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Lafarge ECOPact Zero Concrete put to the test in Eastern Canada
Lafarge ECOPact Zero Concrete put to the test in Eastern Canada Lafarge’s Kingston ready mix plant produced and delivered the first ECOPact Zero concrete in Eastern Canada utilizing ECOPlanet cement in the mix for the first time as well. As part of Holcim’s ‘Houses of Tomorrow’ project to provide in...
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European Terminal operators trial Nexxiot wireless Kingpin Monitor sensors
European Terminal operators trial Nexxiot wireless Kingpin Monitor sensors A trial of Nexxiot’s maintenance-free, wireless sensors conducted by Europe’s largest consortium of truck and rail terminals demonstrates the safety enhancements and trackability benefits for cargo shipping containers. Agora...
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Samsung in-memory processing delivers power to a wider range of applications
Samsung in-memory processing delivers power to a wider range of applications Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today showcased its latest advancements with processing-in-memory (PIM) technology at Hot Chips 33 — a leading semiconductor conference where th...
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Smart Mobility start-up Klymat seeks seed investors for its Mobility-as-a-Service platform
Smart Mobility start-up Klymat seeks seed investors for its Mobility-as-a-Service platform Klymat, a travel and transportation technology start-up, is seeking seed-stage investors for its Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) digital platform. The company’s first round of private equity fundraising will acce...
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Ford E-Transits begin trials with fleet customers
Ford E-Transits begin trials with fleet customers Ford’s all-electric Transit is starting work on European roads as customer trials commence with a selection of major fleet operators ahead of the volume sales launch in spring 2022. The trial kicks off with 10 E-Transit prototypes being put to the te...
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Ringway puts their first zero emission 7.2 tonne commercial truck to work
Ringway puts their first zero emission 7.2 tonne commercial truck to work Ringway, a specialist highway services company, has received delivery of the UK’s first fully electric 7.2 tonne IVECO Daily cage tipper for its Hounslow Highways contract. Guest Truck and Van supplied the specially adapted co...
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Ernst and Young report backs value creation potential of Digital Twins
Ernst & Young report backs value creation potential of Digital Twins Ernst & Young has delivered a huge boost to Digital Twin technology’s value in building maintenance and operations, sustainability and reducing environmental impact, health and wellness, and real estate interface. This come...
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Volta Trucks announces real-world trials of Volta Zero prototype
Volta Trucks announces real-world trials of Volta Zero prototype Volta Trucks, a leading and disruptive full electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services provider, has confirmed the start of engineering evaluation and development testing of the first prototype Volta Zero at HORIBA MIRA in N...
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NETZSCH to highlight compact movable dewatering pumps at MINExpo 2021
NETZSCH to highlight compact movable dewatering pumps at MINExpo 2021 NETZSCH Pumps North America, LLC will be showcasing its line of safe, reliable and cost-efficient mine dewatering pumps and pump skids, at MINExpo 2021, Sept 13th-15th, 2021, in Las Vegas, NV. Stop by booth 336 North to see the NE...
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Over 60 US companies earn Awards for Safety and Project Outcomes
Over 60 US companies earn Awards for Safety and Project Outcomes At the recent Construction Awards Banquet, that notion was on full display as many of the region’s top builders earned recognition for their outstanding performances across many incredible projects. The awards were presented by the Nor...
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ACO Webinar series focuses on tackling Habitat Destruction
ACO Webinar series focuses on tackling Habitat Destruction ACO Water Management has announced a new series of webinars and podcasts discussing the ways in which the construction industry can better protect the UK’s biodiversity and wild habitats. Climate change is having a significant impact on biod...
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Total Equipment in Puerto Rico rebrands to Vermeer Caribbean
Total Equipment in Puerto Rico rebrands to Vermeer Caribbean Total Equipment, Inc., a full-line Vermeer Industrial dealer headquartered in Puerto Rico, today announced it has acquired the rights from Vermeer Southeast to represent the Vermeer Industrial product line in over 20 islands south of Cuba,...
