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After people in multiple countries received an offensive email on Monday from Walmart, the retail giant issued an apology letter to those who received the shocking email.
“I am reaching out to let you know we are very sorry that you received an offensive and unacceptable email. We discovered that someone outside the company created false Walmart accounts with the intent to offend our customers,” Walmart’s Chief Customer Officer Janey Whiteside said in a letter obtained by Baller Alert on Tuesday. “We are working to update the account sign-up process to ensure that something like this doesn’t happen again. Please know that no other activity took place on Walmart.com and that this account will be deleted.”
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Walmart sent out emails to the people who received emails with the title “welcome to Walmart n*gger” pic.twitter.com/C6tdEqTg40
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As previously reported, someone used real email addresses to register people for Walmart accounts, and then each person the address belonged to received an email welcoming them to the Walmart customer base, with the N-word replacing their name.
The email, which went out Monday, said: “Welcome to Walmart, ni–er.”
Walmart told Urban Hollywood 411 the culprits obtained email addresses, possibly from the dark web, and used them to sign people up for Walmart accounts who had not previously registered on the company’s website.


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Realme will be launching three new products in India in bid to expand its portfolio.
- Last Updated: May 25, 2020, 12:14 PM IST
Realme is all set to announce three new products in India today. Surprisingly none of them are going to be a smartphone as the company is planning to expand its reach to other segments. The company will be announcing its first smart TV dubbed the Realme TV as well as a new smartwatch. The company already sells the Realme Buds Air true wireless earphones and it will be expanding that by launching a possibly more affordable option.
Realme’s launch event is scheduled at 12:30PM today and like most recent launch events, this one will also be an online-only event due the COVID-19 pandemic. You can catch the livestream down below or head to Realme India’s via social media channels including YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook.
As mentioned above, Realme will be entering the smart TV market with its new Realme TV. By the looks of it, the company wants to compete in the space against the likes of Xiaomi, Samsung and various other brands by offering a competitive product. The company has teased some of the specifications of the upcoming smart TV which include a MediaTek SoC that will power the device, as well as a four-speaker system with 24W audio output. When it comes to the design, the Realme TV is also expected to come with minimal bezels.
It will be running on the popular Android TV platform and recently Realme India head Madhav Sheth revealed that the remote control will include dedicated buttons for Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, and Google Assistant.
Realme is also going to expand its wearables offering by launching the new Realme Watch. Again, there is limited information about the product however it has been teased to feature a 1.4-inch colour square touchscreen. Realme will be offering it in different strap options along with several watchfaces and it will come with a heart-rate and SpO2 sensors. It is also expected to offer various modes to track activity including basketball, aerobics, badminton, football, treadmill, running, yoga, and biking modes. Heart-rate sensor and SpO2 sensor will be present as well.
REALME BUDS AIR NEO
After launching its first true wireless earphones, the Buds Air, Realme is expected to now bring a new version which is apparently going to be more affordable. The Buds Air Neo will offer a similar design as the original Buds Air, but will come in different colour options and a smaller battery offering 3 hours of music playback. The earphones will feature 13mm drivers with support for dual-channel transmission and a super low latency mode for gaming.

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[THE INVESTOR] Kia Motors, the sister company of Hyundai Motor, rolled out a fully changed version of its K9 flagship sedan with the aim of dominating the local large size sedan market, targeting Mercedes’ E-class as its rival, the company said on April 3.
“I am confident that customers will be able to experience Kia on a whole new level through the newly launched K9,” said Kia Motors CEO Park Han-woo at the media event held in Gangnam, southern Seoul.
Kia Motors CEO Park Han-woo (second left) poses next to Kia’s second generation flagship large size sedan K9 after its launch event in southern Seoul on April 3.
“Completing the second generation lineup of K-series models, the K9 will pioneer brand innovation of Kia Motors.”
Some 2,000 units of the new K9 have been sold in preorders for 10 days, out of the company’s sales goal to sell 15,000 units this year.
Sandwiched between G80 and EQ900, sales of the first generation K9 gradually dropped from 7,393 units -- 5,071 units here and 2,322 units overseas -- in 2013 to 2,186 units -- 579 units here and 2,186 units overseas -- last year, data from the company showed.
The new K9 is slated for release in the US in the fourth quarter of this year.
Hoping for sales to bounce back, Kia Motors gave the new K9 a new elegant look, a package of the latest safety technologies, and engine variants touting it as top notch “owner-driven luxury large sedan.”
“As Kia’s flagship sedan, the K9 was designed to fit the segment in terms of size, proportion, comfort and space. We tried to make it as good as possible,” Peter Schreyer, chief design officer of Kia Motors told The Korea Herald.
The overall size of the car has been enlarged for a grand splendid look.
The new vehicle is 5,120 millimeters long, 1,915 mm wide, 1,490mm tall with a 3,105mm wheelbase compared to the previous version that was 5,095mm in length, 1,900mm in width, 1,490mm in height and a 3,045mm wheelbase.
While rivaling EQ900, large size sedan made by Hyundai’s luxury brand Genesis, the K9 and EQ900 also share the same powertrain and platform.
“To differentiate it from competing models, the new K9 was designed to heighten the driving experience and convenience for owners who plan to drive the high-end sedan, in contrast to chauffeur-driven luxury sedans,” the company said.
Kia Motors emphasized various cutting edge safety features installed in the new K9, including the Lane Following Assist that automatically controls the steering wheel and speed while maintaining a safe distance with the vehicle in front, Navigation-based Smart Cruise Control, and Blind-spot View Monitor equipped for the first time among large size cars made by the local carmaker.
The new K9 comes in three engine lineups -- 3.8 gasoline, 3.3 turbo gasoline, and 5.0 gasoline -- consisted of a total eight trims priced between 54.9 million won (US$51,934) and 93.3 million won.
In efforts to maximize the luxurious interior design, a palm sized analogue clock made by Swiss brand Maurice Lacroix has been positioned in the center fascia as well as seven mood lights developed with Pantone Color Institute.
By Kim Bo-gyung/The Korea Herald (firstname.lastname@example.org)


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Retail stocks lost momentum Tuesday after a strong start to the trading session, with department stores losing early gains.
Overall, the S&P Retail Index $RLX fell 3 points, 0.7%, to 406.
In other developments, analysts at Banc of America Securities said heavy promotions helped Sears Holdings Corp. SHLD, +0.00% pick up market share in the fourth quarter for flat-screen televisions.
Wal-Mart Stores WMT, -2.27% made significant share gains in flat-panel TVs, the analysts said in a research note.
Shares of Sears fell 2%. Wal-Mart advanced 1.3%.


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S Tel today announced the launch of International calls at 1p/sec for its domestic subscribers as well as international tourists visiting Bihar this festive week.
S Tel’s ‘Passport Pack 99’ priced at just 1p/sec for international calls let’s subscribers enjoy talk time of Rs 60 for a validity of 30 days.
The subscriber can also avail benefit to make ISD Calls @ Rs 0.01/sec to Tibet/China/Singapore (M)/ Hongkong (M) / USA/UK (F)/Canada.
With S Tel ’Passport Pack 99’ international tourists can get this product pack through a simple verification process of presenting their passport and filling an outbound form.
The offer would be activated on the spot subject to validations.S Tel customer care in Bihar and Jharkhand can be reached at 9128012345 from any landline or mobile number. Besides this, S Tel users can access the toll free customer care number 1212.


