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Facebook execs may appear on Capitol Hill to address data exploitation

March 21, 2018

Whatever you might say about Cambridge Analytica's effects on US elections (and the jury is still out about the company's actual power), the danger for data-harvesting companies to disrupt politics - not to mention the threat to user privacy - is much more profound in countries like Kenya, which have abundant internet access ( Quartz writes,"Mobile penetration among Kenya's 44 million people is nearly at 90%, and the country has one of the fastest mobile internet speeds in the world"), but ...

AMD to release patches to fix some chip flaws

March 21, 2018

However, AMD has assured that it will be rolling out fixes for these security exploits soon so all the AMD CPU owners will have to wait a bit. But, modern operating systems have built-in security measures to prevent unauthorized administrative access.

You can now stream to YouTube Live straight from your browser

March 21, 2018

Businesses which register for YouTube Director Onsite are assigned a video marketing professional who assists throughout the ad creation process. Every small business owner has a story to tell-whether it's how they started out, why their product or service is unique, or why customers buy from them.

Ustad Bismillah Khan's 102nd birthday celebrated in a Google Doodle

March 21, 2018

His ancestors were court musicians who used to play in Naqqar Khana (an orchestra pit in Mughal-era monuments) in the princely state of Bhojpur, Bihar . He brought the shehnai to the center stage of Indian music with his concert in the Calcutta All India Music Conference in 1937. He even performed at the prestigious Cannes Festival.

Pixel 2 XL users report overheating and charging issues

March 21, 2018

For most users, it probably won't be, but it's an odd one at the least. Nearly every single one of them had installed Google's February Android security patch. Looks like all is not well for users who updated to the latest version of Android on Google's flagship Android handsets - the Google Pixel 2 and the Google Pixel 2 XL .

Apple is apparently working on a Blush Gold iPhone X

March 21, 2018

However, Apple had launched only the iPhone X in only two color variants; Space Grey and Silver. There are chances that Apple might have scarped the other two variants. Apple released the iPhone X a year ago with a variety of new components, including an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screen and a face scanner the company calls Face ID.

Israel defence minister says 2007 Syria strike message to enemies

March 21, 2018

Iran did not immediately respond to Israel's warning and disclosure about its previous strike against the Syrian facility. "On the night between the fifth and sixth of September 2007, Israel Air Force jets attacked and destroyed a nuclear reactor under construction in the Dir ez-Zur region in Syria, some 450 kilometers north of Damascus", a statement read.

LG will reportedly introduce a redesigned flagship phone in June

March 21, 2018

After LG V30's success, LG is now planning to release yet another flagship smartphone which is expected to succeed the LG G6 . Further reports reveal what to expect from the new flagship phone, including a massive screen that happens to energy saving.

Global Proportional Valve Market 2018 - Duplomatic, Bosch Rexroth, Danfoss, Burkert

March 21, 2018

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Samsung Galaxy Note 9 may lose the Critical feature

March 21, 2018

Good thing, then, that Samsung offered to send us a couple cases for our Galaxy S9 Plus review unit. Firmware updates can be performed using Enterprise Firmware Over-the-Air, which allows testing before firmware is deployed widely giving more control over devices for enterprise users with multiple tablets .

Alliancebernstein LP Cuts Position in Electronic Arts Inc. (EA)

March 21, 2018

Wilson Andrew had sold 9,000 shares worth $978,201. The game software company reported $2.06 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $2.03 by $0.03. Cuts Position in Electronic Arts Inc ". (NASDAQ:EA) shares were sold by COLEMAN LEONARD S JR. Insiders have sold a total of 81,079 shares of company stock worth $9,788,548 over the last ninety days.

Son of 'mastermind' arrested in Kathua rape and murder case

March 21, 2018

Sanji Ram, 60, a retired government employee, had gone underground after his name cropped up during an investigation by the crime branch. Asifa Bano was kidnapped on January 10 and her dead body was found on January 17 in Kathua. Sanji Ram has been bent upon to dislodge the nomad community from Rassana village, the probe said. "She was strangulated to death using a cloth", sources said.

8BIT Coin (8BIT) drops -9.30% in 24 hours

March 21, 2018

One Elite coin can now be bought for about $0.0002 or 0.00000003 BTC on popular exchanges including Cryptopia, YoBit, CoinExchange and Trade Satoshi. UnbreakableCoin (UNB) had a good 24 hours as the cryptocurrency jumped $0.0207000000000001 or 2.63% trading at $0.8083.

Woman injured in Crestview home invasion shooting

March 21, 2018

Police said the suspects fled in a black SUV, which was stopped by officers on General Patton Drive. The suspects were seen leaving the area in a vehicle at a high rate of speed. Investigators sought judicial authorization to search the residence and the search is taking place. The incident remains under investigation. Two men from Windsor, a 23-year-old and a 30-year-old, are facing a number of charges including break and enter, robbery, pointing a firearm, and forcible confinement.

