical across the intermodal transport rules, but others are reserved for specific modes of transport. Shippers can and should capitalize on these limited quantity reliefs when possible, but must recognize that some hazmat requirements still apply to shipping limited quantities.


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Indivisible in consideration for Nintendo Switch
Lab Zero Games, the team that is developing the action role-playing game Indivisible, has indicated that it is possible that the game will also launch on Switch, the new console of Nintendo. So far the game is confirmed for PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. The studio is talking to 505 Games about the possibility of bringing the title on Switch.
It seems that Lab Zero Games, the studio creator of Skullgirls, sees the new system of Nintendo as an alternative viable for development. In December 2015 they commented via their account on Twitter that they had an interest in this system, but before promising something they wanted to know more. And yesterday, when asked by a fan, they have said that Indivisible is something they are considering for Nintendo Switch.
On the social network Twitter, a user asked about the chances of the title to be released on Nintendo Switch and the studio has admitted that they are talking with 505 Games, but did not make any promises. “We are currently investigating the possibility of a Switch release with 505 Games, but no promises,” they said.
It is not the first time the company has indicated that there is a possibility of supporting the Nintendo console, but for now there is still no confirmation.
This game is a action RPG, but with elements of a Metroidvania, whose battle system is inspired by Valkyrie Profile. It features Ajna, a girl who is in search of answers about the strange powers she possesses.
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Burnham Costa Coffee store approved
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COSTA Coffee has won permission to take over a prominent high street store.
The firm will move into the former Sanders greengrocers in Burnham, on the High Street junction with Adam Street, which has been closed since last October.


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This week started with a milestone announcement of Japanese SoftBank moving in to acquire ARM Holdings for a record $32 billion. Many analysts lamented that the takeover was a result of Brexit, even though everyone in their right minds should know that negotiations of this magnitude take years and typically are made in complete silence for 6-18 months (due dilligence and all that jazz). However, this might not be the only acquisition in the modest pool of British semiconductor players. As we reported on multiple occasions, Intel is reorganizing, i.e. restructuring the company. As a part of that reorganization, the company performed no less than three rounds
In a blog, Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) stated that it has filed patent infringement complaints with the US District Court in Delaware (where most US companies are incorporated) as well as with the International Trade Comission regarding Samsung (KRX:005935) and Qualcomm’s (NASDAQ:QCOM) infringement of its patents (You can view the complaints here (ITC) and here (Delaware)) . Nvidia is alleging that Samsung’s devices that use Qualcomm’s chips are infringing upon Nvidia’s own technologies that have been patented. Not just that, but by filing a complaint with the ITC, Nvidia is seeking that such devices that infringe upon these patents be banned from importation and sale within the United States. The devices that Nvidia claims infringe upon their
Imagination Technologies (LON: IMG), the company now in ownership of MIPS’ technologies, has announced a new 64-bit MIPS processor that goes by the name of the MIPS I6400. The MIPS I6400 is Imagination Technologies’ and MIPS first 64-bit processor and actually one of the few 64-bit processors out there capable of running on a mobile device and run Android. This MIPS I6400 chip joins the MIPS Warrior family of processors which includes the Warrior M-class of entry-level MIPS cores for embedded and microcontroller applications and the Warrior P-class of high-performance MIPS processors. Based upon how Imagination Technologies is placing this new I-class of processors, it appears
Oracle used the Imagination Summit 2014 in Santa Clara, California to announce their affiliation with Imagination Technologies of the UK. The collaboration is aimed at enhancing Java for embedded applications, including those used for the Internet of Things (IoT) and to optimize Java for the MIPS CPU architecture. The MIPS32 and MIPS64 systems will gain support through Oracle’s Java Development Kit (JDK) for developing, debugging, and monitoring Java applications. Developers can use Java in various applications including routers, wireless access points, residential gateways, networking equipment, and mobile devices. Krishna Yarlagadda, President of Imagination in North America, indicated that his company is extremely committed to growing the
With Khronos group officially launching the OpenCL 1.0 specification, GPGPU computing is now officially covered with a open-source, royalty-free cross-platform API that enables parallel programming on the GPUs, regardless from whom they’re coming from.


