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Devil May Cry series producer Hideaki Itsuno revealed on Twitter that they've finished the demo for Gamescom, showing that the title will be playable for the first time at the convention. The tweet also shows off the demo menu screen.
Devil May Cry 5 is set to release for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC in early 2019 and Gamescom will take place in Cologne, Germany from August 21-25.
Demo version for gamescom2018 is completed! 10 days to the world's first playable! pic.twitter.com/dlctQwIIPr— Hideaki Itsuno (@tomqe) August 13, 2018

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Two iconic surf brands — giants in the industry and longtime rivals — will be joining forces, after it was announced Thursday, Jan. 4, that Boardriders Inc., the umbrella company for Quiksilver, Roxy, and DC Shoes brands, has signed an agreement to acquire Billabong.
The merger “will create the world’s leading action sports company,” the announcement reads.
The acquisition of Billabong, based in Australia but with a North American headquarters in Irvine, includes its other brands: RVCA, Element, VonZipper, and Xcel. Quiksilver, born in Australia, now calls Huntington Beach home.
“The combination of these two leading action sports companies, which include a broad range of iconic brands with deep heritage in surf, snow and skate, is very exciting for all of us who share a passion for outdoor action sports,” Dave Tanner, who will assume the role of CEO of Boardriders when the deal goes through, said in a statement.
Figures on the merger were not disclosed.
The deal brings together two brands with a rich history in Orange County, though both companies have struggled in recent years, filing bankruptcy, changing leadership and seeking bailouts by a private investment firm to revive the brands.
Quiksilver, though founded in Australia, really became popular after Bob McKnight and Jeff Hakman bought the license to sell in the U.S., building the brand out of a Newport Beach home. By the 1980s, it was the largest brand in the growing surf industry.
By 1986, just as the company was about to hit $20 million, McKnight took the brand public. Major department stores and discount retailers were stocking their shelves with the surfwear. By the late ’80s, it was the world’s largest surf brand, with sales of about $100 million worldwide.
In 2015, however, the brand filed bankruptcy and Oaktree Capital Management investors restructured the company with a $175 million investment.
Billabong has also experienced financial troubles. In 2013, it inked a $360 million deal with C/O Consortium, a group of investors from Centerbridge Partners and Oaktree Capital Management.
In 2016, Billabong announced it was profitable for the first time since 2011, posting a net profit of $4.2 million versus losses a year earlier of $233.7 million.
“We are committed to preserving the autonomy, creativity, and unique cultures of all the brands while we leverage our best-in-class operating platform to accelerate the growth of the brands globally,” Tanner said.
The deal still needs final shareholder and regulatory approval, but is expected to close in the first half of 2018.


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After a few years of remarkable growth and profits, the momentum for Whole Foods has slowed a bit, such that it grew at only 2.5 percent last year, rather than the 7 percent annual growth it had been enjoying. But a commitment that the grocer made at its peak of success might be the solution—if it doesn’t instead make things worse for the retailer.
That commitment from Whole Foods was a promise to open more stores in food deserts (i.e., neighborhoods in which people lack any easy access to healthy, affordable food options), including lower income and underserved areas in large cities. For example, Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood suffers from vacant buildings and a heartbreakingly high crime rate, and its residents earn an average of just more than $20,000 annually. Their access to fresh produce is limited, whereas neighborhood convenience stores sell mostly highly processed, packaged foods.
When Whole Foods opened its latest store in Englewood, it first undertook a careful analysis to attempt to ensure the success of the location. Representatives interviewed local residents to determine what they would want to find at a new grocery store. The company worked closely together with government officials and sought various incentives and tax breaks to locate there. In particular, the City of Chicago waived the $3.1 million asking price for the site and gave Whole Foods the rights to the block for just $1.
Reflecting its research, the Englewood Whole Foods is smaller than most stores, and it carries a larger selection of beauty products dedicated to African American consumers. Prices on certain staple foods, including eggs and dairy, are lower than the prices charged in several other stores in the city. It also agreed to requests from community leaders that it would not reject job applicants simply for having a criminal record. Along with these site-specific adjustments, Whole Foods has stocked the store mainly with its 365 brand, which offers a relatively lower price point, just as it does in other locations where the target population earns less than the stereotypical gourmet shopper.
Yet questions remain. Some local residents note that the prices are still quite high, making it impossible to shop there and still stay within their limited budgets. Observers also note that Whole Foods’ brand image is closely tied to its provision of fancy, gourmet products, not daily essentials. In this sense, expanding into neighborhoods with less disposable income might be unsuccessful in not just the short term, when these stores fail to earn a profit, but also over time, when the brand loses its cache among wealthier shoppers.
In Englewood, the opening of the Whole Foods was met with great fanfare. Whether consumers will keep coming back remains an open question, but if they do, they can enjoy another brand that is similarly famous for its high prices on gourmet items: Starbucks plans to open a shop in the same shopping plaza.
- Are retailers responsible for opening grocery stores (and other types of outlets) in historically underserved and lower income areas? Why or why not?
- How should retailers identify new places to locate their stores that might not appear viable according to their traditional location criteria?
Source: Heather Haddon and Shibani Mahtani, “Whole Foods Sets Up Shop in Low-Income Neighborhoods,” The Wall Street Journal, October 9, 2016


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MARKET TO GO GREEN AND BAN PLASTIC CARRIERS
Traders on Heywood MAGIC Market are giving back to the Community which helped secure their future by phasing out the use of plastic carrier bags over a three month period to become the first SME Company in England to commit to this policy. Re – cycling bins have been installed to re –use clean plastic carrier bags whilst alternative bags made from recycled paper and Hessian bags are being prepared. Traders will actively encourage customers to re use bags rather than give them a bag as a matter of course. The aim is that the issue of new plastic carrier bags will have ceased within three months. The Market Board is fully supporting this initiative by funding a proportion of the costs in setting – up the scheme and obtaining alternative types of bag. |
The Traders are confident that their customers support this idea, as already many customers are refusing bags and are bringing their own. Additionally, many customers have been canvassed for their opinions and the vast majority are positive, telling us that this is a good move to help the environment.
