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< Back Apple caught in a horde of anti-trust probes in the US 22 Dec 2023 Over a dozen companies approached the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate the tech giant for anticompetitive behaviour. Over 12 technology advocacy groups wrote to the US Department of Justice requesting an investigation into Apple’s anticompetitive behaviour. Apple recently blocked Beeper, the messaging service that made iMessage compatible with Android devices through its app Beeper Mini. The move triggered a reaction from a horde of advocacy groups, like Demand Progress, the American Economic Liberties Project, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Fight for the Future. Beeper Mini allowed Android users to experience iMessage features like tapbacks, blue bubbles, and end-to-end encrypted messaging between Android and iPhone users. The DOJ has been probing Apple for anti-trust issues since 2020. Tech Oversight Project’s letter to the American judicial body called out Apple for favouring its products and issuing unfair policies for third-party apps and app marketplace. An ongoing anti-trust investigation in Europe could roll out a judgement in early 2024 against Apple’s control over the app marketplace and impose a fine. Previous Next

Elle collabore avec les services publics américains afin de trouver des solutions alternatives pour répondre à la forte demande d’électricité induite par l’IA. < Back Google cherche à utiliser l’énergie nucléaire pour alimenter ses centres de données Elle collabore avec les services publics américains afin de trouver des solutions alternatives pour répondre à la forte demande d’électricité induite par l’IA. De nombreuses entreprises telles qu'Amazon et Microsoft ont opté pour l'énergie nucléaire afin de répondre à la demande croissante d'électricité dans leurs centres de données. Microsoft est prêt à acheter de l’électricité provenant de la centrale nucléaire déclassée de Three Mile Island en Pennsylvanie. Amazon a acheté un centre de données alimente par l’énergie nucléaire dans le même état. Google est à la recherche d’alternatives, e particulier sur les marchés ou les réglementations en matière d’achat d’électricité sont plus strictes. Il envisage de passer à l’énergie nucléaire au Japon. Entretemps, BitEnergy AI a développé une nouvelle technique appelle Linear-Complexity Multiplication (L-Mul) qui permet de réduire de 95 % la consommation d’énergie des modèles d’IA sans affecter la qualité. Cette technologie est utile pour les modèles bases sur des transformateurs utilisés dans le traitement du langage naturel et les tâches visuelles. Google prévoit d’augmenter ses investissements dans l’énergie thermique et solaire. Previous Next

< Back Despite capacity hikes, renewable energy facing admin, financial hurdles 19 Mar 2025 India increased solar capacity by a record-breaking 24.5 GW and wind capacity by 3.4 GW in 2024. Towards the target of 500 GW of renewable power capacity by 2030, India doubled its solar capacity and pushed its wind capacity by 21% between 2023 and 2024. Solar power accounts for 47% of the total renewable installed capacity, with Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, and Gujarat leading the charts. However, 38.3 GW of renewable capacity was cancelled between 2020 and 2024. This occurred due to technical and location challenges, delays in signing power supply agreements and land acquisition, and tender design problems, such as tariff caps, unflexible contracts, and unrealistic bidding conditions that discouraged developers from participating in such projects. Payment delays from power distribution companies and financial instability also contributed to cancellations. Globally, continued expansion of renewable energy often leads to grid disturbances, oversupply, and negative energy prices (when producers pay consumers to consume excess electricity). China reduced subsidy-driven incentives, and Europe now restricts the promotion of renewables. Never miss another post from SalestorrsNews150. Follow Salestorrs on WhatsApp , LinkedIn , Facebook , X , and Instagram . Previous Next

< Back Govt evaluating $21 bn proposals to set up semiconductor chipmaking in India 8 Mar 2024 The government plans to establish a semiconductor chipmaking industrial hub in Dholera, Gujarat. The Modi government plans to make India a global chipmaking hub. It is evaluating $21 billion proposals from international and domestic companies to set up manufacturing facilities. It is offering incentives to international corporations to set up facilities and promises to bear half the cost of approved projects with an initial budget of $10 billion. American chipmaker Micron Technology set up a $2.75 billion assembly and testing facility in Gujarat. Israel’s Tower Semiconductor Limited and Tata Group have proposed a $9 billion and a $8 billion chip fabrication facility in Gujarat. If approved, Tower Semiconductor’s facility will be India's first multinational fabrication plant. The company manufactures components for large corporations like Broadcom Inc. and the electric vehicles industry. It plans to make around 80,000 silicon wafers monthly in the next decade. Tata plans to partner with Taiwanese Powerchip Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp and set up the plant in Dholera this year. Previous Next

