Anthony Levandowski stood at the center of the race between Google and Uber to build self-driving cars. He was there at the beginning of Google’s program in 2009. By the time it became Waymo in 2016, he’d left, founded a self-driving truck company called Otto, and sold that (in 2016) to Uber for $600 million. He was eventually indicted on dozens of federal charges, accused of stealing 14,000 files containing Google’s self-driving trade secrets. In August, Levandowski was sentenced to 18… Source link

The 2020 postseason could be the last time fans see New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees in action. Brees is likely to retire when the NFL season is over, NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport reported Sunday, though the veteran hasn’t made it official. Brees likely to return after 2020 NFL season Brees, who turns 42 on Jan. 15, finished out his 20th NFL regular season last week. “I have yet to talk to one person who believes that Drew Brees will play in 2021,” Rapoport said. “He has not… Source link

Chewy Shaw, an engineer at Google, attends a video meeting with other workers in the union from his home Synopsis On the back of automation and outsourcing, a handful of tech giants and their generously paid tech workers are shaping a twotiered society, hollowing out the middle-class in the US. Pressure groups like worker unions could play an important role in setting the stage for collective bargaining. Earlier this month, 225-odd workers got together at Alphabet — parent conglomerate of… Source link

Joe Biden wants to give you a $2,000 stimulus check — and it could be quick It has been less than two weeks since Americans started getting their second coronavirus relief payments — “stimulus checks” — and the anticipation about a third phase is already heating up. President-elect Joe Biden has called the current $600 round of cash a “down payment,” and early last week he said $2,000 checks would go out “immediately” if his party took control of both houses of Congress. The Democrats… Source link

Horse trainer Eric Guillot has been banned by the New York Racing Association and 1/ST Racing for changing the name of one of his horses to a racial slur, which was directed at a Black TVG analyst. Guillot, who has made $13 million over his career from horses he trained, tweeted on Jan. 1 that the three-year-old colt he was running at Aqueduct Racetrack was being given a new name “in honor of a TVG analyst,” and followed that with a Black fist emoji. He revealed in a follow-up tweet that… Source link

Topline Parler—a social media app increasingly popular among conservatives, including many who participated in Wednesday’s unrest at the U.S. Capitol—is on the brink of being booted from the Internet after Amazon, Apple and Google said they would cut ties with it, all within the span of 24 hours.  Parler was founded by John Matze, Jr., Jared Thomson, and Rebekah Mercer in 2018. AFP via Getty Images Key Facts Amazon notified Parler on… Source link

TipRanks 2 Stocks That Are Flirting With a Bottom; Analysts Say ‘Buy’ The stock market closed out the first week of 2021 on a positive note, with all three major indexes hitting new record high levels. The gains come as investors are feeling confident. The COVID vaccines coming available and, according to U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, a bigger round of coronavirus stimulus is on the way.But even in a rising market, it’s still possible to find some stocks that haven’t yet joined in… Source link

JANUARY 08: The U.S. Capitol Building is seen two days after a pro-Trump mob broke into the U.S. Capitol Building on January 08, 2021 in Washington, DC. Democratic congressional leaders threatened to impeach… Source link

The new Nest Audio is the flagship Google Home smart speaker, replacing the 2016 original. Juan Garzon/CNET … Source link

Olivier Douliery/Getty Images Amazon, Apple and Google have… Source link