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Sony has taken an impressive lead over the Xbox One across the pond.
Borderlands 2 is heading to PS Vita – alongside a hardware bundle packaging the game with the new, slimmer Vita.
Nintendo is reportedly dialing up a Yoshi's New Island 3DS XL bundle for the game's launch next month.
Flipkart is now selling two variants of the Wii U at the same price as the PlayStation 4 – Rs 39,990.
A supposed Microsoft insider over at NeoGAF has been revealing all sorts of secret information on the company’s Xbox One plans, including details of the India launch.
Google is rumoured to be readying the axe for its Nexus hardware line.
A games-focused under-the-TV entertainment system will be launched by Amazon in 2014, a new report has claimed.
Game4u has a trade-in offer for those looking to move up from PS3 or Xbox 360 to the PS4.
If you thought buying a Steam Machine would take away the hassles of PC upgrades and quickly outdated hardware, Alienware has some news for you.
We normally wouldn’t put too much stock into analyst predictions, but when a console price drop is the topic of discussion, any sliver of hope is welcome.
The UK physical games market has grown for the first time in five years.
Speaker manufacturer Klipsch had revealed a pair of upcoming headsets designed specifically for gaming.
The company behind the Neo Geo X retro console has accused SNK of “bullying” retailers.
Global PC sales fell at their fastest rate ever in 2013.
UK online retailer ShopTo says it is enjoying its most successful year on record.
The PlayStation 4 is finally on sale in India, and Sony is already talking shortages.
Specialist games retailer Games The Shop has confirmed that it will hold a midnight launch for the PlayStation 4.
Gaming peripherals maker Mad Catz has partnered with Origin Games to bring its range of products to India.
Game4u has announced that it will hold midnight launches for the PlayStation in four cities.
Flipkart has stopped accepting preorders for the PlayStation 4 just days after kicking off its pre-order campaign.
Update 2: Landmark has revealed more incentives for gamers to head to their stores for the midnight launch.
Despite the many negative reactions over the pricing of the PlayStation 4 and its games in India, Sony is quite confident about the console’s prospects, especially in the launch period. ...
Sony yesterday announced that the PlayStation 4 would retail for Rs 39,990 in India, and while that didn’t come as a surprise considering everything we’ve been hearing over the last ...


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Here are my latest weekly notes, focusing on eCommerce marketplaces: #Walmart #Amazon #Tiktok #Grok #Openai
- #Amazon’s Black Friday deals begin on Friday, November 17
- During #OpenAI’s first developer conference, the launch of a GPT store was announced, which is set to open later this month. This platform will enable users to sell their custom GPT bots, representing a significant milestone for the company. Here is how to create one in 4 min
- Elon enters the #AI race with #Grok
- #TikTok is setting up its logistics to make shopping on their app super smooth. Instead of doing it all in-house like Amazon, they’re teaming up with logistics pros like ShipBob and Newegg to handle inventory and shipping.


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SMOKERS cost the UK economy £12billion a year through illness and fag breaks, a study found.
The total comes despite the number of people smoking having fallen from around 11million to 9million in the past eight years.
Getty – Contributor Fag breaks costs businesses around £10m a day as workers nip out for a puff
Workers nipping out to have a cigarette break cost businesses £3.6billion a year — around £10million a day.
And employees taking time off sick due to smoking-related illnesses cost an additional £8.4billion.
Using data from public health charity Ash, vaping specialists Vapourcore.com looked at the cost of smoking in different regions.
Its study found London (£1.7billion a year) is worst hit, followed by Manchester and the West Midlands.
CANCER BUSTING DIET Ditch Diet Coke and 6 other diet rules to save yourself from cancer DYING WISH Brave mum loses cancer battle moments after asking family ‘look after my boys’ BUGBEAR Grim video reveals face mites FEAST on your skin & have sex on you while you sleep Graphic WarningDEATH’S DOOR Mum nearly dies when skin rots and turns black after ‘botched’ weight loss op SEPSIS HELL Dad woke up with no arms and legs after suffering cut during visit to DENTIST STUB IT OUT Smokers who use ‘light’ cigarettes are ‘JUST as likely to die of lung cancer’
The lowest costs were £45million in Dorset.
