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Breakthrough Clean Technologies, is proud to announce their partnership as an Event VIP Sponsor and the official firearms maintenance solution for the Precision Rifle Series.
Yamaha Motor Corp., USA, introduces the new 2016 Viking and Viking VI Side-by-Side (SxS) vehicles, right on time for fall harvest and hunting seasons.
The Sportsmen’s Alliance and Heartland Bowhunter have teamed up to present the 8th season of the popular show, which airs on Outdoor Channel at 9:30pm EST on Monday night.
In the ongoing effort to better serve customers, Crimson Trace now offers a FREE online holster guide at www.holsterresourceguide.com.
MidwayUSA is excited to announce the release of “Fishing in Alaska’s Bear Country” a short story by Larry Potterfield, Founder and CEO of MidwayUSA
Smittybilt, prominent manufacturer of innovative truck, Jeep and SUV products for off-road enthusiasts, has signed on as an Official Partner of Tread Lightly! by contributing at the $10,000+ level.
After more than a century, the Model 1911 semi automatic pistol, designed by John Moses Browning, still remains one of the most popular and most highly respected handguns in the world.
The anti gun Brady Campaign has for just as long knowingly misinterpreted the ATF’s trace data…
Liberty Ammunition Honors the American Worker with Labor Day Sale
Ten lucky winners will receive an XD-S 3.3” .45ACP handgun and Pro-Shot P45 cleaning kit. To participate in the promotion, just visit DUEL.Springfield-Armory.com/Vote and vote.
Terry Naughton, former VP of BLACKHAWK!, assumes operations and ownership of Scopecoat with impressive expansion goals for unique scope, bino and barrel protection product line.
Flanagan used a car to go to the scene of the shooting. I didn’t hear of any protesters demanding that car dealerships be closed, did you???
As a result of requests from outdoorsmen and women around the country, TORQ is introducing the new two-seater TORQ VLE electric vehicle.
Bass Pro Shops throwback event to bid summer goodbye, will be held Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 5 and 6 from noon to 5 p.m. at Bass Pro Shops stores across the U.S. and Canada.*
Federal Premium Ammunition has launched a nationwide sweepstakes in which one lucky person will win a two-day, three-night Kansas waterfowl hunt with Chad Belding, star of “The Fowl Life” outdoor…..
United Sporting Companies (USC) announces the appointment of Michelle Mosier as Chief Financial Officer effective September 1, 2015.
For the sixth year in a row, Bass Pro Shops is hosting Boy Scout Month this September at Bass Pro Shops stores across the country.
We’re at the largest silhouette range east of the Mississippi River for a new match that’s changing the game.
On August 27th, the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF) hosted the third annual “Texas Bass, Bucks & Boots” regional event in Houston.
The overarching message is simple—more guns, less crime. Violent crime has decreased as gun ownership has increased…
The ‘Gear Up & Go’ promotion is truly a thank-you to our loyal customers, we’re preparing both experienced and new shooters with a reliable firearm.
The package includes Springfield Armory’s own 1911 EMP 9mm handgun. To participate in the promotion, just visit DUEL.Springfield-Armory.com/Vote and vote on this week’s head-to-head matchup.
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The inaugural Benelli USA Invitational Shoot Sports Clays Fundraiser will be held Fri., Sept. 11, at Pintail Point in Queenstown, Md.
Mayor Caldwell of Honolulu made the decision to destroy half a million dollars of Smith & Wesson pistols, rather than sell them to police.
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The U.S. International Shooting Hall of Fame will induct two new members during a December ceremony as four-time Olympian Glenn Dubis and Admiral Willis A. Lee were selected among an all-star…..
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Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) and recent complaints about the direct-selling company were discussed by Bloomberg’s Duane Stanford in a recent interview on Bloomberg Television.
The interview with the correspondent comes after he wrote about a certain Miguel Calderon, a retired construction worker who is alleging that a Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) distributor duped him into spending $30,000 of his life savings to buy weight-management shakes that the company makes. This is the latest in a string of similar complaints made by people against the company and its distributors.
At the start of the interview, Stanford was asked whether this is a legitimate complaint or just another case of someone who just bought too much product from the company. According to Stanford:
“It’s really interesting digging into some of these accusations. We sat down with three people that filed complaints in the Illinois [area against Herbalife]and sort of dug through their story. It was just interesting because you really have this he-said-she-said sort of thing going on at the bottom which is really similar to what we see at the top. Some people say it’s a pyramid scheme, some people say it’s not. These distributors say they lost thousands of dollars buying a lot of weight-loss powder that they ended up not being able to sell. Now exactly why they couldn’t sell that, they say it’s because nobody wanted the product. The distributor who sold it to them or who sponsored them says they just didn’t work hard enough and just didn’t work the program right and frankly shouldn’t have bought that much product in the first place.”
Watch the video below where whether Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) is refusing to take back the products was discussed. At a later part, the campaign being made by Bill Ackman against the company was also mentioned.
Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) investors include activist investor Carl Icahn’s Icahn Capital Lp which reported, by the end of the first quarter, 17 million shares in the direct-selling company. Another investor in the company is George Soros’ Soros Fund Management which had about 4.9 million shares in Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF) also by the end of the first quarter of the year.

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Italian global banking and financial services company UniCredit S.p.A. yesterday disclosed a data breach incident involving a file containing roughly 3 million records.
The file was generated in 2015, which suggests that customers who created accounts in 2016 and beyond are likely safe. Affected information consisted of customers’ names, cities, telephone numbers and emails.
UniCredit said that the impacted records were “limited to the Italian perimeter,” and did not include any banking details that would allow attackers to access customer accounts or perform unauthorized transactions, the company stated in an online notification.
The financial institution did not explain what caused the breach, but it said it reacted to the incident by launching an internal investigation and contacting authorities.


