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Huawei said to be working on a Mate 8-style Nexus and its own OS

We’ve been hearing for a few months now that Chinese manufacturer Huawei is in line to build a Nexus smartphone for Google, and the latest word on the street is that it’s based on a Mate 8 prototype. The Mate 8 is an as-yet-unreleased 5.7-inch flagship device but the Mate 7 gives you some idea of what to expect. The Nexus 6 followed this pattern, essentially tweaking the work Motorola

5 of the most popular Linux gaming distros

Introduction A gaming distro, by definition, is host not only to a large variety of games, or software that allows one to play games, but it also has drivers and support for essential devices such as graphics cards and controllers. Unlike most other genres of Linux distributions, gaming distros aren’t a thriving bunch. But this isn’t because Linux users dislike games, instead it’s due to the fact that this niche

Outlook brighter, but not enough yet for higher rates

Prospects for a step-change in global economic growth are better than they have been in many years, but much depends on solid evidence that an awful first quarter for the United States is far in the rear-view mirror. With Wall Street’s benchmark stock index near a record high and bond yields on the rise, the coming week is packed with important global data releases and policy minutes from three major