Vapourcore chief Charles Bloom said: “The numbers prove smoking remains a countrywide issue.
“Instead of redistributing wealth into the local economy and improving the experiences of consumers, companies are having to spend their excess on facilitating employees’ smoking habits.”
Children’s Disney characters that smoked in animated films as the company bans smoking at theme parks


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BMW’s infotainment display to debut around 2025, turns the car’s windshield into a head up display.
BMW is betting on this technology rather than the superwide glass displays adopted by some of its competitors, including Cadillac and Mercedes-Benz. As reported earlier, BMW believes that overlarge screens seen in some cars will be gone in 10 years because they are too distracting.
Instead the company’s new head up display covers the full length of the lower windshield so it can be useful to both driver and front passenger. Called Panoramic Vision, it is slated for BMW’s Neue Klasse electric vehicles. The head up display is made by Bosch, reports Automotive News. It uses a black strip of screen along the bottom of the dashboard that projects on to the windshield to create the imagery.
Neue Klasse vehicles also get a more traditional OLED screen sitting on top of the dashboard. Users can “flick” info from the hard screen to the Panoramic head up display, according to Automotive News which was shown the system concept by BMW in Munich, as seen in this video.
The passenger, of course, views their side of the head-up display, and may see music information and possibly stream video and view content such as YouTube.
There’s also a second 3D head up display just for the driver (expected to be optional) that projects about 10 meters out on the road. It shows information such as navigation and assisted driving data.
A recent concept Neue Klass EV included windows with a thin strip of E Ink display (similar to that of an eReader). When you approach the car, the strip lights up and becomes a touch controlled door handle, said Car and Driver.
By contrast Cadillac is going all in on the superwide screen. It just unveiled a 33-inch 9K touchscreen for its 2025 CT5 luxury sedan. Cadillac teamed with Google so that users get Google Assistant and many Google apps including Maps, live traffic, music and more as well as the ability shop for more apps on Google Play. See more at Engadget.


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Amazon reported record sales of about 7.5 billion rupees (USD 7.07 million) in 36 hours in the premium smartphone brands category.
30 Sep 2019 3:34 PM
No wonder, e-commerce biggies are gearing up for the festive season with special offers on mobile phones.
18 Sep 2019 1:26 AM
Cyber Prevention Awareness and Detection (CyPAD) has arrested the man who created a fake website 'Amazon Big Billion Day Sales'.
01 Jul 2019 9:49 AM
Smartphones will be Flipkart’s biggest selling category this year.
12 Oct 2018 11:10 AM
Flipkart, which will host its Big Billion Days (BBD) sale from October 10-14 this year, has doubled its warehousing capacity.
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As much as 40% of all food produced each year does not reach human consumption, with economic, environmental and social costs estimated at $2.6 trillion.
There are many social, cultural, and even technological reasons for these staggering statistics, but we’ve also seen a number of startups come forward proposing ways to solve the food waste problem. . Last year, Choco achieved the coveted unicorn status with software that digitizes supplier and restaurant ordering, supply his chain and communication processes. Elsewhere, there are companies offering AI-powered smart forecasts to help retailers optimize inventory replenishment, while others create markets for selling surplus or defective produce. building. Some companies are even trying to turn food waste into food containers.
Meanwhile, another fledgling startup called Kanpla is focused on reducing food waste in a very specific industry: canteens.
Founded in Denmark in 2019, Kanpla initially targeted school cafeterias, offering software for parents to pre-order food for their children (in Denmark, children under 13 are debit card cannot be used). The amount and type of food you prepare. Today, the company targets eateries of all kinds, with paying customers including shipping giant Maersk and Danish beer company Carlsberg. And industrial canteen providers such as Coor and Cheval Blanc serve over 230 canteens across the Nordics.
Kanpla says its software was used in about 1,500 canteens in 2022, and expects that number to triple this year as it expands to more European markets. To prepare for this growth, the company announced today that it has raised €2.2 million ($2.4 million) in a seed round of funding.
The Kanpla platform has two core elements. For the kitchen, Kanpla offers what it calls an “operating system” for managing the entire canteen from a PC or mobile device. This includes creating digital menus, supporting different payment types, collecting and presenting sales data, and more. This enables businesses to understand which foods sell best, stock up on the right types of ingredients, and minimize produce that can be wasted.