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Hong Kong’s Monetary Authority recently announced that a deal had been signed between subsidiaries of the Institute of Digital Currency of China’s central bank and Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited. This deal will entail conducting a proof of concept trial. The trial will aim to connect the PBoC Trade Finance Platform and the eTradeConnect platform using blockchain technology.
Once the connection goes live, it will provide firms in China and Hong Kong with better convenience when it comes to trade finance services. It will also allow banks in Hong Kong to speed up the expansion of their trade finance operations.
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority launched the eTradeConnect platform in 2018. This platform aims to improve efficiency, reduce risk, and build trust amongst trade participants. It also aims to enable trade counter-parties to access financing via the digitization of trade documents and automation of the trade finance processes. This platform was built to incorporate features of the blockchain into its operations.
Commercialization was first announced in October 2017 after a successful proof of concept trial that was carried out by HKMA. This project initially had seven major participating banks but an additional five banks later joined the project. The result is that it is currently comprised of a consortium of 12 banks.
A Link to China’s Trade Finance Blockchain
China has a trade finance blockchain called the Bay Area Trade Finance Blockchain Platform. The platform was created in collaboration with the Digital Currency Institute. Thus far, it has processed $4.5 billion and it is comprised of a consortium of 29 major banks.
This collaboration will link the Chinese platform to the eTradeConnect platform based in Hong Kong. Several banks have been working on both platforms via their subsidiaries. Both of these platforms had plans to cooperate with similar overseas platforms. However, the Chinese platform was seeing sluggish growth due to a lack of adoption by foreign partners.
This is not the first deal that the HKMA has signed regarding its eTradeConnect platform. They have worked on various pilot schemes with similar platforms in the region who wish to experiment with blockchain technology. For instance, they are jointly working with the Bank of Thailand to implement a digital currency backed by a central bank for cross-border payments.
Additionally, the eTradeConnect recently completed a proof of concept trial with the we.trade platform. The trail involved connecting digital trade finance platforms in Europe and Hong Kong. Thus far, the trial seems to have gone quite well. Additionally, they are working on a similar project with Singapore.
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It is most likely that this will not be the end of cooperation between China and Hong Kong. It could be a warm-up to the integration of China’s central bank digital currency with the Hong Kong financial system. With Hong Kong being a major financial hub in Asia, this could be big news. A central bank digital currency could help to increase the speed of trade while also lowering the cost of transactions.
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Two Forcepoint executives have criticized CrowdStrike’s recent announcement of a breach prevention warranty as nothing more than a marketing stunt.
Earlier this month, Silicon Valley-based CrowdStrike announced a warranty would cover the company’s Falcon Endpoint Protection Complete customers for up to $1 million if a breach happens in the environment it was hired to protect.
Matt Moynahan, CEO of Austin-based Forcepoint, told CyberScoop that it’s standard business practice to place liability terms in contracts with customers, yet to take those provisions and make them public doesn’t mean the product will better secure an enterprise.
“I think it’s a marketing gimmick,” Moynahan said Wednesday at the Cybersecurity Leadership Forum presented by his company and produced by CyberScoop and FedScoop. “I don’t think that changes anything fundamentally about the way the security industry operates or quite frankly the effectiveness of it. It probably puts you on the defensive more so than not. You won’t see us do it any time soon.”
Nico Fischbach, global CTO for Forcepoint, said that enterprises could be lulled into a “false sense of security” if they seek similar warranties from their cybersecurity providers.
“There is no quick fix to cybersecurity threats,” Fischbach said. “A warranty of $1 million isn’t actually a lot when it comes to the entire cost of a breach, although it will certainly help to start to fix the problem.”
Fischbach also says that instead of relying on warranties, CISOs may want to explore cyber insurance policies. That’s an option CISOs are increasingly relying upon: In 2017, package cyber premiums grew 54 percent to $2 billion for the year, according to Fitch Ratings.
However, Fischbach says insurance policies are a small piece of the puzzle when protecting an enterprise.
“Cyber insurance is part of a CISO’s overall risk management arsenal, but far more important is understanding the overall risk posture and exposure: knowing how your people interact with your data and how you can best prevent and mitigate against the threats,” he said.
“For those considering buying warranties or insurance, I would advise firstly gaining a deep understanding of where your data is located, and classify it. From this position, you can assign the dollar value to the data, and proceed accordingly. But if you’re insured, you should not relax: We all operate in a rapidly evolving threat environment and must adapt and change along with it.”
In response, CrowdStrike said in a statement to CyberScoop: “For far too long, the cybersecurity industry has made claims of protection without providing evidence or guarantees, as is commonplace in other industries.”
“CrowdStrike changed that by launching a breach prevention warranty of up to $1 million,” the statement continued. “We develop products and capabilities that as a company we fully stand behind. Customers put their trust in us because we deliver on our commitments. We encourage competitors to do the same.”
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The November SEAL meeting will be held from 7.30pm to 10:30pm on Friday 9th November 2018 at Wick Community Centre, Silva Island Way, Salcott Crescent, Wickford, Essex, SS12 9NR.
More details of the location are on the Find Us page.
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At their event on October the 30th Apple announced major updates to the MacBook Air, Mac mini and iPad Pro. We’ll talk about the new models and discuss what the changes bring for users.
iOS 12 was released in September, we’ll take a look at some of the useful new features large and small.
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Wow, this is good to know...
: Date: Thu, 26 May 1994 20:28:22 -0400
: From: dartvax!coos.dartmouth.edu!mozart (Sting)
: Subject: P: Scary...
: This is pretty scary, I think...I had to read it twice before I could accept
: that it wasn't a joke...
: CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- At some Dunkin' Donuts, the walls have
: So the next time you settle down over coffee and a cruller to
: trade gossip with a friend, keep in mind that hidden microphones
: may be recording the dirt you dish.
: Manager Tony Wright insists he's not being nosy. It's just
: another way to increase security and keep employees on their toes,
: he said. He would never listen to customer conversations, he said.
: ``Do you think I would waste my time?'' said Wright, who manages
: five Dunkin' Donuts in Concord.
: Use of concealed recorders is widespread at fast-food
: restaurants, convenience stores and other businesses, according to
: one company that sells them.
: But unlike anti-shoplifting mirrors and surveillance cameras
: seen throughout retail America these days, hidden microphones are
: news to most of the public, judging from interviews Thursday at two
: microphone-equipped Dunkin' Donuts in New Hampshire's capital.
: ``Knowing this, I would never have a conversation in here,''
: said customer Frank Bowser, a private investigator who was
: discussing a case with a partner. ``I think the general public
: would be in an uproar to know that every time they come in for a
: cup of coffee and a doughnut they could be heard.''
: Other customers, including Nick and Thalia Hondrogen, said they
: were more offended by cigarette smoke than listening devices.
: Nonetheless, they were surprised.
: ``It's like spying. It sounds like Nazism or the KGB. It's not
: American,'' Hondrogen said. ``Many times you say things to close
: friends you don't want overheard.''
: The systems also were news -- unwelcome, at that -- at Dunkin'
: Donuts corporate headquarters in Randolph, Mass.
: Any system powerful enough to record customers' conversations
: would be ``highly inappropriate'' and a violation of company
: policy, spokesman Bill Chiccarelli said.
: Still, store owners are using them. Security systems dealer Jeff
: Meuse told the Concord Monitor he has installed systems in 500
: Dunkin' Donuts in Massachusetts in the last five years; of those,
: 300 had audio monitoring.
: Shops that have the monitoring systems display small stickers on
: their doors saying, ``Audio monitoring on the premises.''
: All but the loudest customers are safe with many systems. At one
: Dunkin' Donuts, Wright demonstrated that a customer standing at the
: counter below the single mike in the ceiling had to speak loudly
: and distinctly to be heard above the din of coffee grinders, staff
: and general restaurant noise.
: The systems can be far more sophisticated, however. Lewis Weiss,
: chief executive officer of Louroe Electronics Inc. of Van Nuys,
: Calif., said his company's systems can pick up conversations within
: 30 feet.
: ``Unfortunately, this is going to be the future until we get to
: the point where there is minimal crime in this country,'' Weiss
: said. ``Until then, store owners are going to have to have these
: devices to protect their employees and their customers.''
: The American Civil Liberties Union grudgingly accepts
: surveillance cameras and audio equipment at store and restaurant
: cash registers, providing customers and staff are notified.
: ``We would prefer not to see them at all, but if and when it
: does happen, we would strongly (want) there to be actual and
: functional notification,'' ACLU spokesman Milind Shah said in New
: York. ``Often a sign on the door is not enough.''
: Federal law requires stores to post signs informing customers
: they might be monitored, and customers should take notice, Weiss
: ``There is no invasion of privacy in a public store like a
: Circle K or a Dunkin' Donuts because you can't carry on a private
: conversation there,'' he said.
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Recession worries and inflation take their toll on Black Friday.
Online sales for one of the biggest shopping days of the year are expected to hit $9 billion, up just 1% year over year, according to data released on Friday by Adobe, the software and market research company.
In light of concerns about the easing of COVID-19, Adobe ADBE,
Researchers predict more consumers will shop in person this Black Friday than last year.
Charles Lindsey, an associate professor in the Marketing School of Management at the University at Buffalo, told MarketWatch that consumers are finding their feet again after the pandemic, feeling the pressure of higher prices and worrying about talks of a possible recession in 2023 .
Against this background, it is understandable that consumers are sending out “mixed signals”.
The National Retail Federation projects that Americans will spend between $942.6 billion and $960.4 billion this holiday season, up 6% to 8% from $889.3 billion last year.
Thanksgiving online sales rose an estimated 2.9% to $5.29 billion this year, with people tempted by big discounts on toys and electronics, Adobe said.
Adobe expects “Cyber Week” — the five days from Thanksgiving Day to Cyber Monday — to generate $34.8 billion in online spending, up 2.8% year-on-year for a share of 16.3% of the entire Christmas period in November/December.
The biggest shopping day of the year is yet to come
Cyber Monday remains the biggest online shopping day of the season and year to $11.2 billion, up 5.1% year-on-year.
Mobile shopping accounted for 55% of online sales, 8.3% more than in the previous year. Consumers have spent $77.74 billion over the holiday season so far in the first 24 days of November.
Overall, more than 166.3 million people plan to shop from Thanksgiving through Cyber Monday, nearly 8 million more people than last year, according to projections released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics.
“While consumers continue to save the bulk of their holiday shopping for later in November and December, some of that spending has shifted into October,” said Phil Rist, executive vice president of strategy at Prosper.
“This year, 18% of holiday shoppers have done at least half of their holiday shopping. While this is on par with last year, it’s down from just 11% a decade ago.”
Ted Rossman, senior industry analyst at Bankrate.com, told MarketWatch that a 2023 recession is likely, “although the best guess is that it will be mild.”
So far, furlough spending has been supported by a strong labor market, he said, but people’s savings from the pandemic era are “slowly being eroded”.


