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|241:|| China Now the World's Largest Internet Population||Apr 24, 2008|
|242:|| eBay Sues Craigslist|
"eBay is suing Craig Newmark and Craigslist's chief executive Jim Buckmaster for "unfairly diluting" eBay's interest in the popular classifieds site..."
|Apr 23, 2008|
|243:|| The Most Valuable Global Brands: Google Tops Again|
"Its brand value grew 30 percent since last year's report to surpass $86 billion."
|Apr 21, 2008|
|244:|| Hubble: Internet Reachability And Monitoring in Real-Time For Black Holes on the Internet|
"A research project at the University of Washington spots sections on the Internet that cannot be reached for several hours."
|Apr 13, 2008|
|245:|| European Politicians Vote To Reject Anti-Piracy Plans|
"European politicians have voted down calls to throw suspected file-sharers off the net. The idea to cut off persistent pirates formed part of a wide-ranging report on creative industries written for the European parliament."
|Apr 11, 2008|
|246:|| BBC & ISPs At Loggerheads Over iPlayer Bandwidth Issues|
"ISPs say the on-demand TV service is putting strain on their networks, which need to be upgraded to cope."
|Apr 9, 2008|
|247:|| BBC iPlayer Coming to Wii|
"Early versions of the service will be available from 9 April but more polished software will be released as the service is developed."
|Apr 9, 2008|
|248:|| Citigroup says Microsoft Likely to Raise Yahoo Offer|
Citigroup said it is likely Microsoft Corp will raise its $31-per-share offer for Yahoo Inc and upgraded Yahoo shares to "buy" from "hold."
|Mar 26, 2008|
|249:|| Verizon Adopts Next Generation P4P File Swapping Technology|
"Verizon says this technology can solve the bandwidth utilization challenges that surround peer-to-peer technology."
|Mar 15, 2008|
|250:|| EU To Investigate U.S. Online Gambling Crackdown|
"The European Union launched an investigation on Monday into whether U.S. prosecutions of foreign online gambling companies were discriminatory, possibly paving the way for action at the World Trade Organization."
|Mar 11, 2008|
|251:|| Are Bloggers The New Press Reporters||Jan 31, 2008|
|252:|| Damaged Cable Cuts Internet in Middle East|
"Internet outages disrupted business and personal usage across a wide swathe of the Middle East on Wednesday after an undersea cable in the Mediterranean was damaged, government officials and Internet service providers said."
|Jan 30, 2008|
|253:|| Happy New Year for 2008!||Dec 31, 2007|
|254:|| Phishing Up In 2007|
"Phishing attacks in the US soared in 2007 as 1.6bn lstg was lost to these attacks, according to a survey by Gartner."
|Dec 21, 2007|
|255:|| Comcast Gets Blocking Law Suit|
"A California Comcast subscriber filed suit against his Internet service provider claiming the company is engaging in unfair business practices because it limits download speeds of peer-to-peer file sharing programs such as BitTorrent."
|Nov 15, 2007|
|256:|| Comcast Blocking Some Internet Traffic?|
"Comcast Corp. actively interferes with attempts by some of its high-speed Internet subscribers to share files online, a move that runs counter to the tradition of treating all types of Net traffic equally."
|Oct 19, 2007|
|257:|| Song File Sharer Gets Penalty of $222,000|
"In a crucial legal victory for record labels and other copyright owners, a federal jury yesterday found a Minnesota woman liable for copyright infringement for sharing music online and imposed a penalty of $222,000 in damages."
|Oct 5, 2007|
|258:|| French Court Says "Non" to Pre-Loaded Windows on Acer Laptop|
"A court in France has awarded a man 311.85 euros as the cost of the pre-loaded software on his new Acer laptop. His case was that he didn't want the software but that he had no choice but to buy it."
|Sept 27, 2007|
|259:|| Apple iPhone Price Drops $200|
Apple is dropping the price of a new iPhone from $599 to $399 - and the early adopters have been might unhappy about it. Steve Jobs personally answers them in an article on the Apple website, offering a $100 store credit.
|Sept 7, 2007|
|260:|| Malware Attacks and The Average Computer User|
"For people like my neighbors it was really hard to even figure out which security messages were bogus and which were real, which is of course what the malware writers want to have happen."
|Aug 31, 2007|
|261:|| New Jersey Teen Hacks and Unlocks iPhone|
"..unlocked to iPhone to make it work on other networks."
|Aug 28, 2007|
|262:|| Wikipedia Tops All For Online News & Information|
"Online encyclopaedia Wikipedia has added about 20 million unique monthly visitors in the past year, making it the top online news and information destination, according to Nielsen//NetRatings."
|July 9, 2007|
|263:|| Digital Data, a 'Ticking Time Bomb'|
"The growing problem of accessing old digital file formats is a "ticking time bomb", the chief executive of the UK National Archives has warned."
|July 4, 2007|
|264:|| Court Rules Feds Could Not Seize Stored e-mails|
"A court rules that e-mails deserve the same 4th Amendment protections as telephone calls."
|June 23, 2007|
|265:|| Top Spammer Arrested in Seattle|
"Robert Alan Soloway is accused of using networks of 'zombie' computers to send out millions of spam e-mails."
|May 31, 2007|
|266:|| Babies and the workplace|
In the not-to-distant future I will be married with one newborn and with plans to hire staff within a few months, I am wondering how that can work with a newborn.
|May 10, 2007|
|267:|| Strong Quarter at Microsoft; Upbeat '08 Outlook|
"Microsoft reported quarterly sales and profits that surpassed Wall Street's expectations yesterday, suggesting that early sales of its new Windows Vista operating system were off to a solid start."
|Apr 27, 2007|
|268:|| 'Microsoft's After Google's Ad Business'|
"Microsoft may be older and bigger than Google, but it's Microsoft nipping at Google's heels and not the other way around, according to two Gartner analysts who closely follow the moves of the companies."
|Apr 26, 2007|
|269:|| MySpace Sues 'Spam King' Over Fake Profiles|
"MySpace.com sued Sanford Wallace, who became known as the King of Spam in the 1990s, for setting up dummy profiles to direct MySpace users..."
|Mar 27, 2007|
|270:|| One Third of US Thumbs Nose at Internet|
"...the main reason potential customers say they do not subscribe to the Internet is because of the low value to their daily lives..."
|Mar 24, 2007|
|271:|| SEC Suspends Trading in 35 Spam Stocks in "Operation Spamalot"|
"The Securities and Exchange Commission this morning suspended trading in the securities of 35 companies that have been the subject of recent and repeated spam email campaigns. The trading suspensions - the most ever aimed at spammed companies - were ordered because of questions regarding the adequacy and accuracy of information about the companies."
|Mar 8, 2007|
|272:|| Berners-Lee Pushes Congress on 'Nondiscriminatory' Web|
"World Wide Web father Tim Berners-Lee told politicians on Thursday that it's critical to shield his seminal innovation from control by a single company or country."
|Mar 2, 2007|
|273:|| Vantage Search SEM Firm Raises 70$ Million in First Round Funding|
"...has completed a $70 million Series A preferred financing"
|Feb 28, 2007|
|274:|| Microsoft: Google Was 'Wake - Up Call'|
"Watching Google Inc. rake in advertising revenue "was a wake-up call within Microsoft," the company's top technical executive, Ray Ozzie, said Tuesday. But he said Microsoft plans to do more than simply mimic Google by rolling out Web-based versions of desktop programs or following its particular search and advertising model."
|Feb 28, 2007|
|275:|| GooTube Facebook Breakup Sensation was Staged|
"...more than 747,000 hits on YouTube...they weren't even dating. Nothing but a marketing stunt".
|Feb 27, 2007|
|276:|| Datacenter Electricity Consumption|
"An interesting and informative study of datacenter power consumption."
|Feb 24, 2007|
|277:|| Verdict on MP3 Patents Judgement Means Microsoft to Pay $1.52billion|
"Microsoft was ordered by a federal jury yesterday to pay $1.52 billion in a patent dispute over the MP3 format, the technology at the heart of the digital music boom. If upheld on appeal, it would be the largest patent judgment on record."
|Feb 23, 2007|
|278:|| Yahoo! Q4 Profits Fatter Than Expected|
"Chief executive Terry Semel said on a conference call with analysts: "We ended the year on a strong note with solid growth in revenues and operation cash flow, strong profitability and healthy growth in users and user activities.""
|Jan 24, 2007|
|279:|| El Nino Foo : Your Favorite Bumper Sticker|
With most of the midwest and east US under the grip of an icey blast - off work or out of school - make a cup of hot chocolate - kick your feet up on the warm power supply and share your fav bumper sticker. Foo - it might not cure cabin fever, but 4 out of 5 webmasters recommend it.
|Jan 18, 2007|
|280:|| Company Settles 'Fake Spyware' Suit|
"A company accused of selling phony antispyware tools has settled a lawsuit filed by Washington state's attorney general."
|Dec 5, 2006|


