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3D printing does have a relationship with the internet but it’s not analogous, thinks All3DP’s columnist Rachel Park. Here’s why.
For the last three and a half years, 3D printing has regularly been compared with the Internet – usually in terms of size and reach. “3D Printing will be bigger than the Internet” is a reoccurring headline across a range of media types, or, from the slightly more cautious “Will 3D Printing be as big as the Internet?”
The Short Answer is No! No, it Will Not
The 3D printing and Internet analogy has always irritated me because I believe it is largely based on the hype around 3D printing that ballooned over recent years and it is little more than a headline grabber.
Looking back, the first comparison of 3D printing to the Internet I can find came from Avi Reichental, then CEO of 3D Systems. He gave an interview to Peter Marsh, a correspondent for the Financial Times (FT) in July 2012. The ulterior motives for the CEO of a 3D printing company with a definitive consumer strategy to push 3D printing as the next big consumer technology are obvious, notwithstanding they were wrong — at least the timing of it was wrong.
To get an idea of how misguided, his personal beliefs (specified) in these analogies were in 2012. In the interview, Reichental states that he thinks 3D printing will be “as big as the Steam Engine / Computer / Internet was in its day.” Steam engine aside, these technologies are still “in their day” with huge growth ongoing. Move past the analogies though and the point Reichental is making is that “3D printing will be the next disruptive technology that is going to change everything.” Specifically, he was saying it’s going to “change how we learn, how we create and how we manufacture.” This is where I agree — it is and will continue to change how we learn, create and make — but not “everything.” Very far from it and that’s where reality — and truth — has to kick in.
It’s a Myth That has Evolved into a Weird Collective Reality
To be fair, while Avi was the first, he is certainly not the only one to harp on about 3D printing being bigger that the Internet — the analogy has been used by other notable industry leaders and, of course, the media ever since. It’s a myth that has evolved into a weird collective reality.
Except it’s not real.
There are a number of reasons that I can identify to support this view that 3D printing is not as “big” as the Internet — whether you quantify big in terms of size and reach or revenue. The dominant one is simply just a consideration of my own, personal use of the Internet, which, I am confident, is reflective of most people with access to it. For better or worse, today it permeates my day-to-day activities from morning until night whether at work, rest or play. Here’s a list I came up with in under 5 minutes — I don’t doubt you could add to it:
- Work – research and communications.
- Personal communications
- Shopping — groceries / clothes / homewares / gifts / toys / DIY / gadgets & electronics
- Take out insurance — home / car / pet
- Tax my car (which reminds me, due this month)
- Register energy meter readings
- Watch TV
- Book Holidays
- Flight Check In and Updates
- Route finder and travel directions
- Gaming (mostly my husband and son but I have been known to join in)
- Social Media (sometimes excessively)
- Music – downloading and listening
- Help kids with their homework.
Even despite my interest in 3D printing technology, both professionally and personally, and the amount of time I spend reading and writing about it; I do not envisage a day when the activity of 3D printing will penetrate my life to the degree the Internet does today.
The thing is, the (continued) growth of the Internet has never been and will never be dependent on 3D printing. The reverse is not true though — the Internet enables the growth of the 3D printing industry, particularly for consumer facing applications via 3rd parties, but also for industrial applications.
The Analogy is Wrong
Important to stress here, I am not disputing the growth of the 3D printing industry, only the analogies of growth with the Internet. I do believe 3D printing will continue to grow and be disruptive on many fronts for legitimate reasons. Through the end of last year and this first month of 2016, there have been plenty of forecasts that point in this direction. I’ve cherry picked a couple, but as ever, they vary wildly, and almost all have vested interests. That said, regardless of the research sources, they all project significant and continued growth, which is the main point to take away here:
Across the full spectrum of platforms, from desktop to industrial manufacturing scale, Gartner’s 3D printer market forecast estimates that shipments of 3D printers will grow at a massive compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 121.3% through 2019. This is an over all figure based on units and revenue but says nothing of application and understanding. More insightful, albeit more limited in scope, I believe, is a more recent blog post by Gartner correspondent Pete Basilier reporting on a 3D printing round table at CES in Las Vegas at the beginning of the month, which highlighted virtual inventory as a huge growth application for 3D printing. I believe this is so, but even here, vested interests permeate forecasts. Present were Alan Amling, VP of Logistics and Distribution at UPS, who, ironically enough “likened the current situation to 1995 and the potential of the Internet,” and Rick Smith, Co-Founder of CloudDDM, who believes that virtual inventory could be “the first killer app for 3D printing.”
Just a few days ago, IDC (International Data Corporation) published its Worldwide Semiannual 3D Printing Spending Guide, which predicts that global spending on 3D printing will grow at a 27% CAGR from nearly $11 billion in 2015 to $26.7 billion in 2019.
“3D printing has been a mainstay in specialized discrete manufacturing markets like automotive and aerospace for many years. However, in just the past three years, lower-priced 3D printers and affordable materials have dramatically widened the market for 3D printing to now enable consumer, education, healthcare and additional manufacturing markets. That said, 3D printing availability doesn’t translate similarly across industries. Vendors and service providers need to understand how differences in use cases, materials cost, and end customer expectation are uniquely shaping each market,” said Christopher Chute, Vice President, Consumer Insights and Analysis Group.
“The technologies that enable 3D printing continue to develop and expand in nearly every direction,” added Tim Greene, Research Director, Hardcopy Solutions. “These technologies can help deliver larger, more accurate, and more solidly built models in a fraction of the time.”
According to Keith Kmetz, Program Vice President of IDC’s Imaging, Printing and Document Solutions research: “IDC’s 3D printing research indicates that the 3D printer market is primed and ready for greater mainstream adoption. There is strong appeal for this technology across several markets, and regions.”
Thus, IDC expects that key regions and vertical industries will drive this high rate of growth and provide a transformative effect on how previously mass-produced goods can now be customized for individual needs and requirements. The firm further expects that Asia/Pacific, the United States, and Western Europe will grow their aggregate share of global spending from 59.2% in 2014 to 70% by 2019, as China in particular becomes a leading market for 3D printing hardware and services.
Meanwhile, according to the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), which released its semi-annual industry report, U.S. Consumer Technology Sales and Forecasts to coincide with its CES show and predicts 3D printing will be one of the major drivers of growth in the tech industry with forecast revenue increases of 38%, and a total revenue of $152 million. Further: “3D printer sales are projected to increase by 64%, with an estimated 178 million printers being sold in the United States.”
And just for fun: Technavio’s research analyst predicts the global 3D printer market to register a CAGR of more than 41% during the forecast period (2016 – 2020). Based on comments like this … “3D printing capabilities have no limits as there are many areas yet to explore, and manufacturers are extending to new applications such as the introduction of 3D print sex toys.”
The Growth is Real and that it will Continue
In all seriousness, though —the growth is real and that it will continue. I don’t hold this view because of what analysts say, but because of the primary and secondary evidence, I am seeing of vertical manufacturing sectors embracing 3D printing and additive manufacturing more emphatically than ever before. The automotive, aerospace, medical device & healthcare and national defense equipment sectors are among those leading the way. Meanwhile, individual creative makers and small start-ups are also making different grades of additive technology work for them — which also contribute to steady overall market growth.
While the consumer 3D printer has been knocked back, and rightly so, I do also still believe that 3D printing does belong in the consumer age, which is seeing a distinct move away from mass produced products. Customisation — the ability to create things based on our individuality — and sustainability both incur a premium, but they are premiums more and more of us our willing to pay for via a 3rd party. This is real, this is happening now and 3D printing will increasingly be an enabler for this.
There is plenty of 3D printing reality to get excited about now, without resorting to ridiculous headlines about the Internet.
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Why Microsoft Chose to Release Windows 10 and Not Windows 9?
Microsoft Corporation announced that it will unveil Microsoft 10 in the future. It is also expected that the new version of Microsoft will first debut this summer. Though it is true that many people are happy and excited about the company’s announcement, it is undeniable that there are also many people who, instead of being glad and thrilled, are shocked by the news.
Microsoft 8 followed the Microsoft 7 version. This is why many people expect Microsoft 9 to follow. Nonetheless, Microsoft 10 has already been announced by the company. Most of us now are wondering what happened to Microsoft 9.
During the developer’s conference of Microsoft’s Build 2015, the reason why the company is releasing Microsoft 10 this year instead of Microsoft 9 was revealed. Nevertheless, it is not the kind of reason that the people expected.
During the said conference, it can easily be noticed that Microsoft employees were wearing the same blue shirts that were imprinted with a Windows logo that comes with a binary code. Just in case some people did not notice, Gabriel Aul, a Microsoft employee, took on Twitter and explained that the shirt has a hidden message.
There are four hidden messages on the Windows logo with binary code. Here are the following:
- There are 10 types of people in the world.
- Windows 10, because 7 8 9
- Congrats on being one of the first
- Windows Insiders help us develop the future. Talk to as @ Windows
Well of course, the reason “Windows 10, because 7 8 9” is a joke. Though, it might be a meaningful joke. There are two possible reasons why Microsoft chose to release Windows 10. First, it might be because this will be their final Windows version. Second, they might want to distance the new Windows version from the failure of Windows 8.

