Monthly Archives: July 2020

Google is using its subsea cable network to detect earthquakes and tsunamis

Google LLC has been exploring the possibility of using its network of undersea cables to try to detect earthquakes as they happen in real time, with the goal of providing a better early warning system for communities threatened by tsunamis. In a blog post today, Google’s global networking engineers Valey Kamalov and Mattia Cantono explained that the company operates an extensive system of fiber optic subsea cables that stretch for thousands of kilometers across the seabed. Those… Source link

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Bucks’ Eric Bledsoe tests positive for coronavirus

Eric Bledsoe has tested positive for COVID-19. The Milwaukee Bucks guard told Yahoo Sports’ Chris Haynes that he hopes to join his teammates soon in the NBA bubble at Disney World. “He’s not feeling any symptoms and he really feels good,” Haynes reported Thursday. “He’s hoping to get here as soon as possible.” Eric Bledsoe tested positive for COVID-19 and didn’t join his teammates in the Disney World bubble. (AP Photo/Matt York) More Bledsoe key for Bucks The starting point guard for… Source link

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Google Just Gave Millions Of Users A Reason To Keep Gmail

Gmail users have every right to feel frustrated right now. In recent weeks, Gmail has had problems with Windows and suffered a serious spam filter flaw which sent potentially malicious emails straight to users’ inboxes. But now Google has announced a massive overhaul of the service which should convince potential deserters to stay.  Google has announced radical changes to Gmail PA Images via Getty Images MORE FROM FORBESUsers Hit By Widespread Gmail… Source link

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Aaron Rodgers, Danica Patrick have reportedly broken up

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and NASCAR driver Danica Patrick have called it quits. After two years of dating, the pair have reportedly broken up, according to E! Speculation about their relationship arose over the weekend, when Patrick was not present at the American Century Championship, where Rodgers competed in a celebrity golf event. On Thursday, TMZ noticed Patrick, 38, was no longer following Rodgers, 36, on Instagram. It appears that speculation was correct, as… Source link

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Stock futures steady, Netflix shares slump after guidance disappoints

Stock futures were roughly flat Thursday evening, as futures steadied following declines earlier in the day. The three major indices ended Thursday’s session lower, and the Dow ended a four-day winning streak, after new data showed a greater than expected number of new jobless claims were filed last week. A rotation out of tech stocks also continued during Thursday’s session, with the information technology and Amazon-heavy consumer discretionary sectors among the laggards in the S&P 500…. Source link

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Google Joins Facebook in Investing in India’s Jio Platforms. China Stands to Lose the Most.

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief, the newsletter that covers the region comprising Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. This week: Google invests $4.5 billion in India’s Jio Platforms, South Asia records 1.5 million coronavirus infections, mass flooding hits Bangladesh, and Nepal picks a new fight with India. If you would like to receive South Asia Brief in your inbox every Thursday, please sign up here.

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Barr warns leaders of America’s biggest businesses

U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr delivered a blistering critique of the Chinese Government Thursday and singled out U.S. business leaders as complicit in the country’s rise.  Speaking at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, he pointed to tech companies like Apple (AAPL) and Cisco (CSCO), as well as Disney (DIS) as examples of American firms “bowing to Beijing.”  Barr then offered this warning to corporations doing business in China. “The ultimate ambition of… Source link

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New York Fed President John Williams speaks with Yahoo Finance [Transcript]

John Williams, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, spoke with Yahoo Finance on July 16 to discuss the U.S. economic outlook and what may lie ahead for Fed policy. BRIAN CHEUNG: Joining us now is the president of the New York Federal Reserve – that is John Williams. John how are you? JOHN WILLIAMS: Great Brian, good to see you. BRIAN CHEUNG: Good to see you too. So let’s just get right into it. I want to ask about the economic outlook, we did get numbers this morning on retail… Source link

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