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U.S. International Investment Position, Second Quarter 2018 The U.S. net international investment position decreased to -$8,638.5 billion (preliminary) at the end of the second quarter of 2018 from -$7,747.3 billion (revised) at the end of the first quarter, according to statistics released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The $891.2 billion decrease reflected a $587.8 billion decrease in U.S. assets and a $303.4 billion increase in U.S. liabilities. Full Text Published September 26, 2018 at 05:30PM Read more at bea.gov

With 30 percent more range, and an optional range extender, BMW's diminutive EV gets more and more appealing. from CNET https://ift.tt/2OgvdQP via Mobiles

State Quarterly Personal Income, 2nd quarter 2018; State Annual Personal Income, 2017 State personal income increased 4.2 percent, at an annual rate, in the second quarter of 2018, a deceleration from the 5.0 percent increase in the first quarter, according to estimates released today by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The percent change in personal income across all states ranged from 6.0 percent in Texas to 1.6 percent in Washington. Full Text Published September 25, 2018 at 05:30PM Read more at bea.gov

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham sounded off on the timing of the testimony of Brett Kavanaugh's alleged sexual assault. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Oj7DCV via Latest News

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Latest on a powerful earthquake that rocked central Sulawesi in Indonesia (all times local): from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2xZF6rX via Latest News

The Air Niugini Boeing 737-800 was attempting to land at Weno airport in Micronesia but ended up half submerged in Chuuk lagoon after the accident on Friday morning. The airline said the plane, which was involved in a collision with another aircraft earlier this year, had "landed short of the runway". Remarkably, it reported no serious injuries among those on the plane, which was making a scheduled stop on its way from the Micronesian capital Pohnpei to Port Moresby. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2xVbJqt via Latest News

The US Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged Tesla CEO Elon Musk with securities fraud, alleging he misled investors last month in tweets about taking the company private. Musk tweeted August 7 that he had "secured" funding to privatize the electric automaker at $420 a share, causing a brief spike in Tesla's share price. The SEC said Musk's statements on Twitter were "false and misleading" and that he had never discussed the plans with company officials or potential funders. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2OSgQz7 via Latest News

Supporters of Christine Blasey Ford, the university professor who accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in high school, gathered in Washington, D.C. They wore shirts reading “I am a survivor,” “outraged and unafraid” and other phrases associated with the #MeToo movement. Ford shared her experience of the alleged assault with the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday morning. (Michael Walsh/Yahoo News) from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2xIM5pQ via Latest News

At least five Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are willing to from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2OWZRf1 via Latest News

The White House said the meeting was postponed due to the hearing on sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2R5Jhet via Latest News

A US F-35 stealth fighter plane was completely destroyed in a crash during training on Friday, officials said. The Marine Corps said in a statement that a Marine Corps F-35 had crashed around 11:45 am (1615 GMT) outside Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort in South Carolina. The Air Force and Navy have their own models. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2DCUvEH via Latest News

PlayStation Experience Won't Happen This Year    GameSpot PSX 2018 Isn't Happening, But Maybe That's a Good Thing for PlayStation    IGN PlayStation Experience Is Skipping 2018, Sony Says    Kotaku Full coverage from Technology - Google News https://ift.tt/2Ip5b8z via Technology

WASHINGTON ― Mark Judge, the man who was said to be present when Brett from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2zDLwPp via Latest News

The secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has said Israel will be sorry if it continues to attack Syria's army and its allies. Iran and Russia have both backed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in a seven-year war against rebels. "The Zionist regime has been trying to establish a crisis in Syria and has taken steps to directly support terrorist groups and target the Syrian army and forces who are confronting terrorism," Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said on Thursday, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2N60CAO via Latest News

A powerful earthquake hit central Indonesia on Friday, causing a tsunami that slammed into a city on Sulawesi island with officials saying the tremor had levelled "many" buildings. The shallow 7.5 magnitude quake sparked terror among locals who fled into the streets and raced to higher ground fearing tsunami waves. The disaster agency briefly issued a tsunami warning before lifting it. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2NNyo2R via Latest News

