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The Communications and Information Technology Commission announced that the Kingdom has entered the list of the top 10 countries in the world and the first in the Arab countries and the Middle East region in using the sixth version of the Internet Protocol (IPv6), after achieving a growth in the adoption of its use estimated at 50% compared to last year 2020, according to Asia Pacific Regional Internet Information Center (APNIC) Index.
Version VI is the latest version of the Internet protocols globally, and is characterized by more efficient packet and data handling, in addition to introducing a number of improvements to increase performance and security for Internet users.
The authority explained that the noticeable growth in the adoption of Internet Protocol Version 6 in the Kingdom began in the second quarter of 2020, after the success of the trials of activating this version on the mobile phone network, noting its efforts to prepare a clear strategy for the adoption of Internet Protocol Version 6 and its keenness to raise awareness of its importance And urging its adoption by the relevant authorities to improve service quality and adopt emerging technologies, which come in line with the strategic transformation in the authority’s role as a digital regulator.
The authority also indicated that the achieved rank demonstrates the maturity of the information technology infrastructure in the Kingdom, and came after the formation of a national task force (IPv6 Taskforce) that included a number of government and private agencies, with the aim of exchanging experiences and unifying efforts to achieve strategic goals to support the adoption of this version in the Kingdom, noting its organization For a number of workshops, conferences and training programs presented by local and international specialists in the sixth version of the Internet protocol, in addition to its keenness to follow up the plans of licensed operators to activate this version for all Internet users in the Kingdom.
The authority called on government and private agencies to activate this version in the electronic services available to take advantage of its advantages, as part of its role in supervising the Internet in the Kingdom and its adoption of modern technologies, noting that the authorities can use the guide issued by the authority to support and enable the sixth version of the Internet protocol available through its website. mail.


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The Google Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL are considered among the best Android smartphones currently available on the market, sporting high-end specs and features and a stock Android experience. The two smartphones also appeal to users who want a device with an unlocked bootloader. Despite the stock Android experience, some users still want to tweak their device, flash custom ROMs or kernels, and customize their experience. Some carrier versions of the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, however, come with locked bootloaders, and that applies to the Verizon versions of the smartphones as well. Nevertheless, it seems that several users have managed to successfully unlock the bootloader of their Verizon Pixel 2.
Verizon locks its phones and while last year an exploit enabled Pixel and Pixel XL owners to unlock their phones, this year it seems that a fastboot exploit does the trick, triggering a menu that allows users to unlock the bootloader. On the downside, it appears that this option is available only for the Verizon Pixel 2, and not the larger Pixel 2 XL. The users who managed to unlock their Verizon Pixel 2’s bootloader did so in just a few steps, without taking advantage of a specific exploit. It remains unclear just why this trick works, but considering that Verizon versions of the smartphones are not supposed to have this option, it might not last for long. It also remains to be seen whether this is an isolated matter, available to just a few users by mistake, or whether it’s a valid workaround for all Google Pixel 2 handsets on Verizon. Users who unlocked the bootloader bought their Verizon Pixel 2 from different places, which might indicate that it’s not just a small batch that can be unlocked.
For those unfamiliar with the concept, a bootloader starts running as soon as an Android device is powered on, and it tells the device what software to load. Simply put, it kick starts the Android OS. Phones with locked bootloaders can only run programs that are part of the stock Android ROM that was pre-loaded on the device. Having an unlocked booloader, meanwhile, allows users to flash what they want on the device, so this should be great for Pixel 2 owners on Verizon who have wanted to move forward with loading on custom firmware.

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According to the Association of European Businesses (AEB) statistics, the sales of new cars and light commercial vehicles in Russia in January-July 2018 grew 17% year-on-year to exceed 992.7 thousand units.
In July, the sales of new cars and light commercial vehicles increased by 10.6% and amounted to 143.5 thousand units.
“No fundamental change in July – market sales continue to recover at a comfortable double-digit pace, for the 15th consecutive month now. Main driver of growth remains the continuous positive trend in consumer confidence, encouraging customers to finally exchange their older car for a new one”, commented Joerg Schreiber, Chairman of the AEB Automobile Manufacturers Committee.
Lada remained the leader of the Russian car market in July with its sales growing 10.9% year-on-year up to 29.4 thousand units.
KIA continues to rate the second with its sales up 14.3% to 18.5 thousand cars.
Hyundai remains the third increasing its sales 20.2% up to 14.4 thousand cars.
Renault saw its sales decline 4.2% year-on-year to 10.5 thousand units, this brand rates the fourth.
Volkswagen is in the fifth position with its sales amounting to 9.7 thousand units, up 21.9% year-on-year.
Among the car brands that demonstrated the most spectacular growth in July were Zotye (up 4.8-fold), Honda (up 4.2-fold), HTM (up 3.5-fold), Iveco commercial vehicles (up 3.1-fold), Genesis (up 3.1-fold), FAW (up 2.6-fold), DFM (up 2.6-fold), Mitsubishi (up 2.3-fold), Chrysler (up 2-fold) and Hyundai commercial vehicles (up 2-fold).
The brands that saw their signs decline the most were FIAT commercial vehicles (-70%), smart (-61%), Isuzu commercial vehicles (-48%) and SsangYong (-33%).


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Solvay Expands French Rare Earths Site
“Rare earths are essential to ensure the green energy transition. Our investments in the magnets’ value chain will help Europe power its new economy with more autonomous and sustainable solutions for electric mobility, clean energy generation and sensitive electronics applications,” said CEO Ilham Kadri.
Currently most advanced magnets are imported from overseas and Solvay wants to create what it terms “a powerful rare earths hub in Europe” in the years ahead.
The project will expand and upgrade an existing unit in order to add the production of separated rare earth oxides, which are essential components used in the traction motors of electric vehicles, the generation motors of wind turbines and many other electronic applications. At present, the La Rochelle plant serves the automotive emissions control and semiconductor markets.
Solvay added that it will pursue alliances with other global champions in this field, noting that it is already actively participating in European consortia to secure partnerships and funding.
Separately, the Belgian company has opened a pilot research unit at La Rochelle for solid state batteries. The facility will enable Solvay to scale up development of advanced inorganic materials for solid electrolytes, which are a key component of the next generation of batteries for the automotive industry.
It will assess the industrial feasibility of the materials used in the manufacturing process of solid state – or generation 4 – batteries, which are expected to replace lithium-ion batteries in the coming years, offering better safety and performance, as well as lowering the total cost of ownership.
"The world has never needed so many batteries, powering today’s and tomorrow’s sustainable cities, communities and technologies. We are contributing to this underlying trend by focusing our efforts on innovation that will bring new, safer and more efficient solutions to our customers – meeting the automotive industry’s rising demand for electric vehicles,” Kadri said. “With more than 20 years of expertise, Solvay is the front-runner in Europe for this new technology and we’ll continue to work on innovative and disruptive technologies for the next generations of battery technologies.”
The Nouvelle Aquitaine region and the French state have supported Solvay on the project as part of a wider EU package to boost battery innovation in Europe. Under the European Commission’s Important Projects of Common European Interest program, Solvay has been approved to receive “substantial” grants over the coming years from participating member states, backed by its own investments, to accelerate electric vehicle battery innovation in the European Union.
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GENETICALLY ENGINEERED SALMON OPPOSED BY CITY, MURRAY, CANTWELL, AND SWINOMISH INDIAN TRIBAL COMMUNITY
Earth Day, April 22, was a good day for a unanimous Mayor and Council to join Senators Cantwell and Murray and the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community in opposing a proposal before the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that would approve the commercial production of genetically engineered salmon that have had genes from other species inserted into their DNA to make them grow faster.
Senators Murray and Cantwell, the two Alaska Senators and Alaska’s Representative are part of a bipartisan coalition that supports legislation that would ban the genetically modified fish or require it to be labeled as transgenic if the FDA approves it. Washington and Alaska lawmakers are reacting to the possible threat to the livelihood of Northwest and Alaska fishermen. They are also concerned about the potential health concerns relating to the consumption of genetically engineered salmon and the threat to wild salmon if these fish get loose and become established in the wild.
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community is also alarmed about this proposal. Brian Cladoosby, Chairman of the Swinomish Tribal Community, in a comment letter opposing the proposed FDA action, stated: “The Tribe is also concerned that genetically engineered salmon pose a grave threat to the environment and to the health of the general population. We strongly believe that it would be an error for the FDA to accept the unsupported “guarantee” that all genetically engineered fish can be contained and not adversely impact people and the environment. History has shown that fish raised in aquaculture facilities can – and will – escape. It is also likely that genetically engineered fish would eventually be raised in open ocean net pens because nearly all commercial salmon production occurs in such pens. Farmed salmon routinely escape.”
The proposal, by AquaBounty Technologies Inc., is to alter Atlantic salmon with genes taken from the Pacific Chinook salmon and the eel-like Ocean Pout. Adding these growth genes from other species would cause the fish to produce growth hormones continuously, allowing it to grow bigger and faster than natural salmon.
Seattle, as the home of much of the Alaska fishing fleet, has a direct economic stake in the continued health of the fishing industry, which this proposal threatens in several ways. We also, of course, share the concerns about human health and the potential degradation of the environment and threat to the survival of endangered wild salmon.
More than 400,000 fishermen, environmentalists, food safety advocates and others have written to the FDA with concerns about the FDA’s preliminary finding that this project should be allowed to proceed. As a fallback, many commenters have suggested that, if the FDA allows the project to proceed, the company should be required to label the fish as genetically engineered when they are sold to consumers. In its resolution, the City also endorsed federal labeling of genetically engineered food and animals.
In the European Union, genetically modified organisms are tightly regulated, required to be labeled, and often banned from human consumption. In the United States there are fewer restrictions on genetic modifications and no labeling requirements. This fall Washington voters will have the opportunity to vote on an initiative requiring labeling of GMO food sold in the State.


