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 TECH-TREK LTD

 Canadian Electronic Component Manufacturer Representative

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Founded in 1982, Tech-Trek Ltd is a leading Canadian Electronic Component Manufacturer Representative with coast to coast coverage across Canada. TTL is committed to supplying both our Customer and Distributor Partners with the highest level of technical and customer support. We maintain this focus while meeting the objectives of our Principal Partners.

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Semiconductor devices including Diodes, Logics, MOSFET, DRAM, SSD, Sensors, LCD, Batteries and m ore…

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Passive & Electro Mechanical devices including Capacitors, Inductors, Transformers, Antennas, Filters, Thermistors and more…

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TECH TREK LTD

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• 62090 - Other information technology service activities

Teck Reports Unaudited First Quarter Results for 2024

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Teck's Red Dog Operations Achieves Zinc Mark Verification

Teck Named to 2024 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations List

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The Value of Our Products

Copper plays an important role in meeting the world’s growing demand for infrastructure and products and is a vital component in power generation and transmission, construction, clean technology and electronics.

Steelmaking Coal

Steel is a critical component of essential infrastructure like rail, bridges, hospitals and schools. It is also required for everything from clean energy projects like wind or solar power, to transportation alternatives like rapid transit, buses and hybrid and electric vehicles—these are important building blocks as we transition to a low carbon economy.

The primary uses of zinc are for galvanizing steel to protect against weather and corrosion, producing brass and bronze, and in die-casting to produce a wide range of metal products. When added to fertilizers, zinc can increase crop yields and crop quality. And, as an essential nutrient in human development and disease prevention, zinc saves lives.

Our Operations and Projects

United states.

Fording River

Highland Valley Copper

Trail Operations

Elkview Operations is one of our four steelmaking coal operations located in the Elk Valley of British Columbia.

Fording River Operations is one of our four steelmaking coal operations located in the Elk Valley of British Columbia.

Greenhills Operations is one of our four steelmaking coal operations located in the Elk Valley of British Columbia.

Highland Valley Copper Operations is a copper and molybdenum operation located in south-central British Columbia.

Line Creek Operations is one of our four steelmaking coal operations located in the Elk Valley of British Columbia, Canada.

Trail Operations is one of the world’s largest fully integrated zinc and lead smelting and refining complexes, located in southern British Columbia.

The Antamina mine is a large copper and zinc mine, located in the Andes mountain range of Peru.

Quebrada Blanca

Carmen de Andacollo

Quebrada Blanca Operations is a copper mine located in northern Chile.

Carmen de Andacollo is a copper and gold mine located in central Chile.

Red Dog Operations is one of the world's largest zinc mines, located in northwest Alaska, USA.

Exploration

Teck is actively exploring and evaluating opportunities in over a dozen countries worldwide with a focus on the Americas and strategic belts in Australia, Asia, Europe and Africa.

We are a significant copper producer in the Americas, with four operating copper mines and a strong pipeline of development projects in North and South America.

We are one of the world’s largest producers of mined zinc and operate one of the world’s largest fully integrated zinc and lead smelting and refining facilities.

We are the world's second-largest seaborne exporter of steelmaking coal, with four operations in Western Canada and significant high-quality steelmaking coal reserves.

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We are focused on operating sustainably, ensuring the health and safety of our people, and building strong relationships with communities. Areas of focus include: 

Biodiversity and Closure

Effectively managing biodiversity, reclamation and closure is part of our commitment to responsible resource development.

Climate Change

Taking action on climate change and becoming a carbon-neutral operator by 2050.

Communities and Indigenous Peoples

Working together to generate economic benefits, advance reconciliation efforts and improve community well-being.

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Ensuring everyone goes home safe and healthy every day.

Fostering a workplace where everyone is included, valued and equipped for today and the future.

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Working towards disposing zero industrial waste by 2040.

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Responsibly managing tailings to ensure the safety of the environment and communities.

Responsibly managing water use and protecting water quality.

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The Cedar North Suboxic Zone Trial in the Elk Valley

GeoStable Tailings Consortium: Innovation in Sustainable Tailings Management

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Breathing Safely — Teck’s Revolutionary Approach to Mining Safety with Wearable Tech

Empowering Female Business Owners Through Education and Community

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Spotify quietly moves lyrics behind a paywall

Spotify has apparently found a new way to push its free users to a paid subscription: It’s putting lyrics behind a paywall. Following various reports citing frustrated posts from users on Reddit, the company is quietly confirming the change — but without a direct statement. Instead, the company told TechCrunch simply that Spotify’s features can vary over time, between markets and across devices. The response indicates the change to lyrics may be more than just a test but that Spotify isn’t yet prepared to make an official announcement about affected markets.

