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BEDU, Dubai?s foremost pioneer in Web3 technologies and solutions, has announced its UAE launch along with a pledge to empower businesses, governments, and individuals with the tools and knowledge they need to ?build the next digital frontier?
BEDU was formed to bring expertise and investment from around the world to the UAE to accelerate the realisation of the vision for Web3, blockchain, NFT (non-fungible tokens) and the Metaverse.
Web3 is the third stage of the web evolution that uses the power of Artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and blockchain to make the internet smarter, providing greater utilisation for users. And NFTs are digital properties in the form of art or media purchased using blockchain technology. This evolution of the internet is expected to provide users with access to virtual and augment reality experiences in the real digital world, more commonly known as the Metaverse.
?BEDU is committed to creating world-leading blockchain, Web3, and Metaverse solutions within the UAE and then expanding that progress throughout the MENA region and beyond, because we see the country as a potential Silicon Valley for NFTs and blockchain,? said Khaled Al Huraimel, co-founder and chairman of BEDU.
Matti Zinder, co-founder and president of BEDU is a successful serial entrepreneur and investor having founded multiple high-companies and business groups in over 30 years of technology-driven business success. He is also the founder and chairman of an early-stage VC fund and serves as chairman in a number of high-tech businesses across the digital media and cyber realms. And Misha Hanin, co-founder and CEO of BEDU is a highly experienced technology leader with 30+ years of experience in tech-projects and enterprises. He is also one of the nearly 500 trained Microsoft Certified Masters (MCM) in the world.
BEDU operates under two business verticals: BEDU Labs and BEDU World. BEDU Labs is an ?NFT factory? that provides turnkey solutions for clients interested in pursuing the potential of the Web3 arena. Services include planning, creation, deployment, and promotion of Web3 and NFT projects, as well as coaching for digital creators on how to safeguard their intellectual property.
BEDU World is the company?s vision to the creation of a future interconnected ecosystem ? the Metaverse. Bedu World is to be announced soon and is designed with a futuristic approach, and will be an extremely sophisticated and advanced approach, based on a unique blockchain implementation that BEDU has developed. This proprietary Metaverse, will be a breakthrough in its visual and technological implementation and will provide the ability to capitalise on the realm?s limitless potential as it gives rise to a new digital economy characterised by tokenomics and blockchain.
BEDU has embarked on a range of innovative projects that will span 2022 and beyond. This includes UAE NFT, an Emirates-based NFT collection that is investing in the advancement of the digital space, the metaverse, and Web3, with a vision to progressively build a community within the industry. The first exciting project from BEDU as part of the UAENFT collection is the ?From Desert to Mars? that showcases works created by seven of the most creative and influential international NFT artists. Their artwork celebrates the UAE?s journey and evolution by exploring the dawn of the nation with the discovery of oil, the real estate boom, and finally the space venture.


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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/qq3kjx/connected_living) has announced the addition of the "Global Connected Living Room (Smart/3D, LED/LCD/OLED TV, Set Top Box, Home Theater) Market Trends & Opportunities 2013-2020" report to their offering.
The total connected living room market is expected to cross $357.24 billion by 2020 with a single digit growth rate. Currently, the market value is approximately $197.58 billion.
With the invention and evolution of the consumer electronics industry, new products such as the digital set-top box, digital video recorder, home theater systems, digital media players (such as blu-ray players) and gaming consoles have made their entry into the market.
The transformation of the living room into a digital entertainment hub of a home has been influenced by a variety of factors. One of these major factors has been the beginning of the shift towards digitization, making the use and storage of media content very convenient and highly user friendly.
The major living room devices that have been covered in this research study are TVs, set-top boxes, DVRs, home theater systems, gaming consoles, and blu-ray players. These devices have evolved to become an integral part of a typical connected living room. The development of newer and more advanced wired and wireless connectivity technologies have also contributed to growth of these devices. These technologies have made the storage, sharing and transfer of high quality media content simpler.
The major companies involved in connected living room market are Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (South Korea), Sony Corporation (Japan), LG Electronics Inc. (South Korea), BenQ Corporation (Taiwan), Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japan), Comcast Corporation (U.S.), and Pioneer Corp. (Japan).
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- Set Top Box
- Home theater
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2 Executive Summary
3 Market Overview
4 Connected Living Room Market, By Product
5 Connected Living Room Market By Technology
6 Connected Living Room Market By Geography
7 Competitive Landscape
8 Company Profiles
For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/qq3kjx/connected_living
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Five Things We Hope to See at Blizzcon 2013
With Blizzcon officially set to make a return this year at the Anaheim Convention Center this November, the obvious question that's on everyone's minds is just what exactly does Blizzard have in store for us? Diablo III is out the door, WOW: Mists of Pandaria is still going strong, and Startcraft II: Heart of the Swarm is set to be unleashed in a couple weeks.
So what possible reveals could one of the biggest PC game developers out there have, and what could they have planned to improve on their existing products? Let's go over some of the possibilities, both the obvious, and the more hopeful ones.
1. World of Warcraft Expansion
This one should be a no-brainer, since Blizzard has made it known that they've been trying to push for sooner expansion releases and cut down the amount of dead air in between content launches. And, if the leaked release schedule from a couple years back is anything to go by, then we may have one more expansion left before the most successful MMORPG of all time starts to wind down, if such a thing is even possible.
The real question, however, is what will this new expansion entail? Will we see a new race? A new class? Both? Will Blizzard finally make the jump to a full on F2P model? Where will the expansion be set at? And more importantly, how long can Blizzard continue milking this decade old cow for all its worth?
2. Diablo III Expansion
Another very likely possibility. After all, if the ending to the story is any indication, Adria is still running around likely causing trouble and is no doubt slightly pissed at Diablo being defeated once again. It also falls in line with the same pattern Diablo II went through, which saw the Lord of Destruction expansion a while after the game's original release.
For this one, we can probably expect two things to be certain: the inclusion of team deathmatch PvP, which Blizzard has been working since before the game even launched to find a way to make it not horribly broken, and even more loot to spend countless hours farming for (with hopefully less reliance on the real money auction house). The game has been steeped in controversy since its launch, but there's no doubt that a lot of people still play Diablo III and are eager to see what Blizzard plans on doing to improve it, especially with the PS4 version looming on the horizon.
3. Blizzard All Stars
Originally intended to be an official mod for Starcraft II, Blizzard All-Stars (originally titled Blizzard DOTA) is now slated to be a stand-alone F2P MOBA title that brings in popular characters from all of Blizzard's main franchises. However, actual information on the game, especially in regards to a release date, has been mum since it was revealed back in 2011.
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Trend Micro researchers have uncovered a new malware family targeting Word and Excel files: the Crigent worm (a.k.a.
Microsoft has been aggressively campaigning to get users to stop using Windows XP, and has gone so far as to offer $100 off the purchase of a new PC via the Microsoft Store in order to sweeten the switch to a newer OS (preferably Windows 8).
As the date of the scheduled retirement of Windows XP - arguably one of Microsoft's most popular products ever - draws near, the company continues its quest to make as many users as possible migrate to a newer version of the OS, preferably to Windows 8.1.
Last week, Kaspersky Lab released their research (Unveiling Careto - The Masked APT) on a fresh APT campaign, which is supposed to had been running for several years.
At first take, it looked like Microsoft would continue the 2014 trend of keeping patch Tuesday relatively light.


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Loaded imports were mostly flat and loaded exports decreased, but empty containers grew by double-digit percentages at both ports last month.
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach both reported on Thursday that they had the busiest Aprils in their ports’ histories despite loaded imports being mostly flat and loaded exports decreasing.
The Port of Los Angeles handled 736,466 TEUs last month, which was 4.4% growth over 2018 and 3% more than the previous April record from 2017. The Port of Long Beach broke a 13-year-old April record by moving 628,121 TEUs, which was up 1.6% over 2018.
Long Beach’s loaded imports grew by 1.8% year-over-year to 317,883 TEUs, while Los Angeles’ fell by a slight 0.1% to 360,745 TEUs.
Both ports experienced decreases in loaded exports and surges in empty containers.
Los Angeles’ loaded exports declined by 5.6% to 155,533 TEUs and empty containers increased 22.5% to 220,189 TEUs. At the Port of Long Beach, loaded exports dropped 12.7% to 123,804 TEUs and empty containers climbed 13.5% to 186,435 TEUs.
Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario Cordero said the growth in empty containers is a result of the lingering impacts of the rush of imported cargo in the fourth quarter of 2018.
“Ocean carriers have been busy repositioning containers back to Asia after sending so many to North America late last year,” Cordero said in a statement. “With peak season approaching, we’re expecting imports to continue to grow, but it’s clear exports are suffering under the weight of tariffs.”
The Global Port Tracker released Thursday forecasts the retail imports at America’s major retail ports will “see unusually high levels” through the summer.