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Why drinking four cups of coffee a day could help you live longer
Coffee drinkers of the world, this is great news
For lots of people, drinking coffee is an essential part of everyday life. Without that sweet caffeinated high in the morning, many coffee-drinkers would turn into fire-breathing kraken monsters. So even if scientists found out that drinking it was terrible for your health, most coffee-drinkers wouldn’t pay any attention.
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Well, luckily for them, researchers have found out that drinking three to four cups a day may actually be good for you. Scientists at the University of Southampton found a lower risk of liver disease and some cancers in coffee drinkers, as well as a lower risk of dying from stroke. Coffee drinking is also linked to a lower risk of Parkinson’s disease, depression, and Alzheimer’s disease, the study found.
The study said: “Coffee consumption was more often associated with benefit than harm for a range of health outcomes across exposures including high versus low, any versus none, and one extra cup a day. Coffee consumption seems generally safe within usual levels of intake, with summary estimates indicating largest risk reduction for various health outcomes at three to four cups a day, and more likely to benefit health than harm.”
But Professor Paul Roderick, co-author of the study, could not definitively confirm that it was coffee intake that caused the health benefits. He explained to the BBC: “Factors such as age, whether people smoked or not and how much exercise they took could all have had an effect. There is a balance of risks in life, and the benefits of moderate consumption of coffee seem to outweigh the risks.”
For most adults, the recommended amount of caffeine is 400mg per day but, of course, there’s caffeine in lots of others things we eat and drink.
According to the NHS, the amount of caffeine found in some popular foods and drinks is as follows:
- one mug of instant coffee: 100mg
- one mug of filter coffee: 140mg
- one mug of tea: 75mg
- one can of cola: 40mg
- one 250ml can of energy drink: up to 80mg
- one 50g bar of plain chocolate: less than 25mg
- one 50g bar of milk chocolate: less than 10mg


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Speaking at the Center for American Progress, Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney announced that the Antitrust Division will be "aggressively pursuing cases where monopolists try to use their dominance in the marketplace to stifle competition and harm consumers." Ms. Varney withdrew a 2008 Department report on monopolization offenses that generally allows monopoly practices to go unchallenged. In 2007, EPIC objected to the merger of Internet advertisers Google and Doubleclick, arguing that it was vital to impose privacy safeguards and to preserve a advertising options for web publishers. More information, see EPIC, "Privacy? Proposed Google/Doubleclick Deal."
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BREAKING NEWS: CBD Blocks COVID
According to the American Chemical Society and American Society of Pharmacognosy (ACS), CBD blocks Covid. “Cannabinoids Block Cellular Entry of SARS-CoV-2 and the Emerging Variants.” What does that mean? The non psychoactive CBD acids, CBGa and CBDa from hemp bind to the spike protein of COVID-19 and prevent infection through your epithelial cells (cells that line the surface of your skin, blood vessels, organs and more).
During the recent study published in the 2022 American Chemical Society and American Society of Pharmacognosy, (ACS) a team of scientists proved “cannabinoids, isolated or in hemp extracts, have the potential to prevent as well as treat infection by SARS-CoV-2.
During a chemical screening at Oregon State University, CBD acids (specifically–CBGA and CBDA) were discovered to combat coronavirus. Their study showed how the mentioned CBD acids bound to Covid’s spike proteins and blocked one pathway the pathogen uses to spread to people.
While the study was performed in a lab with no human case test subjects, the study was compared against alpha and beta variants of the SARS-CoV2 pathogen, with success. Human testing is needed to verify the results comparing the infection success between those who take CBD and those who do not; however, this breakthrough is PROMISING and HOPEFUL!
What are CBGa and CBDa?
CBDa and CBGa are the raw acidic form of CBD and CBG before they become what we know as CBD and CBG. CBGa (cannabigerolic acid), is sometimes called the mother of all cannabinoids, meaning it can be processed into other raw cannabinoids. As well as the newly discovered COVID protection benefit, it also helps with reducing inflammation, helps boost appetite, balances emotions, and even holds some anti-bacterial properties. CBDa (cannabidiolic acid), is best known for its topnotch bioavailability and also reduces inflammation, pain, and balances serotonin levels key to your body’s core functions.
Is CBD Safe?
You will not find a blanket statement that says CBD is safe because it is a substance like Tylenol; not all people can take Tylenol even though most babies can. CBD like any substance with medicinal properties has risks; however, CBD is largely well-tolerated by the population. If you plan to use products containing CBD, talk to your doctor first.
CBD side effects can include:
- Dry mouth
- Reduced appetite
- Drowsiness and fatigue
But compare that to COVID Symptoms which can include:
- Fever or chills
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Muscle or body aches
- New loss of taste or smell
- Sore throat
- Congestion or runny nose
- Nausea or vomiting
- Trouble breathing
- Persistent pain or pressure in the chest
- New confusion
- Inability to wake or stay awake
- Pale, gray, or blue-colored skin, lips, or nail beds, depending on skin tone
As is the same with any medication or medicinal substance, you must ask yourself, “Do the benefits outweigh the risks?” With CBD being approved Nationwide, that speaks for itself.
HOWEVER, do not run out and buy any old CBD. You must always buy from a trusted brand, like RVDCBD, Mr. 420, the guy you’ve known and trusted for 30 years.
CBD Blocks the COVID-19 Pandemic
After these test findings current regulation may change as we battle year two of the pandemic. With the current confirmed COVID cases totaling 312,173,462 and rising with Covid Deaths over the last two years reaching 5,501,000 and rising, we need a better solution. With CBD Products like CBD oil, CBD Topicals, and CBD Gummies, and CBD Flowers readily available and legal. Why not try them?
“It’s a New Year and a great time to put the past behind and get a fresh start on the future!”~Rob Van Dam
Many products on the market are fads or quick turn-around business schemes. RVDCBD is not one of those fads, here today and gone tomorrow. Rob Van Dam has been a CBD connoisseur for 30 years, and Rob never follows the prescribed path. Production at RVDCBD includes, Rob Van Dam testing everything (and when I say test, he literally puts the test product on his body, smokes it, or ingests it).
Why? CBD is 100% organic, so he knows it’s safe. But RVD settles for nothing but the best, so it his mission to ensure his products are of the highest quality and most effective. Being a 30-year veteran of CBD, the goal is and always will be, if it doesn’t work for RVD, or it doesn’t meet his standards, we’re not selling it.
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I had a mild case of the virus while on CBD. Maybe that is why it wasn’t worse? Do you plan to do studies with humans?
Lisa, unfortunately we are not set up to do clinical trials, but I certainly hope Oregon University does, and soon. Especially, since news of CBD’s effectiveness against COVID has been known in the scientific community since March 2021: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7987002/


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Wal-Mart misses estimates
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, posted first-quarter earnings that missed analysts’ estimates after U.S. sales grew more slowly than projected and currency fluctuations ate into profit.
Earnings amounted to $1.03 a share, excluding some items, the Bentonville, Arkansas-based company said in a statement Tuesday. Analysts had predicted $1.05 on average, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Revenue also was light last quarter, with the company’s U.S. supercenters and Sam’s Club locations posting slower growth than estimated.
Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon faces the dual challenges of reviving growth at home and contending with the strong dollar overseas, which has whacked the value of its international revenue. Currency effects are now expected to reduce sales by $14 billion this year, up from a previous projection of $10 billion. Wal-Mart gets more than a quarter of its revenue from international markets.
“We expect currency to remain a significant headwind for the year,” Chief Financial Officer Charles Holley said on a conference call.
Wal-Mart shares fell 2.5 percent to $77.89 as of 9:33 a.m. in New York. The shares had declined 6.9 percent this year through Monday’s close.
McMillon, 48, has been working on a turnaround plan that includes cutting expenses and boosting efficiency. So far this year, has eliminated a layer of management within stores and raised the wages of rank-and-file workers. But the company is struggling with a broader shift in how shoppers spend their money.
“Consumers are spending away from traditional bricks-and- mortar retail as they devote more of their disposable income to cars, homes, technology, etc.,” Patrick McKeever, an analyst for MKM Partners, said in a report before Wal-Mart’s results were released. “And they are also saving.”
Wal-Mart U.S. comparable-store sales, a closely watched benchmark, rose 1 percent, excluding fuel. Analysts had projected a 1.5 percent gain. Its Sam’s Club outlets, which compete with Costco Wholesale Corp., posted a 0.4 percent increase. That compares with a prediction of 1.6 percent. Total revenue slipped less than 1 percent to $114.8 billion, missing an estimate of $116.2 billion.
The retail chain and its subsidiaries employ about 2.2 million people worldwide, and the company has more than 11,000 stores. Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest private employer, increased the wages of about 500,000 of its 1.3 million U.S. workers in April. Hourly rates rose to $9 an hour, with a boost to $10 planned for next year.
While the move was applauded by labor groups, higher spending on wages and other investments have raised concerns for Wal-Mart investors. The company has warned that it will be in heavy investment mode for the next two years as the chain improves the way it handles inventory and lets customers pick up online orders at stores.
On Tuesday, Wal-Mart said that second-quarter earnings would be $1.06 to $1.18 a share. Analysts estimated $1.17 on average. Currency effects are expected to reduce profit by 13 cents this year, up from a previous estimate of 10 cents, Wal- Mart said.
Wal-Mart’s effort to grab a bigger piece of the e-commerce market also weighed on profit last quarter. As part of the push, the company is rolling out a $50-a-year shipping program that will compete with Amazon Inc.’s Prime.
“The company’s continued investments in e-commerce, as well as wages and training for U.S. associates, were headwinds on our operating income during the quarter,” Claire Babineaux- Fontenot, the company’s treasury, said on the conference call.