The chief of a North Carolina police department said he was "heartbroken" over the discovery of the body of a missing 6-year-old boy. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2In0bRS via Latest News

A plane overshoots a runway and crashes into a fence, killing two. ABC News' Kendis Gibson reports. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QcschJ via Latest News

In response to student protests over the sexual assault allegations against from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2N94L6U via Latest News

Christine Blasey Ford delivered gut-wrenching testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday — and not to the most representative audience, either. Kavanaugh's accuser told her story to 17 male Senators and just four female Senators today.  Female prosecutor Rachel Mitchell was also on the panel to assist in the questioning. The eleven Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee are all white men.  SEE ALSO: Someone left a poignant note for Christine Blasey Ford ahead of the Kavanaugh hearing All four female senators — Senator Klobuchar of Minnesota, Senators Harris and Feinstein of California, and Senator Hirono of Hawaii — are Democrats.  Senate Republicans frequently deferred to Mitchell, who they hired to question Ford during the hearing. Senate Judiciary Republicans, all of them male, deferred many of their questions to female sex crimes prosecutor Rachel MitchellImage: tom williams-pool/Getty ImagesThe images alone are arresting. This visual: 11 male Republican sen

US federal prosecutors on Friday signaled their intention to seek the death penalty against the Uzbek immigrant accused of killing eight people in a New York truck rampage, should he be convicted at trial. Sayfullo Saipov, 30, allegedly drove a rented pickup truck down a mile-long stretch of bike path in Manhattan as children and their parents prepared to celebrate Halloween on October 31, 2017. It was the deadliest attack in New York since the September 11, 2001 Al-Qaeda hijackings brought down the Twin Towers. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2OqNLO6 via Latest News

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has defrocked a Chilean priest who was a central character in the global sex abuse scandal rocking his papacy, invoking his "supreme" authority to stiffen an earlier sentence because of the "exceptional amount of damage" the priest's crimes had caused. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2y0jF9V via Latest News

Lockheed Marting is pitching the idea to Tokyo.  from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2N8YcBk via Latest News

LEBANON, Maine (AP) — Authorities in Maine on Friday found the body of a skydiving instructor who became separated from his student during a tandem jump. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2IpsAqr via Latest News

She was once the face of abused maids in Hong Kong -- imprisoned, starved and beaten so badly she lost control of her bodily functions. Erwiana completed a degree in economics this month -- the culmination of a dream that brought her to Hong Kong in 2013 before her life was turned upside down. "Before I went to Hong Kong, I had been dreaming I could make enough money to study," the 27-year-old told AFP from her home in Indonesia's cultural capital Yogyakarta. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Iobmts via Latest News

After tussling with Economy Minister Giovanni Tria for weeks, the four-month old government on Thursday proposed a 2019 deficit that is, at 2.4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), three times the previous administration's target. The rub is that Italy has the largest debt among big European Union economies, at 131 percent of GDP, and it is under pressure from the EU to rein in spending amid fears it could sow the seeds of a new debt crisis in the euro zone. In a move certain to raise hackles with the European Commission, which monitors and enforces EU fiscal rules, the government sees the deficit remaining at 2.4 percent for the next three years, rather than progressively declining toward zero as the Commission's recipe prescribes. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2Ol6bjm via Latest News

She says she is grateful they hired her. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2xMY59J via Latest News

When the stone slabs crashed into her butcher's shop window last week, Elisabeth Cure became the latest victim of "radical vegans" who are trying to force a change in eating habits in traditionally meat-loving France. The attack in a quiet town of Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines, 50 kilometres (30 miles) southwest of Paris, took place at 3:00 am, startling Cure as she slept above the store. As in other similar incidents around France over the last year, her tormentors left a tell-tale tag scrawled on the shopfront: "End the Repression". from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2R7WFP1 via Latest News

"I mean, for real? It’s my dream ring!" from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2DN4Qhs via Latest News

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday gave emotional ― and from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2OYWqol via Latest News

