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Power Balance filed for bankruptcy in November 2011
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"….. Power Balance is a brand of hologram bracelet once claimed by its manufacturers and vendors to "use holographic technology" to "resonate with and respond to the natural energy field of the body", and increase sporting ability. Numerous independent studies of the device found it to be completely ineffective at improving athletic performance, and the manufacturer was forced to retract its claims in 2010. …… In January 2011, a suit was filed against the company for fraud, false advertising, unfair competition and unjust enrichment. In November 2011, Power Balance filed for bankruptcy after suffering a net loss of more than $9 million that year…"


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No Instruments Required! It’s still baffling to know that we have witnessed the rise and fall of rhythm games in just a few years. In fact, the sales of peripheral-based games in general have declined.
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Home >> Daily News >> Philippines News >> Commodities >> Philippines suggests Asean keeping rice tariff between 35-40%
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Philippines suggests Asean keeping rice tariff between 35-40%
The Philippines is not keen on going beyond the 35-percent to 40-percent range as beginning tariff rate for rice by 2015 under a free trade scheme among members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), reported local news website the Business Mirror.
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said the Philippines has submitted a proposal to the Asean to start tariff cuts for rice traded under the Asean Free Trade Area-Common Effective Preferential Treatment (Afta-CEPT) by 2015.
“Our preferred landing zone [for rice under Afta-CEPT] is between 35 percent to 40 percent,” Yap told reporters in an interview.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) noted that around 80 percent of all products traded under Afta are already at zero.
Under the Afta-CEPT, tariffs on most farm products are supposed to go down to a range of between zero to 5 percent.
The Philippines, however, has decided to negotiate for slower tariff reductions on sugar. Trade and agriculture officials involved in Afta-CEPT negotiations said earlier that Manila’s trading partners posed no objections to the delay in the reduction of tariffs on raw and refined sugar.
Tariffs for sugar products traded under Afta-CEPT are currently at 38 percent.
For rice, the quantitative restriction (QR) for it will be in place until 2012, consistent with the Philippines’ commitment to the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Under the QR scheme, Manila will allow a minimum volume of rice that will enter the country at an in-quota rate of 40 percent.
Rice imported outside the minimum volume will be slapped a tariff of 50 percent.
Earlier, trade officials hinted that the Philippines’ proposal to retain rice at the highly sensitive list did not encounter stiff opposition from major rice-exporting countries in the region such as Thailand.
The Philippines is still in negotiations for the date when rice will be removed from the highly sensitive list and the rate of tariff cut.
The Alyansa Agrikultura earlier called on the government to ask for a delay in the full implementation of the Afta-CEPT scheme by five years. The coalition said the local farm sector is still unprepared for full liberalisation of farm trade in Asean.
Under Afta-CEPT, most tariffs on farm products should have gone down to between 0 to 5 percent by January 1, 2010.
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Times Internet-backed Instamedia sold off; founder launches SaaS platform Betaout
Times Internet-backed Instamedia, a Shimla-based content network, has been sold off by the investors to a Dubai-based media group. The buyout happened in June last year and the founder of Instamedia (earlier known as Instablogs), Ankit Maheshwari, has again started a new venture. The new initiative, called Betaout, is a SaaS platform aimed at building tools and software for publishers and digital agencies.
One of the first products of Betaout is ContentCloud, an editorial project management software application that enables users to plug in to their chosen content management system (CMS). "It aims to help digital agencies and content networks manage their editorial processes," Maheshwari told Techcircle in an e-mail message.
He also informed that Instamedia was sold as they thought "the new owners will run it well. Eventually, Instablogs was rebranded as Instamedia and was sold to a Dubai-based media group. It was getting around 20 million page views when it was sold," said a blog post.
Earlier, Satyan Gajwani of Times Internet said this about Instamedia, "Despite a great team, a number of macro factors worked against us, namely Google's increased shift away from new publishers. As a result, the model didn't scale the way we hoped and the business has scaled back from its initial goals."
Some other investments of Times Internet are Fab.com, ZipDial, NetCarrots and Affle.
Instamedia was also a part of the first batch of incubatees at The Morpheus and counted Vishal Gondal as its investor. Gondal has also joined the advisory board at Betaout, but has not invested in the firm.
"We have just released our Version 1 and for now, we are keen to acquire new clients. We are also planning to launch more products to help out publishers and digital agencies. But currently, we are only working on ContentCloud," shared Maheshwari.
Comparing the two ventures, Instamedia and Betaout, Maheshwari said, "In Instamedia, we invested in building our own proprietary CMS called Instapress. That's because we started in 2005 and found that Wordpress and other open source CMS were not advanced enough at that time for multiple site management. But now I realise it was a mistake as Wordpress and Drupal have matured very fast. However, back in 2005, both Wordpress and Drupal were just blogging tools. At my new company Betaout, I am going to change all that. We are going to build tools and platforms which will not compete with open source platforms, but will complement them. Instamedia was a content network and we also built our own CMS. But our primary business was running lifestyle sites like Gizmowatch.com. On the other hand, Betaout is a complete cloud-based software company whose only focus will be building tools and platforms."
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HostPapa strengthens Canadian hosting offering with acquisition
The company made three US acquisitions last year and offers services across Europe and the Asia Pacific region.
HostPapa, the Canada-headquartered web hosting services firm, has acquired yet another rival in the form of Mezzohost. With this acquisition, HostPapa now serves over 150,000 customers worldwide with domains, web hosting, security, email and cloud services.
Founded in 2009 in Vancouver, Canada, Mezzohost focuses on website security, uptime and web hosting technical support. HostPapa says it identified Mezzohost as a “compelling investment opportunity” based on its direct experience providing “niche web hosting services” to the Canadian market.
The acquisition further strengthens HostPapa’s brand of managed hosting services in the Canadian arena, following the completed purchases of Lunarpages, PacificHost and Santa Barbara last year, all of which mainly served the US market.
HostPapa CEO Jamie Opalchuk said: “Through the acquisition of Mezzohost we continue our ongoing consolidation strategy in the hosting market, specifically in Canada. We’re excited to welcome each Mezzohost customer to the HostPapa family and we’d like to let them know that we’ll go above and beyond to help their businesses succeed.”
For Mezzohost’s customers, he said, the acquisition means access to better infrastructure and a wide portfolio of fully-featured hosting packages, all backed by customer service available 24/7 by phone, email or chat, and all powered by renewable green energy.
In order to ensure a seamless and hassle-free transition, he added, HostPapa will “prioritise” upgrading all the newly acquired customers’ infrastructure, along with “enhancing their current support coverage” and potential portfolio of services.
HostPapa is headquartered in Burlington, Ontario, Canada and offers services to a number of international markets in Europe and Asia, as well as the US.


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Retail giant extends Hanergy partnership to bring solar offer to the Netherlands
Having successfully started to sell solar installations in store in the UK, retail giant IKEA has this week announced that it is to launch its residential solar offer in the Netherlands for the first time....
BusinessGreen brings you this week's green economy headlines from around the world
Latest funding round will help bankroll Cornish Lithium's exploration activities
Climate Finance Leadership Initiative will seek to raise private capital towards tackling climate change ahead of critical UN summit in September
Tech giant reveals plans for two new US data centres to run on solar power


