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Espresso costs immediately, October 21, within the home market, elevated sharply. In the meantime, the worth of Robusta espresso and Arabica espresso worth fluctuate in the identical course with the worth going up.
World espresso worth immediately October 21
On the finish of the most recent buying and selling session, the worth of Robusta espresso in London delivered in November 2021 elevated by 10 USD/ton at 2,115 USD/ton, delivered in January 2022 elevated by 11 USD/ton at 2,131 USD/ton.
In the meantime on the New York Inventory Alternate, the worth of Arabica espresso delivered in December 2021 elevated by 1.3 cents/lb at 205.55 cents/lb, delivered in March 2022 elevated by 1.35 cents/lb at 208.35 cents/lb.
Home espresso worth immediately 10/21
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Lam Dong espresso worth immediately is bought at 39,700 VND/kg.
The value of Dak Lak espresso immediately is bought at 40,600 VND/kg.
Gia Lai espresso worth immediately is bought at 40,500 VND/kg.
The value of Dak Nong espresso immediately is bought at 40,500 VND/kg.
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Longview Livestock to host 2023 World Livestock Auctioneer Championship Qualifying Event
November 24, 2022
OVERLAND PARK, KAN.
The second of three qualifying events for the World Livestock Auctioneer Championship (WLAC) will be hosted by Longview Livestock in Longview, Texas, on December 1, 2022.
Opening ceremonies will commence at 1:00 p.m. (CT), with the awards presentation following the competition. A total of 31 contestants will compete for a top 10 placing, granting them a spot in the semi-finals for the 2023 WLAC at Arcadia Stockyard in Arcadia, Fla.
Each qualifying event is a live sale where each contestant auctions at least 8 drafts of livestock (traditionally cattle) to actual bidders. Contestants are judged on the clarity of their auction chant; professionalism; and their ability to conduct the sale while catching bids.
Contestants competing are Andy Baumeister, Goldthwaite, Texas; Gary Crawley, Kiowa, Okla.; Shannon Davis, Winnsboro, Texas; Justin Dodson, Welch, Okla.; Keelan Dunn, Bowie, Texas; Quest Flesner, Hannibal, Mo.; Cody Hanold, Brighton, Ill.; Kirby Hill, Paris, Texas; Travis Holck, Lake Crystal, Minn.; Calvin Hollis, Mannford, Okla.; Michael Imbrogno, Turlock, Calif.; Takoda Kiser, Wytheville, Va.; Jonathan Lopinto, Amite, La.; Lane Marbach, Victoria, Texas; Tilon Mast, Auburn, Neb.; Brandon McLagan, Elmer, Mo.; Justin Mebane, Bakersfield, Calif.; Bill Nance, Sheldon, Mo.; Tate Rainey, Sweetwater, Texas; Troy Robinett, Decatur, Texas; Luke Schubert, Brainerd, Minn.; Ethan Schuette, Washington, Kan.; Jeff Showalter, Broadway, Va.; Barrett Simon, Rosalia, Kan.; Dustin Smith, Jay, Okla.; Brooks Thompson, Prague, Okla.; Scott Twardowski, Swanville, Minn.; Seth Waldroup, Westminster, S.C.; Curtis Wetovick, Fullerton, Neb.; Tim Yoder, Montezuma, Ga.; Zack Zumstein, Marsing, Idaho.
The public may attend the livestock auction and competition free of charge. It will also be streamed live on the Livestock Marketing Association’s Facebook page.
Qualifying events are balanced across LMA membership. The final qualifying event will be held at Windsor Livestock Auction Co., Inc. in Windsor, Mo., on January 4, 2023.
About the Livestock Marketing Association
The Livestock Marketing Association (LMA), headquartered in Overland Park, Kan., is North America’s leading, national trade association dedicated to serving its members in the open and competitive auction method of marketing livestock. Founded in 1947, LMA has more than 800 member businesses across the U.S. and Canada and remains invested in both the livestock and livestock marketing industries through member support, education programs, policy representation and communication efforts.
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2023 LMA Annual Convention & WLAC to be hosted in Florida
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Economic impact study shows livestock auctions are growing in importance for rural vitality; $2M in total value-added dollars to community
A 2023 economic impact study, which updated a study from 2017, found that livestock auction markets continue to be important for the growth and vitality of rural communities. The study of an average, fixed-facility livestock auction market revealed that the market provides approximately $2 million in total value-added dollars to its local community. This result is up from $1 million identified in the 2017 Livestock Marketing Association (LMA) Economic Impact Report.

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Marvell Tax Counsel gets CFO job on interim basis
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. has announced that it has named Michael Rashkin as chief financial officer effective immediately. Mr. Rashkin, who has been with the Company’s subsidiary, Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. since 1999, has recently served as Vice President and General Tax Counsel and, in 2007, was appointed Special Assistant to the CEO and Vice President of Strategic Development of MSI. Mr. Rashkin will serve as CFO on an interim basis.
Mr. Rashkin has worked with global technology companies for more than 30 years, establishing international tax structures and managing a wide variety of functions. Prior to joining Marvell, Mr. Rashkin spent 13 years at Apple Computer, where he held positions as General Manager of Asia and Latin America, Director of Marketing for Apple Japan, Director of International Legal, Director of International Business Development, and Director of Taxes, Customs and Export Licensing. Prior to Apple, Mr. Rashkin handled tax planning for Digital Equipment Corporation for six years.
“Mike already is a significant contributor to the Company and has built a strong tax organization. He has an in depth expertise in finance as well as a solid familiarity with our various businesses,” said Sehat Sutardja, Marvell’s Chief Executive Officer. “He will immediately step in and help guide the company through a critical time as we continue to build a solid platform for growth.”
Mike holds a master’s of laws degree from New York University. He is the author of “Research and Development Tax Incentives,” published by Commerce Clearing House in 2003. His most recent book, “The Practical Guide to Research and Development Tax Incentives” will be published this year.
Marvell has retained Heidrick & Struggles to find a permanent CFO.
Marvell is the leader in development of storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions. The company’s diverse product portfolio includes switching, transceiver, communications controller, wireless and storage solutions that power the entire communications infrastructure including enterprise, metro, home and storage networking.


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Sony Mobile to push 'one-touch sharing' concept
Sony Mobile is to shift from its 'Made of imagination' positioning as it aims to push the near-field communication (NFC) credentials of its smartphones.
It will launch a worldwide TV campaign this Friday (7 September) that demonstrates how its devices can be used to share music and images and introduces the tagline ‘One-touch sharing’.
Sony unveiled NFC-enabled headphones and speakers last week at the IFA technology convention in Germany.
Sony Mobile UK, Ireland and Netherlands marketing director, Catherine Cherry, said the campaign will use the ‘One-touch sharing’ line to avoid confusing consumers by focusing too much on the technology behind the phones.
Cherry added the 'made of imagination' concept will remain, but the tagline itself will have far less prominence in advertising.
Another TV ad showcasing image-sharing will launch next month, and coincide with activity promoting the appearance of its upcoming Xperia T smartphone in Skyfall, the next James Bond movie.Follow @mattchapmanuk
This article was first published on marketingmagazine.co.uk
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As event planner Kattie Cool sees it, there is no better way to celebrate the ability to gather in large groups again than with an all-new event space serving Cleveland.
“The pandemic pushed so many events back that a lot of hotels and venues are completely booked,” says Cool, founder of Haus of Cool
. “It’s always been a goal of mine to open my own event space, and I think that the timing is perfect.”
To that end, Cool is preparing to open BLDG17 CLE
in the historic Twist Drill Building (4700 Lakeside Ave. E. in the St. Clair-Superior neighborhood). Along with 15,000 feet of open-concept space, the event venue will also offer a furnished lounge with a full kitchenette, bathroom, private changing room, and hair and makeup room.
“The idea is to host weddings, fashion shows, makers’ markets, charity events—the space is really flexible for different needs,” says Cool. “There are gorgeous pillars down the center, so we can add pipe and drape to make it as big or small as necessary.”
Cool had been touring various prospective spaces in the Flats and Lakewood for some time when a photographer suggested she consider the Twist Drill Building, which also houses duck-rabbit coffee
and an array of artists’ spaces. Cool scheduled a tour and immediately fell in love with the intricate brickwork and natural light streaming through the original 1937 windows.
“What I thought was 1,200 square feet turned out to 15,000 square feet—there was a typo in the description,” says Cool with a laugh. “The minute I walked into the space, I knew it was mine.”
In 2022, Cool hopes to expand the BDLG17 CLE space to include the building's rooftop patio and the outdoor courtyard to offer clients more options. In the meantime, she’s preparing to welcome the Fuel Cleveland
show in November and securing other bookings for fall. Cool is also planning to add some fun features such as cornhole, ping-pong tables, and giant Jenga and Connect Four games. “It can be hard to get people out of their seats sometimes, so we’re trying to encourage more interaction,” says Cool.
BLDG17 CLE officially opens on September 1, but Cool is hosting a free soft opening event this Thursday, July 22, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Appetizers and wine will be served, along with live music by We Are The Radio
and City 6 Strings
. The event will showcase many of BLDG17 CLE’s preferred vendors such as Euro Fine Wines
, Sweet Costo
, Cocky’s Bagels
, Lavender and Lace Rentals
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For Cool’s part, she’s excited not only to realize her vision of bringing a new event space to Cleveland, but also honoring the building’s industrial past.
“The space was the original Twist Drill Company, and Cleveland’s roots run deep here,” says Cool. “This building is so incredibly unique, and I can’t wait to make it into a more modern industrial building and event space."