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., (NASDAQ: AMD)

March 21, 2018

Over the last five days, shares have faced -0.78% losses and now is down -7.08% since hitting its 200-day moving average of $12. The security issues identified by the third-party researchers are not related to the AMD " Zen " CPU architecture or the Google Project Zero exploits made public January 3, 2018.

FTC probing Facebook for Cambridge Analytica's use of personal data

March 21, 2018

The firm is tied to President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign. Her office says it has been in touch with Facebook about the investigation. Schneiderman says that if the company violated NY law "we will hold them accountable". Nix also said Cambridge Analytica used emails set with a "self-destruct timer" during the Trump campaign to make its role more hard to trace. He said: "There's no evidence, there's no paper trail, there's nothing".

Digestion Aids Global Market Evolving Technology Trends and Industry Analysis 2022

March 21, 2018

Geographically, this report is subdivuded into several key regions, with data concerned to the production and consumption patterns, revenue (million USD), market share and growth rate of Global First-Aid Packet market in these regions, for 10 years from 2012 to 2022 (forecast), covering North America, China, Europe and its Share (%) and CAGR for the forecasted period 2017 to 2022.

Wreckage of Iran plane crash that killed all 66 on board 'found'

March 21, 2018

The aircraft is believed to have crashed into Mount Dena in southwest Iran . The control tower was last in contact with the plane 14 miles (22.5 km) from the airport where it was due to land, according to Iranian state TV. Aseman Airlines has had other major crashes. Tabatabai said the plane crashed into Mount Dena, which is about 1,440 feet tall. Following the deadly incident, Iran lambasted worldwide sanctions that have long prevented it from buying new aircraft or spare parts from the ...

Sun Life Financial INC Lowers Holdings in Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS)

March 21, 2018

The firm bought 2,484 shares of the investment management company's stock, valued at approximately $633,000. The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc . Technical traders often use the weighted alpha to help discover stocks that are building momentum. Vetr cut shares of Goldman Sachs from a "hold" rating to a "sell" rating and set a $246.36 price objective for the company.in a research report on Wednesday, February 14th.

Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC Announces Investigation of Micro Focus International — SHAREHOLDER ALERT

March 21, 2018

Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 80,484,863 shares of the technology company's stock valued at $1,183,932,000 after acquiring an additional 13,150,243 shares during the last quarter. The New York-based Paradigm Capital Management Inc Ny has invested 1.84% in the stock. A company with a high P/E ratio usually indicated positive future performance and investors are willing to pay more for this company's shares.

Berry Global Group Inc (BERY) Stake Lowered by Navellier & Associates Inc

March 21, 2018

The stock decreased 1.30% or $0.08 during the last trading session, reaching $6.08. About 790,958 shares traded. Berry Global Group Inc has a 1-year low of $47.19 and a 1-year high of $61.71. sell-side analysts anticipate that Berry Global Group Inc will post 3.79 EPS for the current fiscal year. Therefore 88% are positive. BMO Capital Markets maintained it with "Hold" rating and $6300 target in Wednesday, July 19 report.

WhatsApp co-founder tells everyone to delete Facebook

March 21, 2018

Facebook is under major scrutiny right now by regulators for its role in the misuse of user information by Cambridge Analytical , as the latter saw its world come crashing down after Canadian whistleblower Christopher Wylie broke the news of user abuse of over 50 million accounts, related to the 2016 USA election.

Just Shapes And Beats Brings "Music Bullet Hell" To Switch This Summer

March 21, 2018

Players will need to prepare themselves for the strategic combat and hard choices that will carry them through to the very end. It's also worth remembering that, since early March, Gold Points accumulated via the My Nintendo reward scheme can be spent when purchasing digital games and downloadable content for Nintendo Switch .

Kia K900 debuts with more elegant exterior

March 21, 2018

The vehicle has a "Quadratic pattern" grille that is seen for the first time in the images here. A new grille features 176 jewel-like cells, which Kia says are "suggestive of released energy accelerating from the center". Kia says, "the changes give a "strong expression of space" while also leading to improvements in ride quality and passenger room". On the inside, expect a melange of stylish solutions - leather, wood and metal veneer - and modern feel induced by the 12.3-inch ...

Microsoft Announces Windows Server 2019, Preview Now Available

March 21, 2018

The company says that the four themes that it's innovating on in the new OS is hybrid, security, application platform, and hyper-converged infrastructure. The feature will now support Linux VMs, and Microsoft says that it's also extending VMConnect to support troubleshooting Linux. Like the previous version, much of the pitch for Windows Server 2019 is how well it works with Microsoft Azure in hybrid cloud deployments, but it also suggests Microsoft is having a bit of a hard time with an ...

