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Electric vehicle batteries present a number of challenges.They're expensive.They use materials like cobalt that are linked to environmental and human rights abuses in the supply chain.They can catch fire.They're fairly slow to charge.And while multiple companies are working on alternatives, the R&D process for designing a new battery can take a few years.

Electric vehicle batteries present a number of challenges.They're expensive.They use materials like cobalt that are linked to environmental and human rights abuses in the supply chain.They can catch fire.They're fairly slow to charge.And while multiple companies are working on alternatives, the R&D process for designing a new battery can take a few years.

By Narayan Annamalai When cybersecurity measures fail, the results can be devastating and costly.In the past year, network security failures have led to downed websites, delayed flights, unavailable video games, and much more.Such incidents can erode customer, investor, and board member trust and result in the types of headlines you don't want.

By Chris Thornton "Let's just get through this."For many people leaders, that's been the mantra for the past three years."Let's just get through this moment in time, focus on the short-term solutions for our immediate needs, and when things go back to normal, we'll deal with all the issues we've been putting on the backburner."

If you live in the US, the stuff you buy-that new dining room table, bag of rice, or pair of pants heading to your home right now-may experience the all-electric future of global transportation before you do.Tens of millions of tons of goods move through California's ports each year, proceeding from ship to port and beyond on hulking semitrucks.

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration chief Anne Milgram speaks during a news conference in Washington, on April 14.The DEA on Friday stripped one of the nation's largest drug distributors of its license to sell highly addictive painkillers after determining it failed to flag thousands of suspicious orders at the height of the opioid crisis.

Here's today's AdExchanger.comnews round-up... Want it by email?Sign up Split Decision here.The European Commission, the executive arm of the European Union, charged Google's digital ad business with antitrust violations on Wednesday, CNBC reports.After a nearly two-year investigation, the commission found that Google's end-to-end ad platform violates EU antitrust law.

Ads-for-good platformGood-Loop today (June 14th, 2023) announces its partnership with adaptive streaming tech platform,SeenThis, to minimise the carbon footprint of its purpose-powered ad units.The collaboration will see the B Corp-certified company gain access to SeenThis' streaming technology across its display and video offerings, with the ability to optimise its creatives and delivery to eliminate data waste and minimise emissions.

Sharethrough, a top global independent omnichannel ad exchange, is launching GreenPMPs™ (Private Marketplaces) for CTV (connected TV) ad campaigns in partnership with Scope3, solidifying their position as a key partner helping ad buyers reduce their carbon footprint.According to a study conducted by Sharethrough, 80% of consumers favour brands that are actively working to reduce their carbon emissions.

In this exclusive interview in the run-up to ATS Madrid 2023, Mariano De Luca, seller lead Italy, Spain, and MENA, Magnite, details evolving television consumption habits in Spain, including a shift towards ad-supported streaming.How do attitudes towards ad-supported streaming in Spain compare to other European markets, as well as to those within North America?

LoopMe, a leading technology company that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to improve brand advertising performance, announce that it has reached net zero for Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions, thereby becoming a carbon-neutral advertising partner.Working with third parties to independently measure carbon impact, LoopMe has reduced gross emissions per CPM delivered, or every 1,000 impressions an ad receives, by 87% compared to 2021, and has done so seven years ahead of the initial target date.

Just as it did for nearly every facet of the global economy, the pandemic plunged Canada's new car market into upheaval, throwing supply and demand completely out of whack.Factory shutdowns due to COVID-19 made for widespread shortages of parts, filtering down to a historic lack of finished vehicles for sale on dealer lots.

A hospital in Illinois will close on Friday due in part to a cyberattack a rare case of a health care provider publicly linking a hack incident to its closure.The 2021 cyberattack on St. Margaret's Health, a hospital in Spring Valley, Illinois, hobbled computer systems for months and prevented it from filing insurance claims, Linda Burt, a hospital vice president, told CNN on Monday.

Beijing on Sunday told Chinese companies that deal with critical information to stop purchasing products from Micron Technology, the U.S.-based manufacturer of memory chips used in phones, computers and other electronics.Many analysts viewed the move as retaliation for Washington's efforts to cut off China's access to high-end chips.

Americans are confronting a shortage of several major drug treatments.Some cancer patients are struggling to get chemotherapy drugs.Antibiotics are scarce after winter's severe flu season.Medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are in short supply.Even children's Tylenol has been hard to find, as my colleague Christina Jewett wrote.

Farmers throwing in the towel amid soaring costs and labour shortages and falling domestic production of some foods have resulted in repeated gaps on British supermarket shelves much to shoppers' chagrin.UK agriculture has had a torrid few years navigating the fallout from Brexit and the pandemic at a time when squeezed consumers are reassessing what they can afford to put in their shopping baskets.

Supply-path optimization, or SPO, has been one of the key themes in ad tech in recent years, as demand for more efficiency sets in and the curtain closes on ad tech's initial halcyon days.The latest gambit in this trend is Pubmatic's launch of Activate, an offering that promises advertisers a more direct route to market, and (equally) more revenue for publishers through the reduction of players in the supply chain.

Publishers could be forgiven for dragging their heels on testing the cookie alternatives in the Chrome Privacy Sandbox.There's been a delay or two on the phaseout of third-party cookies, after all.But Google swears it's serious about its 2024 deadline."One hundred percent, we are deprecating the third-party cookie in the second half of 2024 - full stop," said Joey Trotz, director of Google's Chrome Privacy Sandbox initiative, speaking at an AdMonsters event in New York City last week.

T ransport for London's chief has been re-appointed to his job on a permanent basis - and has also seen his salary rise by some 40,000.Andy Lord had been serving as TfL's interim commissioner since October 2022, but on Wednesday the organisation's board said he had been given the role permanently, in a process involving more than 200 candidates.

