If pending legislation passes, the Netherlands will ban the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2025. The proposal has passed the parliament’s lower house and is likely to be approved by the upper chamber. Norway considered a similar measure but rejected it in favor of exploring incentives to lure drivers toward electric transport. For now,...
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Dollar stores need to push digital for Gen Y
Earnings dropped significantly for dollar stores this summer due to competitive and economic factors. But discount start-up Hollar is gaining attention with an online discount shopping business model – one that will become increasingly attractive to Millennials and the next generation. Millennials are now responsible for 80 percent of US births, according to the “Millennials...
Computing with DNA? No longer science fiction
Imagine storing all the e-mails, videos, documents, and other files on your computer and cell phone in a space the size of a dull pencil point. But you don’t have to imagine it; researchers at Microsoft and the University of Washington have done it. The engineering team stored 200 megabytes of data – including graphics,...
Electric Avenue: Road power rises
Starting next year, California will start making electricity from its roads. The state is pilot-testing piezoelectric sensors, which turn mechanical pressure or stress into power. The sensors, each about the size of a dime, will be embedded in road surfaces and wired together. As cars and trucks press on and vibrate the road, the sensors...
Driverless taxis? Not so fast
Singapore’s Land Transit Authority and the software company nuTonomy are testing driverless taxis in the island nation. The open-ended pilot project allows riders to use nuTonomy’s ride-hailing app to flag a hack, then travel within a portion of the city-state’s business district. For safety, and to take data, a human engineer will ride along –...
Betting big on blockchains
Follow the money. And who controls it – the banks. Soon you won’t be able to see or touch your cash in the coming global cashless society. From Bitcoin to Citicoin to SETLcoin, the world is moving to digital currency. Forget those vaults where cash once was stored. Digital dough will be stored and transacted...
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Presidential race will not affect the economy
From Asia to Europe to America, equity markets around the world on Monday swayed in anticipation of who would win The Presidential Reality Show® “debate” between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Across the business-media spectrum, market experts claimed that a positive financial future hinged upon a Clinton victory and were parroted as economic gospel: US stocks...