USA stocks open slightly higher as Fed begins policy meeting

March 21, 2018

Oil prices rose more than two per cent to touch a three-week high, driven by tensions in the Middle East and the possibility of further declines in Venezuelan crude output. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 100 points, or 0.4%, to 24,717. The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by a quarter percentage point.

Facebook under fire: The latest on Cambridge Analytica scandal

March 21, 2018

Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment. His intervention comes after the UK's Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham said she would be applying to court for a warrant to search the offices of Cambridge Analytica .

Senate To Hold Special Valedictory In Wakili's Honour

March 21, 2018

The Senate today suspended it's sitting for some few hours over the death of a colleague, Ali Wakili . The Nigerian Senate will hold a valedictory session for Late Senator Ali Wakili on Wednesday, March 20, 2018. "May his soul rest in peace", he added. Lawmakers are expected to hold valedictory session for their late colleague at Wednesday plenary. Until His death, Senator Wakili was the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Poverty Alleviation and a member of the ruling All ...

God of War PS4's Hardest Difficulty Setting Is Unique

March 21, 2018

These difficulty settings include: Give Me A Story, Give Me A Balanced Experience, Give Me A Challenge, and Give Me God of War . While God of War games have been grand in scope before, many of them have never been this big before, especially when back in the original trilogy a three hour God of War demo would have brought players through at least a third of the game before ending.

Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17127 for Fast

March 21, 2018

Now, with the upcoming Spring Creators Update , offline time will decrease again to an average of 30 minutes, which represents a 63 percent increase from the original Creators Update. There is a caveat to the reduction the amount of computing time that the offline phase robs from users. Same goes for migrating drivers and other files that Windows requires.

Senate intel committee makes security recommendations for the 2018 election cycle

March 20, 2018

The committee has yet to make a definitive statement on whether or not Trump campaign officials colluded with Russian agents leading up to the 2016 election, although the panel has one ongoing investigation into the matter. GOP Senate Intelligence Chairman Richard Burr, along with Republican Sens. Lankford said the funding was intended as a way to aid states but that it was not meant to be used in place of states investing in their own election infrastructure.

Global Agricultural Robots Market Development And Trends Forecasts Report 2018

March 20, 2018

What are the major market trends? Introduction of Agricultural Robots Market: Brief Introduction, development status of Agricultural Robots. Key financial deals which have shaped the market in the last five years are identified. It compares the Agricultural Robots market with other segments of the Agricultural Robots market by size and growth, historic and forecast. Global Mobile Robot Platforms Market report encompasses the overall and comprehensive study of the Mobile ...

Apple (AAPL) Price Target Lowered to $168.00 at Barclays

March 20, 2018

West Family Investments Inc who had been investing in Mfa Finl Inc for a number of months, seems to be less bullish one the $2.99B market cap company. only 114 funds opened positions while 570 raised stakes. 392,775 are owned by Seizert Prtn Limited Com. Moreover, Gamco Et Al has 0.06% invested in Apple Inc .

Apple Takes Two-Year Lead Over Android Makers With Face ID

March 20, 2018

But the volumes would be very low. A combination of Apple's control over the supply chain and a shortage of parts means Android-based smartphone makers, like Samsung, LG, and Google , might need to wait until 2019 to deliver a true Face ID competitor, Reuters is reporting after discussing the matter with parts suppliers.

Stock'S Earning Overview Broadcom Limited (AVGO)

March 20, 2018

This nets out to an increase of 3.74 million shares and is a bullish sign for AVGO. The stock grabbed 171 new institutional investments totaling 4,979,026 shares while 68 institutional investors sold out their entire positions totaling 1,243,366 shares.

LG releases webOS Open Source Edition

March 20, 2018

Taking a look at the illustration above, the company hopes that developers will adopt webOS for devices like set-top boxes, tablets and more. Essentially, LG is looking to others in the tech world to help it advance its webOS platform. Having originally developed by Palm, webOS gained more appreciation when LG took over its acquisition rights from HP and limited its operation to its own line of Smart TVs.

Stock Survey: Checking Signals for Liqtech International Inc (LIQT)

March 20, 2018

The stock decreased 1.45% or $1.39 during the last trading session, reaching $94.4. On record, it maintained an average trading volume of 6882.7K shares. The average closed down 336 points, or 1.4%, and is back in negative territory for the year. At the time of writing, the current analyst rating on the stock is 1.

Wells Fargo & Company MN Lowers Holdings in Axis Capital Holdings Limited (AXS)

March 20, 2018

Axis Capital Holdings Limited now has $4.80 billion valuation. The stock price increased 15.89% in three months and dipped -0.72% for the last six months trading period. Us Financial Bank De reported 0% in AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (NYSE:AXS). AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (NYSE:AXS) has risen 17.55% since March 19, 2017 and is uptrending.