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On PR Newswire: Water on Mars, Best Vegetarian Restaurants
With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire for Journalists. Here are some of this week’s most newsworthy releases you might have missed. Members of the media can register for PR Newswire for Journalists at prnmedia.prnewswire.com. Customize your profile to get the news releases you want before they make headlines. It’s free and takes only a few moments to sign up.
OpenTable Reveals 52 Best Restaurants for Vegetarians in America
In celebration of World Vegetarian Day and Vegetarian Awareness Month, OpenTable, the world’s leading provider of online restaurant reservations and part of The Priceline Group, unveiled the 52 Best Restaurants for Vegetarians in America. These awards reflect the combined opinions of more than 5 million restaurant reviews submitted by verified OpenTable diners for more than 20,000 restaurants in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Plant-based cuisine proves popular at long-running and new restaurants. California and New York eateries lead, followed by Pennsylvania and Maryland. See the full release to find out more.
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NASA Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today’s Mars
New findings from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars. Using an imaging spectrometer on MRO, researchers detected signatures of hydrated minerals on slopes where mysterious streaks are seen on the Red Planet. These darkish streaks appear to ebb and flow over time. They darken and appear to flow down steep slopes during warm seasons, and then fade in cooler seasons. They appear in several locations on Mars when temperatures are above minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 23 Celsius), and disappear at colder times. See the full release to learn more about Mars.
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Ad Account Exec, PR Manager and Broadcaster Among Most Overrated Jobs, Says New CareerCast Report
Highly desirable jobs, such as ad account exec, broadcaster, public relations manager, and event coordinator are among the most overrated jobs of 2015, according to CareerCast’s new report on the most overrated and underrated jobs. Architect, attorney, management consultant and wholesale sales representative rounded out the list of overrated jobs. See the full release to learn the other overrated and underrated jobs.
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comScore and Rentrak to Merge, Creating Leading Cross-Platform Measurement Company
comScore Inc. and Rentrak Corp. announced on Sept. 29 that the companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which the companies will combine in a stock-for-stock merger. Pursuant to the terms of the merger, which has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies, Rentrak will merge into a wholly-owned subsidiary of comScore, and each share of Rentrak will be converted into the right to receive 1.15 shares of comScore. Upon completion of the merger, comScore shareholders are expected to own approximately 66.5% and Rentrak shareholders are expected to own approximately 33.5% of the combined company on a fully diluted basis. See the full release to learn more about the merger.
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Deloitte Forecast: Retail Holiday Sales to Increase 3.5 to 4%
Retailers should see a moderate increase in holiday sales in the stores and online this year, according to Deloitte’s annual retail holiday sales forecast. “An improving labor market, increasing home values and relief at the pump gave more Americans reason to believe the economic recovery was gaining real traction this year,” said Daniel Bachman, Deloitte’s senior U.S. economist. “Those recurring improvements helped buoy sentiment and spending over the past several months. Housing and employment tend to create a more meaningful wealth effect than that of the financial markets, so the recent stock market fluctuations and instability overseas should not have a marked impact on shoppers’ holiday spending intentions. However, while retail holiday sales are expected to rise, the increase may be smaller than last year due to the lingering effects of flat personal income growth in the first quarter.” See the full release to learn more about 2015 Christmas shopping.
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Volkswagen and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said today that they had reached an agreement on a plan to address hundreds of thousands of diesel vehicles sold over six years deliberately designed to violate U.S. emission laws.
The agreement, released at 8 am California time this morning, complied with a deadline of today imposed by U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer for the parties to reach consensus on a plan.
The plan applies only to almost half a million 2.0-liter TDI diesel vehicles sold by VW and Audi from model years 2009 through 2015.
Altogether, roughly 482,000 vehicles sold by the two brands with 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbodiesel engines were found to have "defeat device" software that allowed them to emit far more nitrogen oxides in real-world conditions than during EPA tests.
The affected vehicles include the TDI diesel versions of the Volkswagen Jetta, Golf, Passat, and Beetle, and the Audi A3.
According to Road & Track, the "agreement in principle"—which is preliminary—owners of the affected cars will have the option either to sell them back to Volkswagen or to have them modified to comply with the EPA emission limits.
Consumer Reports tests 2015 Volkswagen Jetta TDI diesel in 'cheat mode,' October 2015 [video frame]
Drivers of TDI vehicles who have leased them may cancel their leases without penalties.
The first of two compensation funds would pay an unspecified amount—described only as "substantial compensation," but rumored yesterday to be $5,000 apiece—to owners who agree to forgo the legal right to sue Volkswagen for its actions in selling them cars that violated the law.
The second fund would be established to support undefined "appropriate remediation efforts" to counteract the effects of the excess nitrogen oxide released by the vehicles.
Volkswagen will also promote "green automotive technology" through additional funds to be committed.
Judge Breyer also established two new deadlines for the parties to meet.
The EPA and Volkswagen must file all final details of the agreed-upon settlement on or before June 21.
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And the court will hold a preliminary hearing on the matter on July 26, after the fillings have been made available for review by the public—presumably including all those owners.
According to Jeannine Ginivan, a spokesperson for VW Group of America, the agreement in principle is confidential among the parties.
Those parties, incidentally, also include the powerful California Air Resources Board.
When the agreement is fully fleshed out and agreed upon, Ginivan said, it will be made available for public comment on the details.
Volkswagen issued the following statement following the announcement:
Volkswagen is committed to earning back the trust of its customers, dealers, regulators and the American public. These agreements in principle are an important step on the road to making things right. As noted today in court, customers in the United States do not need to take any action at this time.
Negotiations are still ongoing over a settlement to address the additional 85,000 vehicles from Audi, Porsche, and Volkswagen sold with a 3.0-liter V-6 turbodiesel engine that was also found to contain "defeat device" software.
Those vehicles include TDI models of the Audi A6, A7, and A8 sedans, and Q5 and Q7 SUVs; the Volkswagen Touareg TDI SUV; and the Porsche Cayenne Diesel SUV.


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Why Did Xbox Show Palworld On “Every Screen” At A Company Meeting?
Inverse spoke to multiple Microsoft employees who attended a virtual town hall with Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer and Xbox President Sarah Bond last week.
Images of Palworld were shown across screens on February 6 at an internal Xbox town hall that Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer and Xbox President Sarah Bond held with employees. The meeting last Tuesday came right after rumors swirled around Xbox exclusive Starfield potentially coming to the PlayStation 5, and headlines about Hi-Fi Rush and Pentiment potentially coming to the Nintendo Switch. Multiple Microsoft employees who were present for the virtual Xbox town hall described the event to Inverse ahead of a public announcement coming on February 15.
Spencer confirmed to employees there would be “future hardware” from Xbox and added that it would be safe to assume another Call of Duty was coming this October. He addressed the company’s recent job cuts and said that it had been a hard decision to stop things that weren’t working.
“Every screen is an Xbox,” Bond said in the internal meeting, according to multiple sources who requested anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to media. Bond spoke extensively about Xbox’s strategy of existing on multiple kinds of devices and greater ambitions of becoming the number one cross-platform gaming company.
This isn’t the first time Xbox has shared its multi-device strategy. In 2020, Xbox gaming devices and ecosystem vice president Jason Ronald told me that Xbox is “not trying to force the player to upgrade to an individual device or to make things exclusive to this device or that device.” He estimated that this strategy has been in place since Spencer became head of the company in 2014, a year after the release of the Xbox One.
To illustrate the idea of Xbox on every screen, Microsoft showed images of Palworld on tablets, TV screens, monitors, and handheld devices. Internally, employees expressed surprise at seeing so much Palworld and joked about the possibility of an Xbox handheld, which has also been rumored. Xbox did not return multiple requests for comment.
Two months into 2024, Palworld, the Pokémon-esque open-world survival game about gunning up Pals, has quickly become a surprise success. Microsoft’s video game streaming service, Xbox Game Pass, also offers Palworld. Developer Pocketpair posted on January 31, almost two weeks after launch, that the game has reached 7 million players on Xbox and sold 12 million copies on Steam. Pocketpair did not respond to comment.
Getting exclusive access to Palworld could give Microsoft and Xbox another advantage over the competition, though the Pokémon Company did warn in January that it plans to investigate and take action on any games that infringe on its Pokémon intellectual property rights.
The internal town hall came ahead of Spencer, Bond, and Matt Booty hosting an Xbox podcast on Thursday at 3 p.m. Eastern, which will hopefully clarify the many rumors and reports about the future of Xbox consoles and exclusive games. Inverse will be covering the business update and you can follow along here.


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3D printing has lost its novelty value a bit, but new printing materials that MakerBot plans to release will soon make it a lot more interesting again.
3D printer prices are dropping into a range that could appeal to home users.
3D printing may have an image problem. It's sometimes seen as a hobbyist pursuit -- a fun way to build knickknacks from your living room desktop -- but a growing number of companies are giving serious thought to the technology to help get new ideas o...
The Greater Manchester Police have seized components for what they say could be the U.K.'s first-ever confiscated 3D printed gun, though others point out that the parts look like bits that a hobbyist would print out to modify a printer.
3-D printer company Stratasys is acquiring desktop 3-D printer maker MakerBot for over US$400 million in an all-stock deal, to shore up its consumer presence.
Late last week, MakerBot Industries held the grand opening ceremony for its new 50,000-square-foot factory in the Brooklyn Armory Terminal. But unlike just about every factory you've ever seen, it takes human hands to build these machines that can 3D...
Defense Distributed, the pro-gun nonprofit working to make 3D-printable gun designs freely available to everyone on the Internet, recently inched one step closer toward achieving that goal. The Austin, Texas-based group last week was granted a federa...
South by Southwest Interactive is best known as the technology festival that put such social networking mainstays as Twitter and Foursquare on the map. But if there was a "next big thing" at this year's event, finding it would be pretty hard.
3D printing's capabilities in art, sculpture and toys have generated considerable buzz at South by Southwest Interactive over the past few days. But one Austin, Texas-based group has a more controversial application in mind: guns.
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(Host) Legislators will consider a range of ideas for reducing spending on prisons when they return to the Statehouse next month.
The Corrections Department has prepared a report that offers some options for cutting four million dollars from its budget.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Sears says something needs to be done because the Corrections Department has grown so much.
He says if nothing is done in the coming year, the department will need an additional $13 million.
(Sears) “Those are monies that you can’t spend on college, you can’t spend on health care, you can’t spend on a number of other areas that I’m sure the Legislature and the public would rather spend money on.”
(Host) The department has suggested that closing a prison is one way to save money.
But it also says the state could use electronic monitoring for released inmates, or it could change some of its parole regulations and staffing.