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An announcement that many thought was impossible has happened today at PlayStation Experience. I’m speaking about the announcement of a brand new Marvel vs. Capcom game and that is indeed what Capcom had to reveal today on stage. Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite as it will be called will be arriving in late 2017 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC and the title will once again bring together characters from various Marvel and Capcom franchises to battle against one another in free form 2v2 team battles. Players will be able to choose one of six powerful Infinity Stones from the Marvel Universe to influence the outcome of battle. Each Infinity Stone will customize characters with unique abilities and powerful game-changing effects that can quickly turn the tide of battle.
So far the characters revealed so far are Captain Marvel and Iron Man from the Marvel side of things as well as Ryu and Mega Man X from Capcom with more characters being revealed in the future. To go along with this announcement the company released a special trailer below. That isn’t all the news that the company had for fighting game fans though as the company also announced that Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will be releasing on the Xbox One and PC in March 2017 and as for PlayStation 4 users, it is already available for download an exclusive early launch.


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This Is What Some Airlines Are Using to Protect You from Exploding Samsung Devices
Even though Samsung (now down $26 billion) has officially pulled the plug on production of its Note 7 and the US has actually banned the phone from all flights, some airlines (namely Alaska, Virgin and Delta) are taking extra measures to ensure the safety of their passengers should one happen to find its way on board.
As Alaska Airlines explained on its Website, flights will now be equipped with HOT-STOP L Bags, fire-resistant receptacles specifically designed to withstand heat of up to 3,200 degrees Fahrenheit in the event of an exploded electronic device. Also equipped with flame-retardant gloves for flight attendants to safely get burning items into the bags, they’re a one-stop shop for fire risks like the Note.
While the airline doesn’t mention Samsung or its exploding products specifically, it’s highly likely that the company’s most recent troubles inspired the addition.
“With passengers and crew using more and more electronic devices onboard our aircraft, we needed to have a plan for when those devices act up,” said Vice President of Safety for Alaska Airlines, Tom Nunn. “An in-flight fire is one of the most dangerous conditions on an aircraft. These containment bags will keep a fire from spreading and causing further harm.”
The man certainly has a point!
Here’s to making our future flights safer regardless of technology faux pas.
Does Alaska’s idea make you feel safer? Share @BritandCo.
(h/t Mashable, photos via Alaska Airlines + Drew Angerer/Getty)


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This is the first production car from fledgling electric sports car manufacturer Polestar, and while its Volvo DNA is evident throughout, this car is unlike anything that’s come before.
More and more carmakers are turning to subscription services as an alternative way to get people into their cars. Cadillac has a program, as does Ford. And now Volvo does, too: Care by Volvo. And after reading through the official description, I’m really struggling to find a downside to it.
Volvo just announced plans to phase out gas-only car production by 2019, at which time all new Volvos will either be fully electric or electric hybrids. The company also said that it would launch…
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Scott McNealy, the co-founder and long time boss of Sun Microsystems, was famous for his “top ten” riffs on tech trends. Today he’s recreated it on Twitter (follow @scottmcnealy), reprising his famous remark in 1999: “You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it.”
Here’s a compilation of the tweets (followed by a quick analysis relating it to Sony’s Stringer on security):
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Top 10 signs you no longer have privacy and should get over it:
10. The guy behind the McDonalds counter greets you with, “Would you like a salad to help you with your constipation?”
9. A Google search on “white only clubs” has just one result: TaylorMade.
8. Your soon to be ex-spouse produces your iPhone GPS database in settlement hearings.
7. The TSA stops molesting and radiating your 82 year old mom because she is clearly not going to hijack that plane.
6. 20 neighbors show up at same Groupon inspired Spearmint Rhino happy hour in Vegas.
5. IRS starts auditing folks who don’t pay income taxes, not the folks who pay the most.
4. Local police become largest purchaser of camera equipped UAV’s.
3. Your parents require your Facebook, laptop, and phone passwords and actually review your online activity regularly. And you are 40.
2. The UPS driver delivers your small package to your door and, with a smile and wink, asks if you would like batteries with that.
1. Twitter starts suggesting Tweets for you, and they are perfect and better than your own.
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As in 1999, McNealy is right on fact, wrong on what to do about it (as critics argued at the time). Not ensuring some protections is irrational. But whether he’s right or not is beside the point. It is refreshing when a top executive calls it as he sees it — and a bit silly when people quibble with the wording rather than the larger point itself.
Here, I’m thinking of Sony’s boss, Howard Stringer, who recently described the PlayStation Network hack is words that was sure to eviscerate him among tech journos. “Nobody’s system is 100 percent secure,” he said in a conference call. “This is a hiccup in the road to a network future.” (in Bloomberg’s piece). “It’s not a brave new world; it’s a bad new world,” he said (in the WSJ piece).
Stringer has been pounced on by some in the press. He shouldn’t be. Though the point he raises we’ve known for a long time, it is still quite right.
Is this a return of the US-EU privacy wars of the 1990s, when Brussels’ bureaucrats threatened to halt intercontinental online transactions? They may be coming back. This time it’s over location data.
An upcoming EU report will say that “geo-location data has to be considered as personal data… The rules on personal data apply,” an EU official tells the Wall Street Journal.
The implication is that data collected by cellphones, twitter, Facebook and others must be handled like names, birth dates, and other personal information: requiring user consent, deletion after a certain period, and kept anonymously.
This is absolutely preposterous. Yes, rules — better, tougher rules — are desperately needed. But to simply drop the data into a pre-existing regulatory bucket (as the EU is doing, of calling it “personal information” which has sweeping regulatory burdens) is asinine. It will hold back the amazing innovations and services that are just starting to emerge, and future ones that we can scarcely imagine today.
Calling something new (geo-location data) something old (personal identifiable information, or PII in the trade) is a far too blunt way to go about upholding legitimate public interest concerns that need to be addressed. It avoids the more humble — and probably more effective — task of trying to figure out the new properties of this type of data, and thus devise appropriate ways to balance personal privacy with innovative services. It’s harder to do this, but sounder.
This of course will happen, but over time, and probably in a different regulatory jurisdiction. Possibly America? Perhaps China? Maybe Brazil? But European geo-loco firms will suffer in the meantime, since they’ll crammed into a regulatory straitjacket. And to be clear: this is not to say that better rules aren’t needed — they definitely are. But they ought be sensible ones.
Failing to take a more cautious and reflective regulatory approach results in things like the EU’s 1998 privacy directive. It did an excellent job of getting governments into the privacy arena, but it had lots of silly parts too. For one thing, it required an international “safe-harbor” provision in order to do innocuous things like allowing a US firm in France to send its payroll data to headquarters in Detroit. The rules are already out of date, and although it boasts strong enforcement provisions, they’ve barely ever been used.
In fairness, the US has miserable privacy legislation — no country does it well — but the piecemeal approach and building up of a body of regulatory experience is looking like a better way forward. There is no “privacy kommissar” in America, but that hasn’t stopped the FTC from taking serious action often.
A far better way to proceed is the way the US is moving. Sen. Al Franken’s opening statement to hearings on May 10th on cellphone privacy was a paragon of wise policymaking: he wants to find the right balance. He was scorching in his condemnation of current practices:
“Once the maker of a mobile app, a company like Apple or Google, or even your wireless company gets your location information … these companies are free to disclose your location information and other sensitive information to almost anyone they please-without letting you know. And then the companies they share your information with can share and sell it to yet others-again, without letting you know. This is a problem. It’s a serious problem.”
But at the same time, he understood the risks of regulating too soon:
“I just want to be clear that the answer to this problem is not ending location-based services. No one up here wants to stop Apple or Google from producing their products or doing the incredible things that you do. You guys are brilliant. When people think of the word “brilliant” they think of the people that founded and run your companies.”
If this gap in regulatory approach is not settled, the result may well be another round of the privacy wars. Companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and others will have to tailor their operations depending on jurisdiction, down to their very code base. The EU will argue that they have to do this any way for language and law. But this still fractures and debilitates the service. And it is hypocritical: the idea behind the EU’s common market and common currency is about the gains from harmonization.
The best way to ward off bad public policy are good case studies of excellent services. Industry basically has its head in the sand hoping this issue will go away (it won’t) or is in hiding, hoping it doesn’t need to disclose how the services work (it does). Their actions are shortsighted. Geo-location services are interesting and useful, and if people really knew what was happening, many would be fine with it, provided a backstop of basic protections exist.
The case must be made publicly. So what are the amazing new services that are emerging that show why the EU’s approach is not quite right? Share your stories here.