N26 pulls in $160 mln Series C

March 20, 2018

Total funds raised as of today are $215 million. With another $160 million in the bank, the company said it plans to double down on its global growth efforts. N26, which counts Chinese billionaire Li Ka-shing and Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel among its backers, is competing with traditional branch-based retail banks by offering a suite of mobile banking services that customers can use entirely from their smartphones.

Watch Today's Nindies Showcase Spring 2018 Presentation Here

March 20, 2018

The presentation will go live at the following times: 9am PDT, 12pm EDT, 4pm BST, 5pm CEST, so stick around and watch the Nindies Showcase along with us. Nintendo's last Nindies showcase took place last August and featuring titles such as Super Meat Boy Forever , Travis Strikes Again , Golf Story and SteamWorld Dig 2 .

Four militants killed in encounter with security forces in J&K

March 20, 2018

The encounter is still under way in Kupwara's Arampura-Halmatpura area. Later, they dispersed and joined two militants in the gunfight. According to the IPS officer, the combing operation was launched on intelligence input. At the time of filing this report, firing was going on in Halmatpora, a police officer said, although he did not comment on the number of militants trapped.

Far Cry 5 Campaign Takes 25 Hours To Complete

March 20, 2018

In today's world, even a single adventure can be ruined by microtransactions, so many gamers prefer to know in advance about additional means of money extortion in certain games. So it all depends on how you play". Executive producer Dan Hay says you should budget a good chunk of time to play the campaign-around 25 hours-but that's just the start.

The Desire 12 and Desire 12+ are HTC's budget 18:9 smartphones

March 20, 2018

Meanwhile, the larger and objectively more interesting Desire 12 + is mostly similar to the Desire 12 , but with a few key differences. For the Desire 12 , it runs on a MediaTek MT6739 Quad-Core processor that's mated to 3GB of RAM and it comes with 32GB of onboard storage.

Fifth of local roads 'in poor condition'

March 20, 2018

Alarm report, 19 percent of English roads require repairs within the next five years, while the 24,000 miles of roads that need repairing within just 12 months is nearly enough to stretch around the equator. He accepted that the Government does not have a "bottomless pot of money" but called on it to "provide adequate funding for a well maintained and safe local road network".

Traders Secrets on Newell Brands Inc. (NWL), Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (SIRI)

March 20, 2018

The company had Year Ago Sales of 1.29 Billion. Its last month's stock price volatility remained 10.1% which for the week approaches 9.78%. However, high operating expenses and escalated debt levels raise concerns. Following the transaction, the vice president now directly owns 551,815 shares in the company, valued at $3,371,589.65. Another trade for 8,046 shares valued at $1.33 million was sold by Sappington James R.

DoT asks telcos not to accept Axis Bank's guarantees

March 20, 2018

The amount of bank guarantee given by Axis Bank on behalf of Aircel could not be independently verified. "On March 6, TDSAT accepted Aircel's request, and said, ".no further encashment of bank guarantee of the petitioner (Aircel) shall take place till the next date".

Lenovo S5, K5, K5 Play with Dual Rear Cameras Launched

March 20, 2018

It sports 13MP+13MP dual camera setup on the rear with dual colour temperature flash and f/2.2 aperture. Together, they should be able to produce relatively more accurate colors and depth-of-field effects. 7,200 approx) respectively. Shipping for the Lenovo K5 will start from April 10, while the K5 Play will be available starting April 17. It sports a 5.7-inch Full HD+ display with a resolution of 2160 × 1080 pixels and 2.5D curved glass on top.

Colonel Gaddafi's son announces run for Libyan presidency

March 20, 2018

The 45-year-old, now hiding in Tunisia, launched his presidential campaign as a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Libya (PFLL) on Monday. During the early days of the 2011 rebellion, the younger Gaddafi became the main spokesperson of his father's government, warning in televised speeches that the country would crumble to pieces if the revolt succeeds.

Scoop! Mahindra XUV500 Facelift caught completely undisguised

March 20, 2018

And the latest on the web is that the facelifted version of the Creta SUV could come to the Indian market earlier than expected. The front bumper gets design tweaks as well, with a centre air dam that merges with the grille. On the inside, the SUV is expected to receive an updated infotainment system with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay connectivity. The 1.6-liter CRDi VGT diesel engine delivers 126bhp mated to six-speed manual or six-speed automatic transmission, while the 1.4-litre CRDi ...

NMSU falls to Clemson in first round of NCAA tournament

March 20, 2018

The longer the game went the less plays we ran and we allowed our guys the freedom to make plays, get out of each other's way a little bit because I think it was easier to play in space than it was to try and run action and force passes and do different things against that kind of pressure.