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In the latest lawsuit drama flying between Samsung and Apple in Australia, Samsung is demanding to see Apple’s iPhone 4S source code and its agreements with carriers to determine whether Apple is in violation of Samsung patents.
This is the latest in a series of patent disputes between Apple and Samsung, both in Australia and around the world. Apple has accused Samsung of “slavishly copying” its iPad and iPhone designs, saying that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy S II smartphone rip off the “look and feel” of Apple’s products. That argument has resulted in a temporary injunction against Samsung in Australia, banning the sale of the Galaxy Tab until after a hearing set to take place later this week.
Samsung has since taken the gloves off, however, and is responding in kind with attempts to get Apple’s newly released iPhone 4S banned in Australia (as well as other countries). The patents at issue on Samsung’s side have to do with its wireless 3G technology, according to a story from Australian site Smart Office. There are three patents that Samsung claims Apple has violated, but the company says it needs to see Apple’s source code to be sure.
Of course, Apple doesn’t want to divulge that information to Samsung, its biggest worldwide rival in smartphone manufacturing. Samsung is currently the biggest seller of smartphones in the world, having sold 27.1 million devices during the quarter covering the three months ending at the close of September. During that time, Apple sold only 17.1 million iPhones, allowing Samsung to pass it for the first time since the iPhone went on sale.
Samsung also wants to see Apple’s carrier agreements to find out what subsidies are being paid to Apple by telecom companies in order to have the right to sell the iPhone on contract. The argument there is that Apple subsidies take away from carriers’ abilities to sell other smartphones by demanding these high subsidies, which makes it harder for the carriers to pay subsidies for other phones, and therefore they can offer fewer of them.
Apple isn’t without legal arguments in its defense, though. For one, it argues that it already pays licensing fees on the three patents in question, although Samsung says those international licenses might not extend to Australia and that Apple refused to re-license them in the country. Another argument Apple makes is that the use of a Qualcomm chip in the iPhone 4S and the licenses that go with it already provide it the patent licenses it needs from Samsung, automatically. And while Apple was successful in getting an injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia, Apple argues it’s a little late for the court to set an injunction against the iPhone 4S since it has been out for a few weeks. “The horse has already bolted,” Apple argued.
The judge in both Samsung’s patent case and Apple’s case is the same – Judge Annabel Bennett. It might be a bit before we find out what she decides is the fate of Apple and Samsung in Australia, but the case continues on Nov. 4.


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Before popping your favorite late night bite into the microwave, you'll want to have a close look at your mini-burger stash. On Monday, White Castle voluntarily recalled some frozen burgers due to concerns they may be contaminated with listeria.
In a statement on Dec. 9, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that White Castle has voluntarily recalled a limited amount of frozen White Castle burgers sold in grocery stores across the nation. The recalled products include frozen six pack cheeseburgers, six pack hamburgers, and six pack jalapeño cheeseburgers, as well as frozen 16 pack hamburgers and cheeseburgers.
While it's unclear where exactly the recalled burgers were sold, you can tell if your frozen White Castle burgers are a part of this recall by looking for the "best by" dates. According to the FDA, the recalled items have best by dates ranging between Aug. 4, 2020 to Aug. 17, 2020. The recalled burgers can also be identified by the lot code, which is located on the side panel of the box. The FDA has a full list of these lot codes on its website for easy identification.
Romper's request for further comment from White Castle was not immediately returned, but the company's vice president, Jamie Richardson, said in a statement: "Our number one focus is the safety of our customers and our team members, and as a family owned business, we want to hold ourselves to the absolute highest standards of accountability in all aspects of our business — and especially food safety."
The voluntary recall was issued after a quality assurance test conducted by a third party laboratory found a presence of Listeria monocytogenes. The bacteria is found in food, can survive freezing temperatures, and can cause an infection that results in fever, muscle aches, and nausea, according to the Mayo Clinic. The elderly, pregnant women, and people with weakened immune systems are at the highest risk of getting infected, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
After the problem was identified, White Castle stopped the shipment of this product from the facility. All production runs that have been impacted have been "identified for destruction". "This voluntary recall is precautionary and is the right thing to do," Richardson said in the statement. Additionally, the FDA noted that there have not been any reported illnesses associated with the recalled burgers.
Those who have a box or two of White Castle burgers in their freezer that meet the sell by date and lot code are urged to simply throw them away or return them to the store where they were purchased for a full refund. If you have any additional questions, you can contact White Castle directly at 800-843-2728.


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Can cryptocurrencies reach new record highs? This is a question many cryptocurrency enthusiasts have on their minds. The price of bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency, has recently surpassed $68,000 USD. Analysts believe that the price of bitcoin could go even higher. On October 29, Bitcoin surpassed its previous all-time high of $67,700 and analysts predict that it will rise further. Meanwhile, Ethereum has soared to $4,837 USD.
New Record Highs
The popularity of cryptocurrencies has led to the rapid growth of computing power. These currency is protect by complicate codes and are not meant to replace national currencies or traditional payment methods. Even though they use the same technology, cryptocurrencies are not yet mainstream. Their growth, however, by growing interest and rising crypto stars. And it is likely that more mainstream investors will recognize the benefits of cryptocurrency. So, can cryptocurrencies reach new record highs?
Cryptocurrencies Reach New Record Highs
In recent weeks, bitcoin has plunged through several closely watched price levels. Bitcoin fell 15 percent to $17,599 on Saturday, marking its worst day since late 2020. This is a significant decline considering the fact that the biggest digital token by market cap has fallen 15% in the past two weeks. Last month, a deputy governor of the Bank of England warned that digital currencies could trigger a financial meltdown. The recent plunge is a sign of what’s ahead.
As with any asset, the emergence of digital assets creates unique risks. In addition to the risks for investors, consumers, and businesses, digital assets are vulnerable to fraudulent activities, climate change, and crime. Regulation of the market must be develop to adequately address these risks. Even though many investors have been hesitant about cryptocurrencies, their recent performance has given them the courage to take a position. It is possible for cryptocurrencies to reach new record highs if the fundamentals are right.
Cryptocurrency for their high value
Although speculators may like cryptocurrency for their high value, investors should do some research before investing. While many cryptocurrencies are untest, others offer a passive income through staking. This method uses cryptocurrencies to verify transactions on a blockchain protocol, allowing you to increase your holdings without buying more. However, it is important to note that many cryptocurrency projects are still new and untest, and blockchain technology is not widely adopted. Therefore, long-term investors may not see high returns.
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Because cryptocurrencies are so new, it can be difficult to verify their legitimacy. Although the more detailed their prospectus is, the more likely it is that it is legitimate, there is no guarantee of success. Fraudsters can easily steal your money if you are not careful. Some countries have banned cryptocurrency, but the U.S. has not passed a comprehensive law against it. A comprehensive antivirus is also recommend to protect yourself against online threats. Kaspersky Internet Security is recommend for this purpose.


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Volkswagen wants to install 36,000 charging stations for electric cars in Europe by 2025.
The Volkswagen Group announces a significant increase in investments in charging infrastructure for electric cars with the intention of installing 36,000 charging stations for electric cars in Europe by 2025.
In recent years, they have already participated in the development of some recharging networks, like Ionity, but the German automaker now expects to expand its direct involvement in charging electric vehicles.
Across Europe, the Group will install a total of 36,000 top-up points by 2025, 11,000 of which will be installed at the group's facilities and at around 3,000 dealers in all major cities.
Overall, the Group invests around € 250 million.
“Charging infrastructure will increasingly become the crucial factor for the rapid breakthrough of e-mobility in Germany. Charging an electric car must become just as easy and normal as charging a smart phone. This is why we need significantly more charging stations in public spaces and simple rules for the installation of private Wallboxes. Volkswagen intends to send out a signal and is becoming involved in the development of charging infrastructure at all levels,” says Thomas Ulbrich, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen brand responsible for E-Mobility.
“There is potential for e-mobility to become a genuine success story in Germany. If industry and politicians make a concerted effort, we can overcome the challenges of charging infrastructure very fast. Similarly, we can only master the technology-driven structural transformation in our industry by working together,” says E-Mobility Board Member Thomas Ulbrich. “Germany needs an e-mobility masterplan.”
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Roughly hit by the economic crisis, the European car market is finally set to grow in 2014 after its six-year slump, which may ease retail pricing pressure that has saddled some of the region’s carmakers.
With economic conditions showing a tepid recovery in most European countries by the end of 2013, buyers are finally starting to feel confident enough to make a long-delayed purchase of a new car – albeit at discounts of up to 24 %.
Automakers and industry watchers expect vehicle sales to increase by up to 3 % this year. The rebound will bolster the industry’s bottom line, particularly for automakers such as Fiat and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen that are most exposed to the deep recession in southern Europe.
“Discounts are tapering off but will continue through 2014,” said Carlos Da Silva, head of European light vehicle forecasting at IHS Automotive, which is predicting a 2.5 % sales rebound in 2014.
However, industry observers say mass-market producers still aren’t lean enough to make money in a market forecast to hit less than 13 million in 2013, nearly 25 percent below its 2007 peak.
While the United States addressed its own crisis aggressively in 2009 by cutting factory capacity, creating the foundation for its current profits, Europe, with nearly 300 factories in 2012 stretching from the tip of Spain to deepest Russia, only did half its homework. Politicians who want to keep plants open to protect jobs have hobbled its recovery. So its rebound is weaker, and will be less profitable.
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While Barack Obama was being sworn in, the stock market was tumbling. The Dow had its biggest Inauguration Day loss ever, of more than 300 points.
When the stock market takes dips like it did yesterday it's a buying opportunity because shares are cheap. It's like shopping at the mall during a sale: you can buy twice as many pairs of shoes at half off as you could when they were full price. The difference with stocks is that when prices come back up, you can't resell the shoes and make money; with stocks you can.
But the big questions are why did the market fall so much and is that a bad sign for the economy under Obama? Reality check: no one has the answer to either question. I've heard commentators speculate everything from another round of bad news for banks to wealthy investors being worried that Obama will repeal the cozy tax cuts they got from Bush (another reality check: Obama's already said he won't immediately raise anyone's taxes and a tax cut could well be part of his stimulus package).
Either way, here's a few words from Obama's speech that everyone should take to heart if they're really interested in seeing the economy and their own finances improve:
Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age.
"Our collective failure to make hard choices". Collective, y'all. Sure there were a great many greedy folks on Wall Street and elsewhere who made bad loans and absconded with shareholders' money. But they're not the only reason the economy is where it is: If you're like me and still paying off purchases made months ago, plus interest; or if you're still spending way more than you save or invest; part of the problem rests with you, too.
Ultimately we can all wait for an Obama stimulus or the stock or housing or job markets to turn around, but if we all don't make the decision now to save more of our incomes when we get our jobs back, to only buy houses we can afford with down payments and under terms we can understand, and start saving for the retirement we know we'll have to foot (because with deficit spending, social security just won't be around), any recovery will only be shallow and temporary.
So, are you really ready for change?


