The new Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile has announced a three-year agreement with Google to host data from astronomy observations in the cloud. Rubin and Google said that the collaboration, made public Dec. 9, would bring in a new generation of “large-scale scientific computing” projects that can be shared worldwide with Internet services. Google will host Rubin’s Interim Data Facility (IDF) that will collect preliminary data until the observatory becomes fully operational in 2023. The… Source link
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Apple reportedly working on an electric car sends the stock of this Bill Gates-backed battery startup surging
TipRanks Goldman Sachs Says These 3 Stocks Could Surge Over 30% From Current Levels After a true annus horribilus, we’re all ready for better times. The US equity strategy team at Goldman Sachs, led by David Kostin, sees those better time ahead, and in the near-term. The team is predicting a 25% gain for the S&P 500 within the next 24 months – or to put it in absolute numbers, they believe the index will hit 4,600 by December 2022. Kostin lays out four clear reasons for believing that… Source link
Read More »The cruise industry won’t return to pre-pandemic levels until 2030: analyst
TipRanks J.P. Morgan: 2 Cruise Line Stocks to Bet on (And 1 to Avoid) The coronavirus pandemic crisis shows no signs of abating, even with a vaccine coming on to the markets. We’re still facing severe social lockdown policies, with a number of states (such as California, Minnesota, and Michigan) forcing even harsher restrictions on this round than previously.It’s a heavy blow for the leisure industry that is still reeling from one of the most difficult years in memory. The difficulties… Source link
Read More »Google Promised Not To To Use Its AI In Weapons, So Why Is It Investing In Startups Straight Out Of “Star Wars”?
More than two years ago, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai promised to no longer use his company’s artificial intelligence expertise to develop weapons. But that hasn’t stopped Google’s parent company, Alphabet, where Pichai is also CEO, from investing in a couple of companies that are getting into the business of war. In June 2018, Google CEO Sundar Pichai made a sweeping promise. In a blog entitled ‘AI at Google: our principles,’ Pichai said Google would not develop artificial… Source link
Read More »Google Helps Birth Two Social Media Unicorns in Rapid Succession – Yahoo Finance
TipRanks Goldman Sachs Says These 3 Stocks Could Surge Over 30% From Current Levels After a true annus horribilus, we’re all ready for better times. The US equity strategy team at Goldman Sachs, led by David Kostin, sees those better time ahead, and in the near-term. The team is predicting a 25% gain for the S&P 500 within the next 24 months – or to put it in absolute numbers, they believe the index will hit 4,600 by December 2022. Kostin lays out four clear reasons for believing that… Source link
Read More »Microsoft and Google join Facebook’s legal fight against infamous spyware vendor
A group of high profile tech companies including Microsoft, Google, Cisco, and VMWare have filed an amicus brief in support of Facebook’s legal action against NSO Group, Microsoft has announced. Facebook-owned WhatsApp sued the spyware vendor last year, alleging that its software was used to hack 1,400 devices via a vulnerability in the messaging service. Other companies listed on the filing include the Internet Association, and Microsoft subsidiaries GitHub and LinkedIn. In response to… Source link
Read More »Markets are moving away from a ‘Darwinistic’ phase: Morning Brief
TipRanks Goldman Sachs Says These 3 Stocks Could Surge Over 30% From Current Levels After a true annus horribilus, we’re all ready for better times. The US equity strategy team at Goldman Sachs, led by David Kostin, sees those better time ahead, and in the near-term. The team is predicting a 25% gain for the S&P 500 within the next 24 months – or to put it in absolute numbers, they believe the index will hit 4,600 by December 2022. Kostin lays out four clear reasons for believing that… Source link
Read More »Google, Facebook agreed to team up against potential antitrust action
Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg speaks on stage during Facebook session at the Cannes Lions 2019 : Day Three on June 19, 2019 in Cannes, France. Richard Bord | Getty Images Google and Facebook pledged to help one another if they ever faced an investigation into their pact to work together in online advertising, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. The story is based on an unredacted version of a lawsuit filed by 10 U.S. states against Google last week… Source link
Read More »Google reveals most popular online searches of 2020
Billions of Google searches show some topics had a surge of interest in 2020. Many searches reflect global impact of the COVID pandemic. Kobe Bryant, Joe Biden, Zoom, dalgona coffee and fostering a dog are among the most Googled terms. When times are uncertain, people look for answers. Once our ancestors sought out seers, prophets and mystics. Now we type our queries into search engines. Google’s Year in Search 2020 provides a snapshot of the… Source link
Read More »Yahoo DFS Basketball: Tuesday Picks
After a brief offseason, the NBA is once again back in our lives. This season will be very different as COVID-19 has created a condensed schedule and arenas with no fans. Still, there is nothing quite like the excitement of Opening Night. We have a brief two-game slate Tuesday, so let’s discuss some players to consider for your Yahoo lineup, as well as a few to possibly avoid. GUARDS Stephen Curry, GS at BKN ($44): After being limited to five games last season because of injury, the Warriors… Source link
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