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The tech elephantine tweeted astir the Pixel 6 — its upcoming flagship smartphone — from the ‘almost dead’ Nexus relationship connected Twitter.
The past tweet Google had sent retired from the relationship was connected October 16, 2017, astir upgrading to Pixel 2
Every twelvemonth Apple launches a caller iPhone model, a plethora of memes, reactions, tease flood societal media. This twelvemonth was nary antithetic arsenic the Cupertino-based tech elephantine dropped the caller iPhone 13 series.
What made the iPhone 13 bid motorboat a spot much peculiar was the ‘secret’ connection from Apple’s adjacent rival Google.
The tech elephantine tweeted astir the Pixel 6 — its upcoming flagship smartphone — from the ‘almost dead’ Nexus account. According to a 9to5Google report, soon aft Apple launched the iPhone 13 connected September 14, Google sent a tweet from @googlenexus, simply saying “I’d hold for #Pixel6.”
The past tweet Google had sent retired from the relationship was connected October 16, 2017, astir upgrading to Pixel 2. However, Google kept replying to lawsuit enactment mentions from the relationship until July 14, 2019. The verified relationship was past made backstage aboriginal successful 2019, the 9to5Google study added. The account’s banner representation directs users to the caller @madebygoogle handle.
Google volition motorboat the Pixel 6 aboriginal this year, reports said. It volition instrumentality connected the iPhone 13 successful the flagship smartphone market. The Alphabet-owned institution precocious released a teaser for the Pixel 6 with a ‘For All You Are’ tagline.
The bid volition see 2 models — Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro. Both volition person a punch-hole design, an in-display fingerprint sensor, and a dual-tone rear panel. The lower-end exemplary volition person a 4,614mAh battery, portion the Pro exemplary volition beryllium powered by a 5,000mAh battery. The 5G smartphones volition enactment 33W fast-charging and Wi-Fi 6 and person Android 12 retired of the box.
While Google is yet to corroborate the Pixel 6’s motorboat date, timepiece widgets successful the teaser suggest the day to beryllium October 19, the 9to5Google study said. The institution has truthful acold lone said the phones would get “later this fall”. Reports besides suggest that the phones tin beryllium purchased from October 28.
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Boston, Mass. — Pixability (pixstage.wpengine.com), the provider of software and insights for video advertising on YouTube and other leading connected TV (CTV) platforms, today announced the release of a new study — How We Watch Now: US Consumer Streaming Habits on YouTube and Other Connected TV Platforms. The study, based on a survey of more than 700 U.S. adults over 18, examined trends in traditional and connected TV viewership, along with content consumption preferences and use of major CTV streaming platforms.
While 59% of U.S. adults subscribe to cable TV right now, the Pixability survey found that number will drop to 25% within the next few years. Among those who will be cutting the cord, more than half (63%) will do so within the year, demonstrating that the move away from traditional TV is accelerating. Among the 25% of adults who say they will still have cable in a few years, the highest concentration is over the age of 65.
The shift away from traditional TV towards streaming CTV viewership was apparent in other key findings of the study. According to the survey, YouTube viewers are now almost as likely to be watching YouTube on their TV as they are on their mobile device. 83% of U.S. adults who watch YouTube do so on their TV, making it the 2nd most popular device behind mobile (93%).
“While we’re all aware of the shift from traditional TV to connected TV, this study revealed that the shift is accelerating faster than many people suspected,” said David George, CEO of Pixability. “As this shift continues, YouTube’s viewership on TV screens is growing exponentially and it has become the top ad-supported platform for CTV reach — and a new mainstream option for TV advertisers.”
Other major findings of the study:
- In addition to YouTube, four other AVOD services (Hulu, Roku, Peacock, Amazon Fire) comprise almost all ad-supported CTV viewing
- YouTube has a greater reach than any other streaming platform, reaching 87% of US adults and 97% of those 25-34
- Consumers spend roughly an hour a day on YouTube and consume multiple categories of content — over 15 on average
- 90% of Gen Z and Millennials in the U.S. now watch YouTube on TV screens
Pixability is a technology and data company that empowers the world’s largest brands and their agencies to maximize the value of video advertising on YouTube, YouTube on TV, Amazon Fire, Roku and Hulu. The company’s industry-leading optimization and insights solutions are independently verified by the YouTube Measurement Program, DoubleVerify, Oracle Data Cloud’s Moat Measurement, Integral Ad Science and other third parties. Pixability’s suite of solutions are used by the top media agencies and brands including Dentsu-Aegis, Havas, Interpublic Group, Omnicom, Publicis, and GroupM, as well as Swatch, Bose, KIND, Hilton, Jack in the Box, and Puma. For more information about Pixability, please visit pixstage.wpengine.com.

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An 11-storey upmarket shopping complex, being built on the plot of land next to Traders Hotel, will definitely add vigour and variety to the ‘ailing’ Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak (Komtar) upon completion.
Penang Local Government, Traffic Management and Environment Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the ongoing project was scheduled for completion by October next year.
The project, which comes under Phase 3 of the Komtar masterplan, is a joint venture between Belleview Group and some partners including the Lion group and a US-based investment fund company.
Chow, who is also Tanjong MP, said piling works that commenced in October last year had been completed.
Construction on the basement car park is still ongoing while several floors of the building had already taken shape at the site.
“Once it is ready, the complex will definitely revitalise the inner city of George Town.
“After all, this project is long overdue and has been shelved for decades.
“The massive investment amounting to millions of ringgit shows that the investors still have confidence in the area,” he said.
Komtar assemblyman Ng Wei Aik said the new mall would be linked to the existing one in Komtar and Prangin Mall and would complement each other.
“We are positive that the new mall would attract new businessmen to Komtar.
“The state is currently looking into a new concept to turn George Town as a shopping zone where shoppers would shop at the three malls, and two others, namely the Penang Times Square and at the Gama Supermarket and Departmental Store,” he said.
The shopping mall, with a land area of 10,126sq m, would have a built-up space of more than 40,000 sq m.
It is learnt that the complex, to be named 1st Avenue Penang, will comprise a shopping centre, a cineplex, an amusement centre and retail outlets.
A soft launch for the project will be held at the road show in One World Hotel besides the One Utama shopping complex in Petaling Jaya today at 11am.
By TAN SIN CHOW and ANN TAN. Photos by K.E. OOI (The Star)


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November 17, 2011
This year’s show features a new flagship sedan for Cadillac, a premium sedan from Hyundai, a slew of compact crossovers and rumblings of a new horsepower war.
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Samsung is expected to introduce two new handsets on the US market in the near future, the Galaxy J3 (2017) and the Galaxy J7 (2017), but, like expected, a third model will also make its debut soon. We’re talking about the Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017), which was already spotted at Wi-Fi Alliance, back in February, rocking the model number SM-J350FM/DS.
However, the amount of information about this smartphone isn’t that big. When it made its first appearance, we knew that it will run Android 6.0 Marshmallow, but, in the mean time, we’ve come across the fact that it will come with 7.0 Nougat out of the box, like most of Samsung’s new models.
As for the specs, a recent Geekbench result also gives us a few new details about what we should expect, even though this shouldn’t be taken for granted.
To be more specific, the Samsung Galaxy J5 (2017) will rely on the same chipset as the J7, an Exynos 7870 model, with an octa-core configuration, aided by 2GB of RAM. However, we don’t know anything about the amount of storage, but it should be at least 32GB, with the possibility of expanding it, using a microSD card.
For the moment, there’s nothing available about the phone’s camera setup, nor about the battery, but, most likely, such information will become available in the following weeks. Also, we hope to find out if the Galaxy J5 (2017), will make it to the United States as well, just like the rest of the members of the Galaxy J line-up.


