What do you actually need to keep running when the power goes out? For most households, the fridge, wifi, phones, and a few other essentials come first. Buying enough battery storage for every appliance in the house can come later – and that’s the appeal of BLUETTI’s latest launch, the Apex 200 portable power station. more…
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The first modern smartphones had 3.5-inch screens, which can be hard to remember in today's world of gargantuan glass slabs. Sure, people talk about wanting smaller phones, but will they buy one? Enough Phone is betting they will. The company will begin taking preorders for its first device today, which is built around a petite 5.3-inch screen that is apparently the smallest it could find with decent performance metrics. The company's cheeky name is reflected in its approach to phone design. A flagship killer this is not, but it's probably "enough" for most people. It has a mid-range MediaTek processor, a single rear-facing camera, a polycarbonate body, and a fingerprint sensor in the power button. Specs at a glance: Enough Phone ($399 for a limited time, $599 MSRP) SoC MediaTek Dimensity 7500 Memory 8GB Storage 128GB with microSD Display 5.3-inch 1520x720 HD+ LCD Cameras Sony IMX766 50 MP, 32 MP selfie Software Android 17 or OdysseyOS Battery 3500 mAh (removable) Connectivity 5G, LTE, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth, NFC, SIM+eSIM Measurements 133×64×12 mm With that compact screen, the Enough Phone will be dwarfed by almost every existing smartphone. While it's a bit thicker, the device has almost the same footprint as the iPhone 13 Mini. Thinness takes a hit, as the designers have opted to make the battery user-replaceable. Like the Fairphone, you'll just have to remove a few screws to get the back cover off.Read full article Comments
The hackers who stole billions of dollars in cryptocurrency from the Binance exchange spent months working on the theft and used both social engineering and novel malware in the process, the company said Tuesday. The heist, which both the FBI and the TRM Security firm attributed to North Korean actors, initially targeted $6.34 billion in cryptocurrency from Binance wallets. The exchange has since frozen or intercepted $2.85 billion of that sum. Binance said it has set aside funds required to cover the loss and provided this link to a Proof of Reserves page. The $6.34 billion represents the biggest sum ever targeted in a cryptocurrency theft. Advanced persistent threat Binance said the people behind the heist began no later than June and continued until last Thursday, when they successfully compromised an engineer's laptop and withdrew assets from several wallets. Like just about every organization that suffers a public, high-consequence hack, Binance said the threat actor was sophisticated and resourceful.Read full article Comments
If my 45-minute drive yesterday morning is anything to go by, I think Slate Auto will have quite the hit on its hands. The startup had one of its prototype trucks in town and asked if I wanted to check it out—no jumping on a plane or having to spend yet another night in an interchangeable hotel room, just a drive from southwest DC to Rockville, Maryland. Easy-peasy. The prototype truck had been well-used, with almost 6,000 miles (9,656 km) showing on the small and minimalist but very legible digital display that also shows your speed and, if you engage reverse, the backup camera. And while the cabin layout was representative of the production version, the surfaces most certainly weren’t—the prototype instead uses a lot of hard and shiny black plastic, with strips of Velcro here and there left over from when the interior had to be camouflaged when the vehicle was out in public. Getting acquainted with the Slate was refreshingly easy. The Morris Marina-like door handles open with a pleasing mechanical action. The seat and steering column adjust manually but with plenty of reach, something many budget models used to leave out to save on cost.Read full article Comments
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#fwtv_tfuDg8ahqwY .fwtv-panel{border:1px solid #d0d0d0;padding:18px;border-radius:6px;line-height:1.6}#fwtv_tfuDg8ahqwY .fwtv-panel p{margin:0 0 12px}#fwtv_tfuDg8ahqwY .fwtv-note{font-style:italic;color:#666;margin-top:16px;padding-top:12px;border-top:1px solid #e0e0e0}Despite trending lower, dry van tender rejection rates still indicate a tight market. Learn why capacity isn’t expanding, even as carriers face cost pressures outpacing revenue growth. We’ll dive into the latest SONAR data, including regional rate maps and intermodal volumes, to uncover the hidden signals in today’s fragile freight market.Dry van tender rejection rates have drifted lower over the past few months but remain around 11%, a level that still signals a tight market, according to FreightWaves analyst Zach Strickland. Despite the slow softening, Strickland cautioned that the market has not meaningfully loosened — carriers and shippers alike should not expect relief soon, particularly with peak season approaching and capacity growth still lagging. Spot rates, tracked by the National Truckload Index, have held firm after pulling back slightly from a July 4th peak. Strickland noted that input cost pressures — flagged explicitly in J.B. Hunt’s earnings and echoed across most major carriers — have outpaced revenue gains, reducing the financial incentive for new owner-operators to enter the market. “The costs have really outpaced the revenue growth gains,” he said. “Doesn’t mean they’re losing money necessarily, but that doesn’t mean that we have the ample amount of cash flowing into the space that we had during COVID or even the 2018 market.” A four-day rate-direction map showed more lanes increasing