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PRICE volatility due to the lack of diversity in markets is making Australian pulses a less attractive option for growers, according to Premium Grain Handlers managing director John Orr.
Mr Orr told the Grains Industry of Western Australia (GIWA) Pulse Forum on Wednesday that these market issues have been compounded by container supply issues.
Based in WA, Premium Grain Handlers stores, processes and packs grain into containers for export from Fremantle.
Mr Orr said the incoming Federal Government has created hope that improved access to some markets may be possible in the future.
He said China as well as other markets in Asia provided huge opportunities for Australian pulses, especially in human consumption; however, access was still limited.
“What we are seeing now is a massive increase in opportunities for pulses for food in the south-east and north-east Asia region – China, Korea, even Indonesia and Malaysia,” Mr Orr said.
“The opportunities in this region for our pulses is massive…and a lot that is the snack food market.
“The difficulty we are having in there is political.
“Why our [former] Federal Government decided it was a good idea to start war-mongering with our trade friends there is really hard to fathom; that is absolutely suicidal and biting the hand that feeds you, and did a lot of damage to our industry.
“Fortunately, we are seeing the new Federal Government with a much better attitude and so hopefully these relationships will improve in the future.”
Mr Orr said chickpeas were an example of a commodity which would have opportunities in China if market access was improved.
“We still can’t get chickpeas into China and, when there is not even a negotiating relationship with these people, we are not going to.
“But, they are buying chickpeas that are being shipped from Australia to India into the free trade zones and trans-shipping them from India into China and with shipping costs where they are, that tells you how good the opportunities is, if we were able to go directly into China.
“The demand is going nuts, much more than our capability to produce.
“We have some exciting stuff there in the future but it relies on our Federal Government to improve these relationships so that we can capitalise on it.”
Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre (AEGIC) markets manager Mary Raynes told the GIWA Pulse Forum that improving access into China and south-east Asia would also provide opportunities for non-traditional pulse uses, such as faba beans for high-value aquaculture feed.
“I think the biggest opportunities for the Australian farmer and faba beans is into China,” Ms Raynes said.
“They have four markets where we can see growth; that is into the food market for snacks, feed, protein isolates, but also the aquaculture industry in China is very profitable and very favourable towards faba beans.”
Ms Raynes said these new and niche feed markets were still the driving force in pulses.
“We have uncertain growth opportunities in traditional food markets, so feed is really where we are going to get some of the biggest uptake in pulses.”
Diversity is key
Mr Orr said increasing access to these higher-value human and feed markets could work to reduce the price volatility in markets pulse crops, such as, faba beans and lupins, and make them a more popular option for growers.
He said for this Australian needs to focus outside the traditional food markets of India and the Middle East.
Ms Raynes said now more than ever improving trade-market access would help take advantage of these opportunities into China and south-east Asia.
She said many Australian pulse crops have become reliant on single markets, such as lentils into India, and increasing diversity is important to furthering the industry.
“Trade-market access is becoming increasingly important to our production and to our growers.
“Tariffs play a big impediment into Australian pulse production.
“Where I hope we can see investment is in that technical engagement to help support and prime customers of Australian grains to use more pulse products.”
Pulse production wanes
The current impact of trade market access, supply chain issues and price volatility on the confidence of growers to produce pulses, was clear in the ABARES June Crop Report which forecast a decline in national production of all crops.
Lupins and chickpeas dropped the most with cuts in production of 340,000 tonnes and 400,000t from 2021-22 to 2022-23.
Lentil production declined slightly from 839,000t in 2021-22 to 788,000t in 2022-23, as did faba beans which fell about 100,000t.
One of Australia’s smallest pulse crops, field peas, saw a small decrease from 261,000t in 2021-22 to 238,000t in 2022-23.
Mr Orr said more work needed to be done by governments and industry bodies to make pulses a more attractive crop, so they can compete on some level with wheat, canola and barley.
“If we can work together in these new opportunities, we can help improve the market price for these products, so they compete with those dizzy wheat and canola numbers we are seeing and actually help complement the production of those wheat, canola products in the future and make the whole farming system more sustainable and more profitable.”
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Ryanair launched the Ukrainian version of the site
The site of the Irish low-cost airline Ryanair added Ukrainian to the list of language versions on the site.
As the Minister of Infrastructure Vladimir Omelyan noted on Facebook, now Ukrainians will become even more comfortable in planning a trip to the EU.
"Ukrainian is not only beautiful, but also convenient. Thanks to the Ryanair team!" - wrote Omelyan.
As reported by Ukrinform, Ryanair began to fly to Ukraine in the fall of 2018.
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What started out as a service that delivered monthly packages of skin-, body-, and hair-care samples to beauty product enthusiasts has become a universal business model. Want a shave kit? There’s a box for that. Need vitamins, chia seeds, and yoga gear? There’s a box for that. What about dog treats and toys? There’s a box for that too. Now, the box subscription model has taken a leap forward to join the medical marijuana gold rush in California. A new company called Au Box has introduced a monthly subscription service, available only in San Francisco at the moment for pre-order (they will begin actual deliveries in November), where clients with a medical marijuana license can sign up and receive a special box of cannabis products to their doorstep each month.
Jessica VerSteeg, model, former Miss Iowa, and one-time competitor on the Amazing Race, founded the company in an effort to cater to the female cannabis consumer. There are three main categories of boxes: “edibles,” “sampler,” and “intimates.” A one-month trial is $150 and subscriptions are $140 a month for three months, $120 a month for six months, and $99 a month for one year. The “sampler” includes a selection of pre-rolled joints, hash, and flowers, while the “edibles” box includes baked goods like Kush Cake Pops and Altai chocolates. In the “intimates” box, meant to stimulate some romance at home, a subscriber can receive 24-karat rolling papers, cannabis bath bombs, Foria oil, and candles. Au Box has also introduced a “man” box, which includes cannabis beard oils and salves. There’s also a beauty-specific box for women and one for pets that comes with non-psychoactive, CBD-rich (cannabidiol, which has no side effects) doggie treats, capsules, and tinctures, as well as CBD shampoos, lotions, waters, and hemp toys.


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Huawei Mate series phone Mate 30 recently hits 7 million units globally sale record within two months. Now, the Huawei Mate 30 smartphone will be available in France and the pre-order starts on December 9.
The Mate 30 Pro price set for 1099 euros (around $1213) and the company said it will be sold via Huawei’s official website. The Huawei Mate 30 is the first Android device to enter in the French market without Google Mobile Services.
Huawei Mate 30 Specifications:
Android v10 (Q)
6.62 inches (16.81 cm) bezel-less display with notch
On-screen Fingerprint Sensor
3.5 mm headphone jack present
HiSilicon Kirin 990 Octa core Processor
8 GB RAM
128 GB internal storage, expandable upto 256 GB
40 + 16 + 8 MP Triple Rear Cameras
24 MP Front Camera
4200 mAh battery with Super Charging


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Growth for China's non-manufacturing sector continues decline in June
Growth in China's non-manufacturing sector continued to slow down in June, with the sector's Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) seeing a sharp decline, the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing (CFLP) said Sunday.
The non-manufacturing sector's PMI, a key economic indicator, fell to 57 percent in June from 61.9 percent in May, the CFLP said.
A PMI of 50 percent or greater indicates expansion, while a PMI of less than 50 percent indicates contraction.
Although the June index marked the second consecutive month of declining growth, the figures indicate that China's non-manufacturing sector has still maintained relatively fast expansion, the CFLP said.
The non-manufacturing sector's PMI was 62.5 percent in April, 60.2 percent in March, 44.1 percent in February and 56.4 percent in January.
Major sub-indices fell as well, with the new orders index down 3 percentage points from May to hit 53.5 percent in June. The intermediate input price index declined to 61.6 percent.
CFLP vice president Cai Jin attributed the sharp fall in the new order index to a slowdown in commercial purchasing activities.
"We will continue to monitor the situation and evaluate whether this bodes a further slowdown for business activity and economic growth," Cai said.
Cai said that slight declines in the intermediate input price index and the price index for charges indicate that "the trend of excessive price increases has been contained. Prices will remain high but will gradually stabilize."
China's inflation rate has remained stubbornly high despite the government's efforts to stem price rises. The country's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose by a 34-month high of 5.5 percent in May from a year earlier.
However, analysts are concerned that stronger tightening measures targeting inflation will weigh down the growth of the world's second-largest economy. Previously published economic data has shown that the country's economic growth is already beginning to slow.
The June PMI for the country's manufacturing sector is a strong example. According to the CFLP, the manufacturing sector's PMI, which is regarded as an even more important indicator of China's economic health than the non-manufacturing sector's PMI, expanded at its slowest pace in 28 months in June, falling by 1.1 percentage points month-on-month to hit 50.9 percent.
China is expected to publish more significant economic data on July 15, including the country's June CPI growth and data related to industrial production and economic growth for the first half of the year.
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Just when I thought Microsoft could trip over its own feet any more this week, Im proven dead wrong.
Now, not only did Microsoft blow its Vista deadline—two years plus and counting—again, now theyve blown the deadline for Office 2007 too!
On the bright side, I guess it will really be Office 2007 now!
Boy, am I funny or what!?
Seriously, what the heck is going on up in Redmond, anyway?
When current Windows boss Jim Allchin was put out to pasture for all intents and purposes while awaiting retirement and current head of Microsoft Office development Steven Sinofsky was put in charge, the idea was that Sinofsky, a strict, schedule-bound manager, could get the trains running on time.
So much for that idea.
A Microsoft representative floated the idea that Microsoft has decided to delay Office 2007.
“Why,” you ask? So that Microsoft could coordinate its marketing with Windows Vista for a big January 2007 marketing and sales push.
“There is no slip in schedule, just a change in delivery for the benefit of consumers and retailers,” she said.
I know a little bit about retail. My dad was in that business as both the owner of a small chain of stores and as a distributor.
Nobody, but nobody, launches anything except “everything must go” after-Christmas sales in January.
Is it lousy leadership? Some of the Microsoft employees and friends at Mini-Microsoft certainly think thats the case.
The pure rage and venom of Microsofts own over both the “quality” of the companys code and its delays is really quite amazing.
These arent Mac OS and Linux fans pointing out that Vista has real problems. These are the people who want it to work more than just about anyone up to and including some of Microsofts own brass.
And, now, now theres this to top it off.
One theory Ive heard floated for the Office delay by a senior IT executive who keeps a close eye on Microsoft is that Office 2007 is just a layer on top of Vista.
He went on to suggest that in Office 12 XML, the so-called Open XML, all the elements in the format are just invocations of Vista functions, so supporting them in another office suite means emulating Vista.
Therefore, Sinofskys appointment is due to the fact all the stuff he worked on is now down in Vista. My buddy then suggested that we keep a close eye on where Sinofskys programming staff goes.
Its an interesting theory, and Ill be following up on it.
Regardless of the reasons behind this sudden move, though, theres one thing we can be sure of: Microsoft now has two black eyes from this weeks delays.
eWEEK.com Senior Editor Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols has been using and writing about operating systems since the late 80s and thinks he may just have learned something about them along the way. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Too Little Logging For Lumber?
Some lumber mills in northern Wisconsin say low timber harvests from the Chequamegon Nicolet National Forest are jeopardizing their businesses.
Sue Pukall of Arbor Vitae’s Pukall Lumber says the company is sometimes forced to buy logs hauled from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, which costs about $200 extra per truckload.
“Ideally we should be able to source all the logs that we need within a 50-75 mile radius of our mill. So when we have to go up into the UP, that’s obviously a lot further than 75 miles.”
Last summer the company curtailed production because it couldn’t get enough logs. Pukall says that shortage of local timber is also driving up the price of logs. The company has seen it go up at least 15 percent in the past few years. Combined with increased transportation costs, Pukall says it’s getting harder for companies to keep consumer prices competitive on a world market, and still stay in business.
“It really eats at our profit margin because lumber is a commodity product. So that keeps the price of lumber down. But it’s making it really difficult for local sawmills to survive.”
The Oneida County Board passed a resolution this month asking federal officials to increase cutting to meet the allowable quota of about 130 million board feet. Current harvest rates are about half that. Environmentalists argue that level of cutting is high enough.


