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CBS News
07-08-2025
- Automotive
- CBS News
This car ranks as America's most-stolen vehicle
Thieves are targeting one type of car above all others, with this U.S. vehicle stolen far more frequently than any other make or model, new data shows. The Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, which retails for around $75,400, had a theft rate 39 times higher than the average for all vehicles with the model years 2022 to 2024, according to a new report from the Highway Loss Data Institute, or HLDI. The model is a high performance version of the lower-cost Chevrolet Camaro, whose theft rate was 13 times higher than the average for the same 2022-2024 model years. The Camaro sports car retails for between $32,495 and can rise to around $50,000, depending on the finishings, transmission type and other options a buyer selects. To determine the most commonly swiped vehicles, the HLDI analyzed stolen vehicle data for 2022-2024 car models between the years of 2021 to 2024. Their analysis hit upon a few shared traits between many of the cars favored by auto thieves. "What all vehicles in top 20 have in common is that they are relatively expensive, relatively powerful and in many cases they are pickup trucks," Matt Moore, chief insurance operations officer at HLDI, told CBS MoneyWatch. Muscle cars are attractive to thieves because they are looking for vehicles with high horsepower, the group said. The Camaro models have another feature that make them vulnerable: on-board ports that contain vehicle data, such as fuel emissions and performance stats, but can also serve as a point of entry for thieves. "In the case of Camaro ZL1, it is very desirable to thieves, and, on top of it, there's a vulnerability that makes them relatively easy to steal," Moore said. "Due to the vulnerability, with the right knowledge and right bits of technology, someone who can gain access to the inside of one of these Camaros can steal it relatively easily," Moore said, noting that he didn't want to describe the process more precisely so as not to encourage thieves. Earlier this year, Chevy owner General Motors released a software update for 2020 to 2024 Camaro models that was aimed at improving security. "This body control module software enhancement involves an important security update for certain model year 2020 to 2024 Chevrolet Camaros," a GM spokesman said in a statement to auto blog GM Authority. "GM counters vehicle theft methods as they evolve. We regularly work with law enforcement agencies to identify emerging tactics that may affect our products and make updates as needed to defend against them." Pickup trucks and other pricey or powerful models were also frequently stolen, and appear on the list of the top 20 vehicles with the highest claim frequencies for entire vehicle theft, according to the report. The Honda-owned Acura TLX 4WD, a roughly $46,000 sport sedan, was stolen at a rate that was 21 times more than the average, making it the second most commonly stolen vehicle type, according to HLDI's report. The Chevrolet Camaro was the third most-commonly stolen model. There was a common thread among the vehicles that thieves tended to shy away from: Eight of the 20 least stolen vehicles were electric, while two were plug-in hybrid models, according to the report. "Based on the fact that many of these are 'connected' vehicles, just having one of these stolen electric vehicles is not an easy thing, it's a high-risk proposition," Moore said. "In addition, they need to be charged on a regular basis, so many of their owners likely have garages." That means fewer of them show up on streets, providing thieves with less opportunity to steal them, Moore explained. "They aren't sitting on streets overnight, and therefore they are less vulnerable," he said.