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NEPO and CECA to address the worsening UK materials shortages
NEPO and CECA to address the worsening UK materials shortages Construction Alliance North East is working with the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) and CECA to address the worsening materials shortages crisis that has blighted the construction sector in 2021. Throughout the last 12 months...
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Mandata simplifies Workforce Compliance for Hauliers
Mandata simplifies Workforce Compliance for Hauliers Mandata has introduced a new software solution, Team Admin Compliance, which will digitise and transform haulage operator processes. It’s hard for hauliers to keep track of employee’s knowledge and understanding of company procedures and legislati...
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RoboSense solid-state LiDAR wins the race to mass production
RoboSense solid-state LiDAR wins the race to mass production RoboSense LiDAR, a leading Smart LiDAR Sensor provider announced the second-generation intelligent solid-state LiDAR RS-LiDAR-M1 (referred to as “M1”) completed mass production and delivery to the designated project for the fir...
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Rural Roads in India to get $300m upgrade
Rural Roads in India to get $300m upgrade The Asian Development Bank has approved a $300 million loan as additional financing for the ongoing Maharashtra Rural Connectivity Improvement Project that is upgrading rural roads and connecting rural areas with markets and services in the State of Maharas...
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Bengaluru Metro Rail Network in India set for 56Km $500m expansion
Bengaluru Metro Rail Network in India set for 56Km $500m expansion The Asian Development Bank and the Government of India on 19 November signed a $500 million loan to expand the metro rail network in Bengaluru with the construction of two new metro lines totalling 56 kilometres (km) in length. The s...
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ADB funds $235m expansion of 222km Pakistan National Highway 55
ADB funds $235m expansion of 222km Pakistan National Highway 55 The Asian Development Bank has approved a loan of $235 million to further upgrade National Highway 55 in Pakistan, which is crucial to the countries regional connectivity and strengthen the government’s operation and maintenance of its...
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Pine Environmental takes on Guardian S Remote Visual Inspection Robot
Pine Environmental takes on Guardian S Remote Visual Inspection Robot Sarcos Robotics, a leader in the development of robotic systems that augment humans to enhance productivity and safety, and Pine Environmental Services LLC, a professional services company providing equipment for environmental mon...
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Intel Architecture Day reveals new Architectures, HPC-AI and Client Computing
Intel Architecture Day reveals new Architectures, HPC-AI and Client Computing At Intel Architecture Day 2021, Raja Koduri, senior vice president and general manager of the Accelerated Computing Systems and Graphics Group at Intel Corporation outlined the news about Intel’s new architectures fo...
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Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions teams up with Ghost Robotics
Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions teams up with Ghost Robotics Artificial Intelligence Technology Solutions, Inc., which provides AI-driven security and productivity solutions for enterprise clients, has announced that it has signed an agreement with Ghost Robotics Corporation, outlining...
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Cepton Lidar innovations win 2 awards at 2021 Tech.AD Europe
Cepton Lidar innovations win 2 awards at 2021 Tech.AD Europe Leading lidar solutions provider Cepton received two recognitions at Tech.AD Europe this year for its innovations, adding to the company’s growing portfolio of award-winning lidar solutions across industries. Tech.AD is a leading technical...
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Granite awarded $25.7m Tucson International Airport Airfield Safety Project
Granite awarded $25.7m Tucson International Airport Airfield Safety Project Granite announced it has been awarded the DBB1 contract by the Tucson Airport Authority (TAA) as part of their Airfield Safety Enhancements (ASE) program at Tucson International Airport (TUS) in Tucson, Arizona. The new proj...
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Avoid the Headache of Construction Delays with Good Project Management
Avoid the Headache of Construction Delays with Good Project Management When compared with other industries, construction has been slow to adopt digital technology. However, contractors and clients alike should consider deploying construction project management software to improve efficiency and prev...
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SITECH brings Machine Control to Ground Developments
SITECH brings Machine Control to Ground Developments Specialist ground engineering contractor Ground Developments Ltd (GDL) was one of the first companies in Scotland to upgrade its fleet to machine control. Eleven years ago, SITECH UK and Ireland, a leading distributor of Trimble® machine control t...
