The private equity firm Apollo believes it has finally come up with a way to cash in on the promise of Yahoo. But after the venerable but faded online pioneer became a graveyard for the reputations of a succession of media and technology industry leaders, it probably would not pay to assume success too soon. The New York-based investment firm agreed earlier this week to pay communications giant Verizon $5bn for Yahoo, along with AOL and a collection of other digital media… Source link

Underdog Fantasy Raises $10 Million From Kevin Durant, Mark Cuban, Jared Goff and Others By Andrew Cohen May 3, 2021 Fantasy sports app Underdog Fantasy has raised $10 million from a group of investors that includes Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant, Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff, and ESPN’s Adam Schefter.   The round was led by angel investor Kevin Carter, who is an advisor at SV Angel, and included investments from music stars such… Source link

An unspecified minor injury to Nate Diaz has forced his fight against Leon Edwards to be rescheduled from UFC 262 on May 15 in Houston to UFC 263 on June 12 in Glendale, Arizona. (Photo by Steven Ryan/Getty Images) An unspecified minor injury to Nate Diaz has pushed his bout against Leon Edwards back a month, a source familiar with the UFC’s plans told Yahoo Sports on Monday. Diaz had been slated to fight the No. 3-ranked Edwards in a five-round welterweight bout at UFC 262 on May 15 in… Source link

Google From a young age, Hisaye Yamamoto was familiar with barriers — some put up by Japanese… Source link

AOL and Yahoo are being sold again, this time to a private equity firm. Wireless company Verizon will sell Verizon Media, which consists of the once-pioneering tech platforms, to Apollo Global Management in a $5 billion deal. Verizon said Monday that it will keep a 10% stake in the new company, which will be called Yahoo. Yahoo at the end of the last century was the face of the internet, preceding the behemoth tech platforms to follow, such as Google and… Source link

A report from The Information confirmed that John Justice, Google Stadia’s Vice President and Head of Product, has left Google. 9to5Google received confirmation of Justice’s departure through a statement from Google. We can confirm John is no longer with Google and we wish him well on his next step. John Justice oversaw the consumer experience for Stadia and has previously talked about the future of Google Stadia. Following intense competition from Microsoft and Sony with the… Source link

Has Google or YouTube asked you recently for your birth date? You’re probably not the only one. Google is not necessarily trying to invade your privacy, but more so trying to protect certain age groups. In 2019, Google broke COPPA, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, and had to pay a record $170 million in fines. Part of the agreement required Google to verify the age of the users on their site. “If you were to go in and for example lie about your birth… Source link

A search marketer in India noticed what looked like a test in Featured Snippet. One search marketer called it “shady as hell.”  But according to a statement from a Google spokesperson, that is a bug and not a feature. The alleged test involved embedding links to more Google searches from within a website publishers content that is in the featured snippet. These kinds of links are called Search Refinements. Embedding a search refinement within a featured snippet was not well received from… Source link

It’s the first Monday of the month, and you know what that means? A Google update. Of Android. For its Pixel line. Well, those that are still supported anyway. We’re talking Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3a, Pixel 3a XL, Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL, Pixel 4a, Pixel 4a 5G, and Pixel 5. That’s the entire list. All of these devices aside from the Pixel 4a 5G and the Pixel 5 have build RQ2A.210505.002 headed towards them, while the Pixel 4a 5G and the Pixel 5 get build RQ2A.210505.003. As usual with… Source link

San Francisco’s Off the Grid was forced to cut 256 employees after tech giant Google ended a catering contract, the food company confirmed Monday.   Off the Grid provided food truck catering and logistics services for Google’s Bay Area campuses, according to the San Francisco Business Times that first reported the story.  “Unfortunately, Google ended our contract in mid-February, which was certainly disappointing as we’ve been incredibly proud of the work we’ve done… Source link