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iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad 2 suddenly received a new iOS update to fix the error showing the wrong date and time
Apple has stopped updating software for the past 3 years for some old devices such as iPhone 4s, iPhone 5 or iPad 2. Thinking like fate has arranged for these devices, Apple yesterday suddenly launched release new updates for them.
Specifically, Apple has released iOS 9.3.6 update for iPhone 4s, iPad 2, iPad 3 and iPad mini generation first. iPhone 5 and iPad 4 also received iOS 10.3.4 updates.
Note for the iPad, this update only supports models with 3G / 4G and Wi-Fi models are not.
The reason why Apple decided to release iOS 9.3.6 and iOS 10.3.4 updates for older devices was to fix an important error related to GPS positioning that caused the display status to be wrong for days and hours.
Apple said that, starting from November 2019, the iPhone and iPad models launched from 2012 onwards need to be upgraded to these updates to enable GPS navigation to work properly. On November 3, 2019, if the user does not update the iPhone and iPad, it will not be able to locate the GPS correctly. This makes syncing email, iCloud synchronization, and some features that require date and time accuracy may not work either.
Therefore, Apple recommends that users who are using iPhone and iPad models released from 2012 and earlier update the latest software version.
To update to the new version for the device, you go to Settings -> select General settings -> select Software update and download the latest version.
Note: Before updating, you should charge the battery over 50% and make sure to back up the data.
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"5G and I can't climb high", "I and 5G are separated by a lot of money", "It seems that 4G is suitable for me"... For the known foreign 5G package, many netizens'feelings have revealed a helpless. At the same time, it also makes users worry about the price of 5G package in China: "5G, can you use it?"
In this regard, many domestic experts have also given the answer, China is certainly cheaper than other countries, and with the popularization of 5G, prices will become lower and lower. Not only that, before that, the three major operators have also made some suggestions or statements, "5G fees will not be very expensive, everyone can afford it."
5G package: foreign shock, domestic surprise?
Basic telecom operators at home and abroad are accelerating the pace of 5G.
At present, telecom operators in Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland and other foreign countries have announced the opening of 5G network services, and announced the 5G package standards.
Elisa, the Finnish operator, is the first operator in the world to issue 5G mobile packages, which cost 50 euros (about 400 yuan) per month and can reach an unlimited network speed of up to 600 Mbps (75MB/s).
SK, Korea's largest telecom operator, offers five types of 5G packages: 8GB traffic packages of 55,000 won (325 yuan), 150GB traffic packages of 75,000 won (444 yuan), 200GB traffic packages of 95,000 won (562 yuan), and 300GB traffic packages of 125,000 won (739 yuan).LGUplus is much the same as SK.
Verizon's 5G package fee is divided into three categories, starting at $85 per month (about 571 yuan) and the first one at $85 per month (about 571 yuan), which allows only 480p video to be viewed smoothly. The second one, 95 US dollars per month (about 638 RMB), can watch 720p video smoothly and enjoy 22GB unlimited traffic per month. Third, 105 US dollars per month (about 706 RMB), unlimited traffic, but can only share hot spots under the 4G network, the sharing size is limited to 75GB, the fastest network speed can reach 625 MB/s.
In addition, Germany, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and other countries have also begun to provide 5G commercial services, and are basically based on traffic charges. Compared with foreign operators, China's three major operators have been closely promoting the 5G business process, but there is no clear information on the 5G package fees.
The high price of foreign 5G set meals has caused some worries to domestic users. Will China's 5G set meals be similar to foreign countries, starting very high and soaring all the way?
In this regard, communication expert Xiang Ligang said that users need not worry too much, foreign traffic packages for domestic meaningless, China can not be so expensive.
For example, in the 4G stage, BT's package is 12 a month (about 110 yuan) with 2GB 4G traffic, unlimited text messages and 500 minutes of calls; the top-end 20 (about 183.4 yuan) package contains 20GB 4G traffic, unlimited text messages and calls. China Unicom, for example, has a 4-gigabyte package. Ice cream packages of 99 yuan a month can achieve domestic flow, but when they exceed 20 GB, they will be limited in speed, including 300 minutes of domestic calls.
"Funds abroad are basically higher than those at home. You don't have to judge domestic 5G prices because of foreign prices."
There are also communications experts pointed out: "In fact, 99 yuan Unicom ice cream packages can be sold as 5G packages, the maximum speed limit is raised a little bit on the line."
In addition, for the users' concerns, the three operators have also made a statement.
Gao Tongqing, deputy general manager of China Telecom, once said that the Internet tariff in the era of 4G is no longer suitable for 5G, and the tariff standard in the age of 5G is under study. In the 5G era, the tariff should be 10 GB, and the price should be less than 10 yuan or even lower.
Jianqin, vice president of China Mobile, said that China Mobile adopted multi-dimension tariff design to build multi-dimension, multi-dimension and multi-mode service capabilities based on speed, bandwidth, delay, slicing and function. The cost of 5G traffic would not be higher than the unit price of 4G.
Zhang Yunyong, director of China Unicom's research institute, said that although the current 5G tariff has not yet been finalized, it can be determined that it will not be more expensive than 4G.
It is worth noting that the unit price of 5G traffic may be lower than 4G, but due to the super fast speed of 5G, the amount of use will increase correspondingly, and if it is charged on a quantity basis at first, the total amount should also be higher than 4G.
At present, China Mobile and China Telecom have also launched a 5G public beta version. China Mobile 5G test suite includes 200G traffic/month, 1000 minutes voice/month, 100 short messages/month; China Telecom 5G experience package gives 100G traffic per month, which can experience two months. But neither side has announced the price.
Billing model: there will be diversified forms
At present, there are three kinds of tariff schemes for global 5G operators, one is to provide unlimited traffic packages at a rate, the other is to charge according to traffic, and the other is to bundle 5G wireless.RouterThe hardware is charged. However, from the perspective of package fees, it is mainly based on flow, which is also the basic fee charging model.
China clearly wants to make breakthroughs in these three schemes. According to the leaks of the previous three operators, besides the 5G price will not be too expensive, compared with the existing traffic billing model, the three operators are actively exploring new and more diversified multi-dimensional billing model.
It is reported that in addition to charging by flow, the future 5G charging mode of the three operators may appear charging by speed, bandwidth, delay, slice and function. In the future, customers can automatically open 5G network without changing cards, numbers or registrations, so that the network audio-visual services with ultra-high definition and large traffic can be faster and better popularized.
For example, according to rate charging, the business scene can be refined through the concept of "rate gear flow" and "Rate Gear Content". "In the early stage of the business, the network experience with large flow rate can be realized, and the limit of the flow valve will be improved, and the current limit of the three operators is basically 20 GB." Unicom operator high-level representation.
In addition, with the maturity of 5G business, it can also be charged based on scenarios. Faced with different application scenarios and the special needs of enterprise users, 5G needs to provide differentiated services, and then it can charge differentially. For example, for VR, 8K HD live broadcasting, video surveillance, etc., large-volume billing is used, for sports, concerts and other live live live dynamic billing is used, while the traffic used by ordinary users is basic billing.
It is worth mentioning that the unlimited package has always been a controversial issue in China, and calls for its cancellation remain high. A few days ago, China Telecom announced that it would stop selling all kinds of packages on September 1, and that it would have to stop selling all kinds of packages at the same time. In this regard, Fu Liang, an analyst in the telecommunications industry, believes that in the 5G era, traffic has increased dramatically, and the original speed limit threshold has been mostly unreasonable. The abolition of "volume deceleration" is conducive to the unified planning of packages for operators, to restore the value of traffic, and to reduce the worry of user traffic deceleration.
At present, the three major operators are still further exploring the charging mode of 5G.
Ultimately, it is not known how the 5G package fare will appear in China or how it will be charged. It can be predicted that the 5G package fare in China is certainly lower than that in other countries. With the gradual maturation of 5G, the cost will become lower and lower, and the billing model will also have more possibilities.


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The company will focus on this area during the current year in a move to drive efficiencies across its logisticsnetwork, Franziska Bossart, head of the corporate venture capital (VC) arm, told the Financial Times (FT) in a report posted Wednesday (Feb. 28).
This investment strategy underscores Amazon’s dedication to making innovations in robotics, as seen in previous investments in industrial robotics and sorting systems in European warehouses, where 750,000 mobile robots are already in operation, per the report.
Bossart said the Industrial Innovation Fund’s expanded focus will also include investments in companies involved in the final mile of deliveries, geographic expansion and late-stage companies, per the report.
While the fund’s deployed capital remains undisclosed, the acceleration of investments in automation and efficiency aligns with Amazon’s broader strategy to boost margins following heavy pandemic-related investments in the logistics network, the report said.
Bossart said that the focus of Amazon’s automation efforts is on shifting repetitive and dangerous tasks to robots and automated vehicles, rather than eliminating human roles entirely, according to the report.
In addition, Amazon’s emphasis on automation may provide a bright outlook for tech startups seeking capital in a challenging investment landscape, the report said.
Amazon launched its $1 billion Industrial Innovation Fund in April 2022, saying it aimed to support customer fulfillment, logistics and supply chain innovation at a time when customers are increasingly shopping online and looking for even faster delivery.
The fund’s first round of investments focused on wearable technology that enhances safety in fulfillment buildings and robotics “designed to complement and coexist with people’s lives.”
Bossart became the head of the fund in September 2023. In an interview posted on the Amazon news website in January, she said: “We have gained a lot of momentum going into this year, and we are eager to support more promising startups as they scale to solve the most relevant industrial problems for Amazon and beyond.”