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In the first of our 4-part series, we outlined how payment on Net30 terms is common in B2B. In fact, from the outside looking in, offering payment on terms seems like a given. Many SMBs feel they must offer terms to be competitive, but they overlook the risks of late payers and the impact of late payments on working capital.
Every time a seller extends payment on terms they must consider several factors.
MSTS, a global payments and credit solutions provider, today announced the acquisition of TicketRX, a Kansas City-based startup revolutionizing legal support for traffic citations and violations, via its ORDP brand.
Robotics process automation, otherwise known as RPA, is taking the business world by storm. In fact, Research and Markets, predicts RPA to be a $5 billion-dollar industry by 2022. So, what is RPA?
RPA is utilizing computer automation to eliminate day-to-day mundane tasks. This allows employees to dedicate time at work to more meaningful projects. “Some (people) like to describe RPA as ‘a macro on steroids,’” Director of Process Improvement, Diane Hagemann, tells us.
More and more B2B companies are launching eCommerce platforms, with good reason. The 2018 B2B eCommerce Buyer Expectations Report estimates nearly 50% of companies are purchasing from online retailers. The question is no longer if but when will B2B companies have an online presence.
MSTS, a global B2B payments and credit solutions provider, today announced 4MD Medical as its first Credit as a Service (CaaS) customer using the Magento eCommerce platform. 4MD Medical, a national distributor of medical, physical therapy, pharmaceutical equipment and supplies for the healthcare field, will engage CaaS tools to ease the B2B payments journey for its customers.
MSTS, a global B2B payment and credit solutions provider, announced the company is expanding its global footprint by opening offices in Costa Rica and Singapore. The expansion comes on the heels of new business opportunities for global B2B commerce and increasing interest in MSTS’ Credit as a Service solution worldwide.
The original enterprise product, with a record of accelerating sales growth for companies by as much as 500 percent, has been optimized to meet the needs of businesses with simpler payment and credit processes. The cloud-based Credit as a Service solution for mid-market businesses can issue credit lines in less than a minute, automate the customer onboarding process and apply unique B2B customer invoicing, accounts payable and payment term requirements – providing customers flexibility and an enhanced experience.
The partnership allows Decisiv to leverage MSTS’ Credit as a Service (CaaS) technology for its SRM Platform to digitally manage estimate approvals and payments. “The combined solution will streamline the management of service and repair events from the moment the equipment enters a facility through completed repair to invoice, creating a more satisfying customer experience,” said Mark Wasilko, Decisiv VP of Marketing & Partnerships.
CaaS was born from 40 years of experience providing payment and credit management solutions to manufacturing, transportation, retail and eCommerce companies. As a single, omnichannel solution, CaaS enables B2B companies to drive sales, reduce A/R costs, mitigate risk and enhance the customer experience. CaaS streamlines complexities that exist between B2B buyers and sellers by providing dynamic pricing and automated purchase controls to deliver a superior experience for buyers.
MSTS, a global B2B payment and credit solutions provider, today announced that SVP of Americas and Global Accounts, Martha Salinas has been named to the Commercial Payments International (CPI) Global Advisory Board. Hannah Winans, MSTS Program Development Specialist, has also been appointed to the Kansas City Chapter of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Board of Directors and named Chair of its Sponsorship Committee.


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For years, Google and a number of other companies have been frank about their self-driving car efforts. Apple has yet to reveal whether rumors of an iCar are for real, but new evidence suggests it might indeed be in the works.
Documents recently obtained by The Guardian(Opens in a new window) reveal that Apple's legal team met with the California Department of Motor Vehicles last month to review the state's self-driving car regulations, the newspaper reported on Friday. Apple's Senior Legal Counsel Mike Maletic reportedly had an hour-long meeting on Aug. 17 with self-driving car experts at the DMV, including Deputy Directors Bernard Soriano and Brian Soublet and Chief of Strategic Planning Stephanie Dougherty.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The California DMV confirmed to The Guardian that the meeting did indeed take place, but did not go into detail about what was discussed.
Rumors about Apple's autonomous vehicle ambitions date back to February when Reuters and The Wall Street Journal reported that Cupertino has "several hundred" employees working on an electric car, known internally as Titan. The rumors heated up this summer when word spread that Apple hired Doug Betts, former head of global quality at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.
The Guardian reckons that Apple's meeting with the DMV suggests "the technology giant is close to unveiling an autonomous automobile," but we'll just have to wait and see what happens. Some reports say an Apple car could be five years out, but last month The Guardian also reported that Apple was investigating the use of the GoMentum Station near San Francisco to test its technology. GoMentum is a former Naval Weapons Station also being used by Honda to test its self-driving vehicles.
We should also remember that Apple, like most tech companies, often experiments with technologies it never brings to market.
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A new study into what babies in the United States eat may have parents asking what is safe anymore.
Researchers examined 168 baby foods made by companies in the U.S. The tests found that 95% of them contained lead, 73% had arsenic, 75% had cadmium and 32% had mercury, CNN reported.
The report was compiled by Healthy Babies Bright Futures and was released Thursday. The group is focused on removing toxic chemicals that it says can impact brain development.
Baby food full report by National Content Desk on Scribd
A study in 2004 found that high levels of arsenic in children's urine in Bangladesh corresponded to a decrease in IQ for children between the ages of 5 and 15, CNN reported. The arsenic came from drinking water.
What was more concerning, a quarter of the foods, or about 42 of them, had all four of the heavy metals, CNN reported.
A fifth of the tested foods had 10 times the 1-parts per billion (ppb) of lead public health advocates allow, the report found. But they say no amount of lead is safe.
The results are similar to a Food and Drug Administration study that found the same four metals in 33 of 39 baby foods, CNN reported.
Rice-based foods for infants like rice cereal and rice snacks were found to be the most toxic.
The report said they have inorganic arsenic and can be contaminated with other toxic metals.
So how can parents make sure to limit the amount of heavy metals their children consume?
Experts said exchange rice-based foods with other items, CNN reported.
Instead of puffed snacks made of rice, look for ones that aren't.
Teething biscuits can be exchanged for frozen banana or chilled cucumbers or even a wet washcloth.
Rice cereal can be changed to multi-grain or oatmeal-based cereals.
Water can be served instead of fruit juice.
Carrots and sweet potatoes can be changed to many other fruits and veggies.
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This April 1 issue of Autocar Professional is a milestone edition in its own right. It is exactly one year since the BS VI emission norms were introduced and a little over a year that the entire country went into lockdown to contain the spread of Covid-19.
This ‘Green Industry Special’ highlights how India Auto Inc is taking forward its growth story with a renewed consciousness to cut down carbon footprint. Of course, this high-quality content-laden issue also kicks off a brand-new financial year.
A new innings
It’s a new start for auto industry veteran Dr Pawan Goenka too, as his 27-year-long innings with Mahindra & Mahindra end on April 2. Often called the ‘Father of Scorpio’, Dr Goenka reminiscences about his journey, the high points and also a few disappointments of his career and shares some management mantras too.
- Adjudged as Autocar Professional’s ‘Man Of The Year’ twice, Goenka was also honoured with Autocar India’s Lifetime Achievement Award for helping turn the company into the global automotive giant it is today.
- He is currently looking forward to his new role in the Government panel on manufacturing.
As M&M’s drive in the petrol SUV space strengthens in a post-BS VI phase and the new Thar is named as Autocar India’s ‘Car of the Year’, R Velusamy, Chief of Global Product Development, M&M says be it petrol, electric, or diesel, product development, “at the end of the day, it is all about the passion to develop new products for the future, and the passion for physics.”
Green Industry Special
Here’s an interesting mix of interviews and special stories—
- Tata Power: India’s largest integrated power company is taking big strides towards expanding the charging infrastructure for EVs. Sandeep Bangia, Head — EV, HA & ESCO Business, Tata Power, says it is working closely with state and Central governments to make highways EV-ready.
- Econovus: We reveal this Pune-based company’s green packaging solutions.
- Jindal Aluminium: As aluminium takes on the role of a poster boy in the race to improve efficiency while cutting vehicle weight, Naveen Mehta, Senior Vice- President, Extrusion Operations at Jindal Aluminium says, effective usage of aluminium cam lead to “40-45 percent reduction” in vehicle weight.
- Ampere Vehicles: Greaves Cotton’s electric subsidiary Ampere Vehicles expands operations to Ranipet to further its prospects. We speak to Nagesh Basavanhalli, Group CEO and Managing Director, Greaves Cotton.
- Hexagon Group: Find out why US-headquartered Hexagon Group sees huge potential for CNG and hydrogen as options to fuel CVs in India.
- AG&P: Singapore-based Atlantic Gulf & Pacific has outlined a Rs 8,500 crore investment in India to expand the CNG retail station network.
- iPower Batteries: As the race for lithium-ion as a viable battery option gathers pace, this Delhi-based company is experimenting with various battery chemistries to work out a viable solution for India.
One Year of BS VI
This past year has been an year of transition in more ways than imaginable- Autocar Professional tracks this BS VI journey with OEMs, component makers and testing agencies.
- ACMA’s Director General Vinnie Mehta says better-planned transition to the new emissionnorms could have helped reduce component imports.
- FEV India’s Managing Director, Vijay Sharma says the, “challenge forOEMs will be to invest resources to prove emissionsover the entire powertrain operation.”
One year of lockdown
It’s been a year since the lockdown was imposed across India to tackle the spread of Covid-19. Despite the phased unlock, many small businesses and entrepreneurs suffered deep losses.
Even as cases start surging across India, Autocar Professional takes you through the many sidewalks, alleyways and bylanes bringing forth their stories of survival and economic revival.
The past fortnight saw lots of Policy and Strategic action across the automotive world.
- As the government shares details of the Vehicle Scrappage Policy, industry players and veterans raise concerns about challenges involved including the scale of scrap yards required to match the vehicle load and identifying locations.
- Meanwhile for bikemaker, Yamaha the global supply chain constraints may pose a key challenge in the face of rising demand post-Covid.
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URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — The news of the outdoor seating allowance came as a welcomed surprise for restaurant owners. Some said it is a small win for them during this pandemic.
The coronavirus pandemic has stretched on for months, putting businesses in a tight bind financially. The governor has now loosened restrictions in the executive order by allowing restaurants to have outdoor seating. “I’m not sure how we’ll go about it but we’ll take advantage of anything we can. We’ll put out tables wherever I can and hope for the best weather. That’s all we can hope for,” said Jim Flanigam, co-owner of the Apple Dumplin’ in Urbana. It will be an adjustment for some businesses like theirs.
“The thing is, we’re going to have to prepare. Number one, I don’t have outdoor seating. I never have,” said Flanigam. They, like many other places, will now have to buy or rent tables and chairs and clear a space outside to set up. That is an extra expense they will have to cover, along with maintaining health safety guidelines. “We’ll definitely have to have six feet of separation between tables and sanitizing every time someone leaves.” Outdoor seating is something many restaurant owners considered prior to the governor’s latest announcement.
The owners of the Apple Dumplin’ restaurant tried to open up outdoor seating a couple weeks ago. But that was quickly shut down by the health department “I was told, ‘Absolutely not.’ That they were not to consume food on the premises. Period.” In nine days, that will be allowed, getting restaurant owners one step closer to business as usual. “It’s a win for small businesses today with many more to go,” said Flanigam.
We called several other restaurants in central Illinois to get their take on this. Since this announcement is so new, many are still organizing their plan to open outdoor seating.
The mayors of cities like Urbana, Champaign, Danville and Monticello said they are waiting for more specific guidelines from the governor on this as they continue to balance supporting businesses while protecting public safety. “We have been working internally on a plan to allow for outdoor seating options. It is not yet complete,” said Champaign Mayor Deb Feinen. “Clearly with the change in guidelines today we have moved this up in our work plan and we will be providing information to the businesses, public…as quickly as possible once things are finalized.” Officials with the City of Decatur said they are planning a special meeting on May 26 to discuss how they will proceed as well.