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Babies love it, grannies approve
For most of us, our first taste of solid food was either a spoonful of Cerelac and Farex. But these baby food giants with mega turnovers now face competition from the humble Kemulac, writes Rajesh Roy.india Updated: Dec 08, 2006 05:23 IST
For most of us, our first taste of solid food was either a spoonful of Cerelac and Farex. But these baby food giants with mega turnovers now face competition from the humble Kemulac.
Kemulac may not have the name and brand presence of the other two but it more than makes up for that by being rich in nutrients. It has no artificial additives, being made up largely of fine wheat powder, ground gram, barley, safed musli, ghee, sugar and jaggery — ingredients all Indian grannies swear by. Its Indianness, in fact, could well be its biggest USP.
The people behind this baby food are not a bunch of clinical factory workers in lab coats but a group of women — many of them mothers themselves — in a remote village called Lohardaga. “The idea was to provide healthy food to children whose parents cannot afford branded food. Made on the lines of Cerelac, our product has gained the confidence of people not only in our village but in local haats,” says Biraj Devi, secretary of Nishi Mahila Mandal, a self-help group.
Kemulac is priced at a modest Rs 52.
Asked if the group planned production on a higher scale for the domestic market, Devi said there was no immediate plan but they would definitely like to do it in the future.
Incidentally, Kemulac is not the only product the women’s group manufactures. It also grows vegetables, safed musli, sunflower and other medicinal plants.
Email Rajesh Roy: firstname.lastname@example.org
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Halloween always brings a lot of scaaaaaary stories. But the biggest bogeyman out there in wine news today is the story that the world is running out of wine.
In short, Morgan Stanley’s 78-page report makes the argument that production has fallen through various uprooting schemes in the EU, consumption has risen, and a 600 million case surplus in 2004 has swung to only a 1 million case cushion now.
However, Paul Franson points out that the fear is overblown since Morgan Stanley is the odd one out. It’s worth flagging his account over at Wines & Vines because Franson not only has some good figures but also gets some good quotes. Consider this one from Rabobank’s Stephen Rannekleiv: “It’s worth asking: If the market is so incredibly tight, why are bulk wine prices moving lower in most major regions of the world?” (He has more sanguine analysis about the market and hints at lots of under-the-table activity, adding “buying Spanish bulk wine and selling it as French bottled wine is a great business model.”)
The OIV forecasts an 8% rise in wine production this year. And Silicon Valley Bank’s Rob McMillan told the SF Chronicle that “Morgan Stanley’s report is just wrong,” citing a dearth of tank space for inventorying wine, among other factors.
Two things are happening here. First, there’s a ton of bulk wine in the world, admittedly less than there was a few years ago. But there was so much wine being produced that even AOC wine was being distilled into ethanol. Getting rid of wine that’s being made into a fuel additive is not exactly something for a wine consumer to lose sleep over. What is worrisome are the severe weather in places like Burgundy this summer, which will cause scarcity and drive prices higher. But this has absolutely nothing to do with the “wine lake” and distillation end of the market.
Second, many media outlets have picked up this story and run with the “shortage” angle. I know this is a spooky time of year, but praying on the fears of wine drinkers in this issue is unnecessary and short-sighted.
The federal government has shut down “nonessential” services as of today. Surprisingly, that means that the federal agency that regulates the wine industry is also largely shut down. This is surprising because the agency collected $26 billion in revenues for the government–you’d think they would want to keep that flowing.
I spoke with a staffer at the TTB a few weeks ago while I was writing a story about wine label art. In the course of our conversation, he told me that the agency has experienced a surge in requests for label approvals. When they were formed ten years ago, they received 89,000 requests for label approvals whereas today they get 152,000 label requests. A 40% growth in wineries and a 60% rise in brewers have driven the surge. (Meanwhile, because of budget cuts, their headcount has been reduced from 520 to 471 over the same period.) I also spoke with some vintners who complained that the label approval process had slowed this year in the wake of the sequester. And now with the shutdown it will have ground to a halt.
Whenever TTB officials return to work they will have a ton of wine labels awaiting their review. The whole situation is enough to drive one to drink…
Before the shutdown occurred, the TTB did take a preliminary step to approving 11 new AVAs within the existing Paso Robles AVA.
Americans love soda so much that we drink 44 gallons a head last year. But soda sales have slowed, as Americans drank 52 gallons of soda in 1998. So that’s a decline of 18%. Even though that change hasn’t been reflected entirely in America’s waistlines, the secular decline has led to some to argue that “peak soda” is over.
Of course, we’re drinking a lot of other things such as bottled water, coconut water (!), and the juice of pomegranates and acai berries. For beer, the consumption arrow is pointed down (and sentiment is in free-fall). But wine consumption per capita has risen every year since 1993.
So there you have the current score: soda, 44 gallons, red arrow; wine, 3 gallons, green arrow.
Oh, and for a bonus chart of the day, check out the latest poll data from Gallup. They show that Americans of all ages are more into wine than 20 years ago. Only 14 percent of the youngest drinkers then liked wine as their preferred drink (compared to 71 percent who like beer); 29 percent of that cohort now says wine is their preferred drink (with only 43 percent liking beer the most). Young people today like wine twice as much as they did then. And people over 50 don’t really like beer.
The famed Eisele vineyard of Napa Valley has a new owner: Francois Pinault, number 74 on the Forbes billionaires list. Pinault’s Artemis Group, which owns Chateau Latour among other wine properties, has agreed to purchase Araujo Estate Wines from Bart and Daphne Araujo. The price for the 162 acres, including the 38-acre Eisele vineyard, was not disclosed in this statement.
“Araujo Estate and its jewel, the unique Eisele Vineyard, have been producing consistently one of the very best wines of Napa Valley,” Frédéric Engerer, CEO of Chateau Latour, said Read more…
Jolie-Laide, a micro-wine label by Scott Schultz, has attracted out-sized attention for what’s in the bottles: Trousseau Gris, Pinot Gris, and Syrah, all from single-vineyards in California. But with the current vintage, the outside of the bottles have also been turning heads since the labels depict nude line drawings.
Schultz says he varies the labels of the Jolie-Laide (translated as “pretty-ugly”) wines every year. Last year, a calligrapher designed the labels. This year, it is tattoo artist Kapten Hanna who sketched the art for the 280-case production.
John Trinidad posted the above picture to Instagram with the comment, “This wine label is HAWT! And the wine is gorgeous, too.”
Schultz, a former sommelier who currently works at Wind Gap wines, said “We were hoping because it’s just black and grey sketch art, it would remove the sexuality and evoke more a simplistic, old-school approach to the wines.”
Apparently the TTB thought the labels were HAWT too–but not too HAWT to handle. The Pinot Gris (left above) and the syrah (not pictured) passed in the first go-round but the Trousseau Gris needed a second review before getting the green light on July 15. Interestingly, small wines can apply to the TTB for a “certificate of exemption from label approval” and sell their wines only in-state, bypassing the need for federal approval. But with the TTB’s stamp of approval, these wines can now be sold in markets such as New York City, where Shultz says the wines have some fans already.
What do you think — if you were an administrator, would you give these labels a thumbs up? Or, as a consumer, does it pique your interest in the wine?
While I have some quibbles with it (why call it a 7% “majority”? Why is Merlot mentioned in the middle graphic?), it nonetheless provides some good information at a glance. Check it out in reduced size here or in full res over at the Chow Studio site (or a KCET story about the tasting). It might even make you want to seek out something new–or even try for an uber-difficult domestic version of the Wine Century Club. Read more…
Rupert Murdoch, vintner? It’s true. Unlike fellow billionaire Warren Buffett who has invested on the less glamorous (but more profitable?) distribution side of the wine biz, the media magnate is going for the glitz–near Hollywood, no less. He’s buying what may well be the only commercial vineyard in LA, the 16-acre Moraga Estate in Bel Air that was listed for $29.5 million. Murdoch broke the story on Twitter of all places; now the story has been picked up real estate blogs, which have abundant photos. The seller is Tom Jones, former CEO of Northrop Grumman.
I wonder if the wine will now have a certain, er, foxiness to it? If he were to rename it, what would it be called?
From North Carolina to Connecticut, billions of creatures with eyes the color of blood and bodies the color of coal are crawling out of the earth. Periodical cicadas are emerging en masse, clambering into trees and singing a shivering chorus that can be heard for miles.
What makes this emergence truly remarkable, however, is how long it’s been in the making. This month’s army of periodical cicadas was born in 1996. Their mothers laid their eggs in the branches of trees, where they developed for a few weeks before hatching and heading for the ground. “They just jumped out and rained down out of the trees,” said Chris Simon, a cicada biologist at the University of Connecticut.
Those Clinton-era larvae then squirmed into the dirt and spent the next 17 years sucking fluid from tree roots. NYT
Welcome back! I’m sure after 17 years of sucking fluid from tree roots–as sweet as that is–you’re probably read for something a little stiffer, like a good glass of wine.
A lot has changed in the wine world since you were born in 1996 and then stumbled into your Rumpelstiltskin impression. Let’s start with that Bordeaux Read more…