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With gas prices rising, Americans rank fuel efficiency as the most critical factor in their decision to purchase a vehicle; according to a study by Edmunds and Consumer Reports, drivers of less fuel-efficient SUVs are most interested in better mileage. When you think of an all-wheel-drive SUV, it typically isn't the most fuel-efficient drivetrain unless it's a Subaru.
The EPA just released its 2021 Automotive Trends Report and finds Subaru's lineup of all-wheel-drive vehicles, including the 2022 Forester, Outback, Crosstrek, and Ascent, still rank 2nd best in the U.S. among automakers with a gas-powered lineup. Honda has the most fuel-efficient lineup after Tesla, which has an an-all-electric fleet.
The most fuel-efficient new car lineups
The least fuel-efficient new car lineups
The Automakers with the highest new vehicle average CO2 emissions and the lowest fuel economy of the prominent manufacturers are Stellantis, Ford, and GM.
photo credit: 2021 EPA U.S. Automotive Trends Report
Subaru ranks second in fuel economy among all U.S. automakers
Subaru's real-world fuel economy has increased from 28.1 mpg in 2015 to 28.5 mpg in 2020 for its entire lineup. The average fuel economy of all auto manufacturers is 25.4 mpg.
Subaru has the second-lowest emissions among all U.S. automakers
The EPA report says Subaru has the second-lowest CO2 emissions for its all-wheel-drive lineup. Subaru and Hyundai tied for the lowest CO2 emissions with 312 g/mi, with Honda the lowest with 305 g/mi.
It's surprising since Subaru only fields all-wheel-drive vehicles except for one, the rear-drive 2022 BRZ sports coupe. All-wheel-drive is generally less fuel-efficient than other configurations. The 2022 Subaru Forester, Outback, Crosstrek, Ascent, Impreza, WRX/STI, and Legacy all come standard with all-wheel-drive.
Number one, Honda gets 29.1 mpg for its lineup but has many sedans and compact cars using two-wheel-drive. None of Honda's models come standard with all-wheel-drive.
Subaru uses Boxer engines coupled with a CVT automatic
Subaru vehicles are all powered by horizontally-opposed Boxer engine technology, which is a fuel-efficient powertrain. Subaru is one of the leading manufacturers of continuously variable transmissions (CVT), also used for fuel efficiency. Subaru is a top automaker in adopting CVTs (94%), according to the EPA.
Subaru uses direct gas injection (GDI) technology in 98 percent of its engines, improving fuel mileage. The technology is now standard in all next-generation boxer engines Subaru is rolling out. Subaru also added lean combustion cycles and cylinder deactivation (stop/start) in 63 percent of its new vehicles.
New Subaru vehicles like the 2022 Outback, Ascent, and Legacy also get new 2.4-liter turbocharged Boxer engines that offer similar power and improved fuel mileage over some automakers who still use the less-efficient V6 engine.
With all-wheel-drive SUVs gaining popularity with U.S. shoppers, Subaru still produces the second-best fuel economy with a gas-powered lineup that includes standard all-wheel-drive on all its SUVs like the 2022 Forester, Outback, Crosstrek, and Ascent models.
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2020 Wyoming County Our Home, Your Adventure Testimonial Winners Announced
To celebrate National Travel and Tourism 2020 and Wyoming County Chamber & Tourism’s new tagline “Our Home, Your Adventure”, they held a testimonial contest that ended in June where Wyoming County fans were encouraged to write a short story and/or recommendation about their favorite tourism attractions & experiences.
Wyoming County Chamber & Tourism Announces Contest to Celebrate 2020 National Tourism Week
“Our tourism businesses need us more now than ever.” said Eric Szucs, Director of Tourism & Marketing, “We want to celebrate them by sharing amazing stories about the outdoor adventures, delicious restaurants, arts & culture and the wonderful communities we have here. When we fully open for business, we want everyone to know about the outstanding tourism attractions that call Wyoming County home – and that’s why we want to give our residents a voice in sharing what they love, because they tell the best stories and can help us support our small businesses!”
Introducing the 2017 Wyoming County Travel Guide!
The Wyoming County Chamber & Tourism is pleased to announce the release of the 2017 Wyoming County Travel Guide. This year’s travel guide features a cover photo by well-known Letchworth State Park enthusiast John Kucko, featuring the Middle and Upper Falls at Letchworth State Park. The cover shot once again beckons readers to visit the “Grand Canyon of the East” and all that Wyoming County has to offer. A total of 85,000 copies have been printed for use this year, and will be distributed to information centers and rest stops across New York, the Northeastern Unit...
New Website, You Say?
As you initially clicked on www.gowyomingcountyny.com and watched the site launch, you may have noticed something quite different than you were used to – we have launched a brand new Go Wyoming website! After many weeks of hard work and dedication, we are pleased to present to you this new resource for everything Wyoming County tourism. Viewing this on your smart phone or tablet? You’ll notice our responsive design shifts the website to allow for advanced viewing on any size screen. We’ve also included a new interactive map feature, links to our members...


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VW Admits Cheating on Emissions Tests
VW has admitted installing software in millions of its vehicles designed to give misleading emissions data when the vehicle is tested. This dramatic news will inevitably lead to much litigation around the world. It is recalling nearly 500,000 cars in the US alone. But this is not a problem limited to the US market. Half of the cars sold by VW are in Europe.
What are the consequences of this deliberate act of corporate misbehaviour?
The vehicles in question will have emitted more particles and noxious gases than would have happened if they had given true data in the tests because they have passed tests which they should have failed. These vehicles would not have been allowed on the roads without medication. This will have led to additional damage to the environment and deaths which might otherwise have been prevented. More fuel will have been burned. Consumers have bought cars that they might otherwise have not bought or have paid more than the fair price for the vehicle.
There will now be formal enquiries by the governments of the countries involved which are bound to lead to adverse findings and punitive fines.
Consumers will have claims for their cars to be repaired to correct the emissions, for refunds of excess fuel consumed and loss of value in the car they have bought and retained
There could be millions of claims leading to billions of pounds/euros/dollars in compensation. VW have set aside €6.5bn (£4.7bn) for the costs of this scandal.
Our experience of handling group action claims – MMR litigation, Claims to Irish Redress Board and Pandemrix litigation tells us this case will run and run….


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When developers discuss who the world’s top programmer is, these names tend to come up a lot
Age is just a number -- but it's a number that can hurt your ability to land a great job in the IT...
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The German company has supplied the visual interface technology to retailers and others
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On Wednesday, acid jazz-funk band Jamiroquai revealed that it has partnered with blockchain-based virtual world platform The Sandbox to “have fun in the metaverse.” According to the announcement, Jamiroquai plans to bring virtual insanity to the band’s virtual land located in The Sandbox’s metaverse.
The #metaverse is about to get a little funkier…🎶
— The Sandbox (@TheSandboxGame) May 18, 2022
Acid jazz-funk band Jamiroquai joins the Sandbox virtual world
Another popular music group is joining The Sandbox virtual world, as Animoca Brands subsidiary Animoca Brands announced Wednesday that Jamiroquai is now a partner in the project. Jamiroquai is an award-winning group that plays funk, acid jazz, soul, disco and R&B, and is fronted by band leader Jay Kay.
Jamiroquai is known for hit songs such as “Virtual Insanity” and “Canned Heat,” and Virtual Insanity was named MTV’s Video of the Year in 1997. The song also earned Jamiroquai a Grammy Award the following year.
— Jamiroquai (@JamiroquaiHQ) May 19, 2022
“The strategic collaboration was developed in partnership with Bravado, the industry-leading brand management division of Universal Music Group,” the blockchain-based metaverse company said Wednesday. The announcement adds:
“The legendary jazz-funk band will bring virtual insanity to its virtual land in The Sandbox.”
“Jamiroquai has always been forward-thinking and super social – creating a land where everyone can come together at The Sandbox with a bit of funk, freedom and fashion will provide a communal place to digitally connect with our fans and fellow music lovers,” said Jamiroquai. “We look forward to telling you more soon, but for now we can say that hats will definitely be involved.”
Part virtual real estate, part amusement park, The Sandbox fully embraces the idea of the metaverse as an ongoing shared digital space where worlds and heroes collide to make magic. Jamiroquai joins more than 200 existing collaborations, including Ubisoft, The Rabbids, Gucci Vault, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead, Snoop Dogg, Adidas, The Smurfs, Care Bears, Atari, ZEPETO and CryptoKitties, all following The Sandbox team’s vision of giving players the ability to create their own experiences using both original and familiar characters and worlds.
“The metaverse is driving creativity through new forms of expression and technology in the music and entertainment industry, and it is an honor to welcome Jamiroquai to The Sandbox,” said Sebastien Borget, COO and co-founder of The Sandbox. “We now have partnerships with several legendary artists and music labels, including Snoop Dogg, Jamiroquai, BLOND:ISH and Deadmau5, and we are excited to make The Sandbox a home where artists can connect with their fans in a direct and genuine way.”
“As a former Universal Music Group executive, I am thrilled that Jamiroquai, one of the music industry’s most innovative talents, is joining The Sandbox, showcasing the importance of the metaverse as a platform for the music community,” said Bertrand Levy, VP Global Partnerships at The Sandbox.
“We are thrilled to be able to offer a new method of interaction between artists and their fans and can’t wait to welcome them to Jamiroquai’s world with The Sandbox,” said Racheal Redfearn, SVP A&R and Brand Management at Bravado. “Through the new partnerships, we can help our artists deliver content, commerce and creativity to fans directly, as fully immersive and innovative experiences.” Both Bravado and Universal Music Group are excited to help fans explore the metaverse, alongside their favorite artists, and the endless possibilities it will open up for fans to engage more deeply with an artist’s vision.”
According to the announcement, more details about the collaboration with Jamiroquai will be “revealed in the coming months.” The Sandbox, along with competitor Decentraland, has been a popular blockchain-based virtual world. However, the native crypto tokens of both projects have been hit hard in recent times.


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Viasat World will launch its first-ever female skewing entertainment channel Viasat Life in Africa on January 2, 2017.
The service, which is aimed at yound families with kids and adults aged 25 to 49, will make its debut on StarTimes, Wanachi Group’s triple-play platform Zuku and Intelvision.
Commenting on the development, Karin Heijink, VP of products and channels, Viasat World, said: “We are extremely excited about launching Viasat life on StarTimes, it represents a thrilling new chapter in our development as a global broadcaster.
“With its aspirational style of programming, featuring big names from the worlds of food, fashion, movies and music, we believe Viasat Life will resonate with audiences across Africa.”
Michael Dearham, StarTimes VP and MD of Media Division, added: “We are very pleased to welcome Viasat Life in our platform, reflecting the ambition of StarTimes to always offer more diversified high quality content”.
Viasat Life will join Viasat World’s portfolio of flagship channels Viasat Explore, Viasat History and Viasat Nature, which are already broadcast on StarTimes.