A row has erupted over Chinese-made wristbands given out at the concert at Windsor Castle celebrating the coronation of King Charles III.The BBC, which organised the event, came under fire for buying the light-emitting wristbands because of China's woeful human rights record and the ongoing Uyghur genocide.

The well-known Cadbury Flake synonymous with the 99 cones sold in ice cream vans has been deemed too crumbly by vendors.The row comes as the UK is set to see the hottest day of the year so far this Bank Holiday weekend prompting queues at ice cream vans across the country.Vendors claim that the quality of the Cadbury Flake 99 has deteriorated since the production of the sweet treat was moved to Egypt.

The Cadbury 99 flake is too flakey, ice cream sellers have warned.Ice cream vendors have insisted the quality of the flake has deteriorated since production was moved to Egypt.Owner of C&M Creamery Ices John Taylor told the BBC the product breaks easily.You can't give someone a 99 with a broken flake.

Shop price inflation eased back slightly from record highs last month despite another surge in food prices.Food prices soared 15.7%, the highest on record, in April to continue pressure on consumer finances, according to the latest BRC-NielsenIQ shop price index.However, spring discounting at fashion and furniture stores meant wider retail inflation slowed for the month.

Heineken has pledged a 40 million cash injection into the pubs business, in a move which will create around 600 jobs this year.The global brewing giant said the investment will upgrade 570 pubs, almost a quarter of its UK venues, in 2023.Heineken runs around 2,400 pubs through its Star Pubs & Bars operation in the UK.

A team of students and researchers from Barcelona's Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia has built a hillside timber pavilion with hanging walkways nestled in the trees.Called FLORA, an acronym for Forest Lab for Observational Research and Analysis, the pavilion is a scientific facility that will allow a researcher to live and work in the forest canopy.

Rishi Sunak's Downing Street food summit has been described as empty" by food and farming industry representatives, who rounded on the prime minister for failing to discuss soaring inflation or set out measures to safeguard British food production.The Farm to Fork summit, the first meeting of its kind, brought together farmers, food producers and some of Britain's largest supermarkets.

Some meat, yoghurt and vegetables are among items that have doubled in price compared to a year ago, new figures show.Which?urged prime minister Rishi Sunak to intervene on behalf of struggling consumers as its latest data shows food inflation remaining at shockingly high levels.The figures come ahead of Tuesday's Downing Street Farm to Fork Summit, bringing together farmers' representatives and food and retail trade bodies along with supermarket chiefs to talk about the government's goal of boosting cooperation across the supply chain, the sector's resilience and rampant food inflation.

Food prices have soared to a new record high as consumers continue to feel the pinch in the cost of living crisis, with ready meals and coffee becoming considerably more expensive.Overall shop inflation eased back slightly from record highs in April as spring discounts at fashion and furniture stores meant wider retail inflation slowed.

The Spotted Lanternfly, an invasive species native to China, is on a mission to ruin your summer sangria.While the tiny bugs may appear harmless, even gorgeous, they're far from it.The flies were first observed in the US in 2014, and have since spread across the northeastern seaboard, leaving agriculture damaged in their wake.

Warm weather calls for cooling, refreshing treats: For some Asian American dessert makers that means wobbly, jiggly, jelly-based desserts from Taiwan to Indonesia.You can eat them on their own whether it's coconut jelly on its own or served with crushed ice and brown sugar.Jellies can be the base for an array of toppings or they can be minimalist shapes like a crystal-clear droplet that displays a flower.

Vietnam, the world's second-largest coffee producer, is about to change the game for organic coffee.Many reading this might be surprised to learn that Vietnam even makes coffee, but trust meyou're likely already drinking it.Even the biggest names in specialty coffee source a significant amount from Vietnam; that house blend from you-know-who is usually 40% Vietnamese beans, but no one dares to claim it.

Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Ukraine launched more than 10 drones overnight on the Crimean Peninsula, including three on the port of Sevastopol, a Russian-installed official said early on Sunday, adding that air defence systems repelled all the attacks on Sevastopol.

There were blasts in Russia-annexed Crimea early on Sunday, according to Russian and Ukrainian media.Russian social media reported air defence systems were repelling attacks.Baza, a Telegram channel with links to Russia's law enforcement agencies, reported that Ukraine sent drones into the Crimean Peninsula, with Russian air defence shooting down at least one over the port of Sevastopol.

Apple on Thursday provided more evidence for optimists who believe that the worst of the tech industry's slump may be over while reminding investors that there are still plenty of reasons for concern.Although the company said that its revenue shrank 3 percent in its most recent quarter compared to the same period a year ago, the $94.8 billion total well outpaced investor expectations of $92.9 billion.

Thanks to Wurl for sponsoring Digiday's Future of TV Week coverage and presenting this edition of the Digiday+ Future of TV Briefing, normally available exclusively to paying subscribers.This week's Future of TV Briefing recaps Digiday's five-part video series on the TV, streaming and video advertising business.

With screens omnipresent in modern life, the digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising channel continues to see growth.One reason for this: We've modernized workflows such as conventional insertion order (IO)-based transactions and streamlined much of the manual process through the advent of advertising technology.

Ad tech companies manage billions of advertising bids across thousands of publishers in a matter of milliseconds.So, when a privacy error slips through cracks, it can metastasize into a potential GDPR concern in the blink of an eye.First, in simple language: Technology developed by PubMatic and deployed on nearly 2,500 websites, including Barstool Sports, Maxim and Time.com, was as recently as this week configured in a way that put sellers and publishers at risk of GDPR violations.