The new Google Pixelnook Go laptop is on display during a Google product launch event called Made by Google 19 on October 15, 2019 in New York City. Johannes Eisele | AFP | Getty Images Caesar Sengupta, an executive who has led several projects inside Google, including payments and ChromeOS, said Monday he’s leaving the company after 15 years. “I remain very positive about Google’s future but it’s time for me to see if I can ride without training wheels,” Sengupta wrote in a LinkedIn post… Source link

As President Joe Biden ramps up the country’s mass vaccination efforts, Krispy Kreme hopes to provide a sweet incentive for Americans to get a COVID-19 shot — a free glazed donut. Beginning Monday, customers who show a valid COVID-19 vaccination card at any U.S. Krispy Kreme can receive a free original glazed donut throughout the remainder of 2021. (Courtesy: Krispy Kreme Vaccine) The company is also offering up to four hours of paid time off to help “encourage and enable their COVID-19… Source link

In the days leading up to yet another expected confrontation between Big Tech leaders and regulation-touting Congressional members, two of the three participating companies took conciliatory actions to lower the temperature. Facebook Inc. FB, +1.18%, vilified by lawmakers and privacy advocates as a font of misinformation on vaccines, pulled an about-face last week: It is in the process of eradicating misleading content from its digital platforms while directing 50… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Monday, March 22, 2021 There will ‘always’ be a top risk, but some are worse than others “There is always some reason or the other since the start of this bull market to complain/worry about,” Bank of America strategists led by Ajay Kapur wrote last week (emphasis ours). “That’s why bull markets climb a wall of worry.” Kapur and his team were… Source link

FILE PHOTO: Caesar Sengupta, Google’s General Manager of Payments and Vice President leading the Next Billion Users (NBU) initiative, poses for a picture after an interview with Reuters in New Delhi, India, August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (Reuters) – Senior Google executive Caesar Sengupta, head of the tech giant’s payment initiatives, said on Monday he was leaving the company next month, after 15 years. “I remain very positive about Google’s future but it’s time for me to see if… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Caesar Sengupta, who has been leading Google’s efforts in payments and building products for the next generation of internet users, has resigned after about 15 years at the U.S. search giant. Sengupta has been based in Singapore and most recently worked as vice president and general manager of payments and the Next Billion Users initiative at Google. After starting at Google in 2006, he worked on digital payment services and ChromeOS. “After 15 years with Google, Caesar… Source link

Bloomberg Deliveroo Kicks Off $2.5 Billion IPO, U.K.’s Largest in 2021 (Bloomberg) — Food-delivery startup Deliveroo Holdings Plc started taking investor orders in a share sale of as much as 1.77 billion pounds ($2.45 billion), marking the largest initial public offering in the U.K. since September.Deliveroo is selling shares at 3.90 pounds to 4.60 pounds apiece, according to a statement Monday, valuing the company at 7.6 billion pounds to 8.8 billion pounds.The offering is the biggest… Source link

Yahoo is delving deeper into e-commerce, but don’t expect a mirror image of The New York Times’ Wirecutter or New York Magazine’s The Strategist. While Yahoo already has affiliate links in much of its content, which guides customers to the likes of Amazon and Walmart to complete a sale, its new venture Yahoo Shops, set to launch later this year, will be its own marketplace managing the entire purchase journey from beginning to end. “It will be the first digital media marketplace… Source link

A handwritten sign erected to warn drivers about an apparent speed camera in an unmarked police car has sparked debate. The sign was spotted on Camden Valley Way in Elderslie, a suburb in Sydney’s Macarthur Region, on Saturday amid wild wind and torrential rain that smashed large parts of NSW. “Speed camera ahead”, the sign positioned at the side of the northbound lane read, with a smiley face also featured. While many expressed appreciation for the cardboard sign, which was attached to a… Source link

For more than 48 hours, the NCAA men’s tournament returned to precisely what we fondly remembered — overtimes, upsets and the type of merry chaos that make the event one of the most exhilarating on the American sporting calendar. After the NCAA canceled the tournament in 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, college basketball endured a 2020-21 season of fits and stops, sporadic flourishes and frequent shutdowns. So it was only obvious that COVID-19 would loom over the tournament,… Source link