Roku’s streaming devices are among the most popular in the US.  Sarah Tew/CNET Roku said Friday that Google‘s… Source link

It’s official: New subscribers to Google’s live TV service, YouTube TV, will not be able to access it on Roku devices, according to an email the manufacturer of the popular stream boxes sent to its users. In cases such as this, current users are still able to access the app and its features, but no updates are provided. Roku speaks “We will always stand up for our users, which is why we cannot accept Google’s unfair and anticompetitive requirements that would allow for the manipulation of… Source link

A new bipartisan bill proposed by Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) hopes to ease military service members’ path towards student loan forgiveness, Yahoo Finance has learned. “Service members take enormous risks to protect our freedoms, and it is unacceptable that members of the military can return home after active duty and not be any closer to receiving loan forgiveness,” Senator Hassan said in a statement provided to Yahoo Finance. “This bipartisan bill is a… Source link

Bloomberg Copper Extends Rally to Top $10,000 With All-Time High in Sight (Bloomberg) — Copper topped $10,000 a metric ton for the first time since 2011, nearing the all-time high set that year as rebounding economies stoke demand and mines struggle to keep up.Prices rose as much as 1.3% to $10,008 a ton on the London Metal Exchange, before slipping back to trade near unchanged. The metal hit a record $10,190 in February 2011.Copper has been among the best performers in a month where metals… Source link

Google may have saved one billion dollars due to the pandemic (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty … [+] Images) Getty Images During the pandemic, Google, along with most other large corporations, told their employees to work from home. An unintended consequence of this remote work trend was the big savings realized by both companies and workers. Bloomberg reported that Google, according to regulatory filings, saved about $268 million in expenses in the first quarter of 2021…. Source link

Bloomberg China Reins In Tech Giants’ Finance Arms After Hobbling Ant (Bloomberg) — Chinese regulators imposed wide-ranging restrictions on the fast-growing financial divisions of 13 companies including Tencent Holdings Ltd. and ByteDance Ltd., leveling many of the same curbs employed against Jack Ma’s Ant Group Co. in a crackdown on the tech sector.Units of JD.com Inc., Meituan and Didi Chuxing were also among firms summoned to a meeting with several watchdogs including the central bank,… Source link

Google has announced new Play Store policies and guidelines designed to make app listings more succinct, accurate, and less of an eyesore. New guidelines affecting the screenshots and videos meant to demonstrate an app’s features and functionality will come into force in the second half of 2021, while specific details about the enforcement of new policies for app titles, icons, and descriptions are coming “later this year.” The new app metadata policies will ban a variety of tricks… Source link

It’s been a pretty great week for Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ:YNDX) shareholders, with its shares surging 11% to US$67.73 in the week since its latest first-quarter results. The results don’t look great, especially considering that the analysts had been forecasting a profit and Yandex delivered a statutory loss of ₽11.29 per share. Revenues of ₽73b did beat expectations by 4.7% though. Earnings are an important time for investors, as they can track a company’s performance, look at what the… Source link

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google’s first office was a cluttered Silicon Valley garage crammed with desks resting on sawhorses. In 2003, five years after its founding, the company moved into a sprawling campus called the Googleplex. The airy, open offices and whimsical common spaces set a standard for what an innovative workplace was supposed to look like. Over the years, the amenities piled up. The food was free, and so were buses to and from work: Getting to the office, and staying there… Source link

RIO RANCHO, NEW MEXICO – FEBRUARY 15: Diego Sanchez reacts after an illegal knee from Michel Pereira in their welterweight bout during the UFC Fight Night event at Santa Ana Star Center on February 15, 2020 in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. (Photo by Josh Hedges/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images) Diego Sanchez, a winner on Season 1 of “The Ultimate Fighter” and one of the promotion’s most popular and longest-tenured fighters, has been released by the UFC. The UFC has been concerned for some time about the… Source link