Google announced this Wednesday on its Nest community blog the return of holiday-themed ringtones for Nest Doorbells (via 9to5Google). Visitors arriving for family holiday gatherings can now press the Nest Doorbell and be greeted with sounds of the holidays, including “Winter,” Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas, and New Year’s jingles. Google did have holiday bell options last year as well — but only as a perk for subscribers to its Nest Aware smart alert service. This year, owners of… Source link

Graphics card giant Nvidia’s (NVDA) plans to buy Arm, which licenses chip designs, looks all but dead after the Federal Trade Commission sued to block the deal on Thursday. The move is just the latest blow to the $40 billion deal and would seem to strike the final blow to a deal that would have been one of the largest chip industry mergers in history. Nvidia’s stock, however, was up slightly on the news late Thursday, though it was down Friday along with the broader market. That could… Source link

Stock valuations are still looking too lofty even as the major indices continue to retrench on the one-two punch of Omicron variant fears and a hawkish shift in Federal Reserve policy. “I worry about markets because stock market valuations look relatively high,” said Torsten Slok, Apollo Global Management chief economist, on Yahoo Finance Live. (Apollo is the parent company of Yahoo Finance.)  Slok said the potential for interest rate hikes from the Fed in 2022 could be a headwind to markets,… Source link

DocuSign (DOCU) CEO Dan Springer is owning up to some execution mistakes in the third quarter that did their part to send shares down more than 40% on Friday as traders digested the company’s latest earnings report.  But, Springer told Yahoo Finance Live he will buy shares next week as the one-day plunge doesn’t make sense given DocuSign’s leadership position and growth potential.  “I am surprised, I’ll be straightforward with you. I do not see the reaction in the stock price to be… Source link

Ethereum (ETH-USD) is defying broad underperformance in cryptocurrencies, with its recent price gains reflecting a surge of interest in smart contract platforms that are being rapidly co-opted by the nonfungible token (NFT) boom.  Amid newfound investor interest, the digital coin’s performance has even eclipsed Bitcoin’s (BTC-USD), which has languished for over a month after setting a new record high near $68,000. Currently trading around $4,400, Ethereum is the second largest… Source link

Whether you are playing in the biggest tournament of the week on Yahoo! or prefer to play in smaller GPPs, there are some general positional strategies that you can implement in any size tournament. These concepts include stacking, finding pivots off of popular players, and looking for leverage in other spots. While it’s important to implement these into your lineup-building approach, the foundation of any tournament lineup is a solid core, usually players that you would use in cash… Source link

When Satya Nadella took over as CEO of Microsoft in February 2014, he inherited a toxic culture in a company considered a tech dinosaur. Bill Gates, its founder, had been known for berating employees, and Steve Ballmer, who succeeded Gates, continued the hardball business tactics that partners loathed. Microsoft had lost the battle for smartphones, and the technology platform its technologies were built for, the desktop, was giving way to the cloud. As I explained in my book From Incremental… Source link

Google has delayed its return-to-office yet again, this time pushing its Jan. 10 full reopening further into 2022, according to a memo sent by the company’s vice president of security Chris Rackow, CNBC reports. Unlike previous announcements, the company did not set a new return date and says it will wait until the new year to assess when U.S. offices can fully reopen (nearly 40% of U.S. Googlers reported on-site in recent weeks) and provide a “stable, long-term working environment.” Google is… Source link

The Portland Trail Blazers fired president of basketball operations and general manager Neil Olshey after an investigation into allegations that he created a toxic workplace, the organization announced Friday. A few members of the organization were informed of the decision Thursday night after a 31-point trouncing by the San Antonio Spurs, sources told Yahoo Sports. Joe Cronin was elevated to interim GM, and the Trail Blazers will conduct a search for a permanent replacement, the team said. Two… Source link

Retail theft is soaring across the U.S., with large chains like Best Buy (BBY) and Walgreens (WBA) beset by increasingly brazen and widespread instances of shoplifting that’s hurting their bottom lines. In recent weeks, reports of “smash and grab” robberies in major cities — featuring crowds of thieves making it off with electronics, clothing and footwear, have flooded social media.  Security experts cite a litany of reasons including fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, overwhelmed law… Source link