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Unilever wants to warm up its ice cream freezers in convenience stores without turning its products into puddles, part of a broader effort to pursue green ...

If and when the company cracks the secret of reformulating its ice creams, it plans to share some of its learnings with its competitors so they might be able to do the same, he said. If the pilots are deemed successful, Unilever will need to manually increase the temperature of its freezers in around 60 countries. The warming program isn’t designed to sweat competitors out of Unilever freezers, which some shopkeepers fill with an assortment of brands that don’t carry the Unilever logo, Mr. Taking place in Indonesia, the research will involve testing both the melting and sensory properties of the reformulated ice creams, as well as blind taste tests. The project so far has involved around a decade of research and development in ice cream formulation, but began making real progress in the past few years because of recent developments in sugar technologies, he said. Some of its purpose-driven programs and advertising campaigns in recent years have been denounced by activists and regulators as forms of corporate greenwashing or surface-level marketing stunts that fail to make a real difference. Unilever declined to disclose the effort’s overall cost, saying the project has by and large been baked into existing research and development budgets. Higher temperatures can lead to softer ice creams that stick to wrappers and slide off ice cream sticks, for example, said Andrew Sztehlo, chief research and development officer for Unilever’s ice cream division. The first pilot, which took place in Germany, determined which products were naturally resilient to warmer temperatures and wouldn’t require reformulation. But the strategy has required Unilever to reformulate some of its ice creams so they can withstand higher temperatures without melting, losing structural integrity or forfeiting what the company calls their distinctive mouthfeel. “Any measures to safely reduce energy bills, such as freezers and refrigeration that use less power, would certainly be welcomed by retailers.” Keeping ice cream at 10 degrees as opposed to zero will reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by roughly 20% to 30% per freezer, it said.

Lockheed Martin delivered the first C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical transport turboprop to the Indonesian Air Force (IDAF) on Thursday.

According to World Air Forces 2023, Indonesia has 24 turboprops in operation, including the C-130B, (K)C-130H and the L-100, the civil variant of the Hercules. The Indonesian Air Force signed an agreement with Lockheed in 2019, but only in September 2021 did it make the contract public. Lockheed Martin delivered the first C-130J-30 Super Hercules tactical transport turboprop to the Indonesian Air Force (IDAF) on Thursday.

One of the most popular releases was our Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities (TRV) article on Artificial intelligence (AI) in EU securities markets. The ...

[report](https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/library/ESMA50-165-2391_MMF_market_2023.pdf) on the EU Money Market Funds. [TRV Report](https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/library/ESMA50-165-2438_trv_1-23_risk_monitor.pdf) of 2023. Last but not least, we published our [Peer Review](https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/library/ESMA42-111-7381_Peer_review_on_supervision_of_CSDs_providing_crossborder_services_or_participating_in_interoperable_links.pdf) on the national supervision of Central Securities Depositories providing cross-border services or participating in interoperable links. In addition, we have issued an [opinion](https://www.esma.europa.eu/sites/default/files/2023-01/ESMA32-334-589_Opinion_on_ESRS_Set_1.pdf) on the first set of draft European Sustainability Reporting Standards. One of the most popular releases was our Trends, Risks and Vulnerabilities (TRV) article on Artificial intelligence (AI) in EU securities markets. Your one-stop-shop in the world of EU financial markets focused in January and February on different topics.

A team of GPP's Cape Town-based software developers. UK-based fintech firm Global Prime Partners (GPP) is expanding its technology team. The financial ...

We have amazing female engineers in the various teams and we are looking to create an avenue of tech skills within the younger generation,” concluded Sumner. At the same time, we are bringing international education of financial instruments to local developers. “While we do not target South African clients, from a technical perspective, our developer team is entirely locally-based. The product is currently being transformed to add more value to clients through further expansion, modernisation and integration. “We have partnered with Microsoft, and as part of this new development, we are expanding our software developer team and have exclusively selected the development team in SA to prepare us to scale for growth,’ noted Sumner. The acquisition, he added, is part of Titan’s strategy to bring a new proposition to the wealth and asset management sector in the UK, and offer independent services to investment managers and independent financial advisers.

At the same time as revealing the new Mercedes Modular Architecture (MMA), which MB.OS is built on, the German brand has also disclosed details of a special ...

Mercedes Benz will be software defined from end-to-end and will reinvent the company as a luxury-focused, software-driven technology company." Self-driving standards have been set by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, said: "[The] decision to put in supercomputers [means MB is] building a giant fleet of cars that will never get old. It will have an API supported by Android (Google, again) in the UK, so selected third-parties can get in on the action. Schafer has been clear about what the brand is already capable of, previously citing computer-piloted overtaking, but regulation plays a big role and It’s developed a system to denote levels of autonomy, where zero is no autonomy and five is full autonomy. From gaming to movie streaming and conference-calling, the new operating system expects to ‘elevate the infotainment experience’. At the same time as revealing the new Mercedes Modular Architecture (MMA), which MB.OS is built on, the German brand has also disclosed details of a special relationship with Google to create the next-gen navigation system - which essentially puts all things Google Maps integrated into the car. The really interesting bit - to get our super-nerd on - is the Chip-to-cloud IoT (Internet of Things) stuff. It mitigates the chances of bad actors breaching devices because the direct relationship to the cloud removes potential gateways for hackers to exploit. They were keen to emphasise the security improvements made by adopting chip-to-cloud architecture, which will be central to every future Mercedes-Benz product. The car knows you, it knows who you are…

Mercedes-Benz and Google have struck a partnership to offer drivers navigation, maps and other apps like YouTube provided by the tech giant.