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I returned to Seoul last night after visiting Beijing. It is only a two-hour flight and I feel as if I have only been to a neighboring town within the country. Twenty years have passed since the establishment of sisterhood relations between the two cities. I believe the bilateral relations have become more solid with the delegation’s visit to Beijing. I met key figures such as Mayor Wang Anshun and Party Secretary Guo Jinlong, strengthened the friendly ties, agreed to brisker exchanges, and obtained the business people’s promise to invest in South Korea.
In addition to the existing social and economic relations, cultural ties have become more solid as well between the two countries. The performance of the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra at Chinese State Theater during our visit left a deep impression on the Chinese. CCTV of China recorded the performance, and it will be aired soon. Beijing Mayor Wang Anshun and I sat side by side and watched the two-hour-long performance. After the performance, we talked a lot about hallyu. The performance of the two countries’ B Boys received enthusiastic applause. Similarly, cultural exchanges help people become friends and create business. For this reason, I believe we need to make more positive efforts for the development of cultural and tourism goods associated with hallyu.
About 3 million Chinese tourists are visiting this country every year. Such will have great impact on tourism and MICE (meeting, incentive tour, convention, and exhibition) industries, particularly positive economic effects. I have an ambitious plan of increasing the number of tourists visiting Seoul to 20 million a year within 5 years. To realize this plan, we need to treat Youkeo (Chinese tourists) like kings and queens. We will hold explanatory sessions for Chinese interested in visiting Seoul, including the one in Beijing (April 23th) and the one in Shanghai (25th).
The explanatory sessions will consist of Travel Mart session, presentation on the tourism resources in Seoul, and friendship session. Many travel agent representatives will take part. At the Travel Mart session, people from theme parks, performing businesses, shopping malls, and exhibition halls in Seoul will hold one-on-one business meetings with their Chinese counterparts. Their discussions will focus on the development of tourism resources as new travel goods and, perhaps the most important one, prices.
The presentation will introduce the efforts made by Seoul Metropolitan Government regarding service improvement for Chinese tourists, including an increase in the number of affordable lodgings and tourism resources that Chinese will be particularly interested in.
We will do what we can to introduce Seoul as a must-visit city by publicizing hallyu-associated tourist destinations and good shopping centers. We will also adopt a system wherein Seoul certifies recommendable tourist goods the first of its kind adopted by a local government to help ensure tourists’ convenient shopping.
With a drastic increase in the number of Chinese tourists, Seoul will emerge as a world-class tourist city based on its tradition as the capital of the country for 600 years now and its present status as an ultra-modern city with population of 10 million. Seoul will be remembered as the country’s center for hallyu and cultural contents. We will make efforts to make Seoul a city that foreigners want to visit again and where they can do sightseeing safely and pleasantly.


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The American corporation Sears Holdings, which owns retail stores and in its century-long history not so long ago held a leading position in the United States, announced the commencement of bankruptcy proceedings in accordance with Chapter 11 of the US Bankruptcy Code. Amid fierce competition from online stores, the company's revenue has declined over the years, leading to the closure of its hundreds of stores. The head of the company, billionaire Eddie Lampert made a number of deals, seeking to improve the position of Sears. His plan to save the company was the cause of disagreement between him and the special committee of the board of directors. The company filed a lawsuit in a bankruptcy case in New York, in which it indicated assets worth $6 billion 900 million and liabilities of $11 billion 300 million.
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After 100 years of innovation and growth, the horseless carriage is on the precipice of disruption from somewhere that Henry Ford could never have predicted: Mother Nature.
Global warming represents $70 trillion+ in potential global economic cost
Each year the physical effects of climate change hit us with increasing severity. The frequency of extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and glacier recession have grown to alarming levels. Governments are grappling with the effect of climate change on human life, but there are significant economic costs to also consider. Citi estimates that the future cost (NPV) of inaction on the world economy is as high as $70 trillion . For context, today’s global GDP is estimated to be $80 trillion. In the face of these new challenges today’s corporations have three options: inaction, mitigation or adaptation .
Governments and consumers are putting pressure on the auto industry of greenhouse gas pollution to adapt and build a cleaner, more sustainable future. This pressure has created two principal threats: regulatory and competitive. For companies who are agile enough to respond, this seismic shift represents great opportunity.
“I believe the auto industry will change more in the next five years than it has in the last 50, as we develop new options and modes of transportation for moving us from point A to B. This gives us an unprecedented opportunity to develop cleaner, safer, smarter and more environmentally friendly vehicles for our customers.“ – Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors
GM faces real regulatory and competitive risk
Enter General Motors (“GM”). Can the company that introduced the world to the “H2” Hummer really transform it’s business and product line to be sustainable? Mary Barra, GM’s CEO, has made it clear that she believes the company can adapt their business to directly confront climate change.
GM faces intense regulatory pressure on both their manufacturing process and their products. The numerous regulations that govern GM are determined by a web of state, federal and international agencies that regulate pollution . These agencies regulate both GM’s supply chain and their product lines. GM’s is held financially accountable for pollution or other environmental damage originating from its manufacturing operations regardless of cause. Meanwhile, other regulations require that GM’s vehicles meet annually increasing standards for car emissions, fuel economy and sales of zero emission vehicles (“ZEVs”). President Obama reiterated this point, proclaiming in his 2011 State of the Union that the United States would have 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2015 . Obama’s speech set off a race to create the next generation of vehicles, an electric car that would resonate with consumers pull the world into a more sustainable future.
Finding success with transparency and sustained innovation
General Motors believes that fostering conversation and investing in technology are the keys to navigating this new world of growing regulatory and competitive risk. To that end GM has made a commitment to provide full transparency for climate related data to start a dialogue and identify areas for improvement. This year, CDP, the world’s only global environmental disclosure system, awarded GM perfect scores on climate change data disclosure .
At it’s core, GM has always been an engineering company. They invest in a high-level of R&D ($7.5 billion in 2015) to deliver technologies that position GM to comply with regulation and compete more effectively . These technologies include eco-friendly propulsion (Hybrid, Plug-In, Alternative Fuel Vehicles, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, etc.) and process innovations within GM’s manufacturing operations . As of 2015, approximately 50% of GM’s manufacturing operations were landfill free . Through these innovations, GM estimates that in 2015 alone, they recycled 2 million metric tons of waste and avoided ~9 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions . These incredible results have earned GM praise and in 2015 GM was the only automaker to be named to the 2015 Dow Jones Sustainability Index for North America, the leading global benchmark for corporate sustainability .
The ZEV Opportunity: Converting world class technology into a world class product
In 2010, GM was first to market with their Chevrolet Volt, however the Volt did not connect with consumers and in its first year only managed to sell 7,671 units . Subsequent year sales were no better, and unfortunately the Volt has never managed to exceed 24,000 annual units . Tesla has emerged as a strong up-market competitor and validated the market with sales of 50,000 Model S units in 2015 . If GM is to succeed in their strategy of sustainability they must convert their world-class IP library, global supply chain and portfolio of brands to compete and win in this high growth space. (780 words).
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As the Apple iPhone's technology progresses, so too will its Nike+ apps, as revealed earlier this week at Apple's keynote event. While discussing Apple's new M7 "motion coprocessor," VP of worldwide marketing Phil Schiller previewed Nike+ Move, a new app designed to track movement and activity in the form of NikeFuel points.
According to Nike, Move will not replace the FuelBand or any other current Fuel products. Instead, it will serve as an introductory experience for the entire Nike+ Ecosystem.
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- Atlassian’s President Jay Simons has spoken about what it was like to be starting up as the GFC kicked in.
- As 638,000 Australian businesses folded, Atlassian chose to go on a spending spree.
- The company announced a new $US295 million acquisition at last week’s Atlassian Summit 18.
Tech industry history is littered with anecdotes about CEOs who made extraordinary bets.
Many ended up costing their companies billions. Rupert Murdoch’s $US500 million splurge on MySpace. BlackBerry waiting for the keyboard to come back.
It still hurts to read about and recall the slow death of Yahoo.
But the gamblers that survived to tell the tale are now considered visionaries. Wherever the unpredictable Elon Musk is headed, his portfolio today would be whole lot emptier had he not sunk $US100 million of his own money into an electric car company on the brink of collapse.
Larry Page and Sergey Brin bought YouTube for an outrageous $US1.65 billion. Steve Jobs thought phones could do with a major overhaul.
And some $US20 billion later, you can add Atlassian’s leadership trio of Scott Farquhar, Mike Cannon-Brookes and Jay Simons to the list of those that rolled the dice way back then and won.
At Atlassian’s Summit in Barcelona last week, company President Jay Simons reflected on just passing his 10-year anniversary as president of Australia’s most successful startup.
Although he didn’t know it then, when he joined from BEA in mid-2008, Simons really couldn’t have picked a worse time to join a couple of Aussies trying to light a fire under their workflow management software startup with a mantra of “don’t f..k the customer”.
It was a time when many, many customers were getting dudded, especially those who coughed up $250 for this kind of thing:
It was also a time just before the worst fallout from the Global Financial Crisis really began to rain down.
Right when Atlassian needed businesses to start spending, those businesses started going broke, overnight. Even far from the US, in Australia – and it’s staggering to consider now – more than 638,000 businesses folded in the two years from June 2007.
And when just about everyone else was reacting to that by laying off staff to survive, Atlassian started hiring.
“We chose to double down on hiring at a time at a time when everybody else was either firing or basically hunkering down for some dark winter,” Simons said.
“We took that as an opportunity to… buck convention. Where everyone else is huddled into a shell, we’re actually going to go out and say ‘Hey guys, we’re hiring’.
“And not only that, we went on a campaign we called something like ’30 for 30′ – I might get it wrong – but we were only 100 or so people at the time and we were gonna hire 30 people in 30 days.
“We did this whole marketing tour, we went out and hired 30% of the company in the next 30 days. And it was great. We found great people.”
Not only did it spend even more money on staff, Simons, Farquhar and Cannon-Brookes made the call to basically give away their product.
“We took a licence that was $1000 at the time, and we made it $10,” Simons says. “It was virtually free.”
That’s right. Atlassian’s famous bet on a near freemium model was made during a time when more companies than ever needed to get some money in.
“We chose to do that, in part because we felt, we recognised in the GFC that particular segment, the starter segment – small teams and small companies – $1000 was a lot for them,” Simons says.
“And we could have just held our guns and have that flatline, or maybe we could just give it away for free, help a lot of those teams and then get more of them, potentially.
“But to do that means that we were basically writing off 10% of the top line.”
Last week, 10 years on, he watched Cannon-Brookes and Farquhar address a room packed with hundreds of representatives from more than 2500 companies servicing 125,000 customers worldwide.
It was not a rock star reception, because that’s not their style. It is perhaps their most remarkable achievement that the two CEOs can walk the floor of Summit – Cannon-Brookes herding his kids – unmolested, then idly chat with a team that probably didn’t sleep last night trying to win the conference Ship It challenge to solve a problem using Atlassian tools within 48 hours.
Farquhar and Cannon-Brookes are treated exactly the way they in turn have established how Atlassian must treat its employees and customers – like people.
The cheers were reserved for Atlassian’s Head of Server Business Cameron Deatsch, because Deatsch was the guy who got to reveal what they all came for – workflow solutions.
Enterprise software is not a sexy thing to write or read about. You don’t even know what it is.
All you need to know is by making it better, Atlassian changes people’s lives. A lot of people’s lives.
In fact, search “Atlassian” with a couple of other key words and you’ll get one of those boxes that offers the questions most people want answers to. At the top, most of the time, is:
The crowd at Atlassian Summit don’t care.
With every new update Cameron reels off, you can feel the weight lifting off the shoulders of people you most likely never knew existed. The software architects, engineers, developers, resolution teams that inhabit the world behind our world.
“We’re introducing patch email notifications!”
“Shared files and dashboards!”
“An entirely new experience in Confluence search results!”
CHEERS. WHISTLES. A WOO.
You might not use Atlassian products. You absolutely use services from the 40,000 odd companies that rely on them.
Companies like Domino’s. Dow Jones. CSIRO. NASA. Qantas. Spotify. Twitter. Xero. IBM. BuzzFeed. eBay, Tesla, LinkedIn, Sony and Tesla.
The biggest cheer, however – and it’s one loaded with relief – was reserved for Scott Farquhar’s reveal of Atlassian’s latest product, Jira Ops — a one-stop shop for companies using Atlassian solutions to get their business back online as soon as possible after an outage.
Last year in the US alone, outages cost US businesses $700 billion.
In Australia, it cost tens of thousands of people their chance to view the World Cup.
And to give Jira Ops the boost it needed to hit the ground running, Atlassian announced an acquisition.
Joining the family at Atlassian Summit 18 was OpsGenie and the expertise it has used since launching six years ago to help 3000 customers including Air Canada, The Washington Post and Overstock out of their jams, quickly.
Somewhere in the crowd, there were probably the kind of tears welling up that only the long-suffering IT person in your office would understand.
You certainly don’t need to understand how Jira Ops works; only to know that someone at Atlassian decided to spend $US295 million and because of that, it is now much better placed to ensure you’re not stuck in a queue at the airport for six hours.
And Atlassian is also, thanks to that arguably reckless desire in the middle of one of the biggest market meltdowns in human history to help people work better, now in a position to make more, and bigger acquisitions such as OpsGenie.
Atlassian earlier announced a stronger partnership with cloud-based digital product designer InVision. Just a month before that came the bombshell news of the deeper integration with Slack, the workplace collaboration company many assumed was Atlassian’s key rival.
What risk-taking looks like now
From an outsider’s perspective, that looks like the biggest month-and-a-bit in Atlassian’s 16-year history. It may not be in keeping what’s widely considered Atlassian’s carefully managed, consistent growth trajectory, but perhaps shows a touch of that early day bravado is still in the company DNA.
Now a public company, could Atlassian take the same kind of risks next year if another GFC dropped in?
“You can,” Simons says. “You have to… the difference is that when you’re private you don’t have to explain the potential consequence or outcome of the risk.
“And the hard part about a risk like that maybe would be the outcome of that was a little uncertain, a bit of a gamble.
“It could be that we basically made those licences free and the upside benefit that we were anticipating didn’t happen.
“I think if you were to do something significant you need to explain to shareholders or investors why you’re doing that, what you hope to get in exchange for it.”


