Google is testing a new feature for its Chrome browser on Android that lets users “follow” sites to create an updating list of new content they publish. The feature is based on RSS, an open web standard that’s been the backbone of many popular web aggregation tools in the past. That includes Google’s own, much beloved (and now defunct) Google Reader. The test is small-scale: following sites will only be an option for some US users of Chrome Canary (the bleeding-edge version of… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, May 20, 2021 The single-family housing market is under pressure. Will it be the next market to crack?  Over the course of the last year, we’ve seen a series of market fads come and go.  On Wednesday, cryptocurrencies were just the latest buzzy asset class to see a swift reversal in market sentiment (followed by a reversal of that… Source link

Bloomberg ByteDance Founder Steps Down as CEO Ahead of Mega IPO (Bloomberg) — ByteDance Ltd. founder Zhang Yiming will cede the reins of TikTok’s owner to an old college roommate and lieutenant, stepping back from running the world’s most valuable startup ahead of its highly anticipated market debut.Zhang will hand off the chief executive officer role at TikTok’s owner to human resources chief Rubo Liang, he announced in an internal memo posted online Thursday. The billionaire… Source link

When Google held its virtual I/O 2021 keynote event at its Mountain View, California headquarters earlier this week, there was no mention of ChromeOS. While it’s understandable that Android would be the key focus for the software giant, it did surprise many when ChromeOS-specific features were not announced on stage. However, during a quick developer session post the keynote event, Google did announce several new features and changes coming to ChromeOS that powers… Source link

One eye, one shot, one game. It doesn’t matter to the champion Los Angeles Lakers who escaped a dangerous 103-100 play-in battle on Wednesday featuring the scariest dude of them all. LeBron James’ Hail Mary must’ve been full of grace in the final minute, much to the chagrin of Stephen Curry, a man who’s performed his share of unbelievable magic this time of year. But perhaps it was the perfect test for a team that had more internal struggles through the season than challenges from the… Source link

Revenge Of The Klubot In what has become a weekly occurrence in 2021, Corey Kluber etched his name in the history books Wednesday night by throwing a no-hitter versus the Rangers. The right-hander threw exactly one inning for Texas last season before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury and now has achieved baseball’s sixth no-hitter of the season and the first of his amazing career. The only wart on the scorecard for Kluber was a four-pitch walk to Charlie Culberson in the third inning… Source link

The Guardian After 20 years of insults, Kwame Brown proved revenge is best served flaming hot The former No 1 overall pick in the NBA draft has been ridiculed for years as a bust. This week, in hours of YouTube rants, he set the record straight Kwame Brown talks to Kobe Bryant during his time with the Lakers in 2006. Photograph: Andrew D Bernstein/NBAE/Getty Images Before the NFL’s JaMarcus Russell there was the NBA’s Kwame Brown. Like the former Raiders quarterback, Brown was a top draft… Source link

James Hardie Industries plc (ASX: JHX; NYSE: JHX), the world’s #1 producer and marketer of high-performance fiber cement and fiber gypsum building solutions, today announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Jack Truong, participated in an interview with Yahoo Finance’s “Market Close” on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 New York City, USA time. To watch the segment click : https://finance.yahoo.com/video/james-hardie-ceo-companys-earnings-212829340.html Forward-Looking Statements This Media… Source link

SYDNEY–(BUSINESS WIRE)–James Hardie Industries plc (ASX: JHX; NYSE: JHX), the world’s #1 producer and marketer of high-performance fiber cement and fiber gypsum building solutions, today announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Jack Truong, participated in an interview with Yahoo Finance’s “Market Close” on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 New York City, USA time. To watch the segment click : Source link

Bloomberg King of LNG Undercuts Rivals to Keep Dominating World Market (Bloomberg) — The world’s top exporter of liquefied natural gas is ramping up production dramatically and undercutting competitors in a bid to squeeze them out of the market.Qatar is dropping prices and pushing ahead with a $29 billion project to boost its exports of the fuel by more than 50%, stymieing the prospects of new plants elsewhere. It’s also established a trading team to compete in the nascent spot market and… Source link