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Canada’s Online News Act Targets Facebook and Google

Posted on July 6, 2023 by nauw

The Canadian Parliament has passed a law that will require technology companies to pay domestic news outlets for linking to their articles, prompting the owner of Facebook and Instagram to say that it would pull news articles from both platforms in the country. The law, passed on Thursday, is the latest salvo in a push by governments around the world to force big companies like Google and Facebook to pay for news that they share on their platforms — a campaign that the companies have resisted at virtually every turn. With some caveats, the new Canadian law would force search…

‘Catastrophic’: Missing Titanic sub likely imploded, killing crew | Science and Technology News

Posted on July 3, 2023 by nauw

The Titan submersible that has been missing for days in the Atlantic Ocean with five men on board suffered a “catastrophic loss” consistent with the implosion of the vessel, the United States Coast Guard has said. US Rear Admiral John Mauger said on Thursday that a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) found debris off the bow of the Titanic, the century-old shipwreck that was the intended destination of the expedition. “The debris is consistent with a catastrophic implosion of the vessel,” Mauger told reporters. The submersible, which had been missing since Sunday off the eastern coast of Canada, sparked a…

Meta launches Quest+ subscription for VR headsets

Posted on June 30, 2023 by nauw

June 26 (Reuters) – Meta Platforms (META.O) on Monday launched Meta Quest+, a subscription-based service for its virtual reality (VR) headsets to shape a nascent but high-investment market. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, in a broadcast channel on social media app Instagram, said the Meta Quest+ subscription will be available from Monday at $7.99 per month, or $59.99 annually, for its Quest 2, Pro and soon for Quest 3. Apple (AAPL.O) has entered the market dominated by Meta, showing its $3,499 augmented reality headset called the Vision Pro. Still, Apple’s headset is three times the cost of the priciest headset from…

Salesforce ShipStation Integration | Digital ETG

Posted on June 29, 2023 by nauw

The absence of integration hampers your ability to gain complete visibility into the order lifecycle. Without a seamless connection between Salesforce and your shipping software, tracking numbers, shipping status, and delivery updates may not be readily available in real time. This lack of visibility makes it difficult to provide accurate information to customers regarding their orders, resulting in decreased trust and satisfaction. Additionally, without integration, post-sale support and issue resolution become more challenging as the relevant order details are not easily accessible. To overcome these challenges and optimize your order management and shipping processes, integrating your Salesforce with ShipStation is…

Aston Martin turns to US EV company Lucid for high-tech help

Posted on June 27, 2023 by nauw

June 26 (Reuters) – Aston Martin (AML.L) has reached a deal that will give US electric vehicle (EV) maker Lucid Group (LCID.O) a 3.7% stake in return for access to its “high performance” technology, the British company said on Monday, sending its shares up nearly 15%. Under the agreement, Aston Martin will make cash payments and issue 28.4 million new ordinary shares to Lucid, worth together about $232 million. The shift to electric is phenomenally costly, with carmakers globally committing around $1.2 trillion to the low-emission technology. Smaller carmakers like Aston Martin are more reliable on partnerships to make the…

Salesforce Vertex Integration | Digital ETG

Posted on June 23, 2023 by nauw

The seamless integration of Vertex solutions with Salesforce benefits your business with a cohesive, precise, and automated sales and use tax calculation experience that spans the entire compliance process. This integration will enable streamlined production, filing, and remittance of returns and payments, all conveniently accessible in the cloud or on premise. What’s more, by incorporating Vertex’s Address Cleansing Service into the Salesforce platform, Vertex ensures that each transaction is accurately attributed to the appropriate jurisdiction, a vital component in the face of increasingly complex tax regulations. For example, let’s say your company caters to customers across multiple states. With the…

New technology uses ordinary sunlight to disinfect drinking water

Posted on June 21, 2023 by nauw

At least 2 billion people worldwide regularly drink water contaminated with disease-causing microbes. Disinfectant powder is stirred in bacteria-contaminated water (upper left). The mixture is exposed to sunlight, which rapidly kills all the bacteria (upper right). A magnet collects the metallic powder after disinfection (lower right). The powder is then reloaded into another beaker of contaminated water, and the disinfection process is repeated (lower left). (Image credit: Tong Wu/Stanford University) Now, scientists at Stanford University and SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have invented a low-cost, recyclable powder that kills thousands of waterborne bacteria per second when exposed to ordinary sunlight. The…

Artificial Intelligence Trends And Top AI Stocks To Watch

Posted on June 18, 2023 by nauw

Investors, beware: There’s plenty of buzz around artificial intelligence. Like adding dot-coms to their name in the 1990s, more and more companies are labeling themselves AI stocks. firm like Nvidia (NVDA), Microsoft (MSFT), Alphabets (GOOGLE), apples (AAPL), adobe (ADBE) and countless others across a range of industries certainly qualify. Even human-resources leader workdays (WDAY) has deeply embedded AI and machine learning into its platform. Here’s A New Way To Play The Artificial Intelligence Boom X Simply jumping on that bandwagon, many companies use older data analytics tools and simply label them as AI for a public-relations boost. Identifying which companies…