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ELECTRIC car drivers are being warned to check how far their motor can actually go.
Manufacturers are exaggerating the ranges on their vehicles when selling them to customers, a study has claimed.
Tests carried out on more than 70 electric cars found the actual range is around 20 per cent less than what's advertised.
Consumer group Which? urged those considering the more environmentally friendly switch to research the car before buying, adding "rigorous" research needs to be done.
Not checking the range could result in a long car journey being impossible without charging breaks or see you breakdown.
It comes after the government announced 28 per cent of makers' cars will now have to be electric by 2025.
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According to the study, well-known brand Tesla travels less than 100 miles in comparison to what they advertise.
Two of their models are in the top five best sellers – but their advertised miles are under scrutiny.
And Which? says that while Kia Niro advertises 285 miles, their test suggests it is only able to drive out 165.
Meanwhile a Nissan Leaf claims to do 239 miles – but testing revealed it can only travel 187.
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Emily Seymour, the sustainability editor at Which?, told The Times: "Our research suggests electric vehicle drivers could end up being disappointed by the distance they can realistically cover on a single charge.
"The electric cars in our tests fall on average 45 miles short of official figures, meaning owners will have to charge more frequently.
"This will have a greater impact on those who regularly drive long distances or cannot charge at home."
She added the official range on a website doesn't always reflect "real-world driving conditions", such as potholes or hills.
The testing found larger electric cars performed the worst.
On average, the car was able to travel 56 fewer miles while needing 11.5 kilowatt hours more power to charge.
A car expert previously revealed the list of EVs which provide the longest range for under £40,000.
How far each bestselling electric car can go
Tesla Model Y
Amount sold in 2022: 35,551
Advertised range: 331 miles
Tested range: 231 miles
Tesla Model 3
Amount sold in 2022: 19,701
Advertised range: 374 miles
Tested range: 260 miles
Amount sold in 2022: 11,197
Advertised range: 285 miles
Tested range: 165-350 miles
Amount sold in 2022: 9,832
Advertised range: 265 miles
Tested range: 209 miles
Amount sold in 2022: 9,178
Advertised range: 239 miles
Tested range: 187 miles
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WASHINGTON - A minor who was driving a car that crashed near Pittsburgh has been tentatively identified by the government as the eighth death in the U.S. due to an explosive air bag inflator made by auto parts maker Takata, federal transportation officials said Wednesday.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration officials also announced an expansion in the recall of vehicles with Takata airbags, already the largest and most complex recall in the agency's history. The latest findings could result in the recall of several hundred thousand additional vehicles, officials said.
The appointment of an independent monitor to oversee the company's compliance with a government consent order on the recalls was also announced.
NHTSA learned of the latest death last week after a lawyer for the minor's family contacted the agency, NHTSA spokesman Gordon Trowbridge told reporters in a conference call. The car involved was a used 2001 Honda Accord under recall that was owned by a relative of the minor's, he said. But a government official told the Associated Press that a boy was driving the car when it left the road and struck a tree. The official provided the information on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak publicly.
"The agency has now tentatively concluded that this was likely a rupture-related fatality," Trowbridge said. The agency is now working with the family, Takata and Honda to examine the vehicle in order to confirm that conclusion, he said.
A woman in Malaysia was also killed by a rupturing Takata air bag last year, the only known fatality outside the U.S., bringing the global number of deaths to nine. More than 100 other people have been injured by the Takata inflators, which can explode with too much force, sending shrapnel into drivers and passengers.
In the U.S., about 23 million Takata air bag inflators have been recalled on 19 million vehicles sold by 12 auto and truck makers. Many of the air bag deaths and injuries involved low-speed crashes that otherwise would likely have been survivable, Trowbridge said.
Recent crash testing of vehicles already among those recalled resulted in five passenger side air bag inflator ruptures, he said. As a result, NHTSA is expanding the number of recalled vehicles to include other model years of the five vehicles involved in the tests as a safety precaution, he said. All the vehicles involved in the tests had spent substantial time in high humidity regions, he said.
Takata uses ammonium nitrate to create a small explosion that inflates the air bags in a crash. But the chemical can deteriorate under prolonged exposure to airborne moisture, causing it to burn too fast and blow apart a metal canister designed to contain the explosion.
While he didn't have a specific number for the vehicles being added to the recall, Trowbridge said it would likely amount to several hundred thousand vehicles.
"We have a great big problem here and it's going to take a long time to get it fixed," Trowbridge said.
The vehicles being added to the recall are Mazda 6 model years 2005 to 2008, Honda CRV model years 2002 to 2004, Subaru Legacy model years 2005 to 2008 and Subaru Outback model years 2005 to 2008. The expanded Honda recalls alone involved 127,000 inflators in vehicles not previously recalled, the carmaker said.
Honda urged owners of the recalled cars to get their vehicles repaired at their local dealer as soon as possible. "Honda has sufficient replacement parts supplies to begin recall repairs of the added vehicles immediately, nationwide," the company said in a statement.
Eventually, all airbag inflaters that use ammonium nitrate are expected to be recalled, Trowbridge said. Takata is the world's largest air bag maker, and that would potentially add tens of millions of inflators to the recall rolls.


