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Increasing reliance on smartphones for various activities, such as streaming, online gaming and remote work is reflected in the substantial growth in data consumption. The national capital has been seeing early summer and sudden rains this year. The city’s maximum temperature in May was below normal on a few days. By 2037, the demand for cooling equipment such as air conditioners, refrigerators and cold chains is likely to be eight times higher than the current demand, according to a World Bank report.
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Some third party developers are shutting down their apps in a protest against the changes to the application programming interface. “You can now silence incoming calls from unknown contacts on the platform for even more privacy and control,” he wrote. Supercritical will build out its product and look to acquire new customers with the raise. Lightspeed was joined in the London based company’s Series A by others.
A recent probe by Europe’s antitrust authority into Microsoft’s licensing agreements that discouraged viral cloud usage is one of the reasons why they follow scrutiny worldwide. According to a new report by Counterpoint Research, almost half of the world’s smartphones sold in the first three months of the year came with anOLED screen. Counterpoint Research’s Global Handset Model Sales Tracker shows that the share of Tech News OLED display smartphones in global sales hit a record high in the first quarter. The carbon removal marketplace currently offers direct air capture, biochar, planting trees, enhanced weathering and bio oil to counteract users emissions.
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August 11, 2021 - The price of a cup of coffee is rising as the cost of Arabica beans hits seven-year highs after severe weather and the pandemic devastated Brazilian producers. Brazil supplies 40% of the world’s coffee.
Brazil coffee producing states have been dealt blow after blow over the past year. The impacts of the coronavirus pandemic -- including sick workers and skyrocketing freight costs -- coupled with the worst drought in nearly a century and freezing conditions -- have hit the nation’s coffee industry hard.
In July, an unusually harsh cold snap triggered frosts that wiped out more than 10 per cent of Brazil’s coffee crops. The most recent severe frost was in 1994, and in that case, there was a devastating combination of drought and frost.
Arabica coffee futures eased to $1.8 per pound on Wednesday (August 11) from an almost seven-year high of $2.09 hit on July 27 as concerns eased over the impact of severe weather on Brazil’s four largest growing regions Paraná, Sao Paulo, Minas Gerais and Bahia.
Still, prices are up more than 5 per cent in the last 12 months after the drought from April to June cut 2021 output. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, global coffee consumption will exceed production this year for the first time since 2017.

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EURUSD witnessed a decline in the morning of trading today, in the European market, it…
AUD/JPY Likely to Find Bullish Momentum If the Japanese Unemployment Rate Picks Up
AUD/JPY Weekly Outlook: 28th October 2020
Australia – Consumer Price Index
On Wednesday, at GMT 12:30 a.m., the Australian Bureau of Statistics will release the quarter-over-quarter consumer price index (CPI) figure. It measures the changes in the price of goods and services bought by Australian consumers in the last quarter.
The consumer price index is primarily used by the Australian central bank to measure inflation. Any significant change in the CPI often makes the Forex market extremely volatile. Also, inflation at the retail level has a big influence on the central bank’s future monetary policy. Hence, it is considered by Australian brokers to be a leading indicator of the Australian economy.
Last quarter, the Australian consumer price index decreased by -1.9%. The forecast for this quarter is that it will likely increase by 1.5%.
Japan – Unemployment Rate
On Thursday, at GMT 11:30 p.m., the Japanese Statistics Bureau will release the national unemployment rate. It measures the percentage of the total workforce which remained unemployed over the past month.
CFD traders consider the unemployment rate to be one of the most important fundamental indicators of the Japanese economy. It is because one of the main goals of the Bank of Japan is to keep unemployment as low as possible. Although this is a lagging indicator, analyzing this data can help Forex trading investors predict future interest rates and inflation situation in the country.
Last month, the unemployment rate in Japan came out at 3.0%. This month, analysts are expecting it to come out slightly higher, at 3.1%.
On September 8, 2020, the AUD/JPY broke below the uptrend line. However, by the end of the month, it found support near the 74.00 level. Over the last few weeks, it started a bullish retracement and broke above the intermediate downtrend line, but soon declined towards the support near 74.00. Yesterday, it once again tested the previous downtrend line. But, so far, it has failed to penetrate above the resistance near 74.95.
The Australian Consumer Price Index will likely increase by 1.5% over the last month. On the other hand, analysts are expecting the Japanese unemployment rate to increase by 0.1% to 3.1%. We believe it would set a bullish fundamental outlook for the AUD/JPY this week. Therefore, if the AUD/JPY closes above the resistance near 74.95, it would likely attract additional bullish momentum in the market.
Hence, CFD traders should look out for trading opportunities above this major resistance level around 74.95.
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LUCKNOW: The authorised CNG supplier in Lucknow-Green Gas Limited has announced launch of another CNG (compressed natural gas) in the city. Giving relief to many CNG consumers who had to queue before CNG stations, the company said it would launch the new online station in Saket pump station of Chinhat. This would be the second online station of Gomtinagar.
The Petroleum and Explosives Safety Organisation (PESO) formerly department of explosives, with its head office at Nagpur has given NOC to the Green gas company to open the CNG station in Chinhat. After its is launched, 7500 kilo CNG would be available at this station. After this, the total number of CNg stations in Gomtinagar would be four. Out of these two are off line (Vibhutikhand of Gomtinagar and Madiaon) while the rest two are online stations.
After the new station is opened in Chinhat, it would help around thousand odd vehicles to get refilled in a day. It is planned to give refill to autos, tempos, and CNG operated cars. The company confirmed that to open the new station, pipelines have already been laid.
However it also said that to install four more nozzles in Vibhutikhand CNG station of Gomtinagar, it could take some more time. The company has decided to add four more nozzles in this station to help the tempos, autos, school-buses and vans and private cars who queue before the CNG station.
Officials said that to buy new nozzles and obtain NOC for the same would require more time. Their installation may take 3 more months. Lucknow has been struggling with poor CNG supply and less number of refill stations. Residents complain they often get too less CNG due to poor pressure despite standing for hours in the queue.


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IPhone sold in Turkey on 18 October 11 after s shoe at a time which will checkers 2020 iPhone models began to emerge about the leak. Apple 11 does not experience a major revolution with the Apple , the new iPhone will be launched in 2020, the revolutionary features that can carry out.
First of all, let’s look at the 2020 iPhone rumors. These rumors include the augmented reality experience that has become popular habits of 2019. In this context , Apple is expected to improve the screen notch , AR feature with this feature is to improve the display feature. More precisely, those who are Apple analysts are mostly in this direction.
According to recent rumors, ProMotion screens can be seen on next year’s iPhones. This is quite an expectation because the company’s previous reports, focuses on this situation.
This feature confirms the previous expectations and the ProMotion feature on iPad Pro looks like the future for 2020 iPhones. With this feature, screens will become faster and responsive. In fact, according to DigiTimes , the screen’s refresh rate of 90Hz, as opposed to iPhones, this speed is expected to increase from 60 Hz to 90 Hz, even 120 Hz. However, it is important to note that these fast displays will seriously affect battery life.
The 2020 iPhones, which are expected to continue with OLED screens, are expected to have 5G as well as boost refresh rates. In addition to the radical changes expected on the screen, a smaller notch is among the new expectations.


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The Legends of Runeterra has received an overwhelming response all over the world since its official launch last week. However, users who started playing the digital card game complained that there were a number of bugs in the Legends of Runeterra, including issues related to some Champion cards. Riot Games has announced in a Reddit post that they have rolled out a hotfix to address some of the most pressing bugs.
Hotfix resolves the Legends of Runeterra bugs
For the uninitiated, Legends of Runeterra is a free-to-play game available on both PC and mobile devices. You can download it here. Users had complained that the Champions’ abilities were not working as intended when they leveled up. Some cards were overpowered while others were just not working. They have all been patched up now.
In a Reddit post, Riot Games said it has fixed errors related to Sejuani, Lee Sin, Vi, and the Twisted Fate. According to the company:
- Sejuani’s leveled up ability should always work now, even with start-of-round effects such as Citybreaker. Previously, it worked only sometimes.
- Lee Sin will get a proper Barrier when players cast a second spell. That’s even if Lee Sin has leveled up from the first spell in a round.
- Vi will not temporarily gain +8 attack power when she leveled up.
- Finally, Twisted Fate will be playable with a full board.
Balancing bug fixes and new features
Riot Games has promised to push out the Patch 1.1 next week. The company said the most important patches had to be released as early as possible. The next week’s patch will fix even more bugs in the Legends of Runeterra and might bring some other changes. Riot Games said it had to find a balance between fixing bugs to improve the current experience and developing new stuff.
Now that some of the biggest kinks have been ironed out, users can enjoy the game in a better way while waiting for the next week’s patch. The Legends of Runeterra is based on League of Legends characters, but it’s easy to pick up even for newbies. There are spell cards, champion cards, and follower cards. You will be building decks using these cards while trying to destroy your opponent’s nexus.


