The Social Security Fairness Act, designed to expand benefits for millions of beneficiaries by repealing certain provisions that curtail their monthly checks, was passed by the House last week as efforts intensify to get it passed by the Senate before the December 31 deadline. “Workers should be able to count on the retirement benefits they’ve … Read more
“Huawei has years of experience with its own intelligent transformation, and we’ve been helping a wide range of industries go intelligent, too,” Xu said in his keynote speech at Thursday’s opening of the Huawei Connect 2024 event, which runs until Saturday in Shanghai. The 57-year-old Xu is set to complete a six-month stint as the … Read more
A recent Goldman Sachs report revealed that Democratic nominee and current US Vice President Kamala Harris would be better for the US economy if she triumphs over former President Donald Trump to win the upcoming November elections. The investment bank’s analysis revealed that Harris’s win could mean 30,000 more jobs monthly than a Republican win. … Read more
Huawei Technologies will soon launch the latest iteration of its home-grown mobile operating system HarmonyOS Next, an executive reportedly said, boosting the telecommunications equipment giant’s bid to take on Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS in the domestic market. Huawei will officially launch HarmonyOS Next at the end of this month, Chen Xinxin, general manager of … Read more
President Trump has prioritised civil servant job protections since taking office. AFP News US President Joe Biden announced an average pay raise of 2% for federal civilian employees, effective January 1, 2025. Meanwhile, across-the-board pay is set to grow by 1.7% for all federal workers. The Biden Administration also announced locality-based average pay hikes of … Read more
“We need to define our future,” says Erich Nakano, executive director of the Little Tokyo Service Centre, which played a major role in getting First Street North approved. A community hoarding in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. Photo: TNS Outsiders, Nakano says, have played an outsize role in determining the direction of the neighbourhood, a centre … Read more
More senior House Democrats are questioning US President Joe Biden’s reelection prospects after his mediocre performance during the first presidential debate against former President Donald Trump. Representatives Jerry Nadler, serving the 12th District of New York; Joe Morelle, serving New York’s 25th congressional district; Adam Smith, serving Washington’s 9th congressional district; and Mark Takano, serving … Read more
That iteration, called HarmonyOS Next, will be a “China-originated, independent and controllable” operating system, Richard Yu Chengdong, chairman of Huawei’s consumer business group, said at the company’s developer conference on Friday. The Shenzhen-based company launched at the conference a beta version of HarmonyOS Next for developers, with a beta upgrade for consumers expected in August. … Read more
Have you heard about the website, Frank? It helped students apply for Federal student aid in under five minutes, usually taking hours, and the process has always been notoriously tricky. It turns out the whole scheme was a fraud, and Frank founder Charlie Javice, 31, is now facing 100 years of prison time after being … Read more
Huawei Technologies’ mobile platform HarmonyOS has overtaken Apple’s iOS to become the second-biggest mobile operating system in mainland China in the first quarter, according to the latest market data from Counterpoint Research. HarmonyOS accounted for a 17 per cent share in the first quarter to surpass iOS for the first time in the world’s biggest … Read more