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Nigeria is home to one of the fastest-growing FinTech industries in the world. Each year, it births new startups looking to disrupt the traditional financial system—or a part of it –and introduce innovative solutions that improve the quality of the country’s people.
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The development of FinTech in Nigeria hasn’t been even across its various niches. Some segments have expanded and gained more traction than others. This has happened partly due to the nature of the demand for financial technology products; the more widespread needs are being met first.
This article examines the top segments of Nigeria’s FinTech industry by their share of the country’s FinTech startup population.
Payments (Including Mobile Money Operators)
The payments space is by far the biggest of all the FinTech subsectors in Nigeria. Companies in this niche exist to make the transfer of money simpler, easier, and safer, typically via an electronic medium.
According to a Mckinsey report on Nigeria’s financial technology industry, payment companies constitute about 39% of all FinTechs in the country. The EY FinTech Survey (2020) says it’s closer to 43%. Both suggest that digital payments are the dominant niche in the FinTech industry.
SME payment solutions are the most common of the lot, with about 17% of financial technology startups belonging to this category. Consumer payments are a close second (17%), and solutions for Financial Services Providers (FSP) contribute only 3% of the total.
Consumer lending companies provide loans over digital channels (websites or mobile apps) to individual borrowers. These businesses thrive because customers find them much easier to engage with than traditional lenders (e.g. banks).
Digital lending startups leverage advanced analytics to determine the creditworthiness of potential borrowers. This helps them to reduce the risk of loan defaults.
Startups in this category make up about 25% of FinTechs, according to McKinsey. The EY FinTech Survey puts the number at about 23%. Despite the already numerous players in this space, more continue to emerge. It does appear that there’s still plenty of room for new entrants into this sub-segment.
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While they have only recently emerged, Nigeria’s digital banks have made inroads into the country’s market for banking products. They’re taking advantage of the convenience afforded by digital technology to attract and serve a mostly young, tech-savvy customer base.
Because they aren’t subject to some of the constraints that traditional banks face e.g. dependence on a physical presence or certain operational costs), they are often able to provide their customers with more attractive products (such as higher interest payments on deposits and better customer service).
Startups offering banking services (to varying degrees) make up about 23% of startups in the FinTech space, according to the EY FinTech Survey 2020. It’s worth noting that there’s some overlap between categories; some startups listed in this category also belong to niches like payments and mobile money.
Digital banks include Kuda Bank, Sparkle, Rubies, Eyowo, and Mint. There’s more on these companies in our article, Top 7 Digital Banks In Nigeria.
Savings And Investment
The ravages of inflation and the paucity of affordable investment opportunities have led to the emergence of tech-enabled savings and investment platforms. These solutions allow regular people to put away some of their income for future use, or grow their wealth by accessing various investment opportunities online.
Startups in this category have also helped numerous Nigerians become financially aware and literate, through updates on their social media channels and newsletters.
As of 2020, startups offering savings and investment products constituted about 11% of the total FinTech population, according to McKinsey. The EY FinTech Census estimates that it’s about 15%.
PiggyVest, Cowrywise, and CrowdyVest are among the most widely recognized startups in this space. Some InvestTech companies (Bamboo, Chaka, Trove) lets their users invest in local and foreign stock markets, while others (e.g. Rise) invests funds on their users’ behalf.
Enterprise Services And Infrastructure
Companies in this segment provide enterprise solutions for the financial sector, and software that enables businesses to manage their accounts and financial processes. They include financial service solutions, credit infrastructure, and API and connectors.
About 13% of FinTechs are in this category.
Examples of startups in the enterprise service and infrastructure niches are Accounteer, Mono, Okra, Swifta, Appzone, and Seamfix.
Nigeria’s FinTech scene looks promising, despite the challenges involved in operating within it. The industry’s current form isn’t set in stone; new sub-segments may rise to meet the evolving needs of Nigerians. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
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Nestlé and Coles are among some of the big name companies that have been slammed for running misleading advertising campaigns aimed at kids by an online network of concerned parents.
The annual Parents’ Voice Fame and Shame awards shines the spotlight on brands that use marketing tactics to sell unhealthy food to children.
Nestle’s catchy ‘add more to milk’ campaign for Milo was awarded for its slogan which implies that Milo will make a glass of milk healthier.
“More protein, more iron, more calcium, more Vitamin D,” the video advertisement intones repetitively.
“The reality is that you’re also adding nine grams of sugar to your glass… significantly reducing the healthiness,” Alice Pryor, campaigns manager and Australian mum told Your Money Live.
“Our parents really thought that the ad was targeted at kids. It was very catchy, it was a strong message and [we thought] that kids would be susceptible to it,” she said.
McDonald’s was named and shamed for driving “unhealthy participation” by kids through digital marketing with its ‘Happy Land’ phone app, which runs SnapChat-like features popular with the younger market.
“Research shows that if you can hook a kid into your product, you’ve got them as a consumer for life,” said Pryor.
Coles took home the ‘Pester Power’ award for encouraging kids to nag their parents about buying unhealthy products displayed on their shelves.
The popular Little Shop campaign offers kids a series of mini supermarket items to collect. The problem is that most of the food items are junk or processed foods, with just one item of fruit, according to Pryor.
“It really is concerning that you’ve got all of these kids playing with these junk foods and thinking that this is just part of an everyday shop and part of your diet,” she said.
Gatorade picked up the ‘Foul Sport’ award for its use of star athletes and video game-like features to draw in kids, despite the drink containing 150x the recommended sugar intake for adults.
“These awards are showing that the current method of self-regulation in the advertising industry isn’t working,” explained Pryor.
“It’s about saying to the food industry we’re keeping an eye on you and we’re not happy with what we’re seeing,” said Pryor. “The ultimate aim is that we want to see better regulation.


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Codfather and more: NJ aquarium has this amazing NY Times Square theme tank
🐠 Sea Life Aquarium has underwater NYC ocean tank
🐠 Among attractions at American Dream mall
🐠 'Fishy' takes on NY-NJ landmarks
Since its long-awaited opening, the American Dream mega entertainment and retail facility has continued to add new stores, dining options and attractions worth checking out.
One that has been a family-friendly hit has been SeaLife Aquarium — with roughly 3,000 creatures, living among more than 10 "interactive" environments.
From the moment you enter, you will notice the aquarium has a theme largely rooted across the Hudson River in Manhattan.
Hence the Jellies 54 tank, inspired by Studio 54.
For those who love Times Square, it's worth a stroll through the underwater Ocean tunnel, with what Sea Life calls "fishified" Manhattan landmarks such as:
🐠 Empire Skate Building
🐠 Flatfish Building
🐠 Angel’s Starfish Diner
🐠 FishLife building
Plus, pop-culture nods — like hit productions, 'Sprats' and 'The Codfather' (a tribute to 'Cats' and 'The Godfather,' respectively).
The ocean tunnel at SeaLife Aquarium is home to 20 species alone — including sharks, rays and tropical fish.
As it's 15 feet deep and pretty wide, it is cleaned regularly by SCUBA divers, according to the aquarium staff.
While the American Dream mall is pretty sprawling as a whole — it does try to maintain a zone approach.
Their high-end retail stores are largely in one wing — while this type of family-friendly attractions are close together.
Sea Life aquarium is right next to Legoland Discovery Center, making it a pretty easy day trip for families.
Admission is required for the full use of either, and there is a combination saver option when purchasing.
There also are seasonal event exhibits at Sea Life — including "Seahorse Hotel" from Feb. 26 through April 1.
With a spotlight on seahorses, the aquarium says visitors can "Learn more about what these creatures eat, threats to the species and sounds they make," with a few themed activities.
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A recent study from marketing firm Performics shows that 33 percent of people are most likely to respond to brand offers when they are reposted by a friend. The study states that 27 percent will do so on the brand’s page, 26 percent from the newsfeed, and 20 percent from a social ad.
The study also touched on some valuable information about branded content engagement. Consumers are most likely to engage with branded content containing images (44 percent). A close 40 percent of people said they are likely to engage with Status Updates and 37 percent with videos.
Another very interesting piece of information the study stated was the social media tendencies of mothers and fathers. It showed that moms are more likely to have a Facebook account than dads, although dads are significantly more likely than all other men and women, including moms, to have YouTube and Twitter accounts.
This information is based on the Perfomics Life on Demand social media survey which studied 2,000 Americans who visit a social network at least once a day about their use of social media across devices, channels and screens.
Instagram marketing is becoming more interesting with the introduction of its own tools, but we may still feel the need to use further platforms for more detailed insights, management, curation, monitoring.
Few digital terms are as dirty as clickbait. It's the scourge of the web, and Facebook recently announced a News Feed update aimed at reducing the prevalence of clickbait headlines on its service.
With so many bloggers and blog posts storming in every day, it is hard to stand out. The secret to creating an outstanding blog is to cultivate a community around your blog.
You don't have to be a large B2B company to create an impressive LinkedIn presence, all you need is the focus on the right direction and the consistency to succeed in your social efforts.


