To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for October 19, 2021! We are just over a week away from our SaaS event, which means that we’re deep into prep territory. I just got off a call for this panel that I am particularly excited about, for example. The trick will be cutting down my question list until it fits into the 30 minutes… Source link

For years, Google has sought to avoid algorithmic racial biases, which have proved embarrassing to the company and offensive to users. In 2015, the tech giant apologized after its photo app misidentified Black people as gorillas. Now Google is looking to address subtler signs of bias, including image results that have reinforced European standards of beauty and suggested that Black hair is unprofessional.  Google announced a raft of changes to its search engine in September, at an event… Source link

The coronavirus pandemic hit the education sector exceptionally hard, and college enrollments plunged in 2020 to the lowest level since 2007. According to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday, enrollment in schools dropped by 2.9 million from 2019 to 2020 and colleges by 615,000. Enrollment among those aged 35 and below has also dipped to the lowest level in over 20 years, with community colleges leading the decline. Brookings has suggested that many young people are forgoing… Source link

Bitcoin sits above $64,000 on Tuesday, zeroing in on a record high as excitement over its first exchange-traded fund (ETF) — and another soon to come — reached a fever pitch. As the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization rallied by over 4% on the day, The Proshares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO) launched on the the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) — the first ever BTC (BTC) related fund available to U.S. investors. While some market participants have questioned the utility of the… Source link

Economic challenges abound, and equities will rally. It’s a seemingly paradoxical view, but one espoused by one of the biggest players in the market. Scott Minerd thinks stocks have bottomed, and will rally from here. Minerd is chief investment officer at Guggenheim Partners, helping oversee the firm’s $255 billion in assets. He told Yahoo Finance Live that stocks can rise at least 10% from current levels going into next year. “There’s an old saying that markets climb a wall of worry…. Source link

Netflix (NFLX) reported third-quarter results after market close that showed a pick-up in subscriber growth after a disappointing first half of the year. Third-quarter profits also came in ahead of Wall Street’s expectations, while revenue matched estimates.  Shares rose by about 1.5% in late trading following the results.  Here were the main metrics from Netflix’s report, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: Revenue: $7.48 billion vs. $7.48 billion expected, $6.44 billion… Source link

A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company’s headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. REUTERS/Paresh Dave Oct 19 (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Tuesday announced the newest iteration of its smartphone – Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro – which will be powered by the company’s first chip called Tensor. The tech giant also launched Pixel Pass, a subscription service starting at $45 per month for U.S. customers that will include the Pixel 6 and… Source link

Google just wrapped up its Pixel 6 Fall Launch event, where it announced two new phones as well as a wealth of features that are supported by its new Tensor processor. Here are the biggest things Google announced during its live stream. Image: Google After months of leaks, we got the full details on Google’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro phones — the Pixel 6 will sell for $599… Source link

This may be one of the most challenging weeks for those in daily fantasy football contests and season-long owners alike. With 12 teams on bye or in standalone games, the pickings are as slim as they’ve been all season. That said, we can still take advantage of sneaky value and combine it with studs to chase a high finish in Yahoo DFS tournaments. As always, you can mirror our picks completely or use them as a mere reference point to craft a high-quality… Source link

As of June 1, Google has ended its unlimited free storage policy for Google Photos. Sarah Tew/CNET … Source link