There were some indications that Spotify was heading in this direction, however. Last fall, the company was spotted locking down lyrics for nonpaying users. Free users who tried to access the feature would see a message that read, “Enjoy lyrics on Spotify Premium.”

However, at that time, a Spotify spokesperson clarified that the changes were “only a test” that was taking place with a limited number of users in a “pair of markets.” Spotify is no longer referring to the changes as a test, though it’s unclear why it wouldn’t document access to lyrics as being a premium feature somewhere on its website — like on the page where users can upgrade plans or within its help documentation. That could be because the company is still testing the monthly limit on lyrics for free accounts; free users report seeing messages that tell them that every time they tap “Show lyrics,” it counts toward the new limit.

Spotify is now adding monthly limit on lyrics for free accounts pic.twitter.com/mrVufudltK — Dexerto (@Dexerto) May 1, 2024

Spotify didn’t offer any more detail about why it’s now paywalling lyrics, but clearly it’s a bid to push more people to its paid tier. In its most recent quarter, the company reached more than 600 million monthly active users, ahead of estimates, and paid subscribers were up to 236 million+, representing 15% year-over-year growth. However, quarterly revenue had missed analyst expectations of 3.72 billion euros, coming in at 3.67 billion ($3.94 billion) instead.

Whether blocking lyrics will push more people to subscribe remains to be seen. Lyrics are easily available and free via the web and in other apps that work alongside Spotify, like Genius, Apple’s Shazam or Musixmatch, for example.

how tf spotify gon put a monthly limit on lyrics and 1. they lyrics be wrong 2. they barely got lyrics on the songs and 3. i can go the the internet and find the lyrics for free 💀 — Mark (@marcobanzz) April 30, 2024

Spotify crosses the 600M monthly active users mark

Puerto Rican Rapper Yovng Chimi Announces Five Limited-Run Tour Dates

PRESSURE 9X19 AND SLAYTER WILL JOIN THE TREK AS SPECIAL GUESTS

Tickets available starting thursday, may 2 through an artist presale, general onsale begins on friday, may 3 at 10am et on livenation.com  .

Puerto Rican rapper Yovng Chimi announced he will hit stages across North America this summer with a limited run of tour dates, bringing fans in five different cities his unique brand of drill and trap. Produced by Live Nation, the limited run tour kicks off on June 21 at the Toyota Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, CT making stops in Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and Mexico City**, before wrapping up in Orlando at the Kia Center on August 10.

Yovng Chimi will not be hitting the road alone! He is bringing fellow Puerto Rican talents Pressure 9×19 and Slayter along for the ride. This exciting lineup makes the tour a can’t-miss event for any US fan of Latin Drill and Trap. Get ready for a night of high-energy performances and the hottest sounds coming out of Puerto Rico’s music scene.

Fresh off the success of his debut album, WLGS (Whole Lotta Gvng Shit) , Yovng Chimi is taking his influential energy and sound on the road. After erupting onto the scene in 2021, he has become a breakout star by not being afraid to push boundaries. Blending drill and trap with his raw lyrics, he’s carved a unique space in Latin music captivating audiences worldwide.

TICKETS: Tickets will be available starting with an artist presale (details below) beginning on Thursday, May 2 at 10am ET. Additional pre-sales will run throughout the week ahead of the general on-sale beginning on Friday, May 3 at 10am ET at LiveNation.com.

PRESALE : Artist presale will begin on Thursday May 2 at 10am ET. Live Nation and Ticketmaster presale starts on Thursday May 2 at 10am ET.

TOUR DATES:

**Non-LN date

Fri Jun 21         Wallingford, CT           Toyota Oakdale Theatre

Mon Jun 24     Brooklyn, NY               Brooklyn Paramount

Tue Jun 25      Philadelphia, PA          The Fillmore Philadelphia

Sat July 27       Mexico City, MX          Carpa Velodromo**

Sat Aug 10       Orlando, FL                 Kia Center

ABOUT YOVNG CHIMI

YOVNG CHIMI, is a rising star hailing from San Juan Puerto Rico – the new face of Latin Trap & Drill is known for

making waves with his distinct sound and genre-blending approach; his rise to prominence has been meteoric. Within just two years, he has cemented his place as a leading figure in Latin drill. Collaborations with industry heavyweights like Anuel AA, Ozuna, Eladio Carrion, and Arcangel showcase his versatility and ability to bridge the gap between hip-hop and Latin music seamlessly. It is this unique fusion that sets him apart, attracting a growing legion of fans worldwide.