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Spotify Doesn't Sound So Great to Some Artists
Adele’s 21 was the biggest album of 2011, hitting the top spot in dozens of countries and garnering six Grammy nominations in November. Her latest single, Someone Like You, is playing everywhere. Everywhere except Spotify.
Adele is among a vanguard of artists including Coldplay, The Black Keys, and Tom Waits who have opted not to make their latest albums available on streaming-music services like Rdio, Mog, and Spotify, where users pay a monthly fee of $5 to $10 to listen to as much music as they want, or listen for free with occasional advertisements. Artists earn money from such services every time their songs are played, but some believe the revenue doesn’t match what they’d get from outright sales.
“I am very concerned,” says Dave Holmes, Coldplay’s manager. “Spotify competes with download stores” like iTunes, he says. He plans to keep the album released on Oct. 24, Mylo Xyloto, available only as a purchase for several months. “Like all of Coldplay’s other titles, the new album will be on [Spotify] eventually,” he says. In effect, Holmes and like-minded managers are mimicking the so-called windowing practice pioneered by Hollywood. Movie studios usually stagger the release of films, first to theaters, then on DVD, and later on cable channels and streaming sites like Netflix. That strategy maximizes revenue for movie and TV producers, says Needham analyst Laura Martin, but could be a problem for streaming sites if the practice becomes widespread in music. “It certainly hurts Spotify’s perceived value if the consumer frequently searches for songs that aren’t there, even if that represents a small fraction of titles,” she says.
It’s also creating headaches for music-industry executives won over by Spotify since its U.S. debut in July. Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and EMI Group, the four biggest record companies, took large advance payments from, and equity stakes in, Spotify before its U.S. launch. Yet labels can’t force their biggest acts to support the site, says Ted Cohen, a former EMI digital chief. Some musicians have clauses in their contracts that give them control over digital distribution. Others just tend to get their way. “If Lady Gaga doesn’t want her latest album on Spotify, her label will listen or she may get a creative flu or miss certain promotional appearances,” says Cohen, who now advises music-focused technology startups. “A recording artist can be petulant.”
Spotify’s supporters turn to data to defend the service. Streaming services are already the recording industry’s second-largest source of revenue after iTunes, and London-based Spotify says it paid about $150 million to rights-holders in 2011, compared with $55 million a year earlier. For every album like Coldplay’s Mylo Xyloto, which manager Holmes contends would have sold fewer copies had it also been available on Spotify when it was released, there are many more albums like Drake’s Take Care, which was available on Spotify and still went platinum in five weeks. Even Coldplay’s label is enthusiastic: “Services such as Spotify are currently generating more revenue per user to EMI and our artists than the average digital music consumer generated in a world without these services,” says Mark Piibe, head of business development for EMI. The average iTunes customer spends about $60 a year, according to three senior music executives who asked for anonymity because the figures aren’t public, while a subscriber to Spotify’s top tier of service spends twice as much. Apple spokesman Tom Neumayr declined to comment.
Scooter Braun, the manager for teen sensation Justin Bieber, says the backlash-in-the-making may simply be the product of technophobia. “There were a bunch of artists who wouldn’t sell music on iTunes when that first started, and now it’s standard,” he says. “The same thing will happen with Spotify.”


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Africa is the most resourcefully blessed continent in the world. But while many of its countries are struggling with financial instability and avoidable economic downturns, the cryptocurrency has all the potential to make them prosper. Unlike before, Africa may have a viable solution to its many problems.
The flagship African Union (AU) project, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), has finally come into force this week. At last.
Equating capitalism with colonialism, Africa’s nationalist leaders rejected it and adopted socialism in the 1960s. Foreign companies were nationalized, a string of state-owned enterprises was established and a plethora of state controls on rent, prices, imports, and foreign exchange were imposed to capture the commanding heights of the economy.
Africa is known for its vast untapped mineral resources than any other place in the world. Its human and technological potentials are also limitless but all are greatly limited by the inability of leaders to solve problems affecting key areas towards development like agriculture and the electoral process.
Nigeria, Africa`s biggest economy and the world`s most populous black nation recently conducted its 2019 general elections which saw the incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari re-elected, although not without a fight from his main opposition Atiku Abubakar a business tycoon and former vice president.
As the sharing economy develops, the opportunities for cutting out the middle-man seem endless. After Lyft and Uber revolutionised personal transport, BlaBlaCar challenged public transportation and Airbnb overthrew our concept of monetising our own properties, Safarisource attempts to do the same thing with safaris. Launched at the INDABA tourism trade fair in South Africa on May 16, safarisource.com connects tourists with local African tour operators.


text: Barence writes "Canonical has unveiled the first screenshots and details of Ubuntu TV. Plans for versions of the Linux distro for tablets, smartphones and TVs were unveiled last year, and now the television is — perhaps surprisingly — the first of those to arrive. 'It's a simple viewing experience for online video, both your own and routed over the internet,' Jane Silber, Canonical's CEO told PC Pro. Movie streaming services will be supported as well as live television broadcasts. Ubuntu TV will be integrated into television sets, but Canonical was unable to confirm any manufacturers. It will be released later this year."


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Google, eBay and other technology leaders are aiming to protect the world's animals. Why? In a widely unregulated social-media world, many tech platforms have become a haven for the wildlife black market, a $20 billion industry.
The sale of illegal animal goods -- from ivory to exotic pets -- is the fourth-largest criminal global trade industry behind narcotics, counterfeiting and human trafficking, according to TRAFFIC, a wildlife-trade-monitoring network. In the past decade, the sale of these goods and species has moved from illicit backroom dealings in stores to apps and online shopping ads.
Now, 21 tech giants from North America, Europe, Asia and Africa are taking a stand as the first businesses to join the Global Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online, which has issued a pledge to reduce this illegal trade online by 80 percent by 2020.
The coalition is spearheaded by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), TRAFFIC and the International Fund for Animal Welfare. They'll collaborate directly with these tech companies in drawing up action plans to take on trafficking threats and offering staff trainings to pinpoint illegal sales.
Giavanna Grein, program officer for wildlife crime for TRAFFIC at WWF, said this will happen in two phases. First, companies will share what they have learned about addressing specific trade threats so they can learn from one another. Then, each company will develop a plan for its sites or apps.
"Law enforcement alone cannot police the open web globally due to the sheer scale of online trade and their limited resources," Crawford Allan, senior director for wildlife crime at TRAFFIC at WWF, told Engadget. "We realized if the companies can remove ads before they are posted or can look out for organized criminals that they can report to law enforcement, this will really help tackle the problem rapidly."
Allan said this coalition is the first of its kind, especially among companies that would traditionally be seen as competitors. Beyond Google and Alibaba, organizations that have joined the coalition are Baidu, Baixing, eBay, Etsy, Facebook, Huaxia Collection, Instagram, Kuaishou, Mall for Africa, Microsoft, Pinterest, Qyer, Ruby Lane, Shengshi Collection, Tencent, Wen Wan Tian Xia, Zhongyikupai, Zhuanzhuan and 58 Group.
When they asked these companies to be part of the coalition, WWF, TRAFFIC and IFAW laid out the issues around wildlife trade and the role of these sites in facilitating illegal trade and explained how the companies can combat this activity by setting up closed-door workshops among the businesses. You might assume it would be a challenge to corral all these competitors, but Allan said they were all willing to confront the issue as an industry.
From the tech perspective, this coalition builds on efforts to fight illegal trafficking online. Mike Carson, eBay's senior manager of global policy and regulatory management, told Engadget the retail site established a global ivory ban back in 2008. It has been working to flag and scrub listings from criminal traders, and said 45,000 illegal wildlife listings were blocked or removed last year alone.
Carson said eBay had been working with WWF, TRAFFIC and IFAW to train employees. He said he is looking forward to working with industry peers to combat the trade, but said there's always room for improvement: eBay will build on these policies through the coalition and "define a set of areas" where wildlife trafficking seems to be most prevalent on the site.
A big part of the coalition's work will be to educate consumers about the importance of avoiding goods like ivory that were most likely the result of illegal poaching, Carson said.
"There should be a negative stigma attached to the purchase and sale of illegal wildlife products, just as there is for other illegal items like drugs or weapons," he added.
Consumer awareness is key, said Susan Lieberman, vice president of international policy at the Wildlife Conservation Society, which isn't part of the coalition.
"You aren't going to a shopping mall -- you are buying from the comfort of home, rather anonymously. When people are home on their computers there needs to be more awareness raised among the average customer," she said. "The customer needs to know that it is illegal. When companies start these awareness campaigns, it's not about nice brochures but making sure people can't even find these items to begin with. You have to make it harder for [traders]."
She said shoppers who have doubts about an item's provenance should just not buy it -- something like a rhino horn should be a no-brainer.
Lieberman has spent 30 years monitoring wildlife trade, and said that in the past governments could target brick-and-mortar shops selling illegal goods, but internet has led to something of a free-for-all.
She said she doesn't think tech companies have done enough in the past to put an end to this, but this coalition is a step in the right direction.
"Social media has just made it easy -- too easy -- for this kind of illegal activity. Good things are easier, too, but we just need to make sure it is extremely hard for people to buy and sell endangered species," Lieberman added.
Allan believes once companies start stepping up enforcement on their platforms, criminals will move more of their operations to the "dark web," which will hopefully shrink their audience and stem sales.
It might be impossible to make this criminal activity go extinct, but the coalition is a step in the right direction of saving some of the Earth's most precious species.
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Ford is running a special on face-lifts. The automaker's customers in this case are Ford dealers, including several in central Ohio, which plan to take advantage of the offer to cover half of the cost of remodeling, up to $1.5 million.
Ford is running a special on face-lifts.
The automaker’s customers in this case are Ford dealers, including several in central Ohio, which plan to take advantage of the offer to cover half of the cost of remodeling, up to $1.5 million.
Bob-Boyd Ford in Lancaster and Ricart Ford in Groveport are among the franchises that have signed up for the deal, which the automaker announced last week. Dealers need to commit to the work by the end of the year to be eligible.
The opportunity is so good that “You can’t say no to it,” said Rhett Ricart, co-owner of Ricart Ford. He will meet with architects in the next few weeks and plans to begin construction as soon as the fall.
This is a step in a larger strategy by each of the Big Three — Ford, Chrysler and General Motors — to modernize dealer networks that lack the uniform appearance of brands such as Honda and Toyota.
“Even though Ford has improved quite a bit in the last few years, they’re not necessarily on top,” said Jesse Toprak, an analyst for Truecar.com. “Their products have improved, but the customer experience has a ways to go.”
Ford said it will spend up to $750,000 per store, which would be matched by an equal amount from the dealer. That could lead to a substantial cost in the aggregate, considering that Ford has more than 3,000 dealerships nationwide; the company has not said how much it expects to spend.
Several central Ohio dealers recently finished big projects or are in the middle of remodeling, including Germain Ford on the Northwest Side and Krieger Ford on the North Side. They might not benefit from this new deal, but they probably received other incentives, such as interest-free loans, Ford has said.
Byers Auto Group remodeled its Ford store in Delaware two years ago, so it will not take advantage of the current deal, said George Byers Kauffman, vice president of the Columbus company.
The Ford offer is “one of the more aggressive incentive programs I’ve ever seen,” he said. That means a lot coming from him, considering that Byers sells 16 brands, including products from each of the Big Three and Toyota.
Bob-Boyd hasn’t done a major remodeling of its Ford dealership since it bought the building in 1994, said co-owner Bobby Dawes.
Dawes said his store will use Ford’s incentive, though he did not have a timetable.
Ford has asked dealers to follow a series of guidelines for the outside and inside of the independently owned retail locations, part of a look the company calls Ford Trustmark Design.
The automaker decided to offer matching funds this year because average dealer profits are the highest on record, so there are resources available to make an investment like this, said Elizabeth Weigandt, a Ford spokeswoman.
“Although this is a new program, we don’t have a one-size-fits-all facility program for our dealers,” she said in an email. “Our dealers recognize that facilities are an important part of the customer experience and we agree that facility programs need to make good business sense and benefit the customer.”