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Last September, 3 Pinoys topped dozens of other hopeful adventure riders at the BMW GS Trophy Philippine Qualifiers. Finishing at the top three earned them a shot at the BMW GS Trophy Regional Qualifiers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Unfortunately, they fell short of the top spots and the chance to represent rhe Philippines and Southeast Asia inthe International GS Trophy.
The International GS Trophy has steadily drawn interest from adventure riders over the years. Unfortunately, the primary qualification to attempt to qualify for the GS Trophy is to be a bonafide BMW Motorrad owner.
Familiarity with the bike helps a lot as the actual competition itself uses the R1200 GS, R1250 GS and more recently, the F850 GS. Challenges will test riders' skills onboard these big bikes.
In India, however, BMW is giving an opportunity to all G 310 GS riders to test their skills in a competition inspired by the GS Trophy itself. Dubbed the 310 GS Cup, it is open to all G 310 GS owners. They are invited to test their skills at different qualifying events that will take place across India. From these regional qualifiers, finalists will be determined for the culminating final showdown in Bangalore on April 5, 2020.
Will we have a G310 GS Cup here in the Philippines?
Sad to say, there will be no G310 GS Cup happening anytime soon here in the country, as confirmed by one of our friends at BMW Motorrad Philippines through a phone interview.
Putting up an event like the G 310 GS Cup may require a few things: primarily, the numbers. So far, the population of G 310 GS owners in the country is far too little, compared to India. But, maybe in the future, when the number of G 310 GS owners has increased, there might be a chance that a G 310 GS Cup or a similar event will be held. Fingers crossed.


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Following the recent reports, there are exploratory talks to jointly developing self-driving and electric vehicles in a far-reaching strategic alliance meant to save the companies of ford and Volkswagen billions of dollars. Both companies are expected to provide an update on the talks before the year ends.
According to reports, The Volkswagen company covers a conversation about potential collaboration s across some areas. these companies are hence teaming up to share the cost of developing autonomous and electric vehicles
The Volkswagen and ford companies are under much pressure to roll out more electric cars in Europe where emission rules are being tightened since the scandal of the Volkswagen diesel emission pollution scandal.
However, the chief financial officer of the Volkswagen company said that the carmaker was open to deeper alliances with outside companies primarily in the areas of autonomous driving.
The carmaker’s electric cars platform with ford is possible although the Volkswagen is currently concentrating on rolling out the electric vehicle’s technologies among its brands.
The Volkswagen officials have repeatedly emphasized that it is through economies of scale that can make electric cars a mass market to make them cheap or cheaper than the diesel vehicles.
In addition to this, The Volkswagen group is also investing 34billion euros in autonomous driving and plans to make 2to 3 million full battery electric cars by the year 2025. In July ford created a separate amount of money to house its self-driving vehicle operations and was seeking outside investors in a move similar to the one made by general motors with a cruise.
Following the reports, Ford also said that it would invest 4 billion us dollars through 2023 in this newly forms Autonomous ford vehicles including the 1 billion us dollars it previously had earmarked.
Both, Volkswagen and ford following their partnership are already part of the joint venture to develop an ultrafast electric vehicle charging station network across Europe. This will be a breakthrough between the two automobile vehicles when it comes to their rivals in the market.


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KU students compete to build a better weed-puller
At midday in KU’s Art and Design Building on Wednesday, students brandished devices equipped with spikes, claws and blades.
They weren’t going to battle, though one student joked that his tool could serve well if one ever got involved in “a land war in Asia.” The 11 students were showing off the results of a three-month project: to design a better tool for pulling weeds.
Their task was to design an update for a 25-year-old product called the Garden Weasel WeedPopper. Each one displayed research, plans and a prototype model to a judging panel that included Web Thompson, a vice president for the Kansas City, Mo.,-based Faultless Starch/Bon Ami Company, which owns the Garden Weasel brand; and Steve Pope, a KU alumnus who owns R2FACT, a product-development firm that designs Garden Weasel products.
The 11 students are studying industrial design in KU’s School of Architecture, Design and Planning. Huw Thomas, a visiting professor from the United Kingdom who worked with them on the project, said they had volunteered for a chance to work on a real-world product.
“It’s great for them to work with a real client and understand the issues with trying to bring a product to market,” Thomas said.
They were also competing for an $800 prize for the student whose design was deemed the best. Junior John Hall was the winner.
Hall’s device included a foot pedal that caused tines extending from the bottom to clasp together, grabbing a weed by the root, as well as a fulcrum on which the user can rock it back to pull the weed up out of the ground.
He said the project presented a different challenge from the more theoretical products he’d worked on in his industrial design studio. He had to come with a product that not only performed a certain function — pulling weeds — but also was aesthetically appealing, fit within the Garden Weasel brand and could be mass-produced at an affordable cost.
Plus, he got to produce an actual prototype when he was done. It required a good deal of welding work, he said.
“It’s pretty surreal to hold in your hand,” Hall said.
Pope said he got the idea to approach KU about the project after he found out that Lowe’s hardware stores had declined to stock the WeedPopper alongside other Garden Weasel products, saying the older design wouldn’t be able to cut it in the tough Texas lawn care market. It seemed like an ideal opportunity for students to get a look at a real-world challenge they might face someday as product designers.
“It puts them under real pressure,” Pope said.
Junior Jerry Gabrie said that’s exactly why he signed on to compete in the contest in place of his usual studio work this semester.
“I really wanted, like, a real problem,” Gabrie said.
The students’ designs ranged from a scissors-like contraption that squeezed weed-grabbing claws together to a device with a descending blade, operated by foot, that resembled a guillotine for weeds’ roots.
Many of them said they’d stayed up the entire night before putting finishing touches before this finals-week event.
Junior George Parton told judges he felt a bit “defensive” about his simpler design, which resembled a pitchfork with a rounded fulcrum in the back for the user to simply rock back and yank up weeds.
Thompson, the Garden Weasel executive, said he hoped to continue the relationship with KU’s Department of Design.
“What I’m excited about is just to start planting these business seeds in these kids’ minds,” Thompson said.