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July 26, 2005
The magic formula for selling cigarettes—make it easier to control the nicotine dose.
(Ottawa) – Research conducted by Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada (PSC) has found that the most popular cigarette brands are those which are manufactured in ways which make it easier for a smoker to control the dose of nicotine.
PSC researchers explored whether tobacco companies were able to increase the 'reward to effort' or 'elasticity' for cigarettes by calculating the the increase in nicotine delivered by larger puffs from the major brands of cigarettes sold in Canada. Of the 115 brands tested, only 23 were found to be 'elastic,' but those brands accounted for 60% of cigarette sales. Research results were published today in Chronic Diseases in Canada.
"From our research it is very clear that elastic cigarettes sell better than inelastic ones," said lead researcher Michael Chaiton. "Because our research showed this was independent of the brand name, length or designation of the cigarette as 'light', we know that this difference is due to the design of the cigarette and not the way it was marketed."
"Elastic cigarettes are highly engineered and designed nicotine delivery devices," commented Neil Collishaw, PSC's research director and one of the authors of the research report. "They allow consumers to self-administer exactly the dose of nicotine that they crave, without the consumer even being aware that they are probably getting more nicotine and other poisons than they think they are," he concluded.
"To date there has been very little research outside of the tobacco industry on how the design of cigarettes affects smoking behaviour," said Michael Chaiton, now a Ph.D. student at the University of Toronto. "This study shows that cigarette design features make a difference, and suggests that a better understanding of these differences could help regulators reduce the harm caused by smoking."
Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada hopes this research helps governments to develop regulatory control over cigarette design. "The government has recently passed important regulations which will reduce the number of cigarette-caused fires," said PSC executive director, Cynthia Callard. "This research suggests that the potential to use similar regulatory controls on cigarette design to reduce the addictiveness or harmfulness of cigarettes should be explored."
For further information, contact Cynthia Callard or Neil Collishaw at 1 613 233 4878 or Michael Chaiton at 1 416 897 6813
List of elastic and inelastic brands and chart of average sales per brand of elastic and inelastic brands of Canadian cigarettes, 1996.


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Posted Thursday 6/28/18 at 1:18PM EDT
Seinfeld writer thinks McDonald's should pay him for muffin tops idea
Posted Wednesday 6/27/18 at 9:42PM EDT
McDonald's takes a cue from Seinfeld's Elaine Benes, announces it will start serving muffin tops
In an idea seemingly lifted from a Seinfeld episode, the fast-food chain announced it will start testing "Muffin Toppers" in Baltimore-area restaurants in an effort to revamp its breakfast menu.
Posted Monday 4/23/18 at 5:51AM EDT
Rick and Morty co-creator jokes: “I wouldn’t wish that show’s fans on any fast-food restaurant"
Watch Dan Harmon respond to the McDonald's Szechuan sauce debacle, pointing out that he and the show had no connection with the promotion.
Posted Thursday 3/01/18 at 10:28PM EST
Why did McDonald's release a podcast devoted to its Rick and Morty Szechuan sauce debacle?
Source: Ad Week
The three-part The Sauce podcast was released to coincide with McDonald's re-release of its Szechuan sauce. But why would McDonald's be interested in looking back at the debacle? "Good is fulfilling the promise we made to our guests," says Jano Cabrera, senior vice president of corporate relations at McDonald’s. "Better is doing so by acknowledging and apologizing for our mistake in an open, honest and transparent way. Best? To do all of that in a creative way and hence, podcast."
Posted Thursday 2/22/18 at 2:24PM EST
McDonald's is bringing back Szechuan sauce for Rick and Morty fans
Source: Entertainment Weekly
Starting Monday, McDonald's will have a 20-million packet supply of the sauce popular with fans of the Adult Swim series. A one-day promo last October resulted in long lines and disappointment for some Rick and Morty fans.
Posted Tuesday 10/10/17 at 10:15PM EDT
Rick and Morty fans’ Szechuan sauce meltdown shines a light on toxic fandom
As Aja Romano notes, “one especially vocal subset of the Rick and Morty fan base comprises a perfect storm of insular geek culture and trolling.” Romano adds that as the McDonald’s debacle shows, “it has undeniably gotten more difficult, in recent years, to detangle modern geek culture and fandom from the toxic substrains of nihilism, entitlement, trolling, misogyny, and often a general lack of empathy that fuel its darkest corners.” ALSO: McDonald’s customer sells nuggets dipped in Szechuan sauce for $10 apiece.
Posted Monday 10/09/17 at 3:47PM EDT
McDonald’s Szechuan sauce debacle proves how Rick and Morty fans don’t understand the show
The Season 3 dipping sauce joke from Season 3 “flew right over the heads of some of the show’s biggest fans, and McDonald’s stepped right up to take advantage of this fact,” says Ben Kuchera, commenting on the brouhaha over Szechuan sauce. He adds: “Rick and Morty superfans, the ones who are giving the rest of us a bad reputation, like to 'joke' about how you have to be smart to understand the show while proving over and over again that they don’t understand the show. Rick wasn’t saying the sauce was important, he was saying that nothing is important. Why not destroy a family over a sauce? Why do or don’t do anything? The fans responded by giving the subject of that joke an absurd amount of importance in their lives. They felt real anger over not getting their sauce, and they don’t mind taking it out on McDonald’s.”
- Rick and Morty's Justin Roiland: “We had nothing to do with this McDonald's stuff. Not happy w/how this was handled”
- McDonald’s responds to outcry by promising that Szechuan sauce will be back this winter
- This fiasco was an absolute embarrassment for everybody involved
- This will hurt Rick and Morty more than it will hurt McDonald's
Rick and Morty fans are going to war with each other over Szechuan sauce
- Police responded as an angry crowd chanted “we want sauce!”
The Szechuan sauce was selling for as much as $1,000 on eBay
Posted Sunday 10/08/17 at 2:43AM EDT
Rick and Morty fans created long lines for Szechuan sauce — and McDonald’s wasn’t ready to meet the demand
Source: The A.V. Club
Many McDonald’s locations that had announced the Szechuan sauce promotion didn’t have any, or ran out early. “Very disappointed with @McDonalds and Szechuan sauce disaster,” one Rick and Morty fan tweeted. Another fan complained: “I’m sauceless!” Others who weren’t aware of the promotion were baffled by the long lines. In Florida, police had to be called out to calm upset Rick and Morty fans.
Posted Friday 10/06/17 at 10:24PM EDT
Read a review of McDonald’s Rick and Morty Szechuan Sauce
The restaurant chain still hasn’t acknowledged any connection between the Adult Swim series and Saturday’s limited availability of its now-famous Szechuan Sauce.
Posted Monday 10/02/17 at 6:58AM EDT
Thanks to Rick and Morty fans, McDonald’s is bringing back its famous Szechuan sauce for one day only
On Oct. 7, McDonald’s will offer the Szechuan sauce following a fan campaign that began with a joke in the Season 3 premiere. ALSO: Rick and Morty fans were taken aback by the abrupt end of the season.


