New Delhi: Electronics and IT hardware makers can save as much as 4 to 13 weeks in compliance process with the latest guidelines issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) for implementing parallel testing of their products, an industry body said.
The BIS on January 9 announced that the pilot project on parallel testing for select electronics goods would be institutionalized as a permanent provision, covering a total of 64 products under the Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS).
Manufacturers can opt for parallel testing voluntarily, while those preferring the traditional sequential method can continue to do so.
“The voluntary adoption…
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Kari Lake’s lawsuit over metro Phoenix’s electronic tabulation systems has been tossed out
PHOENIX (AP) — A federal appeals court tossed out a lawsuit brought by former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake that was previously dismissed, challenging the use of electronic tabulation systems and that sought to ban them in last year’s midterm elections.
Lake and failed Arizona Secretary of State candidate Mark Finchem, both Republicans, filed a lawsuit in April 2022 that alleged the ballot tabulation systems were not trustworthy.
The former Phoenix TV anchor wound up losing her race by more than 17,000 votes while Finchem lost by over 120,000 votes.
In the ruling Monday, the 9th US Circuit Court of…
To Save the News, We Must Open Up App Stores
This is part four of an ongoing, five-part series. Part one, the introduction, is here. Part two, about breaking up ad-tech companies, is here. Part three, about banning surveillance ads, is here. Part five, about enhancing “end-to-end” delivery on social media, is here. Download this entire series as a single PDF.
When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad in 2010, he didn’t just usher in a new kind of computing device – the first mainstream touchscreen tablet – he also promised a new model for internet-based publishing: paid subscriptions.
Jobs railed against the world of advertising-supported web publishing, correctly identifying it…