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The Farm Bill has made industrial hemp legal, but there are still many questions surrounding the new crop.
Do you still need a license now that it’s legal?
Can you grow hemp on leased land?
Can you sell CBD oil in Montana?
Where do you go for seed?
These and many other questions will be talked about during a session on Growing Hemp during the MonDak Ag Days and Trade Show.
It’s just one of many great cutting edge sessions for this year’s annual event, which starts at 8 a.m. Thursday, March 7, with a big trade show.
A wide variety of vendors exhibit during the event every year, with everything from implement dealers and irrigation specialists to seed buyers and sellers, and much more.
The trade show is a chance to see what is latest and greatest all in one room.
Then, at 9 a.m., the lecture series begins, starting out with Growing Hemp, presented by the Montana Department of Agriculture.
Montana grew the most acres of hemp in the nation in 2018, and is poised to take hemp higher, with efforts already under way for a checkoff program for hemp.
Montana began its hemp pilot project two years ago under the 2014 Farm Bill. The state started in 2017 with a mere 550 acres. In 2018, however, they had 58 growers with 22,000 acres.
Neighboring North Dakota, meanwhile, has had a hemp pilot for a little while longer, beginning in 2016 with 70 acres of industrial hemp. That jumped to 3065 acres in 17 counties in 2017, then dipped to 2,800 acres in 19 counties in 2018.
As pilot states, both Montana and North Dakota already have a hemp plan on file with the USDA, but under the new Farm Bill both states will need to file an update.
Hemp right now is an $820 million market in the U.S., though Hemp Business Journal has estimated growth could reach $1.9 billion by 2022.
Hemp has a wide variety of uses, ranging from textiles to foods.
North Dakota researchers are among those looking at alternative uses for hemp fibers, designing biocomposites from them.
Composite materials specialist Dr. Chad Ulven, with NDSU, has developed a fiberglass substitute, for example. His composite is similar to fiberglass in terms of strength. In fact, if treated properly, it can last longer than fiberglass.
Or, if you’d prefer, it could be treated with a different resin that will allow it to be biodegradable.
“You can tailor the resin,” Ulven said. “so you can go either way.”
Among uses Ulven envisions for hemp fiberglass would be car parts. Hemp makes a much lighter product than traditional fiberglass, so cars made with it would be lighter and more fuel efficient.
A domestic supply of hemp has been missing to make such ideas more feasible, but, now that it is legal, there is still a long way to go to develop the right infrastructure and to tap hemp’s full potential.


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By Esther Honig
Wearing a heavy smock and rubber boots, Amadedin Eganwa stands over a large conveyor belt that’s carrying unconscious lambs. He faces east, toward Mecca, gently lifts the animal’s head in the same direction and under his breath he quickly says a prayer — bismillahi allahu akbar, or “in God’s name” — before swiftly cutting the lamb’s throat.
Eganwa, a practicing Muslim, performs this slaughter almost 900 times during each shift at Superior Farms slaughterhouse in Denver so that the meat is halal, meaning it’s prepared according to Islamic law.
With the Muslim population on pace to possibly become the second-largest religious group in the United States by 2040, the demand for halal meat and other foods is on the rise to the point that Nielsen reports U.S. sales increased 15 percent from 2012 to 2015. Some of the largest meat producers in the country — American Foods Group — are providing more that’s halal (in part to satisfy global, not domestic, demand). But industry experts say U.S. consumers may not be aware of it, because some large grocery chains choose not to label products halal.
“The reality of it is some [retailers] are actually concerned about the halal insignia,” Superior Farms’ vice president of sales Greg Ahart said, adding that the lack of labeling generally happens at big retailers in areas where there aren’t large Muslim populations.
Superior is one of the largest lamb producers in the country, selling to small ethnic grocery stores as well as retail giants.
Five years ago, the Denver plant and one in California slaughtered lamb according to halal standards just one day a week, Ahart said. As demand rose, Superior Farms, which mostly handles lamb with some goat, became all-halal, all the time.
“It really got to be too cumbersome as time went by to maintain inventory segregation on the product that was halal versus the product that wasn’t halal,” he said.
Shane MacKenzie, who oversees Superior’s operations and has worked with the company for 21 years, said halal slaughter doesn’t slow anything down: “It’s exactly the same except for the practicing Muslim [slaughterman].”
Every step in the company’s process is approved by the federal Safe and Humane Slaughter Act, which every slaughterhouse must follow, as well as a certifying board,Halal Transactions of Omaha. Additionally, the plant is required to prevent any contamination by non-halal foods, such as pork, alcohol or the use of antibiotics, since they tend to contain pork byproducts.
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- Cooperative Bank will now be open from 9am to 3pm on Monday to Friday and from 9am to 12.30pm on Saturday.
- Tuskys retail outlets will close at 6pm and open at 7am but will continue processing orders placed on its alternative channels round the clock.
Banks, supermarkets and other service providers have adjusted their working hours in readiness to comply with the curfew that comes into effect tonight.
The curfew is one of the measures put in place to stop the spread of coronavirus. The country so far has 31 confirmed cases, one fatality and one recovery.
Cooperative Bank has announced new working hours. The bank will now be open from 9am to 3pm on Monday to Friday and from 9am to 12.30pm on Saturday.
Tuskys supermarket has made significant adjustments to its staffing, logistics and supply chain operations for smooth running.
“All the firm’s retail outlets will close at 6pm and open at 7am but will continue processing orders placed on its alternative channels round the clock,” CEO Dan Githua said
The retailer has adjusted its restocking schedules for essential products such as milk, bread and vegetables, among other perishables, which are typically delivered in the wee hours of the morning.
Quickmart Supermarket sent out a statement saying all its branches will open at 7am and close at 5.30pm so staff are able to get to and from work without getting into trouble with the authorities.
“This also applies to our 24-hour stores in Lavington, Jipange-Thika Road, Chaka-Hurlingham, Rongai Express, Doonholm and Buruburu,” CEO Peter Kangiri said.
President Uhuru Kenyatta announced the curfew on Wednesday, the first one in the country since the 1982 attempted coup.
Only those providing essential services such as medical professionals, health and security workers, are exempted.
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The ATC Mass Extraction leak testing process now meets FDA standard F3287 for leak testing.
When a pharmaceutical company launches a new product or changes an existing product, FDA approval is required. Normally, companies have to submit extensive documentation. However, with ATC from Pfeiffer Vacuum being added to the FDA standard, companies do not need to submit paperwork regarding leak test, test procedure, water ingress, and package testing manufacturers can simply declare that their product is leak tested in accordance with FDA F3287 by using ATC equipment, thus adhering to the standard. This shortens the FDA approval process for pharmaceutical products that require leak testing significantly. Companies that utilize the ATC leak testing process will save hundreds of hours of paperwork for the approval application, the company says. USP 1207 and ASTM (F-3287-17) recognized ATC Mass Extraction Technology works on the principle of rarefied gas flow.


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Since entering the sport in 2013, the Polo R WRC has won an incredible 34 times from just 39 rallies, taking all three championships in the process.
In spite of owning the series, though, Volkswagen has just announced a number of updates for 2016.
To improve on greatness, the German automaker has focused on improving its chassis. To do this, the front subframe has been strengthened as have the rear-axle wishbones for the gravel-spec Polo R WRC. Alongside these changes, VW has modified the pistons to ensure greater reliability of the high-revving, four-cylinder 318 hp powerhouse.
According to Volkswagen Motorsport director Jost Capito, “The opposition has not been sleeping and has modified its cars for the new season. So have we, of course: the changes to the Polo R WRC are basically fine-tuning and detailed improvements to make the world championship-winning car even better.”
A number of visual changes also distinguish the new car from last year’s version.. For example, the front fascia has been changed with reshaped air intakes and a new livery combining bright blue with white accents.
For 2016, following the addition of a race in China, the calendar consists of 14 events and it kicks off on January 21-24 in Monte Carlo.


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Executives for High Tech Computer (HTC), a Taiwan-based manufacturer of Microsoft Windows CE portable devices that holds worldwide trademarks for its touch screen-based HTC Touch, have commented on Apple’s announcement of the similarly-named iPod touch. Digitimes reports that HTC CEO Peter Chou has pointed out to the press that while his company holds trademarks for the HTC Touch, the company is proud to share a similar vision with Apple in regards to touch screen functionality. HTC product manager Ching-hung Wang pointed to a previous trademark agreement between Apple and Cisco concerning the iPhone, while stating that questions regarding the Touch trademark would need further observation. HTC has yet to comment on whether or not it will take legal action against Apple for trademark infringement.
Charles Starrett was a senior editor at iLounge. He's been covering the iPod, iPhone, and iPad since their inception. He has written numerous articles and reviews, and his work has been featured in multiple publications.