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Argentina: Grassroots Efforts and Legislative Advances
By Esteban Rossi I., Ph.D., Special Contributor, New Frontier Data
Inspired by advances across the region, in late 2020 Argentina took decisive steps to reengineer its medical cannabis program. Though the South American country legalized medical cannabis in 2017, regulators failed to complement the legal framework with technical guidelines, thereby delaying industry consolidation. Yet, the combined efforts of grassroots organizations and regulators led to much needed legislative advances.
In most countries, legislation and the legislative process often remain difficult to understand or navigate. The growing volume of legislation, piecemeal structuring, frequent legislative amendments, and opaque levels of complexity commonly constitute challenges for the public. In Argentina, cannabis legislation began with Law 27,350: “Medical and Scientific Investigation Into the Therapeutic Use of Cannabis and Its Derivatives”. It aimed to “establish a regulatory framework for medical research on the medicinal, therapeutic, and palliative use of the cannabis plant and its derivatives”. It has proven to be a tall order.
Shortly after publication of the law, the government published Decree 738 (2017) and Resolution 1537-E (2017) in first attempts to develop explicit rules. The decree granted authority to the Ministry of Health to implement a national research program on the medical properties of cannabis, and to establish a mechanism to ensure patients’ access to medicinal products. The decree also defined the research priorities and competencies of key agencies, — namely CONICET (for scientific research), INTA (agriculture), and INASE (seeds and germplasm) — to establish and promote technical competencies to regulate the emerging industry.
Despite its political and cultural importance, the regulatory framework established by Law 27,350 and Decree 738 fell short on three crucial aspects. First, the research program did not proceed as swiftly as needed, and was overly restrictive. Consequently, numerous patients were unable to obtain medical products at affordable prices in the local market. Meanwhile, home cultivation remained forbidden, preventing users from producing flower for personal use or those within patient associations. And third, in the absence of regulations for the production and distribution of cannabis products, both local and foreign companies remained unable to invest in Argentinian cannabis firms.
In response to the fragmented legal framework, associations and civil organizations (e.g., NGOs) took upon themselves the task of educating the public. Associations recognized the needs among patients with chronic conditions and their families, and noticed that they could not obtain cannabis products. At the time, patients were forced either to import registered and expensive products, or to go to the gray market.
Consequently, civil organizations collaborated with patients the state to highlight the limitations of the existing regulatory framework and to propose better alternatives. Some of the most influential organizations have included Green Growth Argentina, Cannabis Medicinal Río Negro, Cannabis Medicinal Argentina (CAMEDA), Mamá Cultiva Argentina, and Ciencia Sativa Bariloche.
In addition, civil organizations — in collaboration with the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones (CONICET) — worked with regulators to advance cannabis legislation. The medicinal cannabis network (RACME in Spanish), led by senior researchers from CONICET, worked closely with the government to develop Decree 833, published last November. It constituted a landmark advance, as it opens a clear path to guarantee patient access to cannabis products.
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“That these (previous) regulatory restrictions (Decree 738 -2017) set up barriers to the timely access of cannabis by the population and as a response to this, a significant number of users decided to satisfy their own demand for cannabis oil through self-cultivation practices, networks, associations, and civil organizations that currently enjoy not only legal recognition but also social legitimacy”.
Decree 833 includes numerous significant advances. Notably, granting legal recognition to civil organizations. That marks a major victory for cannabis activists, and signals close collaboration between regulators and the public. In addition, the decree provides guidelines for the implementation of the national cannabis program (RECANN) under which registered patients can access cannabis products and generic formulations (i.e., formulas magistrales) at pharmacies. Decree 833 also allows doctors to prescribe cannabis products for a range of conditions, not limited to epilepsy, as previously mandated by Resolution 1537 E –2017.
Furthermore, registered patients can cultivate cannabis individually, or as part of associations, and the state has the mandate to provide medicinal products in gratuity to individuals that lack health coverage. In sum, the decree protects the rights of consumers and opens the door for creation of a medicinal market.
Due to its size, Argentina offers interesting opportunities for cannabis firms. With a population of over 44 million people, annual cannabis prevalence of 9.1%, and roughly three million adult consumers, the Argentinian market exhibits considerable potential. Roughly 12 million patients currently live with chronic conditions that could be managed with cannabis products. Thus, opportunities abound for companies which can find niches among the Argentinian public.
During the past three years and despite the fragmented regulatory legal framework, local firms worked diligently to develop medical products.
Alef Medical recently developed Convupidiol, the first CBD product to obtain approval by the National Drug Agency (ANMAT). New Frontier Data expects that as the market evolves, other novel products will become increasingly available in local pharmacies.
In summary, with its new regulations Argentina has decisively joined the South American cannabis industry along with Uruguay, Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico. The Argentinian pathway allowed the state to strengthen its technical capacity and foster research, but halted business development. However, recent regulatory advances deserve praise since they serve the needs of patients and exemplify effective collaboration between state and civil organizations. Moreover, the current framework offers promising opportunities for pharmaceutical companies interested in product development and clinical trials.