The Mercedes-Benz Operating System (MB.OS) is a new purpose-built chip-to-cloud architecture that will be central to every future product.

As a pioneer of automotive engineering, Mercedes-Benz sees shaping the future of mobility in a safe and sustainable way as both a motivation and obligation. The services presented and their availability and functionalities depend in particular on time, the vehicle model, year of manufacture, selected optional equipment and country. The words “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” ”can,” “could,” “plan,” “project,” “should” and similar expressions are used to identify forward-looking statements. As of today, the company is on track to exceed its own goal of 1 billion euro EBIT from digital services in 2025, which is already part of the existing profit targets. Mercedes-Benz will offer new services that are more personalized and convenient, thanks to the Mercedes me ID, which connects all customer-related information: from purchase and financing to service appointments right through to charging and payment data. With MB.DRIVE, customers will have the chance to expand the functions of advanced driver assistance systems in their cars. A comprehensive set of sensors will be available in the MMA platform, which will also benefit from new dimensions of processing power. The “driving brain” of the vehicle is the NVIDIA DRIVE Orin system-on-chip, capable of conducting 254 trillion operations per second to process data from a suite of sensors surrounding the vehicle. At the same time, Mercedes-Benz drivers will continue to benefit from the native integration of essential navigation functionalities, which are unavailable from off-the-shelf infotainment systems. A new MBUX API for Android allows the installation of third-party apps, offering a better user experience compared to mirrored apps. Place Details provided by Google will be available starting today in all vehicles with the latest generation of MBUX in applicable markets2. The company created its operating system to be standardized across the entire vehicle portfolio, fully updateable for rapid product upgrades and deliberately open for selected partners.

Mercedes announced today that it will be the first automaker on earth to build its own navigation experience based on the Google platform.

In addition, Mercedes plans to use Google Cloud’s AI and Machine Learning capabilities to develop new models faster. [Mercedes will](https://www.carscoops.com/tag/mercedes/) gain access to Google’s geospatial offerings, including real-time and predictive traffic information, automatic rerouting, and more. Mercedes announced today that it will be the first automaker on earth to build its own navigation experience based on the Google platform.

The TRA has begun a reconsideration of its recommendation on anti-dumping measures of imports of Aluminium Extrusions from China.

These measures place duties on products when they are dumped – unfairly imported into a country at prices below what they would be sold for in the country where they are made. - Anti-dumping measures are one of the three types of trade remedies allowed by the World Trade Organisation (WTO). - Reconsiderations are part of the process that parties can use to ask the TRA to look again at its decisions. It will determine whether the application received necessitates a different recommendation to that originally given to the Secretary of State for Business and Trade. It therefore recommended that a new anti-dumping duty be applied to imports of Aluminium Extrusions from China to the UK. The applicant in this case did not request that that the Economic Interest Test in this case be performed again.

Automaker Mercedes-Benz is counting on big business opportunities for its planned proprietary car software. By the end of the decade, software-driven sales ...

That part of the software is expected to account for the largest share of software revenue by the end of the decade. automaker General Motors (GM) aims to generate up to $25 billion (23.4 billion euros) in software by the end of the decade. On the other, he said, it's also an incentive for customers to also use existing functions and pay for them./men/mis/he Mercedes has further cooperations in its quiver, for example for games or video conferencing from the providers [Zoom](/cours/action/ZOOM-VIDEO-COMMUNICATIONS-57086220/) and Webex from [Cisco](/cours/action/CISCO-SYSTEMS-INC-4862/). By the middle of the decade, spending on software should account for 25 percent of the research and development budget. From 2025, the comprehensive "MB.OS" car software is to be used in the new "MMA" vehicle platform.

Two DA MPs, Andrew Whitfield and Chantal King, are vying for the position of provincial leader. Both candidates have committed to work more to reduce the ANC's ...

In early trading Wednesday, Intel shares were down 0.6%, at $25.91. The stock has declined by about 42% over the past 12 months, compared with the 13% drop in ...

And it should provide the additional financial firepower it needs to fund a business turnaround. The move is a positive sign management is acknowledging the chip maker’s precarious situation. [Intel](#phrase-company?ref=COMPANY%7CINTC;onlineSignificance=significant) is finally taking its medicine by reducing its dividend.

The semiconductor giant cut its dividend by 66%. In this video, I will talk about Intel's (INTC -2.26%) move to cut its dividend payout by 66 ...

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