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By Christian Zibreg on Sep 29, 2016
Accessory maker SteelSeries designs some pretty cool Apple-compatible accessories. I use their Nimbus Wireless Gaming Controller to play games on my Apple TV and couldn’t be happier with it. Today, the company said in an email blast to customers that they’ll be “changing the gaming headset” next Tuesday.
“On October 4, we’re releasing our love letter to gamers,” teases the firm. The email offers a sneak peek at the upcoming on-ear wired headset said to provide comfort and high-quality sound. Read More
By Anthony Bouchard on Sep 15, 2016
Many anxious Apple customers are anticipating their new iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus handsets and are scheduled to receive them as early as this Friday.
Some customers are dealing with shipping times extending as far out into the future as October or November, but regardless of how long you’ll be waiting, everyone who bought an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus has one thing in common: we should all be preparing for the day when it arrives. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Sep 14, 2016
Although Samsung’s latest Galaxy S7 flagship smartphone series proudly boasts the 3.5mm headphone jack, the South Korean conglomerate may also remove the industry-standard jack from its next-gen Galaxy S8, reports Digital Music News. Internally code-named “Dream” (Galaxy S8) and “Dream2” (Galaxy S8 Edge), these devices may replace the 3.5mm jack with a proprietary port.
The company is said to be “actively” and “aggressively” exploring the possibility of releasing a proprietary headphone jack to see how viable it would be. Read More
By Cody Lee on Sep 9, 2016
Now that you’ve ordered your iPhone 7 and picked out a case, it’s time to think about getting another accessory: Bluetooth headphones. With Apple choosing to remove the 3.5mm jack from its latest handset, wireless headphones make the perfect companion for your new gadget.
As for which model to get, Apple’s just-announced AirPods look pretty cool. But between their steep $160 price tag and unproven real-world performance, we think there are some better options out there. Here is a list of 7 great pairs of Bluetooth headphones for your new iPhone 7. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Sep 9, 2016
The AirPods, Apple’s new $159 wireless earphones, are scheduled to go on sale in late October so we’ll need to be patient for a while before getting our hands on a pair of these and learn just how long it takes to charge both the earphones and Apple’s Lightning-based charging case from 0 to 100 percent.
Meanwhile, I stumbled upon a nice tidbit in BuzzFeed’s interview with Apple executives saying that it only takes a short 15-minute boost from the tiny charging case to give AirPods three hours of run time. Read More
By Anthony Bouchard on Sep 8, 2016
In case you haven’t already figured it out, the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus both do completely away with the 3.5mm headphone jack. Instead, Apple is now pushing the industry to use Lightning-based and wireless Bluetooth headphones and speakers.
So with that in mind, how will you possibly use your existing headphones and speakers with your new iPhone while you’re trying to charge it? Well we’ve got four solutions for you that will get your mind off of the missing headphone jack. Read More
By Anthony Bouchard on Sep 7, 2016
One of the things that sets the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus apart from the rest of the iPhone lineup is the exclusion of the 3.5mm headphone jack. Apple is now requiring headphones to either go wireless or utilize the Lightning port. Read More
By Anthony Bouchard on Sep 7, 2016
With the removal the 3.5mm headphone jack from the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, Apple has answered many kinds of concerns with the all-new Apple wireless AirPods. Read More
By Cody Lee on Sep 7, 2016
On Wednesday, Apple confirmed that the rumors are true: there is no headphone jack in the iPhone 7. Apple is including a new pair of EarPods in the box with the handset, as well as an adapter for connecting the headphones to the legacy 3.5mm port, and it also announced new wireless earbuds called AirPods.
Apple SVP Phil Schiller explains the move: “The reason to move on: courage. The courage to move on and do something new that betters all of us.” Schiller says removing headphone jack will free up space, which is growing ever-limited with new components, and Apple’s ultimate vision for mobile audio is “wireless.”
By Christian Zibreg on Sep 2, 2016
Apple is hosting a special media event on September 7 at San Francisco’s Bill Graham Civic Auditorium at 10am PT. As always, we’ll be covering the latest in Apple’s big fall refresh thoroughly here at iDB. Of course, the iPhone 7 will be the event’s biggest story, but we’re also hoping to see other hardware refreshes, accessories and related products come into full view next Wednesday.
Here’s everything we think Apple could introduce come September 7, plus some of the things we’d like them to announce but they probably won’t (yet). Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Sep 1, 2016
Another day, another iPhone 7 leak. A high-resolution photograph of an alleged iPhone 7 Plus packaging that surfaced this morning would have us believe that a 5.5-inch iPhone 7 model could ship with Apple’s new wireless earbuds in the box.
The info sticker on the back of supposed packaging shows the details for a 32-gigabyte handset model, suggesting the purchase is bundled with an “AirPods Wireless Earphones”. The purported photo was uploaded anonymously and sent to AppleInsider. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Aug 31, 2016
An image of another claimed spec sheet has surfaced on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo, indicating that the iPhone 7 could come with both a Lightning edition of Apple’s wired EarPods and a Lightning to 3.5mm headphone jack adapter in the box. As a result, the iPhone 7 should provide its owners with an appropriate solution for connecting their existing wired headphones to the handset right out of the box, without requiring them to purchase a standalone adapter. Read More
By Anthony Bouchard on Aug 19, 2016
One of Apple’s premier services that come built into their mobile devices is Apple Music, and music is certainly a huge focus of owning Apple devices. With that being said, people use all kinds of audio accessories with their mobile devices, whether they’re speakers, headphones, or even the built-in speakers.
Everything has its own unique sound quality, but in this tutorial, we’ll show you how you can adjust the bass response on your iPhone or iPad to maximize the amount of bass you hear in your music no matter what kind of audio device you’re using with your handset. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Aug 5, 2016
Apple’s official Lightning-based EarPods (that could be marketed under the ‘AirPods’ moniker, according to a trademark filing) were already filmed on video and depicted on leaked photos. Today, UK-based mobile accessory firm MobileFun posted a hands-on video of its own of what appears to be a wired, Lightning-based edition of the EarPods.
Apple, as you know, is widely expected to ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack from its next iPhone in favor of Bluetooth wireless headsets and Lightning-based wired ones, the latter potentially providing lossless digital sound. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Aug 5, 2016
Three days ago, Samsung of South Korea took the wraps off its flagship Galaxy Note 7 phablet. It’s a cool, powerful smartphone that features a curved 5.7-inch AMOLED screen, Galaxy S7-like design, speedy chips, an iris scanner and an improved S Pen (which has learned a few new tricks, like translating words, and is now waterproof itself).
Believe it or not, a Samsung executive during the Note 7 unveiling mocked live, on stage, Apple’s rumored decision to remove the 3.5mm audio jack from the next iPhone.
“You know what else it [Note 7] comes with? An audio jack. I’m just saying,” he quipped. Read More
By Cody Lee on Aug 4, 2016
Apple has spent the last few years developing a custom Bluetooth radio chip for wireless earbuds, reports Forbes. Citing a source with knowledge of the project, the outlet says the earbuds could be ready to launch this fall.
If true, the timing makes sense, given that Apple is slated to unveil a new iPhone in September. The handset is expected to ship without the customary headphone jack, indicating the company is going all-in on wireless. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Aug 1, 2016
Following blurry photos of an alleged Lightning-based edition of the EarPods, Apple’s stock iPhone headphones, a new video now gives us a far better look at what appears to be fully functional headphones resembling the EarPods, except they connect into the iPhone’s Lightning port.
Published on YouTube channel EverythingApplesPro on Friday and first discovered by French blog iGen.fr, the 60-second clip shows the headphones connected via Lightning to an iPhone running iOS 9. They work as you’d expect, including controlling playback via the in-line Play/Pause and Volume Up and Down buttons. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Jul 28, 2016
If you need the definite proof that Apple’s rumored decision to remove the 3.5mm headphone jack from the next iPhone is based on some actual real-world numbers, here’s one. According to the latest stats for the month of June, published Thursday by research firm NPD, revenue from sales of wireless headphones in the United States during the month of June beat that of their wired counterparts. Revenue from wireless headphones accounted for 54 percent of U.S. dollar sales and 17 percent of unit sales in the headphone category. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Jul 28, 2016
As you know, the next iPhone is expected to ditch the 3.5mm analog audio jack for wireless headphones, powered by Bluetooth, and wired ones, driven by Lightning. Now, certain sources are adamant that the handset may ship with a Lightning-to-3.5-mm audio adapter in the box so that folks could continue using their existing audio accessories.
Today, we get another glimpse of the claimed adapter in a set of leaked images and an accompanying high-resolution video. This latest leak came on Thursday via Vietnamese blog Tinhte.vn, which claims to have received the adapter from a Foxconn factory. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Jul 25, 2016
The next iPhone, which sources in China think could be marketed as ‘iPhone 6SE’ to reflect its iterative nature, may ship with a Lightning-to-audio dongle and still end up selling better than the current-generation iPhone 6s, which hasn’t quite lived up to Apple’s internal expectations.
That’s according to a Deutsche Bank research note issued to clients last week, a copy of which was obtained by Business Insider. The investment bankers also shared their predictions for the next iPhone’s features, based on their supply checks. Read More