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“In Italy, we were impressed by what we saw, the combination of good universities, experience and history in different vertical sectors and enthusiasm for new technologies will certainly lead to exciting results”. This comment comes from Gilad Engel of Target Global, investment fund with offices in Berlin, London, Tel Aviv, Moscow and Barcelona, following the meeting with TeiaCare, Winelivery, Wood-skin, Wetaxi, Sogni di Cristallo, Snowit, Mulan Group, D-Heart and Busforfun.com, nine Italian startups who, thanks to EndeavorX, met six investors from different European countries (Spain, UK, France, Germany) and interested in focusing on Italy.
In addition to Gilad Engel from Target Global, Sebastián Fernández Medrano, director and head of investment for Southern Europe at Samaipata, Guglielmo Reina, investor at Global Founders Capital, Mario Branciforti, angel investor and recently Managing Director of Samsung NEXT Ventures, based in London, also attended the Investor Day; Anthea Greco, Head of Partnerships and Investment for Wayra UK, is responsible for accelerating technology companies especially in areas such as Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Cybersecurity or Fintech; Fabio Lancellotti, Partner of Aster, a Paris-based venture capital fund with offices in London, San Francisco and Tel Aviv.
“The Italian tech ecosystem is expanding thanks to the success of local startups, which are growing thanks to VC funds and public support. – added Sebastián Fernández Medrano – Samaipata wants to become a reference VC, pan-European and specialized and Italy is a key component in the future of our signature”.
EndeavorX is the program created to support entrepreneurs whose companies have not yet reached business maturity or the size necessary to overcome the rigorous process of selection of the international network of Endeavor (e.g. annual turnover of more than 1 million euros), but who demonstrate to have the potential to play, in the future, a leading role in the local and international business ecosystem.
Selected from over 50 applications, the 9 companies that took part in the second edition of the programme belong to 4 different industrial sectors (F&B, Furniture&Design, Healthcare&Wellness, Travel&Entertainment): in 2019 their aggregate turnover exceeded 15 million euros, with a growth rate of 97% compared to 2018, and have collected investments for more than 8.5 million euros. The companies underwent a 6-month process that included an initial assessment of the work plan in collaboration with EY, personalised mentorships, networking events and workshops held by Business Coach and Strategic Advisor Ed Capaldi in OGR in Turin.
At the final activity of the program, the Investor Day, companies had the opportunity to meet with international investors who, in addition to having the opportunity to evaluate investment opportunities, took on a mentor role, giving feedback to entrepreneurs on how to improve their pitch and deck.
“This final event gave EndeavorX entrepreneurs the opportunity to meet with representatives of major investment funds,” explains Raffaele Mauro, Managing Director of Endeavor Italy. “EndeavorX is a path that has allowed entrepreneurs to improve their performance. Special thanks go to mentors such as Endeavor entrepreneurs Alessandro Petazzi, Simone Maggi and Elena Lavezzi and members of the Endeavor Italy Board such as Fabio Cannavale who have followed and supported the companies, as well as to Business Coach and Strategic Advisor Ed Capaldi who at the OGR in Turin held 4 workshops on Pitch Preparation, OKR Performance Management / Agile Methodology, Core Customer & Branding Promises”.
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Wednesday June 08, 2022
EU mandates common charging point by 2024
U commissioner for internal market Thierry Breton shows his mobile phone during a press conference on a common charging solution for electronic devices at the EU headquarters in Brussels. AFP
A common charging port for all electronic gadgets including laptops, mobile phones and cameras across European Union countries by 2024 is the new law made by the European Parliament. It might seem that it is an unnecessary intervention by the government, and it should have been left to the market forces to decide. But on second thoughts it will become apparent that the common charging port will help people from the burden of paying extra money for the specifications of the charger of each make.
There are now three kinds of charging port which are in operation: the USB-micro-connector, the USB-C micro-connector and the Lightning connector. The USB-C micro-connector is used by the Android users and the Lightning connectors by the iPhone users. The EU has been trying to push for a common charging point for a decade now. It is the Apple company that has resisted the move, arguing that it will kill innovation. But the European lawmakers found that consumers have been spending more to buy the different charging points, and it will be of great help to the users to have a common charging point. Apple will produce a common charging point now. If the new law had not come into force, people would have had to make the hard choice of buying an Apple product without the possibility of a common charging port.
It was reckoned that in 2018, half of the charging ports were USB micro-B connector, 29 per cent were of the USB Type-C connector and 21 per cent used the Lightning connector which was used with the Apple phones. “By autumn 2024, USB Type-C will become the common charging port for all mobile phones, tablets and cameras in the EU,” an EU Parliament statement said. According to EU industry chief Thierry Breton the deal would save 250 million euros ($267 million) for consumers. He said, “It will also give new technologies such as wireless charging, to emerge and to mature without letting innovation become a source of market fragmentation and consumer inconvenience.” It will, however, be a matter of contention whether the common charging port should have come about as a market necessity but not through legislation.
It is now felt that it will most probably encourage more people to buy iPhones because they do not have to struggle with the issue of a separate cable. It was expected that the companies, especially Apple and Android, would reach a common solution but they failed to do so. And the European Parliament felt that it had to intervene.
Legislation by a centralized authority that would make things easy for consumers at large is to be welcomed, but legislation should perhaps remain a means of last resort. The apprehension with the EU system is that it is overregulated and that it makes things more complicated. It is indeed the case that bureaucratic tinkering made with the best of intentions could end up creating a maze that could lead to utter confusion. And it is also evident that there has been less innovation and technological breakthroughs in Europe, especially in the field of electronics. It is of course a fact that both the American governments and private sector spend quite a lot of money on research and development compared to that in Europe. So, market regulation of any kind seems to inhibit innovative work. At the same time, it is necessary to protect the interests of the consumers, and they should not be forced to pay more because of the turf wars between the companies. Perhaps, there is a fair distribution of labour at work here. While the comparatively unregulated America turns up with new products, EY makes it amenable to consumers at large.


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Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Chinese tech giant Huawei, has been granted bail at 10 million Canadian dollars under the condition of 24-hour surveillance while awaiting extradition to the United States from Canada.
First it was 5G, now it’s the cooperation with McLaren. OnePlus‘ pursuit of speed has impressed its global fans time and time again in 2018.
On Dec. 11, Vivo launched the new dual-display NEX phone in Shanghai. The main feature is the additional screen on the phone’s back.
Qualcomm announced today that it has been granted two preliminary injunctions towards four Chinese subsidiaries of Apple for patent infringement. The decision was taken by the Intermediate People’s Court in Fuzhou, a southern province in China, on Sept. 10.
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Robin Li (Li Yanhong), CEO of China’s top search engine Baidu, has been ranked third on the list of “Top 10 Global AI Figures” released by the Chinese Harvard Business Review, the only Chinese business leader to be included on the rankings.
Chinese whistle blower Zhang Ligang delivered shocking news during the recent Chinese Enterprise Leader summit. The Chief Executive Officer of the iKang Guobin Healthcare Group, Inc. revealed the chilling fraudulent practices that are prevalent in the Chinese health examination industry.
Smartwatches might be able to save your life now, seeing as Huami Technology’s first satellite, “Huami Star,” was launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China on Dec. 7.
What is another wonder in China other than the four new great inventions? Online literature. According to South China Morning Post, Chinese internet literature has been regarded as one of the four cultural wonders of the world, together with Hollywood films, Japanese anime, and Korean dramas.
It is clear that the competition to dish out the first 5G phone is heating up, and the family feud between the sister brands OPPO, Vivo and Oneplus, all owned by BBK Electronics, won’t be stopping any time soon.
Alipay shared its experience of how technology can solve real world problems with start-up entrepreneurs in Asia via a joint initiative with the National University of Singapore (NUS).
In episode 31 of TechBuzz China, co-hosts Ying-Ying Lu and Rui Ma talk about Xiaohongshu, also known as RED, which had received a $300 million investment from Alibaba.
The arrest of Huawei‘s Global CFO Meng Wanzhou in Canada exploded on China’s social media giant Weibo on Dec.6. It broke the peace of a weekday morning, as well as the short-lived peace between China and U.S.
Even though we’re only through the first week of December, OnePlus is already getting ready to brace the new year with a 5G flagship smartphone, powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 855.
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Many consumers, particularly among younger generations, increasingly expect brands to display corporate social responsibility (CSR) and support social causes that align with consumer values. In fact, 75% of Millennials have admitted to changing their shopping habits in order to “align with the environment,” while 63% of Gen Zers shared that they are “more likely to buy from a company that contributes to a social cause.”
Leveraging the power of CSR – whether through charitable partnerships or environmental pushes – several major brands have recently launched digital advertising campaigns that reflect consumers’ growing gravitation toward brands that stand for causes.
Pepsi Unites With Major Beverage Brands To Encourage Environmental Sustainability
Pepsi’s recycling solutions program, PepsiCo Recycling, recently joined forces with Pepsi brands – including Lipton, PureLeaf, Naked Juice and more – for a new #RecycleAtHome campaign that encourages environmental sustainability. The campaign features facts and informational content about recycling shared via social posts and promotions from each participating brand. In the social posts, brands asked consumers, “Why do you recycle at home?” Each participant that responded to the question was then entered into a pool for the chance to win a $5,000 prize.
“The push is part of PepsiCo’s commitments to design 100% of packaging to be recyclable, compostable or biodegradable, and increase recycled content in all of its plastic packaging to 25% by 2025,” said Marketing Dive reporter Tatiana Walk-Morris.
The #RecycleAtHome campaign is a unique approach to a CSR campaign, as it unifies several major beverage brands to promote one message, potentially creating a stronger impact and broader consumer reach.
Sam’s Club Leverages A Friendly Celebrity Feud For Latest Charitable Partnership
A-list celebrities Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds are the faces of Sam’s Club's newest CSR push, leveraging the actors’ infamous 10-year-long rivalry in order to do good during the 2020 holiday season. The friendly competition between Jackman and Reynolds helps Sam’s Club in its efforts to raise money for both the SickKids Foundation and Laughing Man Foundation.
Here’s how it works: Up until December 20, consumers can choose to purchase either “Jackman’s Laughing Man Coffee” or “Reynolds’ Aviation Gin” through Sam’s Club. Each purchase will count as a vote for either Jackman or Reynolds. If consumers aren’t interested in either beverage, they can still participate by voting online, with each purchase or online vote entering consumers into a raffle to be one of five lucky winners who get invited to an “online party” with both celebs. Sam’s Club shared that it will donate “equal amounts to both foundations” regardless of the final vote count.
While the charitable promotion is beneficial for both Jackman and Reynolds, as it promotes their respective beverage brands, the collaboration also allows Sam’s Club to leverage each actor's massive fan base in order to broaden the club store’s brand and drive sales while boosting awareness for two nonprofit organizations.
Molson Coors Saves The Rivers With Launch Of Newest Hard Seltzer
Molson Coors recently launched its newest beverage, Coors Seltzer, alongside the ambitious goal of saving rivers across the country. The beverage company pledged that with each pack of Coors Seltzer sold, Molson Coors will restore 500 gallons of water, with a larger goal of restoring one billion – or more – gallons of water over the course of Coors Seltzer’s first year in business.
To help with its environmental efforts, Molson Coors partnered with Change the Course, a program created to reduce “water footprints” and “ensure clean and reliable water for rivers, commerce and communities.” The organizations have kicked off their efforts by selecting 16 river basins across 14 different states. “Supported projects are focused on modernizing irrigation, enhancing in stream flows, removing barriers, reducing pollution, and restoring fish and wildlife habitat,” Molson Coors shared in its official press release.
To promote its latest environmental efforts, Molson Coors activated a social media sweepstakes in addition to launching various video spots on social media, with plans to eventually air the videos across TV screens during large-scale sports events like college football games and popular television shows.
Molson Coors is playing into the younger generations’ affinity for brands that encourage activism, particularly when it comes to climate change and the greater environment. MarketingDive reporter Aaron Baar shared that in a recent survey, “more than six in 10 individuals under 30 strongly agreed that society should respond to climate change with the same urgency as it has to the pandemic.”
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Bridgestone buys Chinese plant TOKYO—Bridgestone Corp. of Japan has bought 94.5-percent control of a Kumho Industrial Co. Ltd. passenger and light truck tire plant in China for $75 million, expanding its presence in the country.
Bridgestone bought the stake in Tianjin Kumho Tire Co. Ltd. in Tianjin, which it intends to rename Tianjin Bridgestone Tire Co. Ltd.
South Korea's Kumho created the Tianjin Kumho venture in 1995, and spent $120 million over four years to set up a plant with 3.5 million units of annual capacity. The minority share ownership rests with Tianjin Tyre & Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd.
Bridgestone also operates a truck and bus tire plant in China—Shenyang Santai Tire Co. Ltd.—in which it bought a 60-percent interest last July.
Yokohama to consolidate truck tires
TOKYO—Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. will phase out production of truck and bus tires at its Hiratsuka, Japan, plant by May 2002, consolidating production of radials at its Mie, Japan, plant and allowing for expansion of non-tire products at Hiratsuka.
The plan also calls for a halt to production of bias-ply truck tires—which now account for up to one-third of the Hiratsuka plant's output—by March 2001, marking the company's exit from that product category altogether.
Capacity for radial truck tires at Mie is being expanded to 5,000 units a day by October, and will expand an additional 20 percent by early 2002 to 6,000 units a day to accommodate the Hiratsuka production, Yokohama said.
The consolidation will leave Yokohama with just two manufacturing sites for steel radial truck tires: Mie and the GTY Tire Co. joint venture in Mount Vernon, Ill.