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A popular village take-away is offering free nosh to celebrate the Foxes fantastic and fairy-tale climb to the top of the Premier League.
Barwell Fish Bar will be giving away mini fish and chips to the first 10 customers then free sausage and a cone of chips for the rest for one hour - all for the princely sum of nothing.
The promotion is planned from 4.30pm on Saturday May 7, an hour before newly-crowned champions Leicester take on Everton at home.
There will also be balloon give-aways to children.
Nimal Gill, who runs the shop in Malt Mill Street, said: “We put a sign in our window two months ago with the offer that ‘if city either win the league or come runners up we will celebrate by giving free fish and chips.
“There is a lot of support for city around here and I think the prospect of free fish and chips has excited people.”
Among the terms and conditions are that recipients be wearing a Leicester City scarf, shirt or badge and either sing a chant or jig around the shop for a minimum of 10 seconds to display their glee.


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The release date for Ark: Survival Evolved has been pushed back by three weeks.
Initially set for full release on 8th August, the Early Access dinosaur survival game will now come out 29th August.
Writing on Ark's community forum, developer Studio Wildcard explained the game has completed its gold master and certification for retail release. However, the process took longer than expected resulting in a delayed full release.
"We're deeply apologetic for those who were negatively affected by the delay; it sucks, it wasn't what we had wanted, nor planned but where we currently stand," Studio Wildcard wrote. "We wanted to address this sooner but did not want to make any statements until we were completely sure of what was going to happen."
As a result of this, the Ragnarok DLC has also been delayed and will release alongside the full game on 29th August.
However, developer Studio Wildcard assured fans the wait will be worth it and has promised immediate patches to the PC version of the game in order to take care of community concerns.
"This extended time will allow further development of the map and you guys can expect a gigantic update, even bigger than we initially thought," the developer wrote.
"On the date of release, the overground of the world will increase by approximately one quarter, which is near-enough a 'The Island-sized' expansion; the update will feature new biomes, a coastal Wyvern canyon, an epic boss encounter, new engrams, and something secret the Ragnarok team are cooking up. We will also be adding their custom creatures to our main game, which will allow players to transfer them via the CrossARK system, so you'll be able to bring over your Ice Wyverns to The Island, The Center, and Scorched Earth."
This isn't the first issue Studio Wildcard has ran into with launching Ark out of Early Access. Earlier this month, the developer doubled the price of the game to £49.99 on Steam and, in the process, angered some fans.
In an interview with Eurogamer, Jeremy Stieglitz, Ark lead designer, lead programmer, development director and co-founder of Studio Wildcard explained the developer forced into a price hike by retailers who insisted the game cost the same in those shops as it does online.
"It has to do with one thing, and one thing only: seeing your game in a jewel case on store shelves. That's very important to us. We really really at the outset wanted to have this be a retail launch, have this game reach retail consumers. Not everybody downloads digital titles."


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The modern luxury home is no longer a relic of the past.
Its sleek lines and stylish furnishings have found a new place in the modern decor and design industry.
The rise of the designer and the consumer have made a huge difference to how we decorate our homes and our lives, said Prodigy founder Tom Thomsson, who has been working on his design portfolio since 2012.
The home he created in 2010 was a “reboot of the old” to be more functional and elegant.
“We wanted to show people that you can create a home of your own, and make it feel like a living room, a living bedroom,” he said.
The brand now has a website, a blog, and a Twitter account.
In 2018, it added two luxury residences to its portfolio: the $9 billion, 665,000-square-foot, 8,000 square-foot Prodigy Estate and the $5 billion, 4,400-square foot, 495,000 sq.-ft. 5.5-bedroom Prodigy Manor.
The mansion, a $60 million, 3,100 square-ft. penthouse, features five bedrooms, a pool, and an indoor garden.
Prodigy also has plans to open its own luxury home next year, a 1,200-square feet mansion in the same building as the Manor.
Prodigies interior design and furnishings were designed by famed architects Roberta Kaplan and Robert Clements, and the designer’s home is part of a collection of art by Clements.
Prody also designs a collection for the designer.
The new mansion will be open to the public starting in 2019, and Thomssson said he will have guests on a monthly basis.
The company’s website describes its home as a “home on wheels,” where guests can enjoy the luxury of living in the house.
The designer said he doesn’t need to be home to work, so the company can offer an array of services to help guests find the time to live in the home.
“The house is just a living space, but we have a lot of options to help the guests feel like they are actually in a home,” he explained.
Thomson said the house can be rented for up to 40 nights a year for up of $2,500 per night.
The design studio he has in Los Angeles and New York is also a work of art.
It is designed to blend in with the surrounding neighborhood, where people live in apartments, and is not a typical living room or living room furniture.
“It’s like living in a castle,” Thoms said.
Proxies current home is being used as a studio for a design collaboration with a designer and illustrator.
The designers plan to launch a series of interior and design projects, which are expected to launch later this year.
“A lot of people say, ‘It’s not a house I want,’ ” Thoms told me.
“They want the traditional look, the traditional feel, and I want to do that.”


