FILE PHOTO: A logo of Italy’s Lega Serie A is seen in Milan, Italy, December 17, 2019. REUTERS/Flavio Lo Scalzo/File Photo MILAN (Reuters) – Serie A said on Monday Google agreed to remove from its content platform some video apps illegally enabling users to watch live games as a part of a deal between Italy’s top flight soccer league and the web giant to curb online piracy. Serie A stepped up efforts to curb online piracy in recent years to protect the value of its TV rights, which made most… Source link

Most cryptocurrencies are down Monday, prompting a flurry of activity in the options markets as traders reposition themselves amid increased volatility. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $44,211 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Losing 2.8% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $42,269-$46,462 (CoinDesk 20) Ether (ETH) trading around $3,376 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). In the red 1% over the previous 24 hours. Ether’s 24-hour range: $3,142-$3,587 (CoinDesk 20) Bitcoin dumps, rest of… Source link

Before Dogecoin (DOGE-USD) there was GameStop (GME). And before GameStop, there was Hertz (HTZ), the original meme stock whose bankruptcy last May and resulting zombie price surge (and fall and resurge) defined the original meme stock. Now, it’s back and better than ever. If you kept your cheap $1.50 Hertz shares from last summer that were expected to be worth zero dollars in a bankruptcy restructuring, you’ll have quadrupled your money. A new deal for the company’s assets would pay… Source link

BGR You should be totally freaked out by the DarkSide attack on Colonial Pipeline We’ve seen this movie before. After warnings go unheeded, a predictable, completely avoidable disaster strikes the US — in the process, revealing a soft, exposed underbelly of risk. And the people who get paid to stop this kind of thing from happening never seem to learn, most of the time, until it’s too late — or nearly. This time, it was the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline which took the US to… Source link

Q1 2021 results in-line with expectations. Cash balance of $985 million. Increasing full-year operating expense guidance range by $30 million to include PEAR program costs (explicitly excluded from prior guidance). Capital expenditure guidance unchanged. Majority of Fisker Ocean Bill of Material (BOM) now sourced, improving cost visibility across the entire model range at targets previously communicated. Foxconn binding agreement completed and initial production in U.S. confirmed. Design of… Source link

Coinbase Global, Inc. (“Coinbase”) (Nasdaq: COIN) today announced its intention to offer, subject to market conditions and other factors, $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 (the “notes”) in a private offering (the “offering”) to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Coinbase also expects to grant the initial purchasers of… Source link

The New York Times A Desperate India Falls Prey to COVID Scammers NEW DELHI — Within the world’s worst coronavirus outbreak, few treasures are more coveted than an empty oxygen canister. India’s hospitals desperately need the metal cylinders to store and transport the lifesaving gas as patients across the country gasp for breath. So a local charity reacted with outrage when one supplier more than doubled the price, to nearly $200 each. The charity called the police, who discovered what… Source link

As COVID-19 cases continue to fall and an increasingly vaccinated America emerges from the worst of the pandemic, the biggest political challenge facing President Biden may no longer be the virus itself. Instead, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll suggests that the more the U.S. recovers, the more Americans may start to question whether the administration’s multitrillion-dollar policy agenda is helping or hurting the economy. The survey of 1,561 U.S. adults, which was conducted from May 11 to 13,… Source link

Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft all managed to pull off virtual versions of their annual developer conferences in 2020, but Google cancelled I/O 2020 entirely. This year, the search giant is back with its first-ever virtual I/O, which promises “significant product updates and announcements,” according to Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. Here’s how to watch and what to expect. How to Watch Google I/O 2021 Google I/O 2021 takes place from May 18 to May 20, starting at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m…. Source link

Google has offices in 170 cities and 60 countries around the world, and some of them have already reopened. In Australia, New Zealand, China, Taiwan and Vietnam, Google’s offices have reopened with occupancy allowed to exceed 70%. But the bulk of the 140,000 employees who work for Google and its parent company, Alphabet, are based in the United States, with roughly half of them in the Bay Area. Source link