Samsung has started pushing out a new security update to its Galaxy A5 (2016) smartphone. Weighing in at under 11MB and arriving as firmware version XXS3BPLA, the update brings along Android security patches for the month of December. The update is currently hitting units in Europe, although other regions should get it soon as well. If you are a Galaxy A5 (2016) user in Europe, and haven’t received the update yet, be patient, as OTA toll outs are usually staged. Alternatively, you can also check for the update by heading to your handset’s Settings menu. source”cnbc”
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Great time to be a bank stock investor: CIO 20 Hours Ago | 03:56 The rally in financials may have paused recently, but expert Anton Schutz still thinks it’s a great time to be a bank stock investor. That’s because the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates in December, the yield curve is steepening and there is optimism for loan growth, the chief investment officer for Mendon Capital Advisors said in an interview with CNBC’s “Closing Bell” on Thursday. On top of that, President-elect Donald Trump is proposing a cut in the corporate tax rate, he added. “They’re one of the biggest…
Toru Yamanaka | AFP | Getty Images Faced with the prospect of a multi-billion-dollar writedown that could wipe out its shareholders’ equity, Japan’s Toshiba is running out of fixes: it is burning cash, cannot issue shares and has few easy assets left to sell. The Tokyo-based conglomerate, which is still recovering from a $1.3 billion accounting scandal in 2015, dismayed investors and lenders again this week by announcing that cost overruns at a U.S. nuclear business bought only last year meant it could now face a crippling charge against profit. Toshiba says it will be weeks before it can give…
Xaume Olleros | Bloomberg | Getty Images Beijing’s crackdown on capital flight could be about to extend to Singapore amid concerns that large sums of money may have been funneled out of the mainland in violation of China’s strict currency controls through casinos in the city state. As the nation battles to plug holes in a system which is seeing billions haemorrhage from a slowing economy at a time of unprecedented global uncertainty, a potential misuse of the China UnionPay banking network at casinos in Singapore could be contributing significantly to capital flight. The concerns centre on a casino “resort…
David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jia ‘YT’ Yueting, chief executive officer of LeEco Global Group, right, speaks with an employee at the company’s headquarters in San Jose, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016. China’s cash-strapped LeEco said it is in talks to secure 10 billion yuan ($1.4 billion) from an unidentified strategic investor, but the announcement was seen as insufficient to dispel concern over the high-tech conglomerate’s financial health. Led by tycoon Jia Yueting, LeEco expanded aggressively into electric and driverless cars and smartphones after making its name in video streaming, but last month warned staff…
Shiv Sena’s men enter IIT-B campus and cloaked the profane painting of Lord Hanuman What makes the lord goofier is that the students had replaced his mace with a fountain pen and tail with railway coach. Image Source: Prashant Waydande /HT RELATED STORIES Student Islamic Organisation writes to MCI to conduct NEET in Urdu IIT-Madras websites get hacked, pro-Pak message displayed: Shocking! Delhi records rise in number of students Smriti Irani lays foundation stone of NIFT Panchkula Centre Five new universities to be set up for minorities: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi announces plan After the IIT Bombay students paint Lord Hanuman’s…
As of December 21, NEET can be conducted in eight languages namely – English, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Assamese, Telugu and Tamil. Representational image. Source: columbia.edu RELATED STORIES IIT-Madras websites get hacked, pro-Pak message displayed: Shocking! Delhi records rise in number of students Smriti Irani lays foundation stone of NIFT Panchkula Centre Five new universities to be set up for minorities: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi announces plan Obtaining ‘Dr’ tag not so easy anymore: Exit test introduced for medical students Following the approval of eight regional languages to be allowed in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) by the Medical Council of…
IIT-Madras websites get hacked, pro-Pak message displayed: Shocking! The institute’s website was hacked and pro-Pakistan messages were posted on it. IIT-Madras websites get hacked, pro-Pak message displayed: Shocking! RELATED STORIES Delhi records rise in number of students Smriti Irani lays foundation stone of NIFT Panchkula Centre Five new universities to be set up for minorities: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi announces plan Obtaining ‘Dr’ tag not so easy anymore: Exit test introduced for medical students Mumbai: Paperless education, ideal measure to reduce carbon footprint The Indian Institute of Technology – Madras (IIT-M) websites was apparently hacked by one ‘Faisal 1337x’. Indeed, the…
1 of 17 Thumbnails MORE grave burial death cross See larger image Credit: Dat7 via Creative Commons Gone but not forgotten 2016 was brutal year in the tech business. Ambitious projects sputtered out, beloved niche products became unsustainable, and there was at least one colossal corporate embarrassment. Take a look back at all the technology that died this year—then console yourself by imagining it’s still being enjoyed by David Bowie and Prince. source”cnbc”
android 2016 collage Android is in a very different place than it was when 2016 began. While the last 12 months were filled with much of the usual pomp and circumstance surrounding the release of new handsets, connected gadgets, and OS refreshes, the state of Android has never been more promising or less predictable. Google stepped out from behind the curtain and into the spotlight. Headsets took over smartwatches as the trend of the moment. And Samsung’s phablet woes opened the door for smaller players to make big gains. Through it all, one thing was constant: Android’s dominance. Throughout 2016’s…