A few days ago, Huawei unveiled its new Mate 9 pair and really upped the stakes in the high-end smartphone market. Besides its undoubtedly impressive specs sheet, the Mate 9 also shines with the new and improved EMUI 5. It brings about numerous tweaks and changes, most of which stem directly from user feedback. And even though, Huawei specifically outlined the close integration between the OS and its new Kirin 960 chipset, it is good to hear that the OEM plans to bring the ROM to other handsets as well. The Honor 8 will apparently be first in line as…
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Tim Rue | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. Oakland cargo ship is guided into the Port of Oakland by an AmNav tug boat. The U.S. trade deficit fell to a more than 1-1/2 year low in September amid rising exports, but a slump in imports pointed to slowing domestic demand. The Commerce Department said on Friday the trade gap narrowed 9.9 percent to $36.4 billion, the smallest since February 2015. August’s trade deficit was revised slightly down to $40.5 billion. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast the trade gap decreasing to $37.8 billion in September…
Troy Harvey | Bloomberg | Getty Images Job fair The national unemployment rate fell to 4.9 percent in October, the Labor Department said Friday. But relying on that one headline number as an indicator of the economy’s direction ignores important information just below the surface. Every month on “Jobs Friday,” the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases a bunch of data, each point of which provides its own unique perspective on an aspect of the nation’s employment situation. Economists look past the official unemployment rate — that 4.9 percent figure, also known as the “U-3” rate — to other metrics that…
October jobs up 161,000 Friday, 4 Nov 2016 | 8:30 AM ET | 01:31 The U.S. economy added a less-than-expected 161,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate stood at 4.9 percent as investors got to digest the final payrolls report before Tuesday’s presidential election. But the bigger number in the report could be wages, with average hourly earnings climbing 10 cents and reflecting a 2.8 percent annualized increase, according to the report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number would seem to solidify a Fed rate increase in December, as the market has been expecting, though average weekly hours…
Bill O’Leary | The Washington Post | Getty Images A teacher in her classroom after school. While all eyes are on Tuesday’s presidential election, Goldman Sachs told clients the real story for the market was the better-than-expected increase in wages contained in Friday’s jobs report. This inflationary trend should cause certain stocks to outperform into the new year, the firm said. “While investors focus on the election, stocks focus on rising wages and expected inflation,” Goldman Sachs’ David Kostin wrote in the note to clients Friday. “Investors’ other focus has been the 3Q earnings season, which saw more frequent beats…
BITS-Pilani degree row: HRD seeks legal opinion on validating off-campus degrees Last year on November 9, the UGC sent a notice to BITS-Pilani directing to shut down their off-campus centres as they were established without the permission and also violated the Deemed University regulations Rajasthan government has also put attestation of degrees of BITS-Pilani’s off campus centres’ on hold RELATED STORIES Javadekar emphasises on learning outcome assessment in primary schools SSC CGL Tier 1 2016: Results declared at ssc.nic.in Dr MC Saxena Medical College to pay Rs 25 lakh each to 150 students: Allahabad High Court Telangana to have digital…
“Necessary amendments are being introduced to decide the parameters for learning outcome evaluation for primary school students,” said Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar. In picture, Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar (File Photo) RELATED STORIES SSC CGL Tier 1 2016: Results declared at ssc.nic.in Dr MC Saxena Medical College to pay Rs 25 lakh each to 150 students: Allahabad High Court Telangana to have digital classroom Chennai: Include three educational experts in the panel, directs HC IIM Calcutta to come up with collaborative rural community Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday stressed on “learning outcome assessment” in primary schools saying…
Microsoft has patched 68 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Edge, Internet Explorer and SQL Server, two of which have already been exploited by attackers and three that have been publicly disclosed. The patches are covered in 14 security bulletins, one dedicated to Adobe Flash Player which is upgraded through Windows Update in Windows 10 and 8.1. Six of the bulletins are rated critical and eight are rated important. Administrators should prioritize the Windows patches in the MS16-135 bulletin, because they address a zero-day vulnerability that’s already being exploited by a group of attackers known in the security industry as Fancy Bear,…
While the world was watching to see the season finale of “America Votes,” GoPro had a little news of its own to share. Late Tuesday night, the company announced an official recall of its Karma drone, which rolled out in late October. The $800 flying device can apparently lose power during operation—presumably causing it to come tumbling out of the sky. GoPro says the issue affected only a “small number of cases.” Nevertheless, GoPro still felt it was serious enough to recall every single Karma out there—and it won’t give you a new one in exchange. Around 2,500 Karma drones…
The vivo X9 and X9 Plus are expected on November 16 and someone is already putting up promotional posters for the upcoming selfie-obsessed duo. The vivo X9 has a 5.5” 1080p screen, while the X9 Plus goes bigger at 5.88” (still 1080p resolution). The two differ in battery size too – 3,050mAh for the smaller phone and 4,000mAh for the bigger one. vivo jumped the gun with the promotional materials Both will be powered by the new Snapdragon 653 chipset – a slightly overclocked version of the 652 with a faster modem (up to Cat. 13). The smaller X9 will…