Tahawul Tech
03-07-2025
- Business
- Tahawul Tech
Pure Storage delivers performance at any scale with new products
IT pioneer Pure Storage recently announced an expansion of its next-generation storage product portfolio designed for demanding and high-performance workloads. 'In an era where data is king and IT complexity remains a major hurdle to accessing and using data for optimal business value, Pure Storage is once again redefining what's possible for customers', said John Colgrove (Coz), Founder and Chief Visionary at Pure Storage. 'Pure Storage delivers the magic by rejecting the norms we've come to accept for storage infrastructure; they are what's holding us back within this new era of exponential data growth and logarithmic growth of insight value'. As data volumes rise and business demands shift faster than ever, traditional storage infrastructures create fragmentation, silos, and uncontrolled data sprawl. Organisations must fundamentally change their approach to data storage and management to one that nimbly and efficiently helps customers meet and scale growing data needs. An Enterprise Data Cloud (EDC) redefines how data is delivered, governed, and consumed by creating a virtualized cloud of data delivering a single, seamless data layer with consistent control across on-premises, public cloud, and hybrid environments. Only the Pure Storage platform offers the performance, efficiency, and intelligence to deliver such data management at scale. FlashArray and FlashBlade – Built To Do More Core to the Pure Storage platform are Pure Storage FlashArray™ and Pure Storage FlashBlade®, which underpin the delivery of performance, reliability, and flexibility in a unified storage experience. The latest Pure Storage FlashArray and Pure Storage FlashBlade offerings extend the platform — unlocking massive performance density gains, enabling faster results, and seamlessly scaling for future applications and demands — with capabilities to handle the full workload spectrum. NEW: Pure Storage FlashArray//XL The next generation of Pure Storage FlashArray, FlashArray//XL™ R5, sets the bar for performance at extreme scale so customers can consolidate diverse workloads into a unified platform. FlashArray//XL: Doubles the amount of IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second) per rack unit compared to the previous generation and increases max raw capacity by up to 50 percent. NEW: Pure Storage FlashArray//ST Continuing to push the boundaries of high-performance platforms, FlashArray//ST™ is a new offering designed to serve the most latency-sensitive workloads such as in-memory databases, large OLTP, log writing, and scale-out and sharded NOSQL databases. FlashArray//ST: Delivers over 10 million IOPS per five rack units through an optimized IO path. NEW: Pure Storage FlashBlade//S Next-generation controller blades in FlashBlade//S™ R2, the latest version of Pure Storage FlashBlade//S, enhance the platform to help organizations accelerate time-to-insight, consolidate infrastructure, and realize faster outcomes from the most demanding data pipelines. FlashBlade//S: Performs up to 30% greater than competitors across critical workloads like genome sequencing, inference, and electronic design automation simulations, as well as other extensive datasets required for effective AI reasoning. NEW: Single Architecture of Block, File, and Object Addressing the explosive growth of unstructured data, Pure Storage extends object support to FlashArray, creating a true single architecture for block, file and object across the entire Pure Storage platform. Object support for FlashArray: Simplifies data management with block, file, and object consolidated on a single unified platform and consistent experience. 'Pure Storage was born to disrupt the industry, as we introduced new capabilities to reliably achieve better and better performance at any scale', continued Colgrove. 'We are unwavering in our mission to enable our customers' ambitions, providing the most innovative and reliable foundation they need to confidently meet any future challenge or opportunity'. Image Credit: Pure Storage
RNZ News
02-07-2025
- Business
- RNZ News
NZ firm Vantaset sets sights on UK, US law enforcement agencies
Chief executive of Vantaset, Craig Steel, and former Olympic swimmer Moss Burmester. Photo: Supplied What is claimed as a first-of-its-kind workplace performance service from New Zealand is gaining global attention from law enforcement and defence agencies. Vantaset was founded by New Zealand performance strategist and former sports coach Craig Steel. Developed over seven years at a cost of $7 million, the framework has grown into a paid service model designed for government and corporate clients. Steel said critical agencies were a focus for his business, especially those in the Five Eyes nations. The online platform is designed to improve business strategy and increase workplace performance through a framework based on high-performance sport environments, similar to how a coach would oversee a team or athlete. A number of trials are in discussion with police forces in North America and the United Kingdom. They have also signed agreements with a specialist consulting firm that supports government security and law enforcement agencies throughout Europe and North America, including the FBI. However, Steel said because of the sensitive nature of their work, he could not disclose their name. "They work with all of the law enforcement agencies right across Canada and a very high number in the US, including the likes of the FBI. "They're branded, but they can't disclose their brand so the FBI can't disclose the brand. But yes, they are a very legitimate agency of about 160-odd people. "They're domiciled in Canada, but they have agents right throughout the Americas, right down into South America, up into Canada and Alaska, etc. Plus they also do work into Europe. "You turn up to their office, and I've been there many times, and they don't even have a number over the door, it's quite interesting." It's not Vantaset's first foray into police environments. Nine years ago they were brought on to improve performance with New Zealand Police by then-commissioner Mike Bush. Following pilot programmes in Counties Manukau, Auckland City and Southern Districts, Bush used an early iteration of the programme to align the vision and prevention-first