Yearly Archives: 2021

Google says Pixel 6 Pro ghostly display flickers will be fixed in December

Google says it’ll fix the ghostly screen flickering that some users have reported seeing when pressing the Pixel 6 Pro’s power button while the phone is completely powered down (via Android Central). From most reports, the flickers don’t happen when just the screen is off, like it would be if the phone was sleeping, though at least one person says that it’s happened while the phone was on and in use. Google describes the issue as occurring when the power button is pushed “with… Source link

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Digging into Google’s push to freeze ePrivacy – TechCrunch

Google has responded to allegations contained in a recently unsealed US antitrust lawsuit that it worked covertly to stall European Union privacy legislation that could have blasted a huge hole in its behaviorial advertising business. Per the US states’ suit, a couple of years after a European Commission proposal to update the EU’s ePrivacy Directive — to replace it with a more widely applicable Regulation — the tech giant was privately celebrating what it described as a… Source link

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Supply chain mess ‘continues to be a challenge,’ mattress company CEO explains

Supply chain issues may be keeping many Americans up — literally — due to backlogs experienced by the world’s largest bedding provider. “We’re seeing it a little bit in trucking, obviously the shipping, a little bit in the component issues, primarily chemicals, … it’s getting better, but it continues to be a challenge,” Scott Thompson, chairman, president, and CEO of Tempur Sealy, told Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “And we think we’ll be working through supply issues probably here… Source link

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The Dalles sues to keep Google’s water use a secret

Ahead of a key city council vote on a $28.5 million water pact with Google, the city of The Dalles filed suit in state court Friday in an effort to keep the tech giant’s water use a secret. The city is seeking to overturn a ruling earlier this month from Wasco County’s district attorney, who found Google’s water use is a public record and ordered The Dalles to provide that information to The Oregonian/OregonLive. The city sued the news organization Friday, asking a judge to intervene.

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2 things the Russell 2000 needs to beat the S&P 500: DataTrek

The last time the Russell 2000 (^RUT) hit a new high was in March of this year, peaking at just over 2,360 points, while the S&P 500 (^GSPC) continues to break new highs. According to DataTrek Research, however, there are two factors that will determine whether the Russell 2000 can outperform the S&P. “The first is US high yield corporate spreads over Treasuries, which play an outsized role in the Russell’s relative performance,” DataTrek Co-Founder Nicholas Colas said in their Oct. 28… Source link

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10 Stocks to Invest in According to Victor Ho’s Yarra Square Partners

In this article, we will look at the top 10 stocks to invest in according to Victor Ho’s Yarra Square Partners. If you want to skip our detailed analysis of Victor Ho’s Yarra Square Partners, then head on over to 5 Stocks to Invest in According to Victor Ho’s Yarra Square Partners. Yarra Square Partners is an American investment firm that focuses on investing in stocks after conducting in-depth, bottom-up research. The firm was founded by its portfolio manager Mr. Victor Ho in 2016, and it… Source link

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Walmart is hiring ‘supply chain associates’ $20.37 per hour on average

Walmart (WMT) is holding a supply-chain national hiring event later this week. The average wage for the retail giant’s supply chain associates is $20.37 per hour. The hiring event will take place on Wednesday and Thursday, November 3-4, in numerous states and locations. Job openings include equipment operators, repair technicians, freight handlers and order filler/lift drivers just to name a few. A worker is seen wearing a mask while organizing merchandise at a Walmart store, in North… Source link

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Airlines expect millions of passengers this holiday season

Southwest Airlines (LUV) trimmed its schedule for November and December and has beefed up staffing ahead of the expected Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday travel rush. “So our reserves are over 20% for our crews, which helps you operate every single day,” Incoming CEO Bob Jordan told Yahoo Finance Live. That 20% is almost double the number Southwest had in place in early October when bad weather and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic delays cascaded into a logistics nightmare… Source link

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When it comes to health information, search engines often get it wrong

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Google and the Russian search engine Yandex are not necessarily reliable sources of health-related information. Often the small text snippets that appear as previews of search results contain inaccurate or insufficient information. Information on home remedies and so-called alternative treatments is particularly problematic, according to researchers from the… Source link

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The Democrats’ social-welfare overkill

When Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo spoke at the recent Milken Institute global conference, moderator Andy Serwer of Yahoo Finance asked her about President Biden’s plan to offer free community college to any student who wants it. “I can tell you this,” Raimondo said. “I know it works. About four years ago, when I was the governor of Rhode Island, I worked with our legislature to put through a plan to provide every Rhode Island student two years tuition-free community college. Fast… Source link

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