Early next year, Southlake’s Sabre Corp. plans to launch a new product powered by AI technology and advanced machine learning to help the global travel industry target customers through personalized offers designed to increase sales. Sabre is working with Google to develop its Sabre Smart Retail Engine, which relies on proprietary Sabre Travel AI Technology, according to a statement. “We are excited to bring this intelligent retail engine to market as part of our offer management… Source link

Bloomberg Derailing of Jack Ma’s Ant IPO Shows Xi Jinping’s in Charge (Bloomberg) — China’s move to abruptly halt the world’s biggest stock-market debut sends global investors a clear message: Any financial opening will only be done on terms that benefit President Xi Jinping and the Communist Party.Policy makers in Beijing shocked the investment world on Tuesday by suspending an initial public offering by Ant Group Co., a fintech company owned by billionaire Jack Ma — China’s… Source link

Life is in constant flux, but experiencing change during the extremely uncertain time we’re all going through is especially maddening. Luckily, you can still eke out some semblance of control in your web browser — this new Chrome extension created by designer Claudio Postinghel lets you replace Google’s newly redesigned but confusingly similar icons for the old ones (via Gizmodo). When it was announced in early October, we described Google’s big rebrand of G Suite as a way to set… Source link

GlobeNewswire Stingray Renews and Expands Distribution Agreement with TELUS Long-Term Agreement Covers Multi-Product Offering Including the Qello Concerts by Stingray TV App for Optik TV SubscribersMONTREAL, Nov. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Stingray Group Inc. (TSX: RAY.A; RAY.B), a leading music, media, and technology company, today announced that it has reached a long-term agreement with TELUS that continues to advance the companies’ long-standing partnership. As part of the deal, Optik TV… Source link

Google has weighed in on concerns from new Pixel 5 owners over a visible gap between the display and the body of the phone, with the company confirming in a support thread that the gap is “a normal part of the design of your Pixel 5,” and therefore not something to be concerned about. Additionally, the support thread (spotted by 9to5Google) addresses what many users were most concerned about — whether that gap would compromise the Pixel 5’s water resistance (one of the key… Source link

Understanding marijuana’s medical value starts with getting a clear picture of what it is. Marijuana — sometimes referred to as cannabis — is a part of a family of flowering plants that includes hemp. The plant has 100 different substances called cannabinoids, which are active chemicals that can alter the body and mind. Two cannabinoids in particular have proven beneficial in medical ways — tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). THC is a psychoactive ingredient (it… Source link

FILE – In this file photo dated Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, a man using a mobile phone walks past Google offices in New York. Monopoly or not, small business owners’ biggest complaint about Google is that its advertising policies favor companies with big marketing budgets. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) NEW YORK — When asked about Google, Bryan Clayton voices a familiar lament among small business owners. “You keep getting squeezed further and further down the search results page,”… Source link

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Please note US–Election 2020-Portland Protests will not be updated, but incorporated into a story named US-Election 2020-Protests. Source link

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Project Syndicate)—The Department of Justice’s lawsuit against Google GOOG, +5.99% may be the first salvo in a forthcoming barrage of antitrust actions directed at Big Tech. Curbing these companies’ power is one of those rare issues that receives bipartisan support on Capitol Hill. “ We can keep investing in technologies that help managers, engineers, and… Source link

The PGA TOUR makes a pitstop at Memorial Park Golf Course this week for the Vivint Houston Open.  Memorial Park was freshly renovated over the last two years and it’s ready for the challenge of hosting a big event. There is no course history to lean on this week since the course hasn’t hosted a TOUR event since the 1960s.  The course will be playing as a par 70 with five par 3s and three par 5s. Three par 5s should provide more scoring chances than a typical par-70 layout. Par 5s typically… Source link