than decreasing across most of the country, a signal Strickland described as evidence of continued fragility. Los Angeles stood out as the most pressured market, with 67% of rates moving higher, all on larger lanes, and spot rates running roughly 15% above contract rates. Strickland said the looming West Coast port strike added urgency to the situation given the region’s proximity to heavy retail-focused demand corridors in the Northeast, Chicago, Atlanta, and Dallas. “Spot rates are really not ready to take on any more demand is the point of this map. The fact that we are in early November, we’re not seeing strong demand-side growth.” On the other end of the spectrum, Savannah — the second-largest port complex on the Eastern Seaboard — showed notable loosening. Rejection rates there have fallen to nearly 6%, approaching the second-lowest reading of the year, and spot rates have dropped below contract rates, with roughly 7% of lanes declining significantly. Strickland called the divergence between Los Angeles strength and Savannah weakness “very strange this time of year,” attributing the imbalance to port activity concentration on the West Coast. The refrigerated sector is under even more strain than dry van. Reefer rejection rates surpassed their Labor Day peak, eclipsing the prior July 4th summer high, and spot rates have held at elevated levels. Harvest activity in Idaho and Oregon continues to tighten the Pacific Northwest, while Twin Falls, Idaho registered the most significant rate increases in the reefer network. The Midwest, which Strickland said has arguably been the tightest refrigerated region all year, also showed no signs of meaningful recovery. Intermodal volumes added another layer of complexity to the demand picture. Loaded domestic intermodal container volumes dipped in recent weeks after the country’s largest transcontinental volume lane was temporarily shut down. Strickland noted that a parallel dip on the international side suggests the pullback is a broad market demand event rather than a mode-specific anomaly, though he said he expects volumes to recover.Dry van tender rejection rates sit near 11% — still a tight market — but capacity growth has not materialized despite more than 12 months of elevated rejection rates.Los Angeles spot rates are running 15% above contract rates with 67% of lanes increasing, while Savannah rejection rates have fallen to nearly 6% and spot rates sit below contract levels.The refrigerated market is tighter than dry van, with reefer rejection rates exceeding both the July 4th and Labor Day peaks, and the Pacific Northwest and Midwest showing the most acute capacity constraints.This Summary is generated thanks to a transcription of the interview, for the full interview please enjoy the video above. The post Dry Van & Reefer: Market Signals You Can’t Ignore appeared first on FreightWaves.
GXO Logistics is seeing accelerating demand for its contract logistics services, particularly in North America, as data centers, aerospace and defense customers fuel a record sales pipeline. During a Wednesday earnings call, CEO Patrick Kelleher said the company’s renewed commercial strategy is generating larger contracts and expanding opportunities in specialized industries, with momentum expected to continue into 2027. “The focus on North America, the focus on the strategic verticals, has been additive to the organic growth agenda,” Kelleher told analysts during the call. Greenwich, Connecticut-based GXO (NYSE: GXO) reported third-quarter revenue of $3.59 billion, a 5.7% increase from $3.4 billion a year earlier. Organic revenue increased 6.4%, while adjusted earnings per share rose 13% to 89 cents. The company secured $375 million in new business wins during the quarter, a 34% year-over-year increase, and ended September with a record $3.1 billion sales pipeline, up more than 30%. He said GXO’s contract logistics business typically operates on a six-month sales cycle, meaning initiatives launched over the past year are only beginning to translate into revenue. North America, data centers drive expansion North America has emerged as GXO’s largest growth opportunity, with its regional sales pipeline increasing more than 80% year over year to approximately $1.3 billion. Chief Strategy Officer Kristine Kubacki said the company’s pipeline across the United Kingdom and Europe reached approximately $1.7 billion. Technology and consumer electronics were GXO’s fastest-growing customer category during the quarter, with revenue increasing 19%, largely driven by data center activity. Kelleher said GXO continues to see strong demand from technology companies expanding their data center infrastructure, with no signs of a slowdown in requests for proposals. The company is also pursuing more business in aerospace and defense, industrial logistics and life sciences. Those strategic growth industries accounted for approximately 40% of GXO’s new business wins through the first nine months of 2026. Kubacki said contracts involving data centers and aerospace customers often require more complex logistics services than traditional retail and consumer distribution. “Those are very complex mandates, very complicated supply chains,” Kubacki said. “It tends to be stickier. It tends to be higher value-added services.” GXO also reported new or expanded business relationships during the quarter with Applied Materials, Boeing, NetApp, Unilever and L’Oréal. The company expects to enter 2027 with more than $850 million in incremental revenue from previously signed contracts, compared with $774 million entering 2026. Rapid contract growth pressures margins While revenue and contract wins accelerated, GXO executives said that the pace of new customer onboarding created additional expenses during the quarter. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization remained flat at $251 million, resulting in a 7% adjusted EBITDA margin. Kelleher said the company had to bring in outside consulting and implementation resources to support the rapid launch of several large customer operations. “With organic growth accelerating at the pace it has, we really found ourselves in Q3 stretched in terms of implementation resources,” he said. Kelleher characterized those additional expenses as specific to the quarter rather than an ongoing structural problem. He said GXO is expanding its internal implementation capabilities to support future growth. GXO maintains 2026 outlook Despite the costs associated with expanding operations, GXO reaffirmed its full-year financial guidance. The company continues to expect organic revenue growth of 4% to 5%, adjusted EBITDA of $945 million to $965 million and adjusted diluted earnings per share of $2.95 to $3.15. Suchinski said GXO expects fourth-quarter organic growth slightly above 5%, assuming flat customer volumes. However, if stronger demand continues through the holiday shipping season, growth could approach the 6.4% achieved in the third quarter. Third-quarter operating cash flow declined to $156 million from $232 million a year earlier, while free cash flow fell to $85 million from $187 million. Suchinski attributed the free cash flow decline primarily to the timing of enterprise resource planning investments and higher net capital expenditures. GXO expects the fourth quarter to be its strongest cash-generating period of the year. GXO third-quarter financial results Why it matters: GXO’s results highlight the challenge facing contract logistics providers: scaling operations quickly enough to capture new business without sacrificing margins. The post GXO’s contract wins surge 34%, but growth comes amid cost pressures appeared first on FreightWaves.
The cargo division of Middle East carrier Emirates has introduced a dedicated product designed to facilitate the shipping process for cloud computing companies and suppliers with time-critical AI-related products, which have become a major driver of air cargo demand in the past year. The product combines priority loading, specialized handling to keep equipment upright and minimize risk of damage, and proactive airport-to-airport shipment monitoring for server racks, semiconductors, graphics processing units and other critical hardware, the airline said in a news release this week. Why It Matters: The rapid adoption of AI technologies and construction of data centers has lifted revenues for large logistics companies and airlines, which view hyperscalers as a big growth opportunity. AI-related goods such as semiconductors and data-transmission equipment have become a major driver of international trade growth. Shipments of electronics and equipment needed for server farms have contributed mightily to the 5% to 6% growth in air cargo traffic, year-to-date through October, offsetting declines in e-commerce volume. Large-scale deployments typically involve high-value cargo, compressed timelines and specialized handling requirements, with much of the demand involving intra-Asia shipments between suppliers and manufacturers, and exports from Asia to other parts of the world. Japan Airlines recently began chartering Boeing 747 cargo jets to support freight forwarder Nippon Express, which needed dedicated capacity for technology clients. window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag.cmd.push(function() { var gptSlot = googletag.defineSlot('/21776187881/FW-Responsive-Main_Content-Slot1', [[300, 100], [320, 50], [728, 90], [468, 60]], 'div-gpt-ad-1709668545404-0').defineSizeMapping(gptSizeMaps.banner1).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(); googletag.enableServices(); setInterval(function() { if (!document.hidden) { googletag.pubads().refresh([gptSlot]); } }, 60000); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1709668545404-0'); }); In July alone, Emirates SkyCargo said it transported more than 700 metric tons of AI infrastructure across its global network. Emirates SkyCargo said AI Tech also offers higher levels of operational oversight and communication to ensure deliveries meet demanding customer specifications as it strives to attract more Big Tech business. Emirates SkyCargo operates a fleet of 19 Boeing 777-200 production freighters and one 777-300 converted freighter. With more 777 passenger aircraft scheduled for conversion to full cargo configuration, it expects to have 23 dedicated cargo jets by March. SkyCargo also manages cargo moved in the belly of Emirates’ large fleet of passenger aircraft, but the freighters are best equipped to handle tall and dense server racks that often weigh more than 3.8 tons. Click here for more FreightWaves/American Shipper stories by Eric Kulisch. Write to Eric Kulisch at ekulisch@freightwaves.com. RELATED STORIES: AIT Worldwide snaps up Australian forwarder involved in Big tech buildout AI gold rush transforms trans-Pacific trade and logistics window.googletag = window.googletag || {cmd: []}; googletag.cmd.push(function() { var gptSlot = googletag.defineSlot('/21776187881/fw-responsive-main_content-slot3', [[728, 90], [468, 60], [320, 50], [300, 100]], 'div-gpt-ad-1665767553440-0').defineSizeMapping(gptSizeMaps.banner1).addService(googletag.pubads()); googletag.pubads().enableSingleRequest(); googletag.pubads().collapseEmptyDivs(); googletag.enableServices(); setInterval(function() { if (!document.hidden) { googletag.pubads().refresh([gptSlot]); } }, 60000); }); googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1665767553440-0'); }); The post Emirates rolls out enhanced air cargo service for data center operators appeared first on FreightWaves.
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