Moderna (MRNA) has its sights set on 2022 and beyond, even as it continues to produce doses for its COVID-19 vaccine this year. CEO Stéphane Bancel told Yahoo Finance Wednesday that governments are now focused on booster shots for next year, even though it’s unclear what type of booster shot will be needed — or when it will be needed — as worries surface over emerging variants.  The pandemic still continues to claim casualties around the world, challenging efforts by the U.S., Britain… Source link

Don’t be fooled by the low scores last year, Harbour Town Golf Links presents a tough challenge for competitors. Kevin Kisner had this to say in his Tuesday presser, “If we don’t get a lot of rain, I think they can progress the conditions to playing more difficult than we’ve seen in years past, and if we get a little bit of sea breeze, I think it’ll be a really stern test with the conditions that I saw today.” I think Webb Simpson‘s record of 22-under last year is safe this week. With an… Source link

Finding Google’s copying a fair use, the Supreme Court ended Oracle’s decade-long attempt to recover copyright damages.  The battle began between these tech giants when Google designed its Android software platform for mobile devices, such as smartphones.  The platform allows “computer programmers to develop new programs and applications” for Android-based devices.  In designing the mobile platform, Google independently developed most of the code but copied what the parties… Source link

Google Assistant can now bypass your iPhone’s silent mode or Do Not Disturb setting to ring your phone when it’s lost. Google … Source link

Google is continuing to roll out new features for Assistant whenever a set of them becomes ready and today it’s announcing a bunch of updates for Spring 2021. Given how much more we’re ordering takeout and staying home, these revolve around simplifying the restaurant checkout process and making it easier to automate your smart home. Google’s been using its Duplex AI technology to help it update restaurant business information in Maps, and back when we went out more, it also helped users make… Source link

The pandemic has made ordering restaurant takeout a little less of a guilty pleasure, both because it’s safer and it helps support local businesses. Google is now trying to make the process faster, too, by having Google Assistant fill in contact information and payment details automatically on Android phones after you find a restaurant via Google Search. To use the new feature, you have to search for whatever restaurant you’d like to order from in the Google app, then select the… Source link

TipRanks JPMorgan: 2 Stocks for Stellar Long-Term Gains According to JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, the US is on the cusp of an economic boom which should fuel growth at least until 2023. Dimon attributes the prospect of strong growth to several reasons. “I have little doubt that with excess savings, new stimulus savings, huge deficit spending, more QE, a new potential infrastructure bill, a successful vaccine and euphoria around the end of the pandemic, the U.S. economy will likely boom,”… Source link

The market has been down on Yandex NV (YNDX) stock recently. YNDX gets a Bearish score from InvestorsObserver’s Stock Sentiment Indicator. Yandex NV has a Bearish sentiment reading. Find out what this means for you and get the rest of the rankings on YNDX! What is Stock Sentiment? Sentiment uses short term technical analysis to gauge whether a stock is desired by investors. As a technical indicator, it focuses on recent trends as opposed to the long term health of the underlying… Source link

Even for Silicon Valley, Surojit Chatterjee’s rise to extraordinary wealth was lightning fast. The chief product officer has been with Coinbase Global Inc., the biggest U.S. crypto exchange, for just 15 months. Based on the $340 a share indicated opening price for Coinbase’s direct listing on Wednesday, the former Google executive’s stake is worth about $188 million, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. He’s also set to receive share options within the next five years that are… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Texas came uncomfortably close to another round of rolling blackouts Tuesday night because grid operators misjudged the weather. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which manages most of the state’s grid, had counted on a mild cold front sweeping the state, lowering demand for power. It didn’t happen. As a result, demand on the grid was about 3,000 megawatts higher than anticipated — or the equivalent of 600,000 homes. The forecasting error, coming as 25% of power… Source link