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SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - Shortly after Hurricane Matthew hit Savannah, a second storm hit The Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia Food Bank.
People without power or electricity came to the food bank in droves as they sought food in those early days following the hurricane.
The shelves are looking fine for now, but the real concern is what they're expecting after these big holidays coming up, namely Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The Food Bank helped give out more than 4,500 hot meals following the storm to people in need, forcing them to dig into supplies that were supposed to last until March. Executive Director Mary Jane Crouch says that she's more concerned with the aftermath of this holiday season than anything else.
"You know, we're still good right now because we had a bulk that would get us through January, February, March, but when all that is gone, and all of our distribution for Thanksgiving and Christmas go, we have a concern about what we're going to do next year. A lot of canned vegetables and things like that, that we normally would have to be able to put out during that time, we're concerned about having them to get us through the winter," said Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia Executive Director Mary Jane Crouch.
Crouch, along with all of us here at WTOC, invite everyone to attend the annual food drive starting Thursday located at the Kroger on Mall Boulevard, where customers can donate a bag of groceries to help restock the food banks shelves or even make a donation.


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KUCHING: The Sarawak government today announced a second stimulus package worth RM1.1 billion to ease the financial burden of the state’s micro, small and medium enterprises, as well as hawkers and petty traders to assure continuity of their business following this Covid-19 and Movement Control Order (MCO) period.
Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg (pix) said the Sarawakku Sayang Assistance Package 2.0 (BKSS 2.0) would encompass four measures.
Announcing the BKSS 2.0 at a press conference here today, he said the first measure would be to introduce interest-free soft loans of between RM20,000 and RM500,000 to ease the burden of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in paying their workers’ salaries.
“I hope this measure will ensure business resilience (for the SMEs) and job security for our people,” he said, adding the state government would subsidise interest rates amounting to RM80.7 million that would benefit more than 40,000 SMEs in Sarawak.
The state government is collaborating with Maybank, Hong Leong Bank and RHB Bank to offer this soft loan scheme which also comes with easy financing conditions, such as no collateral requirement. Interested SMEs need to apply to the participating banks directly.
The second measure involves a special grant of RM1,500 via Sarawak Pay, a mobile app for digital financial transactions that is expected to benefit more than 65,000 hawkers and petty traders in the state.
“The (state) government does not forget those who are outside the Internet coverage and may not have easy access to Sarawak Pay, especially registered petty traders with FAMA (Federal Agriculture Marketing Authority) and the Department of Agriculture in the rural areas, so they will be given cash vouchers,” Abang Johari said.
Other measures that he announced were reducing the two per cent interest rate for the micro credit scheme offered by the state government to zero per cent for a period of three and a half years and waiving rentals to SMEs in the retail sector renting on premises owned by the state government-linked companies.
The interest rate reduction is made possible through a fund of RM50 million injected by the state government, while the rental waiver will take effect for six months, from this month to September.
“SMEs make up over 75 per cent of our business sector, contributing 20 per cent to Sarawak’s gross domestic product and providing about 600,000 jobs. Therefore, I feel it is important to be responsive to the problems faced by the SMEs so that they can remain resilient in the face of economic pressures that are affecting us all,” he added. — Bernama


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We all remember the historic moment Ralph Lauren threw out the first pitch for the Yankees in celebration of his brand's 50th anniversary back in 2018. A lifetime fan of America's favourite pastime, the momentous occasion was. personal for the Bronx born-and-raised fashion designer who grew up idolising legendary players like Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio. Following the opening pitch, Ralph Lauren created an exclusive, limited-edition capsule collection with the Yankees team, including the now iconic satin blue collaborative jacket, the collection was an instant hit and sell out.
For 2021, Polo Ralph Lauren has released the first of three extended, multi-team capsule collections in partnership with the MLB. Dedicated to the history and art of the game, the initial drop champions the New York Yankees, the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals, with plans to expand to more teams including the Boston Red Sox.
Known for his sporty collaborations, the name Ralph Lauren has become synonymous with Wimbledon and tennis, as the official outfitters of the US Olympics and Paralympics teams and is sure to be an incredible hit with baseball too. The succinct, sporty capsule consists of Polo shirts, satin jackets inspired by the one Mr. Lauren wore for the 2018 Yankees Stadium pitch, fleece sweatshirts, hoodies and hats. The collaborative pieces integrate classic Ralph Lauren colours such as red and navy with green and white for the Yankees, green and blue for the Cubs, and green and white for the Dodgers and Cardinals, along with special team-themed Polo Bear shirts and crewneck sweatshirts.
Check out highlights from the digital first global campaign inspired by vintage baseball cards and our top picks from the collection below. Alongside the launch, the Ralph's Airstream will go on a cross-country tour, making stops in select locations from New York City to Chicago's Gallagher Way, and will offer ballpark themed food and beverage options.
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MADISON (WKOW) -- At John Lancaster Toyota in Madison, it's slim pickings for new cars.
Clunkers make up most of the car lot.
"Even though we are giving it away, the Government needs to reimburse us for the costs and that puts us in a pretty tough spot," says sales director John Wineke.
Since the Cash for Clunkers program started, Wineke says they've sold more than 200 cars, but the government has only reimbursed them for about 30.
An issue all dealerships are going through.
"Some have even bowed out of the program, because they are advancing all these sales and they're basically going out on a limb thinking they'll get reimbursed by the government, not knowing if they'll get their money. Many are afraid they won't get their money," says Deborah Mitchell from the UW School of Business.
Leaving dealerships thousands and some millions in the red.
Winkeke says they only have about 30 new cars left on their lot that qualify for the Clunker program, and although buyers are allowed to order cars if they're not on the lot.
Wineke says they'll only close the deal when the car comes in.
"Its not our money to spend, its the government's. So we don't want to put ourselves in a position that we could lose hundreds or thousands or millions of dollars."
Wineke says they have about 60 car orders pending, but with a Monday deadline, they may only get about a third of those cars in.


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Facebook and Ubongo Kids launch PSA safety video on Safer Internet Day
To commemorate this year’s Safer Internet Day, Facebook and Africa’s children’s edutainment companies Ubongo Kids have launched a Public Service Announcement video that educates children and parents on online safety.
The video, which is available in Kiswahili, English French, seSotho, isiZulu and Afrikaans, educates children on how to stay safe online and encourages proper use of the internet. The video will be syndicated online and broadcasted in 17 channels across Sub Saharan Africa reaching million households across the continent.
The launch of the PSA safety video comes in the wake of a survey conducted by Ubongo Kids in 12 countries across Sub Saharan Africa that confirmed that parents with children between 7-17 years feared that their children who were active online could access fake websites, run into scammers, be bullied/ harassed online, access age inappropriate content or encounter unwanted approaches. With more and more young people going online, providing parents, caregivers and educators with the resources they need to guide and support their teens in online safety has become even more important.
Speaking on the launch, Mercy Ndegwa, Facebook Head of Public Policy East and Horn of Africa said, “We are excited about our partnership with Ubongo Kids and the launch of an educational video that encourages parents and children to have a conversation about online safety and to explore their online journey together. We remain committed to promoting the safety of children and young people using our platforms.
Ubongo Kids Chief Business Officer, Doreen Kessy expressed enthusiasm with this partnership with Facebook. “We are very delighted to have Facebook as a partner in this project celebrating Safer Internet Day. We at Ubongo Kids care about children in our continent and we are very passionate in our mission to entertain them while at the same time sharing positive messages. Our goal as a company is to encourage positive behavior change among our children and this partnership with Facebook is in line with that”.


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Tech giant Microsoft revealed that it has developed a native version of its Microsoft Teams programme optimised for the Mac series with Apple hardware to enable its users work better and faster on their favourite devices.
Teams will work natively on any Mac model, including those with Apple silicon, according to the firm, which said it is releasing a production-grade universal binary version of the software.
“We heard from our customers who use Mac with Apple silicon that they want Teams to be optimised for their devices,” the company said in a blogpost.
“For Mac users, this means a significant boost in performance, ensuring efficient use of device resources and an optimized Teams experience even when using multiple high-resolution monitors during calls or meetings,” it added.
The most recent update to Teams will automatically upgrade all Mac users.
Customers will gradually start receiving the widely accessible (GA) version of the native Teams software for Mac on Apple hardware in the coming months.
“We are excited about the Teams innovations we are delivering for our Mac user community and would love to hear your feedback about your experience using our latest features,” the company said.