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Switzerland’s widest tunnel gets the VÖGELE WITOS Smart Paving treatment
Switzerland’s widest tunnel gets the VÖGELE WITOS Smart Paving treatment The 37 ft 9 in (11.5 m) width paving of the Gubrist Tunnel demanded optimal coordination and maximum efficiency. That’s why contractor Marti AG Solothurn chose VÖGELE’s WITOS Paving Plus software-based process optimizatio...
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Mecalac launches MR50 and MR60 Tiltrotators and dedicated grading buckets
Mecalac launches MR50 and MR60 Tiltrotators and dedicated grading buckets Mecalac, a global leader in the design and manufacture of compact construction equipment, has announced the launch of its MR50 and MR60 Tiltrotators and dedicated grading buckets. Available for Mecalac crawler excavators and w...
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John Deere and Hitachi Construction Machinery to end Joint Venture
John Deere and Hitachi Construction Machinery to end Joint Venture John Deere today announced it has agreed with Hitachi Construction Machinery to end the Deere-Hitachi joint venture manufacturing and marketing agreements. John Deere and Hitachi will enter into new license and supply agreements, whi...
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Doosan Infracore completes sale to Hyundai Heavy Industries
Doosan Infracore completes sale to Hyundai Heavy Industries Today is the official close and completion date of the Doosan Infracore sale to Hyundai Heavy Industries Holdings Co.. Doosan Infracore will become a subsidiary of the newly created Hyundai Genuine group alongside Hyundai Construction Equip...
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Sensata Technologies to debut Sensata Xirgo trucking technology
Sensata Technologies to debut Sensata Xirgo trucking technology Sensata Technologies, a leading industrial technology company and provider of sensor-rich solutions that create insights for customers, today announced that its newly combined business, Sensata | Xirgo, will debut its solutions at three...
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Autonomous Heavy Truck solutions becoming mainstream
Autonomous Heavy Truck solutions becoming mainstream Research and Markets has released the “Global and China Autonomous Heavy Truck Industry Report, 2020-2021” which looks at autonomous heavy truck research. The Report looked at out research into highway scenario-oriented autonomous heav...
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FABTECH 2021 to feature Universal Robots Cobot Welding innovations
FABTECH 2021 to feature Universal Robots Cobot Welding innovations Universal Robots pioneered collaborative arc welding and continues to make cobot-powered fabricating solutions mainstream. FABTECH 2021 is the launchpad for innovative new cobot applications including heavy-duty water-cooled welding,...
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JCB’s highest spec Site Dumper heads for Northern Ireland
JCB’s highest spec Site Dumper heads for Northern Ireland A leading agricultural and groundworks contractor has bought the highest specification JCB site dumper ever ordered in Northern Ireland. Purchased by Co. Down based John Dan O’Hare, the brand-new Stage V 9T-2 dumper has been configured...
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The Cones continue on their exciting and educational adventures
The Cones continue on their exciting and educational adventures The highly successful series of children’s books, written by author Chris Madeley, is going from strength to strength with increased support from Corporate Britain. Chris engages with a great diversity of companies to help children to l...
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Komatsu’s new Swedish Eco-Friendly Manufacturing Plant starts production
Komatsu’s new Swedish Eco-Friendly Manufacturing Plant starts production Komatsu Ltd., today announced that Komatsu Forest AB, Komatsu’s wholly owned subsidiary, engaging in manufacture and sales of forest machinery and based in Umea, Sweden, began production at its new plant. The new plant ha...
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Smart ITS technology puts cyclists in the picture
Smart ITS technology puts cyclists in the picture Thanks to a link between advanced cycling radar and smart traffic control systems, cyclists in Utrecht (NL) can now ride faster and safer through green lights. In the recently finished pilot ‘Bicycle Peloton Recognition/ iSTC (intelligent Smart Traff...