PARIS (AP) — She was a courtesan who relied on financial support from rich men —but preferred the company of women— and died with a reputation as an honorable patroness of orphans. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2QgFHwH via Latest News

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The former Vatican ambassador who accused three popes and their advisers of covering up for a disgraced American ex-cardinal has challenged the Vatican to say what it knows about the scandal and accused Pope Francis of mounting a campaign of "subtle slander" against him. from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines https://ift.tt/2IoZE1J via Latest News

Google doesn't have physical locations to perform service on its devices like Apple has Apple Stores all over the US. Google's warranty service website has recently been updated with referenced to an in-house Repair Center where Google will officially be performing repairs. After all, Google should be taking care of its own MadeByGoogle hardware. Mail-in repairs could take anywhere from 7-10 business days after shipping your device to the Repair Center. Currently, the Pixel, Pixel XL, Pixel 2, or Pixel 2 XL are all supported. If you have a Pixel Book, you'll have to take it into a... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2R41TLM via IFTTT

Apple has issued a new update to watchOS shortly after the major 5.0 release last week. Version 5.0.1 is a bug fix release and fixes some of the minor issues in 5.0. Of the three mentioned fixes, two relate to fitness tracking. The third issue has to do with charging. These problems may not be affecting everyone (we didn't notice anything) but if you did then you'd be glad to know they are fixed. At 37.3MB, it's a quick download although as usual, the watch will take its own sweet time installing it and will require you place it on the charger. from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2OYxYDx via IFTTT

Today Facebook has announced that earlier this week it discovered a security issue that affected almost 50 million accounts. This was tied to a vulnerability in the code that impacted "View As", a feature that lets people see what their own profile looks like to someone else. Attackers exploited that vulnerability, and that allowed them to steal Facebook access tokens which they could use to take over people's accounts - 50 million of them. Access tokens are the equivalent of digital keys that keep people logged into the social network so they don't need to re-enter their password every... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2R6bqC1 via IFTTT

It's been a month since Google announced the newest redesign of Wear OS (previously known as Android Wear). And today Wear OS 2.1 is finally starting to roll out to a smartwatch near you. It's currently being pushed to all compatible wearables. If you're wondering what those are, the list is huge - any device that was released after the announcement of Android Wear 2.0, and even those that got updated to Android Wear 2.0. It's easier to list the wearables that won't be getting the new update, and those are the LG G Watch, Samsung Gear Live, Moto 360 (1st gen), Sony Smartwatch 3, and the... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2IoPxK9 via IFTTT

A renown tipster on Twitter just offered a plausible explanation about the confusion surrounding the upcoming Nokia 7.1 Plus smartphone. A tweet from Roland Quandt popped up that can be interpreted in two ways - that the phone is going to be launched as the Nokia 7.1 without the Plus version or that there are actually going to be two smartphones coming to the 7-series. Nokia 7.1 (4/64GB) Blue or Steel, 399 Euro. No Plus in that name.— Roland Quandt (@rquandt) September 28, 2018 Given the contradicting rumors about the Nokia 7.1 Plus' front panel lately, our bet is on the second one.... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2xTH0Ky via IFTTT

Without any fuss, Huawei added a mid-range tablet on its website - the MediaPad M5 lite. It boasts an aluminum unibody and a quartet of speakers. The MediaPad M5 lite is built around a 10.1-inch 16:10 display with 1920 x 1200 pixel resolution and it's driven by a rather outdated Kirin 659 SoC. The memory variants are two - 3GB + 32GB and 4GB + 64GB. The iconic feature, however, appears to be the quad Harman/Kardon-tuned loudspeakers that work with Huawei's Histen 5.0 sound system to mimic 3D surround sound. An ample 7,500 mAh battery ensures long multimedia and gaming sessions,... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2xUn9uM via IFTTT

The OnePlus twitter account has been focused on the 6 until now, but the first teaser tweet for the OnePlus 6T just came out. It features the hexagonal "T" logo of the upgraded model and almost certainly hints at the in-display fingerprint reader (which was already officially confirmed). You can see "Unlock The Future" flash quickly, almost as a subliminal message. This isn't the first teaser, an ad even showed a glimpse of the phone. OnePlus 6T. It's coming. pic.twitter.com/Wrdt9sCdIs— OnePlus (@oneplus) September 28, 2018 The reply tweets below the teaser are about what you... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2N9gUJd via IFTTT