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The number of individuals and organizations that have stepped up the plate to assist financially and otherwise in the wake of the March 11th Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami is truly staggering. Curator Marc Feustel was quick to highlight some of these efforts on his eyecurious blog, and he has been updating it, so I fear this post is not only late in coming but mostly superfluous, but like assistance, there can’t be such a thing as too much in this case.
Zen Foto Gallery — Tokyo’s Zen Foto will be holding a photography exhibit and auction this weekend (March 25 – 27th) with all proceeds to go to Tohoku relief charities. Photographers based in Japan are encouraged to bring ready-to-display works to the gallery in Roppongi on the 25th and 26th. Prices will be set by the artists themselves. Those interested in participating are encouraged to contact the gallery by Wednesday March 23rd, but given the short notice it should be okay to just show up on Friday or Saturday with your piece(s). (Map). Contact Mark or Amanda for more information.
Charity Print Auctions — Charity Print Auctions is a Flickr group that was originally set up to support relief efforts following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, raising over £18,000. The group is now actively supporting Japan earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. The concept is simple — members of the group submit photos (one per day per user) and people can bid on the photo by committing to donate a certain amount to one of the recommended charities. When the highest bidder submits proof of the donation, the photographer will send the bidder the print.
Life Support Japan — The Wall Space Gallery in Seattle and Santa Barbara was very quick to set up an online photo auction and as of March 18th they had already raised $20,000 and had to temporarily ask artists to stop submitting works so they could catch up. They have also started a dedicated blog with information about their efforts as well as spin-off efforts, including this effort in the UK.
See Marc’s post for even more efforts. Also, while not photography-related, Jean Snow has compiled a list of various creative efforts being done to raise money. Other creative efforts you might want to support include Font Aid V, Artists Help Japan, the Poster Cause Project (more poster/print related efforts here), and Anime and Manga Bloggers for Japan.
The above images of flowers is from Japanese photographer Akira Gomi, who has offered up these and other images for “license-free” use in the hope that they will be used to create merchandise goods that can sold to raise money for earthquake/tsunami relief efforts.


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Connect CRE: Interra Realty Adds Directors of Marketing, Social Media
CHICAGO, IL – Interra Realty has hired Douglas Woodworth as director of marketing and Megan O’Brien as office manager and social media director. Both will help Interra build on significant growth in recent years, with $445 million in transactions executed in 2021, up from $270 million in 2020 and $200 million in 2019.
An experienced digital and social marketer, Woodworth has nearly 10 years of experience in multifamily real estate. Before joining Interra, Woodworth worked as digital marketing manager at Reside Living, a wholly owned subsidiary of Newcastle Limited whose management portfolio includes 3,000 apartments across Chicago.
As office manager and social media director, O’Brien will oversee day-to-day office operations, offering support to Interra’s growing team of brokers while helping the firm maximize its use of digital marketing. Prior to joining Interra, she held sales and marketing positions in retail, including a mobile clothing boutique.
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With holiday season approaching, you might want to take a good look at your investment portfolio to see what you can do to change things up a little bit. A lot has happened over the past 12 months, with the legal cannabis sector, which was legalized in October 2018, being a particular area of investors’ interest.
The legal marijuana industry showed a lot of promise, but it hit quite a few snags on its way. The entire sector is down by a significant margin since its all-time highs some time back. One of the notable incidents that rocked the whole industry is the scandal involving CannTrust Holdings (TSX:TRST)(NYSE:CTST).
If you do not know about it already, I will give you a precise account of what happened. Regulatory bodies like Health Canada regulate the legal cannabis industry. Authorities want to make sure that all of the products entering the market to reach consumers are controlled, safe, and compliant with legal and health standards.
The reason the illegal industry continues to boom is that it faces no regulatory restrictions or quality control standards. Unlicensed sellers can sell their goods at lower prices, affecting the legal industry’s market share by a significant margin.
Enter CannTrust Holdings as the would-be saviour of the legal marijuana industry. In an attempt to revitalize its line of products, the company was growing black market weed in secret rooms within its facilities. CannTrust got caught in the act, so it is safe to say that many people do not trust CannTrust anymore. The CEO was fired, regulators have been busy scrutinizing the company’s financial documents, and now exchanges are threatening to take the company’s stocks off the board.
CannTrust might be down and out
In light of the scandal, Health Canada allowed the company to make amends for its actions. Regulatory bodies have offered CannTrust until March 25, 2020, to file its audited financial restatements for the year 2018. If the company fails to do so, the Toronto Stock Exchange might finally de-list CannTrust. Trading at $1.03 per share, TRST stock might end up amounting to nothing at all.
A financial restatement is something that publicly traded companies need to file when authorities find a company conducting questionable activity and misreporting its financial data. The trouble started for CannTrust when regulators discovered secret grow rooms in its facilities towards the end of 2018.
Health Canada suspended CannTrust’s licence to produce and distribute marijuana in October 2019. The company also lost $77 million, as it had to discard inventory since it was not possible to determine how much of it was even legally grown. To save money, the company ended up laying off around 140 employees.
There is very little I should need to say about CannTrust in light of all this information. CannTrust announced on November 26, 2019, that the TSX might de-list its shares. If you own any shares of the company even now, my advice would be to take whatever you have left and invest it elsewhere. Likely, the stock will completely tank when March 2020 comes.


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It was a changing year for local automotive companies surveyed by CityBusiness, especially with the death of the namesake of the top annual earner. All but one company increased in employees and revenue.
In November 2019, Ray Brandt, owner of Ray Brandt Automotive Group, died at 72. Even with his cancer diagnosis, the company managed to hire seven more employees and increase revenue year over year by $105.8 million.
Ray’s wife, Jessica Brandt, has been named CEO of the multimillion-dollar company.
“As a competitive auto dealer, we have always strived to make the Ray Brandt Auto Group a place where people like to come to work,” Jessica Brandt said. “An increase in sales and an investment in new technology has allowed our work force to be more satisfied and productive in their positions.”
As CEO, she said she has a great legacy to uphold.
“The team members of the Ray Brandt Auto Group do as well, and as soon as Ray got sick in the fall, the team truly rallied and worked hard to make him proud,” she said. “The outpouring of support, loyalty and continued commitment to growing that legacy have helped boost our revenue numbers. Our achievement of meeting and exceeding the customer service experience has cultivated repeat business since our founding in 1983.”
Jessica said the future is bright for the company.
“Although I miss Ray every day, he prepared me for these times of transition as I have assumed the role of CEO of the Ray Brandt Auto Group,” she said. “I worked right alongside Ray as we have built the company over the past 30 years and am honored to continue his legacy of strong growth year after year.”
Coming in at No. 2, Banner Automotive hired another 57 employees to the team, while increasing revenue to $180.7 million in 2019 from $147.8 million in 2018.
Bryan Subaru saw its employee base take a nose dive from 150 to 50 employees in 2019. Its revenue exponentially decreased from $80.3 million in 2018 to $32.2 million last year.
Stephanie Held Johnson, controller at Bryan Imports, attributed the decrease in revenue and employees to selling the Chevrolet dealership in July 2019. She declined to comment further.
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A life among videogames that of Bernie Stolar, who passed away at the age of 75 over the past weekend. GamesBeat reports that the funeral was held yesterday in Los Angeles, California. Stolar had entered the video game industry in 1980, at the beginning of that magical decade that marked the market boom. Throughout his career he held the roles of President for Sega of America and founder and first executive vice president of Sony Computer Entertainment America. His work was instrumental in the launch of the first PlayStation and the SEGA Dreamcast.
Bernie Stolar’s beginnings and career
Stolar’s career in the nascent video game market began in 1980 when he co-founded the company Pacific Novelty Manufacturing, which distributed arcade cabinets. Soon after he is hired by Atari, initially still in the coin-op division, before moving on to consoles. The turning point came with the co-founding of Sony Computer Entertainment America, of which he became first executive vice president.
Stolar was best known for his posts at Sony Computer Entertainment America, of which he was a founding member and first executive vice president, and Sega of America, where he served as president and chief executive officer. During his employment at Sony helped make iconic games for the first PlayStation. Some hugely popular titles he has worked on are: Ridge Racer, Crash Bandicoot, Spyro and Oddworld Inhabitants.
Then move on to SEGA America, driven by the desire to help the Japanese company in the development of new hardware. His contribution will lead to the realization of the Dreamcast. In 1999 Stolar left SEGA to join Mattel Interactiveafter which he worked in several companies, including Adscape Media, GetFugu, Zoom Platform, CogniToys e Jordan Freeman Group.
In recent years he has contributed to the creation of the brand 2K Sports, making numerous sports video games for WWE and NBA. Both franchises would later be purchased by Take-Two Interactive.