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Macau, the world’s largest gambling mecca, will soon become home to world’s first hotel designed by fashion industry idea Karl Lagerfeld.
SJM, the largest casino operator in Macau, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Karl Lagerfeld Greater China to develop the property, according to a statement last Thursday.
The hotel, expected to open in 2017 in Lisboa Palace, will have 270 rooms in a 20-storey tower.
Macau’s boom helped to propel several of first-time members onto the 2014 Forbes Billionaires List unveiled last week. Among them are Lawrence Ho, chairman of Melco International and David Chow of Macau Legend. U.S. companies MGM, the Las Vegas Sands and Wynn also have interests in Macau.
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FREEPORT, Maine (AP) - With the final retail push under way, L.L. Bean CEO Chris McCormick is playing Santa's helper against a backdrop of conveyor belts and beeping front-end loaders as he boxes up slippers and shirts. But there's little time to reflect on the holiday cheer those gifts will bring because he's busy concentrating to make sure no shipments go astray.
NEW YORK (AP) - Twinkies, Wonder Bread and Devil Dogs are likely to return to shelves in coming months, but probably not under the same owners.
BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - Disney says it has completed its acquisition of Lucasfilm Ltd. for $4.06 billion in cash and stock.
MENLO PARK (AP) - Facebook says it is testing a service that will charge users $1 to guarantee that messages they send to people they are not connected to arrive in users' inboxes, rather than in an often-ignored folder called "other."
NEW YORK (AP) - Will Santa's sleigh be late?
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - When it comes to making coins, the Mint isn't getting its two cents worth. In some cases, it doesn't even get half of that.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Twitter is offering its more than 200 million users a chance to keep a digital scrapbook of all their tweets.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Apple filed an appeal Thursday of a judge's refusal to bar some Samsung smartphones from the U.S. market, extending one of several legal battles raging around the world between the two tech giants.
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - From California to New York, teacher and public-worker retirement funds are reconsidering their investments in gun makers and confronting an uncomfortable fact: Their pensions have supported the manufacture of deadly weapons, in some cases the same type of gun used in the Connecticut school shooting.
OLIVE GARDEN OWNER SHIFTS COURSE TO FOCUS ON DEALS: NEW YORK (AP) - After new ad campaigns touting the quality of its food failed to spark sales, the parent company of Olive Garden and Red Lobster is retooling its strategy to attract diners with more promotional deals.
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal watchdog has found that government-controlled Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac may have lost more than $3 billion from big banks' alleged rigging of a key interest rate.
NEW YORK (AP) - When it comes to fat holiday discounts, better late than never.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Google is turning on a "scan and match" service for Google Music users to store copies of their songs online, offering for free what Apple charges $25 a year for.
MENLO PARK (AP) - Instagram, the popular mobile photo-sharing service now owned by Facebook, said Tuesday that it will remove language from its new terms of service suggesting that users' photos could appear in advertisements.
REDWOOD SHORES (AP) - Snapping out of a summertime lull, Oracle's latest quarter demonstrated that companies have been splurging on software and other technology as the year comes to a close, despite uncertainty about the economy's prospects.
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City is getting ready for an old-fashioned Easter egg hunt with a 21st-century twist: The public will hunt for the eggs as part of an interactive contest using a smartphone app.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The man Newsweek claimed is the creator of bitcoin has hired a lawyer in an attempt to clear his name, repeating a denial he made to The Associated Press more than a week ago that he has never had anything to do with the digital currency.
• SAN FRANCISCO UPS TOTAL IT WILL LEND TO HOMEBUYERS: SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - San Francisco will now lend as much as $200,000 to some homebuyers toward a down payment on their first house or condominium.
NEW YORIK (AP) - Uninsured Americans face an important deadline at the end of this month, and many don't realize it.
DENVER (AP) - Colorado made roughly $2 million in marijuana taxes in January, state revenue officials reported Monday in the world's first accounting of the recreational pot business.
NEW YORK (AP) - On the edge of the SoHo neighborhood downtown, The Henley Vaporium is an intimate hipster hangout with overstuffed chairs, exposed brick, friendly counter help - but no booze.
ATLANTA (AP) - It's not just grandma with a new hip and your uncle with a new knee. More than 2 of every 100 Americans now have an artificial joint, doctors are reporting.
SAN JOSE (AP) - Arwin Buditom guards some of the most successful high-tech firms in America. Joseph Farfan keeps their heat, air and electric systems humming. But these workers and tens of thousands like them who help fuel the Silicon Valley's tech boom can't even make ends meet anymore. Buditom rooms with his sister an hour's drive from work. Farfan gets his groceries at a food pantry.
CUPERTINO (AP) - Apple is accelerating the race to make smartphone applications easier and safer to use in cars.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dish Network and Disney have reached a landmark deal that envisions the day when Dish will offer a Netflix-like TV service to people who'd rather stream TV over the Internet than put a satellite receiver on their roof.
NEW YORK (AP) - Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is once again the world's richest person.
TOKYO (AP) - The sudden disappearance of one of the largest bitcoin exchanges only adds to the mystery and mistrust surrounding the virtual currency, which was just beginning to gain legitimacy beyond the technology enthusiasts and adventurous investors who created it.
DETROIT (AP) - The Tesla Model S electric sedan is Consumer Reports' top pick in this year's automotive rankings.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Billions of dollars in U.S. taxes are going unpaid because Americans are exploiting Swiss bank accounts, and the U.S. government has failed to aggressively pursue Switzerland's second-largest bank, a Senate investigation has found.
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News : Samsung Opens Customer Hotline in Czech Republic
April 24, 2014 -- Samsung opened a customer hotline centre in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic to support users of its phones, tablets and cameras, reports Mobilnet.cz.
The call centre, to be provided by the company Teleperformance, shall have 30 employees. In the second half of the year, the call centre will hire a further 16 employees to cover other product series, including TV sets and audio products.
The hotline shall operate on work days from 8.00 to 18.00 hours and on Saturdays from 9.00 to 16.00.
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by Sharon Licht, CalCAN Policy Intern
On May 2, the USDA released its most recent Census of Agriculture data. Every five years, the Census quantifies trends in U.S. farmer demographics, production methods, yields, and sales.
Conducted in 2012, the Census describes the practices of 3.2 million farmers managing 2.1 million farms on over 914 million acres of farmland across the country. Dominating the nation’s total agricultural production and leading the country with 9 of the 10 top counties for value of sales, California agriculture comprised a major portion of national data. This post explores some of the national and statewide trends in the data, and what they can tell us about where the industry is headed.
The average California farmer is 57.9 years old, compared to the steadily-increasing national average of 58.3 years. But while California’s farmers tend to be slightly younger than the national average, Census data suggests that beginning farmers have had trouble getting a foothold in the state compared to their national peers.
Nationally, the number of beginning farmers — those working their current operation for under 10 years — has decreased 20 percent since 2007. In California, the number of beginning farmers has dropped 29 percent since 2007.
The steadily increasing average age of farmers reflects the economic burden endured disproportionately by young farmers. Lingering impacts of the recession and multi-year drought, along with astronomically-high land prices across the state, may be some factors discouraging Californians from entering into farming.
The Census data reaffirms the long-term national trend of consolidation in the agriculture industry, with California following a similar trajectory of fewer farms and increased average farm size. But while total acres in farmland decreased slightly at the national scale, California acreage actually increased slightly from 25.36 million acres in 2007 to 25.57 million acres in 2012. Some of this expansion may be because of greater conversion of foothill land not previously in agricultural production, but more research is needed. Soon, the Department of Conservation will release its update on farmland conversion in the state.
The Census data also reflects decreased investments in key federal lands conservation programs between 2007 and 2012. Total California acreage enrolled in four major conservation programs (Conservation Reserve, Wetlands Reserve, Farmable Wetlands, and Conservation Reserve Enhancement Programs) has decreased by 58.5 percent since 2007.
On-Farm Conservation & Organic Agriculture
In recent years, the Census of Agriculture has gathered data on various on-farm conservation practices, including energy production and use, agrochemical usage, organic practices, rotational grazing, cover cropping, and more.
One notable trend in California farming is the change in agrochemical usage: the total number of farms using fertilizer, manure, or chemicals decreased 16.3 percent between 2007 and 2012.
Sustainable agricultural trends are also evident in the organic sector, where organic sales surged by 82 percent nationally since 2007, despite the recession. Census data points to lower concentration of production on organic farms than on farms overall, as 10 percent of organic farms account for 75 percent of total national organic sales, while just 6 percent of all farms account for 75 percent of total sales. California leads the nation with 3,008 farms now selling organic products and total annual organic product sales of over $1.35 billion, a 106% increase in sales since 2007.
On their blog, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) highlights the role of the local market, citing a 60 percent national increase in direct-to-consumer sales over the past decade. Additionally, NSAC notes the 2012 Census gathered entirely new categories of data related to local food marketing, such as direct-to-retail and community supported agriculture (CSAs). California leads the nation in both of these categories.
[More data on on-farm conservation practices can be found here.]
Trends in farmer demographics and land use are paramount to understanding the future of California agriculture. The increasing average age of California farmers may lead to a generational gap in agricultural knowledge, if the number of younger farmers does not substantially increase. Additionally, if trends in the number and size of farms persist, the California landscape will soon be subject to the demands of very few and very large, consolidated farms. Census data also points to the relative resilience and profitability of organic agriculture, as well as the overall decreased use of agrochemicals. Demographic and land use trends highlight the necessity for statewide conservation and mitigation of agricultural land conversion, and also suggest that sustainable organic systems might prove more resilience in the face of fiscal and climatic challenges.