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After the 18% GST (Goods and Service Tax) imposition on the export freight charges, Indian air freight forwarders are experiencing cash flow constraints amidst the growth challenges. The GST was implemented in July 2017, but till September 31, 2022, it was not included in export transactions, however, from October 1, 2022, the exemption has not been extended.
Now the forwarding community must submit taxes on shipments handled or pay penalties. The exporters are worried as it can pose an enormous financial burden on freight intermediaries because most contracts are worked around credit arrangements specifically in high-volume cases. In the case of GST, the money has to be deposited into the GST account even before the money is received from the clients, and due to that, it may hurt the trade.
The APEC (Apparel Export Promotion Council) chairman, Naren Goenka stated that GST has brought in serious concerns among the exporters and exporter groups as they feel that already the air freight is high when compared to sea freight and with international buyers delaying accepting orders, the inventory cost for holding export consignments are also increasing. He further said that although they have appealed to the govt. to look into the issues they have put forth, the government has yet to respond positively to the petitions. In the meantime, the surged chartered air cargo flights departing from India have been met with concerns due to the low demand. The carriers are looking at significant price rise pressure from the slowing market and GST is also a financial burden.


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Since the measures taken at the 23rd GST Council meeting are expected to cost the exchequer around Rs 20,000 crore, further rationalisation on the remaining items by the fitment committee in the slabs of 5, 12 and 18 per cent will be taken up only after the stabilisation of revenues, the official added.
"Many daily-use FMCG products are set to become cheaper as producers have chose to pass on benefits to the consumers", Care Ratings said, according to The New Indian Express. Restaurants in starred-hotels that charge Rs 7,500 or more per day room tariff will be levied at 18 percent GST (Goods and Services Tax) but input tax credit (ITC), a facility to set off tax paid on inputs with final tax, is allowed for them. The revised rate will also be applicable on food delivery, whether it is made by the restaurant directly or via apps like Zomato or Swiggy.
The new tax structure for restaurants, which is being implemented from November 1, comes days after the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley expressed his displeasure over eateries not passing on the benefit of input tax credit to restaurant-goers.
As per Federation of Hotels and Restaurants Association of India President Garish Oberoi the information tax credit represents three to four percent of a restaurant's benefit, the report included. As per the reports, the council announced to cut down the rates of restaurants to uniform taxes 5% from 12% on the Non-Ac restaurants; 18% on the air-conditioned. Cars and motorcycles, home appliances such as dishwashers, washing machines and vacuum cleaners and tobacco products such as bidis and pan masala will be taxed in the 28% slab. In the biggest GST rejig yet, tax rates on items ranging from chewing gum to chocolates, to beauty products, wigs and wrist watches, were cut to provide relief to consumers and businesses amid economic slowdown. For instance, a customer would have to pay 18 percent GST for a cup of tea costing Rs 40 which would bring the total bill to Rs 47.50. From 18 percent duty to five percent, you will spare 13 rate focuses tax on your food tax. Tax on eight items was lowered from 12% to 5%, while six other items were moved from the 5% slab to nil. Last week, GST council has come over with another twist in GST rates. It decided that filing GSTR 3B would continuing till March 31, 2018.
Warface is getting a Battle Royale mode
The free-to-play online FPS is now only available on PC following the discontinuation of support for the Xbox 360 version in 2015. Warface originally came out in October 2013.
Brown promises legal action on Trillian 'liars'
She said Parliament must "level the playing fields" by giving all sides the platform to respond to the allegations. The minister needs to sit here and account because this mess would not have been possible if she was capable.


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As the country went into lockdown last year, some of us started working from home, others juggled the demands of home schooling, and some even learnt to play the ukulele. But while much of the population spent their days saying, ‘you’re on mute!’, gamers around the globe took part in the first ever Green Mobile Game Jam. It was a mammoth task, but there was no time to console themselves (see what we did there?), as their new daily routine levelled up and became eat-sleep-game-repeat!
What’s a Green Game Jam, you ask? It’s not the kind you spread on your toast, but more of a virtual project and competition, where the UN-backed Playing for the Planet Alliance brought together some of THE biggest names in mobile gaming, with the goal of finding innovative ways to educate and empower players about climate change through existing games.
The first Jam, which took place from March-April 2020, saw 11 major companies with a combined reach of 250 million monthly active users involved, who each developed game activations informed and inspired by some of the best scientists and thinkers on the biggest environmental themes of our time.
The results were better than they could have ever expected. Turning ideas into action, all of the members agreed to integrate their activations into their games over the following 12 months, as well as signing up to get involved again with the next Jam – which has just announced its first set of awards for 2021.
With innovative new levels and features revealed for titles from Transformers: Earth Wars to Subway Surfers, and even Angry Birds, there was a green game update for everyone to enjoy in both this year’s and last year’s Jams.
Here’s just a few of our favourites:
- Hungry Shark World
Hungry Shark World is shining a light on melting polar ice with a new game update full of exclusive content: Extinction Arctic.
Set in a universe filled with true-blue aquatic life, the new update will show the effects of climate change in a brand-new game level. Using tried and tested systems from previous work, this update will bring a new and more challenging way to play in the Arctic Ocean.
UBISOFT have said they hope to implement these features in the game, and by making the gameplay relevant, they want the game to be subtly educational by giving players appropriate actions and rewarding their efforts with environmental change and prosperity.
- Hill Climb Racing 2
The multiplayer sequel to the world-famous single racing game with over half a billion downloads globally, Hill Climb Racing 2 wanted to take traditional thoughts about supercars and throw them out the double-glazed window – by introducing electric and hybrid vehicle parts.
Today’s super cars are powered by electricity and developer Fingersoft wanted to help raise awareness of this, with new parts available for super acceleration, and recharge stations with solar panels for use in events.
The company said it’s been an interesting challenge bringing up themes like climate change in a racing game where black smoke coming out of the cars is usually considered a good thing, even though it’s a source of pollution! They want to show that by doing things right, like choosing electric parts for a vehicle, you can actually race faster and win - while still reducing emissions!
- Big Farm: Mobile Harvest
Good Game’s Plant-A-Tree event encourages players to collect as many tree seedlings as they can while playing on their farm, fulfilling their market contracts, plus lots more!
If the community reaches the goal of collecting a certain around of seedlings, the players will be rewarded an exclusive decorative building to place on their farm. An in-game blog will share links about reforestation and how to contribute to reforestation efforts.
- Anno 1800
All about growing settlements into huge metropolises, creating massive production chains and managing vast quantities of resources, this game takes place in the era of industrialisation. Players are rarely confronted with the idea of sustainability and can exploit the environment without repercussions, but now Ubisoft is introducing a new game mode with upside-down game roles focusing on the important of sustainability and ecosystems.
In order to grow in Anno, players normally produce more and more goods to cater to their people’s needs. This time however, the environment will react to the players actions: Building monocultures depletes island fertility, over-fishing destroys food supplies for future generations, and deforestation leads to deserted islands. Ultimately, these things will be the player’s downfall.
- Choices: Rising Tides
When your family’s fishing business is affected by a major fish die-off, you and your activist-minded sister try to raise awareness about climate change and end up going toe to toe with a large corporation whose practices are damaging the environment. They find themselves unintentionally cast as the face of an eco-activist movement in this exciting story game.
Pixelberry Studios said that focussing on what you can do and can change can really make a difference in how you engage with the movement.
- Animal Jam Eco-System
Wildworks have released this game so all players will have access to wind turbines, solar panels, and even reward plaques for creating energy efficient Dens. By earning and placing renewable energy items in their Den, players will earn Eco-Credits that can be used to power an entirely new class of items within Animal Jam!
When engaging with the eco-system, players will receive educational facts about energy conservation, sustainability of the environment, and a variety of different ways they can have an impact in the real world. Whether players want to create their own solar and wind farms, collect or trade their Eco-Powered Items, or just learn about reforestation, the Animal Jam Eco-System provides a fun and creative activity for learning about our environment.
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Auto Expo 2018: Kia and Kawasaki to participate in the biennial show
Organisers of the Auto Expo 2018 yesterday announced the dates of the Auto Expo 2018. The biennial event will be held from February 9-14, 2018 at the India Expo Mart in Greater Noida. The components show in the meanwhile will be held from February 8-11, 2018 at Pragati Maidan. The bigger news is the announcement of participation of manufacturers like Kia and Kawasaki. While Kawasaki has been around for quite sometime in the Indian market, this will be the first time the Japanese manufacturer will display its products at the expo. Kia who will start selling their products in the Indian market from 2019 will also be present. Around 50 automakers, including two-wheeler manufacturers, tyre and electric vehicle makers are expected to participate in the Auto Expo 2018. It is also likely that Peugeot will also showcase their products at the Auto Expo 2018.
Apart from the car manufacturers, several vintage cars, super cars and others will also be on display. A particularly unique initiative this time will be the creation of special zones for visitors such as destination zone, smart mobility zone and competition zone. The Auto Expo is a display destination for the Indian car as well as motorcycle manufacturers. Each year, the auto companies display their products as well as launch them at the Auto Expo. Manufacturers also take this opportunity to showcase their new technologies as well as concept vehicles.
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Looks like Microsoft is in the process of launching a Selfie phone soon. Well, if the terminology of a selfie phone sounds new to you, these phones are answers of mobile phone manufacturers to the Selfie obsessed new generation users. Just kidding!
Well, Selfie phones have a very good quality front camera that lets you take good pictures of yourself and with your friends, also video calling. Anyways, nowadays even the not-specific Selfie phones are starting to have great front cameras along with the rear cameras.
According to sources of the Verge, Stephen Elop (Microsoft’s Executive VIce President for the Devices & Services business) has shared two new phones from Microsoft with certain employees of Microsoft at some internal meeting and one of the these phones is said to be the “Superman” Selfie phone.
The only specs we know about the device are that it will have a 5 megapixel front-facing camera and a 4.7-inch display. The phone will also run Microsoft’s latest Windows Phone 8.1. (via)


