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Iraq cuts internet before attacks on protestors
July 22, 2018
Amnesty International has learned that the Iraqi authorities disabled internet access shortly before the security forces attacked, and in some cases killed, people protesting over unemployment and inadequate government services across the south of the country. In the past week, witnesses in Basra governorate have reported to Amnesty that security forces have been using tear gas and live ammunition against peaceful protesters. At least eight people"...
Tigo Releases State-of-the-art Wireless Technology – Mesh – as the New Solar Communication Architecture for the TS4 Platform
July 19, 2018
Tigo®, pioneer of the smart modular Flex MLPE platform, today announced the release of its new Mesh communication architecture. This state-of-the-art wireless technology directly translates to customer benefits – including simplifying the solar design process and accelerating the commissioning steps. The complete Tigo solution uses a simple yet powerful data collection technology that covers the widest ranges of residential & commercial installations at the lowest cost. With Mesh and the recently announced Tigo Access Point (TAP), customers eliminate the need to address any roof obstruction or orientation constraint. To learn more about Mesh and TAP, register for Tigo’s free, online webinar “The Future of Solar is Wireless” on Wednesday July 25th, 2018 at 10am PDT. Mesh compliments the full Tigo system in conjunction with TAP, Cloud Connect Advanced (CCA),......
Universal Laser Systems Expands Its Materials Database with 3M, Victrex and Dexmet Materials
July 19, 2018
Universal Laser Systems (ULS) announces the addition of 3M™, Victrex® and Dexmet materials to its materials database, the most extensive repository of laser material processing parameters for materials in the range of 10 watts to 500 watts. The 3M, Victrex and Dexmet materials new to the ULS materials database were specifically added for laser processing with the ULTRA and XLS platforms, suited for high accuracy and precision laser cutting,"...
Emmaus Life Sciences Announces the New England Journal of Medicine has Published the Phase 3 Trial Results of Endari™ (L-Glutamine Oral Powder) in Sickle Cell Disease
July 19, 2018
VIEW E-MEDIA KIT – Emmaus Life Sciences, Inc. (Emmaus) announced today that the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) has published the results of its 48-week phase 3 clinical trial of Endari™ (L-glutamine oral powder) which supported the FDA approval in July 2017 to reduce the acute complications of sickle cell disease in adult and pediatric patients 5 years of age and older. The article reports results that showed significantly fewer sickle cell crises in those receiving Endari compared to placebo by 25 percent; p=0.005 (median 3 vs. median 4) and significantly fewer hospitalizations by 33 percent; p=0.005 (median 2 vs. median 3). Additional findings showed lower cumulative days in hospital of 41 percent; p=0.02 (median 6.5 days vs. median 11 days) and a lower incidence of acute chest syndrome (ACS) by more than 60 percent; p=0.003 (13 of 152 patients [8.6%] had at least 1......
Disruption of internet in Iraq caused loss of $1 million: trade chamber
July 18, 2018
Iraqi trade has been damaged by $1 million USD in one day due to protests in southern cities and internet cuts in many provinces, the Baghdad Commerce Chamber has said. The demonstrations in Basra have caused a decline in the volume of trade with Kuwait and Iran in the last several days, a member of Baghdad Commerce Chamber, Zyad Kaabi, said in a statement on Monday (July 17). “They"...
Lenovo Leaps Forward with Next-Generation ThinkAgile Composable Cloud Platform
July 18, 2018
(AETOS Wire)-- Lenovo Data Center Group (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY), one of the fastest growing hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) vendors according to IDC, – with HCI revenue growing at almost twice the market growth rate in Q1 2018 (149.1% compared to 76.3%)—is further expanding its ThinkAgile portfolio to provide an innovative solution for customers who desire the agility of the public cloud and the security of a private cloud. To address this growing customer trend, Lenovo"...
GSMA Finds That Consumers in Developing Countries Are Hard Hit by High Spectrum Prices
July 17, 2018
Better spectrum pricing policies are needed in developing countries to improve the economic and social welfare of the billions of people that remain unconnected to mobile broadband services, according to a new report, ‘Spectrum Pricing in Developing Countries’, released by the GSMA today at the Mobile 360 – Africa conference in Kigali. The study reveals that spectrum prices in developing countries are, on average, more than three times higher than in developed countries, when income is taken into account."...
NEC and dotData Use AI to Accelerate Data Science for the SMBC Group
July 17, 2018
NEC Corporation (NEC) (TOKYO:6701) and dotData, Inc., a Silicon Valley venture in the automation of data science, today announced the provision and full operation of “dotData” platform for the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMBC Group) in order to strengthen the Group’s analytical capabilities. In recent years, the need for big data analytics has been growing rapidly. However, there is also an increasing shortage of data scientists to handle this need. In order to address this issue, dotData automates data science processes through artificial intelligence (AI). dotData platform is now commercially available globally. NEC has obtained an exclusive license from dotData to provide this software across Japan. Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, NEC and the dotData team have actively worked to incorporate AI into banking operations in order to create new service offerings......
More Than Half of Sub-Saharan Africa to Be Connected to Mobile by 2025, Finds New GSMA Study
July 17, 2018
More than half the population of Sub-Saharan Africa will be subscribed to a mobile service by 2025, according to the latest edition of the GSMA’s Mobile Economy report series, published at the GSMA ‘Mobile 360 – Africa’ event being held in Kigali this week. The new report forecasts that there will be 634 million unique mobile subscribers1 across Sub-Saharan Africa by 2025, equivalent to 52 per cent of the population, up from 444 million (44 per cent) at the end of last year. The report also calculates"...
Iraq Blocks Facebook as Protests Expand
July 16, 2018
The Iraqi government has imposed a blockade on Facebook across the country in the wake of growing and violent protest in southern provinces. The social media platform, which is the most popular in Iraq, has also been blocked in the Kurdistan Region while it remains safe and away from protests. Iraq’s southern provinces, including Basra, Najaf, Karbala, Misan, Dhi"...
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