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The student loan app recently received a cryptocurrency license from the New York regulator. It is now the 24th holder of the New York Department of Financial Services’ BitLicense. This approval will allow the company to facilitate the buying and selling of Bitcoin and some other virtual currencies.
Lending startup ups the ante
SoFi is a fintech startup that helps with student loans via its app. Its BitLicense approval makes it the 24th regulated entity operating in the state of New York providing crypto services. Now, the company can start adding new crypto functionality to its app while staying within a robust regulatory infrastructure.
The users in the state will now be able to buy and sell cryptocurrencies using US dollars. The approved crypto coins include Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, Litecoin, Ethereum Classic, and Stellar Lumens. Other coins could be added in the future.
The regulator released a statement, saying,
“The Department’s approval of SoFi’s virtual currency and money transmitter licenses provides consumers with more choices in a continuously evolving global financial services marketplace.”
SoFi is a San Francisco-based company and has partnered with Coinbase, a popular cryptocurrency exchange. Coinbase facilitates the SoFi Invest platform which helps millennial investors get a student loan consolidation service. It also helps them track the movement of cryptocurrencies.
What to expect next?
SoFi CEO Anthony Noto commented on the BitLicense and said that they are thrilled to get the approval. He added that crypto functionality would bring new services to their users apart from the current suite of products. However, the road ahead may not be as easy for the company as it will have to comply with multiple reporting requirements. It will also have to rev up its cybersecurity, consumer protection, and anti-money laundering processes to maintain the license.
While New York has created a licensing procedure for crypto companies, the US authorities have not created a federal regulation for cryptocurrencies yet. However, lawmakers have been discussing this subject for very long. Some US states have started adopting a more lenient stance on digital currencies. However, New York is the only state by far that has created a firm regulation for the same. The crypto community isn’t too enthusiastic about the regulations as they are very strict.
It is unclear how SoFi will include these services in its current app. More details may emerge in the coming weeks.


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In response to the announcement today from Commission vice president in charge of competition policy Joaquin Almunia, AIM Chairman and Chief Executive Alison Wenham said;
“Universal are being forced to sell the crown jewels of EMI following their misjudged attempt to persuade the EC that there would be no competition concerns.
We congratulate the EC on a very diligent and thorough investigation, and now urge the Commission to continue to oversee the divestment programme, to ensure that competition is preserved in the music industry for the benefit of artists and consumers, independents and digital companies.
We want to see the independent sector strengthened, not weakened by the divestments and will continue to actively campaign to ensure this happens”.
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Android T-Mobile G1 turns white as of now
For those prospective G1-ers who have been holding out for the Google Android T-Mobile G1 in white, your wait is over as T-Mobile is now selling the white version along with the bronze and black versions.
The T-Mobile white G1 will still command the same pricing of $179.99 on a 2 year contract as the G1 black and G1 bronze and is available online and in store now.
The word is HTC, the manufacturer of the Google Android G1 expects to now ship one million of the Android powered G1 by year’s end which is a rise of 67 percent on the original sales target.
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LONDON (BLOOMBERG) - Dyson Holdings reported a 17 per cent jump in profit in 2019, a year when the home appliance maker decided to move its headquarters to Singapore from Britain and abandoned efforts to develop an electric car.
The company, best known for its vacuum cleaners and hand dryers, made a net income of £711 million (S$1.27 billion) last year, it said in filings in Singapore. That was after taking a £198 million hit from discontinued operations, including its automobile project. Revenue rose 23 per cent to hit £5.4 billion.
The results show the underlying business of relatively low-tech household machines is still going strong as its owner James Dyson, an outspoken Brexit supporter, pivots the company's operations from Britain to Asia.
Dyson was planning to spend around £2 billion on the electric car and collected 400 engineers to work on the secretive project at an abandoned British Air Force base, only to disband it altogether in October last year.
The company has since switched its focus to machine learning, robotics and other technologies, and is developing a new global headquarters at St James Power Station in Singapore. The company is opening a new manufacturing hub and starting a university programme targeted at product development in Singapore.
Dyson has also designed plans for an air purifier that could double as a pair of headphones, at a time when face masks have become must-have accessories to fight the spread of a deadly virus across Asia. The company previously said it intends to hire more than 2,000 people in South-east Asia over the coming years. However in July, Dyson said it would cut 900 of its 14,000 jobs globally due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The company said its results for 2018, when Mr Dyson became the wealthiest person in Britain, were restated to reflect a change from UK to Singapore's accounting policy.


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With big industry names, celebrities, and grand runway events from Moncler and Tommy Hilfiger, not to mention Versace's double anniversary, Milan Fashion Week, which starts this Tuesday, promises to be action-packed.
The Eternal City suddenly seemed eternally young, after the four-day Altaroma, a novel mix of haute couture shows; debutant catwalks displays, exhibitions and talks featuring fashion, design and photography greats.
And the multi-cultural winner is Act no1. The youthful duo of Luca Lin and Galib Gassanoff, whose brand is named Act no1, on Friday in Rome won the 2017 edition of Who Is On Next? - Italy’s key young designer prize.
The last edition of AltaRoma showed unprecedented vitality this July. Its president, Silvia Venturini Fendi, told FashionMag how the event is now completely renewed, focusing on young couture designers.
Marking its 15th anniversary, International Talent Support, took place July 15 and 16 in Trieste. The young designer competition took stock of its history and the evolution of creativity in the last decade.
Carlo Volpi, a specialist knitwear designer, has won the Pitti Uomo competition for young menswear talent in 2016, organised in conjunction with AltaRoma and Vogue. Special mention was given to French label Solovière.


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Industry-led semiconductor research center to be established soon: MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar
A modern research fab and a semiconductor laboratory will be co-located with the ISRC.
The roadshow was launched to encourage startups, next-generation innovators, and business leaders to invest in the semiconductor sector in India. In addition, the government plans to introduce an education curriculum as part of the Future Skills programme.
“It has been developed in collaboration with industry experts and academics. Many colleges will have new degrees, new electives, and new certification programs in Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI). We are actively working with fab companies to create on-the-job-training type of internships for students in the semiconductor space,” he said.
A report by the Semicon India Future Skills Talent Committee has recommended reskilling/upskilling courses with practical lab exercises and curriculum changes, Jaya Jagadish, country head and SVP - silicon design engineering, AMD, who was the chairperson of the 13-member panel, told ET.
“There is no dearth of raw talent in India and there are lakhs of students graduating every year,” she said, adding that the gap was in the skillset.
“There is a gap between academia and industry. There is a gap between what the industry needs versus what the students are acquiring in their basic education. This requires the industry to invest in some amount of training,” she said.
Students may have to go to a finishing school and refine their skills for the industry, she said, adding that they looked at various sectors in the industry: system design, chip design, ATMPs, display fabs, and foundries.
Chandrasekhar also announced the launch of the ChipIN Centre at the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Bengaluru, which will act as a one-stop center to provide semiconductor design tools, fab access, virtual prototyping, and hardware lab access, to fabless chip designers of the country.
He also said that the India AI datasets programme would be launched soon. It will be the world’s largest datasets programme which will catalyse the intelligent compute, AI compute, device and system design ecosystem.
The Digital India RISC-V Microprocessor Programme will develop, Siliconize and create design wins for future around SHAKTI and VEGA RISC-V processors and commercial grade Indian processors this year.
“We are building a comprehensive architecture around RISC-V and aim to make India a RISC-V talent hub for the world,” he said.
The first set of startups selected under the Semicon India Future Design DLI scheme are Vervesemi Microelectronics, Fermionic Design, and DV2JS Innovation.
Rakesh Malik and Pratap Narayan Singh, founders of VerveSemi, told ET that the DLI scheme is well planned to provide Indian companies all required ingredients to create semiconductor products for customers around the world.
"The selection process is carefully designed with experts in the field to review the business plan and select high potential startups, which is an important factor for validation of ideas," said Malik, CEO, VerveSemi.
The essential requirement on monetary support for product, licenses and silicon support is well met, he said.
The architecture of this scheme covers everything - right from the prototyping to the end deployment, Gautam Kumar Singh, CEO, Fermionic, told ET.
“The government is an enabler and not a manager of the scheme. This is an advantage as startups have their own pace in deep tech. A government benefit should not come at the cost of the time bandwidth of the startup, and I hope that is not the way the scheme is drafted,” Singh said.
The scheme offers financial incentives as well as design infrastructure support across various stages of development and deployment of semiconductor designs for Integrated Circuits (ICs), chipsets, System on Chips (SoCs), systems and IP cores and semiconductor linked designs over a period of five years.


text: There’s no doubt that Glendale’s DineEquity had a difficult 2017, what with unappetizing earnings, a departed chief executive and slowing traffic. Yet another low point was hit Friday when a leading stock-monitoring website put out a list showing that DineEquity was the worst-performing restaurant stock of the year. Seeking Alpha, a website for stock watchers and analysts, said that among all restaurant companies with market capitalizations of at least $300 million, DineEquity’s stock was down 35.5 percent for the year with only a week left. The restaurant chain, which mostly franchises IHOP and Applebee’s restaurants, saw same-restaurant sales decline 2.5 percent and 7.3 percent, respectively, through the first nine months of the year. Foot traffic has been slipping all year, and Julia Stewart, the longtime chief executive and chairwoman, resigned in February amid the dreary numbers. The Cheesecake Factory, based in Calabasas, fared only a bit better. Its stock declined 17.8 percent, coming in as 2017’s seventh-worst performing restaurant stock of the year so far. On the other end of the spectrum, McDonald’s had a good year. The No. 1 restaurant stock performer of the year was Arcos Dorados Holdings, which franchises McDonald’s restaurants in 20 Latin American countries. Its stock was up 88 percent. (Arcos is in Uruguay but its shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange.) McDonald’s itself came in at No. 4 on the best-performing list with an increase of 41.2 percent. Restaurant stocks as a whole were up 14.9 percent. If there’s any solace in it for DineEquity, a different list which came out Thursday showed the Glendale company was not the worst-performing restaurant company. That other list, from the Motley Fool, used a market-cap cutoff of $200 million, so it included smaller companies. It said the worst performer of the year was Irvine’s Habit Restaurants, down 42.3 percent. DineEquity’s stock, according to Motley Fool, was down 35.3 percent, tying it for second worst.