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CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- The retail sector's main measure finished the week off 3.4 percent in a series of sessions marked with an all-time high and a relatively steep one-day dip.
The S&P Retail Index $RLX closed Friday off marginally at 390.56 -- its lowest point in nearly two weeks. The week started on the upside, setting a fresh peak of 404.44 on Tuesday before dropping 2 percent on Thursday.
Friday's session left two grocers in opposite directions. Investors rewarded Winn-Dixie for making massive moves to fix its troubled grocery business.
The Jacksonville, Fla.-based operator is cutting 10,000 jobs, or 10 percent of its work force, as it shutters or sells 156 stores, three distribution centers and seven manufacturing businesses over the next year. Once completed, Winn-Dixie will have 922 stores and 90,000 employees.
The company also broke even for the third quarter, recording $610,000 in earnings on sales of $2.55 billion, a 5 percent drop from last year's sales of $2.82 billion. Earnings in the same quarter a year ago came in at $50.5 million, or 36 cents a share. Sales at stores open longer than a year fell 6.4 percent in the third quarter.
Meanwhile, Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.
Quarterly sales, which included an extra week than the year-ago period, climbed to $2.69 billion from $2.36 billion. Same-store sales rose 1.5 percent.
Safeway SWY gave up tiny gains made earlier to end down 17 cents to $22.95.
shares rose 72 cents, or 1.6 percent, to $44.63. PepsiCo
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia MSO retreated by 27 cents, or 2.6 percent, to $10.26. The company gave its founder Martha Stewart a $500,000 bonus for 2003, the same year it posted a loss and saw its stock drop 10 percent, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. See full story.


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According to a new report, Nintendo is bringing out the big guns within months of the NX’s launch.
MCV reports that Nintendo’s mysterious NX console could be seeing not just The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, but also new games from the Mario and Pokemon franchises within six months of the console’s launch in March 2017. This is in addition to the third-party support the console will be seeing from the likes of Sega, Square Enix, Ubisoft, Activision and Warner Bros.
The latest NX rumors describe a “high-powered handheld console” with two detachable controllers on either side of the screen, along with a base unit dock station that allows for playing games on a larger screen. MCV says that “sources close to Nintendo” are calling these rumors “100 percent accurate.”
Nintendo responded to the NX rumors with the following statement: “Nintendo has not made any new official announcements regarding NX which is due to launch in March 2017. As such [we’re] unable to comment on the various rumours and speculations circulating.”
MCV reports that the graphics will be “somewhere between a PS3 and PS4,” and that Nintendo will be attempting to target an audience “that sits between smartphone gamers and the more hardcore users of PS4 and Xbox One.”
“It’s a nice bit of kit, a bit of a novelty, but a good one,” according to one source. “It won’t appeal to PS4 fans. Nintendo seems set on trying to upgrade smartphone gamers. That’s going to be a big job for the marketing department.”


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Matt Gurney: Enough's enough. Ban and boycott Huawei until China backs off
We're in a fight. Can we start acting like it now?
As a bit of a gadget geek, the moment one of my devices begins to act up, I get excited about the possibility of replacing it. My wife, in contrast, is more willing to let something fall apart from overuse before upgrading to something new. But this week, even she had to admit her smartphone was on its last legs. We headed into the local shop of our wireless provider to look at replacements, and right by the front door was a huge display of Huawei phones.
And I mean huge. It was impossible to miss, positioned right in front of the main entrance, with glossy posters showing happy people wiling the hours away on their Huawei phones and tablets. It’s all part of the Chinese telecom company’s strong push for sales in Canada. You had to walk around it to get into the store. Subtle, it was not.
It set my teeth on edge. And that was before China tried to blow up our agricultural sector.
China is arresting our citizens and explicitly targeting our economy
It seems almost unnecessary to recap here how China has responded thus far. It’s been a major news story for months. But alongside increasingly terse diplomatic warnings, China also arrested two Canadian citizens on questionable charges, re-sentenced a Canadian previously convicted of drug-related charges to death, and has clamped down on exports of Canadian canola to China. The latest salvo against our farmers has to be viewed in that context. Even if there was truth to China’s claim of contamination and bogus papers — I’m not buying it, but even if — their suspension of imports has to be seen as part of this broader context. Beijing is leaning on us.
Fair enough. We’re in a fight. Can we start acting like it now?
Seriously. I refer you back to the above. China is arresting our citizens and explicitly targeting our economy. Meanwhile, if your phone breaks and you mosey on into a store to replace it, you’ll be dazzled by the massive Huawei displays. There’s an opportunity here. Huawei is closely tied to the Chinese government. It’s also symbolic of China’s economic aspirations. Want to strike back at China? Target Huawei.
Bingo. Nothing more need be said on that. Don’t buy Huawei products, and if you’re currently using one, when the time comes to replace it, choose another company’s.
It’s a symbolic measure, yes, especially when you consider that Huawei’s share of the Canadian smartphone market is tiny — low single digits. But it’ll be noticed.
There’s another way to hit Huawei, though, and it’s astonishing to me that Canada hasn’t taken it already.
Huawei doesn’t just make phones and tablets. It also manufactures the equipment that forms of backbone of modern telecommunication networks. Virtually everything in our society depends on those networks today. It’s frightening how dependent on these interconnected communication grids we’ve become, but it’s true — everything from national defence and security through to most of our economy all the way to our idle entertainments relies on resilient and secure telecom networks. Huawei, given its close ties to the Chinese regime, has already been forbidden by several of our allies from providing equipment for those networks. The United States, Australia, New Zealand and Japan — all major allies of Canada — have barred Huawei equipment from the new 5G networks that will soon form the backbone of our critical telecommunications. Others are considering such a ban; the United Kingdom has declined to proceed with a ban, but has expressed concerns about Huawei that it believes it can mitigate.
The concerns over Huawei technology in our sensitive networks is real. Canada has ample reason to ban it from participating in our projects going forward purely on national security grounds. But we now have even more incentive — doing the right thing for the big reasons is also the right thing for relatively petty ones. Banning Huawei will both bolster our national security and flip off the regime in Beijing. That’s a textbook win-win. What the hell are we waiting for?


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Sears Canada brings Quebec-based appliance brand to Toronto
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TORONTO—Sears Canada Inc. says the opening of four Corbeil appliance stores in the Toronto area will expand the brand outside its home base in Quebec.
Corbeil was founded in 1949 and has more than 30 locations throughout Quebec.
The national retail chain has owned Corbeil Electrique Inc. since 2005.
The first Corbeil store planned for the Toronto area announced its grand opening Friday.
The Vaughan store just north of Toronto will be followed by others in Richmond Hill, Burlington and Mississauga.
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TUI Travel staff face axe as 100 shops shut
A company spokeswoman would not say how many jobs would be lost in the closures, which follow the merger of TUI's Thomson package tours division with First Choice Holidays.
Tui also announced that it had agreed with Lufthansa and German industrialist Albrecht Knauf to press ahead with a merger of its TUIfly charter business with Germanwings.
Unofficial talks have been going on for months about the deal that is expected to leave TUI Travel and Lufthansa with 40% each in the new airline and Knauf with 20%.
However, the exact structure has not been decided and the brand names TUIfly and Germanwings are likely to be retained.
Tui Travel, the joint venture set up with with First Choice Holidays last September, says it has seen no fallout from High Street gloom in its business and there is strong consumer demand across its markets.
The group has increased estimates of synergies from the merger by 50% to £150m in the current year.
It said trading had been particularly strong in the period following the Christmas holiday, with sales significantly ahead of the year before.
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Ford CEO Jim Farley says the corporate will cease competing in over-served market segments and as a substitute will place huge bets on linked autos and digital providers. The times of Ford being all issues to all individuals are over, Farley stated on the firm’s capital markets day occasion Monday.
The corporate, he stated, has been “caught in a field,” with skinny revenue margins, weak progress and low inventory valuation.
Ford, Farley stated, will emphasise software program and providers in addition to iconic autos equivalent to pickup vans, giant SUVs, industrial autos and superior second-generation electrical autos.
He stated the corporate is eliminating waste to shut a value hole with the most effective within the trade with a “lean disciplined working system” that reaches into all Ford factories.
Farley stated by specializing in software program, providers and Ford’s strengths in merchandise, the corporate will not be as susceptible to a downturn as prior to now. He stated the corporate has let complexity “overrun our enterprise as we tried to be all issues to all individuals.”
“We are going to give attention to progress segments the place we lead,” Ford Blue President Kumar Galhotra stated.
Farley says Ford can be competing in another way, going for tailor-made possession experiences reasonably than “jockeying for slivers of market share” with advanced autos in over-served market segments. He stated the corporate will go to non-negotiated costs, working with sellers. Ford has stated it can get to a ten per cent pretax revenue margin in 2026. It reiterated 2023 full-year steerage of USD 9 billion to USD 11 billion in adjusted pretax income.
Ford Motor Co. additionally stated it reduce offers with numerous corporations to produce its quickly rising electrical car division, Ford Mannequin e.
Ford will get greater than 100,000 metric tons of lithium hydroxide from Albemarle, based mostly in Charlotte, North Carolina. Compass Minerals International introduced a multiyear deal to produce Ford with as much as 40 per cent of the battery-grade lithium carbonate coming from its challenge in Utah.
EnergySource Minerals will provide the carmaker with lithium hydroxide from a brand new web site in Imperial Valley, California, and Nemaska Lithium, a Canadian miner, will provide Ford with 13,000 tons of lithium hydroxide yearly for 11 years.
As a result of the supplies are coming from the US and Canada, it ensures that Ford’s electrical autos will qualify for brand new federal tax credit, making them extra aggressive.
Ford has break up itself into three enterprise items, Ford Blue for gasoline-powered and hybrid autos, Ford Mannequin e for electrical autos and digital merchandise, and Ford Professional, the corporate’s industrial car enterprise.
“I am not right here to inform you that we’re beneath valued,” Farley stated Monday. “You make your individual choice.”