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Are your gadgets built by slave labour? Half of big tech firms 'ignorant' of supply chains
New report surveys companies including Apple, Samsung and Microsoft
A new report on the supply chains of big technology companies has found that nearly half of the world’s biggest firms could be using forced or child labour without knowing it.
The research, conducted by anti-slavery organisations from the US and Australia, looked at 39 companies’ knowledge of their supply chains including Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Samsung.
It found that 97 per cent of those reviewed could not prove that all of the workers in their supply chains were being paid enough to meet their daily needs, and that only one firm – Nokia – had conclusive proof that its workers were paid in keeping with the national minimum wage.
The report noted that ensuring factory workers received a fair wage would affect the final price of gadgets in the West by 1.5 per cent. For a device such as a £500 smartphone this would mean a price increase of just £7.50.
Nearly half (49 per cent) could identify “all of their suppliers at the final stage of production" and only 18 per cent had accurate knowledge of where the raw materials for their goods came from.
Each of the 39 companies was given a grade from A to F, with none of those surveyed receiving the top mark. Nokia ranked the highest with a B+, with Apple and Microsoft receiving the same grade but with a slightly lower score.
Hewlett Packard, Intel, Motorola and Panasonic all received a B grade, with Sony, Olympus and Blackberry receiving C and C minus grades. Amazon Kindle and HTC were graded as a D, with Lenovo and Huawei receiving a D minus. Two companies – Hisense and Palsonic – received the lowest grade, an F.
The report was prompted by growing concerns that our appetite for cheap, disposable gadgets is encouraging ever more harmful labour conditions in electronics factories in countries like China and India.
Major tech firms such as Apple and Microsoft have been repeatedly implicated in using child labour or sweatshop conditions, despite implementing policies that forbid such labour conditions.
"Workers in developing countries work long hours in often oppressive conditions to make the phones, TVs and tablets that we enjoy," Gershon Nimbalker, advocacy manager of Baptist World Aid, one of the authors of the report, told Sky.
"Payment of a 'living wage' is critical in empowering individuals and communities to overcome poverty. If companies don't know or don't care who is producing their products, it's much harder to know whether workers are being exploited or even enslaved."
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Honor, a sub-brand of Huawei, is set to get new flagship smartphones under new Honor 20 series. Honor is expected to unveil the new phones on May 21, but the first look of the Honor 20 is already out, which confirm the Honor 20 to feature a hole-punch display and four optic sensors at the rear.
The official-looking renders were leaked by WinFuture. The images offer a glimpse at the front and back side of the Honor 20 smartphone. The punch hole on the top-left corner is a house for the 32MP front camera. Honor 20 will likely feature a 6.26-inch with a resolution of 2340x1080 pixels and a pixel density of 412 ppi.
In the leaked images, two colours – Midnight Black and Sapphire Blue – can also be seen. As per the leaked specifications, the phone will sport a 48MP main camera (second from the top) which will be a Sony IMX586 1/2-inch sensor with f/1.8 aperture, 1.6μm pixel size and 4-in-1 Light fusion technology. It will be accompanied by a 16MP super wide-angle lens with 117-degree field-of-view (f/2.2 aperture), a 2MP depth assist sensor (1.75μm pixel size, f/2.4 aperture) and a 2MP (on the right of the depth sensor) macro lens with f/2.4 aperture and 1.75μm pixel size.
Recently, Honor 20 has been spotted on Geekbench, which reveals that it will be powered by a HiSilicon Kirin 980 chipset with at least 6GB RAM, 128 GB of internal flash memory. The Kirin 980 chipset takes on Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 and features 4 power saving cores with a maximum of 1.8 GHz, 2 high-end cores with a maximum of 1.92 GHz fast cores and two other faster cores with up to 2.6 GHz maximum clock rate, which ensure good performance.
Honor 20 is expected to come with 3750mAh battery with 22.5W SuperCharge technology and it will run on Android 9.0 Pie with the skin of Magic UI 2.1. This UI has only been seen in limited Honor phones, mostly high-end, as most phones still use Huawei's EMUI software.
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$2,500 in prize money to be awarded
The thirteenth annual Brookings Area Idea Competition is now open and taking entries from residents, including SDSU and high school students, providing the chance to win a total of $2,500 in cash prizes.
The 2020 contest, hosted by Brookings Economic Development Corporation (BEDC), encourages entrepreneurs, innovators, creative thinkers, and basically anyone with a good idea to participate by submitting a one-page description simply explaining what your idea is, who would benefit from it and where are you at in the process of developing your idea into a potential product or business. Finalists will be asked to give a five-minute pitch of their idea to a panel of judges.
“The Idea Competition continues to be one of our most popular programs,” said Jennifer Quail, BEDC Director of Entrepreneur Support. “In addition to having minimal requirements, this contest provides people with the opportunity to take their product or business ideas to the next level of development.”
Ideas can be submitted online at startupbrookings.com/idea. Entries will be placed in either the General Business or Science/Technology categories, and a total of $2,500 in prize money will be awarded with receipt of money subject to winners reaching business milestones.
The competition is free, and the deadline for idea submissions is Tuesday, February 18th. Finalists will pitch their ideas on Friday, Feb. 28th, and winners will be announced at an open house networking event that evening, from 4:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. at the Brookings Innovation Center.
“Brookings is a very creative and innovative community,” said Quail. “We are looking forward to seeing what the next big idea will be!” Questions about the contest may be directed to Quail at email@example.com or 605-697-8103.
The Idea Competition is just one of many programs supporting ideas, innovation and entrepreneurship in the Brookings region. For more information visit the Brookings Start-up Hub at www.startupbrookings.com.