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Facebook's recently announced move to begin paying video creators a cut of its video ad revenue is clearly a step designed to bulk up the social network's video content and associated revenue.
But while the company has checked off all the right boxes on paper, here are three things Facebook needs to focus on while executing this strategy for it to have any hope of emerging from YouTube's prodigious shadow.
Focus on the community
The YouTube and Facebook communities are two very different beasts. YouTube has fostered a very strong, grass-roots level creator community where collaboration is imperative. Facebook meanwhile is a programmed experience where users largely view what is presented to them in their feed. The new "suggested videos" approach will force Facebook a bit out of its comfort zone in that regard, yet still maintain a curated/programmed feel.
The key to Facebook's success is to embrace these key differences and not try to hide them -- to deliver videos based on the user's likelihood of wanting them rather than the brand's desire to get in front of viewers. In short, it needs to be an authentic, native experience.
Embrace in-stream video ads
In-stream video advertising (i.e. pre-roll, mid-roll, post-roll) is the predominant way video ads are sold, but Facebook continues to avoid them. In-feed ads are nice and certainly appease the Facebook user group, but it seems like a short-term stunt to get around using pre-roll ads. It is going to be difficult to split proceeds between video creators. Splitting in-feed video ad revenue between multiple creators means each creator gets less, and will likely be unsustainable in the long term.
Certain content creators will drive more engagement than others, and will argue they should get a larger cut. Also, video creators need to know the revenue associated with a single piece of content. Content they have to license is not as lucrative as content they own the rights to. Splitting ad revenue across multiple providers could get complicated at best from an ROI perspective. Eventually, Facebook will need to offer pre-roll since this is how most large publishers sell video advertising now and presumably will in the future.
Control the content
Content owners are already chafing at seeing their videos posted to Facebook by users lacking the required permissions. YouTube's Content ID system allows rights holders to block or tag content they wish to monetize when it's uploaded by any given user. Facebook doesn't have that level of control filters yet, and will need to do so before expanding its video strategy.
Ultimately, Facebook's angle is to motivate video creators to post more videos to its network. It doesn't need to position itself as the anti-YouTube to do this. There need not be an "us or them" approach. Rather, it's just another sign of the multi-platform world of video we're seeing evolve right before our eyes.


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Sainsbury's has opened its first ever store with no cashiers or tills as supermarket bosses hope queues will become a thing of the past in the new shop.
The store opened in Holborn Circus, central London, on Monday, just yards away from similar checkout-free stores from Amazon and Tesco.
Customers scan a QR code on the SmartShop app to enter the store, where they can take items off the shelves and stroll out, using the QR code to exit the automatic gates.
Instead of going through a cashier or self-checkout till, cameras recognise which items are taken off the shelves and they are added to a virtual trolley, while payment is taken through SmartShop app just minutes after the customer leaves the store.
Sainsbury's first ever checkout-free store has opened in Holborn Circus, London, on Monday. Customers scan a QR code on the SmartShop app (pictured) to enter and exit the store
Instead of going through a cashier, cameras recognise which items are taken off the shelves. Payment is taken through SmartShop app just minutes after the customer leaves the store
Sainsbury's has paired up with Amazon to its Just Walk Out technology in the store, in Amazon's first partnership with a third-party international customer for the technology.
The technology is currently used across eight Amazon Fresh stores in London, as the retail giant continues to expand its bricks and mortar operation.
The new store will be on the site of Sainsbury's first till-free store, which opened in 2019 but was short lived after complaints from shoppers who found the shopping experience difficult.
The UK's second largest grocer said it has seen a recent surge in popularity for its SmartShop app, which is available in 1,4000 stores and has seen sales numbers increase by 173 per cent year-on-year.
Sainsbury's has paired up with Amazon to use Just Walk Out technology in the store (pictured), in Amazon's first partnership with a third-party international customer for the technology
Clo Moriarty, Sainsbury's retail and digital director, said: 'We are always looking at new ways to make shopping easy and convenient for our customers.
'We are excited about launching 'SmartShop Pick & Go', which offers contactless, checkout-free shopping to our customers, and are looking forward to hearing their feedback.'
Dilip Kumar, Amazon's vice president of physical retail and technology, said: 'We are thrilled to collaborate with Sainsbury's to enable their Holborn Circus checkout-free convenience store powered by our Just Walk Out technology.
'We're excited to bring Just Walk Out technology to our first customer internationally with Sainsbury's.
'With no tills, no checkout lanes, and no self-service scanners, we can't wait to hear how busy Londoners enjoy the experience.'


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Our eastern neighbors are in deep distress. Its economy faces cyclical and structural obstacles. According to Allianz Trade, the German economy is in dire need of comprehensive reform, but the plan to achieve this has been delayed.
Why is this important?Within just a few months, the European engine stopped. Germany remains the country with the largest economy in Europe, but its structure leads to a long-term decline that was not expected or prepared for.
In the news: Allianz Trade, the world’s largest credit insurance company, paints a less than rosy picture of the German economy.
Growth, energy prices, foreign investments, exports… A few days ago, we explained the dismal state of the German economy in ten figures.
- Allianz Trade confirms in its latest report: “Germany is the only major economy that showed negative growth in 2023.” Economic growth in Germany this year is expected to reach -0.4
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Truck, rail share of U.S. tonnage to fall over next 11 years, ATA says
Pipeline to take larger share of growing volume pie, group's freight forecast says.
The trucking and railroad industries' share of total U.S. freight volumes will decline over the next 11 years as more commodities are transported via pipeline, the American Trucking
Associations (ATA) said today in releasing its freight forecast through 2029.
The trucking sector's share of total tonnage will fall to 65.9 percent in 2029 from 70 percent in 2029, according to the trucking trade group. Meanwhile, rails' share of the market will decline to 10 percent from 12.9 percent today. Neither mode will experience traffic declines in absolute terms during the period, ATA said. Rather, pipeline will take an increasing share of overall traffic due to a shift in commodity demand, the group said.
Overall freight volumes will increase 4.2 percent in 2018, and will increase, in aggregate, by 35.6 percent by 2029, the report said. Truck tonnage is projected to increase by 2.3 percent a year through 2024 and by 2.2 percent annually from 2025 through 2029, the report projected.
Total tonnage transported will reach nearly 16 billion tons in 2018, and hit 21.7 billion tons in 2029, ATA forecast.
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Migdal Ohr youth began Chag Saveah La’Yeladim which means “a ‘full’ holiday for the kids'' in Hebrew 18 years ago! Since then, the project has grown into a national food relief campaign and delivers over 25,000 to families and children in need on the eve of Passover and Rosh Hashanah.
One of the founding members, Ezra Oren, sat down to tell us about how the project was started:
Here’s the story of how we started Chag Saveah La’Yeladim:
18 years ago, I was just 15 years old, living at Migdal Ohr because my parents couldn’t take care of me and my sister.
After class one day, someone pointed out that a few of our friends didn’t have food at home. We started talking about how in general, there were so many hungry kids and families living in Migdal Ha'Emek. Instead of being excited for Pesach, they were dreading the added expense of wine, matzah, and meat - all the things that most people look forward to. We wanted to help.
We approached Rabbi Grossman for help funding the project. Rabbi Grossman didn’t just help us to reach our goal. He asked us how we could get everyone in Israel - involved. Now that is a true leader. Rabbi Grossman taught all of us at Migdal Ohr to never think small. Take your idea and use it to change the world!
And thanks to him, we did…
Today, almost everyone in Israel has heard of Chag Saveah La’Yeladim. In these weeks leading up to Pesach, there are ads on TV and radio, food collection bins in grocery stores, and celebrity endorsements on social media. It’s hard to believe.
Hundreds of Israelis from every segment of society - secular, religious, Ashkenazi, Sephardi - are helping their brothers and sisters who have been disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
The boxes of food that we send will be packed with things like: matzah, fresh meat, chicken, milk, vegetables, baking ingredients, desserts, frozen goods, and grape juice. However, they contain so much more than just food. These deliveries remind people that we care about them and are thinking of them and their children during the holiday season.
Thank you from everyone here in Israel that is working to assemble and deliver these packages. We wouldn’t be able to do it without you and are so grateful for your support and friendship!


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Nintendo Finally Gives in to Smartphones
on 18 March 2015
Nintendo has announced a monumental new venture that will finally bring its beloved games to smartphones. Just two years ago, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata made it clear that the Japanese gaming institution would not partake in the smartphone gaming craze, claiming that it would find ways to do "things that smart devices cannot do." But with this game-changing decision, Nintendo will dive straight in—even acquiring a large portion of mobile software company DeNA to help fully realize its mobile potential.


