Yearly Archives: 2021

She got Google to San Jose but now she’s retiring

She spent nearly two decades guiding San Jose’s historic transformation from a sprawling suburban expanse into an urban community, luring some of Silicon Valley’s most-prized companies to bring jobs and revenue into the nation’s 10th-largest city and in turn, making San Jose a player on the national stage. But now Kim Walesh is making room for San Jose’s next generation of movers and shakers. Walesh, who served as the city’s Economic Development Director for nearly a decade and… Source link

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Forget Tesla stock price mania for a second, you may see a driver-less car in New York City soon

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks with Over 9% Dividend Yield Markets ended 2020 on a high note, and have started 2021 on a bullish trajectory. All three major indexes have recently surged to all-time highs as investors seemingly looked beyond the pandemic and hoped for signs of a rapid recovery. Veteran strategist Edward Yardeni sees the economic recovery bringing its own slowdown with it. As the COVID vaccination program allows for further economic opening, with more people getting back to… Source link

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Google commits $3 million to fight COVID-19 vaccine misinformation – Yahoo Finance Australia

GlobeNewswire Yamaha Announces 2021 Side-by-Side and ATV bLU cRU Race Support Yamaha Factory-Supported Racers and Increased Championship Payouts Walker Fowler Continuing a historic run in the GNCC series, longtime Yamaha factory-supported racing veteran, Walker Fowler, will defend his sixth-straight XC1 Pro ATV championship on his WFR / GBC / Fly Racing YFZ450R. Chad Wienen Heading up the ATV MX’s AMA Pro class for Yamaha is the second all-time winning, seven-time champion, Chad Wienen, on… Source link

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Dean Ridings: No game with Google against local news – Salisbury Post

By Dean Ridings It is no secret that Google has secured a near monopoly in the search and local advertising world. However, the impact on newspapers hasn’t been quite as obvious. A number of lawsuits have recently been brought that call Google to task for its practices. These lawsuits signal the government’s acknowledgment of Google’s unfair practices and initiate steps to hold them accountable. The first suit, an antitrust action filed by the… Source link

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Google commits $3 million to fight COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks with Over 9% Dividend Yield Markets ended 2020 on a high note, and have started 2021 on a bullish trajectory. All three major indexes have recently surged to all-time highs as investors seemingly looked beyond the pandemic and hoped for signs of a rapid recovery. Veteran strategist Edward Yardeni sees the economic recovery bringing its own slowdown with it. As the COVID vaccination program allows for further economic opening, with more people getting back to… Source link

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Google Launches $3 Million Fund To Tackle Covid-19 Vaccine Misinformation

Topline Amid an ongoing effort by Google to counter the deluge of misinformation and conspiracy theories about the coronavirus pandemic, the tech giant said Tuesday it will devote up to $3 million to back fact-checking initiatives to counter vaccine misinformation, which it says has emerged as a particularly troubling phenomenon as global immunization efforts get underway.  Google is funding fact-checking initiatives to tackle Covid-19 vaccine misinformation. … Source link

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Hunt for the Next Tesla Fuels Wave of Electric-Vehicle Deals

(Bloomberg) — Wall Street’s obsession with electric vehicles is touching off a new round of public listings and helping clean-tech companies to forge partnerships with powerful allies. Proterra Inc., which makes electric buses and battery systems, on Tuesday said it will go public through special purpose acquisition company ArcLight Clean Transition Corp., the latest in a wave of deals between automakers and SPACs. It comes as Lucid Motors Inc. has been in talks to go public via one of… Source link

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Google Search Console Adds Report For News Publishers

A new report in Google Search Console will help news publishers measure the performance of their content with greater accuracy. “Today we are launching Google News performance reporting to help news publishers better understand user behavior on Google News on our Android and iOS apps, as well as on news.google.com.” Site owners can access the new performance report by logging into Search Console and clicking Google News in the navigation menu on the left. The report is similar to other… Source link

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Capitol Hill siege 'may be the beginning of the end of Big Tech': Scott Galloway – Yahoo Tech

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks with Over 9% Dividend Yield Markets ended 2020 on a high note, and have started 2021 on a bullish trajectory. All three major indexes have recently surged to all-time highs as investors seemingly looked beyond the pandemic and hoped for signs of a rapid recovery. Veteran strategist Edward Yardeni sees the economic recovery bringing its own slowdown with it. As the COVID vaccination program allows for further economic opening, with more people getting back to… Source link

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Is DeVonta Smith worthy of a Jerry Rice comparison?

Yahoo Sports’ Dan Wetzel and Pete Thamel, and Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde discuss Alabama super star DeVonta Smith’s amazing performance in the first half of the College Football Playoff National Championship Game, and if he has potential to be one of the all-time greats at the wide receiver position. Source link

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