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“Electric car sales are energising the market”
With challenging financial and economic news in abundance, there are some good signs at least for the UK car industry. Recent analysis from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has shown that sales of used cars in the UK increased by 5.1% in Q1, with 1,774,351 cars changing hands.
Breaking it down month by month, auto sales were up 17.7% in January and by 7.4% in February, but down in March (-6.8%). Interestingly, as consumers look to buy more environmentally friendly vehicles, the market for second hand electric cars is seeing immense growth, with sales of used battery electric vehicles (BEVs) growing from 6,625 to 14,586 in Q1, a rise of 120.2% from a year earlier.
Chief Executive of the SMMT Mike Hawes commented, “With the new car market hampered by ongoing global supply shortages, growth in the used car market is welcome, if unsurprising especially given we were in lockdown last year. Electric car sales are energising the market, with zero emission vehicles starting to filter through in larger numbers to consumers looking forward to driving the latest and greenest vehicles. Although there is some way to go before we see the recent growth in new EVs replicated in the used market, a buoyant new car market will be vital to help drive fleet renewal which is essential to the delivery of carbon savings.”
As used car prices soar, there are expectations that cost-of-living issues are likely to have an impact on the used car market, but that demand could stay high and “is likely to continue until the issues impacting new car production are resolved and more supply enters the used car market. That is unlikely to be this year,” according to UK Head of Automotive at KPMG, Richard Peberdy.
UK economy grew in Q1, but contracted in March
Data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed the UK economy grew by 0.8% in Q1, primarily because activity rebounded strongly in January as some Omicron-related restrictions lifted. However, the economy contracted unexpectedly in March, as consumers started to rein in spending. GDP fell by 0.1% in March, predominantly led by a 0.2% fall in output from the service sector. A Reuters poll of economists expected GDP to be flat in March and to have grown by 1.0% during Q1.
ONS Director of Economic Statistics Darren Morgan commented, “The UK economy grew for the fourth consecutive quarter and is now clearly above pre-pandemic levels, although growth in the latest three months was the lowest for a year.”
Summer support package on the cards?
It has been reported that Chancellor Rishi Sunak is intending to make an announcement in August, around the time when the energy regulator Ofgem prepares the next price cap, amid mounting pressure for the government to act to support households with their finances. A package to expand cost-of-living support measures to buffer households from a further jump in energy bills, when the revised price cap takes effect in October is hoped for. Speaking this week, Andrew Bailey Governor of the Bank of England said Britain faces an “apocalyptic” rise in food prices caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as households continue to be impacted by escalating costs.
Last week there was a sharp sell-off of shares following the surprise news of an economic contraction, with the FTSE losing ground as the GDP news weighed. This week, the FTSE 100 entered positive territory as investors digested the most recent Labour Force Survey data from ONS. The unemployment rate fell to 3.7% between January and March, the lowest for almost 50 years, as job openings rose to a new high of 1.3 million. For the first time since records began, there are more job vacancies than unemployed people in the UK.
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Some Apple executives have been assigned new responsibilities, Bob Mansfield will focus on chips instead
After Bob Mansfield’s departure from Apple’s leadership team, the responsibilities of some executives have been revised.
Following the departure of Mansfield, former Senior Vice President of Technologies, the “special projects” section was split between two Senior VPs: Dan Riccio, Chief Hardware and Jeff Williams, Chief Operations.
Dan Riccio will now be responsible for overseeing the design of antennas for Apple’s mobile devices, as well as hardware engineering for the WiFi components of all Apple products.
In addition to Senior Vice President of Technologies, Mansfield was also responsible for special projects for Apple’s engineering team. In his new role, the sources say, Mansfield will continue to contribute to special projects (such as the iWatch) and Jeff Williams will help oversee the management of these groups.
With Riccio in charge of the antenna design and general hardware engineering of all products, the components will be designed under one roof, rather than being split between the two teams.
Perhaps, Williams’ contribution to special projects will be key to the future production of these products, Williams is the executive charged with insuring Apple’s suppliers and factory partners to build Apple products under compliance.
Mansfield’s new role will actually be fulfilling, especially for what Cook reported:
“Bob Mansfield will lead a new group, combining our wireless teams from across the company into one organization, which will enable us to achieve high standards in this industry. This organization will also include all of our semiconductor teams, which have some very ambitious plans. “
With the new role, Mansfield will focus on chips, while still being able to distribute executive and management duties assigned to Hedgehog and Williams. Mansfield’s role is also logical, as Apple has a desire to move away from the Intel chips found in Macs.
Apparently, Apple has no imminent plans to appoint a new Senior Vice President of Technologies, in fact the role was created specifically for Mansfield last fall.
According to a source close to the former Technologies team, there has been a lack of formal internal communication regarding the reasoning behind the management shift.
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Lischewski's attorney, John Keker, said his client has lived a hardworking and ethical life and is innocent. "When the facts are known and the truth emerges, Mr. Two other Bumble Bee executives have already pleaded guilty to price-fixing, and the company itself agreed to pay a $25 million fine for the same offense last year. All rights reserved. The Department of Justice alleges that Lischewski met and communicated with rival seafood companies to keep tuna prices artificially high.
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Two other executives at Bumble Bee have pleaded guilty in the price-fixing scheme, and Bumble Bee Foods last year agreed to pay a $25-million fine after pleading guilty to price-fixing. Time Inc. U.S. prosecutors filed a criminal charge Wednesday against the CEO of Bumble Bee Foods as part of an ongoing investigation into price fixing in the packaged seafood industry. If convicted, he faces a potential 10-year prison sentence, a $1 million fine, and other penalties.
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Penford develops gluten-free ingredients for mainstream products
The idea of Penford’s PenTechGF is to provide the texture, appearance and mouthfeel of wheat-based products, so that companies can provide gluten-free products as part of their mainstream portfolios, rather than as part of a specialist niche.
The gluten-free market has grown at an average annual rate of 28 percent since 2004, according to market research organization Packaged Facts, despite estimates that less than one percent of the population suffers from celiac disease, the autoimmune disorder triggered by gluten. Only 40,000 to 60,000 Americans have been diagnosed with celiac disease, but the federal government estimates that there could be as many as 3m who are undiagnosed.
Director of research and development at Penford Food Ingredients Bryan Scherer told FoodNavigator-USA.com: “If you look at the market for this kind of product, even though it might seem like a niche market, there’s been double digit growth for a number of years…Most gluten-free offerings are not very good. We would not only solve a problem for celiacs but also for their families that are forced to eat the same bad food as they are.”
He explained that the PenTechGF systems could be used to replace any ingredient mix that contains gluten, or to improve current gluten-free offerings.
The product is a dry system that can be customized according to manufacturers’ specific needs, based on a proprietary blend of non-gluten-containing flours, starches and dehydrated potato.
The coating mix can be used for fried products like meat, chicken, seafood, vegetables and onion rings, providing a Japanese-crumb type coating that holds up to the frying process, Scherer said.
The company claims that its gluten-free fish batter mix adheres better than others on the market, with a good bite, and a neutral flavor that allows for customized flavorings.
For bakery, the system is mainly rice starch, potato and tapioca, with the mix of starches and flours tailored for use with specific formulations. The company said that these can produce gluten-free products with good elasticity, muffins with a more open crumb grain, volume for bread height, non-crumbly pastries, and textures that are not gummy or dry.
Penford’s president John Randall said that providing attributes associated with gluten-containing products means that food makers could offer gluten-free products as mainstream items.
He said: “A company can simply state that all their crispy, fried or baked goods are naturally and deliciously gluten-free.”
And the gluten-free trend could be set to continue: Packaged Facts has estimated that sales of gluten-free products will reach $2.6bn by 2012, up from $1.56bn in 2008 and $580m in 2004.


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From Car Power to Solar Power: EV Batteries Have A Sustainable Second Life
One company is tackling the issue of discarded batteries for reuse to store energy from solar panels and sell it to the grid when it’s needed most.
The first of those facts is that, over time, lithium-ion batteries lose their capacity. So, just as smart phone users start thinking about swapping out their batteries once they’ve been forced to walk around with a charger to keep their phone working throughout the day, electric vehicle owners want a new battery once their range has been noticeably curtailed. With EV sales growing exponentially—and California’s coming ban on gas-powered cars—there are soon to be a lot of used batteries on the market.
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Meanwhile, sustainable energy has yet to solve the problem of how to get electricity to people when they want it. Solar is now cheaper than coal, but, unfortunately, the sun has already set when people use electricity most. And wind power, also cheaper than ever, remains intermittent. So, solar and wind still only produce a small percentage of our electricity.
Here we have a simple case of two problems coming together to create a solution. “It seems like a no-brainer,” said Ian Mathews, CEO and co-founder of Sensai Analytics, a company that hopes to bring the two industries together with data analysis. “Take these batteries and don’t just throw them out—reuse them. But to do that, there are a lot of technical challenges to be solved by mechanical engineers and many others.”
Indeed, though it may seem obvious to use those batteries to save our sun- and wind-generated power for the night, doing so is not a simple matter of plugging solar cells into EV batteries. For one thing, not all batteries are alike. Batteries from different manufacturers have different properties and different electronics. And batteries used differently by their owners can have wildly different capacities. And then there’s the issue of risk: if one of those batteries should catch fire, who is responsible? The original manufacturer? The power plant?
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One company that’s tackling these issues is B2U Storage Solutions. Their energy storage facility in Lancaster, California, uses electric vehicle battery packs to store energy from solar panels and sell it to the grid when it’s needed most. The facility has over 1,000 batteries with a current storage capacity of 20 megawatt-hours, and continues to expand.
At the moment, those batteries come from Nissan Leafs and from Honda Clarity BEVs and are connected in series and in parallel strings. “We reuse the batteries ‘as is’ in our system, eliminating repurposing costs,” said Freeman Hall, the company’s president. Unlike other, more costly, forms of recycling, where the battery components are disassembled and reassembled for reuse, the batteries in B2U setup remaining in their original pack casing.
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“Our controller allows us to use the battery packs as they come out of the vehicle, using the pack’s battery management system software,” said Hall. The B2U system allows batteries with different levels of health and capacity work together. “Each battery type has different guardrails in terms of voltage, current, cell temperature, etc.” The controller also monitors the temperature in the cabinets and can detect gas buildup and other hazards. And, of course, it works to get as high a yield as possible from the batteries.
As for the risk of fire, as a storage solution for wind and solar, it’s minimal. For one thing, the batteries are treated much more gently than they are on the road. They’re charged and discharged slowly and they run on a tenth of the amperage that it takes to move a car. Needless to say, batteries designed to withstand the travails of hurling down a highway, 12 inches over the asphalt, are going to do just fine in a cushy temperature-controlled cabinet.
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It’s true that used EV batteries don’t have the energy density of batteries made specifically to serve as storage for a power plant. But solar and wind energy are usually produced in places with plenty of land where capacity isn’t much of an issue.
The only real challenge to using a system like B2U’s to solve our sustainable energy storage problem is that of inventory. And that, no doubt, is soon to change. “Three years ago, we started to see the first trickle of EV batteries becoming available for second life usage, and that trickle has increased to a steady stream,” said Hall. “In a few years the supply will be a flood.”
Michael Abrams is a technology writer based in Westfield, N.J.