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Manual tests for safe drinking water can be slow and error-prone. A team of academics is trying to change that
Like many people, Alexander Patto was keen to move away from academia after his PhD. He wanted a job that would have a tangible impact on the world, so when an opportunity came up to investigate water testing in the developing world, he jumped at the chance. Together with a team of academics from the University of Cambridge, Patto, a biologist, worked on a simple way of testing bacterial contamination in drinking water.
“The current systems are very slow and complex,” says Patto. To get a robust result “there is a lot of manual sampling”, which can also lead to “a lot of human error”, he says. “What we’re trying to do is make it very, very simple, so that anybody can do a test, regardless of their skillset [and the] resources available, and still get a result that is scientifically robust.”
The manufacturing industry has always been directly impacted by the technological advancements of its time. From the advent of coal and steam as new sources of energy, the cotton gin and its impact on cloth manufacturers, and the assembly line for Ford, each has altered and benefitted the industry. As we enter Industry 4.0, a new batch of technology is shaping how, and how fast, we make goods. 3D printing is one such technology that is providing tangible benefits to those who implement it.
Desktop 3D printing, where users can design and print right at their desks or on the factory floor, has seen tremendous growth in the past several years, moving from strictly prototyping to actual production. The technology has opened huge possibilities for manufacturers, including quicker time to market, a reduction in costs, and an overall improvement in factory productivity
A special interest group of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) has posted a set of guidelines, suggesting standard approaches for 3D printing in healthcare.
Recognizing the need for evidence-based recommendations in the sector, these guidelines have been developed over a period of two years, in review of over 500 recent papers published on the topic.
As the abstracts states, “The recommendations provide guidance for approaches and tools in medical 3D printing, from image acquisition, segmentation of the desired anatomy intended for 3D printing, creation of a 3D printable model, and post-processing of 3D printed anatomic models for patient care.”
3D printing technology applications come alive in applications ranging from developing packaging machinery to producing personalized medical devices to printing custom medications in a patient’s home.
The FDA acknowledges that “advances in material science, digital health, 3D printing, as well as other technologies continue to drive an unparalleled period of invention in medical devices.”
The perspective comes from a Nov. 26, 2018 statement by FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb and Jeff Shuren, Director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, outlining transformative new steps to modernize FDA’s 510(k) program to advance the review of the safety and effectiveness of medical devices.
This collection of reports, books, and new items will get you up to speed on the 3D industry’s latest developments.
With so many developments in the additive manufacturing world to follow, I decided to use this article to compile some representative news items and reports. Taken together, they’ll provide you with greater insight into the most noteworthy 3D printing trends. The following features:
- The latest edition of the 3D Hubs Online Manufacturing Trends report
- Global Markets Insights’ report on 3D printing in the automotive industry
- The importance of partnerships
- New programs to stimulate 3D printing growth
Trade shows and conferences are time- and energy-intensive expeditions often requiring significant travel and expense. The best events prove their worth in bringing together the people who make an industry and the decision-makers who drive it — and in additive manufacturing, Germany is proving to be a destination of note each November.
Frankfurt drew 26,919 visitors and 632 exhibitors to the 2018 edition of formnext last week, perhaps the largest event on the calendar in additive manufacturing. With 49% international attendees and exhibitors representing 32 countries, formnext serves not only to provide some of the finest networking opportunities in this young industry but to act as a bellwether of some of the strongest trends in additive technologies. At this year’s edition — 25% larger than in 2017 but with 37,231 square meters of floor space already dwarfed by the 58,000 square meters announced for 2019 — formnext showcased an important trend in and of itself: additive manufacturing is big business.
Russian researchers have used machine learning to make metal 3D printing more efficient.
3D printers require fine tuning of positioning and control algorithms using mathematical models to reach optimal performance. This is a lengthy and arduous process and it could take weeks to set printing parameters. Even then, the possibility of printing error is always present.
To overcome such problems scientists at the Laboratory of Lightweight Materials and Structures of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) have developed a neural network for a metal 3D printer.
This is the second of a two-part conversation with Gary Gereffi, director of the Global Value Chain Center at Duke University, on the future of global supply chains. In the first piece, we looked at the impact that protectionism is having on global value chains. Today, we focus on the impact of technology and the changing U.S.-China relationship.
BRINK: You’ve talked about how we should be thinking of value chains and supply chains in regional rather than global terms. Why?
Gary Gereffi: In complex industries, no single country has the capabilities to produce all of the parts of a product. If you take something like an automobile that has about 20,000 parts, the most efficient industries are actually set up on a regional basis. For example, the U.S. automobile industry is really a North American industry, where U.S. companies are very tightly intertwined with suppliers in Mexico, Canada and even Central America to form a regional supply chain that can produce a very large share of the components needed.
A few years ago, 3D printing was considered a novelty, mostly used for small-batch projects and prototypes. Today, this technology has exploded and is being used for things we once only dreamed of, including the mass production of car parts for manufacturers like Volkswagen.
Although these emerging uses are impressive, the capabilities of 3D printing are far from fully realized. The experts of Forbes Technology Council follow the latest industry trends and have some insights on which sectors might be impacted by 3D next. Below, 12 members share their predictions for which industries are ripe for a 3D-printing revolution.
A new Additive Manufacturing (AM) Process Simulation solution for predicting distortion during 3D printing was announced by Siemens (Frankfurt, Germany). The product is fully integrated into the company’s end-to-end Additive Manufacturingsolution, which assists manufacturers in designing and printing useful parts at scale.
Building on Siemens’ comprehensive digital innovation platform and the Simcenter portfolio, the AM Process Simulation solution uses a digital twin to simulate the build process before printing, anticipating distortion within the printing process and automatically generating the corrected geometry to compensate for these distortions. This simulation is paramount for constructing a “first-time-right” print and necessary for achieving the efficiencies required of a fully industrialized additive manufacturing process.


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Milestones are piling up for Taos Bakes in the coronavirus era.
Whole Foods, which has carried Taos Bakes products since 2014, expanded distribution from the Rocky Mountain region to Arizona and Southern California.
In mid-May, football Hall of Famer Troy Aikman and sportscaster Erin Andrews will start promoting Taos Bakes as social media influencers.
The company has expanded its distribution to the Florida-based Publix supermarket chain, the Harmons chain in Utah and the Raley’s chain in Northern California and Nevada.
And in April, the New Mexico Angels announced that Taos Bakes landed $220,000 in angel investments.
In 2010, former “ski bums” Kyle Hawari and Brooks Thostenson launched an all-natural energy bar company in a Taos kitchen. They now produce bars, bites, nuts and granola in a 10,000-square-foot facility in Questa, about 25 miles north of Taos.
Two years ago, Hawari and Thostenson simplified the company’s original name — Taos Mountain Energy Bars — to Taos Bakes. At that time, they also launched online sales with six flavors of energy bars.
Taos Bakes has since increased to 11 flavors of bars and added two flavors of Taos Bakes Bites, introduced in 2019; four flavors of Trailblazer Granola, introduced in June; and four flavors of Cosmo Nuts, introduced in January.
Thostenson said the introduction of these new products was fast-tracked as the overall energy bar market dropped 30 percent in the first year of the coronavirus pandemic. Energy bars still make up 80 percent of the company’s production with about 30,000 bars produced a day, but Thostenson expects the other products to overtake energy bars in the next couple of years.
“We still managed to grow,” he said. “The goal is to double our sales from last year. We said, ‘Let’s get out of just the snack bar world.’ ”
Drew Tulchin, the New Mexico Angels president since November, had kept an eye on Taos Bakes for years through past economic development work he had done with Questa. His goal is to accelerate angel investing in New Mexico startup companies.
Tulchin in January put out feelers to Taos Bakes. Tim Wegener, a Taos Bakes board member and the largest angel investor in the company, said Hawari and Thostenson were seeking $200,000 in equity investments and a $150,000 loan from The Loan Fund to expand existing product lines, increase sales and marketing, and enhance equipment to streamline operations.
“Basically, it’s growth money,” Thostenson said. “We can buy in higher volumes.”
And they can pay for better shelf space at stores, he added.
“They were immediately responsive,” Tulchin said.
And so was Tulchin’s band of about 50 investors. Twelve members of the New Mexico Angels cobbled together $220,000 to invest in Taos Bakes. Tulchin said it was the Angels’ largest group investment in at least five years, and the dollar amount is toward “the higher end” of Angels’ investments.
“We really respect the two founders for their grit and determination to follow through with their vision,” Tulchin said. “Determination, hard work, just going at it has built a strong business.”
The company’s largest customers are the King Soopers grocery chain in Colorado, the 10-store Central Market gourmet grocery chain in Texas, the QuikTrip convenience store chain and Whole Foods. Taos Bakes products are also found at Natural Grocers.
Throughout the 2010s, its products were distributed largely in smaller stores like Cid’s Food Market in Taos, hardware stores and the like. Thostenson said the coronavirus wiped out a large share of small-market business for the company, but supermarkets openly embraced it.
“We launched into the breakfast world,” he said. “Whole Foods immediately picked up the granola.”
The company bakes its products rather than using the industry-standard cold extrusion, “where ingredients are beaten to death then squeezed out of a tube into a lifeless lump,” according to Taos Bakes’ website.
“Honestly, we have a product people love,” Wegener said. “It’s healthy, tastes good and is something you want to eat. We use real food. There are no fillers.”
Taos Mountain Energy Bars was the first tenant in the Questa Business Park that the village of Questa created following the 2014 closure of its molybdenum mine that crippled the local economy. The company ended up in Questa through a $437,000 Local Economic Development Act grant from the New Mexico Economic Development Department.
Thostenson said Taos Bakes is committed to Questa.
“They are the reason we are here,” Thostenson said of the state Economic Development Department. “We want to triple the size of our facility. We have architectural drawings.”