The traders are keen to take this action for the local environment as it was the community which rescued the market some six years ago when it was under threat of closure. Since then the Market which is managed by a Community Trust Board made up of traders, local councillors and members of the community has gone from strength to strength, having full occupancy and making annual profits whilst supporting various charities in the town. In June 2007 it was highlighted as a shinning example in a Government report as a successful community enterprise which had made use of local authority assets to the benefit of the Community.
The Market and its traders consider themselves at the heart of the Community and continue to seek opportunities to develop the Market whilst helping and integrating with the people of Heywood.
The following letter has been posted to customers:
There has recently been a great deal of debate in the media about the harmful effects of plastic carrier bags to the environment. HEYWOOD MAGIC MARKET’S TRADERS in line with their commitment and responsibilities to the local community have decided to phase out the plastic carrier bag over a three month period. This policy will not affect packaging, particularly in respect of food which for hygiene reasons will packaged as normal. The change is only in respect of plastic carrier bags.
The start of this process is the introduction of recycling bins for clean used plastic carrier bags. Customers are welcome to place used bags in them or in case of need take one for their shopping.
We ask that customers only ask for/take bags if they need one.
We have made an initial order for 1,000 Hessian carrier bags, 500 of which will be given free of charge to customers. The other 500 will be available for purchase at a subsidised price.
We are also introducing recycled paper carriers for customers use.
The bags will not be ready for a number of weeks and we will inform you as soon as they are ready and how they will be distributed.
Feedback so far from customers has been very positive to our stance and we hope all our customers will respect and share our commitment by joining with us in this initiative to help the local community and environment.


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Farmer Connect’s app ‘Thank My Farmer’, supported by IBM, will help coffee connoisseurs to trace the origin of their brew
Farmer Connect and IBM have showcased a new mobile application ‘Thank My Farmer’ at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
The app allows coffee consumers to trace their coffee to its origin, understand its quality and even support the farmer who grew the bean crop. The app was developed with the help of companies in the global supply chain such as The Colombian Coffee Growers Federation (FNC), BeyersKoffie, ITOCHU Corporation, The J.M. Smucker Company, Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE), Volcafe, Rabobank, Sucafina, RGC Coffee and Yara International.
Powered by IBM Blockchain, Farmer Connect has been designed to help enhance traceability, fairness and efficiency in the coffee supply chain.
It is estimated that more than half a trillion cups of coffee is being consumed by coffee drinkers annually. According to a survey conducted on consumers aged between 19 and 24,the young consumers preferred their coffee to be grown sustainably and sourced responsibly.
With today’s huge global supply chain, backtracking the coffee trail is a difficult task. Once grown, the beans are forced to stop over several times, such as at co-ops, exporters, shippers, importers, roasters, distributors and retailers before reaching their final destination—the consumer.
Product information is at best fragmented, as each participant can track only their part of the coffee beans’ journey, using their own data logging system.
Using blockchain all parties involved in the coffee supply chain can be traced
But now, consumers who hope to close the gap between the coffee that they consume and the farmer who grew their coffee, have a solution, through blockchain technology.
The consumer-facing ‘Thank My Farmer’ app can pull information directly from the blockchain (for use across the industry) and connect consumers to the whole coffee path, starting with the farmers and ending with the brands. All the while, the whole information can be accessedby the coffee drinker on an interactive map.
The app also presents sustainability projects, providing an opportunity for coffee consuming communities to support them.
Farmer Connect founder and president David Behrends said: “The aim is humanizing each coffee drinker’s relationship with their daily cup. Consumers now can play an active role in sustainability governance by supporting coffee farmers in developing nations. Through the blockchain and this consumer app, we’re creating a virtuous cycle.”


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Interest rates on short-term Treasury securities rose in Monday's auction.
The Treasury Department sold $21 billion in three-month bills at a discount rate of 2.045 percent, up from 1.950 percent last week.
An additional $19 billion was sold in six-month bills at a rate of 2.260 percent, up from 2.140 percent.
The new discount rates understate the actual return to investors -- 2.084 percent for three-month bills with a $10,000 bill selling for $9,948.88, and 2.318 percent for a six-month bill selling for $9,886.37.
In another auction, yields on three-year Treasury notes also rose. The yield was 3.090 percent, up from 2.842 percent at the last auction on Aug. 9. The notes carry a coupon interest rate of 3 percent with each $10,000 in face value selling for $9,974.40.
The Federal Reserve, meanwhile, said the average yield for one-year constant maturity Treasury bills, a popular index for making changes in adjustable rate mortgages, rose to 2.35 percent last week from 2.27 percent the previous week.


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New Integrations Announced
It was an exciting week for Dash, with news from the quarterly earnings call and also from a variety of marketing pushes across the globe.
One of the high-profile partnerships that was made this week was Dash’s new integration with Bitrefill. This company is a payment processor that allows customers to fund their prepaid mobile accounts with variety of different cryptocurrencies. This week, they decided to start accepting Dash, citing low fees and fast confirmation times as the reason behind this move. Bitrefill is also currently offering their products at a 10% discount if paid for with Dash.
Other notable new partnerships were announced as the result of two proposals that went successfully passed through Dash’s governance system. The first proposal wanted funds to start a new Dash exchange in Venezuela called Colibit. This project will attempt to make Dash much more accessible to the general public.
Another proposal of interest that recently passed was one that seeks to integrate Dash with the UK’s biggest PoS provider, NOBLY. With their support, it is likely that Dash will be accepted at 50+ merchants in the UK in just a few months. This move will go a long way to increasing the ease in which UK businesses can begin to accept Dash as a form of payment, which will ideally lead to widespread adoption in the next couple of years.