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Is News Release Distribution for SEO Dead?
The days of pseudo-news releases that are purely SEO tools are dead and should be buried.
The public relations and SEO PR worlds are still reeling a bit after the big changes that came in Google’s latest algorithm update, dubbed Penguin 2.0. Simply put, they have changed the role of the news release, or at least altered it once again.
For years, many (including myself) have advocated the use of news release distribution as a search engine optimization (SEO) tool. The strategy was that by embedding links and sending releases out via distribution networks like PRWeb, Businesswire and OnlinePRMedia, you could increase the number of inbound links to your website and thus increase its search rankings. A secondary, but also very important, benefit of this release distribution was discovery. By having your release available in multiple locations, you increased the chance of someone finding it.
Penguin 2.0 has changed all of that. There are two new and important rules from Google that relate to news release distribution:
- Press releases will be treated as a paid placement by Google.
- Optimized anchor text links in a press release distribution will be considered “unnatural” and will not pass PageRank in Google search results.
Essentially what this means is that those links in news releases won’t help you anymore. In fact, they could hurt you.
So, does this kill news release distribution for SEO? I don’t believe so. However, it does change it and perhaps reduces its impact. I checked into what some of the distribution firms are doing. A quick survey of Businesswire, OnlinePRMedia and PRLeap shows that they all made the change to give outbound links from their news releases a “no-follow” attribute. This means that Google will ignore them, and thus not “ding” your website for having a paid or unnatural link.
What this change in Google also means is that quality content is even more critical. In an email discussion with Christine O’Kelly from OnlinePRMedia, she agreed:
“To win in search today is to have substance — not just a good SEO company. There are companies with substance that have seen a drop — but from what I’ve experienced, it’s because they aren’t doing a great job of conveying that substance, getting others to talk about them, and making a presence for themselves. That’s what a PR firm does — and press releases are one of the tools that PR firms use.”
A blog post from Fred Godlash and John Leung at Businesswire echos that sentiment:
For example, if the Associated Press picked up your press release and did a national story, you would not gain links simply from having your story on AP, but from the subsequent results of that story. The benefit happens when millions of readers discover your story and engage with your company or brand. They may choose to link to you or share that information on their social networks.
So, what do you do? Should you stop paying for online distribution? No .. you shouldn’t. However, while content has been king for a while, it’s now the grand high emperor for life. Well thought-out and well written and executed content that is interesting to your audience will be retweeted, posted on Facebook, and even posted on Google+ (if you do that sort of thing). It will also be blogged about (like the Businesswire post I quoted above) and news organizations will write about it. That’s how you gain links in the current Google environment. Using online release distribution will increase the number of people who can potentially find your content, and thus is a tool you should consider using.


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Nesbitt family country store, post office set for restoration
Tucked away in the woods down a winding dirt road in the Pauline community lies a building formerly used as a country store and post office.
It's been decades since it was last open for business. The Nesbitt family ran the store in the late 1800s to serve the surrounding tenant farmers.
The building's wood structure is weathered, and the front door is locked chained and locked. A back door left open provides entrance to where residents once purchased all the food and household items they needed to sustain life.
The shelves inside are still filled with glass jars and empty medicine bottles. Children's shoes are scattered on the floor along with what's left of a plastic gun and old bank documents.
The building was moved from its original location in the 1950s to the Galloway family's property on Walnut Grove Road. John Galloway's father, Roslyn Mac Galloway, helped relocate the building.
"It was on the other side of the dirt road," John Galloway, of Pauline, said. "The paved road wasn't there. I helped my father put poles on it to keep it from falling completely down."
Galloway said after the store was closed, his family used the building for storage. There are plans to have the structure restored to its original condition.
The Tyger River Foundation purchased the site four years ago. The site includes the store and dilapidated buildings once used as slave quarters, according to Tyger River Foundation Treasurer Monty Mullen. For years, the land was farmed for cotton and corn.
"We want to restore the country store and post office to what it once was," Mullen said. "It's just nice to just preserve history and show people what it was like."
The Nesbitt community was once located between Walnut Grove and Woodruff. Mullen said a grant from the king of England to Robert Rogers in 1785 included more than 190 acres. The land was later sold to the Nesbitt family, according to Mullen.
Galloway recalls life on the farm as a boy. He was raised in the house, which sits directly in front of the former store. Galloway said he always enjoyed the country life.
"It was like it is now," Galloway said. "We used to go rambling around this place. We had tenants at one time, and they farmed different parts of this land."
Galloway said he hoped the former store could be used again.
"It would be great if it gets restored," Galloway said. "We think it's a treasure."
Mullen said items formerly used by the post office were removed and placed in storage. After the building is restored, she hopes the items will be returned to showcase the post office's history.
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Commercials used to be more than a 6-second ad on YouTube. Remember the days when a 20-minute television show actually took 30-minutes to watch on Live TV? Then, Tivo changed the game, giving people the power to pause, rewind, and fast forward—letting us skip past everyone’s favorite TV interruption. Since those days, things have continued to change. We used to “tape” our favorite shows, then we “recorded” them, and now we stream them. And over the last decade, innovative companies have risen up to take that concept to the next level—giving birth to over-the-top streaming (OTT) platforms. OTT has revolutionized the media industry and has become so much a part of our everyday lives that we now have a national day to celebrate the magical realm of streaming: HAPPY STREAMING DAY!
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What did this last year look like for streaming?
There is certainly a lot to celebrate in the world of streaming today with companies continuing to generate exciting releases as they claim their spot at the big media table. Here are some of the top stories in big media that you don’t want to miss!
- When Disney launched their Disney+ app, it was downloaded 3.2 million times in the first 24 hours and is already on pace to replace Netflix as the largest streaming service.
- Of course, Netflix has no intentions of going quietly. They received the most Golden Globes this year, followed closely by Amazon and Disney, all of which won multiple awards.
One story is behind the latest streaming surges
Of course, the biggest story in streaming (and in the world) this last year was the coronavirus pandemic. With people all over the world in lockdown for large periods during 2020, streaming services saw massive usage across the board:
The ever-increasing amount of players in the game has platforms spending big bucks.
And if you’re wondering what streaming services are doing in response to increased demand, look no further than how much they’re spending on original content:
Netflix has content payments due over several years, and those content obligations totaled $19.2 billion at the end of 2020.
Amidst all the growth the large streaming services are experiencing, there are also more eyes to compete for than ever before. According to the most recent data, 78% of consumers in the United States were using a subscription video on demand service in 2020, an increase of more than 25% in four years.
With the percentage of cable TV subscriptions in America hovering around 44%, it seems OTT platforms are aggressively carving away at that gap bringing the once far off idea of ‘death to cable TV’ into present reality! Don’t believe us? Check out these stats that show streaming FOMO is taking over!
40% of adults between the ages of 18-34 admitted to canceling or not showing up for other plans in order to stream content
According to Statista, US online user digital video penetration will reach a total of roughly 250 million total viewers in 2022.
In 2018, Facebook generated 6.81 billion U.S. dollars in revenue from video advertising. The social media platform is estimated to have made 10.2 billion U.S. dollars from video ads in 2020 (source)
To say that OTT streaming hasn’t influenced our lives is a gross misconception considering the term “binge-watching” didn’t exist before the streaming era! Some other terms you can thank video streaming for:
Stands for over-the-top, initially named in reference to devices that go “over” a cable box to give the user access to TV content.
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A term used to describe the combination of OTT optimization, creator self-distribution, and MCN into one powerful solution
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An "Apple Events" channel was quietly added to users' Apple TV main screens on Monday, along with a link on Apple's official website, revealing the company plans to allow members of the public to view a live stream of today's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote.
The temporary channel and a link on the main page of Apple's website both indicate that today's event, which will begin at 1 p.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. Pacific, will be available to stream online.
The highlight of today's WWDC 2013 keynote is expected to be iOS 7, Apple's next-generation mobile operating system for the iPhone and iPad. The company is also planning to show off OS X 10.9, the next major release for its Mac operating system.
Also likely on tap for today are new Macs, with a refresh of Apple's MacBook Air lineup the most likely candidate. The new notebooks are expected to receive Intel's latest-generation Haswell processors, as well as new dual microphones that will aid in voice recognition.
The Apple TV Events channel previously appeared in October of last year ahead of Apple's iPad mini event. In addition to the Apple TV, the keynote presentation was also viewable on Mac and iOS devices.
The WWDC 2013 keynote presentation will begin live at 1 p.m. Eastern, 10 a.m. Pacific from Moscone West in San Francisco, Calif. AppleInsider will have full, live coverage of the event.