ABOUT SLAYTER

Born in PR but raised in NY. SLAYTER began his music career as a rap artist coming out of NY. He slowly started to gain attention from many people in his area and outside of NY. Slayter, who was making waves with his sound, was able to work with artists such as GHerbo, Sada Baby, Ohgeesy and many more. About 8 months ago he decided to tap back into his Puerto Rican roots and transitioned to Latin Rap. He quickly gained attention from many artists out there especially Glizzy Gang’s own Yovngchimi who ended up signing him. Slayter has now worked with many Latin artist such as Casper Mágico, Pressure 9×19, Bryant Myers and many more

ABOUT LIVE NATION

Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Sponsorship. For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com .

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Ashley Ventura | [email protected]

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Gogoro pulse first ride: testing the most high-tech performance electric scooter.

When Gogoro rolled out its new high-performance electric scooter, the Pulse, the world got its first glimpse of an entirely new side of the company. Best known for its battery-swapping system and cute, brightly-colored scooters, the Pulse launched an edgy new look for Gogoro. But even more importantly, it also showed off an entire suite of new high-tech innovations.

And so when I received an invite to be the first Westerner to test ride the Pulse and share the experience with the world, I jumped on it. Every company seems to proclaim that their new e-scooter is like none other before, but only the Gogoro Pulse is one of the few that can truly mean it. This electric scooter marks a paradigm shift in what is possible for this form factor and with Gogoro’s swappable battery standard.

Gogoro Pulse First Ride Video

To get a sense of what it’s like to throw a leg over this scooter, check out my video below.

But don’t forget to keep reading afterward, for all of the fun details!

I arrived early in the morning at a nondescript, largely abandoned airstrip in central Taiwan. There weren’t any planes on the tarmac, but lined up at the end of the single runway was something that looked just as fast and aerodynamic – the Gogoro Pulse electric scooter.

In fact, there were around a dozen of the silvery, angular scooters. Lined up shoulder to shoulder, they beckoned for an afternoon of fun. I soon found myself shoulder to shoulder as well, though it was with around 40 local journalists, all as eager as I was to get a first ride on the powerful, techie new electric two-wheeler. There was so much shared excitement in the air, I almost didn’t notice the “one of these things isn’t like the other” moment I was having, at least until the Mandarin started flying.

After a short safety briefing (that I thankfully had a translator for, thanks Cameron!) and a chance to gear up, we were off to the races. Literally. There was a drag strip set up as one of several testing stations, making full use of the short runway to test the most powerful mode on the scooter: Launch Mode. It unlocks every last watt available from the 9 kW-rated powertrain, letting riders absolutely fly off the starting line. But more on that in a moment.

First, I got to test out the traction control. In a sandy area off to the side of the airstrip, a coned-off section of loose sand and dust made for the perfect (i.e., worst) conditions. The scooter comes with a specially designed Dirt Mode meant to help keep traction on loose surfaces like this. It relies on the company’s new Hypercore, a powerful smart system that delivers state-of-the-art traction control.

I’m not much of a dirt rider myself, and you’re more likely to find me riding elbow distance between two delivery trucks than hugging the berms on trails. But I still did my best to get the scooter sideways.

Even in that loose and silty soil, each time I felt the rear starting to fishtail, the traction control helped me bring it back and keep the rubber side down. I was sure I would lose it a few times, but somehow the Pulse seemed to anticipate my pending disaster in the turns and take care of the hard parts for me.

From there, I moved to the slalom course, which was a series of cones set up on the angle strip. Gogoro’s pro rider showed me a demo first, in which he rode so fast and cornered so hard through the slalom that he dragged the edge of the side stand more than once. I certainly wasn’t about to push it that hard and leave bits of steel on the asphalt, but I still enjoyed pushing the scooter through the course and feeling how easy it was to flick back and forth.

Of course, the main event was that Launch Mode demonstration, where I got to line back up on the main strip with a set of Christmas tree lights counting me down for good measure.

