Monthly Archives: July 2020

Security called to Jimmy Butler’s hotel room because of workout out, dribbling

We’ve all had (or been) annoyingly loud hotel neighbors — but nobody quite like Miami’s Jimmy Butler. Security got a noise complaint about one of the NBA Walt Disney World bubble hotel rooms, and when staff went to the door they found Butler, drenched in sweat, saying he was working out and dribbling a ball around in his room. All that according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports and TNT, who is in the bubble. Considering Butler is known for early — like 3 a.m. early — workouts,… Source link

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Over 25% of People Click the First Google Search Result

The first organic result in Google Search has an average click-through rate of 28.5%, according to a newly published study. Sistrix analyzed over 80 million keywords and billions of search results to understand how users engage with SERPs. Average CTR falls sharply after position one, the study finds, with the second and third positions having a 15% and 11% click-through rate respectively. Unsurprisingly, the tenth position in Google has an abysmal 2.5% click-through rate. Beyond that, it’s… Source link

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How Etoile Collective founder made $5m in one year

There is no time in a beauty devotee’s life as horrific as the moment their makeup bag tumbles, slow-motion, off the side of the bathroom counter.  Bronzer smashed, foundation leaking, lipstick crushed. It’s a sparkly crime scene, and often a financial kick in the guts. Good quality makeup is expensive, after all.  For 24-year-old founder Michelle Hu, inconvenient and impractical makeup storage options was something that had to be fixed.  “I had compiled the biggest makeup collection and… Source link

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Wayfair viral human trafficking claims: Here are the facts

Much of the conspiracy theory was presented without credible evidence and most of the links to missing persons are provably false. A claim that furniture and home goods store Wayfair is involved in human trafficking exploded on social media last weekend. It first surfaced on the r/conspiracy subreddit before taking on a life of its own on other social media websites like Facebook and Twitter. … Source link

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Stock futures advance after new Moderna data stokes vaccine optimism

Stock futures opened higher Tuesday evening after newly published data from Moderna (MRNA) fueled hopes that a vaccine providing protection against Covid-19 would be developed in the relative near-term. Moderna’s vaccine produced neutralizing antibodies in all 45 patients included in an early-stage human safety trial, according to data published after market close by the peer-reviewed New England Journal of Medicine. The data built on earlier promising, but incomplete, results Moderna had… Source link

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Google cracks down on ads for stalkerware.

Google’s office in New York on June 3. Drew Angerer/Getty Images On the popular Netflix series You, a stalker accesses his girlfriend’s texts by stealing her phone. (To the woe of viewers, she fails to unsync the missing device from her iCloud account before replacing it.) Later, he installs spyware on his neighbor’s phone to read her text messages and track her whereabouts. Though it’d be nice to pretend… Source link

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Google Offers 100,000 Scholarships – Here’s How To Get One

Google (Photo Illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Google is now offering 100,000 scholarships. Here’s how you can get one. Here’s what you need to know. Google Scholarships Google is giving away 100,000 scholarships so you can earn an online certificate in these three areas: data analytics; project management; and user experience (UX) design Here’s the kicker: Google will treat these… Source link

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Georgia murder case tests whether a Black man can stand his ground against whites

William Marcus “Marc” Wilson believed he was standing his ground when he fired at a pickup truck he says was trying to run his car off the road as he drove home with his girlfriend one night last month. He had a licensed handgun with him, and he might have assumed that he was covered by Georgia’s “stand your ground” law, which reads, in part, “A person who uses threats or force … in defense of self or others … in defense of a habitation, or … in defense of property other… Source link

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