Jan 23rd 2021 TECH FIRMS with ropy business models are told to “pivot”—abruptly reinvent themselves in the hope that a new approach generates profits before venture capital runs out. YouTube is celebrated in business schools for hurriedly switching from a dating service to video-sharing; Slack ditched online gaming for corporate chat. Agile repositioning is not confined to Silicon Valley. In Russia the hustle to come up with the next tech darling has emerged from an unlikely quarter…. Source link
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Signs point to Patrick Mahomes playing on Sunday
Patrick Mahomes remains in concussion protocol. But the Kansas City Chiefs are preparing for Sunday’s AFC championship this week seemingly confident that he’ll play against the Buffalo Bills. Mahomes suffered a serious enough injury that he couldn’t finish last week’s playoff win over the Cleveland Browns. He was visibly shaken after a third-quarter hit and had trouble finding his footing before leaving the field and being ruled out. All eyes are on Patrick Mahomes ahead of the AFC… Source link
Read More »Google threatens to pull search from Australia
GlobeNewswire Military Robots Market Size to Reach USD 25.66 Billion by 2027; Increasing Deployment of Advanced Aerial Robots to Encourage Growth, states Fortune Business Insights™ Top companies covered in the Military Robots Market report are Northrop Grumman Corporation (The U.S.), Thales Group (France), FLIR Systems, Inc. (The U.S.), Clearpath Robotics Inc. (Canada), Cobham Limited (The U.K.), QinetiQ (The U.K.) , AeroVironment, Inc. (The U.S.), BAE Systems. (The U.K.), Elbit Systems Ltd…. Source link
Read More »Stock futures drift after indexes touch fresh record highs
TipRanks 2 “Strong Buy” Penny Stocks That Could See Outsized Gains Well, it’s official. Joe Biden is now President, and he’ll be backed – at least for the short term – by Democratic majorities in both Houses of Congress. Wall Street is taking the measure of the new Administration, and sees, among its first moves, a boost in fiscal stimulus that is likely to goose consumer spending, bump corporate profits, and provide general economic support in the first half of 2021. Covering the… Source link
Read More »Give $1,400 stimulus checks to people who get the COVID-19 vaccine
TipRanks 2 “Strong Buy” Penny Stocks That Could See Outsized Gains Well, it’s official. Joe Biden is now President, and he’ll be backed – at least for the short term – by Democratic majorities in both Houses of Congress. Wall Street is taking the measure of the new Administration, and sees, among its first moves, a boost in fiscal stimulus that is likely to goose consumer spending, bump corporate profits, and provide general economic support in the first half of 2021. Covering the… Source link
Read More »Yahoo ranks Oregon as a top ten team in ‘Way-too-early’ Top 25 for 2021
The Oregon Ducks will look to defend their back-to-back Pac-12 conference titles in 2021 and one media outlet expects Oregon to be a top ten team when the season rolls around. Yahoo released its “way-too-early” top 25 for the 2021 college football season this week with Oregon checking in as the No. 10 team in their rankings. The Ducks are the highest-ranked Pac-12 team in Yahoo’s top 25 with USC at No. 14, Arizona State at No. 19, and Washington at No. 24. In placing the Ducks… Source link
Read More »Bitcoin Descends to $31K as Ether Funding Rates Drop
Bitcoin has suffered two straight days of selling, bringing the price close to below $31,000. Also, ether funding rates for leveraged positions are cooling after a very heated few weeks. Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $31,850 as of 21:00 UTC (4 p.m. ET). Slipping 8.9% over the previous 24 hours. Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $31,006-$35,656 (CoinDesk 20) BTC slightly above the 10-hour moving averages but well below the 50-hour on the hourly chart, a sideways-to-bearish signal for market… Source link
Read More »Key to Josh Allen’s success is Brian Daboll
Buffalo Bills offensive coordinator Brian Daboll deserves a ton of credit for what he has done with quarterback Josh Allen, whose inaccuracy and general rawness were considered huge knocks against him when the Bills traded up to take him seventh overall in the 2018 NFL draft. The light is shining brightly for Allen in Year 3. In addition to becoming the first player in NFL history with at least 4,500 passing yards, 35 touchdown passes and five rushing touchdowns in a season, Allen — a… Source link
Read More »AEW’s Kenny Omega is hoping to change pro wrestling
Kenny Omega is seen during an episode of AEW’s ‘Dynamite’ on Wednesday, January 13, 2021. (Photo credit: All Elite Wrestling) In sports, it’s commonplace for a coveted free agent to send a fanbase into a frenzy. The summer of 2010 had NBA fans from coast to coast wondering what city LeBron James would be taking his otherworldly talents. Kevin Durant broke millions of hearts with an essay on The Players’ Tribune on July 4, 2016. Last winter, NFL front offices were pitching Tom Brady to… Source link
Read More »Google Clarifies Pause of Job Training Feature in Search
An update to a developer page for Job Training structured data indicates that this part will not appear as a special feature in search results as part of the Job Search experience on Google. Google Pathways Page Removed Google’s Job Training structured data page used to link to their Google Pathways page. But Google appears to have removed the Google Pathways program and the link was replaced with a link to a more generic Job Search Experience page. The Google Pathways page was the explainer… Source link
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