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3M and C3 IoT have signed a multi-year agreement, where the latter's platform-as-a-service will help 3M design and develop data analytics, artificial intelligence and Internet of Things applications for healthcare and beyond.
At first, 3M will use the technology for predictive clinical and supply chain analytics for healthcare, but the expectation is to expanding to other lines of business, officials said.
The C3 IoT Platform will help 3M better aggregate and maintain huge volumes of disparate data in a unified cloud, and allow it to deploy AI and machine learning at scale to help give healthcare organizations predictive insights for better decision-making.
3M selected C3 IoT after evaluating more than 350 other AI platforms, deciding that its maturity, scalability and extensibility of its cloud-based platform, as well as the business value of its model-driven architecture, made it a good fit.
Beyond being able to build new apps on the platform, 3M can customize and extend the functionality of pre-built SaaS applications in C3 IoT’s portfolio, officials said – including AI predictive maintenance, dynamic inventory optimization, fraud detection, and CRM.
Together, two companies say they'll set up a joint center to train 3M data scientists, developers and business analysts on the C3 IoT platform and applications.
H.C. Shin, 3M's vice chair and executive vice president, said in a statement that the company also intends to scale the C3 IoT platform across its enterprise.
"3M is combining data science into material science, transforming how we design and deliver products and better serve our customers," Shin added.
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In a first for the international wine industry, the heads of five New World national marketing bodies will be sharing a panel at the Down2Earth exhibition at ProWein 2011 in late March. The occasion will see them articulating their respective visions for a greener future and providing updates on what their countries are currently doing to advance sustainability.
Down2Earth, the three-day show within-a-show at the Düsseldorf ProWein Trade Fair, will also be exploring innovative New World wine pairings with typical German cuisine and showcasing exciting new developments in national signature wine varietals.
The Down2Earth initiative is an affiliation at ProWein of five normally competing New World wine-producing nations. These are Argentina, Chile, South Africa, the US and New Zealand. They are collaborating for the second year in succession, following their highly popular debut that drew capacity crowds last year.
This year’s event will run from Sunday, March 27 to Tuesday, March 29, with a series of seminars, tastings and wine and food pairings, chaired by a range of top-rated specialists that include Lynne Sherriff MW, who heads the Institute of Wine Masters in the UK; Prof Monika Christmann of the Geisenheim Research Centre in Germany; economist and wine writer Jürgen Mathäß; climate change specialist and wine writer Pancho Campo MW; Chandra Kurt, a Swiss-based wine writer; and Felicity Carter, editor-in-chief of Wine Business International. They will be joined by three award-winning sommeliers: Romaine Audrerie of Scotland’s Hotel du Vin in Edinburgh; Alessandro Marchesan, who is the group sommelier for London’s Zuma and Roka restaurants and has also served as a judge for Decanter World Wine Awards; and Christina Fischer of Germany, who writes extensively about wine and food and runs her own restaurant in Cologne.
South African-born Sherriff, who consults on wine worldwide and will be participating in three panels, believes “Down2Earth is an outstanding opportunity to showcase to the highly influential international wine community and the ongoing excellence and progress evident in the wines of the host countries.”
Prof Christmann, who heads the Geisenheim Research Centre’s department of oenology and wine technology, says attendance is critical for those concerned with sustainability in the wine industry: “Sustainability is becoming a driving force for all of us in our daily life to protect our globe and preserve the world for future generations. We’ll be exploring how, by taking small, individual steps, members of the wine industry can make a meaningful and lasting impact in learning how to protect non-renewable and scarce resources.”
Fischer, chair of the wine and food seminar, will be leading a line-up of wines from the five participating New World countries paired with modern German and international cuisine. “We’ll be looking for harmony and complexity to challenge our senses as well as opulence and sumptuousness in these combinations.”
Further information and bookings go to www.down2earth-prowein.com
For more information contact:
Wines of Argentina:
California Wine Institute:
Christine Berthold +49 (0) 421-217020
Cell phone +49 (0) 178-2170200
Wines of Chile:
Juan Somavia (Chile) +56 9776 75086 or Michael Cox (UK) +44 (0) 7785 291503
New Zealand Winegrowers:
David Cox +44 (0)20 7973 8079 mobile +44 (0)7974 22898
Wines of South Africa:
Su Birch +27 21 825630677 or +27 21 8833860
Pippa Carter + 27 21 883 3860


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By Ross Findon
Published on Friday, October 12, 2012 - 09:46
Rapanui launched its new coffee business earlier this year. From left, Rob Drake-Knight, Martin Drake-Knight, Sarah Churchill-Slough and Sam Cleare.
PIONEERING Isle of Wight clothing company Rapanui has scooped its latest award.
The Sandown-based business was awarded the sustainability award at last night’s (Thursday) Hampshire Business Awards.
The awards were held at the INTECH Science Centre and Planetarium in Winchester and hosted by Professor Greg Whyte, a leading sports research scientist who has competed in the Olympics and recently trained comedian John Bishop for his epic Sport Relief fundraiser Bishop’s Week of Hell.
Rapanui co-founder Rob Drake-Knight said: "It has been a massive year for us. We opened our flagship store, launched our own coffee brand and had some real success with our business to business and bespoke work.
"We were really chuffed to win the award, there were some major players there."
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SEATTLE — Forget the Seattle freeze! A gas station in Wallingford is winning people over with its witty sense of humor.
With all the headlines about violence and hate that we’ve seen these last few weeks, it can be easy to overlook the acts of kindness that still happen every day, all over the world.
For the owners of the Chevron Station at the corner of North 45th and Woodlawn Place North, an old-fashioned reader board in front of the store is the way they try to spread some much-needed laughter.
“It’s almost like a deal we have with the community,” said store owner Jim Bernard. “That they can rely on us when they’re driving down 45th to see something breezy, something fun, something witty. And that seems to be more and more important as most of the things we encounter in this world are pretty heavy. We try to keep it light.”
That means swapping out the message on the store’s sign every single week, with catchy one-liners such “Ban Pre-Shredded Cheese, Make America Grate Again” or “My Reality Check Bounced”.
“People always look forward to it,” said store manager Cassandra Gaspard, who is the brains behind many of the witty sayings.
“I don’t know if it’s my personality, or maybe my mom, she contributes suggestions a lot,” said Cassandra. “If I’m on vacation or something, I’ll come back and people will be like when are you going to change the sign?”
The Wallingford Sign, as it’s come to be known, started about ten years ago, when Bernard converted what was once an auto repair shop into an ExtraMile convenience store. Up to that point, the sign had been used to advertise service promotions at the repair shop.
Now, Bernard says Chevron takes care of the promotion and ads, and Cassandra takes care of promoting laughter.
“I think that when you do even a small thing to make it personal, people love it,” said Bernard. “They want that, they want to know that there’s people behind a big corporation.”
So does Cassandra have a favorite saying she likes to put on the sign? Not exactly.
“It’s hard to even pick and choose what are my favorites, because whenever I’m putting the sign up, that’s my favorite at the moment,” she said.
Customers can’t seem to get enough of it.
“I love the sign, that’s why I always come to this store,” one customer told KING 5. “It’s my favorite.”
Though it’s based here in Seattle, photos of the creative and sometimes quirky messages have been photographed, shared on social media, and seen all over the world.
“This is our way of bringing smiles to the world,” said Cassandra. “It’s a good way to approach life.”
If you can’t check it out in person, not to worry you can also follow @WallingfordSign on Twitter!


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New Emoji for iPhone
Now, for the first time, Apple has revealed what the emoji will look like on iPhones in honour of “World Emoji Day.”
Apple didn’t reveal every single new character — there have to be some surprises, after all — but it did give us a look at a few of them, including a lobster, cupcake, redheads, and more.You won’t be able to get the new symbols on your iPhone just yet, however – Apple typically releases new emoji as part of a software update sometime in September.
But for now, here’s an early look at some of the new emoji confirmed to be arriving later this year.
You’ll now have a new way to say happy birthday, or to give someone “puppy dog eyes.”
There will be a bald woman …
… and a bald man.
There will be an infinity symbol, male and female superheroes, and a nazar amulet, which protects against the evil eye.
We’re getting a woman with white hair …
… and a man with white hair.
For all the knitters out there, there’s going to be a ball of yarn emoji.
And scientists will now be able to send each other test tubes.
We’ll be getting some new animals, too — the new set of emoji includes a lobster, peacock, kangaroo and parrot.
People with curls, rejoice! There will be a woman with curly hair …
… and a curly-haired man.
There are a few new foods coming, too: a cupcake, cake, lettuce, and a mango all made the cut.
Softball players will now have their own emoji.
And last but not least, gingers will finally get some representation. The update will include both a red-haired woman …
… and a red-haired man.


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PepsiCo will honor Mountain Dew's Tennessee heritage with a new malt-flavored version of the neon green soda.
Reuters reports that the new soda, soon to be tested in select cities, is known as "Mountain Dew Johnson City Gold."
Johnson City is the original birthplace of Mountain Dew, but for now Tennesseans may not be able to get their hands on any. Reuters reports that the new soda will be available this August in the Midwest, Denver and Charlotte, N.C.


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Getting your company started with social media is one challenge, but perhaps more difficult is the challenge of continually keeping your online followers interested and engaged.
That’s the focus of this year’s Social Madness competition, which, unlike last year’s competition that measured the number of new followers, will measure social engagement.
Crystal Yamasaki, a director at Bennet Group Strategic Communications, talked story with me over coffee on Monday. At Bennet Group, they offer social media training and strategy for their clients.
With many companies already using social media, Yamasaki pointed out that building that engagement aspect is a common focus among clients.
For those competing in this year’s Social Madness competition, here are Yamasaki’s tips to successful engagement:
1. Build your brand — develop and maintain relationships with “brand ambassadors,” to help spread the word and share information.
2. Incorporate social media as part of a larger strategy. One of her clients, Special Olympics Hawaii, strategically engages its followers through promoting events and fundraisers online.
3. Don’t post just to post, but take the time to provide information that your audience actually cares about.
“The end goal is not just to get them to like your page but to keep them coming back again and again,” she added in an email. “One company doing a great job on this is D.R. Horton Hawaii. They are in the business of building and designing homes, but their Facebook page talks about things (that) their audience cares about, from interior design ideas to events in the communities where they work.”
Take her advice and join PBN’s Social Madness competition here. You have until May 15 to nominate your company.
Still undecided? You have nothing to lose — and if you win, you could gain $10,000 to benefit the charity of your choice.


