If your out-of-warranty Pixel 4 XL has been exhibiting some problems, you might be able to get a free repair. Google recently posted a support page outlining a “one-year extended repair program” for the larger of its two 2019 flagships. Those who are eligible can receive a free repair for up to a year after their original warranty expires. As for who’s covered by this program, Google points to “certain power-related issues.” More specifically, the company says these are the… Source link

Tension between President Joe Biden and tech giant Facebook (FB) stands at a fever pitch, even after Biden on Monday walked back earlier remarks accusing social media platforms of facilitating the spread of vaccine misinformation and contributing to U.S. deaths from COVID-19, New York Times technology reporter Cecilia Kang told Yahoo Finance on Monday. “It felt like he was actually retreating a little bit — but the frustration and tension right now between the White House and Facebook still… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Moderna Inc. joins the S&P 500 on Wednesday as the index’s the best performing stock this year — by a mile. The move caps the drugmaker’s transformation from an early-stage biotech to a vaccine maker supplying Covid shots to the world. With a gain of more than 180% so far in 2021, Moderna’s share performance tops the index’s existing leader, L Brands Inc., which has risen about 100%. In the runup to its inclusion in the U.S. benchmark, Moderna’s stock has made fresh… Source link

Google Maps will show you which cars are the lease crowded on some train lines. Google Google on Wednesday announced several new features for Google Maps. It’s expanding a feature that shows you how crowded a transit line is to 10,000 cities across 100 countries. But it’s also testing something even more granular: the option to see which cars on a specific train are the most crowded on New York’s Long Island Railroad and for transit lines in Sydney, Australia. Both features may help you avoid… Source link

Google Maps is rolling out more accurate indicators of transit crowdedness. Photo: Florence Ion / Gizmodo The world is slowly opening back up. You might be finding yourself using public transit for the first time in ages and trying to figure out how to get around. Some helpful new Google Maps features could help us all navigate through this time, both literally and figuratively. For folks finding themselves back on a bus or a train, Google is expanding its transit crowdedness predictions. The… Source link

Google is expanding the number of cities where Maps offers information about public transport crowding. The number of cities covered is increasing from around 200 today, to “over 10,000 transit agencies in 100 countries,” the company says. As well as crowdedness, Google says Maps is also being updated to offer more information about past travel. Google Maps’ crowdedness information originally launched pre-pandemic in 2019, but over the past year social distancing has made it more… 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 Wednesday, July 21, 2021 Growth, value, and rates — all in one place It was a Turnaround Tuesday on Wall Street yesterday.  After a brutal sell-off to start the week, each of the major averages gained nearly 2% on the week’s second trading day. A solid rebound after a decline in markets on Monday that perhaps felt worse than it really was.  But… Source link

A bad update to Chrome OS, version 91.0.4472.165, has left some users unable to log in to their accounts, or reportedly with boot-looping computers (via Android Central). If you’ve found yourself locked out of your Chromebook, help is on the way: Google posted on its system status page that it’s working on a fix, which it expects to release on Wednesday. It’s also pulled the update, which should prevent more users from experiencing the issue. According to Google, the only options to… Source link

Google and Mukesh Ambani’s Jio are hoping to crack one of the world’s largest untapped smartphone markets, launching a device they hope will be cheap enough to convert 450m Indians on “dumb” handsets into smartphone users. The JioPhone Next, a successor to Ambani’s earlier-generation JioPhone, has been designed by the companies to run a custom version of Android. It will offer a blend of Google and Jio apps, with voice assistance in multiple Indian languages for… Source link

FluxFactory / Getty Images In your 20s, as you start your career and make real money for the first time, your spending changes. After living with Mom and Dad or in a college dorm, you can afford a place of your own and might want to splurge on the place with the amazing rooftop deck. You might have some disposable income for the first time — even after making the monthly payment on those student loans — and want to take a weekend trip each month with friends. Find Out: 50 Best (and Worst)… Source link