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From one-armed bandits to present-day progressives, slot machines have always been a mainstay of the casino industry. But the coming generation of players may demand something a lot different.
Three more casinos closing, and no end in sight
The gaming industry has been a true opportunity for many state tribes
iGaming is a brand new industry, and it needs time to develop
How payment processors are bypassing banks and credit cards


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The spot quotation of RMB against the US dollar rose by more than 100 points in the afternoon.
Sanlian board Shenma power: the company's gross profit margin declined to a certain extent in the first quarter
China's First Oral COVID-19 Antiviral Medicine in Dispute
An obscure Chinese company called Genuine Biotech(Chinese: 真实生物) was suddenly put under the spotlight on July 25 when the Chinese authority announced the conditional approval of the company's application for adding the treatment of COVID-19 as a new indication of Azvudine under the special review and approval procedures for drug registration.
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The problem of "blocking points" was gradually loosened, and the car related market began to increase in volume. The sales of related products of the company increased significantly
Fosun Pharmaceutical: the new tablet production line of the holding subsidiary passed the GMP compliance inspection
Xuelang environment: affected by the epidemic situation, the subsidiary temporarily stopped production and resumed production
Naixue dream factory, the world's largest flagship store of Naixue tea, will be upgraded to "Naixue life"
Fosun Pharmaceutical: the holding subsidiary started the phase II clinical study on the treatment of fs-1502 for non-small cell lung cancer
On May 11, Ping An of China spent 299 million yuan to buy back 6.6972 million a shares
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Jiangsu Province has issued the outline of building a strong province with intellectual property rights, and will be fully built into a strong province with intellectual property rights in 2035
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Nayuki is one of the largest firms in China’s sprawling on-demand tea drinks industry. Financial indicators such as revenue and operating margins have proved its success in the past. But the ultimate question is, how long can it last?
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The future of the latest Apple Watch models on store shelves hangs in the balance as President Joe Biden faces a Christmas day deadline to overturn a US International Trade Commission (ITC) ruling. The ruling, if not overturned, will bar Apple from selling the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, among other new models, due to patent infringement. However, it seems unlikely that Biden will intervene.
In response to the ruling, Apple has already removed the affected models from its online store. Physical Apple Store locations are also expected to reopen Tuesday without these top-tier watches in stock. The ruling does not affect the cheaper Apple Watch SE, but it does impact the Apple Watch Series 6 and later, and all models of Apple Watch Ultra.
The ITC ruled in October that Apple had violated a patent for pulse oximeter technology, which uses light to measure blood oxygen levels. This patent is held by Masimo, a medical device manufacturer. Apple’s smartwatch, often marketed as a life-saving device, has become the world’s most popular watch. However, this dispute with Masimo threatens to tarnish that reputation.
On December 18, Apple began removing the Series 9 and Ultra 2 versions of the Apple Watch from stock in anticipation of the ruling taking effect. Without intervention from Biden, the 60-day review period on the ITC’s ruling ends Monday. Apple has expressed strong disagreement with the order and is exploring various legal and technical options to ensure the availability of the Apple Watch to customers. The tech giant also pledged to take all necessary steps to bring the Apple Watch back to US customers soon.
One potential solution could involve software tweaks to change how the Watch interacts with the pulse oximeter, thereby avoiding violation of Masimo’s patent. However, such changes could take time and there’s no guarantee that the ITC will approve Apple’s proposed solution. Masimo’s CEO, Joe Kiani, asserts that Apple knowingly infringed on his company’s patents. The two companies have been in conflict for years, with Apple filing two patent infringement lawsuits against Masimo in October 2022.
While intervention from Biden seems unlikely, there is precedent for such action. In 2013, President Barack Obama vetoed an ITC ruling to ban older iPhones and iPads after it was determined that Apple had violated one of Samsung’s patents.


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Map shows levels of pollution in cities worldwide
REN has launched an interactive pollution map on the landing page of its website. The tool shows consumers how polluted their city really is and highlights where consumers are using the brand’s Flash Defence Anti-Pollution Mist.
The Plume Index demonstrates levels of pollution in set areas. Places are labelled as being “fresh”, or having “moderate”, “high”, “very high” or “excessive” levels of pollution.
Polluted air is widely believed to have adverse affects on the body, and an increasing number of skin care experts believe it contributes to skin ageing. REN launched the Flash Defence Anti-Pollution Mist to shield and protect the skin from free radicals and environmental pollution.
REN said: “City living means polluted air and our skin does its best to protect itself against this toxic atmosphere. While we know we can’t live in a bubble to defend our skin against the ageing effects of pollution…we can help the skin to defend itself.”
The brand is also encouraging consumers to share pictures of themselves using their Mist on social media. Consumers are invited to tag their location and use the hashtag #flashdefence for a chance to win a personalised skin consultation with REN and £250 worth of skin care products. Photos can also be uploaded directly to the REN website.


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Following the previous rumour of the yet-to-be-announced Samsung Galaxy S6 sporting a half-metal body, the anticipated Samsung flagship is now being tipped by an Italian blog to sport a complete aluminium build. Notably, Samsung has already launched its full-metal handset range, the Galaxy A series.
The Samsung Galaxy S6, in-line with an earlier report, is also being tipped by the blog to sport a ‘dual-edge’ display that will be curved on the both (right and left) sides. Notably, Samsung’s first smartphone to feature an ‘edge display’ is the Galaxy Note Edge.
Notably, the purported Galaxy S6 with a curved display may be the rumoured Galaxy S6 Edge instead, which an earlier report claimed would launch alongside the Galaxy S6. Sammobile had claimed that like the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and the limited edition Galaxy Note Edge variant, Samsung will launch a Galaxy S6 Edge variant alongside the Galaxy S6.
Earlier this month a purported variant of the Samsung Galaxy S6 was spotted on the AnTuTu benchmark site along with some detailed specifications. The benchmark listing of the alleged Samsung Galaxy S6 (SM-G925F) shows the device runningAndroid 5.0 Lollipop out-of-the-box on a 64-bit octa-core Exynos 7420 processor alongside Mali-T760 GPU and 3GB of RAM, in-line with earlier reports.
Notably, the SM-G925F model number of the Samsung Galaxy S5 successor is one of the several expected region-based model numbers of the Galaxy S6 that was reported earlier. According to the leaked model numbers of the Galaxy S6, the SM-G925F is a European variant of the flagship.


