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☆ The US still waits for its high-speed rail revolution
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Ben Jones | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

So why doesn’t the United States have a high-speed rail network like those? Many Americans have no concept of high-speed rail and fail to see its value. William C. Vantuono, editor-in-chief of Railway Age“Many Americans have no concept of high-speed rail and fail to see its value. Corridors for the greatest potentialBrightline West and CHSR offer templates for the future expansion of high-speed rail in North America. “Where those conditions apply in Europe and Asia, high-speed rail reduces air’s share of the market from 100% to near zero.

☆ Jack Teixeira's alleged Discord leaks show why the US should not give Top Secret clearances to 21-year-olds
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Nevertheless, that looks to be the US intelligence community's approach to handling classified information. The tangled views of Jack Teixeira, who was indicted Friday in connection with leaking hundreds of classified documents to a private Discord server, are still coming into focus. There are classified phone systems, email systems, fiber optic cables, and a Wikipedia clone. Aside from the question of how many people have access to secrets, it's also worth considering how many of those supposed secrets belong on classified systems at all. Who was tracking the whereabouts of the volume of secret files he appears to have sent to the printer?

☆ Pentagon Looking Into How Accused Leaker Accessed Top Secret Documents
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Nancy A. Youssef | Daniel Nasaw | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Federal authorities on Thursday arrested Jack Teixeira in Dighton, Mass., for the suspected unauthorized removal, handling and distribution of secret information, officials said. Mr. Teixeira, 21 years old, holds the rank of airman first class in an intelligence unit of the Massachusetts Air National Guard and is a junior Air Force communications specialist, according to his service record. His job title—cyber transport systems journeyman—gives no obvious hint why he would have access to the types of files that were leaked. He joined the Air Force National Guard in September 2019, according to his service record. Mr. Teixeira is expected to appear Friday in federal court in Massachusetts.

☆ Analysis: 21-year-old's arrest exposes larger classified documents problem
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

If the many earlier and ongoing scandals regarding classified information aren’t a wakeup call that the US government has a problem, maybe the arrest of Jack Teixeira will do the trick. Classified material scandals aplentyOne thing that should be abundantly clear from the string of leaks and improperly handled pieces of classified information beyond this story is that the system has problems. The New York Times reported Wednesday that witnesses questioned as part of the Trump investigation have been asked if he was showing off a map with sensitive intelligence information. There are additional people who have security clearance but don’t currently have access to information. Gen. Pat Ryder, compared the method by which classified information is stored to a locked house where people with clearance can get a key.

☆ Factbox: Jack Teixeira: Who is the man arrested over leaked Pentagon documents?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

WASHINGTON, April 14 (Reuters) - Jack Douglas Teixeira was arrested on Thursday for allegedly leaking a trove of highly classified documents online. Teixeira served with the Air National Guard in Massachusetts, as did his stepfather. His unit, the 102nd intelligence wing of the Massachusetts National Guard, is responsible for providing intelligence support to many units of the military. Teixeira joined the Air National Guard in 2019, part of the National Guard that reports to the governor of their respective state or territory. The National Guard is made up of reserve troops that often hold civilian jobs or attend schools, and often respond to domestic emergencies.

CNN —The suspect in the leak of classified Pentagon documents posted on social media has been charged under the Espionage Act with unauthorized retention and transmission of national defense information and unauthorized removal of classified information and defense materials. According to charging documents, Teixeira held a top secret security clearance and allegedly began posting information about the documents online around December 2022, and photos of documents in January. Investigators narrowed in on the potential members of the chat group with evidence collected following the discovery of the classified documents online. Four Discord users active in a different Discord chatroom where the documents later appeared told CNN the documents began circulating on Thug Shaker. Several former high school classmates of Teixeira’s told CNN Thursday that he had a fascination with the military, guns and war.

☆ Europe's super-wealthy took over 300,000 very short private jet flights last year — including over 1,300 between London and an airport 30 miles away — study says
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A study from Greenpeace analysed a database of Europe's private jet flights over the last three years. It found that 55% of them were under 466 miles long, and launched a campaign to ban private jets. Over 1,300 flights on one UK route could have taken a 35-minute train for less than $20 instead. According to the Transport and Environment campaign group, private jets are 50-times more polluting than trains. The data also shows that over 1,300 private flights went between London and Farnborough, England – a 30 mile train journey which you could travel in 35-minutes for less than $20.

☆ Transport Strike Brings Much of Germany to Standstill
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Georgi Kantchev | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Protesters demonstrate in Hamburg, Germany. Unions have warned more strikes are possible. BERLIN—A large-scale transport strike brought large parts of Germany to a standstill on Monday in one of the country’s biggest walkouts in decades, part of a wave of labor unrest sparked by higher prices in Europe. Most air, train and public transport systems ground to a halt across the country after workers joined a 24-hour walkout aimed at securing inflation-beating wage rises.