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Netflix stock came under fire after a bearish ITG Research analyst note. The downbeat missive warns that growth in its domestic streaming business is likely to fall short of Wall Street's aggressive expectations.
Bulls may wonder if ITG can be taken seriously as a worrywart. Shares of Netflix took a hit in January after it warned that Netflix probably only added 1.1 million domestic streaming subscribers during the holiday quarter, well short of where most rival analysts were perched as well as the 1.3 million net additions that Netflix itself was targeting.
We know how that played out. The leading premium streaming video service wrapped up the fourth quarter with 1.56 million more domestic subscribers than it had when the period began. Why is the market placing so much faith on ITG Research getting it right this time?
This hasn't been a good year for Netflix. The stock is trading 17% lower year to date, but it's probably more accurate to say that January didn't go the dot-com giant's way. Netflix stock sank through January, but it actually moved higher in February. The shares remain positive for March, too, even after yesterday's sell-off.
Netflix stock closed above $100 on Friday. It's the first time that it has wrapped up a trading day in the triple digits since mid-January. The streak didn't last with Monday's sell-off, but it's hard to dismiss Netflix's chances of bouncing back.
The service topped 75 million streaming subscribers earlier this year, and its pipeline of digital content has never looked better. If this past weekend's debut of the fourth season of House of Cards isn't up your alley, the new season of Daredevil kicks off a week from Friday. With a record $10.9 billion in streaming content obligations by the end of last year, Netflix has amassed a digital library that will be hard to match.
It's easy to see why a stock would sell off in light of a firm's warning of rapid deceleration on the domestic streaming front. Netflix is gaining more accounts overseas these days, but investors still can't ignore its stateside business where all of its profitability is derived. However, when a bearish note comes from a Wall Street pro who's been down on a company that has routinely exceeded expectations, it's hard to stay negative for too long.


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Metroid Prime Artist Reveals Cancelled Zelda Game
While we wait patiently for the next The Legend of Zelda game, a 2022 release for Breath of the Wild 2 isn't the only piece of frustrating piece of Zelda news this year. It turns out, the studio behind Metroid Prime had been working on a Zelda spinoff - before Nintendo pulled the plug.
It's a huge year for the Triforce, as The Legend of Zelda celebrates 35 years of saving the kingdom. The titular princess has fought with Link by her side for the past three decades, and while they've journeyed through the likes of Hyrule, Termina, Skyloft, and the Twilight Realm, the story of good versus evil has remained a constant. So, what was a cancelled Zelda game supposed to bring to the table?
What was the cancelled Zelda game?
Once upon a Hyrule, Retro Studios has been working on a Zelda spinoff that would've finally put the focus on the Sheik. Speaking to IGN, ex-Retro Studios concept artist Sammy Hall explained how the cancelled Zelda game was going to centre on "the last male Sheik". Discussing concept art, Hall told the site, "I doubt many at Nintendo proper saw much of any of this stuff. I was mostly put into a room like Milton from Office Space and tasked to brainstorm between other projects".
Hall posted a concept on his ArtStation account a few years ago. Even though most have been deleted, the drawing is entitled "Dark Gerudo" and has the following description: "More stuff from a long lost cancelled Zelda (Sheik) action/jrpg that never went beyond pre-production...Really want to return to these someday to finish a few. Zelda games have wacky weird stuff, and this game was setting out to be ten times weirder".
The cancelled Zelda game was going to take place "after the dark timeline of Ocarina of Time", meaning we could've had a sequel set in the "Hero is Defeated" path. Set in the era where Link is bested by Ganon, this new Sheik would've toured a ruined Hyrule where a Dark Gerudo tribe is trying to resurrect Ganon. There's also the idea that the cancelled Zelda game would've given an origin to the Master Sword. Of course, that idea was later revisited in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
Why was the Zelda game cancelled?
According to Hall, ex-Retro leads Mark Pacini, Todd Keller, and Kynan Pearson had planned to explore the world of Zelda, however, it was "cancelled the week they went to create their other studios". Remembering that Metroid Prime was itself a spinoff of the Metroid series, it's likely Nintendo hoped Retro could continue its success with The Legend of Zelda.
Although the cancelled Zelda game was in the work sometime around 2005 to 2008, it was the splitting of Retro Studios talent that led to the project's axe. It's unclear whether Zelda's Sheik would've appeared in the title, but it's easy to imagine the ass-kicking heroine getting her time to shine. Alongside a full-blown Wind Waker sequel, it looks like Retro's Sheik's adventure has been confined to the history books.


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Two Italian researchers from the University of Padua have compiled an estimate of how much money, in bitcoin, has been generated by the various types of ransomware used by cyber-criminals.
"Good investments don't bite you on the bottom and say we're here. It takes good old hard work and research, the kind they do at Smith Barney ... they make money the old fashioned way: They earn it."
The njRAT, also known as Bladabindi, has been upgraded to push Lime Ransomware and a bitcoin wallet stealer.
Bitcoin stealing malware that swaps user accounts with that of the attacker was found to be hosted on Download.com servers for nearly a year.
Cryptocurrency miners are seemingly working away under every rock on the internet and there is good reason. It's an almost guaranteed payday with a negligible chance of being discovered.
A new ransomware attack called Thanatos demands payment in Bitcoin Cash, which contains a decryption bug that makes it impossible for attack victims to recover stolen files, reports security researcher Malware HunterTeam.
Hacker group Lazarus has renewed a phishing campaign it launched, but instead of injecting malware to access enterprise IT environments, the group is now injecting implants to identify those running Bitcoin-related software.
An analysis of 150 of popular dark web message boards, marketplaces and illegal services shows underground vendors gravitating toward Litecoin cryptocurrency as a viable alternative to Bitcoin when conducting transactions.
Previously on Grey's Anatomy... Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital's network was taken over by a hacker who demanded millions in Bitcoin, in what was essentially a ransomware attack.
While many in the cyber-security industry see cryptocurrencies as primarily a facilitator of cyber-crime and money laundering, they can now be used to buy info-security services.
Apps on Google Play and others could steal money and personal data from victims. App stores are hosting 661 blacklisted Bitcoin apps which leave users open to hackers, accoriding to a recently published report.
A cyber-attack that left computer screens at Hancock Regional Hospital in Greenfield, Indiana, USA, with a ransom message for bitcoin has caused the entire network at the hospital to go offline to stop damage to data of the patients.
The popular Bitcoin client Electrum has developed a patch for a critical vulnerability that allows malicious websites to steal from digital wallets that are not password-protected.
In addition to hiding cryptocurrency miners in the coding of websites, malicious actors may also increasingly conceal them within advertisements appearing on these sites.
Cyber-crime players are not stupid, which is probably why they are dumping Bitcoin and going with the smart(er) money...
A remote access trojan is targeting Bitcoin investors using spam emails claiming to advertise a new Bitcoin trading bot called Gunbot but instead spreads an Orcus RAT malware that looks to steal Bitcoin and more.
Hackers may have gotten away with £51 million of bitcoin after a cyber-attack hit the cryptocurrency mining platform NiceHash. The attack was highlighted on Twitter and Reddit with users saying they may lose hundreds of dollars.
Since no government or organisation regulates Bitcoin, there is no regulatory body that has access to its transaction history and paper trail which means criminals can use it to receive payment anonymously explains Josh Wardini
Bitcoin Gold issued a critical alert and expanded the recall window for the Windows Wallet installer after a link on its Download page and the file downloads on its Github release page were found to be serving two suspicious files.
Cryptocurrency extraction a bigger draw for hackers now
Mobile devices under increasing attack from malware, including ransomware, which has seen a 122 percent increase in variants as it becomes an increasingly attractive option for criminals.
Richard Howlett offers practical guidance on how to tell a fraudulent scheme from a genuine opportunity and outlines what to do if you were to fall victim to one of the new digital frauds.
Blockchain is known for powering cryptocurrencies, but developers are finding many other innovative uses for crypto-secure transactions, write Adam Palmer and Michael Palage.
With the value of crypto-currencies like bitcoin continuing to climb, cyber-criminals are looking to expand the tricks they use to steal these virtual dollars.
In the wake of the WannaCry ransomware which took out over 60 NHS trusts, SC ponders on where the blame lays.
Hein Alberts looks at how and why Bitcoin is being replaced as the cyber-criminal's crypto-currency of choice by other altcoins.
Malware which targeted IoT devices was doing more than launching DDoS attacks, researchers discovered, but they question how effective it would be.
It appears that AlphaBay, the largest dark web marketplace, has paid an extortionist several payments since August 2016 to protect the identity of its founder.
Researchers have spotted a piece of malware that has somehow gotten hold of genuine Apple code-signing signature.
Blockchain is held in high regard within tech circles. While cryptocurrencies using blockchain are thought of by some as facilitating cyber-crime and tax-dodging, blockchain can be used to achieve the opposite and is now predicted to revolutionise many business processes and democratise money itself.