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Holland America Line has cancelled its remaining summer 2021 sailings onboard Nieuw Statendam and Volendam.
The move affects cruises scheduled to depart between September and November, including its Collectors’ Voyages.
New ship Rotterdam, meanwhile, is expected to be delivered on time on 30 July; however, the ship won’t make its debut until 26 September when it will sail from Amsterdam. Plans for its naming ceremony are being finalised.
Guests booked on cancelled Nieuw Statendam and Volendam sailings will be automatically moved onto one of Eurodam’s Mediterranean voyages, starting 15 August and running through to 30 October.
They will receive $100pp additional onboard spending by way of compensation.
Alternatively, they can choose to move onto an equivalent cruise in 2022 at their 2021 fare, or take future cruise credit worth 110% of any cash paid to the line.
Guests booked on a cancelled Rotterdam sailing, meanwhile, will be automatically rebooked onto an equivalent sailing in 2022 at the 2021 fare paid, or they can choose to receive 110% FCC.
Any guest on a cancelled voyage also can request a full refund of all money paid to Holland America Line.
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Sir Philip Green is reported to be close to a resolution of the legal challenges brought against his Arcadia Group’s company voluntary arrangement by two US landlords.
The retail tycoon is close to achieving out-of-court settlements to challenges brought by Vornado and Caruso, The Sunday Times has reported.
Five landlords, led by Vornado, claimed Arcadia “manipulated and gerrymandered” its CVA in the UK to effect the “complete forfeiture and deprivation” of their rights. The group filed a legal challenge against Topshop’s liquidation in the US in a bid to recoup losses from the closure of 11 stores, which they claim in to be in excess of £100m.
Vornado and Caruso’s separate challenges are now reportedly likely to be withdrawn based on negotiations with Green.
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Percy and Shelby also become pals, and “old sour apple” Hannah warms to the young woman. (It turns out she’s been crabby ever since her golden boy son suffered some terrible fate in the Vietnam war.) Percy even attracts a suitor, Joe Sperling (Kieran Mulroney), an amiable dullard who learns to appreciate the local forests after seeing them through her wonder struck eyes. Nahum still distrusts the newcomer, however, and he becomes even more suspicious after Percy suggests that Hannah dispose of the Grill, which has been “for sale for 10 years,” with a raffle like one she learned of while answering phones for the tourist board.
Peters, who is perhaps the best actress ever to be hailed as a Broadway diva, would seem to be just the person to make this new conception work. But she needs more help than she’s getting at present. Nobody else who’s played Annie Oakley in Annie Get Your Gun has ever been asked to make the character vulnerable, or complicated, or anything other than a pistol packin’ tomboy.
Published notices in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle that it would commence operating at 285 Fulton Street or about Monday, February 13,  with an entire new stock of dry goods, cloaks, mantillas, c., purchased at the recent prices, thus being enabled to offer their stocks at very advantageous terms. That business soon became known as the dry goods store of Weschler Abraham. Partners Joseph Weschler and 22 year old Abraham Abraham each contributed $5,000 to their new venture.
And neither is ICC. ICC has not taken a decision to postpone the T20 World Cup and preparations are ongoing for the event in Australia this year as per plan. The topic is on the agenda for the ICC Board meeting and a decision will be made in due course, said a spokesperson..
Be sure the signs are easy to read. The less wording the better, remember you are creating a sign to read quickly, not writing a novel. Placing the cardboard on a stake to stick in the ground would be helpful. The company looked like it had a formidable footwear business that surpassed $1 billion in sales in 2016, but it has struggled this year.at Under Armour continue to erode, Tom Nikic, an analyst for Wells Fargo Co., said in a note to clients. Deteriorating North American athletic market appears to have been the primary culprit. Shares had already declined 44 per cent this year through Monday close, making it one of the worst performing stocks in the Standard Poor 500 Index.The Baltimore based company cut its sales outlook for the year to a gain of a low single digit percentage.


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Answering questions regarding Decree No. 116/2017/ND-CP regulating the conditions for manufacturing, assembly and import of automobiles and trade in automobile warranty and maintenance services at the Government's regular press conference held on February 02, 2018, Minister, Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung said that since the Decree took effect, the total value of imported cars into Vietnam has decreased by 38 per cent.
Recently, a number of embassies and organizations have proposed the Vietnam’s Prime Minister direct ministries to review the Decree. The Vietnam Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (VAMA) has four times submitted letters of recommendation to the Government to remove the difficulties, saying that the provisions in the Decree are unreasonable.
Some associations such as the Japan Business Association in Vietnam and FDI automobile joint ventures have repeatedly asked to delay the implementation of the Decree for at least six months.
The Mobility Sector Committee under Eurocham also expressed its expectation about the issuance of a circular guiding the implementation of the Decree.
There are now three major issues related to the Decree in which enterprises, as well as organizations, are interested.
Firstly, regarding the class certificate of imported automobiles granted by foreign competent authority and association, the Minister stated that this certificate is not issued by the foreign government’s bodies but specialised associations and societies. This aims to ensure the origin, quality and value of automobiles.
At the same time, the associations and societies who grant the certificate shall take the responsibility of recalling automobiles in case of defects incurred in the production process in order to ensure the interests of auto-makers and customers.
Minister Dung also acknowledged the late issuance of the circular guiding the implementation of the Decree has caused lots of difficulties to automobile importers.
Secondly, in the past, only the first shipment of each model would be inspected or tested; however, it now is conducted on every batch of automobiles to be imported.
Automobile importer will have to bear additional costs and spend more time on automobile test and inspection. Obviously, it is customers who shall cover these costs because the enterprises always want to ensure their profit.
This issue is under consideration, Minister Dung said.
Lastly, the Decree also requires auto-makers to set up an 800-meter testing road of which the flat road has the minimum length of 400 meters.
Manufacturers complained that they have to bear more costs including inspection charge, land fee for testing road due to these issues.
Minister Dung said that the Prime Minister has assigned the competent bodies to review such issues to ensure both the domestic production and the compliance with the international treaty.
The provisions of the Decree are considered as a barrier to automobile importers. However, Minister Dung said that all countries now apply the necessary measures to ensure the quality of imported automobiles and protect customers.
In response, the Minister exemplified that Vietnam had imported two batches of BMW cars from Germany. However, in fact, these are used cars which have been restored as new ones to trick customers. Without thorough inspection, consumers will be the most disadvantaged.


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The Cape Breton Boat Yard is in danger of closing due to a new tariff being imposed on the owners of U.S. yachts who store their boats in Canada for 12 months, or who have their boats worked on for more than a 12-month period. The tariff will seriously affect sailors from the Cruising Club of America and East Coast sailors who have historically used the yard when cruising the Bras d’Or Lakes region of Nova Scotia.
The Canadian government is imposing a tariff of as much as 5 percent of a yacht’s value on boats owned by non-Canadians using Canadian boatyards for storage. A free trade tariff of 5 percent is being placed on those American owners with seasonal residences in Canada who import their craft and store them for a 12-month period.
Henry Fuller, owner of the Cape Breton Boat Yard in Baddeck, said that the future of his boatyard and others that cater to non-Canadian clients is in serious danger. Fuller’s boatyard has been in operation for more than 77 years.
“I’m fighting for the survival of my business,” Fuller said. “My American customers aren’t going to put up with this.”
According to Fuller, the tariff rule has been in effect for some time but has not been enforced. Fuller is also concerned about the process whereby Canadian officials will determine the value of a particular boat.
As per government regulations, temporary admission permits for foreign vessels entering Canada are subject to duties, but extensive repair work over the winter months can be permitted. However, yachts are not to be left in Canada between visits by the owner without permission from Canada Border Services Agency. The agency prohibits seasonal residents from keeping their vessels in Canada after they leave the country.
According to Fuller, the type of work done at the boatyard is no longer considered to be appropriate for keeping a boat in Canada over the winter. “All of that work, things I traditionally put on work orders, they said no longer qualifies for keeping the boat here,” Fuller said. Fuller’s yard focuses on routine maintenance, winterizing, rigging, etc.
Fuller said that a number of boat owners who use the boatyard are preparing to move their yachts back to the U.S. Fuller’s yard employs 56 people and is a key part of the local economy.
Fuller claims the tariff has resulted in the loss of winter repair work from almost all of Cape Breton Boat Yard’s American clients.
It is unclear just how the tariff will impact other Canadian boatyards. But, with the Maritimes being a popular cruising ground for U.S. sailors, the economic impact on boatyards may prove costly. For info and government regulations visit: http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca.


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Monterey Apple Store evacuated after handling contaminated package
The Del Monte Apple Store in Monterey, Calif., was evacuated on Wednesday after a dozen people in the store were nauseated by a chemical-contaminated package delivered by FedEx.
Around 12:50 p.m. Pacific, several workers from the Apple Store went to pick up a delivery near a Macy's Furniture Gallery, Monterey Fire Chief Gaundenz Panholzer told the Monterey Herald. The smell from the package soon began to make people feel sick, and four people — primarily Apple workers — were hospitalized. The Apple Store was closed and evacuated, but only as a precaution.
Once it was determined to be dangerous, the package was dropped into a dumpster near a P.F. Chang's. The restaurant's patio was closed, but the inside remained open. The parking lot near the Macy's Furniture Gallery was also blocked off.
Panholzer said that the package was ultimately found to have been contaminated by a clear liquid, organic peroxide, used by a regional FedEx distribution center. The chemical is a disinfectant and can be toxic in higher concentrations. In this incident, no one is thought to have become sick because of direct contact.
In a statement, FedEx said it was "cooperating with authorities" looking into the cause of the contamination. Panholzer noted that the truck that carried the Apple package made three more deliveries in Monterey before it could be stopped, although no other packages appear to have been splashed with organic peroxide.