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Alibaba to double investment in Lazada Group with $2bn cash injection
Alibaba Group Holdings has announced it will invest further into Southeast Asian e-commerce giant, Lazada.
On Monday, the company stated it plans to invest a further $2bn into Lazada, which will double its investment to date.
Alibaba hopes to accelerate growth and deepen Lazada’s “integration into the Alibaba ecosystem”, according to a joint press release.
Currently, the Lazada Group is the biggest e-commerce platform in the region, operating across Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
In 2016, Alibaba invested $1bn into the venture, which it then doubled in 2017 to end up with an 83% stake in the business.
The businesses have expressed that Southeast Asia is “a key part of Alibaba’s growth”. It is hoped that the $2bn investment will help develop the digital economy and foster local talent in the Southeast Asian market. It will also “enable Lazada to tap into Alibaba’s resources to further serve consumers and empower merchants in Southeast Asia in innovative ways”.
In addition, Lazada announced that it has made the group chairman, Lucy Peng, CEO of the company in order to “drive Lazada’s growth strategies”.
Peng has stated: “With a young population, high mobile penetration and just 3% of the region’s retail sales currently conducted online, we feel very confident to double down on Southeast Asia. Lazada is well-positioned for the next phase of development of internet-enabled commerce in this region, and we are excited about the incredible opportunities for super-charged growth.”
Timeline: India takes unicorn leap with six in five days
We chart an historic week in India’s tech industry, where in just five days, between 5-9 April 2021, the country achieved six new unicorns, bringing India’s total to 10 in 2021 to date, an immense unicorn leap from just seven in 2020 and six in 2019.
April 5: Meesho
India’s first social commerce unicorn, Meesho raised US$300m from SoftBank, Facebook and Shunwei Capital, giving the Bangalore-based startup a US$2.1bn valuation, a threefold jump from its previous funding round in 2019. Founded in 2015 by two IIT-Delhi graduates, Meesho connects producers and resellers, helping small businesses sell through social media. It has 45m customers and has enabled 13m entrepreneurs to start their online businesses with no investment.
April 6: CRED
Founded just over two years ago, Bangalore-based credit card repayment app CRED raised US$215m from Falcon Edge Capital and Coatue, nearly trebling its valuation to US$2.2bn from its January US$80m round. Allowing customers to pay off their credit card debt while earning CRED coins which they cash in for rewards, CRED has grown rapidly during COVID-19, doubling its customer base to nearly 6 million in a year.
April 7: API Holdings / Groww
The first epharmacy startup to gain unicorn status, PharmEasy (API Holdings), which has digitised 60,000 brick and mortar pharmacies and 400 doctors across India, raised US$350m in a round led by Prosus Ventures. Founded by four former Flipkart employees as a way of making investing simple, investment platform Groww became India’s second-youngest fintech unicorn, raising US$83m in Series D funding led by Tiger Global, quadrupling its previous round in September.
April 8: ShareChat
New Delhi-grown social media startup ShareChat, founded in 2016 by Mohalla Tech raised US$502m from Lightspeed Ventures, Tiger Global, Twitter and Snap taking its raised total over six rounds to US$766m and pushing its valuation to US$2.1bn. The funding will be used to grow its user base and short video platform Moj, which launched in 2020 following TikTok’s ban in India. The regional language startup claims 280m users.
April 9: Gupshup
AI-led conversational message startup joined the unicorn club after raising US$100m from Tiger Global giving it a ten-fold valuation of US$1.4bn. The smart messaging platform, which has seen accelerated growth during the pandemic, was founded in Bangalore in 2005 by serial entrepreneur Beerud Sheth, whose online freelancing platform Elance is now listed. Gupshup’s API enables 100,000+ businesses to build messaging and conversation experiences across 30+ communication channels.


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Woman’s Own: eight extra pages
Woman’s Own is taking on extra staff to cater for its new eight-page slimming section.
The move follows fresh investment in both Woman and Woman’s Own, which have both gained eight extra pages and a 2p price rise to 72p.
Woman’s Own is now looking for extra feature writers, a beauty assistant, sub-editors and designers.
Woman’s Own editor Elsa McAlonan likened the new ‘Dream Bodies’ section to a mini-slimming magazine. Recent research proved the slimming features were a particular hit among readers. "Our readers absolutely love anything to do with slimming, so we decided to give them added value and do it every week," McAlonan said. "There were two areas they loved – the slimming and consumer pages – so we’ve expanded those sections."
Former News of the World and TV journalist Vivienne Parry has signed up to write about consumer issues, and TV presenter Anne Diamond will continue to test diet food.
The magazine is also gearing up to launch a series of eight one-shots dedicated to slimming. The series will be edited by Woman’s Own associate editor Caroline Reid and the first issue will appear later this month.
Although Woman’s Own is also in the process of recruiting an art editor, McAlonan said: "There isn’t going to be a dramatic redesign. We have already tweaked the design and freshened it up for the new year. I would like to change it every month or so, so there will be gradual changes."
Woman editor Carole Russell said she also had the budget to use more freelances if required and the situation will be reviewed over the next few weeks. The extra pages in Woman will be used to feature more makeovers, consumer tests, fashion for plus sizes and celebrities. "There just wasn’t enough room to put things in a 60-page issue," she said
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The start-up Color Genomics has quickly become a leader in employee genetic screening and counseling. It tests for harmful genetic mutations that could increase the risk of developing certain hereditary cancers or high cholesterol.
Small groups of employees were allowed to reenter YouTube’s headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., on Wednesday, a day after a woman shot three people in an office courtyard and killed herself. The attack has some companies scrutinizing their security policies.
A district south of downtown San Francisco was long known as Rincon Hill, South Beach or South of Market. This spring, it was renamed on Google Maps as the East Cut, a name that has spilled into the physical world.
The Nintendo Switch, which players tested at the E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles this year, has helped turn the company around.
Government officials, researchers and advertising executives have warned that microtargeting tools, like the kind Facebook offers, can be exploited to polarize and manipulate voters.
President Trump’s operation has run dozens of ads on Facebook recently that seek to rally support to confirm Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the vacant spot on the Supreme Court.
Checking the values of virtual currencies in January. Such currencies have slid more than 50 percent in value from their peaks early that month, bringing various problems to the fore.
Julie Bloom, a deputy editor on the national desk, communicates with her reporters in multiple ways: via text message, Slack, the Signal app, Gchat and phone calls.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is said to be investigating whether Uber systematically paid women less than men and discriminated against women in the hiring process.
An Apple store in Beijing. In a letter to shareholders, Apple’s chief executive, Timothy D. Cook, said poor sales in China had forced the company to reduce expectations for its most recent quarter.
The rush toward automation in China’s manufacturing center suggests Made in China 2025 will succeed, in part because the effort is bigger than Beijing.
Brian Krzanich, Intel’s chief executive, last year. Mr. Krzanich resigned from his executive and board member positions on Thursday.
In the new version of Gmail, top, click the gear icon to get to the option to return to the old version, bottom.
The Dell Inspiron 11.
Wen Shengjian, 14, of Dongying, China, said he knew the names of Google, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, but “I don’t need them.”
A new privacy law in California, believed to be the toughest in the United States, gives consumers new rights over their personal data.
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Facebook Launches Cloud-Based Gaming Streaming Service, Not Available on iOS
Facebook is this week officially launching a cloud-based streaming service for its gaming platform, after months of beta testing in select geographic locations.
Facebook’s new service, which is part of its Facebook Gaming project, will offer people access to smartphone games without the need to download or install an app. Instead, Facebook said people can play these games on a computer through its Facebook Gaming website or through its Facebook app on devices powered by Google’s Android software.
“Facebook Gaming has launched several cloud-streamed games in the Facebook app and [web] browser, playable instantly, with no downloads required,” Facebook VP Jason Rubin writes. “Cloud game streaming promises to deliver unprecedented access to games across every screen. And while we’re thrilled to play a part in that future, that future is a ways off.”
That’s an interesting way to undercut your new offering right at the launch, but Rubin refers, not so subtly, to competing cloud gaming services like Google Stadia and Microsoft Cloud Gaming that he says “overpromise and under-deliver.”
“We believe in the long-term future of cloud gaming, but we aren’t going to try to wow you with the wonders of our data centers, compression algorithms, resolutions, or frames per second,” he writes. “Cloud game streaming for the masses still has a way to go, and it’s important to embrace both the advantages and the reality of the technology rather than try to oversell where it’ll be in the future.”
The feature will be available to Android and web users for now, Facebook said, while it was working on alternative options to launch the feature on Apple’s iOS.
“Apple treats games differently and continues to exert control over a very precious resource,” the company said, adding it is unsure if launching on Apple’s App Store is a “viable” path.
Mr. Rubin does say, “We would be willing to give the 30% to Apple, that is not what’s holding us up. What’s holding us up is we’re not allowed to do the things that we’re doing on Android.”


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