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In order to help fight climate change, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is slated to pay out $9.6 billion on 66,000 electric trucks and their infrastructure. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, BILLION, and no doubt that is contingent upon them not catching fire.
The United States Postal Service is aiming to acquire at least 66,000 battery electric delivery vehicles by 2028– playing its part in reducing emissions. All new vehicles acquired by the postal service from 2026 through 2028 are expected to be 100% electric.
The postal service plans to acquire 60,000 “next generation delivery vehicles” – at least 75% of which will be battery electric – plus an additional 21,000 battery electric commercial vehicles off the shelf, depending on availability, according to a news release.
The USPS currently has more than 220,000 old vehicles in its fleet and delivers to 163 million addresses, six days per week.
Though most of the money to pay for the new vehicles will come from the Postal Service’s budget, Congress has set aside $3 billion to assist with the effort. In a certain sense, the price tag makes sense since the U.S. government operates the largest vehicle fleet in the world. But imagine the huge amounts of indirect carbon emissions these new vehicles will produce and our tax dollars will pay for it.
Worst of all, during February, Congress forgave most of the agency’s $63 billion debt and even provided the Postal Service a bailout of $107 billion. In fairness, the electric vehicle purchases are ultimately a pledge and won’t begin until 2026. Hopefully, Biden will be turned out of office before this takes place (if it does at all).
Then there’s the continuous inefficiencies the Postal Service suffers from that many of us are aware of and the good citizens of deep Blue Flagstaff, Arizona recently experienced:
“Flagstaff Main Post Office has not been delivering mail to our 65-unit townhouse community except sporadically,” said Sherri Jablonski, a resident of East Spring Meadows Circle, near Foxglenn Park.
“The week of Dec. 5 we went three days without delivery, finally receiving our mail on Dec. 10. Last week we did not receive any mail until Dec. 15,” Jablonski added.
This sporadic service was enough to send Jablonksi and a neighbor to their local post office to inquire about the delays.
“We were both given the following reasons,” Jablonski said. “It’s the holidays, we’re short-staffed, if it’s dark when they get to your mailbox unit, they will bring all your mail back to the post office.”
It’s more important to spend billions in order to fight climate change than people getting their mail delivered on time.
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Lysander Spooner tried to compete with that Comstockist monopoly. I’m eager to bet money that as soon as all those 1903 reruns get frozen to alleviate the subsequent energy shortage. The looter Kleptocracy will doubtless send the IRS fanning out to grab another 100 BILLION dollars to follow those 10 billion down the rathole. To hell with legalizing and deregulating nuclear energy.
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Robert Smith of The Cure said that Ticketmaster would refund some of the money to fans after the rocker reprimanded the company for charging exorbitantly high fees.
Smith posted a series of tweets on Tuesday and Wednesday, writing in all capital letters that the band wanted to keep tickets for their “Shows of a Lost World Tour” at a reasonable price.
Before tickets went on sale, the band stated that they had a price cap at each show and that they would work with ticketing companies to prevent scalpers, reduce resellers, and keep ticket prices at face value. Was doing.
But some fans shared pictures on social media of the service fee, convenience fee and order processing fee that caused the prices to skyrocket. One picture showed that the fee alone was more than the $80 a person would pay for four tickets.
In a separate post on Thursday, Smith said further negotiations had taken place regarding his fee, and Ticketmaster had agreed to refund fans who had already purchased tickets. Going forward, the ticket fees will be lower, he posted.
Ticketmaster has stated that it does not control the fees but keeps a portion for operating costs. In most cases, venues set up and keep the fees, the company said in a February 7 blog post.
“Similarly, venues incur a lot of expenses, including hiring staff and putting on shows including building upgrades, insurance, paying suppliers and more. If these charges go down, then Venues may have to charge artists higher nightly rentals, resulting in increased ticket prices,” Ticketmaster’s post said.
The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday.
Ticketmaster has come under heavy scrutiny in recent months as fans struggle to secure tickets. In November, it canceled general sale tickets for Taylor Swift’s tour because demand for verified fan sales was too high and caused “insufficient remaining ticket inventory”. Fans sued Live Nation Entertainment, the parent company of Ticketmaster, in December.
Following the uproar, the Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings to examine Ticketmaster’s role in the ticketing industry and question whether its merger with Live Nation in 2010 unfairly hurt customers.


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LONDON, UK — One of the world’s leading award shows that honor creativity in the advertising and brand communications space, the London International Awards (LIA) is pleased to host this year’s Integration Jury President and his elite jury members to Las Vegas for the 2022 judging.
Bruno Bertelli is adding LIA Jury President for Integration to his many titles; Global Chief Creative Officer di Publicis Worldwide, Chief Creative Officer of Publicis Groupe Italia, CEO of Le Pub Nederlands, and Creative Chairman of Le Pub.
Bertelli said, “I am honored to take on the role of President of the Integration jury. The category will give us a chance to take a look at the best and broadest campaigns of the year. I’ll be looking out for work that reached consumers across various touchpoints and also answered the needs and challenges of the brand.”
The Integration jury will also view and discuss all the Gold winners awarded in the sub-category of Public Service/Social Responsibility, across all competitions, except Health & Wellness and Pharma & Medical to award a potential Public Service/Social Responsibility Grand LIA. Only a Gold that stands head and shoulders above the other Gold winners is worthy of the ultimate honor.
Barbara Levy, president of LIA, said, “We know the judging is in very capable hands with Bruno Bertelli and his jury. You just have to scroll down the list to see the who’s who of the industry. Anything that wins in that room would have gone through the test of fire to be awarded a statue. And every jury member knows that LIA expects no less than that when it comes to judging.”
LIA has very exacting standards when it comes to honoring creativity. There is no doubt that every piece of work, not only in Integration but also for the Public Service/Social Responsibility Grand LIA, will be subjected to close examination and animated exchange of viewpoints and perspectives from the jury.
In addition to Bertelli as Jury President, the list of jurors includes the following highly recognizable names:
- Mat Bisher, Chief Creative Officer, DDB NY, New York
- Sean Bryan, Co-Chief Creative Officer, McCann Worldgroup, New York
- Nicky Bullard, Group Chief Creative Officer, Mullen Lowe Group, London
- Javier Campopiano, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer, Grey Group
- Ricardo Casal, NA Executive Creative Director / Global Partner, GUT
- Tara Ford, Chief Creative Officer, The Monkeys, Sydney
- David Guerrero, Creative Chairman, BBDO Guerrero, Makati City
- Armin Jochum, Chief Creative Officer / Founder, thjnk, Hamburg
- Malcolm Poynton, Global Chief Creative Officer, Cheil Worldwide
- Marjorieth Sanmartin, Executive Creative Director, TBWA Germany, Düsseldorf
- Chaka Sobhani, Global Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett Worldwide
- Liz Taylor, Global Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy
The entry system is now open. Judging will be held from September 29 to October 07, 2022 in Las Vegas.
Final results will be released on November 8, 2022.
To view all the juries, visit the website.


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WORLDWIDE demand for Ford's Â£420,000, track-inspired GT supercar has outstripped production by more than six to one since production began less than two years ago.
So the blue oval company has decided to extend production of the 200mph-plus road racer by a further two years to meet what it says is "overwhelming customer demand."
Initially the company planned to produce just 1,000 examples of its' fastest ever road car in the four years from its launch in December 2016 until 2020, but production has now been extended to 2022 meaning that a further 350 will now be available.
But potential buyers in the UK will have to move fast, for the window for what Ford calls "applications" to buy one of the extended run of supercars will only stay open for one month beginning on November 8.
Prospective owners will be able to submit their applications at FordGT.com, and successful applicants will work with the Ford GT Concierge Service for a personalised purchase experience, says the company.
"The response to our Ford GT has been unprecedented, with demand outstripping supply more than six-to-one," says Ford Performance director Hermann Salenbauch,.
"By extending the Ford GT production run for a limited period, we're able to maintain the exclusivity of the ultra-desirable supercar while offering the ownership experience to a greater number of customers in addition to the 80 Ford GT owners in Europe who've taken delivery of their bespoke car to-date."
Powered by a twin-turbocharged, 3.5-litre EcoBoost V6 engine, the Ford GT's carbon fibre architecture and active aerodynamics help to achieve a top speed of 216 mph and a 0-60mph sprint time of under three seconds.
Ford recently announced a new Heritage Edition of the GT which celebrates the 50th anniversary of the 1968 and 1969 Le Mans-winning Ford GT40 with a Gulf Oil racing livery in blue and orange.


