For many teachers across the country, the stress of managing their own health concerns during the pandemic, juggling classroom and online education and trying to maintain a connection with students has brought them to a breaking point. A January survey by RAND Corporation found that because of pandemic-related anxieties, one-quarter of U.S. teachers plan to leave the profession by the end of the year. “One of the most consistent narratives you’ve probably heard over the past year is [that]… Source link

Google’s Pixel phones have a lot going for them. Juan Garzon / CNET Google Pixel phones are some… Source link

As of June 1, Google has ended its unlimited free storage policy for Google Photos. Sarah Tew/CNET The time has… Source link

LONDON — European Union and British regulators opened dual antitrust investigations Friday into whether Facebook distorts competition in the classified advertising market by using data to compete unfairly against rival services. German officials, meanwhile, began a fresh investigation of Google using stepped up powers to scrutinize digital giants. The multiple investigations represent the latest escalation by European regulators in their battle to rein in the dominance of big American tech… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Dogecoin, the Shiba Inu-themed cryptocurrency started as a joke in 2013, outperformed top rivals in the week as it launched on the Coinbase exchange. While the biggest cryptocurrencies Bitcoin and Ether were up 6.2% and 14.9% over the past seven days respectively, Dogecoin advanced 24% over the same period as of 7:50 a.m. in London, according to CoinGecko pricing. While Coinbase said weeks ago that it planned to add Dogecoin, the announcement that it now supports the meme-based… Source link

Alabama’s Montana Fouts pitches against UCLA in the first inning of an NCAA Women’s College World Series softball game Friday, June 4, 2021, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) Montana Fouts celebrated her birthday with some history. The Alabama junior threw the fifth perfect game in the history of the Women’s College World Series on Friday in a 6-0 win over UCLA. It’s the first perfect game in the tournament since May 25, 2000, nine days before Fouts was born. Here’s how the game… Source link

Damian Lillard’s top preference to become the next head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers is Los Angeles Lakers assistant Jason Kidd. “Jason Kidd is the guy I want,” Lillard told Yahoo Sports on Friday night. Lillard intends to have significant input on the next hire, sources said. The Trail Blazers and Terry Stotts parted ways on Friday, opening up a coaching vacancy that has been occupied for nine seasons. The move was proceeded by a first-round exit issued by a depleted Denver… Source link

The Los Angeles Clippers live to fight another day. Behind another transcendent performance from Kawhi Leonard, the Clippers defeated the Dallas Mavericks 104-97 on Friday to stave off elimination and force a Game 7. Leonard, who was averaging 30.4 points per game in the series entering Friday, tied a playoff career high with 45 points (18-of-25 shooting, 5-of-9 from deep) with six rebounds and three assists. That included this dagger: That was Leonard’s biggest moment of the night, until he… Source link

The Portland Trail Blazers will look for a new coach after their first-round exit. The Blazers agreed to part ways with head coach Terry Stotts on Friday, sources told Yahoo Sports senior NBA insider Chris Haynes. Stotts’ exit ends a nine-season tenure in Portland, in which the Blazers reached the playoffs eight times. Five of those playoff berths ended in the first round, though, including the last two trips. The Blazers’ most recent exit came on Thursday, with the team falling to the Denver… Source link

Last month’s oil pipeline ransomware incident that spurred fuel shortages/hoarding and a $4.4 payout to the attackers has apparently been traced back to an unused but still active VPN login. Mandiant exec Charles Carmakal told Bloomberg that their analysis of the attack found that the suspicious activity on Colonial Pipeline’s network started April 29th. While they couldn’t confirm exactly how the attackers got the login, there apparently isn’t any evidence of phishing techniques,… Source link