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Darknet market revenue saw a massive decline in 2022 due to the takedown of Hydra last April, according to a new report from blockchain forensics experts at Chainalysis. The report’s analysis of the 25 biggest darknet markets and fraud shops – for which they track associated crypto transactions – found that their total amount of revenue declined from $3.1 billion to $1.5 billion, representing a dramatic decrease of about 48.4%.
The loss reflects not only a downtick in sales of goods and services on such markets but the absence of cashout services provided by Hydra that were used to launder large amounts of stolen or otherwise illicit Bitcoin funds. Hydra was formerly the world’s largest darknet marketplace and was taken offline at the beginning of Apr. 2022 in an international law enforcement operation coordinated by Germany and the US.
Daily darknet market revenue in 2022 did not recover after the closure of Hydra. Source: Chainalysis
The report found that even though Hydra was only in operation during the first quarter of 2022, it still managed to process far more crypto (mainly BTC) deposits than any other market processed throughout the entire year. The next closest three markets were all Russian language markets: Mega, Blacksprut, and OMG!OMG!. ASAP was the first international-oriented market, in the number four position. Other international markets, such as World Market, Abacus, Incognito, processed far smaller amounts of traceable crypto revenue.
The report also found that the Russian language OMG!OMG! market immediately dominated the post-Hydra market share for customers in its region, capturing almost 100% of revenue for the first 50 days after the closure of Hydra. In the months following, the regional landscape became more diverse, with competing markets like Blacksprut and Mega taking away the majority of OMG!OMG!’s revenue share.
Chainalysis concludes that the currently-operating Russian language markets that have shown successes in the battle for dominance thus far are winning revenue share due to their continuation of Hydra’s tradition of employing cashout services. Such services are used not only by market buyers and vendors but by a whole host of other types of users who are looking to exchange crypto for cash in an anonymous, “no questions asked” nature.


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The Netherlands is one of the top 5 countries in the world steering away from using cash as a currency to pay for transactions. Using bank-issued cards (or “pinnen” as it is called in Dutch) has become increasingly more popular, simply because it requires less hassle and less time. After all, we all love fast (if not instantaneous) transactions, right?
Bitcoin has also seen an increase in popularity over the past few months, with several merchants and shops accepting Bitcoin payments. Earlier this year, Bitcoin Conference 2014 took place in Amsterdam, capital city of The Netherlands. I was able to attend this conference, and the atmosphere was simply amazing.


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Motherboard maker Gigabyte has recently issued a voluntary recall for the brand’s GP-P850GM and GP-P750GM power supplies. This two have been recently come in news for occasionally catching fire.
But the company has now announced that a recent breach in its security has resulted in the dealy of its RMA plans. However, according to recent sources Gigabyte has finally put up a fully functioning RMA portal for GP-P850GM and GP-P750GM owners that desire a refund or a product replacement.
But it’s also true that not all the GP-P850GM and GP-P750GM power supplies are eligible for the refund or exchange. Firstly the GP-P850GM units must have a serial number between SN20343G031011 and SN20513G022635, while GP-P750GM units must carry a serial number between SN20243G001301 and SN20453G025430. If you are applying for an exchange or a refund then make sure that you have the invoice as your proof of purchase ready.
Those who have purchased the above-mentioned units from an authorized Gigabyte reseller can opt for a refund or product replacement. However, those owners that acquired the power supply from a non-authorized seller, such as eBay, Craigslist, or Amazon marketplace will only be eligible for a complete replacement.
A spokesperson from Gigabyte has stated that the company has spoken with its retailer partners so the majority are participating in the refund and exchange program. However, if your retailer isn’t listed or is not offering you the return offer then you can reach out to the official Gigabyte portal. You can drop an email to [email protected]


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Where can you find the world’s most sustainable coffee? In a lab in Finland, of course
- We drink more than 600 billion cups of coffee a year.
- But the industry is facing sustainability challenges including water pollution, biodiversity loss and deforestation.
- Now a lab in Finland says it can grow coffee using cellular agriculture, and other companies in the US are exploring similar concepts.
(World Economic Forum) – Coffee – it’s likely an integral part of your daily routine. Indeed, 25 million people depend on it for their well-being while, globally, we get through 600 billion cups of coffee each year, according to the Sustainable Coffee Challenge.
But it’s also a globally traded commodity and a multi-billion-dollar industry that’s facing sustainability issues on a grand scale.
Challenges include water pollution, biodiversity loss, soil erosion, agrochemical use, deforestation, waste generation and labour exploitation, according to research published in Business Strategy and the Environment.
Since coffee is typically cultivated in tropical or subtropical areas, plantations often sit side by side with some of the world’s most delicate ecosystems – raising the risk of potential damage to the environment.
With that in mind, scientists are asking a new question: would you buy and drink coffee that’s been grown in a lab rather than on a plantation?
Coffee from cells
The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland uses cellular agriculture to create coffee cells – a process that they say could be scaled up in the future. The first batches produced by a laboratory in Finland smell and taste like conventional coffee, according to the company, although “not 100%” admits a researcher.
“We skip the farming part and we use plant cell cultures instead,” Dr Heiko Rischer, Research Team Leader at VTT told Reuters in an interview. “So actually real coffee cell cultures, but they’re not generated in the field … instead we’re growing them in bioreactors.”
Finding an alternative matters because coffee is big business – and growing: global demandis expected to triple production by 2050, according to a report from Conservation International.
Rischer says getting regulatory approval and being ready to ramp up production could be just four years away. The research centre would also need to think about processing, product formulation and preparing the market for its new product.
The result could mean your morning coffee has less of an environmental footprint.
“Climate change is front and centre for the coffee industry,” Rischer says. “We’re seeing, throughout the tropical coffee belt, farmers being impacted by climate change, increasing temperatures, but also more erratic rainfall and increased drought.”
Coffee without beans
Other groups are also exploring the possibility of coffee without beans. US-based Compound Foods has raised $4.5 million in seed funding, giving it total funding of $5.3 million to pursue its aim of using synthetic biology to create coffee by extracting molecules.
Seattle-based Atomo Coffee aims to “hack the coffee bean” and create a molecular coffee.
And elsewhere, cellular agriculture is being seen as one of the key routes towards more sustainable food production – for example in the production of meat-free burgers. These products – created using cell cultures rather than actual animals or plants – involve using far less energy and water, and generate much fewer carbon emissions.
Even so, there’s probably some work to be done convincing people to give up their daily brew – and the cultivation of coffee is an important source of income for much of the developing world.
There’s also a human angle. Coffee is grown on 12.5 million farms around the world and up to 80% of those are smallholder farms located in developing countries, according to a report from the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
Livelihoods at risk
Lab-grown coffee on a grand scale risks the livelihoods of workers in the coffee industry, Daniele Giovannucci, president and co-founder of the Committee on Sustainability Assessment, told The Guardian.
More broadly, there is a need for common coffee sustainability indicators consistent with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, as well as a mandatory reporting framework, according to research led by Simon L Bager for the Earth and Life Institute.
His research showed room for improvement in the coffee industry and potential for greenwashing that needs to be addressed.
For the Sustainable Coffee Challenge, what is needed is a collaborative effort between companies, governments, non-governmental organizations, research institutions and others to transition the coffee sector to full sustainability.
“The true impact of this scientific work will happen through companies who are willing to re-think food ingredient production and start driving commercial applications,” concludes Rischer. “Ultimately, all efforts should result in more sustainable and healthy food for the benefit of the consumer and the planet.”
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Outlaw Clyde Barrow's letter to a former gang member, which includes the line: "The most I can do is hope you miss the ‘chair'," will cross the auction block Sept. 26 through RR Auction.
A set of glass window panels depicting the 8 Beatitudes of Jesus, produced by Tiffany in 1913, may command at least $400,000 during Fontaine's Auction Gallery's Sept. 10 auction.
The unique bronzed fiberglass statue of the Pokémon character Pikachu, which mysteriously appeared in a New Orleans park earlier this summer, is set to sell Sept. 25 through Neal Auction Company.
Artemis Gallery will present a myriad of ancient antiquities and art, during a 400+ lot auction slated for Aug. 25. Among the lots expected to prompt a bidding battle is an ancient polychrome-painted clay Egyptian ushabti figure.
Celebrating its community's marine and seafaring history, Thomaston Place Auction Galleries will present several examples of marine artwork, among other items, during an Aug. 27-29 auction.
An unusually large Mid-Century vase by renowned ceramists Otto and Gertrud Natzler lead the selection of pottery at John Moran Auctioneers' June Decorative Arts auction.
Decorative arts items including toleware, stoneware, folk arts, and ironwork, among others will headline a 1,200-lot auction scheduled for Sept. 14-15 at Pook & Pook Inc.
Scarce silver coins, inogts, and gems discovered in a sunken 17th century ship, and located by treasure hunter Mel Fisher, will go on offer Aug. 25-27 at J. Levine's.
The oil painting "Tropical Scene" by Louis Mignot soared past its estimate, finishing at $120,000, to lead all lots in a 275-lot auction presented by Shannon's Fine Art Auctioneers.
"At the Earth's Core" comic art and "Action Comics #1" soared to record-setting sales during Heritage Auctions' recent summer Comics & Comic Art Auction.


