Monthly Archives: May 2021

Vimeo stock falls in trading debut, CEO says firm is looking for M&A deals

Bloomberg Ex-High School Classmates Are Among the World’s Largest Crypto Holders (Bloomberg) — Kyle Davies and Su Zhu started Three Arrows Capital at the kitchen table of their apartment in 2012. Now they’re among the world’s biggest crypto holders with a portfolio worth billions of dollars.At least for the moment.Their portfolio was rocked in recent days as environmental concerns over mining, regulatory scrutiny, warnings by Chinese authorities about digital currency payments and a… Source link

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You had COVID-19. Should you get vaccinated? Yahoo News Explains

The Wrap Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ to Become First Late-Night Show to Return With Full, Vaccinated Audience “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” will return to the The Ed Sullivan Theater on June 14 with a full, vaccinated audience, the CBS late-night show revealed Monday. This makes the “Late Show” the first network late-night show to not just make the move back to its home studio, but also with a complete crowd. Per CBS, “After more than a year and 205 episodes produced… Source link

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Dominique Wilkins gets apology from restaurant

Atlanta Hawks legend Dominique Wilkins received an apology from a restaurant that turned him away for dress code reasons. La Bilboquet — a French restaurant in Atlanta — issued a statement Monday formally apologizing to Wilkins and vowing to make changes. Following the Wilkins incident, La Bilboquet said it will “provide diversity, equity and inclusion training to all current employees.” The restaurant also said it would “reevaluate” its dress code restrictions to eliminate… Source link

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Russia threatens to slow down Google for not deleting unlawful content

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with leaders of the country’s political parties represented in the lower house of parliament via a video conference call at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia February 17, 2021. Mikhail Klimentyev | Sputnik | Reuters Russia has threatened to decelerate Google’s traffic and issued the company with a small fine for failing to remove what it says is unlawful content.  A Russian court on Tuesday said it had fined Google 6 million… Source link

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Brooks Koepka can’t stand Bryson DeChambeau’s talk

Golf appears to be a game of manners. Don’t be fooled. Golf is a game of seething hate, grievances great and small, barely masked by a thin veneer of decorum. You want to win against the world’s best, you can’t be a nice guy. You’ve got to have a deep well of mean in your soul. Every single one of golf’s champions does, no matter what pleasant face they present to the world. All of this is a long and florid way of saying: Brooks Koepka gave us an honest look at the mind of a… Source link

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Stocks rise, adding to gains as tech shares extend rebound

Stocks rose on Tuesday to extend a rally from a day earlier, with technology stocks outperforming as concerns over rising inflation were at least temporarily pushed to the side.  The S&P 500 ticked up after the index closed out Monday’s session higher by 1%. The Nasdaq and Dow also rose. The move higher in technology stocks came alongside a move lower in Treasury yields, with the yield on the benchmark 10-year note hovering just below 1.6%. Cryptocurrency prices steadied, and Bitcoin prices… Source link

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Detroit Pistons land Cade Cunningham in surprising twist in Yahoo! Sports mock draft

For some lucky fanbases, it’s the NBA Playoffs. For Detroit Pistons faithful, it’s mock draft szn. Until the NBA Draft Lottery on June 22, the Pistons will be picking second in these mock drafts. That means a lot of Jalen Green, Evan Mobley and Jalen Suggs. What it also means is not a lot of Cade Cunningham, the golden goose of the draft. Except, maybe it doesn’t. Krysten Peek of Yahoo! Sports released a mock draft today that actually had the Pistons landing Cunningham with the… Source link

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18 Things You Didn’t Know Your Google Chromecast Could Do

Google helps simplify your online life—from email and online storage to news and digital maps. But it can also take over your TV with the Chromecast. Google currently sells two versions of its media-streaming device—the Chromecast Ultra and Chromecast With Google TV. The latter gave Google’s dongle a much-needed makeover, adding a remote and an on-screen menu. Many people, however, are probably still casting via legacy devices; the Chromecast has been around since 2013. Its… Source link

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Germany Targets Google Market Power in Expansion of Tech Rules

Germany’s competition regulator is investigating whether Google is dominant enough to be subject to the country’s new digital-competition law, broadening its efforts to brandish new powers against companies including Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook Inc. Germany’s Federal Cartel Office said Tuesday that it has opened a probe into whether Google, the main unit of Alphabet Inc., is of “paramount significance for competition across markets.” That… Source link

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Highlights From the 2021 Google I/O Conference

PHOTO: Eric BVD Google made some announcements that marketers should take note at its Google I/O developer’s conference last week. The announcements include advancements from the search engine giant in the arenas of AI and machine learning, search engines, connecting users with apps and ecommerce and shopping. Let’s dive into some of the updates in more detail. LaMDA Brings Search Changes for Marketers Google unveiled LaMDA, short for “Language Model for Dialogue Applications,”… Source link

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