Quarterly Report Highlights
The Dash Core team also put out their Q4 quarterly report summary on YouTube this Friday. This report was over 2 hours long, and went over all the of the items that the Core team has been working on, and what their plans for the future entail. Of note in this call was a presentation on Dash v13, codenamed Evolution. This is the upcoming overhaul and rebrand of Dash that will land sometime this year.
There are three important components to this overhaul that were mentioned: Upgrades to the core Dash protocol, DashPay mobile wallets/social integration, and the release of a new Dash API that will allow websites and businesses to integrate support for Dash with just a few lines of code. The quarterly report also detailed the team’s plans for the upcoming rebrand for Dash Evolution, and also their vision on how to effectively market Dash to both businesses and consumers.
Two Dash affiliated speakers will be hosted at Anarchapulco event taking place on February 15th – 18th. Anarchapulco is a globally recognized conference on freedom and individual rights. The first speaker is Ben Swann, an award-winning journalist who will be giving a presentation on his new Dash-funded YouTube show, Reality Check. Chuck Williams from the Dash Core team will also be presenting at event. A Dash treasury proposal submitted by Juan Galt in November 2017 was funded for Dash to be a gold sponsor of Anarchapulco event.


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There are many reasons why EMV chip technology makes sense for the United States. These are some of the major factors:
Physical World Fraud
It is the consensus amongst observers – although there are no published fraud numbers in the U.S. like there are in other domestic markets – that physical world fraud in the U.S. is already above the global average and still on the rise. Furthermore, the lessons learned from the many migration activities worldwide clearly indicate that fraud migrates towards those regions which have not yet migrated to EMV chip technology (Malaysia to Thailand, UK to mainland Europe, etc.). Since the rest of the world has either already migrated to EMV or has firm plans to do so, if the United States did not move to EMV, it could become the primary target of fraudsters and fraud rates will continue to rise. The move to EMV would, in theory, prevent this from happening.
Cardholder Inconvenience Abroad
With market penetration of EMV technology deployment growing around the world, in particular the nearly 100% coverage in the Single Euro Payment Area (SEPA) and soon to be in Canada, the magnetic stripe technology becomes more and more archaic. Tens of millions of U.S. cardholders have been inconvenienced abroad over the last few years by attendants at POS refusing to take their cards and even more by not being served at unattended terminals.
Mobile and Contactless
Implementing EMV chip technology in the United States will speed up mobile and contactless payments and make them more secure. The devices that accept EMV chip cards are dual contact/contactless devices. By installing these devices to accept EMV, merchants are also readying themselves to accept mobile and contactless payments as well.
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The Financial Times is investing in news aggregation and curation with the launch yesterday of its revamped email briefing FirstFT. But in doing so, it’s siding with old-school editorial judgement over smart algorithms to personalize its offerings.
As for many business titles, email is still a key driver of content discovery for the FT. FirstFT editors hand-pick the most important news items for early-bird traders and professionals from FT and the wider Web.
“Information gets lost on social media and all sorts of other outlets over the day,” the FT’s newly appointed of head of aggregation and editor of curated content Andrew Jack said. “We’re trying to become a neutral judge and offer the big stories of the day, whether they’re coming from us or elsewhere on the Web. Nobody has a monopoly [on the news].”
So instead of waiting for readers to find FT stories in their social streams, FT is bringing the stream to them — all the better to keep readers inside the FT ecosystem. “Aggregation is an increasingly valuable convenience for busy readers which don’t have time to spend the day on Twitter, with its incessant stream of information,” said Jack.
Half of the FT’s 476,000 digital subscribers access its content through their phones and tablets, which is where the FT hopes to hit them with their refreshed newsletter. “Emails have a pretty high return [on investment], particularly if they’re well designed and well targeted,” Jack added.
The move is a continuation of FT’s strategy to focus on the digital side of the business. In a memo from this time last year, editor Lionel Barber said the new strategy was to “shift further away from reactive news gathering” towards “smart curation” and “news in context.” The FT has since hired Jack to lead a team of three other people to work purely on the aggregation and curation of content. Other more technologically ambitious products from the FT of this nature include FT Antenna, which is a semi-automated mix of FT journalists’ Twitter feeds and favored links.
Crucially though, given that FirstFT is free, it offers a new marketing channel for the brand. “It’s a way to reach into areas of the world where the bandwidth is weaker,” said Jack. “Lower tech email can be quite a valuable way for some of the emerging markets to get high quality FT content.”
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Uber riders will hopefully be able to feel a little bit safer with Uber’s newly announced additional safety features.
A post in Uber’s Newsroom outlines Uber’s plans for making their ridesharing service safer for everyone. One new feature they describe is a centralized safety area in the app. Riders will be able to access these safety features on the home screen during a ride, so they won’t have to hunt around for safety tips and assistance.
Riders were already able to use their Share My Trip feature, which lets them message contacts to tell them they’re using Uber and to link them to a map of their ride. But according to Uber’s post, they will also be letting riders add “Trusted Contacts” they can choose from when sharing their status. They’ll be able to add as many as five people to notify about rides. This simply makes things quicker and easier. Also, users will be able to change their settings to a kind of night mode that specifically alerts people about ride statuses when someone is using Uber at night.
Uber also announced they would be adding a new Safety Center. This area of the app will give information about how to stay safe. Uber worked with law enforcement and other organizations to put together this information.
A huge part of the new features involves making 911 calls. Uber will soon be adding a button users can press to be connected with 911, making the process a little quicker during an emergency. And when using this feature, you’ll see exactly where you are. They’re also testing a feature that will automatically send location information to 911, as well as working to make 911 communication quicker and more efficient.
They also mention they’ll soon be making driver screening a little more intense. Uber already had screenings in place, but now they plan to rescreen drivers every year and work to find out sooner about new criminal issues with drivers. On top of all of this, they’re working on their Safety Advisory Board.