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2022 Lincoln Navigator Preview Update News Specs
2022 Lincoln Navigator. Lincoln’s schedule will be quite hectic during the next few seasons. While the market for the first Lincoln models will be flooded in 2023, one name will remain the flagship model and will have to wait until following season to shine. It’s a Lincoln Navigator 2022.
This will be the first upgrade to the iconic SUV following the debut of the next generation in 2023. Furthermore, Black Label may get new characteristics. This type of engine is being considered by Ford for both its full-size SUV, the Expedition, and its luxury sister, the Lincoln Navigator. Ford and Lincoln should be concerned about GM’s recent moves. The Chevrolet Suburban and Cadillac Escalade are moving toward a new independent rear suspension system.
2022 Lincoln Navigator Powertrain Options
The powertrain on the 2022 Lincoln Navigator remains a high-performance 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 mill. This huge SUV also offers respectable fuel economy. Power passes through a new 10-speed automatic transmission. One vehicle that shares architecture with the Navigator is the Ford F-150. While the truck gets a diesel engine, there are no words about that engine becoming part of Lincoln’s offering.
As for diesel, the 2022 Lincoln Navigator can raise the level of drag. It really is the most capable luxury SUV when we take the towing capacity. At 8700 pounds, it leads the class, ahead of the Dodge Durango SRT and GMC Yukon Denali.
Is the Hybrid Engine Ready for the 2022 Lincoln Navigator?
And the whole process should start with converting some of the flagship models into hybrid models. The 2022 Lincoln Navigator is on that list along with the F-150 pickup and Mustang. Well, since it shares the engine with the Ford Expedition, the non-luxury version will have the same configuration. A PHEV model is an option, but the most likely outcome would be a mild hybrid unit. In this case, the 2022 Lincoln Navigator will get a little boost from electric batteries.
2022 Lincoln Navigator Concept
There are introductory configurations for the 2022 Lincoln Navigator. Entry-level models will appear as the base. LED headlights and taillights are standard on this car, along with more than 60 other functions.
2022 Lincoln Navigator Inside Design
The 2022 Lincoln Navigator Black Label remains the top of the bunch. The level of luxury in these suites was astonishing, which is the reason Lincoln plans to do something new in the 2022 Navigator. With the updates, you can get the new Black Label at a six-figure price.
2022 Lincoln Navigator vs Cadillac Escalade
The 2022 Lincoln Navigator will find a competitor in the Cadillac Escalade. When we tried to categorize the pros and cons of each three-row SUV, we found many similarities. Until these are just rumours, Navigator is more recent. Lincoln also offers a more powerful engine and better traction, although Cadillac installed a V8. Another advantage of Navigator is the interior space and design.
2022 Lincoln Navigator Release Date And Cost
The new 2022 Lincoln Navigator isn’t coming soon. It hasn’t been confirmed yet, so we can see it in Browser 2021. Only the Lincoln Navigator Black Label 2022 with new packages will add a few thousand to the current value. That means the new SUV could top $100,000.
Also Read: 2022 Toyota Kluger Preview Update News Specs
2022 Lincoln Navigator Update
The Lincoln Navigator underwent a complete restyling in 2018, introducing the company’s high-end design and separating this full-size SUV from its cousin the Ford Expedition. Since its redesign, Navigator has gone through some minor updates to features and packages, but it has remained largely unchanged. We expect the 2022 Lincoln Navigator to remain the same, but there is a chance that Lincoln will release a surprise update.
2018 was a very challenging year for the Navigator, as Lincoln gave it a well-deserved makeover that included the company’s latest flair. This included new wheels, grille and headlights, and the use of chrome and newer to match the modified sheet metal. This not only raised Navigator to a luxury level, but also created a gap between him and his Expedition source material, a gap that had been missing in previous years. Navigator has received some new packages and other updates since its redesign, but nothing too exciting. We expect the 2022 Lincoln Navigator to continue with the same styling, but don’t be surprised if the automaker slips into a slight update, too.
The Navigator’s interior also underwent major changes in the 2018 redesign, incorporating more premium materials, clever use of wood and metal trim and an overall unique design. It also got a new 10-inch touchscreen above the dashboard to replace the previous generation’s old-school instrument cluster. The interior is an area where we can imagine Lincoln making some tweaks, so keep an eye out for that, although we hope it’s something pending.
The current Navigator is powered by a 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 that produces 450 horsepower and 510 pound-feet of torque. This is driven through a 10-speed automatic transmission and outputs to the rear wheels or all four wheels. This powertrain allows the Navigator to tow up to 8700 lbs. We expect this powertrain to continue unchanged in the 2022 Navigator browser.
The current generation Navigator has not been tested by IIHS, so there are no official results for it. We know that today’s Navigator comes standard with adaptive cruise control, blind spot monitors, active lane control, and automatic emergency braking. Lincoln also offers an optional surround-view camera, a head-up display, active park assist, and automatic high-beam headlights. We expect these standard security features to remain the same in Navigator 2022.
Price And Release Date
There’s no exact sale date for the 2022 Navigator, but we’re expecting a launch date in fall 2021 based on Lincoln’s previous schedules. Pricing has also not been confirmed for the Navigator 2022. However, with no expected changes, or a minor update at best, we expect its price to remain close to the MSRP range of $77,480 to $102,620 of the current model (destination fee included). The large luxury SUV will compete with the Cadillac Escalade, the Infiniti QX80 and the Land Rover Range Rover.
2022 Lincoln Navigator News
After a complete restyling, the Navigator SUV gained even more sales. Now, the 2022 Lincoln Navigator could be the first generation model to receive even more drastic updates. On the other hand, this is not official yet, but we have spy photos. The full-size luxury SUV will get some sort of update, but we can’t confirm if we’re dealing with an exterior restyle. The Navigator is a premium model with a lot of luxury, it has an elegant appearance and the interior is very modern and comfortable.
Moreover, the Navigator provides excellent ride quality thanks to the independent rear suspension. Several reports point to a new high-performance variant, such as the Raptor. Moreover, even the electric Navigator is the subject of rumors. However, we will have to wait for the manufacturer to confirm these claims.
The latest spy photos show the 2022 Lincoln Navigator with the latest changes. While we can see some improvements to the front and rear fascia, we can’t confirm if the new model will get a redesign. Looks like we’re dealing with another facelift mid-cycle. The front end has a wider grille higher than before.
The headlights have been redesigned, but the heavy camouflage completely hides the lower fascia. The profile is a mystery at the moment. On the other hand, the rear section definitely shows thinner taillights. We look forward to seeing new tires and new exterior colours. At the moment, we know some changes are going to happen, but we don’t know how important they are.
Inside, the 2022 Lincoln Navigator will get a larger infotainment touchscreen option. It’s the most significant upgrade, which is why the 10-inch drive is gone. The new screen is placed horizontally, but its size remains a mystery. The interior is sure to get some other improvements, maybe new technology. The cabin layout, including the seats and upholstery, will be preserved.
However, this is not a bad thing, because the Navigator SUV is a very luxurious model with a luxurious cabin. There will be three trim levels combined, and the Black Label is perhaps the most luxurious piece in the full-size SUV segment. Safety will also improve, so expect additional driver assistance systems.
When it comes to performance, the 2022 Lincoln Navigator won’t make any improvements. Once again, a 3.5-liter EcoBoost V6 is available. It is a turbocharged petrol engine with 450 horsepower. Some reports suggest more power, which seems to be the most likely outcome. However, Lincoln won’t offer a new powertrain option.
It’s an interesting topic, as you can read a lot of rumors about the electric SUV navigator. The electric variant will definitely not happen. Moreover, some other stories predict the high-performance variant, similar to the Ford Raptor. This is another speculation and we can confirm that none of this will happen in the next couple of years.
2022 Lincoln Navigator release date and price
Pricing for the new 2022 Lincoln Navigator will start around $78,000. A spare trim level will cost $83,000 and a Black Label model close to $100,000. Sales will begin later in 2021, or in the first quarter of 2022.


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New Delhi: Apple’s latest iPhone 15, launched on September 12, has ushered in a significant design change mandated not by its Cupertino headquarters but by the European Union (EU), specifically Brussels. The move to adopt USB-C as the charging port is the result of a broader EU initiative aimed at standardizing charging solutions across the tech industry.
The EU’s Role in the Change
Maltese Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Alex Agius Saliba, who led the charge on common chargers in Brussels since early last year, hailed Apple’s move as a historic change. The EU’s goal was to address the proliferation of chargers and cables, which resulted in significant e-waste and financial costs.
MEP Saliba emphasized that this change not only impacts the European market but has global implications, as Apple phones worldwide will now feature USB-C connectors. The EU estimated that the lack of a single charger solution generated 11,000 tonnes of e-waste annually and cost over 2 billion euros on standalone chargers each year. It also led to compatibility issues, safety concerns, and additional costs for consumers.
The Significance of Apple’s Move
Apple’s last major charging port change occurred in 2012 when it introduced the proprietary lightning connector. However, the EU’s efforts have now compelled Apple to adopt USB-C, aligning its ports with those found on Android phones, Windows laptops, MacBooks, iPads, and numerous other consumer devices.
MEP Saliba sees this change as a precedent that could be extended to other industries and devices, potentially establishing a global standard similar to the EU’s influential data protection regulations rolled out in 2018.
The EU’s push for a common charger began in 2009 with voluntary industry agreements to harmonize charging ports. Apple remained a notable holdout with its lightning technology until September 2021 when the European Commission issued binding rules mandating USB-C ports for various devices, citing consumer convenience and e-waste reduction.
In October 2021, the European Parliament and EU countries reached a provisional agreement on the legislation. The European Parliament approved it in October 2022. The EU member states had two years to introduce these rules into national laws, which would not apply to products already on the market.
The legislation covered a wide range of devices, including mobile phones, tablets, cameras, headphones, gaming consoles, and more. Laptops had a longer timeline, and consumers were given the option to purchase devices with or without charging equipment.
India’s Position on Charging Solutions
In India, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has established standards for Type-C chargers. The government is in the process of prescribing two common types of charging ports for mobiles and wearable electronic devices.
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs aims to make USB-C a standard charging port for all electronic devices by March 2025, aligning with the EU’s deadline. Given the globally integrated supply chains of electronic manufacturers, this transition is seen as feasible and supported by the industry.


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Smartmouth is launching a new Lucky Charms-themed beer, and people around the U.S. want it
People Magazine, Fox News and USA Today, among other national outlets and a host of food blogs, have all written breathlessly about the "Lucky Charms" beer from Smartmouth.
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Chinese LeTV boss to take on Tesla?
LeTV boss Jia Yueting’s electric cars are all on paper now, but with his $2 billion wealth Jia Yueting does have more money than Elon Musk of Tesla.
Jia’s current venture is Leshi Internet Information & Technology, a maker of web-enabled TVs, and according to Bloomberg his 44 percent stake is worth about $2.3 billion. Now, his sights are set on succeeding in the auto industry.
Jia claims his EV is well under development and is promising next-gen technology that sounds hard to deliver on. According to Bloomberg, the vehicle would offer multiple touchscreens inside, autonomous driving and automatic parking – all for a reasonable price. He already reportedly has people working in Silicon Valley to develop the systems and has an investment in a battery company, as well. The next step is getting the government license that potentially allows the dream to become a reality.
Even his Jia’s model doesn’t live up to its big promises, there are other companies in China wanting to build EVs. According to Bloomberg, Fisker owner Wanxiang is also applying for a manufacturing license, and it already has ties to the industry as an automotive parts supplier with over $23 billion in annual revenue.


