The Google logo is seen Jan. 8, 2020, at the 2020 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images) (The Hill) — Google said it will distribute one-time bonuses of $1,600 to employees this month amid the tech giant’s decision to postpone a plan to return to the office, according to Reuters.  A Google spokesperson told the newswire the bonuses will be given… 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, December 10, 2021 ‘Learning to live’ with the virus has become a credo Last Sunday, after nearly suffering a heart-attack watching Pittsburgh play Baltimore in a classic Steelers-Ravens thriller, I attended my first concert of the pandemic era: Genesis, which played to a packed-to-the-rafters crowd at Madison Square Garden. Tomorrow… Source link

The NBA closes out the work week with nine games on the schedule Friday. There is the potential for a couple of lopsided affairs when the Bucks play the Rockets and the Lakers take on the Thunder. However, there are also several exciting matchups, including the Hawks hosting the Nets. Kevin Durant should be fresh for that matchup after sitting out Wednesday’s battle with the Rockets for rest purposes. The main Yahoo slate will consist of seven of the nine games, so let’s highlight some… Source link

Chase Claypool might have put himself further in Mike Tomlin’s doghouse. The Steelers star wideout drew his head coach’s ire early in Thursday night’s game against the Minnesota Vikings when he drew a 15-yard penalty for unnecessary roughness. Tomlin benched him for a few plays, hoping to send a message.  It appears the message didn’t work.  The Steelers had a chance to force overtime on their final drive of the game, down 36-28. Pittsburgh rallied from a 29-0 deficit and made it a… Source link

Google is planning to bring Android games to Windows PCs next year. A Google Play Games app will be available in 2022, built by Google to allow games from Google Play to run on Windows laptops, tablets, and PCs. “Starting in 2022, players will be able to experience their favorite Google Play games on more devices: seamlessly switching between a phone, tablet, Chromebook, and soon, Windows PCs,” says Greg Hartrell, Google’s product director of games on Android and Google Play, in a… Source link

The Paige Bueckers-less UConn Huskies may be in trouble. No. 3 UConn fell to Georgia Tech 57-44 on Thursday night in their first game without Bueckers, who suffered a tibial plateau fracture and is expected to miss six-to-eight weeks. That loss snapped a number of records and streaks for UConn. Georgia Tech is now the first team to hold UConn to less than 45 points in a single game since 2006, and the Yellow Jackets are the first unranked team to beat the Huskies since 2012 — which snapped a… Source link

Grief and loss are intensely personal. Those who remain after a loved one dies process it in their own way and in their own time. Having to do that as the widow of one of the most famous athletes of the last 50 years complicates things in a way perhaps no one else can understand. Add in losing one of your children with losing that spouse, and it can make one’s heart ache. Vanessa Bryant has more than enough to deal with. It’s been nearly two years since the stop-you-in-your-tracks news came that… Source link

Starbucks workers from one of the three cafes in Buffalo, New York scored a victory on Thursday, voting to create the coffee giant’s first ever union over the company’s objections.   An effort fueled by staffing shortages and poor working conditions exacerbated during the pandemic culminated in a victory for organizing. The Regional Labor office counted the eligible votes from the Elmwood Avenue location in Elmwood Village, where 19 eligible workers voted yes compared to 8 who voted against… Source link

Stock futures opened higher Thursday evening as investors awaited a key inflation report ahead of the Federal Reserve’s final policy-setting meeting of the year next week.  Contracts on the S&P 500 gained. Earlier, the blue-chip index closed out the regular session in the red after three consecutive days of gains, with concerns over Omicron beginning to ease as new developments suggested the variant may not cause as severe of infections as previously feared. The Nasdaq dropped 1.7% during… Source link

A Google Home can help you spread Christmas cheer.  Google … Source link