Say what you will about Trevor Lawrence during a mostly trying season, but the Jacksonville Jaguars rookie quarterback still isn’t afraid to speak his mind. Lawrence made some ripples before the season when he said he didn’t feel the need to manufacture motivation for himself. Then he earned some raised eyebrows in October when he semi-questioned his coaches’ reservations about his QB-sneaking ability. Now Lawrence is speaking his mind again, this time sticking up for a teammate.  Running back… Source link

Apple (AAPL) appears well on its way to being the first company to hit a $3 trillion market cap. As of the opening bell on Thursday, the company’s stock was sitting at $174.91 per share, and it only needs to hit $182.85 before crossing the historic point. So what’s behind the run on Apple’s stock? The continued success of the company’s iPhone lineup, not to mention its accessories like the Apple Watch and AirPods are, of course, a large part of the story. But the build-up in… Source link

If it feels like your digital wallet is getting a little thinner this holiday season, it’s because it is as online inflation intensifies amid ongoing global supply chain bottlenecks.  Online prices for November rose 3.5% year-over-year, according to new data from Adobe on Thursday, marking the highest increase since 2014. The figure also represents the 18th consecutive month of year-over-year online inflation. “Ongoing supply chain constraints and durable consumer demand have underpinned… Source link

Where you go, Google knows. Here’s how to stop it from knowing where you are all the time.  Getty Images … Source link

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images SpaceX offered $150,000 for a home next to its launch facilities in Boca Chica, Texas, per NBC News. The offer was one-third of the price of similar waterfront houses in the village, the owner said. She told NBC that an agent representing SpaceX said her property could be seized by the state. A resident of a South Texas village told NBC News that SpaceX wanted to buy her house for $150,000 but that the company’s offer was… Source link

A rating of 70 puts Yandex NV (YNDX) near the top of the Internet Content & Information industry according to InvestorsObserver. Yandex NV’s score of 70 means it scores higher than 70% of stocks in the industry. Yandex NV also received an overall rating of 41, putting it above 41% of all stocks. Internet Content & Information is ranked 113 out of the 148 industries. YNDX has an Overall Score of 41. Find out what this means to you and get… Source link

We’ll show you how Google Maps can help you navigate through the holidays. Angela Lang/CNET … Source link

Why Yoán Moncada is unlikely to be Sox’ second-base solution originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago When it comes to their search for a second baseman, the Chicago White Sox are in a holding pattern, baseball’s ongoing lockout bringing major league transactions to a halt. Meanwhile, those of us who don’t actually make the moves have looked high and low to dredge up possibilities for the position, a critical need on the South Side in the wake of last summer’s trade of Nick Madrigal and the… Source link

The ninth round of the free-to-enter NHL Yahoo Cup runs on Thursday, and there’s still time to join the contest and win your share of $5,000 if you haven’t already! There are 10 games on the slate, which gives daily fantasy managers lots of options to choose from. Most of the NHL’s top offensive teams are squaring off against strong defensive squads, which means it may not be wise to stack powerhouses like the Carolina Hurricanes, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Edmonton Oilers on Thursday. With that… Source link

New initial jobless claims improved much more than expected last week to reach the lowest level in more than five decades, further pointing to the tightness of the present labor market as many employers seek to retain workers.  The Labor Department released its weekly jobless claims report on Thursday. Here were the main metrics from the print, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: Initial unemployment claims, week ended Dec. 4: 184,000 vs. 220,000 expected and an upwardly… Source link