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Grapes exported with glass, hair
Piece of broken glass bangles, human hair and chemical residue have forced some European countries to reject more than 3,500 containers of grapes grown in and exported from northern and western Maharashtra.mumbai Updated: Apr 23, 2010 00:53 IST
Piece of broken glass bangles, human hair and chemical residue have forced some European countries to reject more than 3,500 containers of grapes grown in and exported from northern and western Maharashtra.
Exporters and farmers are likely to suffer losses of more than Rs 350 crore. An exporter from Nashik requesting anonymity told Hindustan Times that after bangle pieces and hair were found in some containers sent from Nifad in Nashik district, several European countries asked for a chemical analysis of the produce. “The chemical analysis established the presence of the leucine [a chemical plant growth regulator] residue beyond permissible limits in some batches,” the exporter said. “So they blocked all containers.”
Leucine, an amino acid, is found in several plant growth regulators that farmers use to enhance flowering and the size of the fruit. The chemical, if consumed excessively, can cause serious health problems in human beings.
A grape producer from Sangli blamed the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority and Pune-based National Research Centre for Grapes for not informing the farmers that the European Union had included leucine in the chemical residues’ list. The Nashik-based exporter blamed the owner of the cold storage facility at Nifad, without naming him, for engaging unskilled female labourers for packaging grapes.
A container holds 12 to 15 tonnes of grapes worth more than Rs 10 crore. The exporter said that the produce will have perished since most of the containers had reached foreign soil 10 to 12 days ago. “At least 500 containers are docked at Mumbai port and the rest are on their way to Europe.”
Nashik’s Member of Parliament, Samir Bhujbal, was aware of the problem. “The affected parties are expected to meet Union Agriculture Minister, Sharad Pawar, and senior bureaucrats in New Delhi. I will accompany them to help resolve the issue because this will impact grape farming in the long-run,” Bhujbal said. He added that the produce stranded in Mumbai and Europe, if not allowed to off load, will perish in three days.
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Earlier this year, Lilian McCann, a member of our Art department, joined other artists in creating a piece of artwork, as a contribution to the NHS portrait initiative scheme. Now these pieces of work are being published by Bloomsbury Publishing, with proceeds from the book going to NHS Charities.
A virtual exhibition, held early on in the pandemic, showcased portraits of NHS staff and was designed to celebrate the enormous contribution of frontline workers. Lily contributed a painting of Paramedic, Sam Strutton.
She said: “I was honoured to paint Sam’s portrait; he has the most amazing smile.”
Sam added: “People have been so unbelievably kind to the NHS. It has reminded everyone why they wanted to do this type of work in the first place.”
Artist Tom Croft who partnered with the Net Gallery to create the initiative explains: “I put a post out on social media offering a free portrait to the first NHS key worker to contact me, and suggested other portrait artists might like to do the same. I asked everyone to post their portraits under the hashtag #portraitsfornhsheroes.”
The resulting book will come out in November.
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Trump Targets a Postal Service Rainmaker: Package Delivery
The Postal Service has many financial woes, but the health of its package delivery service is not one of them.
As the agency struggles to pay for retiree health benefits and adjust to a world where people mail fewer letters each year, an otherwise dismal balance sheet has a bright spot: It is delivering more and more packages, a reflection of the boom in e-commerce.
The Postal Service has described its package business as a source of financial growth, but President Trump wants more. He issued an executive order late Thursday creating a task force to “conduct a thorough evaluation” of the Postal Service’s operations and finances, including the “expansion and pricing of the package delivery market.”
But on a single day in December — Monday, Dec. 18 — the post office delivered more than 37 million packages, a record.
During the quarter that includes the 2017 holiday season — historically the Postal Service’s strongest period of the year — revenue from first-class mail slid by 4.4 percent from the same period a year earlier. Total mail volume, which has been slipping for years, depressed in part by email, was down by 2 billion pieces, or 5 percent.
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Amazon is selling certified refurbished models of the iRobot Rooba 860 for just $270 today, down from $450.
Amazon is selling a 24-inch Insignia smart TV with Amazon's Fire TV capabilities for $90, a $60 discount.
Apple's Magic Keyboard is $67 today on Amazon, the best price we've ever seen.
Amazon is selling the Oculus Go standalone VR headset for $169, an all-time low.
B&H Photo is selling a three-pack of TP-Link HS100 Wi-Fi smart plugs for $30 today, down from a list price of $51.
Amazon's running a 24-hour sale on a variety of Anker accessories.
B&H Photo Video is selling the 12.9-inch 2017 iPad Pro with LTE for $719, but for today only.
Best Buy has slashed $150 off the price of this 55-inch Sharp 4K HDR TV with HDR and Roku TV.
Amazon is selling the Apple Smart Keyboard for the new iPad Air for $79.50, half off its $159 list price.
Amazon is selling the Jaybird X4 wireless sports earphones for an all-time low price of $104.64 today.
You can buy a refurbished Netgear Orbi Wi-Fi System for just $210 on Amazon today, $90 off its list price and lower than we've ever seen it.
Amazon is selling the Anker SoundCore Boost Bluetooth speaker for $51 today, the lowest price we've seen.
Amazon is selling the 200GB SanDisk Ultra microSDXC for $27.29, down from an MSRP of $85.
Best Buy is selling the Neato Botvac D6 Connected for $400, a massive discount from its $730 sticker price.
Amazon is selling the Bowers & Wilkins PX Active noise-cancelling wireless headphones for 25% off, its lowest price yet.


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Hyundai Electric motor and Apple plan to sign a partnership deal on autonomous electric vehicles by March and begin production by around 2024 in america, local newspaper Korea It again Media reported on Sunday.
The report follows a statement on Friday from Hyundai Motor that it had been in early talks with Apple after another localized media outlet said the companies aimed to launch a self-traveling electric car in 2027, sending Hyundai shares up practically 20 per cent.
Hyundai Engine declined to comment on the record on Sunday, and reiterated Friday's comments that it has received requests for potential cooperation from many companies on growing autonomous EVs.
Apple had zero immediate comment.
An updated version of the IT news statement removed particulars, including production location and ability and the timeframe for signing the agreement and launching the pilot vehicles.
The previous version said the firms planned to build the cars at Kia Motors' factory in Georgia, or invest jointly in a new factory in america to create 100,000 vehicles around 2024. The entire annual ability of the proposed plant will be 400,000 vehicles.
Kia Motors can be an affiliate of Hyundai Motor.
The report also said Hyundai and Apple planned to release a "beta version" of the Apple cars next year.
Reuters reported last month that Apple was continue with autonomous car technology and aimed to make a passenger car or truck that could include its own breakthrough electric battery technology as soon as 2024.
Shares in Hyundai Motor rose 14.6 % in morning trade on Monday, while affiliate car parts maker Hyundai Mobis shares rose 12.7 % and Kia shares rose 9.1 % versus a 2 % gain in the wider market.


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Grange is perhaps the original iconic Australian wine, so it is no real surprise that the 2007 vintage received a 95 point score from the respected James Halliday Australian Wine Companion.
What is less known, currently anyway, is that the first releases from new “virtual” winery Palmarium have received a score of 95 from the Halliday guide, and more recently, a staggering 96 points.
Palmarium – Latin for “outstanding” – is the vision of Melbourne-based Peter Mornement, who conceived the idea of engaging some of Australia’s best winemakers to create the finest quality wine they could, from 10 tons of the best quality fruit. The range of Super Premium Shiraz is called Exemplar – Latin for “original.”
“It is winemaking as it was done 30 years ago, completely without commercial constraints,” says Mornement, who began in the wine industry in 1973 as the proprietor of a store stocking specialist wines.
“The brief is simple, buy the best fruit you can and use new oak of your choice, because we want to make the best of the best.”
Palmarium is a “virtual” winery in that the brand owns only oak barrels and wine inside them. There is no bricks and mortar, no cellar door.
For the first vintage in 2010, Palmarium engaged the renowned John Ellis from Heathcote and Walter Clappis from McLaren Vale who both crushed 10 tons, roughly equivalent to producing 650 dozen bottles.
The first wine to be reviewed was the McLaren Vale shiraz, described in the James Halliday Australian Wine Companion as “the product of a great vintage that will live for decades.”
Awarding the wine 95 points, the Halliday guide said the shiraz – as “deep and intense as you might imagine” – while, while excellent to drink now, could be cellared to 2035.
“If all are as good as the first wine released, there is much to look forward to,” said the Halliday Companion.
The success of the McLaren Vale release was followed by a further triumph for Palmarium’s Heathcote shiraz, which was awarded a staggering 96 points by the Halliday Companion in May this year.
“The fragrant bouquet is the opening chorus for the symphony of spice, licorice, black cherry and blackberry of the palate,” was the Halliday verdict.
The Halliday scores for both winemakers, John Ellis and Walter Clappis – both legends of the industry – with their Palmarium vintages was higher than they had achieved previously over careers spanning three decades.
“This is a very exciting result and shows that we have so far over-achieved on the ambitions we had when we began Palmarium,” says Peter Mornement.
To add to the accolades, both wines won gold medals at the 2012 China Wine Awards, recognition which is paving the way for Palmarium wines to be added to the wine list at some of the most exclusive restaurants in Shanghai.
“The business plan is for the wines to be available only online, in quantities of six, for $65 a bottle and in fine dining restaurants where they would typically sell for twice that,” says Mornement.
“So far, the wine is available in restaurants such as Number 8, Nobu, the Flower Drum in Melbourne and now at 360 in Sydney, where ten bottles of Palmarium were sold the first night the wine was offered – on a Wednesday night.
“I’m also talking to restauranteurs in China, many of them Australians, and we are looking to export into other markets such as the United States.”
Palmarium recently welcomed respected Barossa Valley winemaker Kym Teusner into the fold, and the 2011 vintage will now comprise three wines: the McLaren Vale, Heathcote and Barossa Valley vintages.
“The plan is to bring in another three winemakers over the next five years and develop a range,” says Mornement.
Palmarium is a publicly unlisted company which is part way through its third capital raising, led by a board which combines deep wine-making, marketing, business and export experience.
After initially welcoming the “family and friends” network as investors – including former Fosters chief Trevor O’Hoy – the Palmarium network is looking to expand and welcome a new round of shareholders as the company seeks just under $300,000 in fresh capital.
“We are a five star winery with the release of our very first wine, and that is a significant achievement and is proof of the direction we are taking,” says Mornement.
“The vision is to build up a new premium wine brand over the next five years or so, and for us to be our own distributor either directly to restaurants or online to consumers.
The company is positioned well to be a potential acquisition target, which has the potential to create a lot of value for our shareholders.