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In the next release of information from network informers, we will tell you about two Samsung products. The first is the flagship smartphone of the Note20 line. It should be presented in the second half of August, but the first images have already appeared on the web. We will also discuss the data on the new bendable device of the Korean company. Insiders claim that it will be called the Galaxy Z. HUAWEI has patented a new form factor for its flexible screen device. Let's talk about this in more detail. At the end of the review, let's talk about OnePlus online event, which will present another smartphone.
The first real pictures of Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra appeared on the network
The Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra smartphone should be announced on August 5. Long before the announcement, insiders posted his pictures to the network.
Photos allow you to get the first idea of the design of the device, to find out the key differences from the model of the previous release.
The leak was made possible thanks to the efforts of the YouTube channel Jimmy is Promo, which posted several images of the device on Twitter. It immediately became clear that the Galaxy Note20 Ultra will be equipped with an S Pen.
Insiders have taken a close-up of the front panel of the device. On it, you can clearly see the camera with a periscope zoom lens.
Another insider specialist, Ice Universe, published a post in which he spoke about the main differences between the new product and last year's Note10 +. Its body will have sharper corners, but thinner bezels. A smaller sensor will be installed in the front camera, and the screen will have an increased bending angle on the sides.
The Galaxy Note20 Ultra is expected to feature a flagship Snapdragon 865+ processor, at least 12GB of RAM, a 6.87-inch 120Hz QHD + display and a 4500mAh battery.
Korean developers' smartphone will be renamed
In less than a month, Samsung is due to announce a new line of flagship devices, the Galaxy Note 20. Together with it, another smartphone with a foldable display will be shown. Insiders claim that the company's specialists have recently decided on its name.
The Galaxy Z Fold 2 will join the previously released devices Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Z Flip. The company decided that the letter Z will denote belonging to the class of devices with flexible displays.
The Galaxy Z Fold 2 is known to have a 7.7-inch display (unfolded). All hardware stuffing of the device is based on the current platform with support for fifth generation networks. It is highly likely that we are talking about the Snapdragon 865 with an integrated Snapdragon X55 modem.
There is also data on equipping the device with a 25W fast charger. As an add-on to the operating system, the manufacturer uses the latest generation of One UI firmware.
How much the new product will cost is not reported. It is likely that its price will remain approximately equal to that of the Galaxy Fold - about $ 1980.
HUAWEI Prospective Patent
HUAWEI Mate X and Mate Xs smartphones have outward curved screens, which is their distinctive feature. Recently it became known that the Chinese manufacturer is taking steps to revise the form factor for devices of this class.
This is confirmed by the latest data from insiders who recognized that HUAWEI has registered a new model of the bendable device, which will be called the Mate V.
Prior to that, in April, the company patented the device of the original design. It had a foldable screen that folded inward. This form factor is relevant for many similar devices from other manufacturers.
Insiders claim that the gadget will receive a screen with a refresh rate of 120 Hz and a proprietary M Pen stylus. The details of the technical equipment of the HUAWEI Mate V have not been reported. It is expected to be shown later this year.
OnePlus Nord Presentation
OnePlus advertising banners with the date of the announcement of the new Nord smartphone began to appear on the network. An interesting way of organizing this event. It will take place online. The company is actively promoting this event, inviting everyone to it. They hope that many will want to take part in the premiere of augmented reality.
OnePlus experts promise to share later on how to connect to the stream.
The forum is scheduled for July 21st. Prior to that, the network published information about the design of the novelty. The manufacturer also showed the packaging of the smartphone. It has several features, the main one being the use of combinations of black and blue colors.
Also, an image was posted on the Internet in which two men of medium build are acting with their entire mass on a package lying on the asphalt. It has no visible damage, which indicates the high strength of the structure.
Little is known about the OnePlus Nord equipment. The basis of its hardware filling will be the Snapdragon 765G processor with eight cores. It is capable of working in fifth generation networks. It is also supposed to have a main 64-megapixel sensor and a fingerprint scanner, which will be built into the device's screen.
According to information from online sources, the cost of new items in Europe will be € 500.
The Topic of Article: Inside # 04.07: Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra; flexible Samsung device; HUAWEI patent; OnePlus Nord.


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When Anthony Watson, erstwhile Barclays CIO, left Nike after just six months as its CIO, people were understandably confused. He was, after all, one of the 40 under 40, and seemed to be carving out quite a career for himself. Six months later, all is clear. With just a couple months under his belt at Bitcoin startup Bitreserve, he’s been elevated to CEO, relegating company founder Halsey Minor into the role of “chief visionary.” Ruler Of All Bitcoin cannot be far behind.
Bitreserve was the perfect combination of Watson’s passions and previous jobs: banking and tech. After leaving Nike, he had offers from big banks, but preferred to do something more entrepreneurial. “I was itching to make an impact,” Watson says. At Nike, he wasn’t doing enough to address that itch. He says he was convinced to join Bitreserve after just 10 minutes with the founder, Halsey Minor.
In addition, Bitreserve’s theme of financial inclusion—a bitcoin benefit that the cryptocurrency’s biggest flag-wavers love to talk up—fits perfectly with Watson’s ambitions of helping the unbanked and under-banked. “I’ve already worked for major companies,” he tells Fortune. “When I met with the Bitreserve team, it spoke to me on a social and equitable level. And it’s very rare you find opportunities like that.”
Former Nike exec is new CEO of Bitreserve [Fortune]
Former Nike CIO Anthony Watson Named CEO at Bitcoin Startup [WSJ CIO Journal blog]


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FB is ‘accidentally’ asking US users to support Free Basics in India
After rolling out a rather misleading campaign asking users to support its controversial Free Basics program in India last week, Facebook is “accidentally” asking users outside the country for their support as well.
After rolling out a rather misleading campaign asking users to support its controversial Free Basics program in India last week, Facebook is "accidentally" asking users outside the country for their support as well.
Facebook's campaign, which sends notifications encouraging users to "send a message to TRAI [Telecom Regulatory Authority of India] to support digital equality", comes ahead of a public hearing on net neutrality in the country next month. With one click, Indian Facebook users can send a pre-written email to the TRAI with the subject "I Support Free Basics in India."
A Facebook spokesperson told technology news website Recode that getting the notification to support Free Basics to users outside India wasn't intentional.
"We accidentally turned on this notification for some people outside India this evening for a short period of time — it's been on for English-speakers in India for several days now," Facebook's statement said.
Facebook is pulling out all stops to garner support for Free Basics in India. It has been running an SMS campaign asking users to give a missed call to a toll-free number if they back Free Basics.
And now, Facebook is running an SMS spam campaign for Free Basics in India. FB employees, where's your conscience? pic.twitter.com/YUyR0PhooU— Kiran Jonnalagadda (@jackerhack) December 22, 2015
It has also been running full-page newspaper ads urging people to "Support a Connected India."
While Times of India editorial is about awareness around free basics by FB, full page adverts in ToI Bangalore pic.twitter.com/9dg3n7DLzZ— Akash Mahajan (@makash) December 22, 2015
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These are the states requiring people to wear masks when out in public
Updated 2120 GMT (0520 HKT) August 17, 2020
(CNN)More states have mandated the use of masks and face coverings while in public.
After some states lifted some coronavirus restrictions, an uptick in cases has led to new restrictions in many states. The number of cases is rising in more than half of them.
That's where masks come in. A recent study found that the use of masks and face coverings has been the most effective way to reduce person-to-person spread of coronavirus.
Here are the states that require the use of masks or face coverings in public settings.
As of July 15:
Gov. Kay Ivey issued an amended Safer at Home order which requires residents to wear a mask or face covering when in public and in close contact with other people. The order was extended through August 31, and it was expanded to include students in second grade and above.
As of July 20:
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced that beginning on Monday, July 20, residents 10 years and older must wear masks when in the presence of non-household members and aren't able to socially distance. The order is enforceable and offenders can be cited for a misdemeanor or fined.
As of June 18:
Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a statewide order requiring the use of face coverings in public indoor spaces, including while shopping, riding on public transportation or seeking medical care.
Newsom's order also mandated the use of masks or face coverings in public outdoor spaces when social distancing is not an option. There was no guidance on how the order will be enforced or if violators will face any penalties or citations.
As of July 17:
Gov. Jared Polis announced that residents will be required to wear masks when in public indoor spaces and not able to socially distance from others.
As of April 20:
Connecticut's mask requirement applies to any resident over the age of 2 in a public space where social distancing isn't possible. The rules also apply to individuals using public transportation, taxis or rideshare services.
The state's Department of Economic and Community Development also released mask guidelines for essential workers:
Employees at essential businesses must wear masks or any other material covering their mouth and nose at all times while at work. Employers must provide masks or the materials to make them. All customers under age 2 must wear them, too.
On August 14, Lieutenant Gov. Susan Bysiewicz signed an executive order that requires residents to provide a doctor's note that shows they are exempt from wearing a mask due to a medical condition.
As of April 28:
Gov. John Carney ordered residents to wear face masks while in public, including at grocery and convenience stores, pharmacies, doctor's offices and on public transportation.
Children under the age of 12 are not required to wear face coverings, and those age 2 and under must not wear face masks due to the risk of suffocation.
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As of May 16:
Mayor Muriel Bowser ordered the use of masks or face coverings when conducting essential business or travel and social distancing isn't possible.
Masks or other face coverings are required in grocery stores, pharmacies and takeout restaurants. On public transportation, face coverings are required if individuals are unable to be six feet apart.
Children between the ages of 2 and 9 are advised to wear masks.
As of April 20:
Both customers and employees at essential businesses are required to wear cloth face coverings. Establishments must limit the number of customers allowed in and keep them six feet apart.
Anyone who violates those rules could face a fine of up to $5,000, or up to a year in prison if found guilty, according to Hawaii Gov. David Ige's order.
As of May 1:
Gov. J.B. Pritzker ordered the use of face masks for anyone stepping outside their house.
Face coverings are required while shopping at essential businesses, traveling on public transportation, picking up food, or visiting the doctor and it's impossible to stay six feet apart.
As of July 27:
Gov. Eric Holcomb announced that a statewide mask mandate will go into effect on July 27 due to the increase in the state's positivity rate and some counties seeing increases in cases.
The mask mandate applies to anyone who is 8 years and older, and is required in indoor public spaces, commercial entities, while using transportation services and outdoors where social distancing isn't possible.
The mask mandate will remain in effect indefinitely.
As of July 3:
An executive order was issued by Gov. Laura Kelly mandating face masks must be worn statewide in public spaces.