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Highways England promotes Net Zero with drive for lower carbon asphalts
Highways England promotes Net Zero with drive for lower carbon asphalts Highways England is accelerating the use of warm mix asphalts as standard across its supply chain as part of a drive toward net zero carbon emissions. The Government-owned company has been using the material since 2015 and a col...
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E8IGHT accelerates Smart Cities with NDX Pro Digital Twin technology
E8IGHT accelerates Smart Cities with NDX Pro Digital Twin technology E8IGHT, a Korean simulation software company, has developed a simulation-based digital twin platform NDX Pro. The company is providing it to the major cities embarking on their journey towards digital transformation and smart citie...
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ModalAI and Qualcomm 5G and AI enabled Drone platform a world first
ModalAI and Qualcomm 5G and AI enabled Drone platform a world first ModalAI today announced it will be the manufacturer and distributor of Qualcomm Technologies’ world first 5G and AI-enabled drone platform and reference design, the Qualcomm Flight™ RB5 5G Platform. The Qualcomm Flight RB5 5G...
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Canadian Shaw Group celebrates 160 years as they prepare for the future with Procore
Canadian Shaw Group celebrates 160 years as they prepare for the future with Procore Procore Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of construction management software, today announced that The Shaw Group Ltd. is using the Procore platform to improve communication on its construction projects and im...
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ExOne and Maxxwell Motors develop 3D Printed Copper Windings for Electric Drives
ExOne and Maxxwell Motors develop 3D Printed Copper Windings for Electric Drives The ExOne Company, the global leader in industrial sand and metal 3D printers using binder jetting technology, is collaborating with Tennessee-based start-up Maxxwell Motors on development of a unique copper e-winding d...
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Evolution Mining mitigates unplanned downtime with Aspen Technology software
Evolution Mining mitigates unplanned downtime with Aspen Technology software Aspen Technology, Inc., a global leader in asset optimization software, today announced that a leading Australian gold miner, Evolution Mining has deployed Aspen Mtell software at the company’s Mungari Gold Operations, West...
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Iteris expands across Eastern US with Delaware Valley Traffic Signal contract
Iteris expands across Eastern US with Delaware Valley Traffic Signal contract Iteris, Inc., the global leader in smart mobility infrastructure management, today announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) with a potential value of $1.5 mi...
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HAMM HP pneumatic-tyre rollers feature large water tanks for non-stop performance
HAMM HP pneumatic-tyre rollers feature large water tanks for non-stop performance The pneumatic-tire rollers from the HP series have been on the market across the world for several months and are showing what they can do in practice. This is a completely new generation of pneumatic-tire rollers, whi...
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Micromotors are helping eliminate inefficiency in Electric Vehicle charging
Micromotors are helping eliminate inefficiency in Electric Vehicle charging According to Next Green Car, there were over 535,000 plug-in electric and hybrid car models on UK roads in May 2021. As the ban on new diesel engines approaches, we’ll soon all be swapping gas for electricity. But bulky cabl...
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Treescapes programme explores how trees and woodlands can help reach Net Zero
Treescapes programme explores how trees and woodlands can help reach Net Zero Six research teams from across the UK, including an academic from Robert Gordon University, will develop new tools to find out how trees and woodlands adapt to climate change. The research will support the UK’s target to a...
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Business must take environmental matters into their own hands
Business must take environmental matters into their own hands With net zero deadlines looming closer, more emphasis is being put on businesses to pull their weight when it comes to cutting their carbon footprint. But why should they act, and what can be done? The UK’s commitment to the Paris Agreeme...
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Gammon and Sensat speed up digitalisation of Hong Kong’s infrastructure
Gammon and Sensat speed up digitalisation of Hong Kong’s infrastructure Gammon Construction Limited announces strategic partnership with Sensat, a leading UK digital twin technology company, to integrate all drone-captured topographical, asset, and real-time operation data into one of the worl...
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Boingo and AWS accelerate Digital Transformation at Major Airports
Boingo and AWS accelerate Digital Transformation at Major Airports Boingo Wireless, a leading distributed antenna system (DAS), Wi-Fi and private network provider, today announced an expanded collaboration with Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) to fuel innovation for enterprise customers. AWS edge and...