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Though it's hard to say for certain what the long-term impact of the U.K.'s Brexit vote will be, one thing is already clear: the silver lining for American tourists.
The U.K.'s vote to leave the EU has dramatically impacted the value of the country's currency, causing the pound to drop to a 33-year low. And there's no way of knowing whether, or for how long, that freefall will continue.
All of which makes trips to England, (a historically pricey destination), suddenly very affordable, and very attractive, for Americans.
"The overall the consensus is that a lot remains up in the air and has yet to be seen when it comes to the fallout from Brexit," says Travelzoo Senior Editor Gabe Saglie. "But the travel sector is one area where there's this immediate potential upside. The pound for years has been a notoriously expensive currency against the American dollar and it's now at 33 year lows. The dollar is now 20% stronger against the pound."
It's not only the value of the pound that's dropping, says Saglie. The prices being charged for four- and five-star hotel rooms in England are also plummeting. An upscale, centrally located hotel in London can now be had for about $175 a night, or less, which is typically unheard of.
Airline prices may soon follow suit, according to Saglie, who says some sale prices have already popped up. It's now possible to fly to England from the East Coast of the U.S. for a mere $490 round-trip. Prices from the West Coast have also dropped, to about $798.
Vacation packages are another area where there's suddenly bargains to be had, thanks to the bundling of low airfares, discounted hotel rooms and other offerings such as meals or venue tickets.
Travelzoo has just published a number of Brexit inspired travel deals covering hotels, airfare and travel packages. The swanky, celeb hotspot Andaz London Liverpool Street for instance, is listed for just $171 per night. That's a more than 45% savings on the five-star hotel.
Another stunning bargain just posted on the site offers a four-night London escape for just $699, a price that includes airfare, as hard as that may be to believe.
"The uptick is almost exclusively for the American traveler, because when you look at our currency compared to others, we are in an enviable position now against the pound," says Saglie. "In the travel industry some of the best values you're going to find are borne from mishaps. That's just the reality and in this situation the American traveler happens to be in a position to benefit."
Americans seem to be keenly aware of this fact.
Immediately after the vote, there was a 30% increase in searches on Travelzoo for deals in the U.K., as compared to the same time last year. And since then, the increase in searches has risen as high as 70%, year over year.
Hotels.com has also reported astonishing increases in Americans seeking U.K. deals on their site. The company reports that searches are up more than 50% year-over-year, and hotels are now available for half off their 2015 prices.
Even searches for British locations outside of London are spiking, according to Hotels.com. There has been a 227% increase in traffic on the site for hotels in regional U.K. north and a 192% increase for Bristol, England.
Other U.S. travel companies are taking notice of the way Brexit has turned the tide when it comes to U.K. travel and are busily working to catch up.
Historically, smarTours, a U.S. based vacation tour company focused on bargains, has not offered trips to England because it was not possible to provide clients with value at a reasonable price.
But the Brexit vote caused the company to change that stance.
"smarTours has sent nearly 200,000 travelers across the globe since 1996, yet we never had a trip to England. It's perhaps the most glaring omission in our portfolio of trips," says Greg Geronemus, the company's co-CEO. "It's one of the great destinations in the world, yet we have always struggled to find a way to offer England in a way that's sensibly priced and in keeping with the smarTours commitment of offering affordability and value. However, Brexit has changed the equation completely. England will now be dramatically more affordable."
In the days after the Brexit vote, smarTours began receiving calls from longtime clients wanting to know if the company will begin organizing trips to England now that the Brexit vote has reduced costs.
Negotiations are now underway for smarTours trips that will likely take place in 2017, Geronemus says.
Bargain prices for American travelers are the most obvious impact the Brexit vote has had on the travel landscape, but there's also likely to be other unexpected impacts, according to Travelzoo.
A survey completed by the global travel deals website prior to the Brexit vote found that European tourists would be hesitant to continue traveling to England if the country ultimately voted to leave the EU.
The survey predicted European tourists to the U.K. would drop by one-third because of the vote. Travelers from Germany, Italy and Spain and France who participated in the Travelzoo research said they would be less inclined to vacation in England in the event of a leave vote. In particular, four in ten respondents from EU countries expressed concern that Brexit would make U.K. holidays more expensive.
Travelzoo predicts that hesitation from EU travelers could cost the U.K.'s tourism industry as much as 4.1 billion pounds a year in international tourist spending.
There's also some concern that the international student population flowing in and out of the U.K. each year may be impacted by post-Brexit changes, according to Dan Baker, Head of U.K. marketing and business development for StudentUniverse.
"When you consider that international students are included in the net migration figures for the U.K., and the importance of the immigration debate in Britain choosing to leave the EU, there's a fear that the government could choose to reduce valuable international students to meet headline targets. That would be a disaster on both an economic and educational level for Britain," says Baker.
At least one travel segment, however, has barely noticed the Brexit fuss - and that's the world's ultra wealthy, including America's most affluent travelers.
Anthony Lassman, co-founder of the London-based Nota Bene Global, a private company catering to high net worth individuals, (with 70% of its client base coming from the U.S.), says Brexit hasn't even been a blip on the radar.
"The higher up in the market you go, the more insulated people are from things that are going on," says Lassman. "The very wealthy are generally on their yachts, in their villas... I haven't come across one person cancelling travel. We have people right now going to all of the usual watering holes. The ones going to boats and villas are fine, and if security comes into play, they will charter a private plane."
The mood on the ground in London, however, is a different matter, says Lassman. From employees in the financial industry to those in politics, there is concern over the present and the future.
"I would say it's polarized," Lassman continued. "People in financial industry are obviously concerned, worried that many years of really good work, building something strong, stand a chance of being spoiled. Other people feel if we have the right politicians in place, we can sort this out. The mood in London at the moment is uncertainty, very much focusing on who is going to be the new prime minister and then on trying to get something sorted out, and hopefully it will not drag on."
Meanwhile, average American travelers, who enjoy a good bargain, should act sooner rather then later, advises Saglie. Because over the coming months and years many of the trade and travel agreements surrounding the U.K. will have to be rewritten in light of the Brexit vote and prices, as well as many other things, are likely to change.
"When the open skies agreements are reworked and as airfare agreements get tweaked, it could affect a number of routes available out of the U.K. to the E.U., or the number of flights available and flights might not be as cheap as they are currently," says Saglie. "Overall I think from the value perspective, now is time to go."


