Monthly Archives: November 2021

You.com is the latest search engine trying to take on Google

The website is called You — not to be confused with the pronoun or the Netflix show staring Penn Badgley. The company hopes a combination of summarizing other sites’ results, similar to Google, and a private browsing mode will be enough to lure in casual searchers. Instead of a list of links, You’s results are sorted into rows, with each having a carousel of options from sites such as Twitter, Reddit and BBC, or types like images and traditional search results. The eventual idea, says… Source link

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Google Maps on iOS now has a dark mode, here’s how to enable it

In August, Google announced its iOS Maps app would soon be getting a dark mode. But although the feature fully launched at the beginning of September, it arrived quietly enough that several Verge staffers hadn’t even noticed its appearance until we started receiving in-app notices. If you’ve also been in the dark, rather than the dark mode (sorry), here’s how to enable the feature. From the main Google Maps interface on iOS, tap your profile picture in the top right of the screen…. Source link

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Palantir Expects 40% Revenue Growth in FY 2021; Q3 US Commercial Revenue up 103% Y/Y

DENVER, November 09, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE:PLTR) today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021. Q3 2021 Highlights Total revenue grew 36% year-over-year to $392 million Added 34 net new customers in Q3 Commercial customer count grew 46% quarter-over-quarter US commercial revenue grew 103% year-over-year Cash flow from operations of $101 million, representing a 26% margin Adjusted free cash flow of $119 million, representing a 30%… Source link

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American Airlines flies 40,000 passengers to the US and prepares for more as borders open

American Airlines (AAL) welcomed 150 international flights Monday as the U.S. opened its borders to non-citizens who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.  “We’re seeing fantastic demand, 40,000 customers are coming inbound to the U.S. today,” American Airlines President Robert Isom told Yahoo Finance Live. “People want to get out on the road,” Isom said, predicting the surge to continue well into 2022. “There are families and grandparents that haven’t seen, you know, children in a long… Source link

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Wall Street is starting to get antsier about inflation — and Fed rates: Morning Brief

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 Tuesday, November 9, 2021 Investors are more worried about inflation than the Fed seems to be Amid the market’s debate over whether inflation will prove transitory or permanent, closely tracked indicators, such as bond yields, are sending us mixed signals about the future. That in part is because the real economy is also fighting through… Source link

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Nvidia promises fully self-driving cars with new Nvidia Drive tech

Nidia’s is using its Omniverse and AI technologies to build out self-driving car capabilities. (Image: Nvidia) Nvidia (NVDA) is well-known for its autonomous vehicle efforts, and at the company’s GTC 2021 conference, it’s rolling out three technologies to support its future self-driving capabilities: Nvidia Drive Hyperion 8, Drive Chauffeur, and Drive Concierge. Taken together, the technologies help Nvidia push deeper into the autonomous car space. What’s more, the technologies provide… Source link

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Reddit’s Latest Money-Making Obsession Is an Obscure Fed Facility

(Bloomberg) — Every day in the early afternoon, money-market traders are glued to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s website to see the results of the overnight reverse-repurchase agreement facility. Most Read from Bloomberg They’re not the only ones. A screenshot of this obscure but important facility’s daily usage is religiously uploaded to a Reddit forum called Superstonk, a discussion board similar to WallStreetBets where users swap memes and stock tips. As usage of the facility… Source link

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The Dalles OKs contentious water deal to cool Google’s data centers

The City Council in The Dalles voted unanimously Monday night, 5-0, to approve a $28.5 million deal with Google to provide more water for the tech company to cool two new data centers there. The issue had trained national attention on the small city, which sits along the Columbia River about 80 miles east of Portland, and the broader question of water rights in the drought-stricken West. Google and The Dalles have refused to say just how much water the company’s three existing data centers… Source link

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Insider Buying Could Indicate a Bottom in These 2 Stocks

When stocks fall in price, it’s frequently a signal for renewed investor interest. After all, low share prices offer a chance to live up to the old market advice, ‘buy low and sell high.’ What investors need is some way to tell the underlying reasons for a drop in share price, whether it bodes well or ill for the stock. There is one signal that investors can look for – and that’s insider moves on a stock. Insiders are corporate officers, in positions of company leadership and… Source link

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