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Hasbro has its game face on. After Mattel missed its Q1 expectations with a 15% drop in global sales, Rhode Island-based Hasbro saw its revenue rise 2% to US$849.7 million and company earnings increase by 41% to US$68.6 million in the first quarter of the year.
The big winner was the toy giant’s Gaming category, which posted 43% growth in revenue to the tune of US$142.9 million. This was driven by new titles like Fantastic Gymnastics, robust digital gaming sales and this year’s viral sensation Pie-Face. Digital gaming sales rose thanks to higher revenue at Backflip Studios, in which Hasbro took a 70% stake back in 2013. (Habro’s Gaming category also saw gains both in Q4 2016 and fiscal 2016, due in large part to Magic: The Gathering, Pie-Face, Duel Masters, Simon, Bob-It and Speak-Out.)
To further capitalize on this growth in gaming—and to compete with companies like Loot Crate—Hasbro has announced the launch of a subscription service called Hasbro Gaming Crate, which will launch in the US this summer.
Overall, the company’s Entertainment and Licensing segment saw revenue rise 24% to US$52.7 million, while the division’s operating profit increased 108% to US$11.3 million.
Revenue for Franchise Brands increased 2% to US$423.6 million, driven by growth for Nerf, Transformers and Monopoly brands. Partner Brand sales, however, declined 18% to US$213 million. Growth from Beyblade and DreamWorks’ Trolls were offset by declines from Marvel and Star Wars brands.
Meanwhile, Emerging Brands revenue increased 25% to US$70.2 million in the first quarter, thanks to Baby Alive and Furreal Friends.
Hasbro’s US and Canada segment net revenues in Q1 increased 2% to US$451.6 million. International net revenues remained steady at US$345.3 million. On a regional basis, Europe and Asia Pacific revenues declined (4% and 1%, respectively), while Latin America and Emerging Markets saw revenues increase 16% and 20%, respectively.
Q1 2017 was a 14-week period, while the first quarter of 2016 was a 13-week period. According to Hasbro, operating profit was negatively impacted by the extra week because its timing adds an additional week of expense, but does not contribute a comparable level of revenue. Operating income in the US and Canada declined 17% to US$64.8 million, while international operating income declined 81% to US$500,000.


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Will Tiny Tina's Wonderlands Have DLC?
The wonderfully weird world of Tiny Tina's Wonderland has been a big hit for Gearbox, and has been receiving positive media coverage, especially from Borderlands fans. With its bizarre and zany premise, fun gameplay, and the signature Borderlands art style, it seems to have paved the way for more Borderlands spinoffs, Although the game only came out yesterday, Gearbox has already committed to releasing post-launch DLC, and even a few items in Fortnite.
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands DLC Information
Gearbox Software has said there will be numerous DLC packs with varying degrees of content, but at this time the studio details are scarce. All we currently know there will be one new class in the pack.
For now, players have the Knights of Butt Stallion pack with a new cosmetic skin, and pre-order bonuses such as the Golden Armor pack, plus a free Fortnite glider skin. All of these are included in the game's season pass, available for the most dedicated fans.


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The firm plans further to expand its existing digital finance business by establishing a digital financial center on 1st July, while ramping up the number of experts it employs to support the initiative.
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text: Kroger Co. /zigman2/quotes/206215053/composite KR -2.19% announced the launch of Emerge: Plant Based Fresh Meats on Wednesday, a new addition to the private-label Simple Truth brand. Emerge will offer burger patties and ground meat exclusively at Kroger stores. The items have 20 grams of pea-based protein per serving. Kroger launched a test of sales and engagement for plant-based meats across 60 stores in two markets last month. The test will span over 16 weeks and include jackfruit, seitan and deli slices. The goal is to gather information that will boost plant-based sales and aid merchandising. The grocery chain launched its Simple Truth Plant Based line last year with vegan chocolate chip cookie dough, oat milk, sausage and other items. Kroger plans to expand the plant-based lineup by 50 items this year. The Simple Truth brand tallied more than $2.3 billion in sales last year. Kroger stock slipped 1.3% in Wednesday premarket trading, but has gained 0.5% over the last year. The S&P 500 index /zigman2/quotes/210599714/realtime SPX -0.13% is up 25.7% for the past 12 months.


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Shoppers have flooded British high streets and stores – like here at Selfridges in London
Foot traffic was up around 15per cent compared to yesterday as fevered British bargain hunters flooded shopping centres across the UK, experts said.
Stephanie Lacey, shopping centre director at Cabot Circus in Bristol, said: "Today could be even busier than Boxing Day as our stores are open for longer, giving customers more time to visit.
"Footfall and sales have been rising consistently since the end of November and we're expecting the centre to be busy until the New Year"
Jace Tyrrell, Deputy CEO of the New West End Company, which represents more than 600 West End retailers in London, said that despite travel disruptions in the capital, Oxford Street was lined with "eager" bargain-hunters this morning.
Hundreds queued outside John Lewis, which saved its clearance items for today.
Mr Tyrrell said that with shoppers well-rested after Christmas and without any sport matches vying for their attention, he predicts sales over the weekend to outperform yesterday's staggering Boxing Day display.
"It was a good Boxing Day, but I think today and tomorrow will be even stronger," he said.
"We've had a lot of international visitors - I'd say three quarters of the street crowds were overseas tourists."
He said visitors from China, the Middle East and northern Africa - especially Nigeria - were splashing out on luxury items in the big department stores.
The hoards are set to beat the records set on Boxing Day.
Yesterday Selfridges revealed it raked in more than £2million in the first HOUR of opening its doors to shoppers.
The Trafford Centre in Manchester was also very busy
Despite the chilly conditions millions hit the streets
People queued for hours to get a first look at any bargains
It was a good Boxing Day, but I think today and tomorrow will be even stronger.
London shoppers queued for Boxing Day bargains from 10:30pm on Christmas Day – three and a half hours before the retailer workers themselves started to prep the sales items.
Crowds of more than 150,000 flooded Sheffield's Meadowhall Centre - with director Darren Pearce branding the sales "possibly our busiest Boxing Day to date".
Yesterday also saw online shoppers spent a staggering £748 million – around £519,000 each minute.
But most had started snapping up bargains online from as early as Christmas Eve, with retailers reporting an estimated £236million spent via their websites throughout Christmas Day.
John Lewis said it was the store's "biggest-ever Christmas Day for orders" – with online traffic peaking around 9-10pm as customers shopped during the much-anticipated Downton Abbey Christmas special.
There was a dip in internet interest between 1pm and 4pm on Christmas Day as families sat down to eat.
A survey for the price comparison website Confused.com found that 34 per cent of Britons bought Christmas presents for people during the post-Christmas sales.
More than one in seven of those who bought presents in the sales did so because they were not visiting family until December 27 or later.
Giles Longhurst, general manager of consumer insight at data firm Experian, said: “This year has seen record breaking online shopping rates, particularly on Black Friday, which saw an astronomical £810 million in estimated spend due to the massive resources put behind promotions by a wide range of retailers.
“Traditionally, the Boxing Day sales have been the busiest day for retailers in the UK, but this year we expect them to come second to Black Friday.”