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Mercedes-Benz Malaysia charts best ever business performance in 2015.
The famed German three-point star marque is on a roll. In a special press conference held earlier this week, Mercedes-Benz Malaysia (MBM) celebrated a milestone and stellar and record-breaking year that was 2015.
Present during the conference were MBM’s top brass led by president and CEO Dr Claus Weidner and its vice president of sales and marketing passenger cars Mark Raine. Together, the duo presented the facts and figures in detail before hailing 2015 as the brand’s best-ever year on record.
2015 saw MBM shift a total of 10,845 units of Mercedes-Benz passenger car models into the Malaysian market. This surpasses the firm’s 2014 performance of 6,932 units by a whopping 56%.
Much of this success is fuelled by MBM’s aggressive onslaught of new models being introduced into the Malaysian market, not forgetting the contribution from its local assembly (CKD) plant in Pekan, Pahang as well. Spearheading this was non other than the locally-assembled Mercedes-Benz E300 BlueTEC Hybrid saloon, with the model’s sales totalling at 2,689 units in 2015.
Standing as MBM’s second highest-selling model in 2015 is the Mercedes-Benz C-Class, which charted a total sales figure of 2,697 units. Trailing it in third is the Mercedes-Benz S400L Hybrid model. Also locally assembled in Pekan, the S400L Hybrid, with 1,909 units sold in 2015, marking an outstanding increase of 201% from its total sales in 2014.
Altogether, the E300 BlueTEC Hybrid, the C-Class ensemble and the S400L Hybrid collective contributed a large portion of MBM’s total sales figure with 7,898 units delivered in 2015.
Further down the range comes the Mercedes-Benz New Generation Compact Car (NGCC) platform trio of the A-Class, CLA-Class and the GLA-Class. Collectively, 2,811 units of the trio were sold in 2015.
In addition to all this comes the Mercedes-Benz Dream Cars collection. The range features the likes of the AMG GT, CLS-Class, C63 S AMG, E250 Coupe and S63 Coupe. Combined, these models charted total sales of 379 units in 2015, contributing to MBM’s total sales figure as well, albeit on a much smaller scale.
Despite the challenging economic landscape, not to mention the continuing fluctuation of the Ringgit in the foreign exchange, MBM’s pace is set to continue strongly this year. Firstly, the brand’s new model offensive into the market will continue, not forgetting the extended tax-break MBM received recently for its hybrid cars CKD program as well.
Mercedes-Benz Malaysia 2015 Performance Press Conference @ Glasshouse, Seputeh


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The electrification of fleets of vehicles in the US will require a great deal of charging infrastructure development. Merchants Fleet, one of the nation's largest fleet management companies, has announced a partnership with charging giant EVgo to provide a full range of solutions including infrastructure planning, hardware, software, and infrastructure deployment services to support the electrification of fleets nationwide. In April, Merchant Fleet announced that it would offer services to its clients with ChargePoint, another electric vehicle (EV) charging network.
"Charging and infrastructure is the foundation of every EV transition plan and bringing EVgo into the Merchants ecosystem allows our clients to take real, tangible steps toward making their EV plans a reality," said Brendan P. Keegan, CEO of Merchants Fleet in a news release. "This partnership gives Merchants Fleet clients access to an expanded network of best-in-class charging solutions and allows us to help push the needle forward on sustainability through fleet electrification."
EVgo's public network is comprised of over 800 DC fast charging (DCFC) and more than 1,200 Level 2 charging locations. The company has deep coverage in urban core areas and reliability of more than 98% uptime and is backed by superior 24/7 customer support—factors that are important to the convenience, safety, and interoperability of EV fleets.
According to the company, EVgo's fleet solutions “include a complete solution set of hardware, design, engineering, and construction of charging facilities and fleet transition planning and support including software, operations, networking, and maintenance functions and capabilities supporting holistic cost-saving and optimization for fleet operations.”
Earlier in 2021, Merchants launched an innovative Adopt EV program, designed to help guide businesses through each step of the fleet electrification process. This includes assessing the needs of the individual fleet, to purchasing the right vehicles, to finding the right charging options and infrastructure support. Merchants has committed more than $2 billion in inventory allocation with the goal of having 50% of its mobility fleet electric by 2025 and 50% of its clients' fleet electric by 2030.
The new partnership is the first of its kind for charging company EVgo. "EVgo has been building a track record as the partner-of-choice for fleet electrification. Reliable and flexible charging will be essential to how fleets operate their business in the all-electric future," said Cathy Zoi, CEO of EVgo. "We applaud Merchants for their industry leadership and look forward to working together to streamline the fleet electrification process and build a new future for transportation."
Kevin Clemens is a Senior Editor with Battery Technology.
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Man believes his invention could put end to copper theft
James Davidson’s invention is designed to provide peace of mind for drivers traveling late at night, relying on roads with interstate light.
It all began because of a crime that's become all too common -- stealing copper from highway lights to sell for cash.
The owner of the company Utility Werx, which makes theft deterrent devices, said copper thefts begin with crooks breaking into certain boxes.
Thieves are also getting smarter and bolder.
"What we've seen is that some of these people will do it during the day," Davidson said. "They'll wear a hard hart and a vest, and they look like they're supposed to be there."
That's why Davidson invented the Copper Locker, a device he believes is the answer to the missing copper trend.
"This has, like, a vault door on a bank vault," Davidson said. "It has pins that go inside the box ... so you can't get it out without removing the lock into this."
The Copper Locker is almost impossible to defeat. The device has been so effective that the Oklahoma Department of Transportation and the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority have implemented hundreds of them in infrastructure projects across Oklahoma.
A Copper Locker costs about $400, but is it feasible to put them everywhere across the metro?
"If you weigh the cost of that versus labor and material and being dark on highways, it's really pretty reasonable," Davidson said.
Copper theft places an inordinate expense on the state, especially considering much of I-40 is dark.
The cost to repair copper that's been stolen between two poles is about $3,000 and a half-day's work. Once the thieves get their hands on the goods, they'll sell it for cash.


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In the automotive world, Tesla remains a formidable force, showcasing substantial growth in deliveries and production despite encountering various market hurdles. The electric vehicle (EV) giant, under the leadership of Elon Musk, reported impressive figures for 2022 and carried forward this momentum into 2023, although not without adjustments and controversies.
A significant milestone
In 2022, Tesla achieved remarkable milestones with 1.31 million deliveries and production numbers hitting 1.37 million electric vehicles. These figures signaled a significant surge of 38% in deliveries and 35% in production year over year. The company also saw a 40% growth in deliveries from the previous year.
However, during the last earnings call in October 2023, Tesla executives revised their full-year delivery goal to a minimum of 1.8 million, down from the initially targeted 2 million. Analysts’ estimations for the year-ending quarter had pegged Tesla’s deliveries at 477,000.
Elon Musk’s Prediction
A standout prediction from CEO Elon Musk suggested that Tesla’s Model Y entry-level SUV could potentially become the bestselling car globally, not just in terms of revenue but also in unit volume for the year. Despite this optimism, Tesla did not break down individual model delivery and production figures but reported combined numbers for Model 3, and Model Y, and categorized the rest as “Other Models.”
In the last quarter of 2023, Tesla introduced its updated Model 3 sedan, named the Highland version, in select markets. Additionally, the company commenced deliveries of its highly anticipated yet controversial Cybertruck in the United States.
Strategic Pricing and Pivot
The automotive industry witnessed Tesla’s strategic pricing adjustments worldwide throughout the quarter, a move attributed to economic uncertainty and shifting consumer sentiments, as highlighted by Company CFO, Vaibhav Taneja.
While Tesla saw soaring success, it faced challenges beyond the market landscape. Elon Musk’s contentious remarks on social media platforms like X (previously Twitter) stirred backlash, leading some customers to reconsider their association with the brand. Musk later expressed regret for his controversial posts.
Nevertheless, the Company pivoted its marketing strategy in 2023, engaging in advertising campaigns, a departure from its previous reliance on non-traditional marketing avenues like events and social media influencer collaborations.
With manufacturing hubs in the US, Shanghai, and Brandenburg, and plans for a new facility in Nuevo León, Mexico, Tesla continues to expand its global footprint. Elon Musk, in discussing the 2024 outlook for deliveries, emphasized the company’s exceptional growth while acknowledging the limitations of perpetual exponential growth.


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MALDEN, Mass. (Nov. 16, 2009)—GPX International Tire Corp. has agreed to sell its solid tire business—including its Hebei Starbright Co. Ltd. tire plant in China—for $10 million to an investors' group that includes GPX “insiders” Bryan, Neil and David Ganz.
The transaction, which is subject to approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Massachusetts, will include the MITL, ITL and Brawler brands along with GPX's Gorham, Maine, solid tire plant; Red Lion, Pa., wheel plant; and the Starbright plant in Hebei, China. Collectively, these operations accounted for sales of $66 million in 2007 and 2008.
The bidders, known collectively as MITL Acquisition Co. L.L.C., also agreed to assume $1.3 million in “designated liabilities,” according to court documents.
Bryan Ganz is an officer, director, shareholder and creditor of Malden-based GPX; Neil Ganz is a shareholder, creditor and employee of GPX; and David Ganz is a creditor and employee of GPX.
GPX—which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Oct. 26—said it expects to complete the transaction and the sale of its other tire distribution business units by year-end. Until the sale is finalized, the company will continue to manufacture and distribute tires and service its customers.
MITL Acquisition has deposited $450,000 in an escrow account to secure its bid, the court documents show.
GPX previously agreed to sell its distribution assets in two separate deals. The larger of the two—to Alliance Tire Co. (1992) USA Ltd. for $38.3 million—covers GPX's U.S. and South African operations, customer relationships, warehouse footprint, worldwide rights to the Galaxy and Primex brands, and medium radial truck tire distribution business.
The second deal involves the sale of GPX's sales and distribution assets in Canada to a group of investors, led by GPX/Dynamic Tire Corp. executives Robert Sherkin and Peter Koszo. The group offered $23.9 million to acquire GPX's stock interest in Dynamic, an indirect GPX subsidiary based in Brampton, Ontario.