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The Western Digital logo is displayed outside the company’s factory in the Free Industrial Zone in Bayan Lepas, Penang, Malaysia.
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The reported deal comes just months after the newspaper reported that both Western Digital and chipmaker Micron Technology were looking into potential deals with the Japanese company. That deal would have valued Kioxia at roughly $30 billion, the Journal reported.
A Western Digital spokesperson declined to comment on the report.
The deal, which Western Digital will reportedly pay for in stock, could finalize as early as mid-September, the Journal said, according to people familiar with the matter. The people added that Chief Executive David Goeckeler will likely continue to run the company.


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SHANGHAI, Nov. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — On June 18-20, 2019, the InnoPack China 2019 hosted by China Chamber of Commerce for Import & Export of Medicines & Health Products (CCCMHPIE) and UBM EMEA and co-sponsored by Shanghai UBM Sinoexpo International Exhibition Co., Ltd. (UBM Sinoexpo) will present an industrial event integrated with “product display”, “innovation activities”, and “high-end summits” to researchers and purchasers of the pharmaceutical industry in Hall N5 of Shanghai New International Expo Centre in Pudong. The exhibition will join hands with over 200 enterprises producing and designing pharmaceutical packaging materials and drug delivery devices. In only 3 days, every participant will be able to get all the latest product information they need.
Area of zones is expanded year by year; global enterprises are attracted because of the specialties
As an unmissable annual industry event in the pharmaceutical packaging field of the Asian-Pacific region, InnoPack China has been paying close attention to demand changes of pharmaceutical and health product manufacturers in recent years. It has launched a series of professional activities while constantly improving and expanding its scope of exhibits in a pertinent manner, including “The International Summit for Pharmaceutical Packaging & Drug Delivery System”, “Innovation Gallery”, and “Explore Innovative Products Journey”, etc. The exhibition helps exhibitors receive attention from professionals from the pharmaceutical, food, health product, and other relevant industry fields, through a combination of diverse display channels. In recent years, more and more manufacturers of packaging design as well as drug delivery devices represented by inhalation drug delivery devices, prefilled syringes, injectors, transdermal drug delivery systems, and drug delivery device accessories, etc. have chosen to join InnoPack China, in addition to packaging material manufacturers.
In 2018, in order to meet the rapid development of the pharmaceutical packaging industry and the growing of InnoPack China, the exhibition was relocated to Hall N5, which has a bigger exhibition area, and added temporary exhibition halls with an area of nearly 1,000m2, to largely increase the exhibition area. This was highly praised by all the exhibitors and visitors. New and regular exhibitors have actively responded since the exhibition registration of 2019 started. As of the middle of September 2018, over 150 quality suppliers including West, Sanner, Schott, GS, Nine Stars, Honeywell, UPM Raflatac, Klöckner Pentaplast, Global Printing, and Corning, etc. have confirmed their participation. Predictably, the exhibition scale and number of exhibitors will rise again to break the record in 2019.
Exhibitor Profile & Top Brands
Drug Delivery System
Plastic Cap Plug for Aluminium
Medicinal Glass Bottles
Proportion of European and American visitors grows year by year; an excellent international stage is built through quality
In addition to expanding the zone scale every year and building Chinese packaging enterprises a platform to compete with advanced products and design philosophies of Europe and America, InnoPack China also has effectively strengthened the brand influence among global pharmaceutical researchers and purchasers through measures such as increasing the proportion of international exhibiting brands, controlling quality of exhibitors and exhibits, integrating overseas media and association resources, and strengthening cooperation with the well-known European packaging exhibition Pharmapack.
The visits by overseas visitors in InnoPack China and the concurrent P-MEC & CPhI China reached 15,329 in 2018, wherein, the visits from European and American high-end markets, etc. grew by 67.7% over 2017. Overseas visits are expected to continue to grow in 2019 by over 20%, which will further consolidate the international status and influence of InnoPack China in the packaging industry.
Please visit the official website: http://en.pmecchina.com/ for more exhibition information.
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Amazon is reportedly working on a device like the Echo that has a screen, which could signal the eCommerce giant is aiming to benefit from the success of Echo with Alexa, its virtual assistant.
According to a report by Bloomberg, citing two people familiar with the matter, the device will include a touchscreen that is about seven inches, which will make it easier for customers to see content, such as weather forecasts, appointments and news. The move would be a departure from Amazon’s strategy when it comes to Echo. With the Echo, information comes via Alexa, prompted by voice commands. The report noted the speaker will be bigger and tilted upwards so the screen can be seen by a user that is standing with the device on a surface such as a counter.
Bloomberg noted the new speaker is slated to be rolled out in the first quarter of next year and will include high-end speakers. The new device is expected to run on an enhanced version of Fire OS and will also respond to voice commands in addition to the ability to use the touchscreen. Amazon is reportedly testing a feature that lets users pin items they see to the screen similar to how consumers hang photos and notes on their refrigerator. The new device will be priced higher than the existing Echo devices, which Amazon will continue to sell, reported Bloomberg.
The move on the part of Amazon to launch a new Echo-like device shouldn’t come as surprise since the eCommerce giant is known for innovating. Take its shopping event, dubbed Voice Shopping Weekend, which launched earlier this month. All customers had to do was ask, “Alexa, what are your deals?” to their Amazon Echo, Echo Dot and Tap smart speakers, Fire TV or Fire HD tablet to kickstart their holiday shopping. Well, as long as the customer subscribes to Prime and already has one-click shopping enabled.


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ABC makes changes to complaints review panel
The ABC has announced changes to the composition and operation of its Independent Complaints Review Panel, to take effect from June 1.
The panel convenor is to be the Honourable Michael Foster QC, a former judge of the Federal Court and the Supreme Court of New South Wales.
The other members are Jane Singleton and Susan Brooks, who have extensive experience in managing regulatory risks and consumer issues in the public and private sectors.
In addition to its current brief of reviewing complaints about serious bias, lack of balance or unfair treatment, the new panel will also review written complaints alleging serious cases of factual inaccuracy.