In the past, there have been stories of dangerous situations that occurred during Uber rides. Since strangers are riding in vehicles with each other, there’s bound to be some risk involved for both drivers and riders. Uber’s previous safety features were helpful, but their newest features will hopefully make the process smoother when protecting yourself during a ride. And with more driver screenings, perhaps some dangerous situations can be avoided altogether.
For more about Uber’s safety plans, take a look at their news article.
Uber is getting in the medical transport field with their newly-introduced Uber Health ride service.
You’ve probably heard some crazy stories about people calling for an Uber when they needed to go to the hospital. Some people have been calling for a ride instead of calling an ambulance, because ambulance rides are so expensive and Uber rates are much more affordable by comparison.
Well, Uber Health won’t address the issue of costly ambulance rides or injured people calling for an Uber driver, but the company is still getting involved in the medical field in a different way. While people are desperately trying to cut back on their medical bills by hailing an Uber instead of calling 911, many other people can’t make it to their basic medical appointments because they don’t have a vehicle or any other form of transportation, and they also can’t afford to shell out the money up front for a ride.
Uber Health lets healthcare organizations set up rides for their clients so people don’t have to worry about how they’re going to make it there. According to the Uber Health website, the purpose of the new service is to make it easier for clients to get to their destinations so there aren’t as many missed appointments.
Organizations can set up a ride in advance or at the time it’s needed. Then the client will get a text or call to provide the ride details, followed by another text or call when the driver is actually headed there to pick them up. Organizations are billed monthly for their clients’ rides, and they can get detailed information on the rides, including cost and how long the ride lasted.
For riders, this means they don’t have to enter their card information into the Uber app or, actually, use the Uber app at all. Riders using Uber Health don’t even have to send or receive texts to use the service, since they can get their information through a phone call. This means people who aren’t particularly tech-savvy can get a ride to their appointment through the rideshare service.
Uber Health’s website notes that there’s “HIPAA-trained support” for the people organizing the rides. A rider’s data is encrypted, and drivers don’t see that a requested ride is coming through Uber Health. This means there’s a high level of privacy with Uber Health, which is necessary in the medical field.
Many healthcare organizations are already using Uber Health. To find out if your organization is using it, contact your healthcare provider. And in the meantime, learn more about Uber Health on their website.
Uber is in the news right now for being hacked—over a year ago. The company is dealing with the fallout of hiding this hack and going to great lengths to keep it secret.
According to Bloomberg, about 57 million people had their data stolen by the hackers—this includes riders and drivers. The affected people are not from one area; this hack reached all over the world. Some of the data that was stolen is users’ names, driver’s license numbers, and contact information (email addresses and phone numbers) for people who used Uber. This attack occurred in October of last year.
Uber is now letting people go as more details emerge. It seems that Uber actually paid the hackers to get rid of the stolen data and hide the fact that the hack even happened. The hackers were paid $100,000. At least two of the people involved in keeping the hack under wraps have already been removed from the company.
More is coming for Uber, though, as they’re already being investigated. Plus, as expected, a class-action suit is already in the works. Many are understandably upset to learn that Uber did everything it could to keep the news about the hack secret.
Right now, it’s hard to find out who has been impacted by this hack. But just in case, if you use Uber, you should certainly take a few steps to make sure you’re not negatively affected. Be sure to do the following:
- Change your Uber password
- Keep a close eye on your account
- Keep watch for any news about how to find out who was affected, either from a news outlet or Uber email (in case they decide to email people who were affected)
More news about this hack seems to be coming out regularly. Since Uber hid this attack for so long, it’s completely possible there is more to learn about the breach from last year. Keep an eye out for Uber in the news, and in the meantime, just keep a close watch on your accounts.
Uber hasn’t even been around for a decade yet, and it’s still already a pretty firmly established option for getting from Point A to Point B. The popular transportation company has brought a lot of convenience for riders in the cities it’s active in, and despite setbacks (negative press, issues with some of its policies, bans in certain cities, et cetera), it’s still massively popular. The list of cities you can find Uber in just keeps growing, and it doesn’t seem ready to stop yet. Uber makes it really easy to use its app, and often it’s cheaper for riders than other options, like the typical cab. However, one small irritant when using Uber in the past has been that if you wanted to call an Uber and go to more than one stop (Point A to Point B to Point C), it was a frustrating hassle. Now, however, Uber has finally integrated a way to add multiple stops to your trips when you call for a ride.
When making more than one stop with Uber before, riders had to inform the Uber driver after they had already been picked up and were in the car with them. The driver would then have to figure out how to get to each place while they were driving. This was sometimes confusing for newer Uber drivers. It also added a layer of inconvenience if the address had strange spelling or if the rider didn’t have any idea where the first stop actually was. And it could be unfortunate for drivers and riders alike if someone stayed at a stop for too long—drivers would have to simply sit and idle, while riders would have to pay a bit extra, because the clock was supposed to be kept running while at each stop. For any of these reasons, some drivers could become annoyed if a rider asked to add another stop to their trip.
Now, though, Uber has finally caught up to Lyft in this area, making it easy to add additional stops (which Lyft has had in their app for about a year now). If you need to run into the grocery store really quickly on the way to a Christmas party, you can program that into your route before the driver even gets there to pick you up. You can even add two extra stops if you’d like, which is an added bonus. Adding an extra stop (or two) is simple. In the app, there is a plus sign ‘+’ next to the “Where To?” box. When you touch the plus sign, you can select “Add a Stop” and enter the location, then “Add a Stop” again if you are adding a second one. Then you just tap “Save” and don’t have to worry about it again. You are supposed to keep your stops to less than three minutes, but this can certainly be doable if you just need to run grab a bag of snacks or pick up something you left at work before arriving at your actual destination. If you use Uber, the ability to add multiple stops is just a nice added convenience that can make all the different trips you need to make much more efficient.