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SAS has decided to skip inflight duty free sales on board from over coming months.This is a great move by SAS in my view, reducing weight and emissions from the flights. I also think its really outdated to sell alcohol, cigraettes, perfume etc onboard flights nowadays and surprised that it still exists like it does on many airlines.
STOCKHOLM, June 4 (Reuters) - Scandinavian airline SAS SAS.ST will stop selling duty-free goods on board its flights to save fuel and inch closer to its goal of cutting emissions by at least 25 percent by 2030, it said on Tuesday.
The airline industry says it is working to shrink its carbon footprint as it battles a growing campaign launched in Sweden to encourage people to take fewer flights and take "greener" transport options, such as the train. (Full Story)
This has added to the challenge facing an industry that is already battling higher fuel prices and stiffer competition. SAS has also struggled with a pilot strike that grounded 4,000 flights earlier this year. (Full Story)
SAS CEO Rickard Gustafson said in May that SAS had seen some impact from the growing climate debate, with some Swedish companies encouraging employees to take the train instead of short-haul flights.
To show its commitment to tackling emissions blamed for global warming, the company said on Tuesday it would end tax-free onboard sales from the autumn to reduce fuel consumption of its planes by cutting the weight of its flights.
"Every step on the way to sustainable travel is important. Every initiative to reduce weight and thereby cut fuel consumption helps," SAS executive vice president for commercial activities, Karl Sandlund, said in a statement.
A SAS spokeswoman said inflight duty-free sales had been falling and SAS was looking into alternative ways for passengers to buy goods that would have been bought during a flight."


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Dr. Elaine Solowey, director of the Center for Sustainable Agriculture at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies in southern Israel, describes sustainable agriculture as a tailored, area-specific agricultural practice integrating local natural components.
In both sustainable and organic agriculture, "the whole idea is to get off the chemical dependency," said Solowey
Chemicals not only kill microlife that is healthy for the soil and the environment, but they also harm humans who eventually consume food grown with them.
warned: "All the things that aren't target materials … end up in the food that we eat, making us more vulnerable because we are made of the same stuff that the insects are made of.
According to Solowey
, the second biggest challenge to the growth of the local organic market is lack of consumer knowledge - but the first challenge is enough of a hurdle in itself.
"There's less domestic interest because of the price," said Solowey
"Food in general is more expensive in Israel than it is in the United States, apart from fruits and vegetables.
Anything that makes food more expensive will not be popular, she
But eating organic would initiate a virtuous cycle, she
"The more people are eating organic, the better the prices will be and the better the methods," said Solowey
"In the span of a man's lifetime, you can turn a very good field into a parking lot if you're not careful about chemical fertilizer," said Solowey


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It was another bullish week for the European majors in the week ending 12th March.
The CAC40 and the DAX30 rallied by 4.56% and by 4.18% respectively, with the EuroStoxx600 gaining 3.56%.
Impressive trade data from China set the tone going into the week.
Positive data from the U.S, the ECB, and the passing of the $ 1.9 trillion relief package through the U.S Congress also delivered support.
It was a relatively busy week on the economic data front.
Key stats included industrial production and trade figures from Germany and industrial production figures for the Eurozone.
It was a mixed bag on the data front.
German industrial production slid by 2.5% in January, reversing a 1.9% rise from December.
A widening in Germany’s trade surplus from €16.4bn to €22.2bn impressed, however, with exports to China on the rise.
For the Eurozone, industrial production rose by 0.8% in January, following a revised 0.1% decline in December.
Other stats included finalized 4th quarter GDP numbers for the Eurozone and finalized inflation figures for Germany and Spain. These stats had a muted impact on the majors, however.
On the monetary policy front, the ECB provided the European majors with support on Thursday.
While standing pat on monetary policy, the ECB vowed to ramp up bond purchases to combat the recent rise in borrowing costs.
From the U.S
Inflation, jobless claims, and consumer sentiment figures were in focus.
In February, the annual rate of core inflation softened from 1.4% to 1.3%, with core consumer prices rising by less than expected in the month of February.
Jobless claim figures were also positive for riskier assets. In the week ending 5th March, initial jobless claims fell back from 754k to 712k.
At the end of the week, the Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index rose from 76.8 to 83.0 for March, according to prelim figures.
Coupled with Biden’s signing of the relief package, the stats were also positive for riskier assets at the end of the week.
Other stats included Jolt’s job openings for January and wholesale inflation figures for February. These stats had a muted impact on the majors, however.
The Market Movers
From the DAX, it was a mixed week for the auto sector. Continental and Volkswagen slid by 6.87% and by 2.25% respectively. BMW and Daimler ended the week with gains of 2.45% and 0.38% respectively, however.
It was also a mixed week for the banking sector. Deutsche Bank fell by 0.47%, while Commerzbank gained 0.18%.
From the CAC, it was yet another bullish week for the banks. Credit Agricole rose by 0.82%, with BNP Paribas and Soc Gen gaining 2.89% and 2.02% respectively.
It was a particularly bullish week for the French auto sector. Renault rose by 3.22%, with Stellantis NV rallying by 12.76%.
Air France-KLM gained 0.77%, with Airbus ending the week up by 4.80%.
On the VIX Index
It was a 2nd consecutive week in the red for the VIX in the week ending 12th March. Following an 11.77% fall from the previous week, the VIX slid by 16.10% to end the week at 20.69.
For the week, the Dow rallied by 4.07%, with NASDAQ and the S&P500 rising by 3.09% and by 2.64% respectively.
The Week Ahead
It’s a relatively busy week ahead on the economic calendar.
In the 1st half of the week, ZEW Economic Sentiment figures for Germany and the Eurozone will provide direction.
Following a 2nd consecutive weekly gain for the European majors, we can expect some sensitivity to the numbers.
The focus will then shift to Eurozone trade data and wage growth figures on Thursday. Expect the trade data to have the greatest influence.
Other stats in the week include finalized inflation figures for France, Italy, and the Eurozone and wholesale inflation figures for Germany. We don’t expect too much influence from these numbers, however.
From the U.S, the economic calendar is on the busier side.
Early in the week, retail sales and industrial production figures for February will draw attention.
Following the signing of the relief package last week, the markets may be forgiving on the retail sales front.
The focus will then shift to jobless claims and Philly FED Manufacturing PMI numbers due out on Thursday.
Both sets of numbers will influence, though the European majors will also be responding to the FOMC’s monetary policy decision from late Wednesday.
For the global markets, the FOMC monetary policy decision and FOMC projections will be the main event of the week.
From China, fixed asset investment, industrial production, and retail sales figures on Monday will set the tone.
This article was originally posted on FX Empire


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Whether you left it on the table in the pub or it’s just fallen down the back of the sofa again, the moment of realisation that you’re without your phone is quite a worrying one. Google has finally decided to launch an official solution to that very problem; Android Device Manager.
Launching later this month, Android Device Manager will allow those with an Android smartphone to locate their lost, stolen or misplaced devices using a number of helpful methods.
Android Device Manager can be accessed via the web browser of a PC or even another mobile device and uses GPS on your lost phone to locate it, showing its last known location in Google Maps. Once located, you can choose to ring the phone – ideal if it’s simply slipped down the back of the sofa or has fallen into the depths of that tardis-like handbag of yours.
If your phone has been stolen and you’re concerned about the thief getting hold of sensitive information stored on it, Android Device Manager allows you to remotely wipe your device. This feature relies on the phone having some sort of data connection – 3G or Wi-Fi – so it’s often a good idea to use this option sooner rather than later.
Those who use an iPhone will no doubt be familiar with this sort of service – Apple’s own Find My iPhone is very similar and offers pretty much the same set of features. Apple does also offer the option to send a message to the phone, for example showing the owner’s details, which is something we’d like to see Google add.
Android Device Manager will launch later this month and will work on devices running Android 2.2 and up. There will be an Android app available and of course the desktop site. You’ll also need to be signed in to a Google account on your phone in order for it to work.