☆ European telecoms' advertising venture against Big Tech wins EU antitrust nod
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] A man carrying his computer passes by the logo of German telecommunication company "Deutsche Telekom" at the ITS World Congress 2021, a fair for intelligent transport systems, in Hamburg, Germany, October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Fabian BimmerBRUSSELS, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE), Orange (ORAN.PA), Telefonica (TEF.MC) and Vodafone (VOD.L) on Friday secured unconditional EU antitrust approval for their advertising joint venture to take on Big Tech. "The transaction, as notified, would not significantly reduce competition in French, German, Italian and Spanish markets," the European Commission said in a statement. This is the telecoms sector's first attempt to take on Meta (META.O) and Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google in the lucrative online advertising sector and diversify their revenue streams. Google is the world's leading seller of online advertising, well ahead of Meta, with the business generating about 80% of its revenue.

☆ Siemens raises sales and profit outlook after strong start to 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( John Revill | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Chief Executive Roland Busch said the company had made its strongest ever start to a financial year, helped by its working through an order backlog which stood at a record 102 billion euros. Smart Infrastructure - which makes products to automate and control buildings - also raised its sales and profit margin guidance. During the October to December period, Siemens said its revenue had increased 8% to 18.1 billion euros, matching estimates. Shareholders' net profit fell to 1.48 billion euros, in line with forecasts. Fellow industrial automation company Rockwell Automation last month reported a 9.9% increase in first quarter organic sales, and raised its sales growth outlook.

☆ Deutsche Telekom raises guidance after bumper Q3
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Reuters Staff | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

FILE PHOTO: A woman carrying her phone passes by the logo of German telecommunication company "Deutsche Telekom" at the ITS World Congress 2021, a fair for intelligent transport systems, in Hamburg, Germany, October 13, 2021. REUTERS/Fabian BimmerBERLIN (Reuters) -Deutsche Telekom nudged up its full-year guidance on Thursday as the U.S. dollar’s appreciation helped buoy third-quarter profit and its T-Mobile US business added customers. “We are once again proving to be an anchor of stability in difficult times,” said Tim Hoettges, chairman of Deutsche Telekom’s management board. In organic terms, Telekom expected full-year adjusted EBITDA AL to come in at more than 37.0 billion euros, up from previous guidance of around 37.0 billion. T-Mobile US now expects to unlock synergies from its merger with Sprint of $5.7-5.8 billion this year, up from previous guidance of $5.4-5.6 billion, Telekom said.

☆ UN warns 'time is running out' as greenhouse gases surge
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Emma Farge | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Hikes in the atmospheric concentration of all three greenhouse gases - carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide - outstripped the average increase over the past decade, it showed, meaning they are now all at new record levels. Concentrations of the main greenhouse gas carbon dioxide rose by 2.5 parts per million to 415.7 - a level not seen since at least 3 million years ago when the Earth was much warmer. The jump in the potent, heat-trapping gas methane was the highest since records began in 1983, the report said. Greenhouse gases are responsible for warming the planet and triggering extreme weather events like heatwaves and intense rainfall. The WMO said scientists are investigating the reason for the exceptional hike in methane levels of 18 parts per billion to 1,908 last year following a similar increase in 2020.

☆ UTM, pentru prima oară gazdă a congresului internațional de ingineria a autovehiculelor, SIAR
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-23 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +4 min

Societatea Inginerilor de Automobile din România – SIAR organizează în toamna anului 2021 a XXXI-a ediție a Congresului Internaţional de Inginerie a Autovehiculelor şi Transporturilor cu tema principală „Automotive and Integrated Transport Systems – AITS 2021”. Atribuirea responsabilităţii organizării congresului internaţional anual al SIAR de inginerie a autovehiculelor şi transporturilor Filialei SIAR din cadrul Universităţii Tehnice a Moldovei din Chișinău a fost hotărâtă de Adunarea Generală a SIAR ce a avut loc la Universitatea din Craiova în data de 23 octombrie 2019. În cadrul aceloraşi lucrări, Adunarea Generală a hotărât ca organizarea ediţiei din anul 2021 a Congresului SIAR să fie atribuită filialei SIAR din cadrul Universităţii Politehnica din Timișoara. Ulterior, urmare a situației sanitare generate de epidemia COVID-19, Consiliul Director al SIAR a decis amânarea cu câte un an a celor două congrese, decizie confirmată de Adunarea Generală SIAR din 17 decembrie 2020. Constantin Ghiulai cu cele două secţiuni: „Dinamica autovehiculelor – ediţia a VII-a” și „Automotive CAD – CATIA – ediţia a XIV-a”.

Persons: Green, ., Constantin Ghiulai Organizations: Inginerilor, Automobile, Congresului, Transporturilor, Automotive Technology, Universității Tehnice, Moldovei, Universităţii, Adunarea Generală, Universitatea din, Universităţii Politehnica din, Adunarea, Congresul, UTM Locations: România, Automotive Technology and, Chișinău, Universitatea din Craiova, SIAR, Universităţii Politehnica din Timișoara

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