In early June, House Energy and Commerce Republicans began work on legislation to introduce to Congress June 20th that will clarify the role of the National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration in the regulation of Autonomous Vehicles.
That’s right. Robot cars. And before you roll your eyes, let me remind you that they are already among us. Google-owned company Waymo has been testing AVs for years. Apple, Tesla, BMW, Volkswagen, GM, Ford, and Nissan are all racing to get self-driving cars into the public market. Volvo is partnered with Uber to make driverless ride-sharing a thing—though if you ask me, you need at least 2 people to share a ride.
But you may not be able to go straight to hands-free: the term “autonomous” has levels. The NHTSA’s Certification of Automated Driving Systems (ADS) goes from 1-5, with cars at level 1 requiring an alert human operator, and a level 5 vehicle requiring nothing other than navigation input from a passenger.
For AVs to hit the road, they must demonstrate safety at the same level, or greater than, traditional vehicles. NHTSA has issued an exemption from FMVSS (which requires brake pedals and steering wheels, among other things) for 2,500 test vehicles. This sounds like a lot, but if you consider the billions of hours required to be driven to demonstrate safety, 2,500 vehicles aren’t enough. One of the proposals on the table raises the exemption to 100,000 cars.
Some companies, like Tesla and Google, already have self-driving cars in some cities, and the benefits of widely available, fully autonomous cars could be huge for the elderly, the disabled, and the public transportation sector, not to mention reducing intoxicated driving deaths. However, you can’t regulate AVs like regular cars. So far, states have had to figure it out on their own. Maybe that won’t be the case much longer.
What is being proposed?
Many of the AV proposals currently being discussed are geared toward allowing exemptions of current safety features requirements (like brake pedals and steering wheels) to allow testing, develop a framework for cross-industry information sharing (to avoid making the same mistake twice), and begin development of technology geared toward helping underserved populations (such as the elderly and the disabled).
One thing is clear: legislators from both sides of the House want to get self-driving cars on the road. However, how to regulate them may not be unanimously agreed upon.
Having a federal standard for AV manufacture and operation is going to be the major determining factor in how soon car manufacturers can move forward with tests and, possibly, production. If every state is allowed to impose regulations, driving an AV across state lines could pose a problem.
However, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has been reluctant to impose many standards that might slow development of budding technology, leaving AV largely unregulated for the moment. NHTSA mainly oversees licensing, registration, and road maintenance currently, not vehicle safety.
There is a lot of excitement surrounding this issue right now, and I can see why. Driverless cars may be coming to an area near you sooner than you think—for that matter, public transportation may be coming to an area near you (I live in a place where you can drive, or you can walk. End of list).
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Kornit Digital Ltd. (KRNT) Expected to Post Earnings of $0.14 Per Share
Equities research analysts expect Kornit Digital Ltd. (NASDAQ:KRNT) to report $0.14 earnings per share for the current quarter, according to Zacks Investment Research. Three analysts have made estimates for Kornit Digital’s earnings. The highest EPS estimate is $0.15 and the lowest is $0.13. Kornit Digital reported earnings per share of $0.11 during the same quarter last year, which suggests a positive year over year growth rate of 27.3%. The company is expected to announce its next quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, November 8th.
On average, analysts expect that Kornit Digital will report full year earnings of $0.40 per share for the current financial year, with EPS estimates ranging from $0.37 to $0.43. For the next financial year, analysts forecast that the business will report earnings of $0.65 per share, with EPS estimates ranging from $0.60 to $0.70. Zacks’ earnings per share calculations are a mean average based on a survey of research analysts that that provide coverage for Kornit Digital.
Kornit Digital (NASDAQ:KRNT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 7th. The industrial products company reported $0.06 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $0.02 by $0.04. The business had revenue of $28.59 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $29.81 million. Kornit Digital had a negative net margin of 0.29% and a positive return on equity of 7.05%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 19.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $0.02 earnings per share.
A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on KRNT shares. Craig Hallum started coverage on shares of Kornit Digital in a research note on Tuesday, July 11th. They set a “buy” rating and a $26.00 target price on the stock. BidaskClub lowered shares of Kornit Digital from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 10th. Canaccord Genuity reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $24.00 target price on shares of Kornit Digital in a research note on Tuesday, August 8th. Finally, Zacks Investment Research raised shares of Kornit Digital from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 12th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, one has issued a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Kornit Digital currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $21.86.
Shares of Kornit Digital (NASDAQ KRNT) opened at 16.50 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $17.86 and its 200-day moving average is $18.53. Kornit Digital has a 12 month low of $8.90 and a 12 month high of $23.15. The company’s market cap is $555.36 million.
Large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado bought a new stake in Kornit Digital during the second quarter worth about $101,000. Cowen Prime Services LLC boosted its stake in Kornit Digital by 104.8% during the second quarter. Cowen Prime Services LLC now owns 6,058 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $117,000 after acquiring an additional 3,100 shares in the last quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp boosted its stake in Kornit Digital by 49.4% during the second quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 7,813 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $151,000 after acquiring an additional 2,583 shares in the last quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its stake in Kornit Digital by 1,540.0% during the second quarter. Wells Fargo & Company MN now owns 8,200 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $159,000 after acquiring an additional 7,700 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sei Investments Co. boosted its stake in Kornit Digital by 104.3% during the first quarter. Sei Investments Co. now owns 9,111 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $174,000 after acquiring an additional 4,652 shares in the last quarter. 73.83% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
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Richard Branson hints at setting up a Virgin Group SPAC in Amsterdam
Richard Branson hinted but stopped short of confirming a report that his Virgin Group is considering setting up a blank-check company in the Netherlands, in what would be his first use of the structure in Europe.
