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Synopsys has announced it has completed its acquisition of QTronic. The rapid growth of software used in vehicles, combined with the complex interaction of hardware, creates an enormous challenge for automobile manufacturers and their suppliers developing future powertrain, advanced driver assistance, electric vehicles, and autonomous driving systems. 

Putting the financial travails of 2018 behind it, Toshiba will be leaning on its semiconductor expertise to point the way to a profitable future. What is described as Toshiba's "Next Plan" will see the company concentrate its efforts on Electronic Devices and Storage, Infrastructure Systems, ICT Solutions and Energy.

According to the Graphical Research new growth forecast report titled ‘Europe Machine Translation Market analysis based on Technology, Application, Industry Analysis Report, Regional Outlook, Growth Potential, Price Trends, Competitive Market Share & Forecast, 2017 to 2024’, estimated to exceed $390bn by 2024.

Former senior managers of CUI Inc announced that they have purchased the company’s components business from CUI Inc’s publicly-traded parent company, CUI Global. The newly-formed private entity will go to market as CUI Devices and will continue to serve its customers and develop new technologies within its interconnect, audio, thermal management, motion and sensors product lines.

Farnell has expanded its inventory of Molex products covering connectors, terminals, antennas and cable assemblies. The distributor now has around 10,000 Molex products in stock.

Mouser Electronics and Molex have collaborated on an eBook that explores the exciting changes taking place in industrial automation. The new eBook, Connector & Antenna Solutions for Industry 4.0, features contributions from Molex and Mouser subject matter experts that cover some of the most important topics in industrial automation, including digital twinning, deep learning, and neural networks.

Tide has announced key updates to its expense management feature, with new market-leading features to be released in the coming months. These include using OCR (Optical Character Recognition) technology with a game-changing ability to match receipts to transactions, using Tide’s algorithm. This is more advanced than products offered by any other fintechs. 

It’s hard to imagine how a strong brand like global travel group Thomas Cook, in business since 1841, could go south so quickly.  Its value proposition was proven and real, one-stop-shopping, all-inclusive vacations, great customer support. What happened? A few things actually. First, thanks to the internet and social network, people no longer need assistance from a travel agency to get ideas and deals for their vacations.  Guest blog written by Michel Genard, Wind River.