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The Pacific Asia Travel Association (Pata) is hoping to raise spirits and inspire the travel sector to keep battling through the coronavirus crisis by posting pics of the dream holiday destinations they hope to visit once the pandemic abates.
The association’s new Stay Home, Travel Later campaign was launched over the Easter break, calling on members and partners throughout the travel sector to share pictures under the #StayHomeTravelLater hashtag across social media of their working-from-home set-up, contrasted against a photo of their planned destinations.
"We continue to dream about our next travel destinations," said Pata in a tweet announcing the campaign, and showing how to take part and contribute.
The campaign is also embracing the sector-wide #OneTravelIndustry movement, which aims to highlight examples of industry cooperation and solidarity amid the unprecedented challenge posed by Covid-19.
Meanwhile, Pata is developing new resources for the trade; it last week launched its coronavirus support forum for members, with additional virtual and e-learning resources for agents set to follow over the coming weeks.


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Castlevania: Lord of Shadow Arrives Way Before Halloween
Castlevania: Lord of Shadow is the high-def reboot of the decades old franchise. With this iteration being specifically overseen by the legendary Hideo Kojima, it has definitely got plenty of attention so far. It looks as though we won’t have to wait much longer to get our hands on it, as it seems that Konami has just confirmed the released date at gamescom.
Finally solidified, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow will hit store shelves in the US in just six short weeks on October 5th. The game will launch in Europe just two days later on October 7th. Lords of Shadow is definitely an ambitious project, as it aims to be the first great 3D Castlevania game. Not taking place in any of the established Castlevania timelines, Lords of Shadow will focus on Gabriel Belmont as he tries to bring his wife Marie back from the dead. Konami isn’t pulling any punches with this game, going so far as to bring the phenomenal Sir Patrick Stewart on board.


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Renault has a standing commitment with Nissan Motor Company to use batteries supplied by them for EVs in the near future, but Renault has started working on a new battery technology still years away from use.
Renault's relationship with Nissan and a joint venture with Automotive Energy Supply Corp. will supply the company with lithium ion batteries to power EV vehicles. The lithium ion batteries will be utilized in upcoming Renault EVs and possible hybrid vehicles. But Renault is not content with only one battery source.
Renault is working on securing an additional battery source with the help of supplier A123 Systems. A123 Systems is currently developing a new battery that uses cathodes of lithium iron phosphate LiFePO4. Renault is not the only company working with A123 Systems, GM has taken interest too.
The new LiFePO4 batteries need additional development time before they will come to market. Currently, the LiFePo4 battery can only output 134 wh per kg. Compared to current lithium ion batteries that offer higher current at 161 wh per kg.
The new battery technology may at some point allow Renault to reach numbers they have set as goals for batteries which include costing less than $406 per kilowatt hour with a range of 60 plus miles and a lifespan of eight or more years.
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Counterfeit Notes Menace: On November 8, 2016, when PM Narendra Modi announced demonetisation by withdrawing the old Rs 500 and Rs 2000 notes, its main objective was to remove counterfeit notes from the country. will be eliminated. But if you look at the RBI’s annual report, it is clear that the trend of fake notes has increased in India. Even after six years of demonetisation, the presence of counterfeit notes in the country’s banking system continues unabated. Which has increased the concern of the RBI as well as the government. Once again the crisis of counterfeit notes is increasing in the country. At the same time, fake notes of Rs 500 are being found the most. In 2021-22, fake notes of Rs 500 have been found to be more than 100 percent as compared to 2020-21.
The growing havoc of counterfeit notes!
These things have come to the fore in the annual report released by RBI. According to the RBI’s annual report, the number of counterfeit notes in the country in 2021-22 has increased by 10.7 percent compared to the previous year 2020-21. In which the maximum number of fake notes of Rs 500 are being found. In 2021-22, Rs 500 notes have been found to be 101.9 percent more counterfeit than in 2020-21. At the same time, in 2021-22, the number of counterfeit notes of Rs 2,000 has increased by 54.16 percent in 2020-21.
Fake notes increased the crisis
According to the RBI report, there has been an increase of 16.4 per cent in the number of counterfeit notes of Rs 10 and 16.5 per cent in counterfeit notes of Rs 20. At the same time, the number of counterfeit notes of Rs 200 has increased by 11.7 percent. On the other hand, 28.7 percent of the fake notes of 50 rupees have been found, while the fake notes of 100 rupees have been found 16.7 percent more during this period. According to the report of RBI, 93.1 fake notes have been found in banks, then 6.9 percent of fake notes have been identified in RBI.
effect of counterfeit notes
Fake notes weaken the economic structure of the country. This also increases inflation as the cash flow in the banking system increases. Fake notes increase illegal transactions in the country as such transactions do not use legal currency.


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My Hero Academia has got more merchandise under its belt than ever before, and there is so much left to go. Month after month, toys based on the superhero series continue to drop, and it turns out November will mark a big month for die-hard Kirishima fans.
You know, since the hero is ready to get a brand-new figure, and it will focus on Kirishima’s Pro Hero hopes.
Recently, fans started to buzz when My Hero Academia confirmed its plans for a new Kirishima figure. The brand is set to release a figurine called ‘Age of Heroes — Red Riot’, and it will feature Kirishima in all his Pro Hero gear.
🚨🚨RED ALERT! ANOTHER KIRISHIMA FIGURINE HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED CALLED AGE OF HEROES -RED RIOT- OUT IN NOVEMBER 2019!!! 🚨🚨 pic.twitter.com/cPVXkHdVQU— ☆オードリーAudrey☆ (@aitaikimochi) April 26, 2019
At this time, no information has been released on the figure save for its name and release window. The Red Riot collectible will be released in November 2019, so fans can enjoy the statue just ahead of the holiday season. However, fans are excited to get a sweet new figure of My Hero Academia's manliest student in all his heroic glory, and this Age of Heroes newcomer promises to deliver in a big way.
So, do you think this aside may be letting on more than fans think? Let me know in the comments or hit me up on Twitter @MeganPetersCB to talk all things comics and anime!
My Hero Academia was created by Kohei Horikoshi and has been running in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump since July 2014. The story follows Izuku Midoriya, who lives in a world where everyone has powers, even though he was born without them. Dreaming to become a superhero anyway, he's eventually scouted by the world's best hero All Might and enrolls in a school for professional heroes. The series has been licensed by Viz Media for an English language release since 2015.
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Abu Dhabi has made further moves to address the payment problems facing the emirate's construction sector. Its Executive Council has issued a circular instructing government departments and state-owned companies to pay contractors and suppliers within 30 days of receipt of invoices.
The Executive Council has also asked for government contracts to be amended so that contractors are obliged to pay subcontractors and suppliers within 30 days of receipt of government payments.
The circular is the latest attempt by the Abu Dhabi government to resolve the construction sector’s cash flow problems.
In June 2018, Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan ordered the settlement of payments to private sector suppliers when launching a AED50bn ($13.6bn) economic stimulus package.
For payments, Sheikh Mohammed has given directives to accelerate payments to suppliers from the private sector. The instructions include the formation of a special committee, headed by the Executive Office and the Department of Finance, to oversee all relevant and related procedures.
Payments remain an ongoing challenge for contractors. While contracted payments may still be made, contractors say that getting extensions of time and variations approved and paid is becoming increasingly challenging.
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NEWARK, N.J. — Federal officials in New Jersey announced charges against 29 people Friday in what they said was one of the largest counterfeit goods operations ever uncovered in the United States.
The two separate but intersecting groups, operating primarily out of China, combined to import items with a retail value of more than $300 million, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said.
"The cost of counterfeit goods is not limited to the massive financial harm it causes to American businesses and consumers," Fishman said. "The same channels and criminal networks that allow the entry of these goods provides the opportunity for the importation of other materials that threaten our health and safety."
The groups are accused of smuggling counterfeit UGG boots and Nike sneakers; Burberry, Gucci, Louis Vuitton and Coach handbags and other clothing items; and cigarettes. Three defendants are charged with conspiring to import 50 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine.
Twenty-three people, including 19 in the New York-New Jersey region, were arrested and others were being sought, Fishman said.
The defendants face a smorgasbord of charges including conspiracy, trafficking in counterfeit goods, evading financial reporting requirements, money laundering and importing methamphetamine. The drug charges carry maximum penalties of life in prison.
According to indictments unsealed Friday, the counterfeit items were manufactured in China, then shipped to the United States in boxes that were deliberately mislabeled to keep shipping costs down. The goods came through the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, the busiest port on the East Coast.
From there, the goods were taken to warehouses in the area where co-conspirators would remove generic outer labels to expose the counterfeit brand name labels, according to the indictment. The goods were then sold to wholesale and retail outlets.
A tip received by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in northern Virginia led to an undercover effort that ultimately led to the arrests.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, federal agents set up a shipping company that presented itself as having connections at the New Jersey port to help the smuggling scheme. The conspirators allegedly paid more than $900,000 to the fictional company between August 2008 and February 2012.
Authorities say a key player was Ning Guo, who allegedly served as a nexus between the two smuggling groups. Nicknamed "The Beijing Kid," Guo is portrayed in the indictments as having his hand in smuggling, warehousing and distributing the counterfeit goods. Guo faces conspiracy, counterfeit goods trafficking and money laundering charges.


