This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021 This year was a wild ride for the world’s largest tech companies, from Microsoft (MSFT) and Google (GOOG, GOOGL) reaching a $2 trillion market cap to the chip shortage taking a bite out of Apple’s (AAPL) revenue. But ex-Facebook (FB) employee Frances Haugen spearheaded… Source link

The dream of seeing the best hockey players on the planet play with and against each other is dead once again. After NHL insider Chris Johnston reported on Tuesday that the league and players officially agreed to withdraw from the 2022 Beijing Olympics — confirming what ESPN’s Emily Kaplan and others reported the previous two days — the news became officially official on Wednesday. The NHL and NHLPA had until Jan. 10 to opt out without facing any kind of financial penalty. Multiple… Source link

According to a new survey, more users trust Amazon and Google to handle their personal user data and internet browsing activity than Apple, while users overwhelmingly distrust Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram. The survey conducted by The Washington Post sampled over 1,000 internet users in the U.S. about how much they trust Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon to “responsibly” handle their user data and browsing activity. Users were polled on… Source link

How does NFL playoff expansion look? It’s with three deeply flawed 7-7 teams fighting for the No. 7 seed in the NFC.  More often than not that extra playoff team will be mediocre at best, and coming down the stretch we have three .500 teams battling it out for the postseason. Barring a collapse, it seems the NFC West will have three teams in: Rams, Cardinals and 49ers. That leaves one wild-card spot for the Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints or Philadelphia Eagles (or, if things really… Source link

A new medical testing startup called Detect began selling at-home molecular COVID-19 tests through its website last week. The company also announced its CEO — Hugo Barra, a former executive at companies like Meta and Google who previously worked on hardware products like smartphones and virtual reality. The timing was sadly serendipitous — the launch coincided with a near-unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases in the United States, driven by the omicron variant. It’s nearly… Source link

Yandex NV (YNDX) has gained Wednesday morning, with the stock climbing 1.37% in pre-market trading to 62.68. YNDX’s short-term technical score of 46 indicates that the stock has traded less bullishly over the last month than 54% of stocks on the market. In the Internet Content & Information industry, which ranks 136 out of 146 industries, YNDX ranks higher than 78% of stocks. Yandex NV has fallen 23.71% over the past month, closing at… Source link

Maddison Peel Less than a year ago, Maddison Peel was making $12 an hour at a Kentucky McDonald’s. One week after her TikTok of roasting a chicken went viral, she quit. Now, she makes up to $10k a month and has brand deals with Walmart, Heinz, and Kroger. Just under a year ago, 22-year-old Maddison Peel was working at a McDonald’s in Kentucky, where she was paid $12 an hour. Now, she says she makes between $5,000 and $10,000 a month by posting food recipes on TikTok. Better known by her handle… Source link

This article was originally published on TipRanks.com U.S. stock futures were trending lower on Wednesday as the rapidly spreading Omicron variant continues to rattle investor sentiment. The emergence of the latest variant has recently caused an increase in volatility in global stock markets. Dow futures (DJIA) were down 0.08%, S&P futures (SPX) were down 0.17%, and Nasdaq futures (NDX) were down 0.34% at the time of writing. Upcoming earnings Live Ventures, Inc. (

Utah State’s Max Shulga may be the only basketball player to have a halfcourt shot counted as two points, however briefly.  Shulga’s halfcourt heave turned into a bizarre rulebook controversy on Tuesday during a game against Portland State, all thanks to a question of his intent with the shot. As you can see, Shulga seemed to be throwing up an alley-oop for teammate Brandon Horvath, only for the ball to go in: Per Utah State radio staffer Ajay Salvesen, the officials told Aggies athletic… Source link

The Washington Football Team made the most of a wild early break en route to a 10-0 lead over the Philadelphia Eagles on Tuesday.  But as the game wore on, a roster beset by COVID-19 couldn’t keep pace as the Eagles secured a 27-17 win to improve to 7-7 and gain a leg up on their NFC East rivals in the conference wild-card race. After digging the early double-digit deficit, the Eagles controlled the ball and the scoreboard en route to 20 unanswered points. Washington answered with a late… Source link