Responses to last week’s Australian Federal Court’s decision to impose a $300, 000 penalty on Free Range Egg Farms (FREF) has attracted a strong reaction in food industry and food compliance circles. In a decision handed down ...
Researchers in France claim the first demonstration of 10GHz large-signal microwave power performance for flexible aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) barrier high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) [S. Mhedhbi et al, IEEE Electron Device ...
Dairy alternative drinks, such as soy and almond milk, accounted for 6 per cent of total global dairy launches in 2015 says Innova Market Insights. The market research company says this figure reflects the growth of these products in ...
Tags: Innova Market Insights, Non-diary milk drinks markets, Soy
The move by the Government will see the current minimum wage upped from £6.70 per hour to £7.20 this month. But the news has our indie retail panel calling for a reassessment of 'already squeezed margins'. The livng wage ...
Tags: Touhub, The toy store, Kerrison store, Living wages
Residents of the Queensland state capital are being encouraged to suggest their own landmarks to feature on the board via a dedicated Facebook page. Queensland capital, Brisbane is getting its first taste of board game fame as Hasbro ...
Rearchers in China claim the first radio frequency (RF) switch device based on indium gallium arsenide (InGaAs)-channel metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) technology [Zhou Jiahui et al, J. Semicond. 2016, vol37, ...
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Samsung Pay has joined the ultra-competitive mobile payment market in China. Towards the end of 2015, Samsung revealed that it was bringing Samsung Pay to China in early 2016. This followed closely on the heels of a similar announcement ...
Tags: Samsung Pay, Apple pay
Waste campaigners in the UK are praising Starbucks' latest decision to offer a discount to customers who bring their own cup to the cafe. In Australia, it is estimated consumers use one billion disposable coffee cups each year, and ...
Melli-Cow 12M+ toddler milk, which was a much-anticipated product within the MullerMoo brand, is all set to hit the market in June this year. The dairy product manufacturers, the MullerMoo brand officially launched the package design on ...
Working out how to divvy up capital in the music industry is challenging, but Spotify’s making progress. Spotify is set to pay out an impressive $21 million to artists and publishers in unpaid royalties. The market-leading ...
Tags: Spotify, Artists, publishers, Computing
Apple is reportedly the latest company to ditch Amazon and adopt Google for its cloud computing needs. Amazon Web Services and Microsoft's Azure are the two biggest cloud computing platforms in the world, and are where the vast majority ...
Tags: Apple, Google, Cloud services
Scandal-hit Volkswagen has got another jolt, as nearly 300 of its institutional investors have filed a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the global automobile major. The law firm representing the investors said that the carmaker has ...
Tags: Volkswagen, Tilp, Investors
Researchers in the UK have claimed the first demonstration of laser diodes grown directly on silicon that perform up to 75°C and 120°C under continuous wave (cw) and pulsed operation, respectively [Siming Chen et al, Nature ...
Tags: Quantum dot lasers, GaAs, Silicon substrate, MBE
Snacks and confectionery company Mondelez International is introducing its first savoury snack brand in 10 years – Good Thins. The brand includes real ingredients such as wheat, rice and potato along with flavours such as garlic, ...
Over the past 20 years, there has been a distinct shift in food composition and food labelling laws around the world. Historically, food laws were necessary to prevent people eating unsafe food. Later, food laws were aiming to prevent ...