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Cooper Tire launches 2nd Generation PRO Series™ Long Haul Steer 2 Tire
Cooper Tire launches 2nd Generation PRO Series™ Long Haul Steer 2 Tire Cooper Tire has launched its innovative, new PRO Series™ Long Haul Steer 2 tire to help drive down tire costs for fleets. The tire replaces its predecessor, the Cooper PRO Series Long Haul Steer tire, and is availab...
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CACI launches CM62 Micro Gimbal for enhanced site awareness
CACI launches CM62 Micro Gimbal for enhanced site awareness CACI International Inc has announced the launch of its AVT CM62 Micro Gimbal. The CM62 Micro Gimbal is a multi-sensor imaging system that combines high definition electro-optical (EO) imagery and a custom long-wave infrared (LWIR) core in a...
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Esri and National Geographic launch Storytelling Challenge to inspire Ocean Conservation
Esri and National Geographic launch Storytelling Challenge to inspire Ocean Conservation Covering 70 percent of the planet’s surface, the ocean drives weather, provides sustenance, regulates temperature, and supports living organisms as well as societal growth. And while the ocean is the lifeb...
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NTT DATA awarded $15.4m contract for IT Services at Argonne National Laboratory
NTT DATA awarded $15.4m contract for IT Services at Argonne National Laboratory NTT DATA a digital business and IT services leader, today announced it has won a $15.4 million contract to deliver superior end-user support services for Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne), a multidisciplinary science...
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Councils in England awarded £15m for repair and upgrade of traffic signals
Councils in England awarded £15m for repair and upgrade of traffic signals 39 councils in England have been awarded a share of £15 million additional funding to upgrade and repair of traffic signals, which will make traffic in their areas flow better, and therefore reduce air pollution and congestio...
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Mabey bridge lifting technique gets city centre transport project off the ground
Mabey bridge lifting technique gets city centre transport project off the ground By supplying a unique truss system to a major repair project at New Elvet Bridge in Durham, temporary works specialist, Mabey Hire, have helped a crucial city transport job to get underway. The innovative solution has a...
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Acklea introduces 7.2t Traffic Management Trucks with recycled plastic bodies
Acklea introduces 7.2t Traffic Management Trucks with recycled plastic bodies Traffic management vehicle specialist Acklea is increasing production of its plastic-bodied 7.2t commercial vehicles as demand for more lightweight, fuel-efficient and lower-emission vehicles increases among highways and i...
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Bespoke Electronic Signalling System bases help with smart motorway conversion
Bespoke Electronic Signalling System bases help with smart motorway conversion Bespoke precast ESS (Electronic Signalling System) base units from Marshalls Civils & Drainage are helping to speed the conversion of the M27 into a smart motorway. Nine of the 2.3m x 1.6m x 1m deep concrete units hav...
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Hitachi ZX130-7 Excavator delivers comfort and safety for MV Kelly
Hitachi ZX130-7 Excavator delivers comfort and safety for MV Kelly The first Hitachi ZX130-7 medium excavator in Europe has been purchased by the specialist groundworks and infrastructure contractor MV Kelly. The impressive new model was delivered by Hitachi Construction Machinery (UK) to one of the...
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Ritchie Bros. sells over $99m of equipment at largest-ever pipeline construction auction
Ritchie Bros. sells over $99m of equipment at largest-ever pipeline construction auction Last week Ritchie Bros. sold US$99+ million of pipeline construction equipment in its largest-ever single-owner auction, for Barrilleaux Inc. In less than two days the company sold 3,100+ items from three Barril...
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NordVPN now runs natively on Mac M1 Computers
NordVPN now runs natively on Mac M1 Computers NordVPN has officially launched version 6.6.1 for macOS. With this release, all NordVPN users with M1-powered Macs will get full-fledged performance and overall experience. The M1 chip is Apple’s new and improved proprietary chip in its new computer. Pre...
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