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Smiling Rocks Announces National Sales Director
Baird Boucher joins the lab-grown diamond company.
Baird Boucher joins the company as national sales director in the United States.
A Gemological Institute of America graduate, Baird has worked more than 30 years in sales in the diamond and jewelry industry.
Boucher’s experience includes managing several jewelry stores and working as a director of sales.
He has helped successfully launch many foreign brands in the American market, including Fope, Bizzotto, Piero Milano, Zydo, Mastoloni Pearls and Universal Geneve Watch.
He was most recently national sales director at European Luxury Distributors, where he built businesses for fine jewelry manufacturers, developing and maintaining key sales accounts.
Boucher believes that lab-grow diamonds have huge potential in the fine jewelry marketplace.
He also noted his excitement about Smiling Rocks’ charitable mission, in which 1 percent of loose diamond revenue and 3 percent of finished jewelry revenue benefits philanthropic partners in environmental protection, medical support, education support, and animal protection.
“I am very proud and honored to work with Smiling Rocks and spread the mission of giving back to our community together with [co-founders] Zulu [Ghevriya] and Manish [Jiwani],” said Boucher in a press release.
“Their humbleness and sophistication in presenting the brand with a philanthropic agenda is admirable and an inspiration to us all. I am ready to move together in this journey with the Smiling Rocks family.”
“Smiling Rocks is very excited to have Baird be a part of our growing family,” said Ghevriya. “His energy, enthusiasm and excellent sales experience is beyond imagination. Together we hope to build the brand and expand it nationwide, spreading the chain of smiles with our new family member.”
For more information on Smiling Rocks, visit the company’s website.
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Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) and Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) announced plans to introduce Alibaba Cloud ET City Brain. Artificial intelligence will be fully applied to the Malaysia transportation management, urban planning, environmental protection and other fields. In the first phase, AI will be applied to 281 road crossings in Kuala Lumpur. By adjusting traffic lights, detecting traffic accidents and ensuring emergency vehicle priority, AI will relieve the traffic in Kuala Lumpur.
In the first stage, 281 intersections in Kuala Lumpur will be connected to City Brain. Artificial intelligence will not only control traffic in a comprehensive way, speed up the traffic, but also will provide green lights for emergency vehicles. In addition, artificial intelligence will also locate where traffic accidents occur through road cameras, which will provide references for traffic lights, and provide comprehensive guidance for transportation departments.
In the future, Malaysia City Brain will become an open artificial intelligence platform. MDEC and Alibaba Cloud will inspire more artificial intelligence Apps based on urban brain platform.
Official sources showed this is another step forward after opening the Alibaba Cloud-Malaysia platform three months ago. This is the first time that Kuala Lumpur has used artificial intelligence to comprehensively adjust the city. Air Asia and Touch & Go are already Alibaba Cloud customers in Malaysia. Through cooperation with Alibaba Cloud, Air Asia can use artificial intelligence to prevent ticket scalpers from buying Air Asia tickets and reselling them to consumers at higher price. Its cooperation with Alibaba Cloud has made Touch & Go the most widely used electronic payment card in Malaysia. Its electronic wallet service relies on the Alibaba Cloud-Malaysia Platform.
Alibaba Cloud said ET City Brain has been applied to the seven domestic cities such as Hangzhou, Suzhou and Quzhou. In some places, ET City Brain has lowered the travel time by 15 percent, and the time for ambulance to arrive at the scene by half. Globally, Alibaba Cloud has built a cloud computing network available in 34 sites in 17 regions.
According to IDC market statistics, Alibaba Cloud occupied more than 47 percent market share in China in 2016, exceeding the total proportion of all followers. In the global market, Gartner data shows that Alibaba Cloud ranks third behind Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure.


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Nokia 9 to pack 5.5-inch OLED display, Android 8.0 Oreo
Nokia surprised the technology market in a right way by returning with its new set of smartphones this year. The Finnish technology giant began 2017 with a bang, by reviving its classic Nokia handset. Following which, they targeted the premium, mid and low-level smartphone market with their products. It doesn’t seem like the company is done with smartphone launches as of now. If rumors and speculations are believed to be accurate, then Nokia is apparently working towards the launch of its Nokia 9 smartphone.
According to a report by The Verge, which is citing information discovered in the latest FCC filing, Nokia 9 will probably sport a 5.5-inch OLED display. The smartphone, it appears, will be the newest handset revived under the Nokia brand line-up.
Nokia’s brand line-up already consists of the mid-range Nokia 6 smartphone along with the high-end Nokia 8 device. LG will reportedly manufacture Nokia 9’s display. On the contrary, Nokia’s 8 made use of an IPS LCD. The smartphone is expected to be powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 system-on-chip and house a 3,250mAh battery.
Apart from this, the Nokia 9 is speculated to feature a dual rear camera setup with a 12-megapixel and 13-megapixel sensor along with a 5-megapixel front-facing snapper. There aren’t too many details about the smartphone’s possible RAM size available to anyone as of yet. It is, however, known that the Nokia 9 will come with a 128GB internal storage.
The FCC filing further went on to suggest that the Nokia 9 smartphone will run on Android 8.0 Oreo directly out of the box. A 3D render of the speculated handset had surfaced online in October this year, which showcased a bezel-less, curved display coupled with a black-colored rear panel. No information of the price or availability is made public as yet.


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Kellogg to change ‘All Natural’ labeling, pay $5 million in Kashi/Bear Naked settlement
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Kellogg has announced it will cease labeling certain Kashi and Bear Naked products as “All Natural” or “Nothing Artificial” and pay $5 million as part of an agreement in a class-action lawsuit.
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in California. The suit noted that ingredients such as calcium pantothenate (a form of vitamin B5), pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6) and hexane-processed soy ingredients were listed on the labels of certain Kashi and Bear Naked products.
Kris Charles, a spokesman for Kellogg, stated Kashi and Bear Naked brands “will make the decision to change our formulas on our labels by the end of the year.” Charles added, “We stand behind our advertising and labeling practices.”
The settlement is likely to lead to significant changes in the food marketing industry, as certain claims such as “all natural” have been called into question by consumer groups and lawyers in recent years.
Meantime, the Food and Drug Administration has yet to determine a definition for the term “natural.” The agency has said such a term is difficult to define, but it has not objected to the use of the term if the food does not contain added color, artificial flavors or synthetic substances.
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LONDON, April 28 (Reuters) - CVC Capital Partners has agreed to take control of Swiss watchmaker Breitling in a deal that sees another iconic Swiss brand lose independence.
The deal announced on Friday values the business at more than 800 million euros ($875 million), one source close to the matter told Reuters, and will give CVC an 80 percent stake while Theodore Schneider will reinvest for a 20 percent shareholding.
Breitling, founded in 1884 by Leon Breitling, is known for precision chronometers often favoured by aviators, with prices starting at around 2,500 Swiss francs ($2,526).
The famous Swiss watchmaker’s loss of independence continues a trend that has seen rival Tag Heuer sold to LVMH, while Swatch Group controls high-end brands such as Tissot, Omega and Longines. ($1 = 0.9138 euros) ($1 = 0.9898 Swiss francs)
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AMC has announced that it has joined forces with Next Games and is bringing augmented reality (AR) game The Walking Dead: Our World to Android and iOS. Based on the hit TV show, the game will put players in the shoes of the last survivors of a zombie apocalypse fighting against hordes of the undead using their smartphones. Aside from being an augmented reality app overlaying computer graphics over phone’s camera feed, The Walking Dead: Our World is also a location-based game, meaning the players will have to physically visit various locations just like they did in Pokémon Go and similar games, though they can also save the world from the comfort of their homes.
By the sound of it, the The Walking Dead fans are in for a treat, as they’ll be able to meet and fight alongside their favorite characters from the show. AMC has confirmed the main TV cast will be present in the game, including Rick, Michonne, and Daryl, but is also teasing a plethora of other characters that will appear in the game as 3D models and help the players in this virtual apocalypse. Speaking about developing another The Walking Dead game with AMC after The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land, CEO of the Finnish studio Teemu Huuhtanen explained how the developer wanted to answer the question of “what would you do during zombie apocalypse?” Augmented reality serves an important role in the project, immersing players in the world of television adaptations of comics while staying in their familiar surroundings. Considering the nature of the show, it’s safe to assume The Walking Dead: Our World will not be family-friendly, especially with all the hacking, slashing, and shooting that this franchise usually brings.
Alongside the announcement, AMC and Next Games have released a teaser for the game that’s primarily focused on the thrill of playing and experiencing a gaming atmosphere without revealing many details about the actual gameplay. There’s still no word on the release date for the game which is said to be “coming soon,” though more details on the matter should follow shortly. Finally, while Next Games has yet to confirm that, The Walking Dead: Our World is likely to be a free-to-play mobile game which may feature cross-platform multiplayer.


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Trump urges supporters to boycott Apple in wake of encryption brouhaha
GOP presidential contender Donald Trump is urging his followers to boycott Apple until it complies with the US government in its ongoing encryption battle. Apple is currently facing a court order requiring the company to assist authorities in unlocking an iPhone used by one of the two killers involved in a San Bernardino mass shooting that killed 14 and injured two dozen others in December 2015.
"First of all, Apple ought to give [authorities] the security to that phone," Trump told the crowd at a South Carolina rally on Friday. "What I think you ought to do is boycott Apple until they give that security number. I just thought of that—boycott Apple.”
Trump was initially discussing how he believes the US needs to bring back jobs from China before he stumbled into his Apple position. The comments come as the debate about encryption reached a fever pitch this week. On Friday, the Justice Department demanded that a federal judge make Apple comply with a Tuesday court order requiring Apple to create a custom firmware in the seized iPhone 5C used by Syed Rizwan Farook. That firmware would remove a possible automatic wipe feature on the phone if a passcode is incorrectly entered 10 times.