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Grocery giant Aldi plans to add 800 new stores in the U.S. over the next five years.
The German-owned, Illinois-based chain said in a release Thursday it is planning to build or expand hundreds of Aldi locations in the company’s preexisting northeast and midwest strongholds, as well as in western U.S. and Southern California. A first Las Vegas location is planned, too.
Meanwhile, in the southeast, the company will convert many existing Winn-Dixies and Harveys locations into Aldis, though ‘a meaningful’ number of them will remain under their current brands. Aldi said Thursday its acquisition of Southeastern Grocers, the parent company of Winn-Dixie and Harveys, had been completed.
Aldi said it anticipates that approximately 50 stores will begin the conversion process in the latter half of 2024, with the majority of these stores reopening as Aldi in 2025.
“Our growth is fueled by our customers, and they are asking for more Aldi stores in their neighborhoods nationwide,” said Aldi chief executive Jason Hart in the statement. He continued: ‘With this commitment to add 800 stores in the next five years, we’ll be where our shoppers need us while positively impacting the communities we serve.’
According to SupermarketNews.com, Aldi was the 13th largest U.S. grocer as of last summer — only slightly larger than Dollar General in terms of market share — but currently ranks as the fastest-growing grocery retailer in the U.S.
Known for its lower prices via private-label selections, Aldi’s ambitious growth plans represent a viable threat to established players — especially in Southeastern markets like Florida, according to a report from the market research group Dunnhumby.
“Retailers everywhere should be examining their private brand, pricing, assortment, digital, and real estate strategies in response to Aldi’s move, to build protective moats for an uncertain future,” a report on Aldi from last summer said according to GroceryDive.com.


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Malaysian fashion designers are sewing PPE for healthcare frontliners. Here’s how you, too, can help
With the number of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia on the rise (as of April 1, there are a total of 2,908 cases and 45 deaths recorded), the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) supply for the healthcare personnel is also diminishing rapidly, and our local fashion industry is ready to step up to help. Spearheaded by the president of the Malaysian Official Designer Association (MODA) Melinda Looi, a fundraiser to purchase more PPE supplies has been launched in partnership with FashionValet and IMARET.
Focusing on purchasing hospital gown fabrics and other PPE including latex gloves, and head and shoe covers for the healthcare frontliners, the campaign—initially meant to be a private project among the designers at MODA—has now expanded beyond the association. Local fashion designers including Khoon Hooi, Celest Thoi, Alia Bastamam, FiziWoo and more are using their skills to help sew the hospital gowns which will be distributed by IMARET to its network of hospitals.
If you’d like to contribute, you can donate to:
Aside from the campaign by MODA, Datuk Radzuan Radziwill and Jovian Mandagie have also initiated their own projects to boost the PPE supply for medical frontliners. The former started a “Jom Menjahit Sambil Beramal Di Rumah“, while the latter has transformed his atelier to produce hospital gowns. On top of that, the brand also worked on delivering “hygiene kits” consisting of disposable face masks, hand gloves, and sanitisers to those who are in need.
There’ll be a BURO. Hangouts Live session with fashion designer and president of MODA, Melinda Looi on April 7 at 8.30pm. Stay tuned for more details.
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Chinese smartphone maker Realme had announced its first wearable device called the Realme Band last month, alongside the Realme 6-series. During the initial stages of the product’s roll-out, there have been a few bugs inside the device’s software. Realme has been pushing out updates regularly to iron them out and add new features. The latest update by the company for the Realme Band is v6.0 update which brings in new weather features, optimizations, a new find my phone feature among other things.
As per the changelog, courtesy of Fonearena, the update includes:-
- Optimized UI for functional interface
- Added weather features
- Added the ability to find your phone
- Optimized heart rate measurement
- Data synchronization speed optimized
- Added bracelet restart function
- Extended message display time
The weather feature will normally display the temperature information in Fahrenheit. It can be changed to Celsius in the Realme’s Link app. To access the weather information you would have to tap on the home button seven times. Also, you can long-press the button to see the highs and lows of the next two days. GPS needs to be turned on for the weather feature to work.
With regards to the band restart function, you will need to press the button on the Realme Band for at least 5 seconds for it to restart. The Find My Phone functionality can be found in the Realme Link app. After enabling it, find the feature on the Realme Band and tap on the band for three seconds to activate it. The feature will only find the phone that is paired with the band. Your connected device will start ringing for three seconds and you can tap on your band for three seconds for the device to stop ringing. Apart from that, the Realme Band has gotten an improved UI and also data synchronization across the phone and Band has been improved.
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BlueKai and Information Resources, Inc. just announced a partnership that will enable consumer packaged goods manufacturers to access IRI’s offline shopping data through BlueKai and use it to target ads.
This is the first time BlueKai has built a product for CPG advertisers and their agencies/ad buyers, the company said. BlueKai’s senior director of business development Jeffrey Teng told me that by IRI’s ProScore data, companies will now be able to divide their audience based on shopper types, the kind of product they’re interested in, and the kind of brand they’re looking for.
IRI was already collecting this data but Cory Treffiletti, BlueKai’s senior vice president of marketing, said this will allow advertisers to “activate” it in a new way, eliminating waste (i.e. money spent on ads that reach an undesirable audience) and allowing advertisers to deliver a customized message to different audiences. He painted this as a broader trend of CPG marketers using this kind of data for their digital marketing.
“2012 was really a year when our job was to help people get educated on how this data can be harnessed,” Treffiletti said. “That’s changed in that we don’t have to educate them about what a DMP [data management platform] is.”
That’s not all that’s changed, he added. In the past, CPG companies relied on partners like retailers to do most of their advertising for them, but “in the last 5 to 10 years they’ve really woken up and had their eyes widened to the value of that direct customer relationship.”


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Qatar Rent Floating Hotel To Accommodate More People At The 2022 FIFA World Cup
With less than two months to the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup, the host country has reportedly hired a third cruise ship as a floating hotel to accommodate more visitors ahead of the opening day of the world football competition.
Naija News understands that over a million people would be visiting Qatar during the competition. The Arab country, however, is struggling with accommodation to contain the visitors. With the recent development, however, bookings according to reports are expected to be available for space of 1,075-cabin MSC Opera starting from November 19 to December 19. The Switzerland-based MSC Cruises company confirmed in its latest update that the spaces are in the lease agreement which will be valid for a period of six weeks. Naija News understands that MSC and the Qatari government had in 2019, signed an agreement for the global cruise line to provide about 4,000 spaces aboard two cruise ships for the World Cup but another new ship has been included in the deal. For a two-night stay, It will cost one person $470 per night to stay at the MSC ships during the first week of the World Cup. The update was according to pricing on MSC’s site as of Monday. Reports revealed that in late 2021, Associated Press conducted a pre-tournament search amongst the leading hotel chains and spaces available for accommodation in the country during the World Cup but only one room was available in the whole country. In the build-up, the Qatari government has since started the building of hotels, and securing other facilities for accommodation during the period of the tournament, with only 33,000 – 34,000 hotel rooms currently available in Qatar as of May 2022. Meanwhile, prices are expected to fall when the competition gets to the first two elimination stages – rooms on MSC Opera that cost $320 will be $220 during the final week. Naija News understands that the 2022 World Cup will be the first edition to be held in the Arab world when it kicks off on November 20 and ends on December 18.
This article was originally published on Naija News


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On August 7, 2012, a federal appeals court reversed a lower court’s dismissal of this national class action lawsuit accusing DairyAmerica, Inc., and California Dairies, Inc., of artificially depressing the price of milk products.
The case claims that the nation’s largest marketer of nonfat dry milk and the California-based milk processing firm inflated their own profits at the expense of America’s dairy farmers by misreporting critical data used by the government to set raw milk prices. The dairy farmer plaintiffs seek compensation for the millions of dollars lost due to this alleged price manipulation.
In overturning the February 2010 U.S. District Court ruling, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth District considered the “filed rate doctrine,” which bars certain lawsuits from recovering damages when government agencies, such as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), approve rates or prices for regulated industries, including the dairy industry. The Court of Appeals ruled that the filed rate doctrine did not preclude dairy farmers from suing the dairy firms in this case because the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service had concluded that the pricing data was incorrect.
On May 29, 2009, the Court appointed Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC sole interim class counsel in Carlin v. Dairy America, Inc.(E.D. Cal.), a case in which Cohen Milstein represents a proposed class of dairy farmers who allege that defendants negligently and incorrectly reported nonfat dry milk prices to the National Agricultural Statistics service, resulting in artificially depressed raw milk prices that unfairly deprived American dairy farmers of millions of dollars. In appointing the firm interim class counsel, Magistrate Judge Dennis Beck of the Eastern District of California noted Cohen Milstein’s experience in complex litigation, and pointed to the firm’s pre-trial “investigation into the alleged misconduct and identification of the legal theory of the case.”
In addition, the court appointed Berman DeValerio and Keller Rohrback to an interim executive committee, with Berman DeValerio also serving as interim liaison counsel.