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About 34 specialty farms and vineyards opened their doors to give agritourists the chance to see where their food comes from from start to finish at the annual Sierra Oro Farm Trail Passport Weekend event on Saturday and Sunday.
The Farm Trail, now in its 14th year, started with just 10 farms and has now grown to about 34 specialty farms and vineyards. New stops on the trail this year included Tri-L Mandarins, Milk & Honey 1860 and Earthworm Soil Factory. Odyssey Winery also returned to the trail after a short absence.
From soil to food, each participant had the chance to experience agricultural gems through tastes and sips while owners got to field questions about their products from curious consumers.
Norm Rosene, who owns Odyssey Winery with his wife Janice, said the event is a coordinated effort by the local farms to get out in the public in a way they normally don’t.
“For us, it’s helping people to understand where their food comes from,” he said. “People buy food in the store but they don’t really see how it’s grown — or in the case of wine, how it’s made. So this connects the public to the process of start to finish of food production.”
Although the winery was listed as a newcomer on the trail this year, Odyssey was actually one of its founding members, Rosene said.
Last year, they couldn’t participate in the trail event because they were in the Virgin Islands assisting with Hurricane Irma disaster relief. Rosene and his wife are longtime members of the North Valley Animal Disaster Group’s response team.
Rosene grew up in Chico and met his wife Janice while attending UC Davis. “When we were in college and we were dating we thought, someday we’re going to have a winery — and this is it,” he said.
Odyssey Winery is the oldest use-permitted winery in Butte County. The family-owned business planted its vineyard in 1991 and opened in 2000. His father-in-law John Papadakis, who is now 95, designed the winery and they built it together in eight years.
About 200 guests arrived at the Greek-themed winery within the first two hours of Passport Weekend.
A new farm on the trail was the Tri-L Mandarin Ranch. The family-owned ranch was bought two months ago by new owners after 27 years of being in business.
Scott Perkins and his family bought the ranch from Lou and Lola Lodigiani, who retired to Idaho. The Lodigianis still mentor them over the phone in order to show them the ropes of the business.
“We’re carrying on their legacy,” Perkins said. “They put a lot of heart in this place and built it from the ground up.”
While their harvest doesn’t start until November, the ranch opened its doors and sold products like olive oil, honey and marmalade that were infused with their mandarins. They plan to have a harvest festival with 35 vendors on Dec. 1 and 2, where people can buy mandarins by the bag and local craft goods.
“It’s been a wonderful place forever,” said Rio Buehler, a former employee and long-time customer.
Buehler worked the line for three mandarin seasons and popped in to meet the new owners.
“My sister-in-law lives in Philadelphia and for years I’ve asked what do you want for Christmas, and she says just send me mandarins,” Buehler said. “Last year, I sent her a small box from three different locations and said do you have a preference? This is her favorite.”
The Earthworm Soil Factory also joined the trail for the first time after being in business for 17 years. The factory opened its distribution warehouse-turned-gift shop and garden center and had about 100 people stop by. On a typical Saturday they would only get about five, said Larry Royal, an owner of the business.
“If you would have told me when I was younger, you’re going to be in the worm business, I would have laughed,” he said.
The family-owned business started as an idea from his son to make healthy soil for healthy plants to have healthy people and to educate people on soil health and more.
“What we found is that the earthworms, their castings or their manure, when they take something in, they do a number of things,” Royal said. “They cast off disease-forming microbes, they PH balance everything and there’s over 250 beneficial microbes attached to the castings.”
Royal’s son Dave manages the factory. He has helped farmers in the area make healthier soils for their farms. This year, one of the walnut orchards he helped won a national award for soil and plant health.
“I think that we are one of the only facilities that’s really talking about soil biology and plant relationships and changing the way we grow food,” he said.
The Farm Trail will continue Sunday. Proceeds from the Passport Weekend benefit the Sierra Oro Farm Trail Association, which helps promote agritourism in Butte County. For more information and ticket availability call 533-1473.


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Research team proposes innovative wearable e-textiles for a sustainable circular economy
If electronic textiles (e-textiles) are to have a sustainable future and at scale, then a transition is needed to unlock innovative wearable e-textiles that fit a sustainable circular economy—adopting what has been termed as the 4R design concept: repair; recycle; replace; reduce.
E-textiles are worn close to and/or against the surface of the skin, with applications in health care, gaming, athletic training and environmental monitoring. Thanks to embedded electronic components, e-textiles can store and harvest energy, sense, display, actuate and compute.
Yet there are two major challenges to the future growth of e-textiles: first, high costs, therefore resulting in slower consumer adoption. Second, high environmental costs associated with mass production, in particular, microplastic water pollution. Fundamentally, we need new ways to prevent the scale-up of e-textiles from becoming the next electronic waste (e-waste) environmental fiasco.
This is according to a team of engineers and scientists from the U.K., Canada, the U.S. and China, led by the University of Cambridge, who warn that the e-textile supply chain and its potential for scalable commercialization could be "further complicated" by the associated global environmental burden, and the growing use of nanomaterials in e-textiles. They say that some of these nanomaterials can pose environmental challenges and could also have adverse effects on human health (e.g., skin irritation and/or absorption of loose nanoparticles into the skin).
Writing in the journal Nature Materials, the research team proposes the 4R e-textile design concept (repair; recycle; replace; reduce) alongside innovations in materials selection and biofabrication-inspired processing—a revolutionary approach that uses additive manufacturing processes to produce biomaterials, devices, cells and tissues. The aim is to reach sustainable growth and balance economic returns/scalable commercialization with "environmental consciousness," at a time when consumers are actively aligning their purchasing behaviors with sustainability goals.
The 4Rs for more affordable, versatile e-textiles products and enhanced supply chains have been defined as follows:
"Fiber level" repairs, such as resewing, reweaving, reknitting and self-healing of electronic fibers, and bulk "fabric-level" repairs, such as recoating, reprinting and respraying of active materials.
Eventually, the e-textile materials would adopt self-healing mechanisms, which would give them the capability of self-repair over time. Also, with a modular approach to future e-textile designs, it is also possible to switch out faulty components easily and rejuvenate the electronic functionalities of the system.
In the near term, recycling can be encouraged by categorizing and separating e-textiles components into the base textile and the electronic modules.
The base textile can be recycled as regular clothing and the electronic components recycled as regular e-waste streams.
However, e-textile recycling becomes more complex when the fabrics contain, for example, functionalized electronic fibers with electrical conductivity and sensing capabilities. Extraction in most cases would be time-consuming and costly, say the researchers, so reusing and repurposing used functional components might be a viable option.
The research team also notes that while biomass fibers such as those extracted from wool, silk, cellulose, flax and hemp, could provide a renewable source for e-textile production, this is not often possible. This is due to the fact that nano- and microstructured active coatings and functionalized strategies need to be applied to enable electronic functions, that would otherwise be missing. Therefore, novel materials design that utilizes earth-abundant elements can accelerate e-textile commercialization and make them more cost-effective for the average consumer.
Additionally, the research team also calls for alternative bioderived material options for electronic fiber encapsulation to create non-irritating and skin-compatible e-textile surfaces. Currently, material options are mostly synthetic and non-biodegradable.
This, according to the researchers, can be interpreted in two ways:
- Reducing the total emissions and energy consumption during e-textile production and deployment.
- Reducing the total amount of material used in e-textiles to achieve and maintain a specified function.
"Currently, the scalable commercialization of e-textiles products is limited by high pricing and lack of diversity, durability and washability," said co-lead author Professor Shery Huang from Cambridge's Department of Engineering. "This is why materials considerations in the 4R realm (identified as repair; recycle; replace; reduce) need to be addressed in order to secure a sustainable future for e-textiles development."
"Machine washing of e-textiles has, to date, contributed to an increase in microplastic pollution in the water stream. The challenge here is to reinforce the functional longevity of e-textiles, while minimizing the number of microparticles released. Strategies for this include the decoupling of transient/single-use components or designing 'dry' or 'vapor-based' cleaning protocols that consume less water," said co-lead author Dr. Harvey Shi from Western University, Canada.
The research team has proposed various sustainable e-textile strategies. For example, an e-textile can be divided as "canvas" and "modules" components. The "canvas" is machine-washable and provides the bulk of the user's sensory experience, while the "modules" are the interconnected components that carry electronic functionalities.
The researchers say that the "canvas" should be designed to maintain reliability as an electrically insulating and chemically inert medium under persistent use and occasional reconfiguration. The "modules" meanwhile, can be designed with various formats to be easily removable and replaceable, so that their electronic functions can be maintained for long-term use.
The "canvas" and "modules" can be sorted by three preliminary lifespan ratings: quasi-permanent, with a lifespan of approximately one year; multiple use, with a lifespan ranging from weeks to months; and single-use.
According to the researchers, the timeline for 4R-integrated e-textiles development can be broken down into the following:
In the near term—standardizing e-textiles platforms to integrate a variety of electronic modules, leading to innovative processing technologies and industrial standardization that will bring affordable e-textiles to a broader consumer base.
Further developments include: automated assembly processes; a database of functional ink formations for e-textiles developers to use; and establishing standardization in component decoupling based on longevity ratings—a move that also effectively minimizes the release of electronic micro- or nanoparticles into the water stream.
Yifei Pan, Ph.D. student in the Biointerface Research Group at Cambridge, said, "Adopting this standardization approach in the near term can enable developers to create a customized array of cross-compatible functional components; reinforce user safety and public interests in the personalized health care and customized non-invasive therapeutics market (i.e., product certification); and can lead to designated cleaning protocols."
In the mid-term—employing user-centric design strategies and innovative processing technologies to offer a broader range of e-textiles to the public, ones that are comfortable to wear and which can be personalized to the user.
"This is the point at which self-healing/self-repairing fibers can be achieved through molecular design and without the need for human intervention," said Dr. Shi. "This would effectively create a repairable e-textile ecosystem, in which the product can be readily disassembled and refurbished without adding to the environmental burden."
In the long term—sustainable and "living" e-textiles can be realized, such as engineered robotic skin. Biohybrids, fiber-on-demand and biofabrication technologies will enable these e-textiles to self-clean (thus minimizing the requirements for machine washing or solvent-based cleaning), self-repair and be capable of self-regeneration in the future.
"In summary, the road towards 'green,' biohybrid and circular fabrication calls for the marriage of our 4R concepts with functional fiber production/digital additive manufacturing and biofabrication to produce highly customizable e-textile designs," said Professor Tawfique Hasan from the Cambridge Graphene Center.
Professor Huang added, "As we drive towards future sustainable e-textile manufacturing, there could be a paradigm shift from a centralized mass production strategy with one principal facility to a more widespread additive manufacturing/3D printing platform—ultimately creating and repairing e-textiles on-site."
More information: HaoTian Harvey Shi et al, Sustainable electronic textiles towards scalable commercialization, Nature Materials (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41563-023-01615-z