To enable this ultra-fast takeoff program, you have to initiate launch mode with a video game-style series of secret inputs, the last of which includes holding in the rear brake lever like a clutch. If you put the cheat code in successfully, you’ll get the prompt and the scooter will literally start shaking. It’s actually just the mid-mounted motor cleverly rocking itself to create the simulation of a high-revving engine ready to pop the clutch. And to launch, that’s exactly what you do – except that the clutch is really the rear brake lever, and releasing it sends you flying down the road at peak acceleration. It’s hard to explain what 378 Nm (279 lb-ft) of torque at the rear wheel feels like, but I definitely saw another journalist almost slip off the back of the scooter when he wasn’t expecting the acceleration to be so punchy.

I only had 250 meters (820 feet) before the “STOP” section of the course began, but I was already into the triple digits on the speedometer, which converting km/h into mph means I had just surpassed 62 mph before having to quickly engage the brakes as the end of the course neared.

Each test was designed to show off another aspect of the Gogoro’s Pulse performance, from the traction control to the maneuverability and finally the insane power that can be unleashed by those brave enough to demand it.

But what’s perhaps even more impressive isn’t the groundbreaking performance but rather the technology that ties it all together.

The Gogoro Pulse shares several features that sound more at home on new sports cars than on an electric scooter. The scooter’s Smart Cockpit dashboard is built around a massive 10.25-inch panoramic HD touch display that integrates with Gogoro’s iQ Touch HD user interface. The new iQ Touch HD system offers a variety of new features and services, including different ride modes, turn-by-turn GPS navigation with real-time traffic information, and Gogoro GoStation locations for quick and convenient battery swaps. Fortunately, I was glad to see that there are still easy-to-use push-button controls and dials. Touch screens are nice for something things, but I’ll never want to give up the tactile feedback of real buttons and knobs. The mode selector is an oversized and generously knurled physical knob, which makes you feel like you’re selecting functions in a fighter jet cockpit. Now THAT’S a knob!

I’m glad to hear that turn-by-turn GPS navigation will be available on the screen, though that feature wasn’t quite finished during our testing. I can picture in my head what a map looks like on a giant screen though, so I’m just glad to hear it’s coming. That also means I don’t need to keep my phone on the handlebars anymore when I want to use a nav app – I can just let the scooter’s massive display handle it for me.

Gogoro’s Smart Cockpit also makes the Pulse the first two-wheel vehicle in the world to be powered by Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon QWM2290 digital chassis. Again, this is stuff that has no business being on a two-wheeler, at least not until Gogoro decided that riders shouldn’t have to take a backseat to drivers anymore in the technology department.

And then there’s the headlight. Or I guess I should say, headlights. An array of 13 individual LED units fire on and off dynamically depending on riding conditions, helping to throw the beam closer or further depending on speed, as well as angling the light around curves when necessary, all without any physically moving parts.

And while I didn’t actually test this part out during the test riding since you just can’t go very far within the confines of an airstrip, the scooters obviously make use of Gogoro’s world-famous battery-swapping standard.

That means you get the benefits of Gogoro’s recognizable bright green batteries that are spread all over the markets where Gogoro operates. In Tapei, riders are never more than a few hundred meters from a battery-swapping station. Across the island, thousands of stations perform hundreds of thousands of battery swaps daily.

And now Gogoro is in more countries across Asia than I can keep track of anymore. The options are growing seemingly every month.

The beauty of this battery-swapping system is that range simply doesn’t matter anymore. Who cares if the scooter can get 50 km or 150 km of range? It doesn’t really matter since, in both situations, you’ll probably pass 100 different battery-swapping stations during that time.

So as you can see, this isn’t just a high-performance electric scooter. It’s also a high tech vehicle that takes advantage of much of the tech we generally associate with luxury cars, but has now been brought to us as riders.

Having ridden around Taipei recently, I can tell you that this is probably more scooter than many people will need. It’s just so much power and performance that it’s the equivalent of a sports car in a city. But then again, sports cars are fun for the simple fact that they’re fun, so even locked in a city, the Pulse would be a blast. But once you can get out onto some faster roads and really open it up, that’s where the scooter will come alive.

If staying in a city, that Launch Mode can still be fun, but I don’t think many people need to fly off as quickly as this scooter can each time the light turns green. But what it does do is give riders the opportunity to do more with their ride. The same bike that serves as a weekly commuter can also be a fun weekend performance ride up and down twisting mountain roads. It can take you offroad and onto the trails, knowing full well that traction control is there to back you up. And it can enable safer riding with GPS navigation front and center where you need it and lighting that predicts your turns to illuminate the curves ahead of you.