The serial entrepreneur will probably seek to raise some 200 million euros ($227 million) by selling of shares in a special purpose acquisition company, with the aim of later merging the shell with an existing business, Sky News reported earlier.
“I love Amsterdam, I lived on a houseboat for a lot of my life, so maybe I need a new houseboat,” Branson said in a Bloomberg TV interview. “Maybe you’ll see me in Amsterdam sometime soon.”
The billionaire, who started out in 1970 with a mail-order record business, has been an avid user of SPACs to pursue opportunities in the U.S. He’s merged parts of the Virgin Group empire into listed companies, and created his own SPACs to take targets including DNA-testing firm 23andMe public.
Branson has previously said that raising funds through a SPAC is more efficient and less time-consuming than a traditional public offering of stock.
In December, his space-launch venture Virgin Orbit Holdings Inc. went public through a combination with NextGen Acquisition Corp. II, almost two years after Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. listed through a similar route.
Branson has used proceeds from selling part of Virgin Galactic to shore up his Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd., after the downturn in travel brought on by COVID threatened the airline with insolvency.
The 71-year-old billionaire said he hasn’t personally considered an IPO of Virgin Atlantic, though the team has explored a number of ways to keep the airline going during the Covid crisis.
After a 400 million-pound ($543 million) infusion by Branson and co-owner Delta Air Lines Inc. in December, “they’ve got the money to do the job without IPOing,” Branson said. “Who’s to know what might happen in a year or two or three’s time.”
Virgin Orbit, one of a number of startups launching low-level satellites, plans to conduct its first U.K. mission this year, Chief Executive Officer Dan Hart said in the joint appearance with Branson. The shares were up 29% on Friday.
Space tourism company Virgin Galactic also gained after dropping 21% since the start of December.
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A Samsung foldable tablet may make a secret MWC appearance
There’s going to be a ton of new hardware at MWC 2014 next week, and we’ve been spending a lot of time this month talking about the sort of devices we expect to see. More recently, though, we’ve been hearing rumors about some really interesting products that – despite claims that they will indeed be present at MWC, and irrespective of how much we might actually like to interact with them – will be restricted to private showrooms, available only to the eyes of other industry partners. That’s the story we heard about an HTC smartwatch this morning, and it’s what we’re hearing again now, as we talk about a possible foldable tablet from Samsung.
With curved-screen phones now a reality, bendable devices aren’t just the logical extension – it’s specifically where we’ve heard Samsung say it’s headed over the next couple years. The company’s already filed design patents (like the one you see above) for tablet that take advantage of this bendable tech, and the word is that such a prototype will be demoed next week behind closed doors.
The report specifically talks about the tablet bending 90 degrees in the middle, such that it would emulate the basic look of a laptop. Then presumably we’d use half of the display as our main viewing area, and the other half as a touchscreen keyboard, maybe with room for system settings toggles or some notifications.
Maybe even more so than with smartphones, a flexible design like this could add a fair amount of functionality to a tablet. Sure, we’re probably at least a year away before anything along these lines hits retail, but that doesn’t mean we can’t start dreaming about it now.


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India may raise orthodox tea output this year
“Prices too are expected to go up by 10% to 12% in the new season and orthodox tea may command a price of Rs 190-200 per kg,” said DP Maheshwari, managing director of Jay Shree Tea & Industries, a BK Birla group company.
Incidentally, in the first half of 2012, prices of orthodox tea had crashed as there was very little buying from Iran. Orthodox tea producers had to cut down production and switch over to CTC tea. But in the latter half, the price situation improved as Iran gradually returned to the market.
The Gulf nation generally lifts 25-30 million kg of orthodox tea from India. The prices have touched Rs 178 per kg in the current fiscal year compared to Rs 140 per kg in FY12. Indian Ambassador to Iran DP Shrivastav, who was in Assam recently, told ET: “As the payment issue has been sorted out through Uco Bank, this is the most opportune moment for Indian tea companies to enter tier-II cities of Iran.”
A delegation from India, led by Tea Board Chairman MGVK Bhanu, will visit Iran next month to have a better understanding of the trade and to promote Indian tea in the tier-II cities. Iran has already assured to include Indian tea in the top category of import items.
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Chicago — Ferrara Candy Co., Inc. is extending the Laffy Taffy brand with Laff Bites, which have a candy shell covering cherry, strawberry, green apple and blue raspberry taffies, the candymaker reports.
To celebrate the launch the brand is teaming with comedian Kevin Fredericks, also known as @KevOnStage, to share “laffs” through a bite-sized comedy show. On National Tell A Joke Day, August 16th, fans can tune into the LOL-inducing sketch on Kev’s Instagram channel, @kevonstage.
“In the true spirit of the brand, we’re taking our famous Laffy Taffy jokes to the next level through our partnership with popular comedian Kevin Fredericks on a national holiday celebrating jokes,” says Katie Duffy, vice-president, marketing Duffy. “Laffy Taffy and Kevin share a common goal of giving the gift of laughter and sharing joy through light-hearted, silly humor. With a virtual comedy show, we are hoping to spread positivity in a time where we all could use bite-sized moments of joy and laughter.”
During early in-store trials, the product has helped drive growth for Laffy Taffy as its sales have outpaced the category by more than three times, according to Ferrara. Overall, Laffy Taffy incremental sales are up 8.7 percent year-to-date.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Laff Bites into our Laffy Taffy family of products this year,” says Katie Duffy, vice-president, marketing. “The brand has always been known for a fun-to-eat taffy experience and with Laff Bites we are offering a unique, poppable candy experience — our beloved taffy in the center with a crunchy shell. Laff Bites provides a twist on the classic Laffy Taffy candy that fans can share with friends and family to bring more ‘laffs’ into their daily lives.
