‘Big win for retail’ as US sales jump 4.9% over holiday, largest increase since 2011

Published time: 27 Dec, 2017 05:16 In a year that saw malls closing their doors across the country, American shoppers spent nearly $ 600 billion over the holiday season, making it the largest increase in holiday spending for the last six years. Retail sales in the US increased by 4.9 percent this holiday season compared […]

Trump asks Congress for $4.9 billion loan to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria

AP Photo/Carlos Giusti WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump asked Congress on Tuesday for a $ 4.9 billion loan to help the cash-strapped Puerto Rican government pay its bills as the U.S. territory struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria, an administration official said. Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello had asked for help with lines […]

Google’s speech recognition technology now has a 4.9% word error rate

Google CEO Sundar Pichai today announced that the company’s speech recognition technology now has achieved a 4.9 percent word error rate. Put another way, Google transcribes every 20th word incorrectly. That’s a big improvement from the 23 percent the company saw in 2013 and the 8 percent it shared two years ago at I/O 2015. […]