Des courriels d’Epstein datant de 2011 à 2019 ont fait 2019 ont été rendus publics, clarifiant ainsi la rupture entre lui et Trump. < Back Que révèlent les e-mails d’Epstein ? Des courriels d’Epstein datant de 2011 à 2019 ont fait 2019 ont été rendus publics, clarifiant ainsi la rupture entre lui et Trump. Les législateurs américains ont partagé plus de 20 000 e-mails échanges entre Jeffrey Epstein et des personnalités influentes. Les démocrates ont été les premiers à publier ces courriels, suivis par les républicains. Le journaliste Michael Wolff, qui agissait en tant que conseiller de facto d’Epstein, l’a encouragé à rendre publiques des informations compromettantes sur Trump pendant sa campagne électorale de 2016. L’ancienne conseillère juridique de la Maison Blanche, Kathy Ruemmler, a critiqué Trump dans ses échanges de courriels avec Epstein. Plusieurs républicains, comme Nancy Mace et Lauren Boebert, soutiennent cette divulgation malgré les pressions exercées par la Maison Blanche. Une pétition bipartisane visant à forcer un vote sur la divulgation de dossiers influentes concernant Epstein détenus par le ministère de la Justice et le FBI a atteint le seuil des 218 signatures. La Chambre devrait se prononcer la semaine prochaine. Si la pétition est adoptée, le ministère de la Justice devra divulguer tous les dossier dans un delai de 30 jours. Decouvrez mon nouveau livre, THE BLACK FLAMES , sur Amazon Kindle. Un roman captivant et palpitant. ⭐⭐⭐⭐.6 stars sur Amazon ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ sur Goodreads Previous Next

< Back Third Wave Coffee engages in a price war with Starbucks Ishita Nigam 10 Oct 2023 The Bengaluru-based coffee startup, which started operations in 2016, offers locally sourced special coffee at affordable prices. If the tea-drinking audience wasn’t enough, Starbucks faces stiff competition from Indian rivals like Third Wave and Blue Tokai Coffee. Blue Tokai is still a Minicorn with a funding of $46 million, while Third Wave Coffee now has a valuation of $150 million. Canadian Tim Hortons and British Pret a Manger also entered the Indian market this year. For every three Starbucks outlets, one Third Wave Coffee is luring their customers away with cheaper pricing for a brilliant cup of coffee. The startup is also present in Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Mumbai, Pune, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, and Coonoor. In Bengaluru alone, Third Wave Coffee operates 40 outlets compared to Starbucks’ 35. It has led Starbucks to sign a lease with a Bengaluru Mall with a ‘Café Exclusivity’ clause to be the only café on the floor. Starbucks introduced the Indian Chai for ₹185 to lure the 91% tea-drinking Indian population. Previous Next

< Back Supreme Court mandates self-declaration of all advertisements 6 Jun 2024 The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India mandated all print, digital, and internet media advertisers and agencies to submit a self-declaration before publishing any ad. The order dated May 7th issued by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India mandates all advertisers and ad agencies to fill out a self-declaration form for all ads to be published, aired, or issued via print or digital media effective June 18th. The self declaration form ensures the ad does not convey any misleading claims, and complies with regulatory guidelines like the Norms of Journalistic Conduct of Press Council of India, and Rule 7 of the Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994. This move aims to ensure responsible advertising practices, consumer protection and transparency. The form will be available on the Press Council of India’s portal for print and digital ads and on the Broadcast Seva Portal of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for television and radio ads. No agency or advertiser will be allowed to run an ad without submitting this form to be signed by an authorised representative. Previous Next

< Back Four IAF Fighter Pilots to man the Gaganyaan Mission 27 Feb 2024 The mission will launch crew members into the 400 km orbit for three days before returning them via splashdown in the Indian Ocean. Prime Minister Narendra Modi revealed on Tuesday the names of four astronauts selected as test pilots for ISRO’s first human space flight mission, Gaganyaan (G1). All four are Indian Air Force fighter pilots who underwent extensive training in Russia since 2021 and then at the ISRO facility in Bengaluru. These four have been selected from a batch of twelve sent to Russia for training in 2020. Group Captain Prashanth B. Nair is a trained Sukhoi pilot from Kerela. He joined the Air Force in 1999, earning the prestigious Sword of Honour as the best-performing cadet. He also secured the first rank at the United States Air Force Air Command and Staff College. Group Captain Angad Prathap trained in Russia for 13 months. Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla received training in space movement at Moscow’s Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center. The mission should be launched between April and June this year. Previous Next