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Prohibition is nothing but an immoral act, as it intends to impose certain standards on individuals who should be naturally free to make their own decisions.
When companies are allowed to compete openly, without resorting to the government for special protections that keep competitors at arm’s length, some firms may even suffer as they try to adapt to better serve their customers. But in the end, it is the consumer who benefits the most as more companies means more options and more affordable prices.
The firm has been in the business long enough to notice that certain users just don’t like to chat with their drivers. In order to keep these users happy (and prevent them from using another service in the future), Uber is rolling out a new “Quiet Mode” feature that gives the passenger the ability to pay more for a peaceful and undisturbed ride.
Amazon is often portrayed as the big, bad corporation that helped kill brick-and-mortar stores nationwide. However, a recent report shows the online retailer has actually helped small businesses flourish, boosting their sales across state lines.
Millennials are drowning in debt — failing to pay off their student and auto loans. Despite this reality, if you ask millennials today whether they’ll ever be rich, they will tell you that yes, their futures are bright. But is their optimism warranted?
Private enterprise has long provided the government with efficient solutions, even if the government itself undermines private efforts by using technology ineffectively.


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Predictably, with the Samsung Galaxy S6 launch now just two weeks away (literally two weeks from today), the Galaxy S6 rumours and leaks came thick and fast. News blitz below!
Starting with Samsung Galaxy S6 news, we heard that the Galaxy S6 Edge in particular set a record-high score in AnTuTu; both the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge will be metal with 5.1in displays; Galaxy S6 specs might include wireless charging, so it mightn't be metal after all; the Galaxy S6 release date will be the week commencing March 23; and Galaxy S6 TouchWiz will be "amazingly fast" with free Office 365. Phew!
Windows 10 news was rife, too. We started the week with the news that Windows 10 is being tested on the humble dual-core 512MB-of-RAM Nokia Lumia 520; RTM (release to manufacturers) is set for June, so the first Windows 10 devices might arrive in August in time for the Back to School rush; and developers will be able to roll back from Windows 10 Technical Preview to Windows Phone 8.1.
We met some interesting entry-levels phones this week, starting with the Sony Xperia E4. It's been unofficially priced at £99 (look out, Motorola Moto G 4G LTE!), and you can win a free Sony Xperia E4 on Facebook.
The other potential entry-level hit is the HTC Desire 626. It has entirely decent specs (including microSD and LTE), and is priced roughly £125 in Taiwan. It's reportedly coming to the US, so the notion of a UK release isn't too far-fetched.
And finally, in features, I penned these guys:
- Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 preview: Samsung, HTC, Microsoft, Sony, LG, Huawei, Motorola
- Five things you should know about the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge
- HTC Desire 626 vs. Motorola Moto G vs. Moto G 4G LTE vs. Moto G 2014
- Five reasons it sucks to be Samsung
Next week expect loads more on the Samsung Galaxy S6 and HTC One M9, with Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015 just about visible on the horizon.
In the meantime, here's last week's news in full:
- Am I Going Down? iPhone app predicts likelihood of plane crash (1)
- Windows 10 being tested on dual-core 512MB Nokia Lumia 520
- Starting tomorrow: every Tuesday is OnePlus One open sales day
- Project Phire: Corning ‘approaches’ sapphire-level scratch resistance
- Windows 10 release date: August for the first new devices?
- Desire 626: HTC’s answer to the Moto G? (3)
- Sony Xperia E4 launched: entry-level, curvy with premium accents, 2-day battery
- Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge benchmark results: BEAST
- Lenovo P70: Chinese smartphone boasts 46 days standby time
- Sayonara Samsung? Team Shin contemplates bailing on Japan
- Official: roll back from Windows 10 Technical Preview to Windows Phone 8.1 with recovery tool
- iPhone theft drops 50% in London
- Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge: both metal, both 5.1in?
- Win a free Sony Xperia E4 on Facebook
- Apple: first US company valued above $700 billion
- Serendipity S7: Chinese smartphone has near edge-to-edge display, but don’t expect to see many in the wild
- How to pronounce Xiaomi, by Hugo Barra
- Samsung Galaxy J1 rated 1/5 stars by Amazon India customers (1)
- Samsung Galaxy Note Edge gets 24K gold makeover
- Samsung Galaxy S6 specs: wireless charging and glass rear?!
- Samsung Galaxy S6 release date: March 22?
- Woman electrocuted in bath by charging iPhone (1)
- Sony Xperia E4 priced £99 by Clove
- Samsung Galaxy S6 TouchWiz: ‘amazingly fast’, free Office 365
- Coming soon: Samsung Galaxy Grand 3
- ‘The Next Galaxy’ returns, drives Mobot writer crazy (4)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 810: faster than Exynos 7420, cooler than Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
- HTC Desire 626 coming to the US, can we have a UK release, too?
- HTC One M9 specs: rumoured at 5in 1080p again, QS810, 3GB RAM, 20.7MP rear camera, Lollipop
- ‘Too many issues’ with Windows 10 Technical Preview right now, but support for more phones coming soon (1)


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At a time when many venture capital firms are scaling back their investments in high-tech and life-sciences start-ups, Internet search giant Google Inc. yesterday formally launched its own venture arm, jointly based in Cambridge and Mountain View, Calif.
Google Ventures will scout for entrepreneurial opportunities in a broad range of fields, from search and advertising to mobile computing to medical records and personal genomics. Its target is to invest $100 million in the coming year, with the Boston area being one of its geographic areas of interest.
Unlike other corporations that work with start-ups, such as IBM Corp. and Microsoft Corp., the Google venture operation initially won’t confine itself to “strategic” relationships with companies Google might acquire. Instead, it will focus on financial return and technologies beyond its core business.
“The goal is to follow the best practices of a top-tier venture capital firm, but to do that inside Google, where we can leverage Google’s lens on what’s interesting,” said Rich Miner, a Cambridge-based managing partner of Google Ventures.
Miner, a Boston-area serial entrepreneur who played a key role in persuading Google to open a research center in Cambridge, will be stepping away from his role with Google’s mobile platform Android, which he helped develop, to comanage Google Ventures. The other managing partner, Bill Maris, who has a background in biotechnology and healthcare, will be based at Google’s corporate headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.
The new venture operation has a committed capital fund, but Google declined to disclose the amount. Its sole investor and limited partner is Google itself, not the pension funds and endowments that bankroll traditional venture firms. While it initially will focus on US investments, especially in the Silicon Valley and New England, it is expected to add partners elsewhere and eventually ex pand its reach globally.
“They’re going to cast a really wide net and try to plug into the pulse of the marketplace,” said Thomas Koulopoulos, chief executive of the Delphi Group, a technology and management think tank in Andover. “They really feel they want to reach out beyond the four walls of Google. This is a hedge bet for them. The $100 million may result in nothing, or they might find one or two opportunities.”
Don Dodge, director of business development for Google’s archrival Microsoft Corp. in Waltham, said his company – which once funded start-ups such as Groove Networks of Beverly – has been winding down its venture activity in recent years. But working with venture firms, it has ramped up acquisitions of compatible technology start-ups.
While he welcomed Google’s foray into venture investing, Dodge warned of the potential for complicating other business relationships. “You almost can’t win in this game,” he said. “You’re competing with venture capitalists. You’re playing ringleader for one company in any given segment and potentially alienating others. It’s a very difficult thing to do.”
Google, however, is undeterred. Its new venture arm already has invested in a pair of California start-ups: Silver Spring Networks Inc., an electric grid management company in Redwood City, and Pixazza Inc. in Mountain View, which seeks to earn money from photos on websites by enabling visitors to click on links and purchase products.
Google is open to funding biotechnology start-ups. “If we find an interesting therapeutics company, we’d be happy to put down a term sheet,” Maris said.
Miner, meanwhile, said he expects an important part of his new role will be backing technology start-ups in the Boston area. “There’s a reason why I’m one of the partners, because I’m in Boston,” said Miner. “We want to be bicoastal. I can add more value if I can have breakfast with the CEO of one of our portfolio companies.”
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Huge information is coming amidst the scorching problem of inflation and unemployment in the nation. It is currently being told that the retail inflation rate has come down in July. Retail inflation has appear down to 6.71 per cent in the last month. This is the cheapest in the previous five months. In June this determine was 7.01 percent. Previously in February, retail inflation had risen at the price of 6.07 per cent.
In accordance to the details, the retail inflation price in July 2021 was 5.59 for every cent. However, shopper price tag index-based retail inflation however remained above the RBI’s upper limit of 6 per cent, the satisfactory amount. It is additional than six for each cent for the last seven months. In the 1st a few months of the recent economical yr, retail inflation has been over 7. for each cent.
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Previously it was also anticipated that the amount of retail inflation might continue to be at 6.65 % in the month of July. Inflation was anticipated to occur down because of to slide in food stuff costs and reduction in tax on gas. Barclays had reported in its report that there could be a lessen of .36 per cent in July as versus 7.01 per cent in June. Earlier in April, the price of retail inflation experienced attained an 8-year superior of 7.79 p.c.
Will occur down to 5 % by March
The ever-escalating retail inflation may possibly occur down by two per cent to 5 for each cent by March following yr. SBI said in the report that the retail inflation amount in the state has been earlier mentioned 6 per cent for the sixth consecutive month. Having said that, in the previous a few months, the techniques taken by the governing administration and the RBI have brought some relief on the inflation entrance. These measures consist of reduction in excise responsibility on petrol and diesel, constraints on meals exports.
Industrial output up 12.3% in June
The industrial generation (IIP) of the place has registered a expansion of 12.3% all through June 2022. In accordance to the Index of Industrial Creation (IIP) produced by the Nationwide Statistical Business (NSO) on Friday, industrial production grew by 12.3 per cent in the month of June. A calendar year in the past, through June 2021, the IIP experienced developed by 13.8 for every cent. At the very same time, in June 2022, manufacturing sector generation grew by 12.5 %, mining production by 7.5 p.c and electricity technology by 16.4 percent. proportion has increased. In this way, through the initial quarter (April-June) of the latest financial calendar year, the IIP has developed by 12.7 per cent.
The country’s exports stood at $ 36.27 billion in July
The country’s exports grew by 2.14 for each cent to $36.27 billion in July. At the identical time, the trade deficit nearly tripled to $ 30 billion in the similar thirty day period. According to the facts, imports grew 43.61 per cent calendar year-on-year to $ 66.27 billion in July. The trade deficit stood at $10.63 billion in July 2021.


