Google probably wasn’t planning to reveal this until the company’s I/O developer conference on May 18th, but it looks like a cat may be out of the bag: the company’s testing a feature that should let you stop alarms and answer calls on your Android phone simply by saying “stop” — no need to pick up your phone or even say “Hey Google.” We know this because a mysterious new setting called “Guacamole” has popped up in the Google app on Android 11 for some users —… Source link

Bloomberg A Niche London Firm Outplayed JPMorgan in Super League Battle (Bloomberg) — The fight for the future of European soccer was also a battle between two very different types of financial players.On one side stood the venerable Wall Street giant JPMorgan Chase & Co., bankrolling a debt-driven, multi-billion euro plan to form a breakaway European Super League. Lining up against them was a boutique financial firm with links to some of the world’s richest and most liquid investors and a… Source link

Prabhakar Raghavan, of Google Inc., speaks during the company’s Cloud Next ’18 event in San Francisco, California, July 24, 2018. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Google‘s recently promoted Search boss Prabhakar Raghavan earned cash and stock $55.25 million last year, according to the company’s annual proxy filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. That amount takes into account his 2020 fiscal year salary of $655,000, stock awards amounting to $54.58 million that… Source link

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Flock Freight, one of San Diego’s hottest tech startups, is moving its headquarters from Solana Beach to Encinitas, citing unbearably slow action on a permit request that would allow it to expand. The startup is quickly becoming well-known in San Diego County thanks to its recent $113 million venture cap deal led by SoftBank (which manages the largest tech fund on the planet). Flock Freight’s algorithms help companies move products more efficiently, combining small shipments into a… Source link

Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) seek to determine whether Google Play violated Section 5 of the FTC Act. “New research suggests that Google misleadingly markets children’s apps as compliant with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) despite evidence that many of those apps illegally track children’s behavior and share their personal information without consent,” Markey and Castor wrote in the joint letter. “The FTC must use its full… Source link

MMA Weekly UFC 261 fans not required to wear masks | COVID-19 Precautions On Tuesday, the Ultimate Fighting Championship announced two partnerships to assist in fan safety for those attending Saturday’s UFC 261 pay-per-view. The event sold out the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in Jacksonville, Fla. in minutes. The event represents the first, sold out, major sporting event with full capacity at an indoor arena in the United States since the pandemic lockdowns and restrictions. A capacity crowd… Source link

Next week, your iPhone will get a massive update. Called iOS 14.5, it brings improvements for Apple’s (AAPL) smartphone including its controversial App Tracking Transparency, which will let you choose whether apps track your activity across the web. It will also feature support for Apple’s AirTags, new tracking devices that keep you from losing your stuff. The update even includes crowd-sourced traffic warnings for Apple Maps, making it even more of a Google (GOOG, GOOGL) Maps competitor,… Source link

The Value Gap is a MarketWatch Q&A series with business leaders, academics, policymakers and activists on how to reduce racial and social inequalities. At the dawn of the dot-com boom, Silicon Valley was an ideal place for KR Liu to grow up and immerse herself in the latest gadgets. Liu, who was diagnosed with severe hearing loss at age 2, became skilled at disguising her disability by lip reading and relying on technology to communicate.  “Email and instant messaging was wonderful… Source link

Consumer spending has long been the engine of the US economy, which is what made the social lockdown policies put in place against COVID so devastating. By forcing the public to stay home, the policies effectively shut down the main source of economic activity. Fortunately, we are now on an upswing; COVID is on the wane, most of the restrictions have been, or are being, lifted, and economic activity starting to buzz again. A flood of cash, from stimulus checks, tax credits, and accumulated… Source link