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'This is the biggest spoonful of s**t I've ever seen': Melbourne pop-up cafe slammed for charging $5 for a single teaspoon of Nutella
- A pop-up store has enraged millennials by selling bite-sized desserts for $5
- The Melbourne cafe, called Spoonful of Sugar, will appear at a secret location
- But not all are impressed with the pricey teaspoons of Nutella and peanut butter
- Facebook users slammed the store for selling tiny spoonfuls at sky-high prices
A pop-up cafe has devised a genius new way of overcharging hipster customers by selling single spoonfuls of Nutella for $5 each.
Confectionery store Spoonful of Sugar has launched a series of calorie-laden teaspoons containing the beloved hazelnut spread, peanut butter and jelly and several bite-sized dessert combinations.
At the pop-up in Melbourne, $5 will get patrons a fleeting taste of timeless favourites such as the 'Naughty Nutella', 'Playful PB&J', 'Sinful Salted Caramel' and 'Blissful Banoffee'.
Confectionery store Spoonful of Sugar has launched a series of calorie-laden teaspoons containing the beloved hazelnut spread (pictured), peanut butter and jelly and several bite-sized dessert combinations
The tiny mouthfuls of sugary treats will be on sale at a secret location - but not every potential customer is sold on the expensive idea.
'This isn't cool. This is the biggest spoonful of s**t I've ever seen. $5. F*** me!
'People in this city are literally surviving on a few dollars a day and some bright spark thought this would be a good way to generate some income. Greedy bastards,' one man wrote on Facebook.
'Who would actually pay that?' Some were unimpressed with the expensive dessert treat
'This isn't cool. This is the biggest spoonful of s**t I've ever seen. $5. F*** me!' one man wrote
'This is a joke. Why open a pop up that will get more people laughing at you than buying off you?' another unimpressed person said.
But other dessert connoisseurs seemed happy to splash cash on the tiny spoonfuls of sugary goodness.
'These look delicious! Do customers get to keep spoons as part of the whole experience?' one woman asked.
'Finally a serving size that fits my macros,' another person joked.
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On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that inflation hit 8.6 percent, which is the highest it’s been in the last 40 years. Earlier this week the Producer Price Index, which reflects wholesale prices, hit 10.8 percent and remains near record levels. Prices are rising at every step in the process of getting goods from the factory to retailers’ shelves.
Join NRF in calling on Congress to lower inflation now.
In the face of rapidly rising prices, consumers are changing their shopping behavior. According to a recent NRF study, almost half of consumers are switching to cheaper alternatives and looking for coupons or sales more often when shopping for everyday necessities. Forty-one percent are shopping at discount stores and 40 percent are cutting back in other areas so they can afford these purchases.
Despite these changes in consumption behavior, inflation is taking a growing toll on consumers’ finances. In a recent NRF poll, 58 percent of American consumers reported they are either dipping into savings or going into debt to pay for higher prices. The news gets much worse for lower-income households: 72 percent of households earning less than $25,000 are using their savings or debt to finance higher prices. As the Federal Reserve continues to ratchet up rates, the cost to consumers is going to get worse as interest rates rise.
The growing pressure on U.S. consumers is evident when you examine data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Household Pulse Survey. The survey was designed to provide near real-time data on how the pandemic was affecting people’s lives but now provides an interesting lens into how consumers are behaving as inflation pressures grow.
The survey asks consumers if they’ve had trouble paying their usual household expenses in the last seven days and breaks their responses out by income levels. Since last fall, when inflation jumped to over 6 percent, every single income group — including those earning over $200,000 — is reporting more difficulty with paying bills now than they were before.
What’s interesting is that the biggest increase in difficulty paying bills is not seen in the lowest income brackets. While the vast majority of households with income less than $50,000 are having trouble paying bills, only 8 percent more are reporting difficulty now they were seven months ago.
On the other hand, households earning over $50,000 have seen a dramatic increase in their difficulty in paying bills. Over 30 percent more households earning between $50,000 and $100,000 are reporting difficulty now than seven months ago. For households earning between $100,000 and $150,000, there has been a 47 percent increase in difficulty paying bills, and for households earning between $150,000 and $200,000, a whopping 66 percent more are reporting difficulty paying bills today than seven months ago.
The data also shows that households are turning more and more to their savings and borrowing to meet current spending needs. Consumers are using credit cards, loans and borrowing from friends and family to meet their expenses — and this behavior is increasing. Almost all income cohorts report that they are turning more to alternative forms of financing to meet their expenses than they were last year.
As inflation pressure ramps up, it’s beginning to impact a wider swath of U.S. households. While almost 60 percent of households earning less than $25,000 are currently reporting difficulty paying usual household expenses, higher earning households are quickly catching up. That will become even more problematic as the Fed continues to raise rates and increases the cost of debt that Americans are relying on to pay their bills.
It’s imperative that the government acts as soon as possible to address this situation. One of the most effective things it can do right now is remove the Chinese tariff taxes. Studies show that removing tariffs could save households as much as $1,200 a year. Those savings would go a long way toward defraying the impact of higher prices and easing the burden on the U.S. consumer.


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General Motors Co. says its new Chevrolet Spark mini-electric sedan has been awarded an equivalent fuel economy rating of 119 mpg by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
2014 Chevrolet Spark EV
The little four-door, which goes on sale in California and Oregon this summer, has an EPA estimated range of about 82 miles.
The Spark EV is powered by 21-kWh lithium-ion battery and an oil-cooled electric motor that makes 130 hp and a stunning 400 lb-ft of torque. GM says the combination can push the car from zero to 60 mph in less than 8 seconds, making it the zippiest among city EVs.
The new model will be the first electric in the American market to offer the new SAE-approved combination charger. The system includes the ability to charge the battery to 80% capacity in about 20 minutes from a DC source. A full recharge from a 240-volt AC outlet takes less than seven hours.


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WASHINGTON, May 10 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced new performance standards (PDF) for Salmonella and Campylobacter—the most common disease hazards in the meat and poultry supply. USDA has cut the target levels for Salmonella in poultry by over 60 percent, and set the first-ever performance standard for Campylobacter.
MontPIRG Public Health Advocate Liz Hitchcock had the following statement:
We applaud USDA Secretary Vilsack for announcing these important and long overdue changes to improve the safety of poultry products. Pathogens like salmonella and campylobacter cause millions of illnesses each year. Beginning in July, poultry processors will be operating under a stricter testing standard for Salmonella, and for the first time, the same products will be evaluated for Campylobacter, the most common foodborne pathogen in poultry.
Chicken and turkey will be safer once these standards are implemented, especially if retailers avoid companies named by USDA as needing improvement. To ensure that consumers are protected o the greatest extent possible, Congress should reinstate USDA’s authority to enforce performance standards by closing failing plants.
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All powerful Web3 lynchpin, MetaMask, has unveiled an incredible new collaboration with blockchain games launcher, HyperPlay. The duo are preparing to usher in a new era where every desktop game will have access to a crypto wallet.
Through the initiative, HyperPlay will operate a service much in the same way as Epic or Steam offers for traditional gaming. However, they will add an extra degree of Web3 spark into the platform by providing MetaMask access to all of its games. A huge number of titles that will also include an aggregation of those held within the Epic Games and Good Old Games platforms.
MetaMask and @HyperPlayGaming have been working together to bring MetaMask to every desktop game.
HyperPlay will be a new web3-native game launcher that aggregates the @EpicGames store and @GOGcom to inject MetaMask into every game launched through these stores. pic.twitter.com/msFYIXkQHe
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According to its recent announcement, HyperPlay will offer support right off the bat to Windows, Apple, Linux and even Steam Deck devices, while additionally allowing gamers to interact with wallets, tokens and NFTs on any EVM chain. Therefore, making it a hugely versatile beast that will transcend a number of boundaries that exist in today’s market.
Going forward, HyperPlay will provide its first developer access on November 16, before releasing its full public beta in February. Despite all of the amazing information already disclosed, MetaMask and HyperPlay promise even greater things to come in April.
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Traverse Internet Law reports that a South Carolina state court has awarded Scott Brandon $1.8 million in damages for defamation arising out of statements published on a Myrtle Beach based blog. Brandon, who is the head of an ad agency, sued in 2008 claiming that Wizeman was the author of Myrtle Beach Insider and that Wizeman had defamed him by publishing a June 2007 post calling him a “failed lawyer” and criticizing one of his ad agency’s campaigns. Traverse Internet Law reports on significant online defamation cases that lead to monetary judgments.
The $1.8 million award came after Circuit Court Judge Diane S. Goodstein assigned a “special referee” to determine damages and the court official, acting in place of the Judge, recommended an award to Brandon of $800,000 in compensatory damages and $1,000,000 in punitive damages.
Traverse Internet Law continues to see judgments in excess of $1 Million for online defamation and Mr. Dozier’s upcoming release date for the “Google Bomb” book detailing this incredibly complex area of law is set for release September 1, 2009.


