LeBron James #23 of the Los Angeles Lakers warms up prior to the start of the game against the Miami Heat in Game Six of the 2020 NBA Finals at AdventHealth Arena at the ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on October 11, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. (Photo by Douglas P. DeFelice/Getty Images) The U.S. began rolling out the first COVID-19 vaccine this week, from Pfizer and BioNTech, while the FDA weighs approval of the Moderna vaccine. The next challenge is to get the majority of Americans… Source link

Well, shucks. Just as I was about to put my brain on auto-pilot for the remainder of the year, Google went and made a major purchase — one that may seem ho-hum on the surface but that could end up being one of the most significant expansions to Google’s ambitions in ages. Google, if you haven’t heard, is buying a company called Neverware. Never who? Never mind — it isn’t exactly a household name, I realize. But for anyone who pays close attention to Chrome… Source link

Google has hired a top executive from pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to oversee its personnel policies amid ongoing tensions with many employees who are upset with the company’s policies. The hiring of Fiona Cicconi also comes while Alphabet’s GOOGL, +0.50% GOOG, +0.44% Google sets up plans to allow people to continue to work from home for at least eight more months. The Mountain View, California, internet… Source link

Google said a ‘significant subset of users’ of its email service were inconvenienced Tuesday. Photo: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/Zuma Press … Source link

Some Gmail users reported emails bouncing back and other error messages. Google (GOOGL) initially said on its status page that it was aware of the outage around 4.30 p.m. ET. “The affected users are able to access Gmail, but are seeing error messages, high latency, and/or other unexpected behavior,” it added. The issues were finally resolved shortly before 7 p.m. ET, the company said. At their peak, they affected nearly 18,000 users, according to monitoring site Downdetector. “Please rest… Source link

TipRanks Shift Into Hydrogen Could Lift These 3 Stocks Higher In a report on the alternative fuel market, analyst Rupert Merer, of National Bank of Canada, looks at the possibilities and potentialities of the hydrogen as both an energy resource and a commodity. At the heart of the matter, he writes, “Stakeholders across energy markets have reached the consensus that climate change is a problem and decarbonization of our energy supply mix will require a multifaceted approach which includes… Source link

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Google says that a “significant subset” of Gmail users are running into errors with the service right now. While users can access their inboxes, they may encounter “error messages, high latency, and/or other unexpected behavior,” the company wrote in a message on its service status page. The errors come just a day after many Google properties, including Gmail, YouTube, and Google Docs, were hit with a widespread outage. Downdetector, which monitors reports of website issues,… Source link

Microsoft has developed a far-reaching ecosystem throughout the years, currently boasting assets such as Microsoft Bing, MSN, Windows, Microsoft 365, LinkedIn, and Xbox. In April 2019, the company added a new name to the mix – Microsoft Advertising, which came as a rebrand of Bing Ads. Speaking to B&T, Microsoft Advertising Vice President APAC… Source link

Hark! The blobs sing! Or at least, they do in Google’s latest machine learning experiment, the awe-inspiring Blob Opera, which will see a chorus of four adorable, colorful blobs serenade you with spine-tingling operatic music. Drag a blob up or down, and you’ll change what pitch they sing in; drag them from side to side, and you’ll change the vowel sound. Each blob will also harmonize with the others, in what can only be described as magical. The Blob Opera just sounds beautiful,… Source link