strategy for all 14,000 staff working out of more than 300 stations around the country. At that time Bush had noted police were dealing with declining public confidence, poor productivity, falling retention, engagement, levels and morale. Bush wanted a single programme, rather than relying on previous performance management mechanisms that didn't have the same reach across the organisation. Steel said an example of this was streamlining aspects of the organisation, including reducing the more than 6000 job descriptions within the police to a handful. A New Zealand Police case study in 2017 said: "Within 18 months of deploying Vantaset's transformation programme, Bush had lifted public trust and confidence from the 56 percent as it was following the COI to 81 percent. Further to this, an impressive 90 percent of Kiwis said they were either 'satisfied' or 'very satisfied' with the service police was now providing; a number many times greater than those enjoyed by similar nations. What's more, he achieved this while reducing crime across New Zealand by 20 percent. " Police said in a statement they have had a partnership with Vantaset for approximately nine years, but the contract would not continue past 30 June 2025. Chief executive of Vantaset, Craig Steel. Photo: Supplied Steel said the basis for the service came from three decades of research into the psychological breaking point of elite athletes to improve workplace performance. He said the conception was understanding why athletes collapse under pressure. "They do that at a very precise point, so it's at a point where a person comes to believe that the challenge they're up against is greater than the vision they have of themselves. "So what that said to me is that irrespective of the nature of the sport or the nature of the athlete, people capitulate at a very precise point. "What I identified was what I call the layering, which is essentially the process that athletes unconsciously work through that leads to that, what I found was that that was identical in every athlete and the people that we started sharing it with started saying to us, this is a monumental breakthrough in human performance, but we needed to test it. "So as a result of that, what I looked at was if that's what causes capitulation, what would happen if we reverse engineered it? So we take the modeling or the methodology, we invert it, so we start to look through a different lens and say, if we apply the same rationale, but in reverse, can we increase the point at which an athlete capitulates? "In other words, extend it - and what we found is that every time we tested it, people produce personal best within two weeks." The sports connections do not end there - former Olympic swimmers Moss Burmester and Anthony Mosse are among the team, as is former All Blacks manager Darren Shand. Burmester used Steel's approach to performance when he was competing and said you can transfer aspects of the sports field to the workplace. "If you look at a rugby team and you go, right, there's only 15 positions - how do we make them the very best in their position and empower them to go out there and play their best in their 80 minutes? "Same thing - how do we make people feel like they're valued, they're critical, they matter, and they can have a real impact for the team?" Burmester said just like in sport, it was important for staff to understand their roles and how that played a part of the "game plan" of a business or organisation. "It seems very obvious and it's laughable, but that's exactly what we see and so we sit there and we think, well, no wonder organisations aren't getting the best out of people, unlocking the potential in people. "They're just putting them into these boxes, they're not engaging them." Sign up for Ngā Pitopito Kōrero, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.
Wall Street Journal
11-06-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
The Secret to Retaining the Best Employees: Ask Them These Four Questions
Today's playbook for retaining high-performing employees is pretty straightforward: more money, a fancier title, better benefits and a greater sense of 'purpose.' The problem? It isn't working.
Globe and Mail
10-06-2025
- Business
- Globe and Mail
G architects and Lebel & Bouliane Launch Studio INNOCA to Shape the Future of Innovation Workplaces
TORONTO, June 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- G architects and Lebel & Bouliane are proud to announce the launch of Studio INNOCA, a new strategic partnership dedicated to delivering future-focused, high-performance environments for Canada's Tech, Health, and Life Sciences industries. Emerging at a time when Canada's life sciences sector is scaling rapidly—fueled by venture capital, AI integration, and growing demand for flexible infrastructure—Studio INNOCA offers a timely and specialized response to the needs of the innovation economy. Combining G's deep expertise in lab and clinical design with Lebel & Bouliane's award-winning interiors and workplace strategy, Studio INNOCA brings together an integrated design team built for innovation. While newly formed, the partnership is grounded in the extensive experience of both founding firms, which together have delivered over 75 projects and 2 million square feet of lab, research, and workplace environments across Ontario. 'Our vision with Studio INNOCA is to design precision spaces that empower people and ideas,' says Luc Bouliane, Co-Founder of Lebel & Bouliane. 'This partnership blends the best of technical performance and human experience—spaces that not only work, but inspire.' Studio INNOCA's approach is rooted in technical excellence and user-centered design. From highly specialized lab spaces and CSA-compliant medical offices to hybrid workplaces that support collaboration and innovation, the team brings technical fluency, infrastructure expertise, and immersive visualization tools to support clients through every stage of design and delivery. Previous work by the founding firms includes the Eurofins Alphora Biologics Product Development Lab, Durham Spine & Pain Institute, Plus Company Toronto HQ, and the LEED Gold-certified Experiential Learning Commons at the University of Toronto. The team also brings experience working with landlords including Allied Properties REIT, Hines, Carttera, and Oxford Properties. Expertise includes:
