General Electric Co (GE.N) on Wednesday said it would partner with Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] to develop smart machines designed to boost productivity, part of a drive to promote its "industrial internet" business in China.
The U.S. industrial giant announced the partnership as it launched an $11 million digital space in Shanghai, where it plans to incubate start-ups and have developers work on new software applications to make machines more intelligent.
The move is part of GE's ambitious plans to lead a productivity revolution in global industry by combining machinery with analytics, after selling off its financial assets and embarking on a major restructuring.
Chief Digital Officer Bill Ruh said the world's biggest maker of jet engines and diesel locomotives had already made $500 million in productivity savings for itself this year by using smarter machines, and he expected this to grow to $1 billion in total by 2020.
"Once we got it right for ourselves we take it to our customers ... We're bringing this to China, we're open for business in China today to be able to do this," he said at a company event in Shanghai.
GE is investing $500 million annually in...
The best and brightest of the U.S. military and special operations community will quit if Hillary Clinton gets elected president, according to Benghazi survivor and former CIA operative John “Tig” Tiegen.
Tiegen witnessed firsthand the results of Clinton’s policy when he and his comrades in the Benghazi CIA Global Response Service Team defended U.S. consulate and CIA officials from a massive assault by radical Libyan jihadis Sept. 11, 2013. He told The Daily Caller News Foundation Clinton’s failure as secretary of state during the Benghazi attack has caused many of the nation’s most elite special operations forces to quit their jobs — a problem that will only get worse if Clinton is elected.
Qandeel Baloch was reportedly drugged and strangled to death by her younger brother, Muhammad Waseem, for refusing to stop posting provocative photographs on Facebook and Instagram.
MULTAN CITY, PAKISTAN — Qandeel Baloch, known by many online as the “Kim Kardashian” of Pakistan, was murdered by her brother after she refused to stop posting provocative photos online.
On July 15, the 26-year-old Baloch, whose real name was Fauzia Aseem, was at her family home in Multan City. Her younger brother, Muhammad Waseem, said for some time he had been receiving photos of her from friends, so he finally decided to do something about it. Around 10:45 that evening, Waseem drugged his sister and strangled her to death.
Waseem said he did it because she was bringing dishonor and shame to his family through her revealing photographs. He even said, “I am a drug addict but I was in my senses when I murdered her and I accept it with pride.”
Pakistan is a deeply conservative Muslim country, where honor killings are more common than most places. Those who carry out honor killings, often relatives, can sometimes walk free because of a law that allows the family to forgive them for the murder.
Qandeel Baloch was on the record as being against the...
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