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In an effort to combat growing childhood obesity and limit children’s exposure to cancer-causing nitrates, the BBC reports that the Scottish government is banning fruit juice and smoothies in school meals, while limiting the amount of red meat and processed meats that may be served. Scheduled to go into effect in the fall of 2020, the changes will also include increased fruit and vegetable servings at lunch.
I was particularly interested in this development because of the Scottish government’s clear recognition that juice—even 100 percent fruit juice—isn’t worthy of its longstanding health halo.
As experts Erika Cheng, Lauren Fiechtner and Aaron Carroll noted in an excellent New York Times op-ed last year, “Seriously, Juice Is Not Healthy,” “[F]ruit juices contain limited nutrients and tons of sugar. In fact, one 12-ounce glass of orange juice contains 10 teaspoons of sugar, which is roughly what’s in a can of Coke.” Even the American Academy of Pediatrics recently published a position paper stating that fruit juice “offers no nutritional benefits over whole fruit for infants and children and has no essential role in healthy, balanced diets of children.”
Yet here in America, federal school meal regulations still allow our districts to substitute 100 percent juice for children’s fruit and vegetable requirement, up to half the time. And schools eagerly take advantage of this provision, particularly at breakfast. But even in the lunch line, your child’s fruit or vegetable requirement can be met with a carton of sweet juice—or with frozen desserts like these:
The problem is that federal child nutrition standards are supposed to align with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs), and the current DGAs permit consuming up to half of one’s daily fruit intake from juice. Those guidelines aren’t due for revision until 2020—at the earliest—and there’s no reason (of which I’m aware) to believe the juice guidance will change.
But even if there were a push to make school meal regulations more stringent than the current DGAs with respect to juice, school food professionals would likely oppose any such move—vociferously. As I explained in a 2015 Civil Eats piece, “Why There’s So Much Sugar in Your Child’s Breakfast,” juice is easy to serve, shelf-stable, and universally popular with children.
That it may be also be a driver of child obesity inevitably gets lost in the discussion.
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Why celebrate World IoT Day? We can start with Industry 4.0
Today is World IoT Day. Established in 2010 by the IoT Council, it’s an open invitation for the Internet of Things (IoT) community to recognize and celebrate the power that IoT has to transform our communities, our businesses and our lives. And with an IoT market expected to explode to $14.2 trillion USD by 2022, it’s going to be a major transformation.
It’s this same transformation that led CNBC to talk to our own chief technology officer in the U.K. and Ireland, and master inventor, Andy Stanford-Clark.
As part of an ongoing series, IoT: Powering the Digital Economy, CNBC host Adam Shaw set down with Andy to examine the role IoT plays in manufacturing and Industry 4.0.
Watch as Andy Stanford-Clark explains the very real benefits
of building IoT and AI into manufacturing.
What is Industry 4.0?
First, let’s back up and discuss Industry 4.0. This fourth industrial revolution is characterized by innovations in AI, robotics, 3D printing and IoT – and how these technologies integrate in the production process. The manufacturing industry is poised to reach $111.9 Billion by 2020. And like other industries undergoing a digital transformation, the best way forward is often paved with IoT and AI.
It starts with the data…then add in the IoT and AI
To quote Andy, “There’s a risk that you’ll drown in a sea of data. And the trick is to turn data into information; information into knowledge; and then, knowledge into actionable insights.”
Call it the new currency or even the new natural resource but data – massive amounts of it, collected from increasingly connected products and services – is what will fuel the success of Industry 4.0. Data from things like factory floor humidity, equipment vibration, the rumblings of machines and their temperatures, plus so much more. All this data can now be gathered, analyzed in real-time and used for insights and learnings. For example:
- IoT and plant-floor data can be used predict and prevent equipment failure. This improves the performance and reliability of assets, lowers maintenance costs and reduces downtime.
- Product lifecycle management (PLM) and application lifecycle management (ALM) can be integrated to create a digital twin of manufacturing plant operations. That then allows you to test virtual scenarios with real data.
Cognitive Visual Inspection = time & money
Another important example comes from visual inspection. With Watson AI-powered visual and acoustic capabilities, manufacturers can predict and detect quality defect trends sooner than ever. Early testing of IBM’s Cognitive Visual Inspection solution showed that production cycles that typically took eight days were reduced to just half a day.
On top of that, inspection time was reduced by 80 percent, and manufacturing defects decreased by up to 10 percent. And these results are significant: according to Gartner, every minute of unplanned downtime in manufacturing can cost a company $20,000.
Visual inspection can improve quality and efficiency.
The IBM Manufacturing difference
As the CNBC video underscores, manufacturing is changing dramatically. Fortunately, whether you need to reduce downtime, improve product quality or streamline asset maintenance, IBM has solutions that can help. You can start with our handy Industry 4.0 guide. Or explore a model factory with a two-minute, interactive demo to better understand the potential of Industry 4.0. You can also read the customer stories below that could inspire your own transformation.
Celebrate IoT with us
Industry 4.0 is just another reason to celebrate World IoT Day. But really, every day is IoT day to us. Thank you for joining us on this especially significant day. And when you’re ready to join the celebration, we have two great options for you:
- 25 Hours of IoT. Starting at 00:01 CET Monday, we’ll be sharing a story each hour for 25 hours. Stay tuned to Twitter @IBMIoT, Facebook and LinkedIn and follow #IoTDay and #WatsonIoT.
- Let’s Talk. During the World #IoTDay Twitter Chat at 16:00 CET / 15:00 UK time / 10:00 EDT. Dozens of IBM experts will engage in a lively discussion on how the world is changing with AI and IoT. It’s about the business of IoT but also the ethics, security, privacy and data. And it’s also your chance to chat with IBM IoT masterminds.
Whether it’s Industry 4.0 or other IoT trends, we see how AI and our increasingly connected world drive digital transformation. It’s an exciting world in which new customer experiences are created, new partnerships are emerging, and companies are reimaging and creating their business models. Happy World IoT Day, everyone!
Learn more about our IoT manufacturing clients:
- ABB, a powerhouse in the world of manufacturing, has established a strategic collaboration with IBM — to bring Watson AI and cognitive computing capabilities to the factory floor. For example, ABB and IBM will leverage Watson AI to help find defects via real-time production images that are captured through an ABB system, and then analyzed using IBM Watson IoT for Manufacturing. Previously these inspections were done manually, which was often a slow and error-prone process. By bringing the power of Watson’s real-time cognitive insights directly to the shop floor in combination with ABB’s industrial automation technology, companies will be better equipped to increase the Value flowing through their production lines to improve accuracy and consistency.Read more: https://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/52154.wss
- Schaeffler is one of the world’s leading automotive and industrial suppliers that manufactures millions of precision-engineered products that help to keep the world’s machines moving – from those that go into automotive clutch systems, hybrid engines and the huge industrial bearings used in wind turbines. The German industrial heavyweight is working with IBM to accelerate the digital transformation of every aspect of its business from product development, through to manufacturing and its supply chain, sales and after-sales service. Using IBM Watson IoT capabilities, Schaeffler can now analyze huge amounts of data from millions of sensors and devices across its operations and provide insight to help it be more flexible, make decisions faster and optimize equipment in the field. For example, the two companies are building virtual models representing entire industrial systems that will help enable new approaches to product design and manufacturing.Read more:http://ibm.co/2n3XAox
- Bosch, a leading global supplier of technology and services, is working on a global IoT collaboration with IBM making available Bosch IoT Suite services on open standards-based IBM Cloud and IBM Watson IoT Platform for clients to efficiently update millions of IoT devices. The combined power of open standards-based Watson Internet of Things (IoT) with Bosch IoT Suite’s capabilities, enabling clients to securely and efficiently update IoT devices at large scale via the IBM Cloud. Bosch is making available its “Bosch IoT Rollouts” service for advanced device management and cloud-based software updates on the IBM Cloud and integrated with the IBM IoT Platform.Read more: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/51569.wss
- KONE is a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry helping move one billion people around in buildings each day, based in Helsinki, Finland. The company is using IBM Cloud-based Watson IoT technologies and services to connect, remotely monitor and optimize the management of over 1 million elevators and escalators. Using the IBM Watson IoT Platform, KONE can analyze vast amounts of data from sensors embedded in elevators helping to identify and predict issues, minimize downtime and personalize the experience for users. Instead of having to call in a service engineer or stick to maintenance schedules, KONE can predict and respond to selected technical issues in real-time, with the ability to run tests remotely and make commands over the cloud.Read more: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/49143.wss