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“India’s exports (to the UAE) are around $28.3 billion. We are hopeful to touch an all time high of $32 billion exports this year,” said an official.
As per the official, the two sides are also working on customs facilitation wherein their logistics and customs portals would get integrated and help in real time data exchange and tracking of ships for priority of entry in ports. A review of the CEPA, which came into force on May 1, 2022, is likely in May.
On a monthly basis, around $1.3 billion of India’s exports are going on zero duty as against $2.72 billion of total outbound shipments.
Almost 6,944 certificates of origin were issued in February as against 5,754 in November last year as exports of gems and jewellery, automobiles coffee, tea, and articles of iron and steel, among others rose in June 2022-February 2023 on-year.
“There is an increase in the CEPA utilisation,” the official said.
However, India’s exports of apparel, and iron and steel to the UAE shrank in the period.
Apparel exports declined due to the global headwinds while shipments of iron and steel fell despite the government removing export restrictions on them. As per the official, their exports are expected to pick up in the next fiscal.
India’s overall goods exports to the UAE rose 10.4% on-year in June 2022-February 2023 at $23.03 billion while imports increased 12.9% at $38.95 billion.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the government will ensure that “strictest punishment” is given to those responsible for the worst train accident in the country in decades, which claimed at least 288 lives and injured more than 1,099 people when Coromandel Express derailed on Friday night and its bogeys lying on two adjacent tracks led to collision with two other trains.Railways Sets up Panel to Probe Crash; Modi, Vaishnaw Visit Site
The Centre has initiated an investigation into the train accident in Odisha that claimed over 288 lives. Indian Railways has set up a high-level committee to look into the cause of the mishap involving Bengaluru-Howrah Yesvantpur Express, Coromandel Express and a goods train at Bahanaga Bazar Station in Balasore district.On Day 1, World Bank Chief Sets Development & Climate as Priorities
The World Bank’s new president Ajay Banga on Friday asked the lender’s 16,000 staff to “double down” on development and climate efforts as he seeks to accelerate the bank’s evolution to tackle the most pressing global problems.
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Qualcomm says its next chip designed for laptops and 2-in-1 computers is designed for long battery life, speedy performance, and always-connected capabilities.
According to Qualcomm, its new chip can power fanless PCs with more than 25 hours of battery life, while offering “up to 50% greater total system performance than the competition” according to the company’s own internal testing.
Qualcomm says compared to an unspecified 10th-gen Intel Core i5 processor running at 15 watts, its 7 watt Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G chip offers up to 18-percent better performance and up to 39-percent better efficiency.
Things look even better for Qualcomm when the company pits its chip against a 7 watt Intel Core i5 chip with Hybrid Cores (most likely a Lakefield processor). In that case, Qualcomm says the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G is up to 51-percent faster and up to 58-percent more efficient.
But there are no details on what those tests entailed — recent Windows on ARM laptops and tablets generally perform well when running applications compiled for ARM architecture. There’s a performance hit when running x86 apps though, since Windows has to use emulation. And not all x86 apps will run at all.
And Qualcomm seems more interested in comparing its new chip with an Intel processor than with the first-gen Snapdragon 8cx 5G. Maybe that’s because it doesn’t actually look like all that much has changed.
The main difference seems to be that the 2nd-gen chip adds Qualcomm’s FastConnect 6800 technology which means it supports WiFi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1 (the previous-gen chip topped out at WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0).
Qualcomm has also updated the AI engine from Hexagon 685 to Hexagon 690, which could bring a small performance boost in some tasks.
Both the Snapdragon 8cx 5G and the Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G feature:
- 8-core Qualcomm Kryo 495 processors
- 8-channel LPDDR4x RAM
- Support for NVMe and UFS 3.0 storage
- Qualcomm Adreno 680 Extreme graphics
- Qualcomm Spectra 390 image signal processors (support for 32MP single cameras or 16MP dual cameras)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X55 5G modems (mmWave and sub-6GHz support)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon X24 LTE modems
- Qualcomm Quick Charge 4+ support
The company says the first devices with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G chip should ship in late 2020 and if you’re wondering what they’ll look like, Acer’s got you covered. The company’s upcoming Acer Spin 7 (SP71) is the first PC announced to feature the new chip.


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Clubs closer to break-even rule
15 Nov 2012 8:59:55
The Premier League takes a big step towards introducing a break-even rule following a meeting in London.
VIDEO: China's richest man on wealth gap
15 Nov 2012 8:59:42
China's richest man, Zong Qing Hou, who grew up in poverty and now sits on a fortune of up to $20billion, told the BBC's George Alagiah that the gap between rich and poor is something that will have to be tackled by the country's new leader.
Farepak auditors face discipline
15 Nov 2012 7:46:55
The auditors of Farepak, the Christmas savings firm, face disciplinary action following an investigation into their conduct by the auditing watchdog.
Paladini has hope for Blues deal
15 Nov 2012 7:26:51
Ex-QPR chairman Gianni Paladini says his consortium still hopes to complete a takeover of Birmingham City.
VIDEO: How oil spill 'changed BP'
15 Nov 2012 7:11:06
BP is set to receive a record fine of $4.5bn (£2.8bn) to settle criminal charges related to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster.
Wal-Mart global sales disappoint
15 Nov 2012 6:43:12
Third quarter sales at Wal-Mart fall short of expectations, with the world's biggest retailer saying customers worldwide are feeling the pinch.
Asda criticises fuel duty rise
15 Nov 2012 6:20:13
Asda chief executive Andy Clarke calls for the planned fuel duty rise to be scrapped, as the supermarket group reports a slowdown in sales.
VIDEO: Rescuing the global economy: what next?
15 Nov 2012 6:08:58
Nik Gowing hosts the BBC World Debate from Tokyo about what it will take to get the global economic recovery back on track.
TED: Leah Buechley: How to “sketch” with electronics - Leah Buechley (2011)
15 Nov 2012 6:00:35
Designing electronics is generally cumbersome and expensive -- or was, until Leah Buechley and her team at MIT developed tools to treat electronics just like paper and pen. In this talk from TEDYouth 2011, Buechley shows some of her charming designs, like a paper piano you can sketch and then play.
VIDEO: Software pioneer denies Belize murder
15 Nov 2012 5:52:41
The founder of the anti-virus software firm McAfee has denied murdering one of his neighbours in Belize.
'No foul play' in astronomer death
15 Nov 2012 4:40:31
The 16th Century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe is unlikely to have been poisoned, according to a research studying his exhumed remains.
Megafon details share float plans
15 Nov 2012 4:27:46
Megafon, the mobile phone operator controlled by Russia's richest man, is planning the biggest share flotation since Facebook listed in New York in May.
Eurozone: A very overcast outlook
15 Nov 2012 4:12:36
The eurozone is back in recession and the outlook is even worse
Nasa acts to tackle lost laptops
15 Nov 2012 4:09:02
Nasa orders the data on all its laptops to be encrypted after the latest loss of one of its portable computers.
VIDEO: Airport limits 'cost billions'
15 Nov 2012 3:50:31
A lack of capacity at Heathrow is costing the UK economy £14bn a year in lost trade, according to a report published by the airport.
Regulator targets online shopping
15 Nov 2012 2:56:08
The Office of Fair Trading is seeking information on how firms collect and use online shopping data, and if the area should be investigated.
VIDEO: Fall in retail sales in October
15 Nov 2012 2:30:00
UK Retail sales volumes fell by 0.8% in October.
VIDEO: Can we save energy costs?
15 Nov 2012 1:33:29
Small changes in the way we use household appliances can save money, but can these changes save us enough to offset the rising costs?
VIDEO: Dragon's Deborah: 'I'm worth it'
15 Nov 2012 1:14:09
Ever thought about pitching an idea to the Dragon's Den panel? Deborah Meaden reveals what they're looking for.
Child poverty measure to change
15 Nov 2012 1:00:29
The government launches a consultation on changing the way child poverty is measured to include family breakdown and other factors - prompting Labour anger.
VIDEO: Banks change PIN terms
15 Nov 2012 0:53:05
Money Box presenter Paul Lewis explains customers' rights if they do not adhere to banks' new rules on card numbers.
AUDIO: Entrepreneurs 'are not gamblers'
15 Nov 2012 0:17:39
It is Global Entrepreneurship week this week and according to a study that looked at 1,000 entrepreneurs by the think tank Demos, almost all of the preconvictions that the public are said to have about entrepreneurs are wrong.
Fans trust set to buy Portsmouth
15 Nov 2012 0:15:17
The Pompey Supporters' Trust hope to take over Portsmouth before Christmas after signing a conditional agreement.
UK retail sales fall in October
15 Nov 2012 9:51:22
UK retail sales fell by more than expected in October as shoppers cut back on food and clothing purchases, official data shows.
Gazprom to build new gas pipeline
15 Nov 2012 9:44:00
Russian gas company Gazprom commits to building an expensive pipeline that will deliver Russian gas to southern Europe.


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The price of online freedom is eternal vigilance. That's the lesson cyber thugs keep shoving in our faces with attacks that steal identities, freeze networks, and make computer data disappear. Most recently, the extortion ransomware called WannaCry (or sometimes WannaCrypt) took out older Windows operating systems running crucial networked computers for hospitals, universities, and car factories, from Britain to Russia, India to Taiwan, in Latin America and Africa. The spread to the United States was stymied by a computer whiz who uncovered a blocking strategy.
Some accusatory fingers have been pointed at Microsoft for creating software patches back in March but then not yelling "Update your software, people!!!" Sure made for an impactful "upgrade" lesson.
Worming in as a viral email zip file attachment, WannaCry can attack only vintage Windows 8 software and the older, more popular Windows XP operating system, which Microsoft stopped supporting in 2014 after offering a free OS upgrade to those who had paid for the software. But lots of operations were lax or ran bootlegged versions of XP.
And let us not ignore where WannaCry came from. It was stolen by hackers, reportedly North Koreans operating inside China, from the cyber-weapons arsenal of our own National Security Agency. So we have met the enemy and it is us.
As Federal Trade Commissioner Terrell McSweeny suggested on C-SPAN, some blame for invasions and lockups can be put on internet service providers, which could be better gatekeepers, and on companies that make easily hacked IOT (internet of things)-connected gadgets.
The FTC is now bringing action against dozens of hardware makers that don't follow "best practices rules" to safeguard consumer privacy and security, she said. And the commission would press broadband service providers harder to do the right thing, were its mission legally blessed by Congress and not being challenged in federal court (by AT&T Mobility).
So where does all that leave us consumers? Don't wait for Congress to rescue you. It's time to take the law into your own hands.