On the “diner” side, users can access a mobile or web app to browse menus and order meals. This means your food can be waiting when you arrive at the diner.
Besides, the Kanpla platform has special features to deal with food waste.
For example, kitchens and canteens can sell surplus food from lunch or buffet menus to guests as takeout. Simply list available food quantities and prices using the admin dashboard and a communication will be sent to each Campra diner’s app.
Kanpla also has a food waste registry feature, currently in beta, that aggregates data such as how many people enter the cafeteria and how much food is wasted by category (such as in-production or leftover buffet food). This forces the kitchen to weigh food before throwing it away.
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Perhaps the most interesting aspect of Kanpla’s product is its very narrow focus on canteens. This is what Peter Bæch, his CEO and co-founder of Kanpla, said was simply due to his own experience.
“The idea of targeting the canteen industry came from our experiences with local canteens,” Bæch explained to TechCrunch. “We’ve seen first-hand the canteens that throw away tons of food at the end of the day. Think about spending half your lunch break waiting in line. These inconveniences have greatly delayed digitization.” And finding an industry with forecasting problems, limited tools for managing guest relations, and highly manual processes for printing and billing has us diving into pain. These insights marked the beginning of our journey to digitize this industry.”
While canteens undoubtedly share many of the same pain points as other eateries, each presents its own set of challenges and opportunities that require different approaches from a technology perspective.
“Canteens are distinct from cafés and restaurants, offering a unique opportunity to connect with customers as regulars return every day,” continues Bæch. “Furthermore, the menu changes daily and payments are often made through hybrid approaches such as cards, bills and payroll deductions, adding to the complexity and challenges.”
Kanpla’s seed round was led by Dutch-based VC HenQ, with participation from a handful of angel investors. The company said it plans to use the new capital injection to expand beyond its native Denmark into the UK, Norway and the Netherlands in 2023, with plans to enter the US and other European markets the following year. .
Denmark has seen a number of sizable gains over the years, with expense management software provider Pleo hitting a valuation of $4.7 billion a year ago, while local neobank Lunar hit a valuation of over $2 billion last year. I have created a technology company. And, of course, Zendesk, which was acquired by a private equity firm in June for $10 billion.
HenQ partner Jan Andriessen believes Kanpla could pave a similar path to Zendesk by tapping into what initially seemed like a niche.
“At first, the canteen industry may seem murky, but it’s a big market with huge potential,” Andriessen said in a statement. “Many B2B software products are flourishing in seemingly obscure markets. Zendesk, one of Denmark’s largest tech companies, was founded before customer success software was a distinct term. and that’s why it’s the type of B2B business we’re excited to support.”


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German nudists will be able to start their holidays early by stripping off on the plane if they take up a new offer from an eastern German travel firm.
Travel agency OssiUrlaub.de said it would start taking bookings from Friday for a trial nudist day trip from the eastern German town of Erfurt to the popular Baltic Sea resort of Usedom, planned for July 5 and costing 499 euros ($735).
Thank heaven for small favors:
The 55 passengers will have to remain clothed until they board, and dress before disembarking, said Hess. The crew will remain clothed throughout the flight for safety reasons.
Needless to say, I support totally deregulated air travel, including the right to do this. But suddenly flying coach on U.S. Airways got a lot more comfortable.
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Upscale handbag maker Coach Inc. plans to close as many as 70 stores across North America as it struggles to keep up with rivals such as Kate Spade and Michael Kors.
The company's North American same-store sales dropped 21 percent in the quarter ended March 29, the fourth straight quarter of declines. Coach also said it plans to "de-emphasize discounting," CNBC reports.
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Erca already produces a line of textile auxiliaries derived from waste vegetable oil such as castor, which are used as levelling and dispersing agents for dyeing polyester at its headquarters in Grassobbio near Bergamo, Italy, but has six manufacturing facilities worldwide and turns over €150 million (US$165M) per year servicing the textiles, cosmetics, polyurethanes and concrete sectors.
