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The hidden cost A report from the Friends of the Earth Europe entitled "The Hidden Cost of EU Trade Deals" revealed that even before the UK and France were hit with penalties, other EU countries had been forced to pay out hundreds of millions of euros, and were facing claims for many billions more. A total of 127 cases have been brought against 20 EU member states since 1994. Details were only available for 62 of them—many ISDS cases take place in secret, with no information ever being released—and the total compensation claimed in those cases was €30 billion (£21 billion). ISDS tribunals certainly won't grant that full amount, but we do know that €3.5 billion (£2.3 billion) in fines have already been imposed on EU governments—monies that ultimately must be paid by EU taxpayers. … [Read more...] about How EU nations are being sued for billions by foreign companies in secret tribunals

Baidu, which already spent years working on self-driving technology, is the leading Chinese company in the autonomous vehicle space. Last September, the company demonstrated its Level 4 fully autonomous vehicles at its developer conference, Baidu World. In December, Baidu received the first license to test fully autonomous vehicles on public roads in China. The city of Beijing granted the company permission to test five of its self-driving Apollo vehicles, which are retrofitted Lincoln MKZs and Chrysler Pacificas. … [Read more...] about Baidu is the sixth company approved to test fully driverless cars in California

Conditional access describes how to set rules for access based on contexts like the user’s identity and credentials, the location where the authentication is being attempted, and the device that is making the authentication request. In the past, we had forms of conditional access but took this for granted. We relied on physical access control as a condition, as if you are allowed access to the building then you can provide your password and access your PC. Today, we have to look at location differently, again given how different the world’s workforce is now working. … [Read more...] about Security and remote working – how to think about access

All told, Apple said it notched profits of nearly $28.8 billion, up about 30% from the same period last year.  That translates to $1.68 per share in profit, from $111.4 billion in overall revenue, which itself was up more than 21% from the $91.8 billion reported last year. It was also enough to beat average analyst estimates, which were $1.41 per share in profits, from $103.3 billion in revenue, according to surveys published by Yahoo Finance. … [Read more...] about Apple’s iPhone 12 led to largest revenue and profit in company history

And safety of course is goal number one in industrial settings. There are a number of health and safety aspects to consider when working in an industrial environment such as physical hazards including activities that pose health risks. Extreme temperatures, poor air quality, dangerous chemicals, excessive noise and radiation also need to be managed very carefully. Wearable computing offers the industry the opportunity to use cutting-edge technology to step-change the way organisations protect people and assets, improve workforce capability and operational efficiency, while optimising safety. The importance of wearable technology being hands-free is paramount when it comes to operational safety. Advancements in speech and voice recognition have meant that wearables can be operated in extremely noisy industrial settings and without these advancements the technology would simply be ineffective and its benefits negated. … [Read more...] about Why hands-free, wearable computing has become a necessity for industrial work environments