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New events coming to CMU for Black History Month
CASE is also working with the Black Student Association and the Office of Multicultural Student Development to organize the Black Excellence Awards, an award ceremony on February 28 that will celebrate the accomplishments of black students and faculty at App State. [Full Article...]
Oppenheimer Research Analysts Increase Earnings Estimates for Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA)
As for the shares, it has gone above the 20 days moving average and is now hovering within a distance of 0.51%. Alibaba reported an adjusted EPS of RMB10.61 ($1.63), increasing 18 percent year over year, but falling short of analysts' estimates of $1.67. [Full Article...]
Rockstar Spills the Beans on Red Dead Redemption 2 Release
The game from the creators of the popular Grand Theft Auto series is a sequel to 2010's Red Dead Redemption . In a recent blog post to its game users, the gaming company announced that the coming title will now launch on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on October 26. [Full Article...]
Instagram Introduces Type Mode to Add text-only Posts in Stories
Popular social media Instagram is releasing a new feature for its stories, called "Type", and it brings to the table the ability to type (what a surprise!) in various styles. At the Q4 2017 earnings call, it was announced that the Instagram Stories has over 300 million monthly active users. The feature appears to be rolling out server-side so check your phone to see if the feature's live yet... [Full Article...]
Three soldiers killed as avalanche hits borer post in Machil
At least three soldiers were on Friday killed after an avalanche hit an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district. The bodies of the soldiers have been recovered, the official said, adding further details were awaited. The deceased soldiers were identified as Havaldar Kamlesh Kumar, Naik Balbeer and Sepoy Rajinder. His condition is reported stable. The SASE has advised people in these re... [Full Article...]
Capitec reels on new Viceroy Report
The EFF, despite the assurances of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), believes there must be an inquiry into Capitec given the nature and seriousness of the allegation. Capitec dismissed the report as "flawed with inaccurate statements", while the South African Reserve Bank vouched for the liquidity and solvency of the country's No.5 bank by value. [Full Article...]
Apple faces federal probe over its iPhone-throttling software updates
After the USA made a decision to probe Apple in possible violations of securities laws over slowing down of older iPhones, the Cupertino-based giant said it has never done anything "intentionally" to shorten the life of its products. The slowing of iPhones only happens at the point where their batteries get weak or reach low health condition, and it can be repaired if the owner changes the aged ... [Full Article...]
Race with Mario: Nintendo to develop Mario Kart for iOS, Android
If you're a '90s kid, you definitely spent every non-school hour crashing around the animated track in Mario Kart . "The checkered flag has been raised and the finish line is near", the company wrote in a Tweet. The company released two more games after Mario's debut: the role-playing game Fire Emblem Heroes and social game Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp . [Full Article...]
Counter-Strike Co-Creator Arrested Over Sexual Exploitation Of A Child
For its part, Valve claims to have suspended Cliffe's employment till more details are known. Counter-Strike's other creator was Minh Le. Cliffe's experience at Valve spans a ton of games. Along with creating Counter-Strike, Cliffe worked on level design for later Valve games, including Half-Life 2 , Portal 2 , Team Fortress 2 , and Left 4 Dead 2 . [Full Article...]
Even the moon looked tiresome in front of Shahid & Mira's dazzling chemistry
On the ramp the couple created fairytale moments by showing some twirling and adorable moments, giving couples across some serious relationship goals. "And maybe we could have got married again today", said Shahid Kapoor, smothered with joy and smiles. That's how we have been able to make this work, considering how both of us come from very different backgrounds. [Full Article...]
Nokia sales grew throughout 2017, reached a total of 8.45 million units
HMD Global is likewise facilitating an occasion at Mobile World Congress (MWC ) 2018 in Barcelona, where it will probably uncover new items. The front of the Nokia 8 sports a 13-megapixel camera sensor with an f/2.0 aperture, PDAF, 78.4-degree wide-angle lens. [Full Article...]
Cue the fireworks: 'Overwatch' Lunar New Year event kicks off February 8
So why not bring it back for seconds? Blizzard has confirmed that after last year's successful Lunar Near Year event, they're bringing it back this year. A capture the flag mode also arrived in Overwatch with the celebratory event. So if you didn't capture all the outfits you wanted in Year of the Rooster last year, this is a good chance to clean house on new ones that will be introduced... [Full Article...]
Monster Hunter World Players Get A Free Celebration Pack
The new patch addresses many of these issues and Capcom says Xbox One owners should no longer have any trouble with filtered searches, matchmaking, SOS system or Squad sessions. The game sold more than 1 million copies in Japan during launch weekend and shipped another four million to retail locations around the globe. The initial shockwave blast when playing a song sometimes wouldn't happen ... [Full Article...]
Zomato raises $200 million from Ant Financials
The deal is pursuant to a 2014 agreement and will end a profit-sharing arrangement between Alibaba and Ant Financial, under which Ant Financial pays royalty and tech service fees to Alibaba that equal 37.5% of Alibaba's pre-tax profits, or almost $300 million last fiscal year, according to Alibaba's statement. [Full Article...]
Three-Qualcomm revenue beats estimates however weak China…
Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc's earnings and revenue topped Wall Street forecasts for the first fiscal quarter as demand surged for its chips used in smartphones and cars, making up for a fall in licensing revenue . "If there wasn't the Broadcom bid the stock might be down 5 percent instead". In December, Broadcom unveiled a slate of 11 director nominees for Qualcomm's board. [Full Article...]
DOJ and SEC probing Apple over phone slowdown
Apple failed to disclose this piece of information when the update was initially launched, and only announced it in December 2017. While it's true that the slowdown has angered consumers, United States investigators are more concerned that the company could have misled investors about the performance of older phones . [Full Article...]
New Mario Kart Game Announced For Mobile
That will be a first for the Mario Kart franchise on modern smartphones. The company have seen a mixed response to some of their latest titles, with Super Mario Run a highly downloaded game. "The checked flag has been raised and the finish line is near", Nintendo wrote in a tweet . The new mobile game announced is called Mario Kart Tour and, just as you could guess, will be a Mario... [Full Article...]
Family Of Murdered Cleveland Man Sues Facebook For Letting Killer Post Video
Cops said Stephens killed Robert Godwin, a 74-year-old with 10 children and 14 grandchildren, at random on April 16, and broadcast the murder to Facebook. The Facebook Defendants took no action in response to the information they collected despite having prior knowledge/notice of Mr. Stephens' ownership and use of firearms which were suggestive of his violent tendencies. [Full Article...]
US Government Investigating Apple Over iPhone Slowdown
The inquiry is in early stages, and it's too soon to conclude if any enforcement will follow, the report said. "First and foremost, we have never-and would never-do anything to intentionally shorten the life of any Apple product, or degrade the user experience to drive customer upgrades ", Apple added. [Full Article...]
Nab a free Celebration Pack when you log into Monster Hunter World
Capcom is giving all Monster Hunter World players a pack of free items to celebrate the game shipping 5 million copies. Check out the trailer above for a closer look at the Ryu armor set. This time around PS4 and Xbox One owners get a shot at the series. For the rest of the world , you'll have to settle for Monster Hunter: World . It contains a number of items that can be claimed only o... [Full Article...]