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Texas is Ready for Solar
Retail electricity costs in The Lone Star State are expected to dramatically increase in anticipation of a hot summer, power shortages, and increasing wholesale prices.
Prices will be highest during the summer months, when Texans use the most electricity, meaning this perfect storm has the potential to spike Texans’ summer electricity bills significantly.
For Texas residents who want to avoid these high costs, take control of their electricity bills, and declare their energy independence, there has never been a better time to make the switch to solar.
Teaser Retail Rates are a Thing of the Past
While finding a good deal on a three-month contract becomes increasingly challenging, prices on long-term plans are also rising. According to an estimate from The Association of Electric Companies of Texas, a trade group, the rate on a one-year fixed price offer has increased more than 20 percent to an average of $0.111/kWh.
Surging Wholesale Prices
The increase in retail rates comes as power companies across Texas anticipate surges in wholesale market prices. Because prices are likely to rise rapidly in the coming months, Direct Energy is no longer offering its “Power-to-Go” plan to new customers this summer. The prepaid plan changed rates on a monthly basis in conjunction with wholesale prices.
By some estimates, wholesale prices in Texas may reach a 15-year high.
Texas has Quietly Become a Leader in Solar Energy
A state known for bold independence and ample sunshine, Texas has been experiencing dramatic solar industry growth. The state economy continues to grow overall, with higher energy consumption to go along with it. At the same time, older forms of power generation are going offline. Solar generation is here to meet the Texas market’s demand.
Texas’ increase in solar energy has been driven by a meaningful decrease in solar costs. In the last five years, solar prices have fallen 55%. Already, more than 210,000 Texans are benefitting from those savings, having made the switch to powering their homes with solar. And along the way, 8,873 solar industry jobs have been created.
Making the Switch to Solar is Easy
Malek Service Company makes the process of switching to solar incredibly simple, including handling everything from scheduling to permitting.
By installing a solar system on your home now, you can escape the roller coaster ride that is projected to dominate traditional energy prices for the foreseeable future, allowing you to gain control over energy production at this critical juncture and lock in low rates for the life of your solar panels.
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SmartSoft Gaming has become the latest addition to the Salsa Technology gaming aggregation platform, as the group looks to maintain a goal of “providing our clients with the best player experiences”.
The agreement will see the Salsa Gator offering, which provides access to thousands of casino games, gain the addition of a “diverse selection” of titles.
Among the games to be integrated are SmartSoft’s Balloon and FootballX, among others, as well as flagship title JetX, which are expected to provide a boost across the Latin American region.
Guga Gotsadze, CEO of SmartSoft Gaming, noted: “It’s a great moment for us to partner with Salsa Technology and bring our games to its Salsa Gator platform.
“The games will enhance Salsa’s offering even further and we look forward to seeing how our partnership will continue to strengthen the gaming experience for players.”
This becomes the latest addition to the Salsa Tech offering, with SmartSoft following in the footsteps of Mascot Gaming, PopOK and Weebet.
Eliane Nunes, Salsa Technology’s Head of Marketing & Sales, said: “We are thrilled to add SmartSoft games to the Salsa Gator platform.
“Our platform’s goal is to keep providing our clients with the best player experiences, and SmartSoft Gaming’s exceptional games definitely help us with that.”


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Shares of sports retailers soared on Friday after Foot Locker, Shoe Carnival, and Hibbett Sports reported better-than-expected quarterly profits. » Read More
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Shares of Foot Locker spiked 30 percent Friday after the shoe retailer posted stronger earnings, on track for its best day since 1977. » Read More
Abercrombie & Fitch posted quarterly same-store sales growth after more than a year of declines and forecast robust sales for the holiday quarter. » Read More
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SodaStream shares spiked 13 percent Tuesday after the company beat revenue estimates.
Procter & Gamble is expected to report earnings of about 74 cents a share on $15.83 billion in revenue, according to a consensus estimate from Thomson Reuters.
Pfizer's results were driven by lower taxes and demand for new medicines, but it stuck to its previous sales and profit forecasts for the full year.
Steve Madden reported second-quarter earnings that were in line with expectation, while revenue came in lighter than expected.
Shares of AMC Entertainment Holdings slipped more than 3 percent Monday after the company posted disappointing quarterly results.
ExxonMobil earned an adjusted 41 cents per share in the second quarter, compared with expectations for 64 cents per share.
Chevron posted a loss for the second quarter as it reported $2.8 billion in impairments, surprising the Street.
Expedia shares dropped nearly 3 percent Friday after the company missed revenue estimates for the second quarter.
Newell Brands stock is rose nearly 7 percent after the company posted better-than-expected earnings.
United Parcel Service reported quarterly earnings and revenue that met analysts' expectations on Friday.
AbbVie's quarterly net revenue jumped 17.8 percent, driven by demand for its top-selling treatment, Humira.
Spirit Airlines on Friday reported second-quarter earnings that topped expectations.
Merck & Co. reported a 1 percent rise in quarterly revenue, driven by higher sales of its cancer drug, Keytruda.
Amazon shares swung higher after the retail giant posted its fifth-straight period of profitability.
The parent company of Google on Thursday reported earnings and revenue that beat analyst expectations.
Shares of GNC dropped on Thursday as the company gave an uncertain outlook for fiscal 2016.
CNBC "Squawk Box" Platinum Portfolio investor Louis Navellier bought Nvidia for his model portfolio Thursday.
Ford's stock fell sharply Thursday as the automaker posted second-quarter earnings that missed estimates and noted challenges to meeting guidance.
Shares of Cirrus Logic spiked Thursday, following the company's release of quarterly earnings and a strong outlook.
We're at the halfway mark for earnings, with more than half of the S&P 500 reporting as of this morning. Bob Pisani brings you the good news, so far.
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29 Dec New Reports Recommends Ban on Personal Data Sharing by Websites with Advertisers
A new report called “Blocking the Data Stalkers” by UK think tank New Economics Foundation recommended that website owners be banned from sharing the personal data of their users to advertisers.
NEF researcher Duncan McCann said that until legislation catches up, the adtech industry and the tech giants will use increasingly invasive services to advertise to their viewers while compromising their data. He added that the present is a critical moment where intervention is needed to ensure that the core business model of the digital age is not centred on ubiquitous surveillance and the provision of personalized advertising.
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Paramount Plus will make the trip across the pond and be available to streamers in the UK and Europe starting in 2022, ViacomCBS has announced. The expansion comes via a partnership with Sky, a Comcast Corporation, that will see the Paramount Plus streaming service be available on Sky platforms in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
This new multi-year distribution agreement begins in 2022 and in addition to Paramount Plus also extends carriage of ViacomCBS’ portfolio of pay-TV channels on Sky.
Paramount Plus, a reworked and expanded version of CBS All Access, officially launched in March 2021 in the US. The service offers a library of classic ViacomCBS TV and movie titles from the likes of Paramount Studios, CBS, Nickelodeon, BET, Comedy Central and Showtime, as well as live sports, like the UEFA Champions League. It also has its own Paramount Plus original series, including Star Trek: Picard and other series set in the Star Trek universe, an iCarly reboot and original films like Mark Wahlberg’s Infinite. Paramount Plus is also the exclusive streaming home for Paramount movies 30-45 days after their debut in theaters, most recently adding A Quiet Place Part II.
When Paramount Plus launches on Sky TV, Sky Cinema subscribers will have access to the service at no additional cost. All other Sky customers will be able to subscribe to Paramount Plus as an add-on to their account. The streaming service will also be available direct-to-consumer through the Paramount Plus app for iOS and Android, as well as connected TV devices and OTT platforms. Pricing and local content will be announced at a later date.
“We are thrilled to expand our long-standing partnership with Sky to continue delivering ViacomCBS’ leading portfolio of premium entertainment brands to Sky customers and importantly bring Paramount Plus to new audiences in all Sky markets, including the UK, Ireland, Italy and GSA,” said Raffaele Annecchino, president and CEO, ViacomCBS Networks International. “This transformative distribution deal is key to accelerating our global ambitions in streaming while also supporting Sky’s strategic objectives to better serve audiences with greater flexibility in how they consume our content across all platforms.”
This is the second major streaming service that has struck a deal with Sky. Peacock, which is owned by Comcast, has also announced that it will be available to UK and European consumers in 2021.
ViacomCBS made the announcement along with its second-quarter 2021 financial results. The company shared that its number of global streaming subscribers rose to more than 42 million, including 6.5 million in the second quarter.
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Michael Balderston is a DC-based entertainment and assistant managing editor for What to Watch, who has previously written about the TV and movies with TV Technology, Awards Circuit and regional publications. Spending most of his time watching new movies at the theater or classics on TCM, some of Michael's favorite movies include Casablanca, Moulin Rouge!, Silence of the Lambs, Children of Men, One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest and Star Wars. On the TV side he enjoys Only Murders in the Building, Yellowstone, The Boys, Game of Thrones and is always up for a Seinfeld rerun. Follow on Letterboxd.