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text: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice in a petition highlighting the dismal state of consumer forums in the national capital (Sangam Singh Kochar v. Ministry of Law and Justice and Ors)..The Bench of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh issued notice to the Union Ministries of Law and Justice, Consumer Affairs and Food and Public Distribution, as well as the Delhi government and the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission. The Court has listed the case for further hearing on February 28..The petition filed by lawyer Sangam Singh Kochar stated that Right to Information (RTI) replies received from the District Consumer Forum (South-West) revealed that it does not have enough laptops and was facing an acute shortage of staff. The condition was so bad that the post of the female member of the forum had been lying vacant since April 2018, the plea stated..Kochar claimed that when he had filed a case in the said consumer forum in 2017, a seven-month long date was given for the next hearing. On this date, it was again adjourned for hearing five months later.“The petitioner was barely given any opportunity to put forth his case in front of the said District Forum. The reason quoted for such delay was inadequate staff and lack of machinery to record orders in the said district Forum. Moreover, in the above-said Consumer case,, not even a single order has been uploaded on the concerned website till date. The concerned website is not even reflecting the details of the said case status,” read the petition.The petitioner added that assurances were given to him and other advocates that the functioning of the forum would improve once it is shifted from Sheikh Sarai to Dwarka (Sector 20), but no such development took place.“There is still inadequate infrastructure at Dwarka as files are kept openly at every corner inside the courtroom. The staff is still incomplete, the required computers are still short, getting clean toilets and drinking water is still a challenge and the quorum is still incomplete. No useful purpose has been served even after shifting the said Court from Sheikh Sarai to Dwarka,” the petition alleged..The plea stated that the Supreme Court in its 2017 judgment in State of Uttar Pradesh and Ors v. All UP-Consumer Protection Bar Association had directed state governments to frame and adopt rules under Section 30 of the Consumer Protection Act in accordance with the Model Rules, within three months. However, the Delhi government has failed to adopt these rules, Kochar stated.“That the willful refusal by the Delhi Government/Respondent to adopt the Model Rules is in contempt of the orders of the Hon’ble Apex Court and has resulted and contributed in the working of the District Consumer Forums at Delhi being inefficient, understaffed, un-quorumed and lacking the basic infrastructure and facilities as should be readily available in every Court premises,” the petition argued..The petition thus sought a direction to the government and authorities to fill up the vacancies in district forums in the capital, and to provide adequate infrastructure as well as basic amenities.


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Pine Street Carpenters Gears up for 5th Annual “100 Wheels Project”
80 Bicycles to be Assembled for Deserving Children at Bike-Building Party.
Each year, Pine Street purchases and assembles bicycles for underprivileged children in the region. When the initiative first started in 2008, Pine Street donated 50 bicycles to local non-profits. The effort has grown each year, and this year, thanks to the support of friends, customers, and trade partners, Pine Street Carpenters will be purchasing and building 80 bicycles for underprivileged children. Employees, family members, friends, and members of the cycling community will donate their time and energy on December 13 at an evening bike-building party.
“By the end of the evening,” says Brendon Dolan, owner of Pine Street Carpenters, “All 80 bicycles will be assembled and ready for delivery to our partner organizations.”
This year, Pine Street is partnering with six local non-profits:
“Each of these organizations provides much needed services to families in the community,” says Dolan. “Thanks to our staff, customers, partners, and friends, these bicycles will make it to children in their care just in time for the holidays.”
To date, Pine Street Carpenters has donated 266 bicycles to 9 different non-profit agencies. This year’s bike-build will bring that total to 346 bicycles. In addition to bicycles, employees and friends of Pine Street Carpenters also donate helmets and bike locks to accompany the bikes.
Pine Street Carpenters launched “The 100 Wheels Project” in 2008 to help offset the decline in donations to holiday toy drives because of the economy. The event was a great success – and the need so great – that the remodeling firm decided to make it an annual event.
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Formula E tech crosses over from racetrack to road
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In the documentary And We Go Green, engineers present a prototype battery to Alejandro Agag, founder and chief executive of Formula E Holdings. “The dream will be if this can weigh two kilos instead of 300,” says Mr Agag. Charging a car should be as easy as charging a mobile phone, he adds, only half-joking.
As far-fetched as this may sound, automakers are increasingly looking to Formula E, the electric car racing series, as a test bed for innovative technologies. Lessons from the racetrack — especially battery technology — will prove critical in improving consumer electric vehicles (EVs), engineers say.
EVs will account for almost one-third of new car sales globally by 2030, according to a report from the management consulting arm of Deloitte. However, consumers harbour concerns about the cost and driving range of current models, as well as the lack of a comprehensive charging network.
“Motorsport develops your technology very quickly. Nobody likes to lose. And if you do lose, you go home and work on it straight away because there’s another race in three or four weeks,” says Allan McNish, a retired Formula 1 and Le Mans racing driver who is now principal of Audi’s Formula E team.
Normally consumer cars follow production cycles of up to five years from conception to their appearance in dealerships. But in Formula E, technology is moving from race cars to production vehicles in as little as 12 months.
Unlike Formula 1, where aerodynamics is a key differentiating factor between competitors, Formula E hardware is standardised. Teams share a common battery, chassis and other bodywork. What sets them apart is their power train — the mechanism that transmits the drive from the engine to the vehicle’s axle — and the software used to manage that system.
“Tomorrow you could take the power train from one of my race cars as it is, bolt it on to a sports car for the road and drive that car to London,” says Sylvain Filippi, managing director at Envision Virgin Racing, a team competing in the ABB FIA Formula E Championship.
While the first generation Formula E battery in season one (2014-15) highlighted the ability to race electric cars, the launch of Gen2 last year demonstrated a doubling of the car’s range and a higher maximum speed on the same volume of battery, says James Barclay, team director at Panasonic Jaguar.
Formula E is now looking to go a step further, with Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE) designing a new battery system (Gen3) for the 2022-23 season.