But January 2024 marks the official birth of Erca TCS (Textile Chemical Solutions), a business unit of Erca with a focus solely on the textile market that will be based on ‘green chemistry’, according to the company.
Fabio Locatelli from Erca explains: “Our goal is to make Erca TCS a reference point for sustainable innovation and help reduce the environmental impact of the textile industry by adopting innovative and truly sustainable solutions and services. We are always looking for innovative solutions through the development of products that are increasingly high-performing, competitive, and sustainable at the same time.”
The company says the idea behind a green, high tech and circular commitment to the textile sector through the launch of Erca TCS is “demonstrated by a product and brand range that is totally based on the circular economy, which started from a problem – the disposal of used vegetable oil – and turned it into a resource, into a raw material for the production of chemical auxiliaries for the textile industry”.
Its Revecol range of levelling agents are auxiliaries certified to the Global Recycling Standard (GRS) and says they can be used on both standard and recycled polyesters in batch dyeing processes – even on high count yarn dyeing and on beam in critical (deep) shades. It also offers other options for jet dyeing and overflow applications. Erca is also currently developing new processes that will allow us to make detergents, emulsifiers, and softeners from waste vegetable oils.
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LINE has launched Official Accounts for three Malaysian celebrities, Neelofa, Nazim Othman and Fizo Omar. These new Official Accounts will enable LINE users to befriend these rising stars of Malaysia and communicate directly with them on LINE. Fans can follow their updates and interact with them in real time during ‘On Air Mode’, where they can read and respond to messages from LINE users.
The mobile messaging platform has attained exponential growth since its launch in June 2011, with a record number of 200 million users worldwide and ranked as the number 1 app in the free app category for 47 countries, including Malaysia.
“The addition of the three new celebrities on Official Accounts is in line with our ambition to grow our user base in Malaysia and strengthen the emotional connection with users as we evolve to become a true Smartphone Life Platform. It represents a big part of LINE’s continuous efforts in delivering localised user experience, content and services to make LINE relevant to users not only from all over the world, but also in Malaysia,” says Simeon Cho, General Manager of Global LINE Business, LINE PLUS Corporation.
These three rising Malaysian celebrities also recently filmed a series of four LINE TV commercials as they unveil their personality and interaction as buddies, as well as rivals too. The LINE TV commercials premiered on local television channels on 12 July 2013.
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ABTA is calling on the Government to ditch testing for double-vaccinated holidaymakers and to scrap the traffic light system for travel.
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Almost half of travel companies said they hadn’t seen any increase in 2021 bookings compared to last year, despite the rollout of the vaccine programme.
And they said 58% of departures in July or August this year were postponed or cancelled.
With the Government due to review restrictions on international travel by 1 October and the furlough scheme due to end this month, ABTA has written to the Transport Secretary and the Chancellor, claiming the the traffic light system has acted as brake on the sector and failed to deliver the conditions necessary for recovery.
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ABTA says the Government should scrap the traffic light system, allowing travel to all destinations except those few with known variants of concern and end testing for fully vaccinated travellers on their return to the UK from lower-risk countries.
ABTA Chief Executive Mark Tanzer said: “The Government’s travel requirements have choked off this summer’s travel trade – putting jobs, businesses and the UK’s connectivity at risk.
“While our European neighbours have been travelling freely and safely, the British were subject to expensive measures which have stood in the way of people visiting family and friends, taking that much-needed foreign holiday and making important business connections.
“The Government needs to wake up to the damage its policies are doing to the UK travel industry and the impact they will have on the wider economic recovery. It is the fares from leisure passengers that keep our planes flying and routes open – a diminished holiday industry is a diminished aviation industry with fewer routes and fewer flights. That’s not how you achieve a global Britain.
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Time Warner and AOL are to go their separate ways by the end of the year, a decade after the internet company and media conglomerate came together in the biggest and most disastrous deal of the dotcom boom.
The separation, which management at the media group has been discussing for several years, will also see Time Warner buy back Google’s 5% stake in AOL.
The search engine company spent $1-billion buying the stake in 2005 as a way of preventing Microsoft from becoming the site’s advertising partner. But since then Time Warner has seen its share price crash and earlier this year Google wrote down the value of the stake by $726-million.