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The South African press has been a buzz of late after the 2020 Beijing Auto show announcement of GWM’s new global pick up or bakkie as we in
Isuzu Motors South Africa (IMSA) has been busy this year with many changes to some of its most popular models. Speaking at a virtual media briefing this week
The facelifted T6.1 range will go on sale from Volkswagen dealers in South Africa from January 2021
Johannesburg – The Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles T-Series range has been refreshed
Isuzu Motors South Africa's third Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) audit ended on a high note for the automotive manufacturer's transformation, with it attaining an automotive industry
Isuzu Motors South Africa (IMSAf) is supporting the Youth Employment Service (YES) Programme and has placed 72 candidates for the first time this year.
The YES programme was launched by
Ford is resuming production and operations in South Africa beginning 1 June 2020, taking a phased approach
Robust safety and care measures have been implemented to support
Isuzu Motors South Africa (IMSA) has revamped its seven-seater mu-X sport utility vehicle (SUV) with an eye-catching array of styling enhancements for the exterior, along with more sophisticated
With the national lockdown preventing many South Africans from working and trading, the food pantries across communities are running low.
FoodForward SA, a non-profit organisation that distributes food supplies
Isuzu Motors South AfricaIsuzu Motors South Africa (IMSAf) has made its media fleet available to Gift of the Givers in support of the organisation's plan to augment public
Local production of the Ford Ranger continues to make a significant impact on the South African economy. Overall, Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa contributes over 1 percent


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3 hours ago 79By Bla1zeDo you have some questions about DTEK50 that simply can't be found elsewhere? If so, you might want to take part in BlackBerry's first Facebook Live event taking place on Thursday, July 28 where BlackBerry's Global Head of Device Sales, Alex Thurber will be taking on a Q&A session.
14 hours agoBy ShopCrackBerryNot a fan of cases but also don’t want your BlackBerry Priv getting scratched up during transport? BlackBerry’s leather pocket will ensure that your phone is kept safe while you aren’t using it, and doesn’t add any bulk to the phone when you are using it. Right now you can pick one up for $16.95, a savings of $23.
26 July 2016 147By Bla1zeAs you may have noticed, for the launch of the DTEK50, BlackBerry did have a webcast set up to introduce the device to world but it was not made public. Instead, BlackBerry opted to record the event and as such have now made it available for everyone to check out.
26 July 2016 520By Bla1zeIn a bit of a surprise as part of the BlackBerry DTEK50 announcement, BlackBerry let it be known the device is available for pre-order on ShopBlackBerry right now for those in the U.S., Canada, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands and is expected to start shipping the week of August 8. Will you be pre-ordering one?
26 July 2016 18By Rich EdmondsT-Mobile has announced the U.S. carrier is adding a further 16 providers to its Binge On program, which essentially enables subscribers to enjoy select services and streaming platforms without using up any data on their plan.
26 July 2016 11By Rich EdmondsVerzion has published the U.S. carrier's results for Q2 2016, noting total revenues of $30.5 billion for the quarter. The company also recently finalized its acquisition of Yahoo, which will sit comfortably alongside AOL.
26 July 2016By ShopCrackBerryLooking for an easy way to carry around your unlocked BlackBerry Passport and keep it protected? BlackBerry’s leather flip case is a great choice as it will not only protect the back, but also the front while it isn’t in use. Right now you can pick one up for just $19.95, a savings of $25.
26 July 2016 340By Bla1zeFresh off the BlackBerry servers, where it appears as though someone slipped up and let a portion of the site go live for a short period of time, is a new image of BlackBerry's second Android-powered smartphone, more commonly known as 'Neon' or as FCC documents note it as, the DTEK50.
25 July 2016 84By Bla1zeHere it is! The first community designed shirt by you, the CrackBerry faithful. Member Phan Huy submitted the winning design and for a limited time, you can grab this awesome t-shirt. Available in assorted colors and styles (yes, we have hoodies!), the front features a BlackBerry-inspired keyboard that spells out CrackBerry.com.
25 July 2016 9By Bla1zeFollowing the BlackBerry Security Summit last week, we had a wealth of news to cover on Upstream last night. Our discussion focused on the tone of the event, some of the announcements and the imminent plans to release further Android handsets, of which could be announced as early as Tuesday. Jump in and give Upstream a listen if you missed it live.
25 July 2016 7By Alicia ErlichFor those of you who regularly communicate with certain individuals, SwipeCall is a native BlackBerry 10 app which allows you to swipe left-to-right to quickly make a phone call.
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A collection of news, articles and other featured content about CSNews Awards.
Forty-one honorees will be recognized for their industry contributions at an awards gala in October.
Kwik Trip, Wawa and Big Y are named among the top U.S. large companies.
Kwik Trip’s Paul Servais will be honored at fourth-annual Convenience Foodservice Exchange.
The second-annual program will celebrate the next generation of c-store leaders.
The convenience store chain is named as a brand that should be available nationwide.
Entries can be submitted in 46 categories through July 1.
The leaders from Family Express and Jack Link’s will be honored this fall.
The chain contributed $17 million to its employee stock ownership program, an increase of $6 million over the prior year.
David Caruso and Brad Carlson will be the 51st and 52nd inductees honored by NYACS.
The retired technology leader was an advocate for open data exchange standards.
Retailer honored with ADP's Culture at Work Award for implementing solutions to mitigate issues with new hires being ineligible for the Work Opportunity Tax Credit.
The association was recognized for how it is executing key strategies with and beyond its PHA commitments.


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Realme Q3 sequence will probably be launched on April 22 in China, the corporate has introduced by way of a submit on Weibo. A couple of days forward of the launch, Realme Q3 Professional has allegedly been noticed on TENAA and Geekbench platforms, which recommend some key specs of the smartphone. Moreover, Realme’s industrial design director Xianghai Sire has revealed that the smartphones within the sequence could have a fluorescent color possibility that can glow at midnight. The photographs teased by the corporate present that the color possibility will look considerably like Realme 8 Professional’s Illuminating Yellow color variant.
The Realme Q3 sequence launch was announced by Realme on Weibo. Whereas there isn’t any details about the anticipated fashions, an government from the corporate has mentioned in a Weibo post that the handsets within the sequence could have a fluorescent color possibility that can glow at midnight like a “firefly”. He says that that is completed as a result of the color will supply a futuristic look and can let folks really feel near nature.
The TENAA itemizing was spotted by tipster Digital Chat Station on Weibo, and by Mukul Sharma on Twitter. The itemizing means that the alleged Realme Q3 Professional carries the mannequin quantity RMX2205, and can sport a 6.43-inch show. The twin-SIM handset is claimed to return outfitted with a 4,400mAh battery and run on Android 11. The handset is listed to measure 158.5×73.3×8.4mm. And the pictures within the itemizing recommend that the smartphone could have a quad-camera setup.
An alleged Geekbench itemizing of the Realme Q3 Professional, spotted by MySmartPrice, additionally has the identical mannequin quantity (RMX2205) because the TENAA itemizing. The rumoured Realme smartphone managed to attain 856 and three,538 factors within the single-core and multi-core checks, respectively. The itemizing additionally reveals that the handset will probably be powered by ARM MT6891Z, which is a codename for MediaTek Dimensity 1100 SoC. That is in keeping with a earlier report that additionally claimed the presence of this SoC below the hood. Moreover, the smartphone is listed with 8GB of RAM and Android 11.
Is OnePlus 9R previous wine in a brand new bottle — or one thing extra? We mentioned this on Orbital, the Devices 360 podcast. Later (beginning at 23:00), we discuss in regards to the new OnePlus Watch. Orbital is on the market on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts.
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