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Alex Firmani, owner of Merge Design and a researcher, this week revealed a major security hole on Sears.com that could allow an attacker to easily steal valid gift cards -- a heist he estimates could be worth millions of dollars. Firmani says he alerted Sears about the flaw, and that Sears has since "plugged" the hole by removing the feature that let customers verify and check their gift-card balances.
The vulnerability was a business logic flaw in a Web application that handles gift card account inquiries; Firmani was able to stage a brute-force attack that could grab all valid, active Sears and Kmart gift cards from the company's database.
Firmani says the site wasn't auditing verification requests, which allowed him to verify gift card and PIN combinations using a homegrown PHP script that automatically submitted the requests. "I wrote a PHP script to hammer their verification server. It happily replied with thousands of verification responses per minute," he says.
The Sears application relied on client-side cookies to halt brute-force verification attempts, which Firmani says wasn't effective. "They should know where the verification requests come from, log them all, and be able to disable the verifications when they have a malicious attack," he says. "It doesn't appear to me that they had any server-side control over how many verifications were done."
Jeremiah Grossman, CTO of WhiteHat Security, says this type of flaw is probably fairly common on retailer Websites. And unlike a cross-site scripting or SQL injection bug, this business logic flaw is different: "It basically lets an attacker defraud Sears.com directly," Grossman says.
"I thought this was notable with Sears being a Fortune 50 company," he says. "I have not tested many other large retailers, but I would hope most of them take better care than this. For smaller sites that write their own gift-card verification code, I'd expect just as many are vulnerable."
Firmani, who says he discloses Website flaws to site owners in order to highlight common Web application security issues, suggests that Sears require a valid user account login before allowing a verification request to be sent. "You could then record the number of verification requests and lock out any offending accounts automatically and without relying on client-side cookie," he wrote in his disclosure paper. "Recording requests server-side would be a more reliable way of handling repeat request offenders."
Another option is recording to a server-side database IP addresses of users verifying their gift cards, he said, as well as using a "number-used once" scheme in the verification form or logging all verification requests and using a script to shut down the response server if more than a specifically designated number of requests arrive per minute, he said.
"Security these days is less about what version of Apache you're running and more about custom-written Web applications. With Web apps given unfettered database access, it becomes a simple matter of exploiting less-than-solid Web application programming," Firmani says. "Finding holes in home-brewed Web app code is much easier than exploiting a root-escalation bug on a Linux server, but both often have similar database access."
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Leading ‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member JinkoSolar said that many of its senior management team have resigned positions in the NYSE listed JinkoSolar Holding Co ahead of the Chinese IPO of its main business unit, Jinko Solar Co (Jiangxi Jinko) on the Shanghai Stock Exchange Science and Technology Innovation Board (STAR Market).
China-based PV backsheet and high-efficiency PV module manufacturer Jolywood (Suzhou) Sunwatt Co (Jolywood) believes its latest iteration of an n-type TOPCon (Tunnel Oxide Passivated Contact) can achieve 24.5% conversion efficiencies in volume production, the highest in China for such a cell architecture.
According to Johannes Bernreuter, head of Bernreuter Research the supply of polysilicon for the PV industry will continue to be constrained in 2021, while significant overcapacity is looming in 2022 and possibly intensify in 2023.
Meyer Burger Technology has agreed a settlement with Swiss headquartered PV manufacturer, EcoSolifer over a 2015 on heterojunction (HJ) solar cell line contract that will result in a CHF 1.97 million (US$2.22 million) loss for Mayer Burger.
With module suppliers currently seeking to hit annual shipment volume guidance for 2020, and many announcing ambitious expansion plans for 2021 and beyond, the sector is seeing a shift now in terms of module supply to global utility-scale sites.
‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Q CELLS has become the first PV manufacturer to pass TÜV Rheinland’s new ‘Quality Controlled PV’ certification that equates to an extended stress test program based on IEC TS 63209.


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The Reserve Bank of India’s primary goal is to bring inflation closer to target, but it cannot ignore growth concerns. According to governor Shaktikanta Das in an interview published on Friday in the Economic Times.MUMBAI, May 27 (Reuters)
“We are determined to keep inflation under control. At the same time, we must consider the requirements of growth. It cannot be that the operation was successful but the patient died “Das stated.
“We will need to reduce inflation, and we cannot afford such a large growth shock that will have a negative impact on inflation. It must be a balanced decision, with inflation control as the top priority “He continued.
Consumer price index-based inflation rose more than expected in April to 7.79%. An eight-year high remaining above the Reserve Bank of India’s 2% – 6% tolerance band for the fourth consecutive month.
The RBI governor stated that our primary focus at the moment is to bring inflation closer to the target. Which is set at 4% in the medium term.
Das stated that the next policy action would be determined by the inflation forecast set by the monetary policy committee (MPC) at its June meeting and how it affects the outlook.
Following a 40-basis-point rate increase by the MPC earlier in May. India announced a series of changes to the tax structure levied on critical commodities on Saturday in an effort to protect consumers from rising prices.
Das stated that all of the government’s inflation-control measures. As well as recent geopolitical developments will be factored into the inflation projections.
According to a Reuters poll, India’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to stall again at 4% in the January-March quarter.
The decision of the MPC will be announced on June 8 with most economists expecting another rate hike.
Economy growth scenario appears to be far more comfortable and favorable than that of other countries. Inflation must be stabilized or it will spiral out of control.
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Martha Shadan headed Plymouth, Minn.–based Rotation Medical, a private company sold to Smith & Nephew in December 2017, just three years after launching its regenerative shoulder repair treatment. Bob White has been through two exits, selling privately owned TYRX, a New Jersey-based maker of surgical infection prevention products, to Medtronic in 2014 for an up-front cash payment of $160 million, and public company Entellus Medical of Plymouth, Minn. in February for $668 million to Stryker. Founded in 2006, Entellus makes a family of minimally invasive balloon device products, including its flagship Xpress device, that are designed to treat blocked sinuses.
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Kadokawa Games announced tactical RPG God Wars: Beyond Time last November, a game that will focus on Japanese mythology and folklore. The developers shared more in a recent video revealed in the company’s press conference.
The video above includes English subtitles from its closed-captions.
“The Land of Mizuho,” surrounded by beautiful greenery and crystal water.
It is said that the history of this land began with the encounter of a princess led by fate and her fellow into the thrilling adventure they embarked on.
A lost memory of the ancient times “GOD WARS”.
In this video, Sano Shiro, Takeyasu Sawaki and Yasuda Yoshimi will explain the story behind the game, the relationship with Japanese mythology and folk culture, the game system.
Kadokawa Games talked about the game last year, where they announced that God Wars will feature over 30 jobs with more than 200 weapons and 600 skills. The game features character designs by Mino Taro, known as the character designer for the Love Plus series.
God Wars: Beyond Time is expected to release in Japan in 2016 for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. The game will also release worldwide.


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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Tractor Supply Co. has increased its estimated domestic store growth potential to 2,100 locations from a previously estimated 1,800 stores.
Jim Wright, chairman and CEO, stated: “Over the past four years, we have effectively tested and validated the viability of the Tractor Supply store model in small markets. We are pleased that we are able to generate a comparable rate of return on investment in these markets, which opens up additional growth opportunities for Tractor Supply stores. We believe we have a long runway of growth ahead of us.”
In working toward its expanded goal of 2,100 stores, Tractor Supply will continue to target square footage growth of approximately 8% annually, which has been a “very manageable” growth rate for the company, Wright said.
Also, building on its momentum in fiscal 2011, Tractor Supply increased its long-term operating margin target to 9.5% from its previous target of 8.5%. (The chain's oper


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The FDA issued a draft guidance outlining important steps medical device manufacturers should take to continually address cybersecurity risks to keep patients safe and better protect the public health.
The guidance includes post-market recommendations for medical device manufacturers, including the need to proactively plan for and to assess cybersecurity vulnerabilities consistent with the FDA’s Quality System Regulation.
It also addresses the importance of information sharing via participation in an Information Sharing Analysis Organization, a collaborative group in which public and private-sector members share cybersecurity information.
The draft guidance recommends that manufacturers should implement a structured and systematic comprehensive cybersecurity risk management program and respond in a timely fashion to identified vulnerabilities.
According to the FDA's press release, the exploitation of cybersecurity vulnerabilities presents a potential risk to the safety and effectiveness of medical devices.
"While manufacturers can incorporate controls in the design of a product to help prevent these risks, it is essential that manufacturers also consider improvements during maintenance of devices, as the evolving nature of cyber threats means risks may arise throughout a device’s entire lifecycle," according to the release.


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The "Trusted Voice" smartphone unlocking feature will come to Android users in a new Play Services update.
Right now, you can only get Android Auto if you have Android Lollipop and grab one of three units available from Pioneer.
The notable Swiss watch company is looking past its traditional watches and entering the wearables market with the help of Google and Intel.
After months of rumors, speculations and leaks, HTC finally showed off its latest flagship handset, the One M9, at Mobile World Congress 2015.
At MWC 2015 Acer announced four new phones -- three Androids and the company's first Windows Phone device since the Windows Phone 7 running Acer W4 from 2011.
Google's Android compatibility policies give away the fact that Android Lollipop default storage encryption is in fact optional, not mandatory as Google had everyone believe.
The program will feature work profiles that are installed on your personal device, but IT can only view the work profile, keeping your personal data safe from prying eyes.
The case comes after Russian search engine Yandex claimed that Google abuses its large Android market share to promote its apps.
ZRRO wants to revolutionize set-top boxes with a new console and a unique interface. Today, ZRRO is launching a Kickstarter campaign to raise funding for manufacturing.
Will the gravity well from Galaxy S5 capture your interest, or will you streak past with escape velocity?