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The last confrontation between Ericsson and Samsung took two years to settle in 2012.
Ericsson signed a “multi-year” global patent license agreement with Samsung, the Swedish telecom device manufacturer said on Friday to resolve a controversy that affected its first quarter of revenues.
Ericsson said it had not revealed how many years the agreement would last, which covers patents on all cellular technology. It has now said that its income for the licensing of patents in the second quarter is CZK 2 billion ($237 million, or approximately CZK 690 crores) to CZK 2.5 billion.
The deal, which ends continued legal proceedings in many nations, was completed in record time, as it typically takes years to resolve patent disputes between technology companies.
The latest conflict began in December and the last confrontation between the two firms started in 2012 and took two years to settle.
The cross-license agreement includes network infrastructure and telephone sales as of 1 January 2021 and was mentioned in a statement. The firms refused to reveal the confidentiality terms.
Ericsson spends approximately CZK 40 billion on research every year and has a portfolio of more than 57,000 patents.
Earlier this year, his Nordic competitor Nokia, which has a significant patent portfolio, resolved a patent issue with Samsung.
Ericsson’s patent license revenues decreased to CZK 0.8 billion in the first quarter from CZK 2.5 billion a year earlier. Roughly a third of Ericsson’s operating profit is represented by royalties from its patent portfolio.
Ericsson said its patent revenues are still influenced by such factors as expired licensing deals awaiting renewal, geopolitical effects on the smartphone industry, a technological transition from 4G to 5G, and potential monetary impacts in the future.
It also has an ongoing dispute with the Dutch telecommunications firm KPN NV, which lodged a patent-infraction lawsuit last month in a district court in Texas against Ericsson.
Ericsson | Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter @njtimesofficial. To get latest updates


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The creation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in 1995 and China’s inclusion in 2001 marked “peak globalisation”, bringing the world’s biggest markets together to develop agreements benefitting countries of all sizes from global trade. However, after a quarter century marked by huge economic and geopolitical changes, exacerbated by Covid, the WTO needs action to retain its stature and relevance.
Business has a clear role to play in this, which is why I’ll attend the WTO’s annual outreach event, the Public Forum in Geneva, this week. Representing TheCityUK, I’ll also be part of the Global Services Coalition (GSC) delegation, engaging with key stakeholders in government and industry.
Digital Trade & the WTO Moratorium
Our key focus is ensuring that the WTO continues to develop a globally respected framework for digital trade, particularly services traded digitally. Yet, this framework faces a key challenge: the fate of the WTO Moratorium on customs duties for electronic transmissions. The Moratorium enables the free flow of digital trade across borders without duties, preventing the 164 WTO members from imposing customs duties on platforms like Zoom, Netflix, and online banking and payments.
Unfortunately, several WTO members have contended that the Moratorium unfairly disadvantages emerging countries. As a result, unless renewed by consensus, the Moratorium will end on 31 March 2024.
These concerns, however, are simplistic and one-sided. In fact, the Moratorium brings benefits to businesses and society:
- The Moratorium brings benefits to businesses, especially small medium enterprises in emerging economies. By facilitating free flow of digital trade, it empowers these businesses to expand their market reach, ensuring equal access to digital content.
- The Moratorium prevents additional costs that could hinder individuals and businesses from fully participating in global digital marketplace.
- The Moratorium stops such costs being passed on to customers. Many of them are small businesses or individual consumers.
Next Steps to keep the Moratorium
The good news is that WTO members don’t need to embark on anything new or ambitious to preserve the Moratorium’s benefits. They simply need to renew it or, ideally, make it permanent.
TheCityUK and the GSC believe industry’s voice is key to achieving ministerial consensus to do so. This is why we seek support and urge friends and allies to promote the Moratorium’s significance in their networks, lobby their governments for its continuation and press their government’s delegation in Geneva to champion the Moratorium safeguarding cross-border digital trade.
I’ve addressed the most significant issue regarding digitally trade services, which is a key concern for TheCityUK’s members and others in the GSC. But it’s important to note that there are other concerns, which revolve around the need to reform the WTO. While many of these reforms are ultimately up to governments, who are key participants in the WTO, businesses inevitably have a strong interest. After all, businesses, not governments, are the actors conducting the trading within the framework established by the WTO.
The core reform questions concern:
- The WTO’s dispute settlement system: it was initially effective, but some WTO members (notably the US) have complained that the WTO Appellate Body goes beyond settling cases to effectively making new laws. With the US seemingly readier to engage on the issue, could we expect progress? It’s an important question for business, as a rule-making institution like the WTO relies on an effective dispute settlement mechanism to ensure the rules are applied to trade conducted by businesses.
- Framing the WTO’s agenda: there are constant pressures to introduce new agenda items and new ways of managing them. Some members feel that important subjects risk being superseded by new ones, with India pressing for existing issues to be resolved before introducing new agenda. The outcome is important for business, if fast-moving commercial priorities are to gain a place in an already crowded WTO agenda.
- The functioning of the WTO: WTO practices have remained essentially unchanged despite growth in membership and agenda diversity. This raises the question: Are the mechanisms fit for purpose, or must they change for the WTO to work successfully, bringing together diverse stakeholders facing global trade challenges? In turn, this affects how business interacts with the WTO.
While it’s unlikely the Public Forum will resolve all or any of these issues, it offers a platform for exchange of ideas aimed at tackling them. Stay tuned to my LinkedIn for updates throughout the week.


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By Susan Geoghegan
Today’s police officer requires a computer that is both compact and rugged. While a tablet PC offers greater mobility than a laptop, it also presents certain challenges. Among these are the lack of a traditional keyboard, shorter battery life, the durability to withstand harsh conditions, and the robust processing power needed to run multiple applications from a police car. As agencies segue from laptops to the enhanced mobility of tablet PCs, industry leaders continue to address these challenges. A broad spectrum of semi- and fully rugged tablets are now available, with user-friendly touchscreens and optional keyboards, high-performance processing systems, and extended battery life.
(This article was originally published in Tactical Response Mar/Apr 2014)


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LINCOLN — The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) today announced changes to the local Directed Health Measure (DHM) that will take effect at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, November 25. The measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 will be in effect through December 18 and include the following:
- Alcohol sales at bars that do not sell food are limited to carry-out.
- Bars that sell food and restaurants must stop serving alcoholic beverages at 8:45 p.m. and must close at 9 p.m., but they may offer take-out and delivery for food and alcohol orders after 9 p.m. These establishments must reduce occupancy to 50 percent, with parties of no more than eight spaced at least six feet apart. No games such as pool or darts are allowed. Patrons are to remain seated except to order or to use the restrooms and must wear masks when not seated.
- Off-sale alcohol at bars and retail stores continues to be allowed per state law.
- Gyms are limited to the greater of 25 percent occupancy or 10 people (excluding employees). Individuals must maintain at least six feet of distance from others at all times, and no indoor contact or limited contact team sports like basketball or volleyball are allowed. This applies to all ages.
- Indoor gatherings are limited to no more than 10 people, excluding employees. Gatherings in confined outdoor spaces are limited to no more than 25 people. Exceptions – including schools, grocery and retail stores, offices and factories – are listed at COVID19.lincoln.ne.gov.
These existing measures remain in place:
- All large events continue to be postponed.
- Individuals must wear masks indoors unless no one else is in the same room and they can maintain at least 6 feet of separation from others at all times.
- Indoor youth sports activities remain postponed until December 7, and this measure will be reevaluated before that date.
- Religious gatherings, including weddings and funerals continue to be governed by the current State DHM.
- Companies licensed to allow consumption of alcohol on city streets such as pedal pubs and party buses may not operate until after December 18.
For the third consecutive week, the COVID-19 Risk Dial remains in red, indicating that the risk of the virus spreading is severe. For more information, visit COVID19.lincoln.ne.gov or call the Health Department hotline at 402-441-8006.