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Samsung will continue to upgrade to Android 12. After the Galaxy A72 and A52 mobile phones, the new Galaxy A52s 5G is finally in the ranks.
Galaxy A52s 5G is a mid-range phone with a 120Hz Super AMOLED display, Snapdragon 778G processor, 64MP camera, 4500mAh battery, 25W fast charging and IP67 water resistance. The glow of the mobile is overshadowed by the fact that the more powerful Galaxy S20 FE is a little more expensive, but it is still a popular model, and there is no complaint about its update, since Android 12 has already appeared on it.
For the first time, South Korean users can be happy to download One UI 4.0 via OTA, which is A528NKSS1BUL7 Complete the number. In addition to the latest features and interface, the software includes the December security package.
Unfortunately, it is not possible to calculate when the new system will reach local users, but we probably won’t have to wait any longer, the update may appear here in a few weeks.
Samsung has hit itself hard with the release of Android 12, it has already updated its full high-end range to 2-3 years ago and is now in the mid-range, while other manufacturers have just launched their flagship products.
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SAN FRANCISCO (07/05/2000) - If you think flat-panel displays are the wave of the future, think again. Displays will be even smaller than that. Monitors may someday be available as thin plastic TV screens that you roll up, small electronic displays beneath every shelf item in a supermarket, and screens sewn into clothing.
These are just some of the futuristic uses of two new display technologies soon to enter the manufacturing stage. Called organic light-emitting diodes, or OLEDs, they use less power than today's LCDs, are thinner and weigh less, have wider viewing angles, and will probably be cheaper to make. They also can be flexible. And they're coming soon to personal digital assistants and phones.
OLEDs took a major step forward late last month when Seiko Epson Corp., the Japanese electronics company, and Cambridge Display Technology, (or CDT) a British company, demonstrated a prototype 2.5-square-inch color display that uses CDT's light-emitting polymer, or LEP, technology.
LEP displays could show up in cell phones and PDAs within a year, says Jeremy Burroughes, CDT's technical director. "We're working on everything from microdisplays to wall displays," he says.
DuPont Co., Philips Electronics NV, and Hewlett-Packard Co. are supporting CDT's technology.
In May, Eastman Kodak Co. announced a breakthrough in a rival technology called small-molecule OLED, which has different chemical properties from the polymer used in LEP. With its partner Sanyo Electronic Co. Ltd., Kodak unveiled a 5.5-inch color OLED, the largest so far. Other major Japanese companies, including Panasonic Consumer Electronics Co., Sony Corp., and Toshiba Corp., are backing it.
Polymers are chemical compounds whose molecules form structures that emit light when electricity is applied to them, eliminating the need for the backlight that accompanies many of today's LEDs. (LEPs function as backlights in certain kinds of LEDs, however.) The light is passed through red, green, or blue layers and separated to create the color pixels seen on screen. Though the initial products are made of glass, the polymers and related display layers can be plastic, opening up new possibilities such as the roll-up TV.
With LEP, the color pixels are printed with Seiko-Epson inkjet technology, which Burroughes says translates into 25 to 30 percent savings on that manufacturing step, reducing the display's final cost.
The two technologies are actually very similar. "It's almost exactly the same," says Barry Young, vice president at the DisplaySearch research firm. "So far, it's a small difference, as far as I can see."
The Kodak entry, however, is further along than LEP: Pioneer is already using the displays in some car stereos, and Motorola has introduced it in cell phones, Young says.
Most of the displays are only in prototype, he says, and sharper, active-matrix versions won't be widely available before 2002. Plastic screens are also at least two years away, according to Burroughes and Young.


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DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) –The Fresh Market Inc., a specialty grocery store, is opening its first North Texas location this fall, which will bring nearly 100 new jobs to Dallas.
The store will be located in the Arboretum Village Shopping Center. To gear up for the grand opening, the company is hosting a career fair to Wednesday, August 27, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Dallas Central, 6070 North Central Expressway.
Onsite interviews will be held for a range of positions from Assistant Deli Managers, Assistant Front End Managers, Assistant Grocery Specialist, Assistant Produce Managers, Bakers, Bulk Specialist, Candy/Coffee Specialist, Cheese Specialist, Gift/Floral Specialist, Grocery Specialist, Meat Cutters, to Seafood Specialist.
Interested applicants should apply online at careers.thefreshmarket.com and search job openings with the keyword 185.
On its website, Fresh Market also lists future North Texas locations in Southlake Park Village and Turtle Creek Village.
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Internet expert Scott Cleland testified yesterday before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Internet Subcommittee on broadband regulations and privacy, highlighting the need for a comprehensive approach to Internet privacy, and spotlighting the serious privacy threat posed by Internet applications like Google.
“I am concerned that selective oversight of only broadband privacy matters fosters a blind eye to arbitrage of privacy laws by application companies like Google, Yahoo and others,” Cleland said. “This creates perverse incentives for companies not covered by U.S. privacy laws to push the envelope on privacy for competitive advantage.”
Cleland noted that while broadband providers are subject to a host of privacy laws and regulations, Internet applications are not subject to any consumer privacy protections. Cleland called the discrepancy a double standard that Google and others have arbitraged to the detriment of consumers. He said “Americans’ privacy should not be an unrestricted commodity to sell to the highest bidder.” Moreover, Google collects and stores “more private information about more people than any other company in the world.”
“The lack of a holistic, comprehensive and balanced approach to privacy is a serious threat to Americans’ privacy,” Cleland said.


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- GM plans an all-electric future
- Sets 2025 goal for a million EVs a year in the U.S. and China
- New EV architecture include Ultium battery announced
- EV models and prototypes from all four GM brands displayed
Betting big on an all-electric future, GM GM, +7.25% Chairman and CEO Mary T. Barra said that “We want to put everyone in an EV, and we have what it takes to do it.” This clean-sheet approach promises battery-electric vehicles for every GM brand, body style, and price point in the market.
In addition to building vehicles, GM will develop the infrastructure needed to make EV ownership more convenient, affordable and fun. Already, the company has announced plans to triple charging availability at its facilities in the next year. GM believes its workforce can influence the wider acceptance of EVs. As a result, it is making EV ownership and the EV experience easier for them.
GM will also make its new battery technology, called “Ultium,” available for licensing by other manufacturers.
GM’s all-electric future
Barra said GM believes that climate change is real, requiring a transition to an all-electric future. GM currently re-uses or recycles all out-of-service EV batteries. Future battery technology will be developed with an eye toward sustainability, and reduced dependence on precious metals.
Not lost in the equation is the issue of profitability. Both Barra and GM President Mark Reuss emphasized that the EV program plans to deliver profitable operations from its outset. GM will “reinvent the company and reset our brands,” according to Reuss. “Thousands of GM scientists, engineers and designers are working to execute a historic reinvention of the company,” he said. “They are on the cusp of delivering a profitable EV business that can satisfy millions of customers.”
Ultium battery announced
GM revealed new Ultium battery technology that employs large-format, pouch-style cells. This design gives engineers several options for placement and packaging, thanks to their flat, rectangular shape. Ultium cells are stacked vertically or horizontally, depending on the application, resulting in taller or shorter battery modules. The batteries use relatively low amounts of cobalt, an expensive and non-sustainable element of battery chemistry. GM’s joint venture with LG Chem aims to further reduce cobalt use as part of delivering a cost below $100 per kWh. GM is counting on scale to drive costs lower by manufacturing batteries under license for other car makers.
Ultium battery modules contain 12 to 24 cells each. EVs will have 6, 8, 10 or 12 modules each, depending on power and range requirements. GM believes it will be possible to replace cells in a module without replacing (or discarding) it. The electronics will adjust for the newly upgraded battery technology. This future-proofing of technology guards against obsolescence and supports sustainability.
In concert with the new Ultium battery, GM will introduce a new generation of electric motors. The motors, which will vary in kW output rating, are for use in single or dual linked applications employing housings that connect to front and/or rear axles (depending on front-, rear- or all-wheel drive configuration). The electronic control units mount directly to the motor housings, eliminating the complexity and cost of heavy-duty exposed wiring.
To make use of the new Ultium batteries, GM engineered an all-new vehicle architecture. This EV-exclusive platform is a “skateboard” design noted for its flexibility. It accommodates a range of battery modules and configures to multiple wheelbases, tracks, ride heights and overhangs. It can underpin everything from roadsters to pickup trucks. GM will retool and reconfigure several of its manufacturing facilities, including Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly, which will be the flagship of the company’s EV manufacturing effort.
This new architecture will be shared by vehicles from all four of GM’s brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, and GMC. GM also showed existing and future applications of its EV technology.
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In the Design Dome were the facelifted 2021 Chevrolet Bolt EV and the new 2021 Chevrolet Bolt BUV, a crossover SUV version of the Bolt with a 3-inch longer wheelbase. It also showcases the first non-Cadillac availability of Super Cruise.
Two versions of the new GMC Hummer EV were present in pickup and SUV body styles. Both sport removable Targa-style roof panels, which will store in the EV’s front trunk. Also on display, new Chevrolet and Buick SUVs, along with a Buick crossover were there to demonstrate the range of design possibilities.
Cadillac revealed the Lyriq SUV that wore the new front fascia that will be “the face of Cadillac.” It also unveiled the new Celestiq concept car, a full-size Cadillac EV sedan that will be hand-built in low volumes in Michigan. Touted as “the ultimate luxury experience,” the sleek sedan featured a low roofline, a dramatic dash-to-axle distance, and a controversial rear-end treatment – just the kind of stunner that a concept car should be to stir up conversation.
Charging and infrastructure plans
In addition to increasing charging stations at its facilities, GM plans to improve charging accessibility for its customers. Studies have shown that most charging occurs either at home or office. Public charging accounts for about only about 20 percent. GM said that people are six times as likely to buy an EV if charging is available at their workplace, termed “opportunity charging.”
Faster home charging requires a Level 2, 240-volt system. To help find local contractors for installation, GM is partnering with Qmerit allowing consumers to obtain three bids from local contractors.
Additionally, GM announced a new app called “Energy Assist,” which allows users to search for the nearest open public charging station, plan trips, and manage memberships/payments to competing charging companies, greatly reducing the complexity of EV operation. The app will also optimize charging times for the best rates.
This story originally ran on KBB.com.


