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Amazon accused of potentially lying to US antitrust committee about its use of seller data

Image: Getty Images A bipartisan group of Congress members have accused Amazon of misleading an antitrust committee, after various reports claimed the company used third-party seller data to copy products while simultaneously propping up its own products over others in search results. Among the reports are claims by Reuters that Amazon ran a systematic campaign of creating […]

All Robotics and Automation Stories and Videos

Smart Robots ready to build a faster, cleaner, more profitable construction industry Can robots help alleviate South Africa’s low-cost housing shortage, and give the local construction industry the boost it needs to get back on the path to profitability? Closing the AI Ambition – Execution Gap in Manufacturing While most manufacturing companies have begun to […]

The Challenges and Opportunities Smart Buildings Face

Written on {{ “2021-10-18T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-10-18T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Various barriers and opportunities within the Smart Building industry exist, but it’s clear that the Covid pandemic has boosted adoption and renewed focus on occupant wellbeing, contactless technology, occupant analytics and remote management tools and solutions as the demand […]

Pearl Certification launches industry’s first data-certified equity calculator

Pearl Certification, a national provider of third-party certification of high-performing homes, launched the Equity Calculator today to help contractors better demonstrate the value solar installations can add to a home. The Pearl Equity Calculator is the industry’s first tool to calculate discounted cash flow using certified contractor data, NREL software to calculate solar production numbers, […]

Brazilian capital surpasses Rio and São Paulo in mobile broadband speed

Brazil’s capital Brasília surpassed major urban centers of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo in mobile broadband speed, according to a new report. According to the research on mobile performance by mobile and broadband network intelligence firm Ookla based on data from Internet access performance metrics tool Speedtest, Brasília’s median mobile download speed reached 31.44 […]

The third XCMG International Customers Festival series live stream of Access Equipment was grandly held

smartbuildingmag.com 18 {{ “2021-10-18T00:00:00+00:00” | date “MMM” }} ’21 Written on {{ “2021-10-18T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-10-18T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} XCMG News On October 14, the third XCMG International Customers Festival series live stream of Access Equipment was grandly held. As XCMG’s first webcast dedicated to aerial work machinery products, with […]

MCE, NEIF offer low-interest loans on home batteries for Bay Area residents

MCE and National Energy Improvement Fund (NEIF) developed a program to finance home energy storage systems for residents in California’s Bay Area. The companies are offering low- and zero-interest loans with extended payback periods to reduce financial barriers to the technology. “As a certified Benefit Corporation, NEIF is excited to launch this offering with MCE,” […]

The new MacBook Pro highlights what’s gone wrong with Windows laptops

We just got the first glimpse of Apple’s new MacBook Pros running the new M1 Pro and M1 Max Apple Silicon chips. And they’re powerhouses. The performance improvements compared to Apple’s previous-generation MacBook Pro laptops running Intel chips are stellar. We’re talking high-performance components delivering incredible performance and offering hours of extra battery life compared to […]