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Commercial, Solar - November 7, 2019
Walmart, Tesla settle solar panel fire lawsuit
Walmart and Tesla settled a lawsuit this week that Walmart filed in August accusing the energy company of negligence after rooftop solar panels caught on fire.
The lawsuit was filed after seven of Tesla’s rooftop solar installations caught on fire on top of Walmart stores between 2012 and 2018. Both parties have dropped the case.
The original lawsuit included Walmart suing Tesla for negligence and faulty installation and requested that Tesla cover the costs of removing its solar panels from more than 240 Walmart stores, according to a report from CNBC.
“Walmart and Tesla are pleased to have resolved the issues raised by Walmart concerning the Tesla solar installations at Walmart stores,” Walmart said in a statement released to Smart Energy Decisions. “Safety is a top priority for each company and with the concerns being addressed, we both look forward to a safe re-energization of our sustainable energy systems.”
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South Carolina gained $7.6 million in tax revenue from Airbnb in 2017, a report from the company shows.
To date, Airbnb has remitted $9.6 million in tax revenue to the state since the company began collecting in June 2016. The company collects and remits hotel, occupancy and tourist taxes on behalf of its hosts and guests.
“Last year, 431,000 families, college football fans and business travelers used Airbnb to visit the Palmetto State, and the millions in tax revenue that our community creates will have a positive impact on the state’s education, infrastructure and health resources for years to come,” said Will Burns, public policy director for Airbnb in South Carolina.
South Carolina residents earned $69 million in 2017 by sharing their homes with Airbnb guests.
Nearly 6,600 families hosted at least one Airbnb guest. An average host shared his or her home 38 nights, earning $7,300.
Columbia ranked eighth in the state with 14,300 guest arrivals totaling $1.8 million. During August’s total eclipse, close to 800 guests used Airbnb to find a room.
Airbnb also revealed the most wish-listed listings for guests in Columbia. Wish Lists is a feature on Airbnb’s platform that lets travelers save and share their favorite Airbnb listings with family and friends.
A downtown apartment led the Columbia list, with locations in Elmwood Park and Rosewood also making the top 10.s


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The moment we hear about KTM, most of us probably think of badass motorcycles almost immediately. It seems that we are forgetting that this Austrian marque also dabbles with sports cars. After working with two-wheelers for a while, it finally debuted its first automobile at the 2008 Geneva Auto Show. It was the birth of the X-Bow, which is now getting a huge upgrade in the form of the X-Bow GTX. The new model is certainly a far cry from the original so let’s check it out.
One of the problems owners of the original version faced was the fact that it was not street-legal in certain territories. Those who wanted one probably had the luxury and access to a racing circuit, which is certainly where it shines. Now, the X-Bow GTX version arrives 12 years later and takes everything its predecessor did right and made it even better.
Succeeding versions of the X-Bow were flaunting incremental upgrades allowing it to burn rubber on the streets. Now, KTM is preparing to take on iconic European marques such as Audi and Porsche on the racetrack. This will likely be for the GT2 racing series later this year. As such, this sleek new machine will likely be shipping with more 600 horsepower under the hood.
KTM has yet to share more intimate details about its new project, but it will keep its mid-engine layout. Moreover, engineers are aiming for a weight of around 2,200 pounds to deliver outstanding performance come race day. The first 20 X-Bow GTX will be shipping to happy owners within the year. Official specifications will be available at a later time as per the manufacturer.Learn more about it: here
Images courtesy of KTM


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UNIQLO Recycled Down Jacket
Create new Life-Circle of Jacket
Due to consumerism prevails and the pursuit of fashion, people consume many clothes every year. According to a survey by Greenpeace in 2017, Hongkonger consumes over 23 million clothes and 5.8 million of them were disposed to landfill. Most of the people responded that more than 25% of their clothes were worn once or none before disposal, which produce a large amount of waste. UNIQLO is one of the fast fashion brands and popular around the world, it would release a series of seasonal clothing each year, which used a huge amount of resources and produces waste. In order to take social and environmental responsibility, it launches the All-Product Recycling initiative for all the commodities on the shore that collect old clothes.
The RE.UNIQLO series is an example of recycled clothes and would be kept updated on its products list. UNIQLO encourages the customers to return their old and unwanted down as we as feather garments back to its stores and recreate a new recycled down jacket that gives them a new life and new value. They promise the down jacket was 100% recycled from the old down jacket which expands the product's life circle to reduce waste and save the resources, used to contribute to the environment and achieve sustainable business. This is a new step toward benefiting the environment and communities by keeping valuable resources out of the landfills.
Apart from the UNIQLO take environmental actions and policies, the customers also should take their own responsibility to reduce, reuse, and recycle the products. It is a two-way orientation that both sides should make an effort to become a brand that is better for the environment and communities alike.
U Recycled Down Jacket (2020). Retrieved from UNIQLO, Web site: https://www.uniqlo.com/uniqlo-u/20fw/us/en/article/01/
RE.UNIQLO Initiative Aimed at Encouraging Customers to Participate in Giving Unwanted Clothing New Life - Recycled Down Jackets launching in Japan on November 2 represent first fruits of initiative (2020). Retrieved from Fast Retailing, Web site: https://www.fastretailing.com/eng/sustainability/news/2009171600.html


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PURCHASE, N.Y., Nov. 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP) today announced that it will issue its fourth quarter and full year 2018 (ending December 29) financial results on Friday, February 15, 2019 at approximately 6:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) by posting the results on the company's website at www.pepsico.com/investors. The results will also be furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a Form 8-K, which will be available on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.
PepsiCo will issue an advisory release on February 15 over a news wire service to announce that the results have been posted and are available on the company's website at www.pepsico.com/investors. The earnings conference call for investors and financial analysts will be webcast at 7:45 a.m. EST that morning. The webcast will be available at www.pepsico.com/investors under "Events and Presentations."
PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $63 billion in net revenue in 2017, driven by a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Quaker and Tropicana. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including 22 brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.
At the heart of PepsiCo is Performance with Purpose – our fundamental belief that the success of our company is inextricably linked to the sustainability of the world around us. We believe that continuously improving the products we sell, operating responsibly to protect our planet and empowering people around the world enable PepsiCo to run a successful global company that creates long-term value for society and our shareholders. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com.
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(Reuters) — The CEO of mall owner General Growth Properties, who said this week that Amazon.com plans to open up to 400 physical bookstores, attempted to downplay his comments yesterday, without specifically denying them, saying they were "not intended" to represent the online retailer's plans.
Sandeep Mathrani said on General Growth's earnings call with analysts this week that Amazon had plans to open "300 to 400 bookstores." His comments drove down shares of bookseller Barnes & Noble.
The mall operator did not, however, indicate whether its clarified statement meant Amazon was not planning bookstores. Kevin Berry, vice president of investor relations at General Growth, declined to elaborate further.
An Amazon spokeswoman said this week that the company does not comment on "rumors and speculation."
Separately, technology news site Re/code reported yesterday that Amazon would indeed open more bookstores, although it said there were no immediate plans for 300 to 400 stores.
Amazon is hiring an assistant store manager based in the La Jolla or San Diego area, according to a recent job posting found on its site. Re/code first reported on the job posting.
It also said the company plans to open up stores selling other types of products, although it is not clear what they would sell or how they would be set up.
Before branching out to offer everything from fresh groceries to original TV programming, Amazon started as an online bookseller 20 years ago.
Amazon opened a bookstore in November in its home city of Seattle. An expansion of bookstores would be a surprise reversal for the online retailer credited with driving physical booksellers out of business.
Its bookstore in Seattle carries books selected based on customer ratings and their popularity on Amazon.com. The storefront also provides a space for visitors to test-drive Amazon's Kindle, Fire TV and other devices.


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NSW Fair Trading Commissioner Rod Stowe tonight issued a warning to the public regarding Christopher Miles trading as Toy Palace.
NSW Fair Trading has received an increasing number of complaints about Toy Palace, an online toy supply business at www.toypalaceaustralia.com.au.
Customers have complained about placing orders and failing to receive goods within a reasonable time or as promised by the trader.
They have also complained that when a request for a refund is made, a 20 percent restocking fee is retained and customers received the remaining amount as a refund.
This public warning is issued in the public interest under Section 223 of the Australian Consumer Law (NSW).
Mr Stowe said there were concerns the conduct of the trader had resulted in actual detriment and would cause possible future detriment to NSW consumers.
Consumers buying goods and services online should exercise caution and any NSW consumers who have experienced problems with Toy Palace should lodge a complaint at www.fairtrading.nsw.gov.au.
“If you have not received goods and you paid with a credit card, you should contact your financial institution to seek a chargeback,” Mr Stowe said.
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The famous Boston Dynamics Spot robotic dog is finally on sale. There are two nuances: it costs $ 74,500 and you can get it only in the USA. Last year, the manufacturer began to accept preliminary applications for the robot.
Yes, the price tag is comparable to the Tesla Model S, but this is a robot, and even the most advanced of mobile ones, which are not afraid of any obstacles – and constant videos from the landfill prove this. See for yourself, for example, a commercial:
For $ 74,500 you get: the Spot robot itself, two batteries, a control tablet, charger, housing and software. For a limited time, delivery will be free, the first robots will be sent in four to six weeks.
This is the “basic” version, for certain tasks you can buy the necessary sensors. The price tags there are also scary, but what to do.
Only two robots can be purchased at one time, and for educational institutions and companies they will have to negotiate conditions with the manufacturer at all (discounts, additional sensors and an advanced communication infrastructure for management are provided).
Spot is capable of speeds up to 5.76 km / h and will work on one charge for about an hour and a half. In space, the robot is guided by a system of stereo cameras, it is also able to lift loads up to 14 kg and operate at temperatures from -20 ℃ to 45 ℃.
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Earlier this month, the Fashion Show in partnership with Niche Fashion, finally took place having had to be cancelled last year. It was a great success and helped to raise funds for our ongoing appeal to purchase an Echo Machine. The event was featured in the Rye News.
There was a real buzz around the Hub on Rye Hill on Thursday evening June 3. Guests arrived to enjoy the fashion show in partnership with Lesley Farrow of Niche in Rye. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, guests were limited but after last year’s show having been cancelled there was real excitement and anticipation for the ever popular local event. The new venue of the Hub meant that an extended runway was available which included a section on the Hub’s sunny patio. Read more