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TO BE CALLED….F138 Company press release.
The new Ferrari Formula 1 car which is being launched the day after tomorrow in a marquee inside the Maranello facility, will be called F138. The name of the fifty ninth car built by Ferrari to compete at the highest level of motor sport derives from a combination of the current year and the number of cylinders, partly to mark the fact that this will be the last year that the V8 engine configuration will be used in Formula 1, bringing to an end what will be an eight year career. With its fifty eight previous cars, the Scuderia is the only team to have taken part in every year of the championship and holds all the records in terms of titles won (31: 15 Drivers' and 16 Constructors',) Grand Prix wins (219,) pole positions (207) and fastest race laps (228.)
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|POSTER CARS AND MODERN COLLECTIBLES SHARE THE SPOTLIGHT AT AUCTIONS AMERICA'S DEBUT HILTON HEAD ISLAND SALE• Auctions America readies for debut Hilton Head Island sale, October 31 in South Carolina|
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Facebook and Disney are joining Netflix, Amazon, Apple, and YouTube in reducing streaming video quality in advise to lighten the load on the internet in Europe, as extra individuals start working and learning remotely in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Disney will also delay the release of its Disney Plus streaming carrier in France in accordance with authorities requests,Reutersis reporting.
Disney has dedicated to reducing its Disney Plus video quality in Europe, to minimize the strain it places on the continent’s internet infrastructure. On the same day as Disney’s announcement, Facebook said it too may be reducing the quality of films on its companies, including Instagram,Reutersexperiences.
Disney Plus, which was supposed to launch on March 24th in France, will instead reportedly launch the week of April 7th, according to Disney. That’s two weeks after it was initially predicament, and two weeks after other European markets will get the streaming carrier. Disney has no longer said if individuals in other international locations predicament to obtain Disney Plus, including the UK, will face delays.
Original subscribers in these areas will survey a decreased quality in streaming, then again, when the carrier launches. Disney will “decrease our overall bandwidth utilization by at least 25 percent in all of the markets launching Disney Plus on March 24th,” according to Kevin Mayer, head of Disney’s snarl-to-shopper division.
Facebook has also made similar commitments for movies on its companies. “To assist alleviate any potential community congestion, we are able to temporarily minimize bit rates for movies on Facebook and Instagram in Europe,” a Facebook spokesperson toldReuters. The measures will continue for as long as there are considerations about internet gridlock.
Assorted streaming platforms, including Netflix, Amazon High Video, Apple TV Plus, and YouTube have also dedicated to reducing video playback streams in advise to reduce broadband strain.
Available bandwidth continues to be a effort globally as extra individuals stay indoors in an attempt to curb the spread of the radical coronavirus. Nielsen is estimating that individuals staying home “can lead to almost a 60 percent increase in the amount of screech material we watch in some cases and potentially extra depending on the reasons.”
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The Wall side road Journal first suggested in June that Alibaba and Foxconn have been in talks to jointly invest $ 500 million in Snapdeal in June at a few $ 5 billion valuation. SoftBankwas already Snapdeal’s largest shareholder, having poured $ 627 million into the corporate last fall
Alibaba and Foxconn declined to remark. TechCrunch has additionally contacted Snapdeal and SoftBank.
For Alibaba, Snapdeal would characterize a Alibaba’s first direct e-commerce funding in India. the corporate reportedly needed to purchase a stake in Snapdeal earlier this yr, however talks met a lifeless end after a disagreement over valuation. it is usually supposedly in talks to invest in Paytm, an internet funds and e-commerce platform. Alibaba subsidiary Ant monetary already owns a 25 % stake each in Paytm and rival One97.
The investment would provide Snapdeal more fuel in its fight with with Flipkart and Amazon India. The three are engaged in a fierce and expensive competition for the lead position in one of the most world’s greatest and quickest-growing e-commerce markets.
Flipkart holds a 44 % slice of India’s $ 6.three billion e-commerce market, in line with Morgan Stanley. Snapdeal is in 2d situation with a 32 percent share, whereas Amazon India holds 15 p.c.
(Amazon India and Snapdeal have both disputed with the figures, with Snapdeal chief executive officer Kunal Bahl telling industry these days his company’s share is “neck and neck” with Flipkart’s when revenue from FreeCharge, the on-line invoice fee platform it bought in April, is taken under consideration).
both Snapdeal and Flipkart want to hone an part via investing heavily of their in-house logistic networks, which are mandatory for marketers when gratifying orders made on the platforms (Amazon India, in contrast, lets marketers select their own shipment way or use achievement with the aid of Amazon (FBA)).
if truth be told, the 2 opponents have each and every entered the logistic business through opening up their structures (Snapdeal’s SafeShip and Flipkart’s eKart) to other carriers, and Snapdeal plans to spend $ one hundred fifty million to $ 200 million expanding its delivery operations over the following yr.
Alibaba founder Jack Ma has stated that the company plans to take a position more time and cash in India. This not best contains taking stakes in Indian firms, but additionally bettering Alibaba’s platorms to focus on more marketers (who already constitute Alibaba’s 2nd-greatest userbase after chinese SMBs) and hiring more Indian employees.
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An LCD display, improved connectivity, and upgraded internals are all expected to be included in the new iPhone SE model, which will be introduced in 2022 by Apple, which is headquartered in Cupertino, California.
When it comes to hardware, the new phone will feature a brand new chipset — the A15 Bionic (5nm), which will enable it to work with 5G networks. According to GSMArena, the phone is expected to be priced at the same level as the iPhone SE (2020) in China and other parts of the world — CNY3, $299, or $399, depending on the region.
It is expected that despite the small form factor of the new device, it will be based on the design of Apple’s iPhone XR, according to reports.
Apple’s iPhone SE 3 will have 5G connectivity, as opposed to the 4G connectivity found in the iPhone SE 2020, which will be available in the iPhone SE 2020. Additionally, as a result of the upgraded internals, it is expected that the smartphone’s performance will be significantly improved.
An aluminium body, with bottom and top bezels, a 4.7-inch LCD screen, a Touch-ID sensor, and a home button are expected to be included in the same design as Apple’s current iPhone.
It is anticipated that production of the SE 3 will begin in December 2021, with delivery scheduled for December 2022.
Apple’s iPhone SE (2020), which is expected to be released in 2020, is powered by the A13 Bionic chipset, which contains a third-generation neural engine. Several cameras are housed within the device, one on the back and another on the front..
To avoid further delays, Apple is developing its own electric vehicle on its own, according to the latest launch update.
The iPhone maker is currently selecting final component suppliers. Prior to this contact, the tech behemoth inquired about possible joint development and contract manufacturing agreements with BMW, Hyundai, Nissan, and Toyota.
Apple issued three requests for information: an RFI, an RFP, and an RFQ, all of which were distributed to global auto component suppliers.
Apple has recently hired two ex-Mercedes engineers with extensive experience in vehicle mass production, mass steering and dynamics.
These engineers have now been hired as product design engineers by Apple’s Special Projects Group, most likely for the ‘Apple Car.’
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo previously predicted that the company’s Apple Car would not be available until 2025 to 2027.
According to Kuo, Apple Car specifications are still being worked on, and the vehicle’s release date may be pushed back to 2028 or even 2029 at this point.
Apple’s current director of the company’s electric-car project, Doug Field, is also leaving Ford. Field has been appointed as Ford’s Chief Advanced Technology and Embedded Systems Officer.