Although Formula E’s power train is 95 per cent energy efficient, there is capacity to add a second regenerative unit to the front axle. This technology recovers the car’s kinetic energy when it slows and puts the electric motor into reverse — becoming a generator that returns energy to the battery. The driver does not need to tap the brakes.
Besides being smaller, lighter and more powerful than previous versions, the Gen3 battery will also be able to regenerate fast enough to allow for charging pit stops during races.
Previously, drivers of the first-generation model had to switch to a second car to complete the circuit as recently as 2018. Such advances in charging technology could similarly be used in consumer vehicles.
Nevertheless, some challenges remain, says Bob Stojanovic, director of electric vehicle infrastructure at ABB, the energy technology group. Although larger batteries charge faster, the charging rate diminishes once it hits 80 per cent capacity.
The voltage of a car is also a limiting factor insofar as it determines the level of current that can pass through. A close though imperfect analogy, says Mr Stojanovic, is that if you were to increase the diameter of a garden hose, more water would flow and at a faster rate. The Porsche Taycan, for example, has double the standard EV voltage at 800V, which has halved its charging time — an industry first.
ABB’s new 160kW-rated chargers for Formula E, which can charge two cars simultaneously, will also be available for consumers and drive down expenses as operators can deliver twice the power for the price of installing a single charging unit. Meanwhile, peers such as Enel X have used Formula E to test the resilience of their charging equipment across temperatures varying from 5C to 40C on racetracks in Santiago de Chile and Marrakesh.
This is buttressed by developments on the software side. By utilising battery temperature data collected from the eTrophy race series, Jaguar added 20km of range to its consumer EV, the I-Pace, taking its total distance to 470km on a single charge. Tesla uses an automated approach whereby new software is installed into its cars online.
“We’ve seen a rash of vehicles where, in the rush to bring products to market, manufacturers have basically taken the engine out and filled the engine bay with batteries,” says Douglas Campling, chief engineer at WAE. But the industry is missing a trick. In future, batteries will be intrinsic to “the structure of the vehicle”, allowing for greater flexibility in how the interior is packaged and designed.
But for Mr Agag, the answer is simple: “The only way to motivate these big companies to develop more and more technologies is to get them to [compete] against one another. To win.”


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The esteemed Australian designer has already been working with Apple design guru Jony Ive for months ahead of a presumed wearable launch next week.
An Australian company is offering the most complete package yet for those in need of a very simple phone.
The Google-backed mobile and cloud startup puts Scott Croyle in charge of design and product, and adds him to its board.
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The forthcoming phablet could feature the metal trimming ushered in with the recently announced Galaxy Alpha.
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NVIDIA teases 'future generation GPU architectures' at GDC
NVIDIA teases next-gen GPU after Volta, which means a new GeForce is right around the corner.
NVIDIA's new Drive PX Pegasus: Volta + 'next-gen' GPUs
NVIDIA unveils Drive PX Pegasus, which is 10x faster than its predecessor, features current-gen Volta and next-gen GPU tech.
VRAM prices increase over 30% in August alone
Samsung and SK Hynix hike VRAM prices by 30% in August... what's next?
NVIDIA ramps up 12nm production for next-gen Volta GPUs
NVIDIA and TSMC increase production of 12nm GPU production, preparing for Volta.
NVIDIA rumored to unveil Volta-based GeForce tomorrow
NVIDIA rumors fly thick and fast... are Volta-based GeForce cards about to trump Vega?!
SK Hynix's GDDR6 at 14Gbps offers up to 672GB/sec
672GB/sec memory bandwidth on 384-bit memory bus is what GDDR6 is capable of, if not more.
NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce will feature GDDR6 at first
NVIDIA's next-gen GeForce won't have HBM2 at first, will launch with GDDR6.
NVIDIA's new Volta-powered DGX-1 costs $149,000
NVIDIA unveils its new DGX-1 with Tesla V100, has 8 x Tesla V100s for $149,000.
NVIDIA Tesla V100: single-slot 150W, dual-slot 300W
NVIDIA's new Tesla V100 uses just 150W in single-slot form, 300W in dual-slot form.
NVIDIA should show off next-gen Volta GPU off tomorrow
NVIDIA is building inventory of its next-gen Volta GPU, will be unveiled in a few hours.
NVIDIA to launch next-gen Volta-based GeForce in Q3 2017
NVIDIA reportedly set to unveil Volta-based GeForce cards in Q3 2017.
NVIDIA teases 'it's coming' for April 29
NVIDIA has something to show the world on April 29, and we have no idea what it is.
NVIDIA's orders TSMC to make next-gen Volta GPU on 12nm
NVIDIA's next big leap in GPU architectures will be made on 12nm, with Volta being ordered for production with TSMC.
NVIDIA's new Xavier chip is super-fast, powered by Volta
NVIDIA unveils its new Xavier supercomputer chip, and it's crazy fast.
NVIDIA to reveal next-gen Volta architecture at GTC 2017
NVIDIA expected to unveil its next-gen Volta GPU architecture at GTC 2017, between May 8-11.
Volta-based GeForce cards coming in 2018 with 48GB GDDR6
NVIDIA expected to launch Volta-based GeForce graphics cards in 2018, will feature GDDR6 at over 14Gbps.
NVIDIA's next-gen Volta GPUs teased, 3 high-end models
NVIDIA's next-gen Volta GPUs will be monstrous, with 3 new high-end graphics cards on the way.
NVIDIA's next-gen GPUs will be made on 14nm by Samsung
NVIDIA will shift from 16nm to 14nm for its next-gen GPUs, which will be made by Samsung.
NVIDIA's next-gen Volta architecture could arrive in May 2017
NVIDIA is reportedly preparing its next-gen Volta architecture in May 2017.
NVIDIA unveils Volta, their next-gen GPU capable of providing the GPU 1TB/sec of bandwidth
NVIDIA's next-generation GPU teased, Volta set to really amplify GPU bandwidth to 1TB/sec.