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Although the scope in which Apple can operate is limited to patent exhaustion and licensing, Thursday's ruling allows the Cupertino, Calif., company some space to aid software makers being sued by the non-practicing entity Lodsys, reports FOSS Patents' Florian Mueller.
In May 2011, Lodsys leveled a number of legal threats against iOS developers http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/05/16/lodsys_explains_its_legal_threats_apple_is_licensed_ios_developers_are_not.html">claiming
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/05/16/lodsys_explains_its_legal_threats_apple_is_licensed_ios_developers_are_not.html">claimingpatent infringement because their respective programs took advantage of a certain in-app purchasing patent held by the so-called patent troll. Apple responded by sending a formal letter to Lodsys asking the company to halt any future proceedings, but the request fell on deaf ears and a suit was filed on May 31.
According to its website, Lodsys Group, LLC is a Marshall, Texas-based patent holdings company that apparently owns only four U.S. patents by inventor Dan Abelow. The company purchased the patent rights it is using in this specific case from Intellectual Ventures, another non-practicing entity that originally bought the rights from Abelow.
In what is called patent exhaustion, Apple argues that because it licensed the patent as operator of the App Store, its developers are likewise licensed by extension. To that effect, the iPhone maker filed a motion to intervene in June 2011, later defending the move against Lodsys' objections.
It was expected that Apple would be granted intervention rights quickly, though the ruling never came and the motion sat in court for months. Further confounding the situation was the resignation of the case's presiding judge.
While Apple was waiting for a decision, Lodsys went forward with additional suits, extending its case to include large app makers like Angry Birds creator Rovio.
With Thursday's ruling, Apple will finally be able to put its considerable legal weight behind the developers involved in the suit, with Judge Rodney Gilstrap granting the company "permissive intervention" or one that is under the court's purview.
From the summary submitted to public record:
"SEALED MEMORANDUM OPINION and ORDER - Apple has satisfied each of the four requirements for intervention as a matter of right under Rule 24(a)(2). The Court finds that permissive intervention is also appropriate under Rule 24(b). To avoid any potential prejudice to Lodsys rights under the License Agreement such intervention shall be and is hereby limited to the issues of license and patent exhaustion. Apples Motion to Intervene is GRANTED-IN-PART to the extent and as specified herein. Motions terminated:  MOTION to Intervene filed by Apple, Inc.. Signed by Judge Rodney Gilstrap on 4/12/12. (ehs, ) Modified on 4/12/2012 (ch, )."
It remains to be seen what Apple will invest in the case, but some smaller developers have already settled out of court presumably due to the high financial costs associated with a prolonged court battle.


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Hungary and China have strengthened their cooperation in all fields, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said after talks with his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang in Budapest on Tuesday.
PM Orbán: “Central and eastern Europe has an enormous development potential”
Orbán said that all European countries wish to partake in China’s enormous development. Hungary “has a good starting position” in this competition. With an annual export of 600 billion forints (USD 2.28bn), it is the biggest exporter to China from among the central and eastern European countries, and attracts the most Chinese investors, he said. For its vigorous annual growth of 6-7%, forecast for the coming years, China will need large quantities of imports, he said.
From among the agreements reached during Li’s current visit, Orbán mentioned that the Hungarian Eximbank has received a 500 million dollar credit line. BorsodChem, a chemical company in northeast Hungary, has got a 217 million dollar investment loan, while an electric bus plant in Komárom, in northern Hungary, has received a 20 million dollar loan, he said. “We have agreed that central and eastern Europe has an enormous development potential”, Orbán said. As some of our joint projects exceed the financial capacities of both Hungary and the EU, Chinese funding is essential, he said.
PM Li Keqiang: “Hungary’s excellent farm products are highly popular among Chinese consumers”
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang said after talks with his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán that bilateral cooperation presented mutually beneficial development opportunities for both countries. Over the past years, cooperation between China and Hungary has been moving in the right direction, he said, adding that China wanted Hungary to become an even more important destination for its investors.
Chinese-Hungarian cooperation continued to improve in recent years, with an over 10% increase in trade last year and a 20% growth in Hungary’s sales to China. Currently, bilateral trade shows a Hungarian surplus. Hungary has excellent farm products that are highly popular among Chinese consumers, Li said. He said cooperation between China and central and eastern European countries was “remarkably good” and was in line with trends in globalisation.
Li said the China-CEE “16-plus-one” summit was a success. This cooperation, based on mutual respect and serving peace and stability, can strengthen relations between China and the CEE countries and counterbalance the disadvantages caused by differences arising from the different pace of development, he added. China and central and eastern Europe can complement each other well in economic terms, he said. Li said there was no reason to fear from the negative effects of economic globalisation because the recent years have made it clear that even if globalisation poses obstacles, cooperation is a very strong tool for handling them.
Later in the day, the Chinese Prime Minister also held talks with László Kövér, Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly. On Wednesday morning, Li Keqiang paid a visit to the Sándor Palace in the Buda Castle to meet with János Áder, President of Hungary.
Asian Financial Cooperation Alliance (AFCA) summit in Budapest
Also on Tuesday, the Hungarian Prime Minister attended the opening of the first Asian Financial Cooperation Alliance (AFCA) summit meeting held outside China, in Budapest. The rise of China heralds a new era and will remain a dominant long-term trend in the global economy, Viktor Orban said at the event held in the building of the National Bank of Hungary (MNB), adding that “in response to the new situation, Hungary’s government launched its opening to the east policy in 2010.”
Ever since, Hungary has been “the first country to react to every move”: it was the first to welcome the presidential Belt and Road Initiative, and attend a meeting and sign an agreement about the scheme, he said. China’s economy is growing at a blistering pace, which will lead to enormous import demands and the country will eventually need to expand its production capacities abroad, Orbán said. Hungary has a good starting position in the global competition to benefit from the opportunities that will arise from these developments, he said.
Hungary is the best-placed country in the central and eastern European region in the race to cooperate with China, Orbán said, arguing that Hungary is the region’s top exporter to China as well as the top regional destination for Chinese investments. In addition, tax rates are low, economic policy is based on common sense rather than ideology, Hungary’s geographic location is favourable to China and the two countries mutually respect one another, Orbán said.
Huang Hong, vice chairman at the China Insurance Regulatory Commission, said the Belt and Road initiative was charging ahead and the countries involved were cooperating in developing their economic ties. Trade between China and the countries involved in the initiative is clearly expanding and cooperation is deepening at various levels, he said. The vice chairman expressed concern over recent “waves” that he said could hurt European-Asian cooperation, such as the “roots of anti-globalisation sentiment”, adding that it was also becoming increasingly difficult to monitor and prevent financial risks.
via hungarymatters.hu and MTI; featured photo: Tamás Kovács – MTI