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Apple defeats $1 billion iPod antitrust suit in three hours
SAN FRANCISCO -- Apple prevailed Tuesday in a potential $1 billion lawsuit by iPod customers who claimed restrictions in the iTunes library were designed to kill competition.
Federal jurors in Oakland, California, found in Apple's favor after a two-week trial that featured Steve Jobs's e-mails and videotaped testimony given by the Apple co-founder six months before he died in 2011 of cancer.
The eight-member jury found firmware and software updates in iTunes 7.0, which were contained in the iPod models at issue in the trial, were genuine product improvements. That finding meant the company couldn't be held liable for thwarting competition even if the tweaks hurt rivals, according to instructions given to the jury.
Lawyers in the class-action lawsuit representing as many as 8 million iPod customers and 500 resellers told the jury that Jobs and other top company executives who developed and marketed iTunes and the iPod took steps to block software created by a competitor that made songs from its service compatible with the device.


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Despite the risks associated with starting a business of her own, Lakita Norville was not swayed from taking that leap of faith. Norville, the sole owner of Laville’s Boutique and D’Shoe Box recently sat down with ANN and shared with us the motivation for her making the move despite the risks.
According to Lakita, her mother, a great passion for fashion and being own boss were three of the major motivators in making the big push towards entrepreneurship.
She believes that risk has paid off as she has been able to expand her business over the last 11 years.
‘Yes I would say I’m successful thus far because I started in a small store space with limited products and as I gained more and more customers I saw the need to expand my product line which then required a larger store space. I then moved to a larger store space with more products , started online promotion which helped to boost sales. I then opened a sister store ( D’Shoe Box)’, Norville said.
Although Lakita’s foray into the world of business has been a success, it has not been without its challenges, like any other business. Some challenges mentioned by the boutique owner were consistency and the global pandemic. According to her the covid-19 pandemic was her greatest challenge as a business owner as it brought about the temporary closure of her business, loss of wages, and loss of employees.
But despite those challenges she persevered and is one of the businesses that made it through to the other side of the pandemic.
Now, while there may have been negative and challenging moments during her time as owner and operator of not one, but two boutiques, there are also positive highlights. Those highlights, according to Lakita, are being her own boss and having flexibility in regard to time, making her own rules, and making a meaningful impact on society.
She also noted that starting her own business has been a great help in her own life as well as in the life of others, as it has allowed her the opportunity to hire and provide training for them.
Looking back on her entrepreneurial journey so far, with the knowledge she has now gained from owning two businesses, the only thing that Lakita says she would do differently is put more emphasis on social media promotion.
She stressed the importance of passion for your field of business as one of the essential qualities of an entrepreneur.
In the closing moments of our interview with Lakita Norville, owner and operator of Laville’s Boutique and D’Shoe Box, she offered advice to young women with an interest in starting businesses of their own.
‘Stay focused on your passion, have proper money management, be creative and practice good communication skills with others’ she said.
You can check out everything Lakita has to offer at both of her business on Facebook at Laville’s Boutique and on Instagram @lavillesb. She can also be contacted at (784) 528-4781.


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Google Now Testing Blue Check Marks For Verified Ads
Google is now experimenting with displaying blue check marks on certain search ads for advertisers who have been verified by Google Ads.
The Google Ads blue label features a blue circle with ridges and a checkmark inside it, reports Search Engine Land.
The Blue badges are part of the ongoing Google advertiser verification program.
SEO analyst Khushal Bherwani first spotted the Google test for blue checkmarks for advertisers who are verified.
“Google now shows verified blue tick mark icon on sponsored. For verified business,” he posted on Twitter.
Google was yet to officially comment on the new feature for verified Ads.
The Blue Badge can help the ad stand out from other ads that do not have the check mark, “potentially leading to higher click-through rates and conversions,” said the report.
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Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers just received the free Games with Gold titles for April. Telltale’s choice-and-consequences adventure game, The Wolf Among Us, is joined by Visceral Games horror shooter, Dead Space as the first free downloads of the month.
The Wolf Among Us will be available to download free on the Xbox One through April 30. Meanwhile, Dead Space is free for Xbox 360 and Xbox One owners through April 15.
Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers should also be aware that Lords of the Fallen is still part of the Games with Gold program through April 15.
The Wolf Among Us from Telltale Games is based on the Fables comics by Bill Willingham and published by Vertigo. The episodic series received critical acclaim for its mature and violent look at the fairytale stories from our youth. The plot revolves around Bigby Wolf (aka the Big Bad Wolf) investigating a series of murders as Sheriff of Fabletown. There’s more going on than meets the eye though.
Dead Space was a surprise hit when it launched back in 2008. The science-fiction survival horror title packs plenty of gore along with some terrifying moments. The third-person shooter has held up well over the years and should provide an interesting look back for those that weren’t able to experience it the first time around.
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The Volvo Group said it has agreed to sell some of its commercial real estate in Europe in a move that will generate additional income for its global truck business and other operations.
The transaction, valued at about 2 billion Swedish kronor, or about $308 million, is expected to close in the second quarter, the company announced March 28.
Volvo said it expects the sale to raise operating income by 200 million kronor in its trucks segment and by 700 million in corporate functions during the second quarter.
The transaction covers real estate in Gothenburg, Sweden, that is owned by the Volvo Group and leased to outside tenants, as well as properties in Denmark, Sweden and Finland that will largely be rented by companies within Volvo Group.


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- City firm, CIRCOT develop country’s first Cotton Lint Opener
Nagpur: After two years of hard work, Precision Tooling Engineers (PET), with support from Central Institute for Research in Cotton Technology (CIRCOT), Mumbai, has developed India’s first indigenous Cotton Lint Opener or CLO. This machine helps determine the basic quality parameters of cotton like the micronaire, staple length and the tensile strength. Though CIRCOT has tested the efficiency of the new machine, it is yet to fix the CLO’s market price. KG Bhatt, proprietor of PET, who is known for developing eight other small and big machines for ginning etc will start mass production only after CIRCOT fixes the cost. Bhatt is the recipient of a national award from Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Maharashtra and Karnataka state awards, and an international award from Spain. “Opening up and cleaning of lint samples from densely packed bales is essential before samples can be used for fibre quality assessment using modern testing equipment. Generally, women are employed to open the lint manually, which is not just tedious but also unscientific. The possibility of incorrect valuation of micronaire is the biggest drawback. Some times, imported High Volume Instrument (HVI) is used to test cotton quality parameters, but it uses a ‘trash analyser’ machine to open the lint, which has the disadvantage of using a saw band, which may cut the cotton fibre,” said Bhatt. The trash analyser is also very time consuming, expensive and requires a lot of maintenance. “Our machine doesn’t use any electronic process. So it requires minimal maintenance. It also doesn’t break the fibre,” explained Navin Bhatt, business head of PET. The CLO was formally launched at a function by former chairman of Agriculture Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB) CD Mayee and CIRCOT director PG Patil in the presence of Ginning Training Centre head SK Shukla from CIRCOT Nagpur, Central Institute for Cotton Research (CICR) director Keshav Kranthi, CEO of Bajaj Steel Industries Pvt Ltd MK Sharma, CEO of M/S Bhagirath Textiles Limited Rajiv Dubey, general manager of Maharashtra Cotton Federation JP Mahajan, president CIS laboratory Rahul Bharatwal, engineer VG Arude, CIRCOT Mumbai scientist Shashikant Ghadge, and representatives from Ankur Seeds Pvt Ltd.


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A 3-minute video that Burger King released Wednesday explaining net neutrality in terms of hamburger sales has garnered more than 1.2 million views in a day and spurred a flood of Twitter comments.
In the ad, customers paying the regular price for a Whopper are forced to wait, while customers who pay a premium — up to $26 for a sandwich — get their burgers faster.
Miami-based Burger King equates that approach with doing away with net neutrality, which guarantees that Internet service providers treat all data and web traffic equally.
The Federal Communications Commission repealed those rules in December, allowing Internet providers to speed up access to some content and slowing down others.
Although this might be the first time that the Miami-based quick service chain has taken on government policy, it has gone after its opponents, most recently its giant competitor, McDonald’s, which it trolled with the launch of its Quarter Pound King Sandwich — a knockoff of the McDonald’s Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese.
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