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By : Jon Lawrence
December 18, 2018 01:30 PM
”Change has never happened this fast before… and it will never be this slow again.”
Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel, perfectly sums up the challenge facing restauranteurs – and almost all other forms of business today.
One of the biggest difficulties facing today’s restaurant owner is how to build the restaurant for the future – and one that is easily able to adapt to the ever-changing technology landscape. How consumers adopt to new technologies is increasing at an ever-quicker rate; it took 30 years for electricity to reach 10% adoption, while tablet devices took 10 years reach the same level and in just 10 year’s smartphones achieved more than 40% adoption.
So, with significant changes in consumer preferences and their desire to shift to digital interactions, restaurants need to keep pace and have the ability to quickly change strategy and evolve their overall technology solution.
Consumer technology advances are most certainly behind the transformation of the restaurant and customers increasingly want to use their mobile devices to order, pay, personalise orders, order ahead and share their experiences online.
Not long ago, it would have been incomprehensible to order a burger from your mobile as you walk to the store and have it ready on your arrival. Similarly, who would think that a coupon or offer would just ‘show up’ on your mobile as you walk past a restaurant or a retail outlet. But now these technologies are available and consumers expect the brands they use to be offering them as soon as they hit the market.
According to a Deloitte study, 40% of restaurant consumers prefer to order online – and when they do their average spend increases by more than 15%. In addition, nearly half of consumers want to use their phone to pay when ordering a take away or using the drive thru.
Perhaps one of the most significant trends to affect the industry is the explosive growth of delivery as a service for restaurant guests. Marketplaces such as Grubhub, UberEats, and Deliveroo, are changing the landscape for both restaurants and their guests. These marketplaces can bring a restaurant brand to a larger audience of interested consumers. The presence of marketplaces helped to increase food delivery orders by 20% over the last two years and the value of this market to have risen 73% in a decade.
So, while these developments have revolutionised the opportunities for restaurants, they have also increased the complexity when it comes to making the technology behind it make it happen, seamlessly.
Mobility. Marketplaces. Consumer engagement. On-premise transformation. The restaurant ecosystem has changed significantly. That is why we at NCR VOYIX don’t talk about the POS as the ‘point of sale’. Instead, the core foundation of restaurant technology is a world-class platform-of-sale. Restaurants need to act quickly to seamlessly extend their solution to engage guests wherever they are, however they choose.
The evolution in our POS architecture means that it’s designed to be a digital platform, enabling countless integrations with different software providers – all with a single objective of seamlessly connecting a guest to the restaurant. No longer does the industry expect to integrate applications to the POS in the restaurant. Instead, the objective is to simply connect APIs from one application to the other. Consequently, restaurants are not confined by the offering of one provider and can build the technology offer that meets the specific demands of their customer base through open APIs.
In this series of blog posts, we’ll explore the technologies that are set to disrupt the restaurant industry over the next few years and why leading with digital is the only way to keep up with customers’ demands.


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Intel is reportedly in talks to buy the $30 billion foundry company AMD spun off a decade ago
It’s clear from the WSJ story that the offer isn’t a certainty, and GlobalFoundries outright rejected that it remained in talks with Intel. However it’s possible Intel’s working out with the financial investment firm that owns GlobalFoundries rather, as the WSJ explains. It’s likewise intriguing that the Journal doesn’t have a “no comment” from Intel itself– that’s often a canary to indicate a company did remark, simply off the record or on deep background.
(“We will decline to discuss rumor and speculation,” an Intel spokesperson informed The Verge, though.)
In 2008, chipmakers Intel and AMD took 2 unique paths: Intel kept producing its own chips to maintain complete control, while AMD decided to spin off its semiconductor company as GlobalFoundries, counting on it and other producers to offer the real silicon. Now, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Intel is aiming to purchase AMD’s previous fabs too, in a deal that might value them at $30 billion.
The Washington Post took a tour of GlobalFoundries’ facility in Malta, NY just last week, if you ‘d like to hear what it’s like.
There’s an apparent reason Intel might desire GlobalFoundries– it’s really increase its foundry business now. In an effort to reverse the struggling business, brand-new Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger revealed in March that the company would no longer go it alone, outsourcing more of its chip production to third-party foundries, agreeing to produce more chips for other companies utilizing its own foundries, and also purchasing new fabs itself. That consisted of a $20 billion investment in brand-new centers in Arizona, however it could take several years for brand-new buildings to get constructed and ramp up.
It sounds like the # 4 foundry in the world (according to TrendForce) may be up for grabs, one that represents 7 percent of all foundry business by profits. That won’t put Intel on the very same footing as a giant TSMC or Samsung (which together represent an estimated 74 percent), but it ‘d be a start.
There’s an apparent reason why Intel might desire GlobalFoundries– it’s actually ramping up its foundry service now., contracting out more of its chip production to third-party foundries, concurring to produce more chips for other companies utilizing its own foundries, and also investing in new fabs itself.


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Four phones are expected to be launched by Sony at MWC 2019, the models being Xperia L3, Xperia XA3 Ultra, Xperia XZ4, and Xperia XA3. Just ahead of the launch, the smartphone’s design details have been revealed as the specs of Sony Xperia L3 have leaked in renders. The smartphone is seen to flaunt a fingerprint sensor which will be side mounted, a dual rear camera as well as on the bottom and top portions of the display- a considerable chin. A 3.5mm audio jack is supported by the phone and is embellished with a glossy back panel which is grey in color. Along with the renders of the Sony Xperia L3, even the price and specifications have been leaked.
WinFuture is responsible for leaking specifications, renders and price of the Sony Xperia L3 and according to the sneaky leaks, the finger print sensor that is featured by the phone is mounted between power and volume buttons on the side edge and the dual rear camera setup which is sported by the phone is aligned vertically. The bottom edge of the smartphone has a USB Type-C port, a speaker grille, and a microphone whereas its top edge has a 3.5mm audio jack. On the left edge of the phone is its SIM tray.
It is reported that the Sony Xperia L3 will run the outdated Android Oreo for its Operating system, the LCD display is 5.7-inch (720×1440 pixels) in size and 18:9 in aspect ratio. The report claims that the smartphone may have a MediaTek processor as its predecessor Sony Xperia L2 had, though information about the processor has not been leaked. The phone will have 32 GB internal storage along with an option of expanding it further with the use of a microSD card slot whereas it will have a RAM of 3GB.
It is tipped that for imaging the Sony Xperia L3 will boast a dual rear camera setup with one sensor being 13-megapixel whereas the other being 2-megapixel. Moreover, there is an 8-megapixel sensor at the front. According to the reports, the phone will come in three color variants- Golden, Silver and Grey and the battery pack of the phone will be 3,300mAh. The pricing of the smartphone is expected to be around EUR 199. At Sony’s event, dated 25th February, the official details will be out.
As far as the Xperia XA3 Ultra and Xperia XA3 are concerned, their specs have been tipped by a follow-up report as well. Keep patience for the launching date if you have the nerve to, otherwise, keep your ears on the leaks, they tip away loads to keep your impatient bone satiated!