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Quite simply because 3/4 of them are Android Operating System users. Yes, you heard that right. Nearly three-quarters of smartphone sales in the country in March 2013 went to Android, according to data from Kantar
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HOUSTON — Greg Clark, vice president of the Americas for Ineos Automotive, part of the British chemical company launching a rugged Land Rover Defender-like off-road vehicle in early 2023, has just one job: every job.
Clark, a former Jaguar Land Rover and Daimler marketing executive who was named to his post at Ineos in February, has on his to-do list:
- Select a location for the U.S. headquarters for the automotive operation of Ineos, which late next summer will begin building the Grenadier off-road vehicle in a former Daimler plant in Hambach, France, minutes from the German border.
- Figure out how best to get vehicles to dealers in all 50 states. Clark says he’s leaning toward appointing regional distributors that would deliver to multiple dealers instead of offering franchises to individual retailers.
- Hire the marketers, compliance managers, warranty administrators, zone managers, parts and service personnel and others who will staff the company’s U.S. arm and ensure that vehicles and parts get delivered on time and with no defects.
- Just about everything else.
Ineos Group has sites in the U.S. that handle its chemical and other businesses. Its U.S. headquarters is in the Houston suburb of League City, but the location is not suitable, Clark says, for the automotive division.
He views the placement of the automotive headquarters as critical to the division’s success. Right now, he’s scrutinizing cities on the Eastern Seaboard, which has a number of ports used by other importers, the proper transportation in place to rapidly move vehicles and parts, and good access to potential employees with automotive experience.
“We have to make the right decision,” said Clark during an event here to show an early version of the Grenadier to the media. “Being in an area where we can attract good talent and attract talent from other places of the country and that has the appropriate infrastructure is a big driver.”
The ideal location, he says, will be within reasonable driving distance of somewhere the Grenadier can be used for its intended purpose: punishing off-road driving. Clark has been looking in Atlanta and the Carolinas. The Georgia capital is home to Porsche and Mercedes-Benz as well as Triumph Motorcycles America.
The Grenadier’s silhouette and size are roughly the same as the old Defender, which ended production in 2016 after a 68-year run that saw minimal styling changes. But its design details, equipment, technology, refinement and creature comfort items are different.
The Grenadier exists because Ineos Group’s CEO, billionaire businessman Jim Ratcliffe, was unsuccessful in buying the discontinued Defender from Jaguar Land Rover. After being rebuffed, Ratcliffe decided to build a vehicle that would be Defender-like in its capability but would be a comfortable and modern super-rugged off-roader that would meet global safety and emissions standards.
Clark is not too concerned that the Grenadier will be viewed as a Defender knockoff. “If you think of body-on-ladder-frame vehicles that are built to be very rugged and very capable, they are going to follow a very similar blueprint,” he said.
While the Grenadier looks the part of a safari vehicle, the real challenge will be delivering world-class reliability under extreme conditions. That’s a tough challenge for all automakers, and even tougher for a company new to the industry building a new vehicle in a plant it just bought.
Unlike with the current spate of EV startups, money has never been a concern for the Grenadier project. Ratcliffe’s team simply writes checks for whatever is needed. For instance, Ineos hired Canadian supplier Magna to do much of the engineering in Austria. The Grenadier powertrain is a BMW 3.0-liter inline six-cylinder coupled to a two-speed transfer case and ZF 8HP eight-speed automatic transmission — proven components already in high-volume production.
“It’s important to be humble about this,” Clark said, “We are not going to do this independently and completely on our own. You actually need to go and talk to the experts who know how to build 4×4 off-road military vehicles very effectively.”
Production is slated to start in Hambach about a year from now. Europe is set to get the first vehicles, followed in early 2023 by the U.S., Canada and Mexico, says Clark.
The goal, he says, is to have between 30 and 50 dealers open at launch who will provide about 70 percent market coverage. When North America is fully operational, Ineos plans to sell around 30,000 vehicles per year, possibly more.
Ineos aims to launch the Grenadier with a price that puts it above the most expensive Jeep Wranglers and Ford Broncos but far lower than the Mercedes-Benz G-Class, which starts at around $130,000. A price range of $75,000 to $120,000 would put it in direct competition with many versions of the new Defender.
The company plans to stress that potential customers have already been using its products.
Said Clark: “Ineos has actually been a part of your life for longer than you’ve known it. From the tennis shoes you are wearing, to the cellphone in your pocket, to the car you drove from the airport, there are Ineos components and ingredients in more of the elements and facets of your life than you can imagine.”
Another goal is simplicity. There will be just one powertrain, no diesels and no manual transmissions.
But there will be a plethora of accessories customers can buy and have installed at the dealership. Ineos is planning to offer such things as shovels, gas cans, winches, LED lighting, appliances, power tools, grab rails, bike carriers and roof racks.
Somewhere down the road, there could be a pickup version and one that uses hydrogen to power an electric motor. But getting the first model to dealers on time and poised for a fast start is what is driving Clark now.
Said Clark: “This has to be easy to sell. I want to be able to give our retail partners the maximum possible opportunity to have the right car available at the right price at the right time for the right customer.”
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Security firm: Electrum Wallet suffered a massive DoS attack that has cost millions of dollars.
Bitcoin Future： electrum avast mail shield security exclusion
If someone's Electrum wallet connects to one of these servers and tries to send a BTC transaction, they see an official message telling them to update their Electrum wallet, as well as a scam URL.
In December 2018, Slow Fog first discovered and alerted an attacker to a messaging flaw using the Electrum Wallet client to force an "update prompt" to pop up when a user transfers money, inducing users to update and download malware to carry out a currency theft attack. Although electrum officials said in early 2019 that some security mechanisms were in place to prevent this "update phishing", many users of Electrum are still in the old version (less than 3.3.4) and the old version is still under threat. However, we do not rule out a similar threat to the new version.
env.sh ./bin/cita setup test-chain/0./env.sh./bin/cita setup test-chain/1./env.sh./bin/cita setup-chain/2./env.sh/bin/cita setup test-chain/3.
The discoverdomain function can be run by sending backdoor commands or automatically. Discoverdomain first enumerations the electrum Bitcoin wallet server using a public list, and then tries to query history with a hard-coded hash.
According to the dimensionality reduction security laboratory (johnwick.io), hackers launched a denial of service (DoS) attack on the well-known wallet Electrum server. The hackers used a botnet of more than 140,000 computers to attack Electrum nodes and deployed malicious nodes at the same time . When users connect to these malicious nodes and use the old version of Electrum to send transactions
Sky: After talking about the near-term planning of the product, let's talk about the long term, what does it mean that you chose to use whale as a logo? What does Break the Wall mean?
Bitcoin wallet Electrum now supports Lightning online payments, according to Coindesk on July 11. It has previously been reported that Bitcoin Wallet Electrum has released a beta version of Electrum 4.0, adding support for the Bitcoin Lightning Network.
Vincent Molinari, founder, CEO and host of Fintech.TV and Digital Asset Report, and CEO of Molinari Media.
When Electrum wallets are synchronized with malicious servers, they are instructed to "update" clients provided by hackers, resulting in the loss of assets contained in older versions. Previously, in December 2018, Electrum.
Blockchain.info, Electrum Wallet.
Lesson 1: Third-party Electrum servers can link your two transactions together. This can be avoided by running your own Electrum server, supported by your own full node.
Digital wallet developer Electrum has released an emergency patch saying it found a vulnerability that could lead any website hosting Electrum to steal a user's digital currency, exposing passwords to the JOHNSONRPC interface and ingelling hackers full control of the wallet. Earlier, Electrum released the first patch, but it didn't seem to solve the problem, and they released a second update urgently Sunday night local time.
Users of Bitcoin wallet Electrum are facing phishing attacks, according to Johnwick.io. Hackers broadcast messages to the Electrum client through a malicious server, prompting the user to update to v4.0.0, and if the user follows the prompt to install this "backdoor-carrying client", the private key is stolen and all digital assets are stolen. At the time of writing, at least 1,450 BTCs worth about $11.6 million had been stolen from phishing attacks that faked Electrum upgrade tips. DeViable Security Labs hereby suggests that versions of Electrum below 3.3.4 are vulnerable to such phishing attacks, and users using Electrum Wallet are requested to update to the latest version of Electrum 3.3.8 via the official website (electrum.org), which has not yet been officially released, and do not use the link in the prompt to avoid asset losses.
Patch The Electrum client does not display rich text, does not allow arbitrary messages, only strict messages.


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Seemingly out of nowhere, 343 Industries just dropped new Halo Infinite details ahead of the game's expected 2021 release. Much of the new information regarding the upcoming AAA shooter revolves around the multiplayer component of the game. In particular, about how Halo Infinite will have cross-play and cross-progression across the Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, as well as the PC.
What's New for Halo Infinite?
Halo Infinite is the highly anticipated "spiritual reboot" of the Xbox-exclusive Halo franchise. This means that even newer players will be able to get in on the action without having to acquaint themselves with everything that has happened prior.
To better cater to the tastes of today's gamers, Halo Infinite will reportedly have an open-world environment. Halo Infinite will also have more movement options such as a new grappling hook for the protagonist, Master Chief, and many more.
With that said, fans are eagerly awaiting more news about Halo Infinite as its expected Autumn 2021 release date draws closer.
Xbox Game Studios Head Matt Booty recently talked about Halo Infinite in an official blog post on Xbox Wire. In particular, Booty mentioned that multiplayer customization and progress will translate across multiple platforms in Halo Infinite. This is great news. After all, Halo Infinite's multiplayer component will be free-to-play. This effort is also in line with the recent updates to Halo: The Master Chief Collection. The anthology received cross-platform multiplayer support following its launch on the Xbox Series X.
Perhaps the biggest takeaway from Booty's latest statement though is how 343 Industries and Microsoft want to make the PC community happy with Halo Infinite. Booty talks about adding numerous popular features for PC gamers. This includes the likes of ultrawide and super ultrawide screen monitor support with triple keybinds, graphics options, and more.
This also echoes Halo Infinite Producer Jeff Guy's statement that Halo Infinite will be a "Halo built for PC players, by PC players".
Unfortunately, a release date was not mentioned by either Jeff Guy or Matt Booty. Neither was a new trailer released. However, it's nice to see 343 Industries and Microsoft's dedication towards making a AAA competitive shooter like Halo Infinite play as best as possible on the PC platform.
When Is Halo Infinite Going to Release?
Halo Infinite is a game that's been years in the making. It was originally planned to launch alongside the Xbox Series X and Series S back in November 2020. However, negative reactions from players who had a chance to try out the game's preview forced 343 Industries to reconsider. As a result, they decided to push the game's release date back so they can polish the gameplay. Later, in December 2020, Microsoft announced that Halo Infinite would launch in fall 2021.
With that said, a fall 2021 release date seems highly likely at this point. Not only has Microsoft confirmed it, but other sources such as a certain Halo Infinite actor seem to believe that it will release in November 2021. In addition to this, previous Halo titles also launched in November. This includes Halo Infinite's original November 2020 launch date.