Samsung just announced a new version of its recently released Galaxy Watch called Galaxy Watch Golf Edition. As you've probably guessed by its name, it's directly aimed at golf fans. Galaxy Watch Golf Edition The Galaxy Watch Golf Edition is a follow-up to last year's Gear S3 Golf Edition and is only available in South Korea initially. The watch itself is essentially the same as the vanilla Galaxy Watch plus the smart Caddie app that makes navigating through golf courses a lot easier. Additionally, the app can do record and shot tracking so you can track your progress. The... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2N61qWp via IFTTT

"A higher Intelligence is coming." No, this isn't a sci-fi movie, it's the tagline of the latest Huawei Mate 20 Pro teaser. It extols the performance of the Kirin 980 chipset (like this teaser) and LTE speed (world's first to support Cat. 21). The second new teaser is... bizarre. Even more bizarre than the piano and typewriter one. We'd say it's something about Qmoji, but the text at the end reads "master the past and control the future". As the October 16 event draws near, we guess we will see more teasers that focus on the camera. The Kirin 980 is cool and all, but Huawei P20... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2xIyb70 via IFTTT

Last month HMD Global executives promised Nokia 7 plus would be the first smartphone in the company portfolio to receive Android Pie by the end of September. After a false start on Wednesday, today the update has finally begun its rollout. Android Pie arrives "fresh out of the oven" with "a plate of new features", including Do Not Disturb Mode and Digital Wellbeing Dashboard. The Nokia 7 plus will also have Adaptive Battery, Adaptive Brightness and the new navigation button/tic-tac settings. The package is over 1400 MB in size and should be hitting Nokia 7 plus phones all over the... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2OmfnEb via IFTTT

Since its launch, the Galaxy Note9 already received two updates - the most recent one addressed the Bixby button and the first one delivered extra control over the Super Slow-mo video mode. Now a third one is being seeded and it's the most significant one yet as it promises to improve the camera experience substantially. Users in Germany have spotted the OTA update that has build number N960FXXU2ARI9 and weighs in at 302MB. The changelog is all about the camera improvements - ironed out HDR issues where some parts of the image were underexposed and also changes to the low-light... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2Oilh9u via IFTTT

Apple claims that the iPhone XS and XS Max have the "most durable glass ever in a smartphone". The filling in the metal and glass sandwich is "surgical-grade stainless steel". Those are some lofty claims, but can the real life hardware back them up? While there are no definitive answers, dropping the XS seven times onto asphalt should give a good indication. Especially when the last several drops are from head height. We won't spoil the results, but here are the stakes. If the front breaks, it's $280 to replace it. If it's the back, then you're staring down a $550 repair bill. Seen... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2NJrjQV via IFTTT

The LG V40 ThinQ event on October 3 may also bring a new Wear OS smartwatch - tentatively called the LG Watch W7. That's the same watch we heard about way back in April. Things move slowly in the world of Wear OS, previously known as Android Wear. That watch promised a 1.2" 360x360px screen, similar to the LG Watch Style (though perhaps an LCD instead of P-OLED). And it will use the same old Snapdragon Wear 2100, at least that's what the old rumor said. Qualcomm has since unveiled the Wear 3100 and Wear 2500, so there might have been an upgrade along the way. LG Watch Style • LG... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2OWeoYn via IFTTT

SwiftKey has become a powerful Android keyboard alternative, offering a plethora of cool features. And it might be getting even better as the developers announced a real-time built-in translator. The keyboard will rely on Microsoft's Translator - hardly a surprise since the latter acquired SwiftKey a few years ago. The good news is that you can still use the feature online as long as you have Microsoft Translator installed. It's supposed to be faster and more convenient than exiting the messaging app, translating and then going back. We will see how it works out once the feature... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2zC0PYW via IFTTT

Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 is poised to be a part of the next wave of slider smartphones, right along with the Honor Magic 2 and the Lenovo Z5 Pro. Now a new leak adds a previously unknown detail about it - an AI-dedicated button on the side. The service will be called Xiao AI and will also arrive on the Xiaomi LEX, whatever that is. Having a dedicated key for the AI assistant is not a first - LG has one for the Google Assistant and Samsung does it for Bixby, while Google and HTC have squeeze gestures. Xiao AI (also seen as Xiaoai) came preloaded on the Mi Mix 2S and is widely... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2Im5gtD via IFTTT

The Razer Phone 2 just appeared in another press image further confirming that the design will remain largely unchanged. We saw a frontal shot of the handset a few weeks back showing off identical appearance to the original Razer Phone. Enough politics for today. pic.twitter.com/5nUc3xdden— Evan Blass (@evleaks) September 28, 2018 Of course, we weren't sure if the render was legit at first but this new image confirms its accuracy. The first thing we've noticed is the new dual camera alignment as of now, the LED flash is in the middle and so is the whole setup. We can't tell if the... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2xFz1kY via IFTTT

When Apple announced the budget variant of its new smartphone series, the iPhone XR, the device appeared on the company website with a disclaimer at the end of the page, saying the device might not be available for sale, per FCC rules. Not anymore. The phone with model number BCG-E3220A was approved by FCC just in time for the pre-orders that will begin in three weeks with actual shipments to start on October 26. Being approved by FCC was never really an issue with Apple. The company usually waits to the last available moment to certify its devices to prevent leaks. In this... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2NJof7k via IFTTT

As a smartphone enthusiast, there aren't too many reasons to unlock a bootloader anymore. In the past, people used to unlock the phone's firmware so they could flash software that had more to offer than factory ROMs. In many cases they were quicker, leaner, and offered more functionality and customization than bloatware-laden carrier firmware of the time. Those days are long gone as all Android phones nowadays are well-optimized, have plenty of customization, and offer most features we need in a device. However, for those who would like to develop custom firmware or apps on Nokia... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2xUm1Hv via IFTTT

Red opened pre-orders for a smartphone built by the high-end camera manufacturer over a year ago and those who plopped down $1,600 for the highest-tier Titanium version have been patiently waiting for the phone to be shipped. Red was supposed to begin shipping Titanium devices to backers on October 9 but an update from the Red's founder, James Jannard, has posted an update on Red's forums titled "The post I don't want to make". Jannard starts by saying that the first batch of Titanium units "is a disaster" and continues to explain that the suppliers and vendors were so sure that they... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2xJFWK6 via IFTTT

Back in May, Facebook announced that it was going to simplify the interface on its Messenger app to fewer tabs so you can simply stay connected. This redesign included a new streamlined interface, a proper dark mode, and remove some of the shortcuts and features that people don't use. Earlier today, Android Police reported of a reader who sent in screenshots of the update installed on their mobile. According to this reader, the update came as a server-side change since their Messenger app had not been updated via the Play Store prior to noticing the change. Source:... from GSMArena.com - Latest articles https://ift.tt/2zBvHss via IFTTT

California charges 17 people in organized crime ring that stole $1 million from Apple Stores    BGR 17 Charged in $1M California Apple Store Robbery Ring Bust    PCMag Apple Store robbery ring: 17 charged in $1M scheme    CNET Thieves Strike Emeryville Apple Store, Marking Latest High-End Theft at Bay Area Location    NBC Bay Area 17 charged in Apple store thefts across California    Los Angeles Times Full coverage from Technology - Google News https://ift.tt/2QfNivy via Technology

2019 Nissan Altima first drive review    Digital Trends The 2019 Nissan Altima Shows Nissan Hasn't Given Up on the Sedan    Car and Driver 2019 Nissan Altima First Drive: When Better Isn't Enough    Cars.com News 2019 Nissan Altima first drive review: More compelling than ever    CNET Full coverage from Technology - Google News https://ift.tt/2ImotLQ via Technology