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When David Witting prepared digital-marketing agency Dept@’s Boston-area offices for employees’ return in 2022, he ordered trendy couches, chairs and high tables, envisioning lively collaboration and banter.
Yet when his co-workers arrived, many skipped the furniture and gravitated toward the private booths scattered in the office. Since then he’s jettisoned some of the furniture, and added more booths.
“People are coming in to do occasional big meetings, but really the rest of the time, they want a quiet private spot to get on a Zoom call,” said Witting, a partner at the company. “It’s weird.”
As Covid-19’s remote-work surge fades, some workplaces are quieter and odder than ever. Employees have returned only to park themselves in deserted conference rooms or sound-muffling chambers. Colleagues grumble about booth-hogging co-workers, and some companies have started enforcing time limits on them.
The pods, some resembling old-school telephone booths, have emerged as one of the hottest segments in the $24 billion North American office-furniture industry. Manufacturers such as Room, Nook and Framery say business has been brisk. But some workers and managers say more booths means less eavesdropping, less gossiping, less camaraderie and less fun.
“It’s strange,” said William Blaze, a technology recruiter and consultant, referring to colleagues who end up occupying booths for much of their workdays. Blaze, who lives in Atlantic Highlands, N.J., observed the phenomenon while working at tech companies from 2021 to 2023, as well as at a client’s Manhattan co-working office where he now works two days a week.
“It seems that the goal of returning to office has been to create a rowdy buzz,” said Blaze. “We’re not seeing that.”
Janet Pogue McLaurin, global director of workplace research at architecture and design firm Gensler, said workplace privacy has never been more important. Many of the firm’s clients, which include big companies such as Amazon, have more than doubled their booths and other private or semiprivate areas since the pandemic.
“This is a huge trend,” she said.
Demand for privacy has office architects and landlords scrambling to rearrange layouts. Open-plan offices, often dreaded by employees, are now being peppered with pods and booths that scream “do not disturb.”
Jamie Hodari, chief executive of global co-working company Industrious, said some workers are monopolizing private areas in office spaces that were designed for professionals to connect with other professionals. “We see a lot more people linger for two hours post-phone call or a Zoom call because they like having a little space to themselves.”
Booth-inclined office workers say their needs have changed post-Covid, and they have a harder time concentrating among noise and distractions.
At CrowdComms, a U.K.-based maker of event technology, managing director Matthew Allen got used to working in near-silence at the office during the pandemic. When colleagues returned, their phone calls—even at normal volume—annoyed him so much he bought a sound-dampening booth.
Though it was ostensibly for the entire office, he soon moved in.
“It’s quite selfish,” said Allen, who has added a trio of plants. “I think it has very much become my home.”
On social-media sites such as X, Reddit and TikTok, employees generally celebrate the booths. Even Chatty Cathys are seeking them out. One X user tweeted that she locks herself in an office phone booth most days because she talks too much.
Others vent about booths’ poor ventilation and small size, or their aesthetics. Kirsten Auclair, a biomedical researcher in San Francisco, shudders at the harsh lighting in the booths she uses to take Zoom calls at work.
“It casts like the worst shadows, you look just kind of, like, on the brink of death,” she said. Still, Auclair considers the oasis from colleagues’ noise an office lifesaver.
Booth manufacturers insist their products can coexist with collegiality. SnapCab founder and CEO Glenn Bostock said the glass walls of his company’s pods allow for a sense of connection with co-workers.
“They can see you,” he said. “You can wave at them. You can still interact with people visually but you get that audio privacy.”
Other products seek a different balance between isolation and community. Furniture maker Steelcase offers a desk-encircling tent meant to ensure “territorial privacy” instead of silence. Nook, headquartered in the U.K., makes hut-shaped hideaways intended to provide a sense of psychological safety without being completely enclosed.
Nook founder David O’Coimin said an office filled with phone booths “is like you have a jail instead of having a workplace.”
Furniture distributor Thinkspace sells booths that Sid Meadows, principal and vice president, said are designed to allow a low level of outside sound. Humans are wired to crave some background noise, he said, pointing to popular YouTube videos of ambient office chatter.
That matches the findings of a study co-authored by Dr. Esther Sternberg, director of the University of Arizona Institute on Place, Wellbeing and Performance. She and colleagues discovered people became stressed when their surroundings were too quiet as well as too loud. The typical volume of birdsong, at 45 decibels, appears to be just right.
Nick Fine, a user-experience researcher in London, describes himself as an “old school, prepandemic office worker” who enjoys the hubbub of a busy workplace. But the now-hybrid worker still spends considerable time in an enclosed pod to work without overhearing his colleagues’ chatter on days he’s in the office.
“I have ADHD and working in a pod engages my hyper focus,” he said, adding he likes having the booth option when the din is too much.
Farmer’s Fridge, which sells fresh salads out of vending machines, has eight pods made by Zenbooth and a plethora of conference rooms in its Chicago office. It offers about 40 hideaways for the 85 people who work there, yet that bounty of isolation isn’t always enough, even for the CEO.
“I actually live three minutes from here,” said Luke Saunders, also the company’s founder. “If I really have to get work done, I do it at home.”


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Palafox Market Celebrates 14 Years
The modest farmers market project that blossomed into the centrepiece of Saturday mornings in Downtown Pensacola is celebrating its 14th anniversary.
On Saturday, May 15, shoppers at Palafox Market will enjoy live entertainment, activities for kids and giveaways. The market is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Saturday, rain or shine, in Martin Luther King, Jr., Plaza.
“We’re all looking forward to celebrating 14 years of Palafox Market,” said Sydney Barrow, market manager. “This market wouldn’t be what it is without our amazing vendors and the support of the community.”
This anniversary is especially meaningful because the market was closed last year from March to October due to Covid-19.
“Our vendors offer a variety of products like unique art, baked goods, fresh produce, live plants and so much more,” Barrow said. “These vendors took a big hit in 2020 due to the pandemic, so it has been great to have everyone back together.”
Palafox Market, coordinated by the Downtown Improvement Board, opened in 2006 with a strictly agricultural focus, giving about 25 local farmers a venue to offer their products to shoppers in the downtown area. It first met under the Interstate 110 overpass, and then a vacant lot, before finding its home in Martin Luther King, Jr., Plaza.
Maria Pena said she brought her homemade soap and other handmade goods to Palafox Market in 2009 or 2010 after she and her husband retired.
“We were at the end of Palafox in a little lot.” Said Pena, who’s booth is called Lady PMOBug Natural Soaps. “There were eight, maybe nine, vendors, mainly a lot of vegetables and stuff like that. I was the only one making soap at the time. We’ve been doing it ever since. We’ve met so many nice people.”
In the beginning, the market was only open on Saturdays during harvest seasons.
“The DIB decided to make the market year-round when it was expanded to include other vendor types like bakers, jewelry makers, artists, etc.,” said Lissa Dees, the former executive director of the DIB. Dees recently went on to become the parking manager for the City of Pensacola.
“Once enough other vendors were part of the market, the DIB felt that it could be sustainable throughout the entire year and not just limited to spring and summer,” she said. “Ag vendors could still sell seasonal products in the fall and winter months, so it made sense.”
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The String Farm bluegrass band performs for donations in the center of the plaza near the MLK bust.
With current Covid-19 restrictions, there is space for 120 vendors at the market. Not only are all of the available spaces usually spoken for, but there is typically a waiting list.
There is always food ready to eat for sale, ranging from giant bags of popcorn and fried pork rinds to homemade pies and cakes. Many of the edible items are organic or otherwise aimed at a niche market, like gluten-free and keto-friendly baked good and specialty mustard.
The products offered at the market all come from within 100 miles of Pensacola.
Like Pena, many of the vendors are cottage entrepreneurs for whom the market represents much of their sales.
“Ninety-nine percent of my sales come from this market,” Pena said. “This market has been great for me.”
Amanda Wyant and Patricia Schrieber started New Roots Farm in early 2020, and they’ve been a part of Palafox Market since January. New Roots Farm grows organic micro-greens, like kale, purple kohlrabi and clover, sought for their dense nutrition when eaten raw.
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“It is a commitment, but it is absolutely worth it,” she said. “We tend to cater a little bit to people who are vegan or vegetarians, or are looking to improve their health.”
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On August 4, the electric vehicle manufacturer Nikola named its fourth CEO in several years as it attempts to negotiate several difficulties, such as dwindling cash reserves, supply chain limitations, and a shift to hydrogen fuel cell technology.
The Phoenix, Arizona-based company’s shares dropped about 13% in early trade following the announcement that Chairman Stephen Girsky will succeed Michael Lohscheller as CEO, starting immediately.
Girsky previously served on the board of General Motors and as an advisor to the CEO and finance chief of the Chevrolet parent. According to the company, Lohscheller is resigning due to a family health issue and will return to Europe. However, they claimed he would continue serving in an advisory role until the end of September.
Following Girsky’s appointment, Steve Shindler, a board member since 2020, will act as chairman.
On the other hand, Nikola announced a reduced second-quarter loss due to decreased Tre battery-electric truck manufacturing between April and June, which helped control expenses. The truck manufacturer has been struggling with declining cash flow as it spends money to increase production. In contrast to projections of $34.5 million, the manufacturer of Tre battery-electric trucks predicts third-quarter revenue of $18 million to $28 million.
However, at the company’s annual shareholder meeting, investors adopted a proposal that permits the truck manufacturer to issue more shares to generate money.
Nikola announced last month that it would sell the assets of battery manufacturer Romeo Power, which it acquired for $144 million less than a year ago.