Demerging AOL, which will become a separately quoted company on the stock market, will allow Time Warner to focus on its TV, movies and publishing operations, including well known brands such as Warner Bros, HBO and Time magazine.
“We believe that a separation will be the best outcome for both Time Warner and AOL” said Time Warner chairperson and chief executive Jeff Bewkes. “The separation will be another critical step in the reshaping of Time Warner that we started at the beginning of last year, enabling us to focus to an even greater degree on our core content businesses.”
“We believe AOL will then have a better opportunity to achieve its full potential as a leading independent internet company.”
AOL, which bought social networking site Bebo for $850-million two years ago, is focused on its eponymous web portal and a host of other content sites, including celebrity gossip site TMZ. AOL’s portfolio sites were the fourth most visited destination in the US in the first quarter of the year — behind Google, Yahoo and Microsoft — with 106-million visitors per month, down from 110-million visitors in the first quarter of 2008, according to comScore Media Metrix.
“Becoming a standalone public company positions AOL to strengthen its core businesses, deliver new and innovative products and services, and enhance our strategic options,” said AOL chairperson and chief executive Tim Armstrong, who was lured away from Google to head up AOL earlier this year. He is the fourth AOL boss since the merger.
When AOL’s takeover of Time Warner was announced in January 2000, the $350-billion deal epitomised the feeling that “new” media was overturning the traditional “old” media worlds of TV, film and publishing.
But as the dotcom boom turned to bust, the rationale behind the deal crumbled and Time Warner found itself taking a mammoth $100-billion writedown. The merger also led to a long-running fraud inquiry that resulted in the company being slapped with a $210-million fine. Last year, the SEC filed civil charges against eight former executives, alleging that they inflated the firm’s online advertising revenues by more than $1-billion.
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Bajoria added that India may purchase around 50,000 tonne of additional soy oil and 50,000 tonne of additional palm oil due to the sun oil deficit. “At the meeting with Union commerce minister Piyush Goyal, we have requested the government to allow free Rouble window, so that when the situation normalises, we can continue to import. Food and edible oils should not be included in sanctions,” he said.
At present, traders are contracting soy oil from USA and Brazil and palm oil from Malaysia. Prices have gone up since supplies are hampered. On the first day of the invasion, prices had gone up by $100 per tonne but yesterday when it became clear that NATO will not send troops, prices came down by $ 75 per tonne.
India gets more than two-thirds of its edible oil supplies through imports and buys about 1.25 million tonne of cooking oil every month. Palm oil is usually the dominant oil used in India, but importers have had to buy more soy oil and sunflower oil this year due to reduced supplies of palm oil from top exporter Indonesia, which pushed palm prices to record highs. About 85% of soybean oil in India is imported from Argentina and Brazil, while 90% of sun oil is imported from Ukraine and Russia. Almost all of India’s palm oil requirements are met from Indonesia and Malaysia.


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NASCAR, meet the electric Chevy Volt
FORT WORTH, Texas (CNN) -- Imagine a sun-swept Texas afternoon in 2015. After the roar of a ceremonial flyover, a Texas Motor Speedway crowd of 200,000 rises to its feet in anticipation of NASCAR's signature moment.
The celeb du jour grabs the microphone and bellows, "Gentlemen, start your engines!"
As the fans join in a full-throated cheer, 43 of the world's best drivers reach down and press a button. What follows is unprecedented: pin-dropping silence, save for 43 small clicks.
This scenario isn't as unfathomable as it may seem. In fact, in a sport whose fans often wear their American pride on their sleeves along with the image of their favorite driver, it may offer a strongly pro-American vision of the future.
NASCAR, meet the Chevrolet Volt, which General Motors believes will become the first mass-produced plug-in electric car on American roads by late 2010. The latest symbol of GM's new mantra, "From gas-friendly to gas-free," the Volt was unveiled to the media last week at Texas Motor Speedway, in the heart of NASCAR country.
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American Girl, a division of Mattel, has partnered with Fashion Angels to create a range of tween girls' arts and crafts products featuring the doll brand.
The line will launch this fall at retailers across the U.S. and will include activity kits, fashion sketchbooks and Do-It-Yourself craft kits for girls to create fun accessories for themselves and their American Girl dolls.
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