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The Accessories Resource Team (ART) and the Dallas Market Center (DMC) have given more people a say in who wins the next ARTS Awards and given more manufacturers a chance to win the new Green Manufacturer award, thanks to new changes in the judging process.
ART Executive Director Sharon Davis says one major change is that all manufacturer nominees are now eligible for the Green Manufacturer award, which was introduced last year.
“The Green Manufacturer award will no longer by a separate category for people to opt into,” Davis says. “Instead, [Sustainable Furnishings Council Executive Director] Susan Inglis will review all the manufacturer binders and name a surprise winner at the ARTS Awards gala in January.”
The overall judging process has also undergone a few changes. Judging for the ARTS Awards will now be a three-part process. As in the past, a panel of judges will independently review submissions and manufacturers’ product samples and award a maximum of 100 points per finalist. This year’s judges include Inglis; Martha Griffin, executive editor of Design Guide; Donna Moss, interior designer, retailer and star of HGTV’s “Donna Decorates Dallas”; and Melanie Belew, interior designer and owner of Belew Design Studio.
The final two phases are new to the judging process. After the judges have voted, a panel of five ARTS Awards Hall of Fame members will judge a digital, edited version of the submissions. The panel’s cumulative scores will be equal to one judge – a maximum of 100 points. Peer panel companies or individuals with known affiliations will be excused from judging any category of conflict. This year’s peer panel includes John Clements and Bill Fortson, co-owners of BJ’s Home Accents; David Gebhart, CEO of Global Views; Lendall Glassco, President of Paragon; Tom Hoffman, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Distinctive Designs; and Mary Taylor, consultant and former CEO of Montaage.
Finally, ART members will vote on the finalists. Votes will be taken anonymously via an online ballot, which will include links to finalists’ websites and biography information. Finalists may receive up to five bonus points based on the membership vote. Like the nomination process, self votes will not be accepted and only members in good standing are welcome to vote.
The ARTS Awards are also incorporating more digital aspects into this year’s submission process. Every category now has a digital component to facilitate the new voting process, and sales representative and designer submissions are now entirely digital. Sales representatives also have the opportunity to incorporate a three to five minute YouTube video. Davis says she hopes the entire submission process will move to digital in three years.
The judging panel and the ARTS Awards Hall of Fame panel will make their evaluations in November, but ART has already begun rolling out ART members’ online ballots, which are due in early November. Winners will be announced at the ARTS Awards gala during the Dallas Market on Jan. 21 at the ARTS Awards’ new location, the Hilton Anatole (pictured). Tickets will be available online starting in November.


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After years of carrying heavy debt while losing shoppers and three of its four anchors, Brookdale Center is scheduled to go on the auction block at a sheriff's foreclosure sale next month.
The move doesn't mean the 47-year-old mall, the second oldest of the Twin Cities "Dales," is closing. It will allow potential buyers to step forward and, if there isn't a deal, let senior lenders gain title to the property.
Sears, the sole remaining anchor, and Macy's, which closed in March, own their sites and won't be directly affected by the auction, set for Jan. 15, officials said. Spokeswomen at Sears and Kohl's, which has a store on a mall outlot, said they plan to remain open. About 30 other stores and kiosks are operating and also are expected to stay open.
Still, the scheduled foreclosure sale is a sign of just how far the mall has fallen. Even in the dismal commercial real estate environment of the past year, Brookdale stands apart. In addition to Macy's, another major tenant -- Barnes & Noble -- closed shop in June, pushing the vacancy rate to more than 50 percent.
"The mall has suffered from 20 years of inattentive ownership," said Jim McComb, a retail real estate consultant familiar with Brookdale. "It is a tragic history for a fairly decent mall."
He said that senior lender Capmark Finance has been trying to sell Brookdale.
Documents in Hennepin County District Court list Brooks Mall Properties, of Coral Gables, Fla., as the borrower on a $54 million mortgage. In addition to Capmark, two other senior lenders are listed: Urban Development Fund II LLC and Paramount Community Development Fund LLC, both incorporated in Delaware.
The auction notice published recently in a financial newspaper said that about $50 million is due on the mortgage. Sheriff's Lt. Clifford Ahlgren said Brookdale is one of the largest properties he has seen listed for a Hennepin County sheriff's auction.
Repeated calls to attorneys for Brooks Mall Properties and Capmark were not returned.
'Test the water'?
Brooklyn Center City Manager Curt Boganey, who said the city was not told of the sheriff's sale, said that auctions can be an effort to "test the water" by lenders to see whether anyone is interested in buying. He noted that they often are canceled or postponed until the lender finds an acceptable price.
McComb said if lenders can't find a buyer, they often purchase the property, in effect paying themselves and gaining a clear title. He said Capmark isn't a developer, so it would be likely to sell the mall to someone else.
McComb and Dick Grones, another retail realty specialist, said they thought that when a new owner emerges, it would demolish the mall and build new retail stores.
Grones, a partner of Cambridge Commercial Realty, said he thinks retail mixed with housing and possibly a medical clinic could be built at Brookdale. However, he and McComb said that the mall operating agreement allows Sears to stop a competing retail business. McComb said Wal-Mart had expressed interest in locating at the mall a few years ago, but Sears derailed it.
Grones noted that per-capita income has dropped in areas around Brookdale, resulting in less affluent mall shoppers. He said development of the Maple Grove shopping area has created the equivalent of a regional mall that has attracted Brookdale shoppers.
"It's new. It has bigger, brighter boxes with more high-end tenants and restaurants and theaters to draw shoppers," Grones said.
McComb, who worked for Dayton Hudson when it owned Brookdale, said it is the second oldest of the Dales after Southdale. Brookdale has been hurt by a lack of investment, although some renovation was done in the 1990s by a former owner, he said.
Fond memories, cautious hope
One day this week, about 30 people wandered around the mall shortly before noon as holiday music wafted through the halls. A faux fireplace (but no Santa) and a dozen or so holiday trees dotted halls and courtyards.
"I used to come this time of day and people were all over the place," said Doug Peterson. He said his walkers' group has to bring its own coffee since Taco John's closed this fall.
"This place was really humming," he said. "It is too bad; it is a beautiful mall."
Kathy O'Day grew up shopping at Brookdale in the heydays of Dayton's, Donaldson's and J.C. Penney.
"Our family came out here, and we all enjoyed the mall so much," she said. "They had a Christmas cheese shop and it was so festive. This was a really nice shopping center."
Gary Eitel, Brooklyn Center's business and development director, said he's been in touch with commercial developers who have ideas for the mall but need banks or others to invest in their proposals.
"They are positioning themselves for future opportunities. We still have a market of 30,000-plus people who reside in Brooklyn Center," Eitel noted. He said the city is expanding trails to the mall and landscaping major roads around the 80-acre site to "make this an attractive-looking investment opportunity."
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Hungary, French Polynesia and Reunion off the list, but Sweden is added.
Grant Shapps, the transport secretary, announced on Twitter that people arriving from the country after 4am on Saturday would be required to self-isolate for 14 days.
Hungary, French Polynesia and Reunion were also removed from the list, while Sweden was added. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has also changed its advice for each country.
However, those arriving from the Portuguese islands of the Azores and Madeira will not be required to self isolate.
It is the second time that the government has employed regionalised measures, after the Greek islands of Lesvos, Tinos, Serifos, Mykonos, Crete, Santorini and Zakynthos were removed from the list earlier in the week.
Shapps said this was possible “through enhanced data.” However, it appears as if only the rates of islands – not different mainland regions – will be taken into consideration.
An ABTA spokesperson: “Every country, mainland or island that is taken off the government’s travel lists lessens the ability of travel businesses to operate and increases the necessity for the government to provide tailored industry support.
“There are travel agents and tour operators based in every region of the UK that are viable businesses, which are unable to trade because of the measures to control the pandemic, and tens of thousands of livelihoods are at risk until we are able to move beyond widespread travel restrictions.
“As part of the Save Future Travel Coalition, ABTA has today written to the Chancellor, alongside other travel associations, setting out its suggested plan to help, which includes changes to quarantine policy, the introduction of testing and the granting of an APD holiday. It explains that with the right policy and regulatory support the government can save jobs and ensure the viability of the UK’s travel industry.”
Julia Lo Bue-Said, CEO at Advantage Travel Partnership, said: “With Portugal now being removed from the UK government’s ‘safe list’ of travel corridors, it does raise a question over what criteria the UK government is using to remove destinations given the country’s rates of infection being over the threshold this time last week. This week alone we have seen further announcements of redundancies in the sector and travel businesses failing and we cannot continue with this stop/start approach to destinations being added and removed from the list.
“We are looking at 39,000 jobs lost or at risk and that is before the majority of businesses have entered redundancy consultation. We urgently need sector-specific support and must secure the government’s backing on testing at ports of entry. Testing on arrival and then again five days later would help to reduce the length of quarantine which is causing so much anxiety for consumers and ultimately cancellations of bookings and loss of revenue for travel agents.”