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Initiative brought together three dozen British cars from various eras. Models that are part of automotive history help institutions.
First came an Austin Healy and a Lotus, around 11 am. About 40 minutes later, the rest arrived, which included Minis, MG, Land Rover and a Rolls Royce, a 1951 model. In total, there were about 30 classic cars, all English, that invaded the center of Cantanhede, next to the City Council, at an event organized by the “Ingleses do Centro”, a group of English car enthusiasts that formed a year ago in Coimbra and that this Saturday held the first gathering outside the municipality where it was founded.
The concentration, in addition to socializing and showing models that are part of automotive history, also has a solidarity purpose. “The money raised by registrations is always channeled to an institution of social solidarity or public utility. The funds for this event will be donated to the Filarmónica dos Covões, in Cantanhede, which celebrates its 155th anniversary this year”, tells JN Álvaro Amaral , one of the founders of the “English Center”.
Álvaro Amaral founded the group with Luís Plácido Santos and currently has around 120 members. The first two events took place in Coimbra, with a concentration in downtown in September 2022, and a second at a company stand a few months later.
Today’s initiative was the first outside the municipality of Coimbra. “It’s an area that means a lot to me because I worked here and I spend my holidays in the neighboring municipality, in Mira”, reveals Luís Plácido Santos, professor and enthusiast of English classic cars. Cantanhede took its green MG. “I have two of this brand, but I brought this one for this one”, he points out.
Cars from all over the region
Luís Matos came from Coimbra in the MG he bought 35 years ago. He is a fan of classic cars in general, with a preference for British cars. “Growing up, my favorite car was the Jaguar, but I never got to own one,” he jokes. The MG he’s had for almost four decades is one of his riches. “I like him a lot and I always like to come to these kinds of events”, he reveals.
From Figueira da Foz arrived Vítor Costa with his blue Rolls Royce. The car is 72 years old, but Vítor no longer remembers how long he has had it. “It’s already part of the furniture,” he points out. Vítor Costa has a car repair shop in Figueira da Foz, where he cultivates his taste for classic cars. “I have several, from various brands,” he says.


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US car enthusiast buys Bond's Aston Martin at auction
Thursday 28 October 2010
A US car enthusiast has bought James Bond's famous Aston Martin car, complete with ejector seat and revolving number plates, at auction in London for more than four million dollars.
The 1964 silver Aston Martin DB5 was driven by Sean Connery when he played the fictional British spy in the films "Goldfinger" (1964) and "Thunderball" (1965).
US collector Harry Yeaggy flew into Britain for Wednesday's sale and outbid his rivals to buy the car for 2.6 million pounds (4.1 million dollars, three million euros).
This was less than its pre-sale estimate of more than five million dollars.
Yeaggy said the car's new home would be in a US museum - but beforehand he planned to "have a bit of fun" taking the car for a spin around the streets of the British capital.
"We're going to fire the car up and drive it round the streets of London tonight. We're going to have a bit of fun with it," he told BBC television.
The US collector said he had taken a last-minute decision to fly into Britain for the auction, and confessed to being surprised that an American came out on top in the sale.
"I thought a European would buy it. But I guess they didn't appreciate Bond as much as we do," he said.
The Bond movie car was sold by its US owner, Pennsylvania broadcaster Jerry Lee, who bought it for 12,000 dollars in 1969. The proceeds will go to his charitable foundation.
It is fitted with the full complement of operational "Q-Branch" gadgets, and auctioneers RM Auctions dubbed it the most famous car in the world.
The car is also equipped with machine guns, bullet-proof shield, tracking device, removable roof panel, oil slick sprayer and smoke screen, all controlled by "toggles and switches hidden in the centre arm-rest".
"The machine guns, as you can see, do come out of their intended place. As far as I know, they don't shoot bullets, but then again, I haven't tried," Don Rose, a car specialist for the auctioneers, told AFP.
The gear stick top flips up to reveal the red ejector seat button. It also has a homing radar and a telephone mounted inside the driver's door panel.
The car has been on tour over the past five months, with appearances in Britain, Germany, Monte Carlo, New York and Hong Kong.
Admission to the sale in Battersea, south London, required the purchase of an official auction catalogue available for 50 pounds.
Purchase of the car, lot 197 in the sale, also included a stay at the GoldenEye resort in Jamaica, the original Caribbean estate of Ian Fleming, the British author who created James Bond.
A custom-made suit woven with gold thread made by the tailors who dressed Connery as Bond was also thrown in.
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Elon Musk has signed an agreement with the government in Shanghai to build a Tesla factory. According to reports, the factory will be capable of building more than 500,000 vehicles each year. This will make the new factory’s production level in line with the company’s main electric vehicle plant in Fremont, California. The factory can be Tesla’s another attempt at breaking into the world’s largest electric vehicle market. Many financial analysts have noted that Musk doesn’t have any other choice.
The US-China trade war forced the American automaker to raise its prices by 20%. Tesla sales in the China market have also slowed down. During the first quarter, the sales dropped to 15%. Later on, when tariffs were imposed, the sales dropped to 30%. After building another factory in the world’s largest factory, Tesla can bypass the tariff war between the US and China. This has been an idea since Musk mentioned it to the investors last year. Musk said that a China factory will be the only way for Tesla to compete with the prices of China’s local electric car makers. Musk also said that a factory in China will be the location for most of the mysterious Model Y crossover SUV’s production.
Fulfilling the demands has been a real struggle for Tesla in the past one year. Elon Musk called the company’s Model 3 a “production hell”. The company had to refit several production lines in order to cover the huge production backlog. The factory in China can give Tesla a fresh start in how it produces its vehicles and an opportunity to create a more efficient system. Tesla’s shares have also improved after taking a dive in the last week. The dip came from Tesla releasing its delivery and production numbers for the second quarter of this year. Tesla hit its 5000 Model 3 units/week goal but it wasn’t enough. The announcement of Gigafactory 3 being built in Shanghai seems enough to stabilize the company’s shares values. Recently, Musk also went to Thailand to deliver a miniature submarine for the rescue of the soccer team and their coach.


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- Cronavirus-related email phishing attacks rises in February to 1,188 from 137 in January
- Scam Emails offering cures and medication for Covid-19 need to be strictly deleted as there is no vaccine available for it yet as per WHO & ICMR.
- Use of good Antivirus or Firewall to detect such phishing mails from suspicious senders.
In the current situation of Corona Virus crises, made the several cities in lockdown people are forced to work from home. Cyber threats & phishing attacks have been on the rise due to the coronavirus outbreak.
Barracuda Networks’ AI based IT Security company in a blog post writes, they have detected 467,825 spear phishing email attacks, worldwide between March 1 and March 23. Around 9,116 emails were related to Covid-19 virus, accounting for 2% of the cyber attacks.
Cyber-criminals have been trying to take advantage of this crises by targeting individuals with malicious emails giving out information on the Covid-19 and seeking donations.These scam emails might seem convincing at first, but clicking on a link or file attachments might expose individuals to all sorts of cyber attacks.
Ways to identify Covid-19 related phishing emails :
Emails from fake websites & organisations
One of the email scams caught was sent in the name of an fake organisation called World Health Community, which actually doesn’t exist. If you are getting such mails then you need to verify the names of the organisations form which the email has been sent. A simple Google search with a authentic website can reveal that.
Misspelled Fake domain names
To look more convincing, Cyber criminals are using actual names with genuine logos of trusted and authentic organisations. Several emails carrying logos and names of WHO were recorded. Similarly, Kaspersky – antivirus company found emails sent in the name of Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, using fake domain names, cdc-gov.org, whereas the real CDC domain is cdc.gov. Kasperksy suggests, if you hover over the link without clicking on it, you can see the domain name address it leads to is different than the link description.
Bellow are the potentially dangerous domains:
Look for difference
In many such suspicious emails name of WHO is used asking individuals to make donations in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoins. However WHO doesn’t accept donations in Bitcoin. Similarly, an phishing email spotted by Check Point firewall was signed off by a doctor from WHO based in Italy.
Website seems out of place
In another set of malicious emails found by It security company Kaspersky, after clicking on an the mentioned link, the user is redirected to a phishing website showing a Microsoft Outlook interface, asking them to login with their e-mail login and password. Kaspersky warns it is a phishing website which has nothing to do with outlook. In reality, it is a phishing page developed to store users keystrokes and steal passwords and other sensitive information.
Emails from Unknown Senders
Email coming from unknown email address with less information in the body and a link to click on or attachment should be avoided, unless sent from a verified sender. Clicking on link can expose you to cyber attacks while a malicious attachment can install trojens, keyloggers and malwares. You can lose control over system and personal or financial data may end up on Dark Web for sale.
Ones that make fake promises
Emails offering cures or medicines for Covid-19 virus needs to be strictly avoided as there is no cure or vaccine available till now. If there are vaccine available, it will be announced by concerned authorities and covered by reputed media publications who are tracking the Covid-19 development closely.
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