La compagnie aérienne allemande a été invitée à payer 4 millions de dollars. < Back Lufthansa condamnée à une amende pour discrimination La compagnie aérienne allemande a été invitée à payer 4 millions de dollars. Lufthansa a été invitée à payer la plus grosse pénalité infligée à une compagnie aérienne pour violation des droits civils, pour avoir discriminé 128 passagers juifs. La ligne aérienne les a empêchés d’embarquer sur le vol de connexion entre les États-Unis et l’Allemagne en 2022. Le 3 mai 2022, 131 passagers ont entamé un voyage de New York à Budapest pour participer à une cérémonie annuelle à la mémoire d’un rabbin orthodoxe. Dans un communiqué publié par le département américain des transports, à cause de l’inconduite de certains passagers lors de la première étape du voyage, la société a décidé d’empêcher 128 voyageurs de poursuivre leur route jusqu’ à Budapest. Certains passagers ont refusé de respecter les règles pendant la pandémie. Lufthansa développe un programme de formation pour lutter contre l’antisémitisme et la discrimination. Elle est la première ligne aérienne à adopter l’Alliance internationale pour la mémoire de l’Holocauste. Previous Next

< Back RBI grants Zoho, Decentro, and Juspay the Payment Aggregator license 8 Feb 2024 In January, Zomato, Tata Pay, and Stripe received the Payment Aggregator (PA) license. Amidst the hue and cry surrounding Paytm Payments Bank getting barred, RBI granted PA licenses to startups like Zoho, Decentro, and Juspay. Zoho is an Enterprise Software-as-a-Service startup and the only such company to secure the permit. Decentro offers banking solutions via APIs and integration services to neo-banks, fintechs, and marketplaces. Juspay offers UPI, card, and wallet-based transactions. Other fintech startups like PhonePe, Pine Labs, Infibeam, Easebuzz, and Enkash received in-principle approvals from the central bank. This means they get 18 months to comply with all regulatory conditions to obtain the final PA license. Cashfree and Razorpay received their much-awaited licenses in December 2023. After having its application returned last year, PayU reapplied again, and its application is under process. Cred is also awaiting the nod. PA license allows companies to become payment services providers to merchants of online and eCommerce businesses and accept various payment instruments from customers. Previous Next

< Back Movies no longer getting OTT deals until the theatrical release 6 May 2024 Some high-profile movies lost their OTT deals after box office failures. From the early to mid-2000s, TV platforms like Sony, Star, Viacom18, and Zee engaged in a bidding war to secure a movie’s streaming rights, sometimes before it went into production. OTT followed the same practice. Online streaming platforms offered a price based on the box office figures of the lead actor’s last movie. Since projections are not working now, OTT platforms are striking staggered deals in parts. They pay a percentage before theatrical release, and the contracts offer them the option to terminate the agreement in case of commercial failure. OTT platforms still buy big titles at a negotiated price but refrain from absorbing duds in their catalogue. They also decline deals on the grounds that films do not meet their standards. Until 2022, movies were released online within four weeks of theatrical launch, which was increased to eight weeks from August 1st, 2022. Previous Next

Volt Typhoon est une campagne parrainée par l’Etat chinois. Elle utilise un bogue provenant d’une startup californienne pour attaquer des entreprises internet indiennes et américaines. < Back Un groupe de pirates informatiques chinois s’en prend aux entreprises indiennes et américaines Volt Typhoon est une campagne parrainée par l’Etat chinois. Elle utilise un bogue provenant d’une startup californienne pour attaquer des entreprises internet indiennes et américaines. À ce jour, Volt Typhoon a attaqué une entreprise en Inde en raison d'une vulnérabilité de Versa Networks et quatre sociétés Internet américaines, dont un fournisseur d'accès à Internet. Les Etats-Unis ont accusé Volt Typhoon d’infiltrer des réseaux qui contrôlent des services américains essentiels, notamment l’eau, l’électricité et les installations de communication. Versa fabrique des logiciels de configuration de réseaux. Elle a lancé une solution d’urgence pour le bogue à la fin du mois de juin, mais l’a annoncée en juillet après une violation. Selon la base de données nationale des vulnérabilités, il s’agit d’un bogue critique. L’annonce de ce bogue soulevé des inquiétudes quant à la vulnérabilité des infrastructures critiques américaines aux cyberattaques. L’agence américaine pour la cybersécurité et la sécurité des infrastructures a notifié aux agences fédérales de résoudre le problème ou de cesser d’utiliser les produits de Versa avant le septembre 13. Previous Next