That’s pretty darn impressive for an electric scooter, if you ask me!

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Micah Toll is a personal electric vehicle enthusiast, battery nerd, and author of the Amazon #1 bestselling books DIY Lithium Batteries , DIY Solar Power,   The Ultimate DIY Ebike Guide  and The Electric Bike Manifesto .

The e-bikes that make up Micah’s current daily drivers are the $999 Lectric XP 2.0 , the $1,095 Ride1Up Roadster V2 , the $1,199 Rad Power Bikes RadMission , and the $3,299 Priority Current . But it’s a pretty evolving list these days.

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Big Tech keeps spending billions on AI. There’s no end in sight.

Much of the money is going to new data centers, which are predicted to place huge demands on the U.S. power grid

SAN FRANCISCO — The biggest tech companies in the world have spent billions of dollars on the artificial intelligence revolution. Now they’re planning to spend tens of billions more, pushing up demand for computer chips and potentially adding new strain to the U.S. electrical grid.

In quarterly earnings calls this week, Google, Microsoft and Meta all underlined just how big their investments in AI are. On Wednesday, Meta raised its predictions for how much it will spend this year by up to $10 billion. Google plans to spend around $12 billion or more each quarter this year on capital expenditures, much of which will be for new data centers, Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat said Thursday. Microsoft spent $14 billion in the most recent quarter and expects that to keep increasing “materially,” Chief Financial Officer Amy Hood said.

Overall, the investments in AI represent some of the largest infusions of cash in a specific technology in Silicon Valley history — and they could serve to further entrench the biggest tech firms at the center of the U.S. economy as other companies, governments and individual consumers turn to these companies for AI tools and software.

The huge investment is also pushing up forecasts for how much energy will be needed in the United States in the coming years. In West Virginia, old coal plants that had been scheduled to be shut down will continue running to send energy to the huge and growing data center hub in neighboring Virginia.

“We’re very committed to making the investments required to keep us at the leading edge,” Google’s Porat said on a Thursday conference call. “It’s a once-in-a-generation opportunity,” Google CEO Sundar Pichai added.

The biggest tech companies had already been spending steadily on AI research and development before OpenAI released ChatGPT in late 2022. But the chatbot’s instant success triggered the big companies to suddenly ramp up their spending. Venture capitalists poured money into the space, too, and start-ups with just a handful of employees were raising hundreds of millions to build out their own AI tools.

The boom pushed up prices for the high-end computer chips necessary to train and run complex AI algorithms, increasing prices for Big Tech companies and start-ups alike. AI specialist engineers and researchers are in short supply, too, and some of them are commanding salaries in the millions of dollars .

Nvidia — the chipmaker whose graphic processing units, or GPUs, have become essential to training AI — expects to make around $24 billion this quarter after making $8.3 billion two years ago in the same quarter. The massive increase in revenue has led investors to push the company’s stock up so much that it is now the world’s third-most valuable company, after just Microsoft and Apple.

Some of the AI hype from last year has come back to Earth . Not every AI start-up that scored big venture-capital funding is still around. Concerns about AI increasing so fast that humans can’t keep up seem to have mostly quieted down. But the revolution is here to stay, and the rush to invest in AI is already beginning to help grow revenue for Microsoft and Google.

Microsoft’s revenue in the quarter was $61.9 billion, up 17 percent from a year earlier. Google’s revenue in the quarter rose 15 percent to $80.5 billion.

Interest in AI has brought in new customers that have helped boost Google’s cloud revenue, leading to the company beating analyst expectations. Shares shot up around 12 percent in aftermarket trading. At Microsoft, demand for its AI services is so high that the company can’t keep up right now, said Hood, the CFO.

For Meta, the challenge is building AI while also assuring investors it will eventually make money from it. Whereas Microsoft and Google sell access to their AI through giant cloud software businesses, Meta has taken a different track. It doesn’t have a cloud business and is instead making its AI freely available to other companies, while finding ways to put the tech into its own social media products. This month, Meta integrated AI capabilities into its social networks, including Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp. Investors are skeptical, and after the company raised its prediction for how much money it will spend in 2024 to as much as $40 billion, its stock fell over 10 percent.

“Building the leading AI will also be a larger undertaking than the other experiences we’ve added to our apps, and this is likely going to take several years,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on a conference call Wednesday. “Historically, investing to build these new scaled experiences in our apps has been a very good long-term investment for us and for investors who have stuck with us.”

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