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Fisker Automotives recently unveiled their plug-in hybrid supercar at Detroit Motorshow. The Karma is the first green hyper car which offers incredible performance, exotic looks and economy all in one package and all for $87,900 which is the cost of a normal German saloon. Here’s a video of Fisker Karma from the stage at NAIAS by Cars.com . Also, for the first time I guess, you can see clear shots of interior, which is as elegant as the car itself and features the biggest multimedia screen ever fitted inside a car!!
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QUEEN’S PARK — Mike Schreiner released the following statement in response to reports that the planned destruction of Lower Duffins Creek Wetland will make way for an Amazon warehouse:
“Ford is taking extreme actions to destroy the Lower Duffins Creek Wetland for what is reportedly an Amazon warehouse. Ford’s actions are a direct threat to flood protection, clean water and small businesses struggling to compete online.
75% of our wetlands in southern Ontario have been paved over. Wetlands are essential to flood protection, clean water and habitat for many species. We simply can’t keep paving over them without severe consequences.
First Ford defended his decision to allow big box stores to sell non-essential goods while shutting down small locally owned businesses.
Now they are ripping up Ontario’s planning laws and environmental protections for Amazon.
This is a slap in the face of small business.”


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Due to customer feedback, Twitter announced today that they are giving users more control over what tweets are displayed in their timeline by changing the functionality of the "Show the best Tweets first" setting.
Xiaomi has been showing ads in the File Manager and app lock screen page for quite a while now. Now it appears that the company is also displaying ads in the settings app.
CloudFlare has introduced a new gateway that allows you to easily access content stored on IPFS, or the InterPlanetary File System, through a web browser and without having to install a client.
For those of you in the regions affected by the a hurricane or who have family or friends in the area, this article provides a list of recommended apps and links to helpful resources.
Instagram announced today plans to improve its two-factor authentication (2FA) mechanism by adding support for third-party authenticator apps.
More than three months after the European Union introduced the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), nearly 1,200 US-based news sites remain inaccessible to EU users.
The Australian government has banned Huawei and ZTE from providing hardware equipment for the country's 5G network, a Huawei spokesperson revealed today.
Following a report from US cyber-security firm FireEye, Facebook has removed 652 pages, groups, and accounts associated with social media influence campaigns coming out of Iran.
The number of tracking cookies on EU news sites has gone down by 22% according to a report by the Reuters Institute at the University of Oxford, who looked at cookie usage across EU news sites in two phases, in April 2018 and July 2018, pre and post the introduction of the new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Social engineering is the use of deception to manipulate individuals into disclosing sensitive information that may be used to compromise a network, infiltrate an organization, gain access to trade secrets, or in furtherance of an espionage operation. In this article we look at ways to protect yourself from these types of attacks.
Today, a report has revealed that Google wants to bring Microsoft's Windows 10 support to Chromebooks. Reports indicate that the company is working on a new project called "Campfire" that would allow Chromebook owners to dual boot Windows 10 and Crome OS.
Archive.org is testing a decentralized version, or DWeb version, of their web site that allows their content to be delivered over peer-to-peer connections with different hosts sharing portions of or the same content.
Facebook announced today that it removed 32 Facebook and Instagram accounts and pages for exhibiting behavior consistent a political influence campaign, which Facebook said it previously saw during the 2016 US Presidential Election.
The European Commission has levied fines against four consumer electronics manufacturers —Asus, Denon & Marantz, Philips, and Pioneer— for fixing online resale prices.
Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter have announced on Friday, July 20, the Data Transfer Project (DTP), an initiative to create an open-source, service-to-service data portability platform so that users of their sites and others can easily migrate data from one platform to another.
IT firm Capita has come clean about a bug in the software it supplies to UK schools that has been mismatching kids with the wrong families since December 2017.
Researchers from NVIDIA, Aalto University, and MIT have developed an AI algorithm, first of its kind, that can remove noise and artifacts from images without having to look at clean photos in advance.
Two US senators have asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate smart TV makers amid fears and evidence that companies might be using devices to collect data and track users without their knowledge.
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CMO Randy Susan Wagner will step down on Feb. 15. Tom Russell, group VP-offline brand marketing, and Aaron Cooper, group VP-online marketing, the marketing team that previously reported to Ms. Wagner, will report directly to Orbitz CEO Steve Barnhart.
The shift in power reflects internal recognition that a local approach has been the most effective way toward global expansion.
Orbitz will continue to expand its presence worldwide but will promote sibling sites such as London-based ebookers.com and Sydney, Australia-based HotelClub.com.
"We have been operating marketing at the regional level for quite some time," said Brian Hoyt, senior director of public relations at Orbitz. "[Ms. Wagner] had intended this to be a global marketing position. As we've grown toward a more operational focus, we've realized it's better for the marketing programs too operate at the local level.
"We want to grow business in Europe and Asia Pacific," Mr. Hoyt said. "Today's move only helps us keep that focus."
Ms. Wagner joined Chicago-based Orbitz Worldwide in May 2005 following a strategic global marketing role at McDonald's Corp. She was responsible for the launch of several campaigns tied to OrbitzTLC, the company's acclaimed customer-service brand extension.


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SpaceX has opted to stand down from today’s (Saturday, Jan. 18) attempt to carry out an “in-flight abort” test of the company’s crew-rated Dragon spacecraft. Photo Credit: Michael McCabe / SpaceFlight Insider
CAPE CANAVERAL. Fla. — Rough seas and high winds forced SpaceX to stand down from a planned test flight of the abort system on its Crew Dragon spacecraft.
The California-based company’s in-flight Crew Dragon launch escape test is critical to demonstrating that the spacecraft is capable of pulling astronauts away from the rocket in the event of an accident as the Falcon 9 rocket pushes them out of Earth’s dense atmosphere.
The recovery area, where the capsule would splash down in the Atlantic was excessively windy, with high waves churning up the ocean.
SpaceX is now eyeing Sunday, Jan. 19 to complete the test. Flight controllers have six-hours in which to get underway, with the window opening at 8 a.m. EST (13:00 UTC). A backup test date is also available on Jan. 20. The company might have a better chance of completing the test on Monday as weather still remains a concern for tomorrow.
When astronauts fly to the International Space Station they will do so from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A.
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