The city where cars are not welcome!

Eckart Wurzner, a mayor on a mission to make his city emission-free, is not terribly impressed by promises from General Motors, Ford and other big automakers to swear off fossil fuels. Eckart Wurzner, mayor of Heidelberg, is going all out to reduce his city’s dependence on cars. Image Credit: NYTNot that Wurzner, the mayor of […]

Casting a wide intrusion net: Dozens burned with single hack

Boston: The SolarWinds hacking campaign blamed on Russian spies and the “grave threat” it poses to US national security are widely known. A very different – and no less alarming – coordinated series of intrusions also detected in December has gotten considerably less public attention. Nimble, highly skilled criminal hackers believed to operate out of […]

Panasonic to buy US software firm Blue Yonder for $6.5 billion: Nikkei

Tokyo: Panasonic Corp will buy U.S. software firm Blue Yonder for 700 billion yen ($6.45 billion), the Nikkei reported on Monday, saying it was the Japanese electronics firm’s biggest acquisition since 2011. While Panasonic bought 20% stakes of Blue Yonder in 2020, it is now in the final stage to acquire the rest from shareholders […]