Battlefield. Titanfall. Call of Duty. Tyranny. Dishonored 2. Where’s a person supposed to find the time to play all these games? Let alone care about news. This week, Forza Horizon 3 gets a demo and teases its first expansion, Mass Effect teases next week’s teaser, and Steven Seagal hits World of Warships. This is gaming news for October 31 through November 4. Free time If you need to fill your weekend with something and don’t have any of this year’s million game releases on hand, Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide (the best game with the worst name) is free-to-try on Steam…
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BlackBerry has started pushing out a new beta update to its Priv smartphone. The update, which is hitting all Priv units except those on Verizon’s network, brings along Android security patch for the month of November. It weighs in at around 98MB and bumps the firmware version to AAH505. Here’s the complete statement from the Canadian company: Today’s update brings news that AAH505, our candidate to be the official November security patch update, is now available to beta participants on all devices (except Verizon variants) to begin testing. Depending on the build you’re coming from, this will either be a…
The Lenovo Phab2 Plus smartphone, which was unveiled at the company’s Tech World event back in June this year, will be launched in India next week – November 8 to be precise. Media invites for the event have been sent and the company has also started teasing the launch on Twitter. View image on Twitter Follow Lenovo India ✔@Lenovo_in Why would you go regular when you can #GoPHAB? Stay tuned to find out how #DifferentLivesBetter on November 8th. 12:37 PM – 5 Nov 2016 4141 Retweets 234234 likes The handset will be launched as an Amazon exclusive in the country.…
Turkish manufacturer General Mobile, which is involved in Google’s Android One efforts, has announced a new Android One smartphone. Dubbed GM 5, the device runs the latest Android 7.0 OS, making it the first Nougat-powered Android One handset. Specs-wise, the device packs in a Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC with quad-core CPU (said to be SD410) and sports a 5-inch HD display. RAM is 2GB, while internal memory is 16GB. In terms of camera, the phone features a 13MP rear unit and a 5MP front shooter. A 2,500mAh battery is there to keep the lights on. Measuring 140.5 x 69.75 x 9.3mm…
Getty Images A man casts his electronic ballot at a polling station in Washington, D.C., on November 6, 2012. Fears that cybercriminals will try to interfere in the upcoming election have increased due to recent hacks of the DNC. Rising anxiety among global investors propelled the swiftest weekly dash into cash since 2013 as money managers dumped bonds and drove the longest sell-off in the benchmark S&P 500 since the financial crisis. The index has shed 2.9 per cent over the past eight trading days in its longest string of declines since 2008 as the US presidential race between Hillary…
Joshua Lott | Getty Images Check out which companies are making headlines before the bell: Humana — Humana earned an adjusted $3.18 per share for the third quarter, three cents a share above estimates. Revenue also came in above Street forecasts. Its performance was driven by upbeat results in its health care services operation, as well as its Medicare Advantage business. ADVERTISING inRead invented by Teads Regeneron Pharmaceuticals — The drugmaker reported adjusted quarterly profit of $3.13 per share, well above estimates of $2.71 a share. Revenue was shy of estimates, however. Sales were up more than seven percent over…
John Lamparski | Getty Images Dennis Lockhart, Federal Reserve Bank President of Atlanta Federal Reserve rate increases over the next two years will be “very” gradual amid expected steady growth and stable job gains, Atlanta Federal Reserve President Dennis Lockhart said on Friday. In prepared remarks to a National Association of Realtors conference here Lockhart did not speak to the likelihood of a rate increase at the Fed meeting next month. His prepared remarks were issued before the release of Friday’s jobs report, but Lockhart may speak to that when he delivers his address or in questions later from audience…
Technology disrupts the banking sector Friday, 4 Nov 2016 | 7:00 AM ET | 03:36 Fintech is revolutionizing the world of finance, and traditional banks worldwide are reacting — boosting mobile services and shuttering branches to trim costs — all in an effort to stay in the game. Over the past decade, venture capitalists, private equity firms and a number of other big players have been pouring money into fintech start-ups. Since 2010, more than $50 billion has been invested globally in almost 2,500 companies as these innovators redefine the way we bank, according to Accenture. In the United States alone,…
Lord Swaraj Paul requested the government to promote and grow global opportunities for UK students and staff by enhancing mobility programmes and creating an environment that facilitates the recruitment and retention of the best available talent. In picture, Lord Swaraj Paul (File photo) RELATED STORIES Students of Naxal-hit Chattisgarh district study maths through Hindi video lectures No-Detention Policy: Here’s what the ICSE Board has to say Celebrate National Education Day: UGC directs universities ‘Affordable quality education’ to be ensured in new policy: Venkaiah Naidu IIT entrance examinations to be held in Nepal from next year: President Pranab Mukherjee During the…
The video lecture titled ‘Setu’ was the brainchild of Kanker collector Shammi Abidi, which is currently being used for running a remedial course in mathematics for class 9 students and for weekly training of primary and middle school maths teachers who do not have the subject background. Representational image, The video lecture titled ‘Setu’ was the brainchild of Kanker collector Shammi Abidi which is currently being used for running a remedial course in mathematics for Class 9 students RELATED STORIES No-Detention Policy: Here’s what the ICSE Board has to say Celebrate National Education Day: UGC directs universities ‘Affordable quality education’…