Sentences with phrase «arm races»

Such a development, should it come to fruition, could have a larger impact of minimizing the threat of a nuclear arms race in the Middle East, Katz said.

Live - streaming apps like Twitter's Periscope have touched off a new arms race among the technology giants

It's a concept another Canadian, Brad Katsuyama, has already championed on Wall Street, and one embraced by an emerging faction of securities markets participants beleaguered by the ongoing arms race for ever - faster trading technology.

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In this arms race, everybody wins.

Finally, it's tempting to think there's a sort of arms race going on here: that restaurants in this category (and some individual waitresses) will compete by having skimpier and skimpier outfits.

The end result of this benchmarking was a salary arms race: between 1936 and 1980, the average CEO salary increased from $ 970,000 to $ 1.1 - million, according to a 2010 study.

At times, it feels like an absurd arms race, with colleges and universities building bigger stadiums and more grandiose practice facilities, then feeling the pressure to fill those seats.

In the arms race between cybersecurity experts and hackers, the good guys often seem to be a step behind.

The changes — both announced in the last 48 hours — are only the latest in what is shaping up to be an arms race among tech companies seeking to prove themselves the most accommodating workplaces to build not just a career, but a family.

She said even «robust» defenses are not enough to defend against state - sponsored attacks and compared the fight with hackers to an «arms race.»

LG has taken the high - def arms race for entertainment eyeballs up a notch with the world's biggest ultra-definition television to support next - level 4K picture format.

LG has taken the high - def arms race up a notch with the world's biggest ultra-definition television.

In Whistler itself, there began an arms race between Blackcomb and Whistler Mountain to build more new lifts and condos.

«Last year, we realized that the arms race had taken off to such an extent in the U.S that we really needed to up the platform of our high - end product,» he said.

The war for tech talent has engendered a bit of a benefits arms race lately.

A U.S. withdrawal from the Iran agreement would raise tensions in an already volatile region, possibly prompting an arms race involving Saudi Arabia.

The Trump administration is holding talks on providing nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia — a move that critics say could upend decades of U.S. policy and lead to an arms race in the Middle East.

Meanwhile, Trump announced Tuesday that he plans to «get together in the not - too - distant future» with Putin in order to discuss the international arms race.

But with Amazon promising to one day use delivery drones there is a clear tech arms race between the two retailers.

The arms race has already begun for selling headsets.

The two are in an arms race for team partnerships and new users.

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He added that the two leaders «will probably get together in the not - too - distant future» to discuss the international arms race.

The United States and China are also working on the technology needed to build hypersonic missiles, raising concerns about a new arms race among the world's top three superpowers.

While CIPA accredits only members that meet certain protocols like requiring prescriptions, adhering to provincial regulations and selling only approved medication, the industry remains caught up in a credibility arms race.

Plus, protectionism tends to result in arms races, in which Country A erects trade barriers, to which Country B responds, and so on and so on.

Apple wouldn't introduce its iPhone for four more months, setting in motion a mobile device arms race that would give rise to Google Android and mobile - first communications tools like WeChat and Snapchat.

Pompeo also warned that North Korea could sell nuclear - weapon and ballistic - missile technology and research to other countries, including Iran, which could set off a nuclear arms race.

Technology is always striving to be just that little bit better, parents are exhausted by an arms race of activities and engagement, and workers, fearing a perpetually droopy economy and the specter of competition from abroad, are bombarded with never - ending pressure to be more productive, efficient and ever connected.

In the arms race run - up to this year's conference both released new versions of their iPhone apps and Gowalla launched an Android app while Foursquare brushed their existing one up.

AT&T's $ 29 charge is steep, but it could kick off an arms race of sorts for privacy services that could ultimately lead to lower prices and better protections for all.

In contracting Deloitte to produce the report, there appears to be something of an economic impact arms race brewing in tech.

«This is a forever process, because security is always an arms race,» Sandberg said during an interview with Bloomberg.

Criminals will turn their sights to healthcare and it's going to be an arms race against digital crime.

One of the biggest names in high - frequency trading wants to erect a communications tower in rural Kent as high as The Shard as it steps up the millisecond arms race against rivals.

«But there's currently a bit of an arms race between the two tests, with both making changes to be more reflective of the critical thinking necessary in business school.»

«I want to tell all those who have fueled the arms race over the last 15 years, sought to win unilateral advantages over Russia, introduced unlawful sanctions aimed to contain our country's development... you have failed to contain Russia,» Putin said, later adding that «any use of nuclear weapons against Russia or its allies... any kind of attack... will be regarded as a nuclear attack against Russia and in response we will take action instantaneously no matter what the consequences are.

Though the treaty was intended to limit the Cold War nuclear arms race, it has created obstacles to private space exploration.

This is leading to an arms race among hotels to offer specialized dog and pet services.

The increasing push to assert ownership of broad technologies has led to a destructive arms race, engineers say.

This is intended to help prevent elections interference by foreign actors — something Zuckerberg says is an «arms race.»

A study from the University of Cambridge earlier this year found that 58 percent of Bitcoin mining comes from China, describing «an arms race amongst miners to use the cheapest energy sources and the most efficient equipment to keep operators profitable.»

And so because of the dearth of talent the Republicans were getting murdered in the tech arms race.

And the reason the Republicans were attractive to us was because the Democrats were significantly leading the tech arms race.

This has sparked an expensive arms race between technology giants as they try to outbid each other to stockpile on valuable patent portfolios up for grabs.

This finite supply has helped to set off a digital arms race in Bitcoin's specialized hardware industry.

The department questions assumptions behind the growth plan, saying it could lead to a capacity arms race among hospitals.

And China doesn't have to build a blue water navy or engage in an arms race to take a big slice of the U.S.'s energy pie.

Stop the arms race?